London: Aldergate Press, 1925. First Edition. One of 250 numbered copies containing a signed original etching by Bacon (the frontispiece: “The Widow and The Grass Widow”). Additionally, signed by Bacon on the front free-endpaper. Fine. “Grass Widow,” a disparaging term, now long fallen out of favor, shares the disdain and.....
London: George Bell and Sons, 1895. First Edition. One of 100 copies. Publisher’s cloth with a vellum spine; some foxing; endpapers browned; near fine in the rare dust jacket (minor chipping and wear) identifying the cover cloth as “...the ‘Kells’ linen, hand-woven by the cotters of Armagh - by that.....
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London: Elkin Mathews, 1895. First Edition; deluxe issue. Minor foxing; small owner’s signature; covers slightly bowed; a nearly fine copy in publisher’s vellum; printed in gold on the spine and covers; one of 25 copies; a signed, holograph Blackmore letter is laid in. An especially handsome book illustrated in Pre-Raphaelite.....
London: Ward, Lock, 1932. First Edition. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Ownership signature; about fine in a restored dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. First Edition. One of 260 numbered copies on Nihon Japan Vellum; signed by Cather. Nearly fine in a worn dust jacket and broken, defective publisher’s slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1882. First Edition. Black dialect fiction. Wright 286. Publisher’s illustrated cloth; comically depicting a dandified black man in front of a slave cabin. A nearly fine copy. This book relates a version of the “Brer Rabbit, Brer Wolf and Tar Baby” story, immortalized by Joel Chandler.....
London: Smith, Elder, 1896. First Edition. Hinges cracking; minor cloth chipping; very good. Inscribed by the author a day before publication, “With A Conan Doyle’s kind regards/ Nov 12/96.” All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Paris: Centre Culturel de Paris, 1978. First Edition. Of 372 copies, this is one of 90 numbered copies on “Velin de Rives”; signed by Dali on the colophon, as well as on the illustrated, color title page; bound in publisher’s full leather with gilt decoration; the illustrations in the text.....
London: John Maxwell, 1863. First English Edition; presumably the first edition in English. Original cloth; two volumes; slight spine cocking; very good. A novel of Mexico and the Indians. Most of the author’s books were set in the American west. All books described as first editions are first printings unless.....
London: Chapman & Hall, 1837. First Edition; later issue. Handsomely bound in modern full red morocco by Bayntun-Riviere; all edges gilt; gilt stamped vignette portrait on the front cover; gilt stamped facsimile signature on the back board; decorated edges and rules; raised bands with gilt decorated compartments; a fine copy.....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1895. First Edition. Some foxing; very good plus. Presentation copy; with the author’s lengthy inscription on the half-title, “Dear Edith [Watson. likely a cousin]; I intended you to have my new book ‘Over the Border’ to take with you to America, but it will not be.....
London: Gollancz, 1931. First Edition. Publisher’s printed wrappers; browned; owner’s signature; spine tape mended; fair to good. A pseudonym of Anthony Berkeley Cox. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.