THE HISTORY OF THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB
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THE COMIC BLACKSTONE; By Gilbert Abbott a Beckett / With Illustratins by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK
Chicago: Callahan & Cockcroft / Burton & Leonard Printers, 1869. George Cruikshank. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo, publisher's brown cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated by George Cruikshank with fronispiece and several plates (most with tissue guards), brown-coated endpapers, xi, [xii] + 376 pages. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811 – 1856)..... More
TWELVE YEARS IN CHINA; The People, The Rebels, And The Mandarins / By A British Resident / Second Thousand With an Appendix
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1860. Color Lithographs & wood engravings. Second Thousand / Printed by Thomas Constable. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. 8vo, publisher's original brown cloth with gilt embossed figures: crossed Chinese banners and gilt lettering on spine, Chinese junk on front cover, & Taiping rebel dancing with two raised..... More
THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND (plus Part One, No. 1, London: Punch Office, July, 1846); With Twenty Coloured Etchings and Two Hundred Woodcuts by John Leech.
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., N.D. [1855]. John Leech. Bradbury & Agnew Edition Unspecified. Cloth (& wrappers). Thick 8vo, red decorative cloth with gilt-stamped regal figures on the spine and gilt-embossed Clio and a young British lion on front cover, profusely and engaging illustrated by John Leech with 20 fabulous..... More
PSYCHOPATH
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. SIGNED by the physician Author on front endpaper, tall 8vo, black boards with silver lettering on spine, Mylar-protected red-black photographic dust jacket (unclipped), [xii] + 323 pages. New York Times Bestselling Author. About the struggle to identify the brutal psychopathic..... More
BALFOUR AND MERIWETHER in THE INCIDENT OF THE HARROWMOOR DOGS
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2013. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, off-white cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) by Desert Isle, 83 pages. Daniel James Abraham (born 1969), pen names M. L. N. Hanover and James S. A. Corey, is an American novelist, comic book..... More
LINCOLN'S LAST TRIAL; The Murder That Propelled Him to the Presidency
Toronto, Ontario: Hanover Square Press, 2018. B&W PHOTOS. First Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED boldly by Author Dan Abrams on a tipped-in front endpaper, 8vo, dark blue cloth with bright scarlet lettering on spine, illustrated with a few B&W period photographs, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with colorized photo..... More
SHAKESPEARE'S LOST YEARS IN LONDON 1586-1592; Giving new light on the pre-Sonnet period; showing the inception of relations between Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton and displaying John Florio as Sir John Falstaff
New York: Brentano's, 1920. First Edition. Decorated cloth. 8vo, olive green quarter linen over white buckram with white paper label & "Non Sans Droict" escutcheon of Shakespeare stamped in green on cover, limited to 550 copies, deckle edges, 261 pages. Useful discussion of Shakespeare's "lost years" and likely early involvement..... More
THE BOOK OF LOVE; Edited by Diane Ackerman & Jeanne Mackin
New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Thick 8vo, black quarter cloth over brilliant red boards with gold lettering on spine and front cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with painting of lovers kissing by Francisco Hayez, xxxiii + 827 pages..... More
THE CASEBOOK OF VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN; A Novel
New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Small 8vo, black cloth with gilt spine lettering over beige boards, half-tone foggy frontispiece, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) using man's upper torso by Theodore Gerricault, [viii] + 353 pages + [2} A Note..... More
THE LAMBS OF LONDON; a novel
New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo, light beige cloth and mottled beige boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicing a small Shakespeare portrait within a broken heart against a beige background, [viii] + 213-[214] deckled pages + [2]..... More
ROMAN ANTIQUITIES; An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans
New York: Collins, 1833. Second Edition. Quarter leather and marbled boards. 8vo, tan quarter leather and marbled boards, 508 pages. Important Collection of Primary Sources and Notes on Ancient Rome. Interesting facts that are well documented. Second Edition expanded with notes from Niebuhr; therefore, highly useful compendium. Alexander Adam (1741 – 1809)..... More
THOREAU'S GUIDE to CAPE COD; (Based on Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau) Edited and illustrated by Alexander B. Adams / With a biographical sketch of Thoreau by Ralph Waldo Emerson
