New York: Scribner’s, 1940. First Edition. A scarce book, of which only 1174 copies were printed. Front endpapers browned from a formerly laid in newspaper clipping, else near fine in a dust jacket with minor browning and spotting. More
[Book #25911P]
New York: Scribner’s, 1911. First American Edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket with a thumbnail-sized chip at the top right hand corner of the front panel and two interior tape mends. Uncommon in dust jacket. More
[Book #23207P]
New York: Scribner’s, 1909. First American Edition. Ownership signature; near fine in the rare dust jacket, which has chips along the edges. More
[Book #15941P]
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1908. First Edition. The color pictures and text are by Rawnsley. Bookplate; minor foxing; about fine in a very lightly worn dust jacket. More
[Book #26758P]
New York: Huebsch, 1918. First American Edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket with minor wear and tear and a small gouge in the center of the spine in a blank area between the imprint and the price; in a custom quarter-morocco slipcase. More
[Book #23783P]
Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1954. First English Edition. Minor foxing, else near fine in very good dust jacket with foxing and some small chips. Basis for a 1969 mini-series. More
[Book #25733P]
Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1956. First English Edition. Minor foxing of the book and the dust jacket. More
[Book #25734P]
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1940. First Edition. Gift inscription; a fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket with with some chipping. Basis for the 1943 movie that starred Roddy McDowall and Elizabeth Taylor. More
[Book #23929P]
Pages 37 - 121 from Eastern Art: An Annual. Philadelphia: College Art Association, 1930. Bound into full greenish-brown morocco, signed “Asper, Geneve.” Decorative Asian silk endpapers; spine browned; very good. More
[Book #26831P]
New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1922. First Edition; preceding the English edition. Fine in a lightly used dust jacket with a small interior tape mend. More
[Book #16705P]
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1868. First Edition. Three volumes; original publisher’s cloth; some cloth wear; spines cocked; occasional page staining and foxing; a good to very good set. This is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his sister-in-law, “Mrs. W. LeFanu from The Author.” Le Fanu was one of..... More
[Book #15195P]
New York: Grove Press, 1978. First (Hardcover) Edition. Fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #26612P]
New York: Grove Press, 1978. First (Hardcover) Edition. Minor staining; near fine in dust jacket. Signed by the author. More
[Book #26610P]
London: Edward Moxon, 1845. First Edition; three volumes bound as one; contemporary half-morocco and marbled boards; very good. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, “Mr. Martineau With love from the Author.” Presumably, this was either one of her brothers or uncles. This early feminist author is best known for her..... More
[Book #16393P]
On Headquarters Army Ground Forces stationery, Stilwell replies to a young correspondent on 30 January, 1945, “I had a note from your father the other day, and am sending you a picture and a shoulder patch...the insignia is the old shoulder patch worn by members of the China-Burma-India Theater. The..... More
[Book #16567P]
New York: Appleton, 1923. First Edition. Publisher’s file copy; with their stamp on the front free endpaper; near fine in a very good dust jacket. The wraparound jacket illustration depicts the horse-drawn engine bearing down on a little girl, the fire dog racing to her rescue. A collection of connected..... More
[Book #23164P]
Paris: Arthaud, 1953. First French Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; a little musty; near fine in a very good dust jacket. Gratefully inscribed by Harrer to his American publisher “to whom I am thankful that he found this French copy and finally made the wonderful U.S. edition. With my best wishes for..... More
[Book #20028P]
London: Henry & Co, 1897. First Edition of the second volume of this annual publication; the first volume was issued a year earlier in the same format. Cloth spotted; some foxing; bookplate; very good in the rare pictorial jacket, which has some chips and creasing and interior archival mending (the..... More
[Book #21090P]
New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First Edition. Owner’s 1951 inscription; small tear at the edge of the front free endpaper, else fine in a very good dust jacket. Signed by the four most important participants in the 1954 motion picture, including director and writer George Seaton, and stars Bing..... More
[Book #18959P]
Inscribed by Taft as President to a Massachusetts Republican politician, “For Matthew J. Whittall, Worcester, Mass. With grateful appreciation and best wishes, June 6th 1912 - Wm H. Taft.” Framed and glazed; overall approximately 15” tall by 12” wide. Minor marginal stain and slight oxidation at the lower portion of..... More
[Book #26725P]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author to his publisher at Knopf, “To Nat [Zecher] - Sometimes I think you’re a tougher boss than all my others. But if you keep pushing I could grow..... More
[Book #22217P]
London: Jarrolds, n.d. [1920]. First Edition. Minor cloth spotting; spine faded; very good. Queen's Quorum. More
[Book #26514P]
London: Ernest Benn, 1931. First English Edition. Goldstone bookplate; minor staining on the endpapers; near fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #19777P]
Boston: Little, Brown, 1951. First Edition. Minor cloth stains; very good or slightly better in a very good dust jacket with some small chips at the top edge and very moderate soiling and wear. More
[Book #14800P]
