New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. First Edition; B.A.L. 4434; “asserted and generally accepted” (a cautious and correctly termed hedge, as it was not definitively established) second printing; binding B (tan muslin); state 3 (no priority is established or suggested regarding either binding or the three known states of the.....
First Edition. “Holmes and the Dasher.” Very good in dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
New York: Random House, 1957. First Edition. One of 450 numbered and signed copies. A fine copy in the original acetate dust jacket (a little chipped and torn). All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
C. 1885-1887. A total of 42 pages; various sizes; mostly in ink, but with some in pencil; minor soiling and wear; an archive that demonstrates the extensive research and planning that Doyle devoted to his historical novels. This book is set against the invasion of England by James, Duke of.....
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New York: Inter-Allied Publications, 1951. First Edition. Presentation copy; inscribed in 1952 from Dubinsky to columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Murray Kempton in 1952, and subsequently inscribed by Kempton, once to his fiance, and again under her married name. Very good in a dust jacket with a large chip in.....
London: Heinemann, 1907. Later printing. Bound for Asprey in 3/4 green morocco; all edges gilt; raised bands; gilt rules; fine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Paris: Baudry’s European Library, 1839. In the English language, and likely a piracy (an unauthorized edition, avoiding pesky permissions and royalties). Presumably this would have been issued in wrappers, but is here bound without them in quarter-leather and marbled paper covered boards; considerable foxing; hinges cracked; good. All books described.....
Boston: Published for the Mass. Homeopathic Hospital by Marion & Co., n.d. [probably 1870]. First Edition; presumed second printing; original printed wrappers; faint contemporary ownership signature; an excellent copy. The Bibliography of American Literature (#270) devotes a lengthy discussion to the printing history of this book. In brief, the book.....
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LaCrosse/Minneapolis/St. Paul: Sumac Press/ Norwegian Exploers, 1952. First Edition of this anthology. Publisher’s full red leather, likely bound so in a small number for contributors and supporters. Back hinge just started; endpaper edges a bit offset from the glue or the leather. About fine. All books described as first editions.....
A little smaller than 11 x 13”. Signed in blue ink on a lighter area of his shirt, “Gary Cooper/ 1932.” Stamped on the verso “Photography by Coburn.” Robert Coburn was a prominent and successful Hollywood portrait and still photographer of the era. Cooper is dressed in a western shirt.....
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New York: House of El Dieff, Inc., 1974. First Edition of a particularly well-produced bookseller catalogue. Among his many attributes and characteristics, Feldman was not renowned for humility. Among the mostly exceptional offerings is a to page spread with a Paget reproduced on one side and a large selection of.....
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. First American IIlustrated Edition; first American clothbound edition, preceded by an edition in wrappers issued by Harper & Brothers a month earlier. This edition employs the illustrations and format of the English edition, and is the second of the Christmas books. Publisher’s blue cloth (it.....