London (October 1946 - April 1848): Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. Octavo, with 40 inserted plates by H. K. Browne. Original green printed wrappers; ALL wrappers are correct. Annotated by Dickens bibliographer Thomas Hatton, on verso of plate #1, thus: "Part 1 - Dombey" and with an autograph note by..... More
London; January 1843-July, 1844: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Octavo. In original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19 [i-vii]viii[ix]x-xii[xiii]xiv[xv-xvi], [1]2-624. Illustrated by Hablot K. Browne. All wrappers are correct, Part VII lacks the rare "Foreign Travel" slip, which is known only in 6 copies, according to Hatton and Cleaver. All..... More
London (March 1852-September 1853): Bradbury and Evans. H. K. Browne (Phiz). First Edition. In the original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19, in the original green printed wrappers. ALL wrappers are correct. ALL the ads, slips and Advertisers called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present. FIRST ISSUE OF THE..... More
London (1840-41, i. e. 4 Apr. 1840 - 2 Nov. 1841): Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. Quarto. First issue, large octavo in sixes; the 88 weekly parts; [i-viii],[1]2-306; [i-v]vi, [1]2-306; [i-v]vi, [1]2-426. Original printed wrappers by Cattermole, 2 frontispieces, 130 woodcuts and 25 initials by Browne; 1 frontispiece..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1933. First American Edition. Octavo, publisher's brick-red cloth, printed in black; beige end papers. Internally clean and bright, neat owner name on ffep. Slight fading at spine, front inner hinge starting. First printing and the American edition of the British title, "Lord Edgware Dies."..... More
London (May 1849 - November 1850): Bradbury and Evans. First Edition. Original Wraps. ALL wrappers are correct. The scarce Lett's Diary ad in part VIII has 6 specimen leaves, one folding, lacking the 5-fold sheet - all other Advertisers, slips and ads are present and in accord with the Hatton..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. first issue, with red lines on title page and top edges stained red. Publisher's tan cloth, near fine first issue pictorial dust jacket, with no blurbs on rear panel, under Steinbeck's portrait, and with price of $3.50 on front flap. Internally clean..... More
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1988. First Edition. Octavo, [xiii]182; SIGNED by the author on the title page, and with Crick's address stamp at the Salk Institute on ffep. Additionally, a note in pencil in an unknown hand, at top of ffep: "Signed 2/18/93 at Cricks 'Origins of Life on..... More
New York: Random House, 1957. First Edition. First Printing (stated) in a stunning, first issue dust jacket, with $6.95 on front flap and 10/57 printed on the lower front flap and the Random House name and address on the lower rear flap; short closed tear at foot of rear jacket..... More
London (April 1836-November 1837): Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. [A more detailed description of this item may be seen on our website, parkhurstrarebooks.com]. First edition in the original monthly parts; 20 parts in 19, original green wrappers. With 43 illustrations by Seymour, Phiz and Buss; of these 43..... More
London 1837 [i.e., April 1836-November 1837]: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. [A part-by-part description of this item may be seen on our website, parkhurstrarebooks.com]. First edition in the original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19; original green wrappers. "With forty-three illustrations by Seymour and Phiz" (and Buss); of these 43..... More
London [May 1864-November 1865]: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. In the original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19. Original green printed wrappers; ALL wrappers are correct. ALL the ads, slips and Advertisers called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present, except for the rare ad "The Economic Life..... More
London [May 1864-November 1865]: Chapman & Hall. First Edition. Original Wraps. In the original monthly parts, 20 parts in 19. Original green printed wrappers; ALL wrappers are correct. ALL the ads, slips and Advertisers called for by Hatton & Cleaver are present, except for the rare ad "The Economic Life..... More
New York (1958-63-74): Random House. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. First editions, first printings, all in first issue dust jackets; 3 volumes; volume I, Ft. Sumter to Perryville, with light dampstain to jacket spine and price-clipped and with "11/58" on rear flap; small margin stain to..... More
New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886. First American Edition, First Issue. Small Octavo. First Edition in English, preceeding the British edition. The first 4 volumes of six only. Translated from the French by Clara Bell. Bound in publisher's brown pictorial cloth, decorated in gilt and black; dark brown coated endpapers..... More
London: J. Wright, 1800. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. "Observations on the present state of that Colony, and of the Negroes; and an account of the situation of the deported persons at the time of his [the author's] escape." Octavo, 282[14] pages. Bound with half title, frontis and List of Deported Persons..... More
Long Valley, NJ: Dark Horse Associates, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. First edition. One of 900 regular editions. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, still in original shrink-wrap. xix, 180 pp. More
Washington Square, PA: David McKay Company, 1943. E. Franklin Wittmack. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Folio. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED ON FFEP BY WILLIAM P. McCAHILL. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering spine, and illustrated endpapers. In colorful illustrated dust jacket. A near fine copy in a...... More
London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1892. Hard Cover. Octavo. First one-volume edition with new preface by the author. Cover design by Charles Rickets. Bound in original decorative tan cloth, blocked in gilt. Very Good copy with crack to inner and outer front hinge, cover and spine darkened. 519 pp. Portrait..... More
New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. Stated first edition. Price is $2.00 on front dust jacket flap. A fine copy in a near fine+ dust jacket. 232 pp. More
Washington: Nicholson, 1856. First Edition. Small Folio. House issue, of this most important expedition, led by Commodore Perry, which opened Japan to the West. original cloth, volume 2 only, but with the illustrations from volumes 1 and 2, unbound; lacking the "suppressed" NUDE BATHING PLATE. Vol. II shows minor wear..... More
New York: Harper, 1931. F. Strothmann and Lester Ralph. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. Stated First Edition. Code letters E-F, signifying printed May, 1931. BAL 3700. Bound in black cloth spine with gold and black printed spine label and blue paper covered boards with black illustration front..... More
New York: Norman W, Henley, 1922. First Edition. Wrappers. Octavo. Engineering Data is Made Available to the Experimenters, and Helpful Tables are Presented to the Radio Engineer. A very good copy in staple bound printed wrappers. Mild stains and chip front panel. Text clean. A rare copy of an early..... More
New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Quarto. A fine copy bound in black buckram cloth with silver lettering and silver, bronze, red, and green designs spine and cover, Color map endpapers. A very nice copy. 305 pp. Black and white illustrations and color maps. More
Philadelphia: J B Lippincott, 1960. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. Thirty-third printing. $4.95 price on dust jacket flap. A near fine copy with minimal foxing top edge and owner bookplate front paste-down. In near fine dust jacket with slight edge wear and foxing. A very nice copy. 296 pp..... More