![[Book #30939P] The Laws of the United States of America: Vol V. AMERICANA, AUTHORS](/images/noimage.png)
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 and New York: Nonesuch Press/ Dial Press, 1924-1927. Limited to 1200 copies. Five volumes; comprising the Old and the New Testaments as well as the Apocrypha; publisher’s bindings; very good. More
[Book #35559P]
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 #35872P]
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]
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: Crown, 1959. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with wear and tear and internal mending. More
[Book #33170P]
Publisher’s wrappers. Contributions include Mead’s “Americanization in Samoa,” among others. Edited by Mencken. Very good in a custom slipcase. More
[Book #35522P]
Publisher’s wrappers. Contributors include DeCasseres and Jim Tully. Edited by Mencken. Very good in a custom slipcase. More
[Book #35521P]
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]
Publisher’swrappers; a little fading; very good in a custom slipcase with a leather spine and a red morocco title label. With contributions by Cain, Sherwood Anderson, Van Doren, and more. More
[Book #35514P]
Publisher’s wrappers; a little fading; good to very good in a custom slipcase with a leather spine and a red morocco title label. With contributions by Cain, Sherwood Anderson, Van Doren, and more. More
[Book #35515P]
Publisher’s wrappers; cover detatched, chipped, only fair, in a custom slipcase with a leather spine and a red morocco title label. Other contributors included Bodenheim and Sherwood Anderson. More
[Book #35517P]
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 #35848P]
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]
All published; November 17, 1879 - December 6, 1879; publisher’s cloth with the armory gilt stamped on the front board; some wear and foxing; very good. This periodical was issued in conjunction with the opening of the armory, a successful fund raiser dedicated to completing its interior. The building was..... More
[Book #35708P]
Comprising the following: Fourth Edition. Shakers. Compendium...With Biographies of Ann Lee...by F.W. Evans. New Lebanon, New York : no publisher, 1867. Original printed wrappers. Very minor soiling; an excellent copy. [with] Shaker Manifesto. Vol. XIII, No. 1. Shaker Village, New Hampshire, 1883. Original printed wrappers. Very good. [with] The Manifesto..... More
[Book #35477P]
Ten pieces bound in paper covered boards with a calf spine; some wear and foxing; very good. Printed title on the front board: “Pawtucket [Rhode Island] Social Glee Club.” These pieces were published in Boston, Philadelphia and New York, probably in the 1830s. Two pieces, “The Light Cigar” and “Corn..... More
[Book #24060P]