The Comic Blackstone
London: Punch Office, 1844. John Leech. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. Part I Only of 2 parts. 92 pages, frontis. Original pictorial boards with wear. Binding tight, text clean. More
London: Punch Office, 1844. John Leech. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. Part I Only of 2 parts. 92 pages, frontis. Original pictorial boards with wear. Binding tight, text clean. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. First issue, with 7 titles on page 208. Illustrated by Peter Newell and dedicated to Conan Doyle. 204pp.(4)pp. ads at rear. Being some further account of the divers doings of the associated shades, under the leadership of Sherlock Holmes..... More
London; 1840-42 & 47: Richard Bentley and Son. First Edition. Full-Leather. 8vo. FIRST EDITION, first issue; the First, Second and Third Series, in three volumes, each with half-title and engraved title pages, humorously illustrated by George Cruikshank and John Leach and with a 2 portraits of the author, with the..... More
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1891. Hard Cover. First hardbound edition, original navy blue cloth; 12mo, 145 pages. First published in 1888 in softcover - that front cover design is now the frontispiece of this first hardcover edition. Black coated end papers. A near fine copy, showing light edge wear..... More
London: Cassell & Co., 1891. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. First issue.Three volumes in original brown cloth; 232 pp, 239 pp., 232 pp. 16 pages of ads in volume I, dated 9/91. Travelling library labels expertly removed from front panels. With bookplate of Charles Philip Huntington 3rd Baronet front pastedowns..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1896. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. 204 pages, 4 pages of ads; original black cloth, with beveled edges; top edges gilt. Frontispiece of the author's mother, about whom the book was written. Expert repair to rear inner hinge. A near fine, bright copy. More
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1896. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. 204 pages, 4 pages of ads at rear. From the library of avid book collector and philanthropist Estelle Doheny (1875 - 1958) with her bookplate. Bound in original blue cloth with beveled edges, gilt lettering spine; frontispiece of the..... More
London: Cassell and Co., Ltd., 1896. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. First Issue, 452pp., 4.pp. ads, (16)pp.+ publisher's catalog. Bound in dark blue cloth, gilt lettering spine, and top edge gilt. A fine copy, housed in a custom morocco backed slipcase and chemise. More
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1888. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. Barrie's third book. Half-title with ad on verso of Barrie's "Auld Licht Idylls", 289pp., (2)pp. + Ads. Bound in dark blue cloth over beveled boards, spine lettered in gilt with single rule borders, green endpapers, top edge gilt, some..... More
Chicago and New York: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900. W. W. Denslow. First Edition. Original pictorial cloth "C" binding, with publisher's imprint in red capital letters with serifs, at foot of spine; quarto. All second issue text points are present: ad on verso of FFEP is not enclosed in a...... More
Trenton: Albert Brandt, 1904. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Small 8vo. First revised edition, 238pp., (7)pp., ads at rear, illustrated by the author, bound in a green pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in black, brown and gilt, corners lightly bumped, in original pictorial dust jacket with edge wear and light..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892. First Edition. Hard Cover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "IN THE HOPE THAT YOU SEE THE LIGHT" BY DAN BEARD ON FEP. Beard is the co-founder of the Boy Scouts. Octavo, original green pictorial cloth; upper fore-corner of FEP with small loss; very light wear at..... More
London: Privately Printed, 1907. LIMITED EDITION. Hard Cover. Quarto. Limited to 300 copies on handmade paper. This is No. 186. A very good++ copy bound in gray paper boards with expert repair to spine and new endpapers. In customer made clam shell case. 88 pp. The author's first and only..... More
San Francisco: Henry Keller & Co., 1877. Hard Cover. 12mo. Second edition. 131 pages + 11 pages of ads. Bound in original green cloth, decorated in gilt and black; brown coated end papers. A very good copy, with light wear at extremities, pencil notation on front end paper. More
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1837. First American Edition. 12mo, 204 pages; contemporary full calf binding, with brown label on spine, printed in gilt. Only 1,000 copies were printed. Marginal damp-mark at top of some rear leaves; some leaves age-toned. More
London: C. Davis, 1751. Second Edition. Full-Leather. Octavo. 408 pages, engraved vignette on title page; late 20th century full leather binding by Peter Geraty, new end papers, spine with raised bands and panels decorated in gilt; red leather lettering piece on spine. Bound to style, edges stained red. Marginal browning..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1887. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo. First issue, with the dedication page wrongly dated 1586 (MDLXXXI). 268 pages, plus 4 pages of ads. bound in original brown cloth, beveled edges. Just a trace of edge wear; unopened, near fine. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Octavo. first issue, with DeVinne press imprint on page 210, signature mark "12" on page 177 and "14" on page 209. Brown coated end papers. Bound in publisher's original brown pictorial cloth, decorated in red, black and gilt. A lovely..... More
London: J. Walker, 1809. Full-Leather. 16mo (2 3/4" x 5 1/4"), 336 pages, plus 16 pages of Index. Engraved frontis and title. Bound in contemporary full leather, double ruled in gilt, spine decorated in gilt; gray end papers, marbled edges. Internally very clean and bright, front and rear leather panels..... More
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1838. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. TWO VOLUMES. In original green cloth, stamped in gilt. The first two of four volumes, only 1000 copies were issued. As fine a pair as we have seen; occasional light foxing throughout, cloth showing very light wear; small..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. A very good- copy bound in original brown cloth with pale yellow endpapers. Rear inner hinge cracked. Wear, slight loss to spine tips. Scattered foxing. vi, 399 pp. 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
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1927. small octavo, 241 pages; a facsimile of the first American edition; publisher's pictorial red cloth, printed in gilt. black coated end papers; all edges gilt. Gilt on spine a bit dull, but a handsome near fine copy. More
London: Denis Archer, 1932. First Edition. 12mo, 76 pages; "second impression, Feb. 1932" same year as the first. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Pictorial dust jacket, with small loss at head of spine, stain and closed tear along foot of spine. internally clean and bright. More