New York: Macmillan, 1890. First Edition; American issue. Tenniel’s illustrations coloured by E. Gertrude Thomson. Publisher’s illustrated boards; Owner’s signature on the half-title; very good or a little better. In much better condition than often found. More
[Book #35228P]
London: Macmillan, 1886. First Edition. Offsetting from a previously laid in clipping on the half-title; nearly fine. More
[Book #35227J]
Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1869. First Edition printed in America; publisher’s decorated green cloth. Previous owner’s contemporary inscription on first blank; light rubbing; top of front hinge mended; a very good to fine copy. [with] Through the Looking-Glass. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1872. First American Edition; first state. Contemporary pencil..... More
[Book #35226P]
Boston: Marsh and Capen, n.d. Publisher’s printed wrappers; some staining; good. Owner’s light 1826 ownership signature on the title page. Illustrated with woodcuts. More
[Book #35224P]
Albany, New York: E.W. Skinner, 1822. “Example Strikes All Human Hearts...Abridged for the Use of Sunday Schools.” Publisher’s printed wrappers; stained and chipped; fair condition; three (of four) parts. Uncommon. More
[Book #35223P]
Frankfurt Am Main: Trajanus Presse, 1952? First Edition. No. 19 of 500 numbered copies, Small oblong folio; finely printed in two colors; 25 plates; presentation copy; inscribed at length in German by Zapf in 1956. Very nearly fine. More
[Book #35222P]
Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1859. First Edition. Publisher’s pebbled brown cloth; decorated in blind; spine title in gilt; red edges; brown endpapers; illustration in black and white; clipped memorial poem pasted onto a preliminary blank leaf; nearly fine. Presentation copy; inscribed on the first blank, “Mrs. F. Haven with..... More
[Book #35221P]
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1939. “Revised and Enlarged.” Given the publisher’s printed date on the title page, this is presumably the first edition of this revision. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, “To Bo Cook with the best wishes of Roger T. Peterson.” Recipient’s 1940 ownership signature and bookplate; some cloth..... More
[Book #35220P]
London: John Murray, 1927. First Edition; published the same day as the Colonial and American editions. Minor foxing and wear; owner’s signature; very good. More
[Book #35219P]
London: Smith, Elder, 1847. First Edition; three volumes; publisher’s cloth; the fly-title of the publisher’s catalogue is dated June, 1847 and the catalogue itself is dated October, 1847. This set has the very uncommon “Calcutta Review” ad inserted (while copies lacking it are not considered incomplete, it is preferable to..... More
[Book #35217P]
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1887. First Edition. Publisher’s illustrated paper-covered boards with a cloth spine; contemporary owner’s signature; tiny chip at the edge of the front free endpaper; minor wear; an excellent, very good, copy of a book, which, given its purpose, is usually nearly worn to death. More
[Book #35216P]
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1932. First Edition of this illustrated publication; complete with four working pop-ups; gift inscription on the half-title; a bit shaken; very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #35215P]
New York: Macmillan, 1950. First American Edition. Basis for the 1948 Italian neo-realistic film, The Bicycle Thief. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with minor chips and tears. More
[Book #35213P]
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1953. First American Edition. Minor cloth staining; very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #35212P]
Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1915. Later edition. Front hinge broken; worn; good. Inscribed by the author to his daugher. More
[Book #21049P]
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1939. First Edition; 1200 copies printed; bookplate of fantasy artist Hannes Bok with his pencil notes on the stories opposite the contents page and on the rear endpapers; minor stains on the endpapers; a little bumped; about fine in a dust jacket with slight wear and..... More
[Book #35209P]
London: John Lane, 1930. Limited issue; one of 275 numbered copies signed by both the author and illustrator. A nearly fine copy. More
[Book #35208P]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. Bound in full reddish-orange morocco by Bayntun; all edges gilt; spine stamped with gilt Catholic motifs; fine. More
[Book #35207P]
New York: W. J. Watt, 1910. First Edition. Just shy of very good. Presented by the author to a contemporary writer, “To Charles Neville Buck from P.G. Wodehouse (Death to Seth).” Buck, hardly remembered these days, wrote novels, and other pieces set in his native Appalachia. The cursed “Seth” in..... More
[Book #35206P]
New York: Harper & Bros. ca. 1970. Reprint. Fine in a dust jacket with trivial wear and tear. Inscribed by the author, “____, With greetings from E.B. White.”. More
[Book #35205P]
Paris: Librairie Charpentier & Fasquelle, 1898. First Edition; publisher’s printed wrappers. Aside from some scattered and minor foxing, an excellent copy. The play, by far Rostand’s best-known work, has enjoyed several successful screen adaptations. More
[Book #35204P]
New York: John Day, 1934. First Edition. Presented to a prominent Democrat and former journalist, “For George Creel from his old friend Franklin D. Roosevelt/ This tome is not worth three cigarette holders!” Unusually, F.D.R. has corrected the Foreword, crossing out “party” and writing “property.” Cloth fading at the top..... More
[Book #35203P]
London: Faber & Faber, 1968. First Edition of the author's scarce second novel. A near fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear and tear and a tape mend inside the top of the spine. More
[Book #35201P]