Chicago (1920): Reilly & Lee. John R. Neill. First Edition. The earliest printing of the first edition, with perfect type on page 150; with 12 full-color illustrations and "Glinda of Oz" on verso of half-title. 279 pages, full color label on front panel. Pictorial end papers in black and white... More
Indianapolis (1929): Bobbs-Merrill Company. early printing, without "First Edition" on the copyright page; INSCRIBED in the year of publication, to fellow author Joseph C. Lincoln [Together with] an early printing (1911) of "Cap'n Warren's Wards" in a very good+ dust jacket, by Mr. Lincoln. Publisher's gray cloth, printed in orange... More
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1836. Three Quarter Leather. Small Octavo. First Published Edition. Edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson. One of 500 Copies. Bound in 3/4 black textured leather and marbled boards with gilt lettering spine, marbled endpapers. Additional lined paper pages bound in front and rear. Mild cover edge... More
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London (1933-34): George Newnes. First Edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, in the original 26 fortnightly parts; original pictorial wrappers; illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. An outstanding, near fine set. On front wraps of parts 1 through 21 is printed "To be completed in about 24 fortnightly parts." On front wraps... More
New York, 1933-38: Charles Scribner's Sons. First American Edition. All first printings, with the Scribner's "A" on the copyright pages; dust jackets are all unclipped, very good to near fine. "Churchill's biography of his illustrious ancestor, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. A lovely set, much scarcer than the British edition... More
Boston: Copeland and Day, 1895. First Edition. 12mo, 76 pages; original printed boards. Author's first trade publication, one of 500 copies printed. Light, occasional foxing on some leaves. Bookplate, neat owner name on front end paper, news article affixed to front free end paper. Housed in a handsome quarter-leather slipcase, with chemise. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. First Edition. in the original 6 monthly parts, in green printed wrappers. A fine set, with ALL the ads called for by Hatton & Cleaver; notable are the famous "Cork Hats" ad in part II and the elusive "Chapman & Hall" ad in part V.... More
London: Peter Owen Limited, 1969. First Edition. Small Octavo. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY SUE GRAFTON without personalization. Signing witness by bookseller, Charles Parkhurst. Bound in original orange boards, spine lettered in gilt; pictorial dust jacket, with price in pounds sterling on front flap. Author's second and rarest book. Only... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED BY P. D. JAMES ON TITLE PAGE without personalization. Near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 216 pp. More
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New York / Concord: Lane & Scott / Rufus Merrill. First Edition. 3" X 4 1/4" Two lovely children's books in a marvelous wooden box made in Romania, with color illustration of a girl on the hinged front cover; "The Wolf Hunt and the Blue Bird, (1851) 20 pages, marbled... More
New York, Akron, O (1916): The Saalfield Publishing Company. Early edition, 12mo, 22 pages, all printed on muslin cloth, sewn at spine; beautifully illustrated in color. Internally clean and bright; a lovely and durable copy. More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1945. Printed Wrapper. Quarto. A complete copy of the rare Litho-print issue, of the Smyth Report. (193)pp., Single sheets, stapled, with textured cream-colored wrappers. The following litho-printed on the front: "Released for Publication on__________." As professor Smyth states, the litho-printing was done, under heavy security... More
New York: The American Magazine, 1938. First Edition. octavo; it looks like a book, and it has a dust jacket, but it's a box containing 36 cards - 34 recipe cards, a "note" from Nero Wolfe card and a menu card. The box has a red cloth binding and the... More
New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886. First American Edition, First Issue. Small Octavo. First English translation. Three volumes in six, translated from the French by Clara Bell. First issue, each with the Gottsberger imprint on the verso of the title page (First Set, Before Tilsit) Vol. 1; 322pp. (6)pp. ads... More