N.P. [London]: [privately printed], n.d. [1914]. First Edition of this short fantasy novel; in Bleiler; 107 pages; bound in plain binder's cloth with the author and title on the spine; minor spine repair; very good. A regular edition was not published until 1923 by Collins; this edition must have been..... More
[Book #12946P]
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1862. Publisher’s illustrated wrappers; minor soiling and tears; very good. Among the earliest separate printings, the illustrations by Darley, together with those of Nast, have become the popular, accepted image of Santa Claus. More
[Book #35547P]
London: Hurst, Robinson, 1825. “Second Edition. With Additional Poems.” Publisher’s boards; spine heavily chipped; some page staining; good to very good. Inscribed “Washington Irving, Esq: - With the Author’s Compliments.” 1840 owner’s ink inscription on the title page and in pencil underneath the presentation. More
[Book #35546P]
Boston: Little, Brown, 1935. First Illustrated Edition; “Birthday Edition;” one of 600 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. About a fine copy in the original publisher’s slipcase, which is very good. More
[Book #35545P]
London: Collins, 1930. First Edition. In publisher’s lighter blue cloth. Fine. More
[Book #35544P]
New York: Scribner’s, 1952. First Edition. Tape and tape stains on the cloth and endpapers from a previously attached jacket, else fine in a fine, but clearly supplied, dust jacket. More
[Book #35543P]
New York: Minton, Balch, 1929. First Edition. Very good in a good dust jacket with numerous chips. More
[Book #35541P]
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1902. First Edition; presumed first issue binding. Minor cloth soiling and wear; a little page staining; very good. A superb association copy; inscribed by the author, “To H.G. Wells, the Sandpark [?] Philosopher. Oct. 1902. W.W. Jacobs.” Contains one of the most anthologized and finest of..... More
[Book #35540P]
New York: Putnam’s, 1926. First American Edition. Gift inscription; cloth spotted; very good in a dust jacket with a thumbnail-sized chip at the foot of the spine. More
[Book #35539P]
London: William Heinemann, 1923. First English Edition, with the identical content of the American edition. Very good in a shabby, split dust jacket; in a clamshell box. With the ownership signature of Cornelius Weygandt dated IV-6-1923; he has also annotated the contents with notations on the volumes in which the..... More
[Book #35538P]
Boston: Charles C. Little and Jame Brown, 1838. First Edition. BAL 8732. Publisher’s cloth; (BAL notes several cloth variants, without assigned or assumed priority). This copy doesn’t appear to conform to any of those; in “S” purple cloth, without stamping. Presentation copy, but the top of the front free endpaper..... More
[Book #35537P]
New York: Scribner’s, 1911. First Edition; first issue. A fine, bright copy with the preferred and probably earliest state of the binding with a gilt top edge; in the rare dust jacket which has some tiny chips; in excellent condition, not restored or repaired. In a custom quarter-leather morocco clamshell..... More
[Book #35535P]
New York: Capitol Publishing, 1949. First Editions. Each contains the illustrated story book and two cardboard puppets; one copy has the cowboy and a horse; the second has two cowboys. Minor wear to each; nearly fine. More
[Book #35534P]
Hartford, Ct. A.E. Brooks, 1876. First Edition. Inscribed by the publisher in 1884. Publisher’s cloth; private library bookplate; about fine. More
[Book #35533P]
London: Sampston, Low, 1863. First Edition. The humorous hand-colored illustrations and text are presented in alphabetical order. Publisher’s cloth; minor foxing and wear; very good. More
[Book #35532P]
London: Longmans, Green, 1930. First Edition. One of 450 numbered copies signed by the artist. Small folio; very slight foxing of the endpapers; fine in a chipped and wrinkled dust jacket. More
[Book #35531P]
London: Longman, Hurst, et al, 1824. First Edition; two volumes; 16mo. Bound in recent half morocco and marbled boards. The engraved titles and frontispieces are bound in both, but in slightly different collation. Some ink notes on blanks and occasional spotting; very good. More
[Book #35530P]
Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1912. First Edition. Bookplate; some foxing; nearly fine. More
[Book #35243P]
Paris: Contact Editions, 1931. First Edition; original publisher's wrappers; one of 500 numbered copies. Gift inscription on rear endpaper; minor cover spotting; a nearly fine copy in a custom clamshell box with a leather spine. More
[Book #35527P]
Paris & New York: Contact Editions, 1931. First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies. Original publisher’s wrappers; spine chipped; some staining and wear; good to very good. A presentation copy of West’s first book, inscribed on the colophon page by the author, “For Ruth Ransom from Nathanael West.” In a...... More
[Book #35526P]
Paris: Contact Editions, 1931. First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies. Wrappers heavily repaired; a good copy. More
[Book #35525P]
New York: Viking Press, 1950. First Edition. Stain on front endpapers; bookplate; very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #35524P]
Evansville, Indiana: The Grand, 1893. Publisher’s wrappers; numerous, mostly marginal tears and chips. The play featured James O’Neill, father of Eugene. In a custom clamshell box with a leather spine and a red morocco title label. More
[Book #35523P]