New York: Putnam's, 1930. Limited Edition. Leather bound. AUTHOR'S AUTOGRAPH EDITION, #876 OF 1,000 COPIES SIGNED BY ADMIRAL BYRD. Original 3/4 vellum and blue paper-covered boards in acetate wrapper. Fine condition, virtually new. A beautiful copy of the signed limited edition, nicer than usually encountered as the vellum tends to..... More
NY: Dillingham, 1897. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 214p. Recently rebound in full blue morocco leather, stamped in gilt, with five raised bands and gilt decor on spine, marbled endpapers. Fine condition. THE RARE FIRST PRINTING OF THE AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK. Terhune published this collection of stories about undergraduate life at..... More
NY: Doran, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Spine faded. A good copy. ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE'S PERSONAL COPY with his name stamped on the front endpaper. Terhune contributed the story "THE TRUE ROMANCE" More
NY: Doran, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Gray cloth. Spine faded. Good condition. TERHUNE'S PERSONAL COPY with his namestamp on the front free endpaper. More
NY: L. Harper Allen, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Pictorial paper-covered boards. Near fine. Very scarce Terhune novel set during the Siege of the Alamo. More
NY: Lovell, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Green cloth. Touch of edge wear. Near fine. Warmly inscribed by Terhune in the year of publication to W.P. Hamilton one of his old newspaper friends. The novel is a prequel to his earlier work CALEB CONOVER RAILROADER. More
NY: US Army Recruiting Service, 1918. Small 32-page pamphlet. Very good. Terhune "B" item; not listed by Rais. A small pamphlet published by the US Army which reprints a Terhune story from The Saturday Evening Post. More
NY: Henry Holt, 1919. First edition. Brown cloth. Very good condition. TERHUNE'S COPY; INSCRIBED TO HIM BY THE EDITOR. Mary LaSelle the editor of this short story collection designed for use as a high school textbook inscribed the book: "With sincerest thanks for the splendid story "The Wildcat" and dated..... More
Cincinnati: Drake and Conclin (Morgan, Fisher, and L'Hommedieu, Printers), 1827. Hardcover. 199p plus 1p index. An oblong hardcover book with a brown leather spine and light blue paper-covered boards. Fair condition with damaged covers. Both the front and back covers are heavily rubbed along the edges and have vertical cracks..... More
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. #132 OF 1500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, BERNARD LAMOTTE. 70p. A large hardcover book in brown tweed cloth and publisher's slipcase. The book is in fine condition and the slipcase is in very good condition (slipcase is partly faded). Translated..... More
Liege: Jean Mathias Hovius, 1656. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 271p with frontispiece portrait of St. Alphonsus. 12mo, measuring 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Half leather and marbled boards. Covers rubbed, restored with new leather spine label. Text generally clean, binding firm, overall in good solid condition. A biography of St. Alphonsus..... More
Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1854. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A small gift book containing 27 b/w wood engravings by Foster of various scenes in Scotland. Measures 4x5 inches. Bound in decorated boards with leather spine; boards are decorated with tartan plaid design. All edges gilt. Corner of one plate creased..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1942. 1st American Edition. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Former owner's name on front endpaper else clean, tight, and unmarked. The jacket is clean with the original $2.50 price intact and marred only by some shallow chipping of less..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2012. Limited Edition. LIMITED EDITION, BEING #244 OF 980 COPIES PUBLISHED. Two folio volumes, in virtually new condition, unread and unused. One voilume in red decorated cloth; one volume in black decorated cloth; both volumes in publisher's slipcase. The books measure 16 x 12 1/2 inches..... More
New York: City of New York, 1884. 1st Edition. Wraps. 19-page pamphlet. Original yellow printed wraps, mildly chipped around the edges. Good condition. A rare pamphlet printed in 1884 during debate on a proposed bill. Argues for the constitutional right of Catholic youths held in juvenile delinquent reform schools to..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1860. 1st American Edition. Leather bound. FIRST PRINTING OF THE AMERICAN EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREAT WORKS OF MODERN THOUGHT. Handsomely rebound in full green leather, stamped in gilt and blind. Marbled green endpapers. Scattered foxing throughout text, else clean and unmarked. Binding..... More
Dayton: Dayton Ohio Herald, 1934. First edition. Paperback. The true first edition of this posthumous Dickens work. The work was published serially in American newspapers by United Features Syndicate. The newspaper clippings were then arranged and pasted into a softcover book. All of this occurred before the work was published..... More
London: E. Moxon, Son, and Co., 1870. Leather bound. Complete four volume set. Bound in 3/4 brown leather and marbled boards. Gilt decorated spines with red/green labels; marbled edges and endpapers. Neat bookplate on inside front cover of each volume else clean and unmarked. Slight touchges of ahelfwear but overall..... More
NY: Covici Friede, 1937. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the American edition of Lawrence Durell's second book, written under the pseudonym of "Charles Norden". Near fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The interior of the book has some slight age toning to endpapers and the light tan..... More
Dayton: W.J. Shuey, 1867. Leather bound. 757p. Bound in full red leather, decorated in gilt. Covers rubed and lightly faded. Old staining across the top edge of the pages which does not affect the book's readability. Overall good condition. Early United Brethren hymnal. This is the text put together in..... More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. 1st edition, 1st printing. Hardcover. A PRISTINE COPY IN FINE, ALMOST MINT CONDITION. This book and its dustjacket appear virtually untouched since being printed in 1932. Houses in a custom made half-leather and linen cloth solander box. The leather spine of the boix is ornately..... More
Lexington KY: The Bur Press, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. LIMITED EDITION, BEING #202 OF 250 NUMBERED COPIES. Printed by Jacob Hammer in Lexington, Kentucky. Rust-orange colored paper-covered boards with papel spine label. Former owner's name else unmarked. Scattered foxing, primarily in the lower blank margins. Binding clean, firm, and tight..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First printing in the original mustard-yellow colored cloth, stamped in black. Former owner's name and a bookstore stamp on the front free endpaper else a fresh copy in fine condition. One of the great anti-war novels and a major work of Great War Literature..... More
A Magnificent collection of the works of the best-selling military science fiction author David Drake. Includes 28 hardcover books, nine paperback books, 11 digests, three drafts for unpublished anthologies, and the unpublished first draft of The Dragon Lord. All items are inscribed, the vast majority with interesting notes such..... More
Pittsburgh: S. Engles, 1816. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 144p. 16mo, measuring 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Bound in full brown leather; large piece of leather torn from front cover exposing the cardboard beneath. Rear cover badly worn, missing a portion of the top edge. Old staining and foxing throughout..... More