Democracy. An American Novel
London: Macmillan, 1882. First English Edition; issued anonymously. Previous owner’s name at the top of the title page; some foxing; very good. More
[Book #28259P]
London: Macmillan, 1882. First English Edition; issued anonymously. Previous owner’s name at the top of the title page; some foxing; very good. More
[Book #28259P]
No place of publication: no publisher, 1938. First Edition. One of 800 numbered copies signed by Baer and illustrator Major. This volume consists of charcoal portraits of various Hollywood people, each signing below these caricatures; laid into this copy is the original charcoal sketch of Fritz Lang, signed by both..... More
[Book #37445P]
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1920. First Edition. Contemporary owner’s inscription; very good in a good, splitting dust jacket. More
[Book #32952P]
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1928. First Edition. Clearly an author’s copy; with his name stamp “H. Beston/ The Fo’castle” on the front panel of the dust jacket and the front free endpaper; he apparently then gave it away, inscribing the front free endpaper, “Signed for Joseph La Croix Esq. by..... More
[Book #27521P]
London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1905. Comprising his collections of theatrical relics, pictures & drawings, as well as his library. Original wrappers; very good. More
[Book #24484P]
New York: Exposition Press, 1953. First Edition. Faint spot on front endpapers; very good or better. Presentation copy; humorously inscribed by the author. More
[Book #32107P]
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. First Edition; BAL 4434; “asserted and generally accepted” (but 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 muslin). These points are often erroneously referred to..... More
[Book #35510P]
Boston: Richard C. Badger, 1906. First Edition. Nearly fine. Poetry. More
[Book #29718P]
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1898. First Edition. Illustrated by Louis Wain. Owner’s signatures inside the front cover and the top of the title page; minor foxing; near fine. More
[Book #25742P]
Philadelphia: E. Claxton, 1881. First Edition. Wright 1892. A near fine copy. More
[Book #16911P]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First Edition. Christmas card tipped into the front free endpaper; bookplate; very good in dust jacket. One of 1000 numbered copies. More
[Book #29703P]
Columbus, Ohio: The Book Concern, n.d. [ca. 1930-1935]. First Edition (? presumably, as we find no other edition). Fine in a very lightly used dust jacket. More
[Book #28050P]
Washington, D.C. NASA, 1963. First Edition; wrappers. The chimp flights preceded the manned ones, and this report summarizes the importance of that program. Small penned number on the front wrapper; fine. More
[Book #37699P]
Garden City: Doubleday, 1952. First American Edition. Small name stamp on the front free endpaper; very good in dust jacket. Basis for the 1953 film, The Weak and the Wicked. More
[Book #27408P]
Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1917. “Deluxe Limited Memorial Edition.” 14 volumes; illustrated by Gordon Grant; one of 1075 numbered sets; publisher’s imitation vellum and paper-covered boards; a fine set in the publisher’s printed cloth dust jackets, the flaps of which have offset onto the endpapers. More
[Book #37110P]
New York: McClure, 1907. First Edition. Parsons bookplate; some flaking of the spine, but overall much better than usual. In a custom cloth slipcase. More
[Book #19828P]
Ormond Beach, Florida: The Doldrums, 1952. First Separate Edition? (presumably the first separate book edition, with the original magazine illustrations). Zabriskie notes that the story was published in 1906 and collected in 1912. 750 copies printed; fine in a lightly worn dust jacket. More
[Book #32050P]
Ormond Beach, Florida: The Doldrums, 1939. First Separate Edition? (certainly the first separate edition with these illustrations.) Fine in a lightly worn dust jacket. More
[Book #32051P]
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1918. First American Edition. Very good. More
[Book #36939P]
New York: Scribner, 1853. First Edition. BAL 8138. The plates are in state B (no priority). Bookplate; minor foxing; top of spine a little chipped; a very good copy. More
[Book #38071P]
London: Griffith and Farran, 1882. First Edition in English of A Doll’s House. Presentation copy; inscribed by the translator, “Mrs. Blanchard in appreciation of her good work for women from the translator, Frances Lord, Sep. 12 1884.” Bound in contemporary or early 20th century 3/4 calf by Zaehnsdorf (for Scribner’s);..... More
[Book #35808P]
Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1880. First American Edition; first issue binding. Spine slightly cocked; near fine. More
[Book #37639P]
Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1880. First American Edition; first issue. Minor cloth spotting and wear; small tear at the bottom of the front free endpaper; a very good copy. More
[Book #37640P]
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1892. Later edition. 1893 owner’s inscription; about fine. More
[Book #28639P]