Peter L. Stern

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First Edition. A very good copy in a good publisher’s slipcase, which has some staining and wear. This is an exceptional association copy, inscribed by both the photographer and author to Kenneth [Battelle], known as the hairdresser to celebrities, Mr. Kenneth. Inscribed by Avedon.....

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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.....

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London: Chappell, 1929. First Edition of the vocal score. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, “For Cissie, With my love and gratitude and affection and what not. Noel/ 1929.” Probably this is the dancer and actress Cissie Sewell who participated in foreign productions of this work, and was well-spoken of.....

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New York: The Century Company, 1909. First Edition. Spine faded; minor rubbing and cloth spotting; bookplate; very good. Certainly superior to the condition it is often found in, having suffered from the love of children and adults, Illustrated by Denslow in black and white and in color, especially known for.....

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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. First Edition. Owner’s inscription on the front endpaper; a good copy in what is often termed a “second issue” dust jacket. However, this cataloguer notes that terms such as variant, state, printing, and issue are often conflated. A variant might have been printed and issued at the.....

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Boston: S. Burdett, 1832. Third edition, “Revised and improved by the American editor.” From the library of Longfellow bibliographer Jacob Chester Chamberlain, and with his custom yellow cloth dust jacket with “Longfellow” underneath the title on a morocco spine label. This copy appeared at auction with Chamberlain’s other books at.....

More info about De Pourquet's Italian Phrases

New York: George H. Doran, 1914. First Edition; preceding the English publication by some months. First Edition; preceding the English edition by several months. A nearly fine copy in an excellent example of the rare color pictorial dust jacket. The jacket has had some archival mending and strengthening, with chips.....

More info about The Valley Of Fear

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. First Edition; original cloth. Front hinge weak; back hinge split; some cloth fraying and a little chipping at the extremities; some foxing; overall a very good copy. Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Dickens’ complex novel of the law. If any lawyer hasn’t referred to it themselves (or the.....

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Boston: Little, Brown, 1872. Bound by Riviere in full tan calf with gilt decoration. Neat ownership inscription; minor fading and wear; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

More info about The Complete Concordance to Shakespeare

New York: Ballantine Books, 1956. First Edition; binding b (no priority known); first state. Near fine in a very good, lightly used dust jacket with slight spine fading and a small interior tape mend. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

More info about The October Country

New York: Henry G. Langley, 1845. First American Edition. Two volumes; bound in contemporary half-morocco and marbled paper-covered boards; minor foxing; 1845 ownership inscriptions; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

More info about A Drama of Exile

New York: C.S. Francis, 1860. First American Edition of Poems Before Congress. Publisher’s cloth; spine ends worn; bookplate; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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