Washington: Samuel Harrison Smith, 1801. Comprising the 1st and 2nd sessions of the sixth Congress. Two volumes; uncut and mostly unopened; in original plain wrappers (titled in ink); the title page is bound in at the end of the second volume; some wear, but overall in excellent condition. One assumes... More about The Laws of the United States of America: Vol V
[Book #30939P]
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1923. First Edition. There were 250 numbered copies, but this copy is not numbered. Hinges weak or cracking; owner’s signature; very good. More about Sir Christopher Wren: A.D. 1632-1723: Bicentenary Memorial Volume
[Book #22626P]
Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody-Essex Museum, 2004. Exhibition catalogue; printed in color; with a color photograph on the front board; near fine. Issued in conjunction with the Government of Nunavut, and with text in English, French and Nunavut. More about Our Land: Contemporary Art From the Arctic
[Book #30226P]
New York: Sotheby’s, 1997. Three volumes in wrappers; in the publisher’s slipcase. This highly successful auction took place over nine days in September, 1997. Fine. More about Property from the Collection of The Duke & Duchess of Windsor
[Book #30335P]
Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1757-1773. Eleven volumes in total, all but the Ariosto are quarto and uniformly bound in early or contemporary full red straight-grain morocco with gilt rules and raised bands; all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; in excellent condition with only minor rubbing and wear. The collection consists of the... More about A Collection of Eight John Baskerville Editions
[Book #31090P]
New York: privately printed, 1964. First Edition. “A record of a meeting of his friends at the Grolier Club, New York City, on December 9, 1964.” Contributions by Knopf, Rumer Godden, Patrick White and others. Publisher’s wrappers; 750 copies printed; very good. More about B.W. Huebsch: 1876-1964
[Book #26912P]
New York: The Colophon Ltd., 1930-1934. Twenty issues; each year enclosed in the publisher’s quarter pigskin and cloth art deco slipcases (some discoloration and minor wear). Each issue has a bookplate; all are fine, and most have the original glassine wrappers. Part five is especially sought after for its David..... More about The Colophon: A Book Collector's Quarterly
[Book #28563P]
London: “Boy’s Own Paper Office”, n.d. [presumably 1907-1908]. Publisher’s pictorial cloth; featuring a boy hunter and an eagle on the front cover and the spine; quarto; folding lithographed frontispiece; owner’s name on the title page; very good. More about The Boy's Own Annual: Volume 30: 1907-1908
[Book #26248P]
London: “Boy’s Own Paper Office”, n.d. [presumably 1932-1933]. Publisher’s pictorial cloth; featuring an Indian chief on the front cover and a football player on the spine; quarto; color frontispiece; over 700 pages; very good or better. More about The Boy's Own Annual: Volume 54: 1931-1932. Edited by Geoffrey R. Pocklington
[Book #26249P]
New York: Demorest, 1866. This is the November issue. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers; color frontispiece; very good. More about Demorest's Young America Boys and Girls Magazine
[Book #31720P]
Boston: Lilly, Wait, and Company, 1834. Publisher’s muslin-backed stiff wrappers, illustrated; minor scribbling on the endpapers; some small stains; very good. More about Parley's Magazine: Part Third, Second Year
[Book #17039P]
Berkeley, California: The Hart Press, 1948-1966. First Editions. Publisher’s wrappers; various limitations; very good to fine, as follows: 1948 (Bloodgood H. Cutter), 1953 (Walter Colton), 1957 (Robert M. Yoder), 1958 (Richard Steele), 1963 (George Wither), 1964 (V.S. Pritchett), 1965 (Hayes Jacobs), and 1966 (Owen Seaman). More about Eight Hart Press Christmas Publications
[Book #28543P]
London: Charles Baldwyn, 1824. First Edition. Gift inscription on a blank; bookplate; bound in 19th century 3/4 morocco and paper-covered boards; top edge gilt; minor foxing; very good. Illustrated by Cruikshank. More about Italian Tales