New York: The Devin-Adair company, 1962. Photos by Alexander B. Adams. First Edition. Cloth. Small 4to (9 1/4" x 7"), beige cloth with pale blue-green lettering on spine, illustrated with 32 glossy B&W photos and "Points of Interest," map endpapers of Cape Cod, x + [xi-xii] + 148 pages. An..... More
SHARDIK; A Novel
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, beige buckram with gold lettering and brown embossed "Shardik" bear motif on front cover, colored map endpapers of the "Belkan Empire," 604 pages. An attractive copy of the author's second novel. Richard Adams (1920 – 2016) was an English novelist who..... More
DOGBERT'S TOP SECRET MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK; as told to Scott Adams
New York, N.Y. HarperBusiness, 1996. First Edition. Glossy pictorial cover. Small square 8vo (8 3/8" x 8 1/4"), glossy pictorial cartoon boards, profusely illustrated with cartoons and accompanying text by author-cartoonist Scott Adams, protected with a quality archival clear plastic cover, unpaginated [~ 225pp.]. Scott Adams (born 1957) is the..... More
MURDER ON THE LEVIATHAN; A Novel
New York: Random House, 2004. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, light tan cloth over beige boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with collage of the liner "Leviathan," a man wearing a Derby, a golden Shiva, and an X-ed out photograph of a man standing by a ship railing..... More
THE HAZEL WOOD; A Novel
New York, N.Y. Flatiron Books / Macmillan, January, 2018. Jim Tierney. First Edition printed exclusively for OwlCrate. Boards. SIGNED by the Author in gold on special publisher's page, 8vo, illustrated with more than 31 B&W in-text chapter heads & other images by Jim Tierney, gray boards with black lettering &..... More
MEMO TO THE PRESIDENT ELECT; How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED by the Author on the half title, 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering over deep blue boards, Mylar-protected dust jacket (unclipped) with photograph of Medeleine Albright by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, [viii] + 328 pages. INSCRIBED and in EXCEPTIONAL..... More
THE MIGHTY & THE ALMIGHTY; Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2006. First Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, black quarter cloth over burgundy boards, Introduction by President Bill Clinton, Mylar-protected dust jacket (unclipped) with photograph of Medeleine Albright, 339 pages. Exceptional condition! Previous owner's ink signature on free front endpaper. SIGNED by the distinguished former..... More
JACK AND JILL; A Village Story / By Louisa M. Alcott / With Illustrations
Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1900. Reprint of 1880 edition. Decorative cloth. 12mo (7" x 4 3/4" x 1 1/4") brown cloth with gilt spine & leafy sprigs on spine & front cover, illustrated by xxx with B&W lithographic frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 3 additional full-page plates, 325 pages..... More
JO'S BOYS / AND HOW THEY TURNED OUT; A Sequel to "Little Men" / Complete Authorized Edition
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1925. Complete Authorized Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo, light blue cloth with silver lettering on spine and front cover, illustrated with a full-color frontispiece of Ted and 'a horse worth having," peach-and-pink colored pictorial endpapers of the family outside church [xii] + 358 pages. Exceptional..... More
LITTLE MEN; Life at Plainfield with Jo's Boys / Illustrated by Douglas W. Gorsline
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1947. Douglas W. Gorsline. Illustrated Junior Library. Cloth. 8vo, pink quarter cloth with decorative lettering over boards with a repeating man with hoop & dog motif, illustrated with full-color plates by Douglas W. Gorsline, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket painting of the "Little Men," full-color..... More
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT:; An Intimate Anthology
New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, 1997. First New York Public Library Collector's Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 12mo, frontispiece of LMA after a photograph ca.1850s, illustrated with pictures of Louisa, family, friends, & manuscripts, striped blue and gray-blue endpapers, 369 pages. EXCEPTION ANTHOLOGY in TOP CONDITION internally..... More
UNDER THE LILACS; By Louisa M. Alcott / With Illustrations
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1902. B&W plates. Reprint of 1878 edition. Decorative cloth. 12mo (7" x 4 3/4" x 1 1/4") brown cloth with gilt spine & leafy sprigs on spine & front cover, illustrated by xxx with B&W lithographic frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 3 additional full-page plates..... More
EARTHWORKS
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1966. Book Club Edition. Cloth. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page to Greg Gatenby, who has his SIGNATURE on the free front endpaper, 8vo, tan cloth with black lettering on spine, Mylar-protected pcitorial dust jacket (unclipped), 152 pages..... More