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
[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
[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
[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
[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
[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
[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
[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
[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
[Book #26249P]
New York: Demorest, 1866. This is the November issue. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers; color frontispiece; very good. More
[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
[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
[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
[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
[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
[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
[Book #31344P]
New York: Hurd & Houghton, 1866. Originally issued in 1864; publisher’s cloth; foxed; very good. With seven illustrations by Darley. More
[Book #28241P]
Osaka: Osaka Mainichi Publishing Company, 1928. Number 2. Bound with the publisher’s wrappers in slightly later buckram; very good. More
[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
[Book #28046P]
New York: The James Joyce Society, 1957. First Edition. Very good plus in publisher’s wrappers. More
[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
[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
[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
[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
[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
[Book #28052P]