[Book #30205P]
New York: Time-Fortune, Inc., 1930. Publisher’s wrappers; the first issue of an exceptionally well-produced publication, especially notable given the dire economic troubles of the time. Very good in the very uncommon original cardboard mailing carton (addressed). More about Volume 1, Number 1
[Book #30067P]
[New York]: Privately Printed by Kilbourne Tompkins, 1887. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; BAL Holmes, Sec III. Bookplates; small label (”Holmes”) on the spine; very good. The introductory poem is the reprinted “How The Old Horse Won The Bet.”. More about New Verses from the Harvard Advocate
[Book #26019P]
Paris: Martine, n.d. [c. 1910 - 1920]. First Edition. Oblong pictorial paper-covered boards; each song is illustrated with a vivid pochoir plate by Guy Arnoux, who also drew the colorful front cover. Only very minor wear; nearly fine. More about 12 Chansons
[Book #31344P]
New York: Hurd & Houghton, 1866. Originally issued in 1864; publisher’s cloth; foxed; very good. With seven illustrations by Darley. More about A Selection of War Verse with Illustrations on Wood by F.O.C. Darley
[Book #28241P]
Osaka: Osaka Mainichi Publishing Company, 1928. Number 2. Bound with the publisher’s wrappers in slightly later buckram; very good. More about Japan Today and Tomorrow
[Book #29683P]
Undated and untitled, early to mid-seventies, and possibly as a 1977 memorial, consisting of 6 poster boards (20 x 30”); with 28 mounted original photographs (of the contributors, in formal wear) and typed reminiscences. Among those represented are Budd Schulberg, Joseph Heller, “Swifty” Lazar, William Styron, George Plimpton, Ralph Ellison... More about A Presentation in Honor of James Jones
[Book #28046P]
New York: The James Joyce Society, 1957. First Edition. Very good plus in publisher’s wrappers. More about A James Joyce Miscellany
[Book #31787P]
Publisher’s pictorial wrappers; pages a little yellowed, but overall in excellent condition. Signed on the front cover by 25 of the staff members, writers and artists, including publisher William Gaines, editor Al Feldstein, and Norman Mingo (underneath his printed signature on the cover art of Alfred E. Neuman, an image..... More about Mad Magazine, No.103, June, 1966
[Book #29901P]
Bound volume with the year’s monthly issues, including numerous engravings, hand-colored “fashion” plates, as well as poetry, music, other illustrations, fiction and non-fiction. Bound in contemporary red half-morocco; raised bands; spine gilt decorated; the name “Marietta” is stamped on the front board, surrounded by a gilt floral pattern; bound with..... More about Peterson's Magazine: Volume 33-34, 1858
[Book #25590P]
London: A. W. Bennett, 1868. Bound in publisher’s full leather; heavily decorated in gilt and blind ; all edges gilt. Illustrated with fourteen original photographs which are mounted on bound-in, captioned leaves; minor rubbing and tears; an excellent copy. The photographers and authors (unsurprisingly, Burns is prominently represented) are identified... More about Scotland: Her Songs and Scenery. As Sung by Her Bards and Seen by the Camera
[Book #29865P]
Dating primarily from ca. 1895-1926, the publishers include Ivers, Munro, Street and Smith, Ogilvie, American News Company, etc. One can safely assume that most of these were piracies or unauthorized reprints. The collection includes romance novels (Mrs. Southworth, Bertha Clay, May Agnes Fleming, etc.), westerns (Edward C. Taylor, etc.), adventure... More about A Collection of Over 90 Pulp Novels
[Book #27428P]
Philadelphia (presumably): no publisher [presumably the Democratic National Committee or F.D.R.’s campaign committee], 1936. First Edition. Deluxe full leather (or imitation leather); titled in gilt; one of an unspecified numbered edition signed by F.D.R. Aside from light binding wear and trivial page spotting, a fine copy; seldom found in such..... More about The Democratic Book: 1936
[Book #28052P]