New York: American Sports Publishing Co., 1911. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 542p, frontispiece, numerous plates and drawings, including two folding plates. Original red cloth stamped in gilt. Hinges starting and neatly repaired with archival tissue. A clean, tight, unmarked hardcover book in very good condition. Usually found in blue decorated cloth... 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: Harper, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Black cloth. Spine faded. Good. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Dated 1940. 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
Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1830. Fourth Edition. xvi, 365p, + 3p catalogue. Bound in full contemporary calf. Joint weakened but holding. Scattered foxing and browning throughout. A hardcover book in good condition. Ownership signature of "Lane Seminary" on front endpaper else unmarked. Early vintage printing of the first American book on... 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
Birmingham: Baskerville, 1772. 1st Edition. Leather bound. Full rose morocco with gilt tooling and gilt edges. 276p. Book in very good condition. Chip out of title plate on spine. Corners bumped. Some very light and small pencil marginalia in a few places. Else a clean and tight book in very... 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
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this major Arkham House title in the original dustjacket. The book is in fine condition. The jacket has been skillfully restored by a professional paper conservator. The front panel was neatly reattached where it was split and some shallow... More
Berne: Ed. Beck, 1860. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large folding map of Switzerland housed in a brown cloth case. The map is linen-backed and is in fine condition. Case in very good condition. Map folds out to approx. 26 x 18 inches. Original 1860 tourist map of Switzerland. More
Boston: Ticknor & Co., 1888. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing with "wore" on p. 210 and Arakelyan imprint on copyright page. Original green cloth, light shelf wear. Former owner's neat signature on title page, just above publisher's imprint. Light waterstain along top edge, extending a 1/4-inch into the upper blank... More
NY: Harper and Brothers, 1830. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS and rare thus. Minor shelf wear and bumping to corners; spine labels slightly worn at edges; scattered foxing throughout both volumes. In only good condition but certainly hard to find in the original boards... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 387p. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. This is #344 of one thousand numbered copies signed by the author. Original blue cloth. Neat bookplate on front free endpaper else in fine condition with clear acetate wrapper and publisher's box. The box has a light... More
London: John Walker, 1811. Second Edition. Leather bound. Complete as issued in two volumes (the first was issued in three volumes but the second edition was published as only two). 417, 456pp. Bound in 19th century 3/4 brown leather and marbled boards. Spines decorated in blind with black leather title/volume... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. LIMITED EDITION, BEING #593 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY EVELYN WAUGH. Blue cloth with the original acetate wrapper. The wrapper is torn and tape repaired at the lower back corner. The book itself is in fine condition. The British issue of the limited first edition. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1963. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. LIMITED EDITION, BEING #4 OF 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY EVELYN WAUGH. Blue cloth in fine condition. The American issue of the limited first edition. This is only the fourth copy of the one thousand published. More