New York: Random House, 1997. First Edition, Later Printing. Cloth and boards. Quarto (9 1/2" x 6 3/4"), gray-green quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over yellow boards, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with modernistic color image by Liselotte Watkins of a woman embracing a man, xii +..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 2011. B&W trigrams. Book Club Edition. Cloth. 8vo, dark green cloth with blue-green lettering & yin-yang symbol on spine, illustrated with many hexagrams, archiva mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with scarlet-orange-green circular patterns designed by Tim Lewis, publisher's green topstain to pages..... More
London & Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, c.1884. Ninmo's Standard Library. Cloth. Tall 8vo, black embossed cloth with gilt stamping, engraved frontispiece of Dr. Johnson, xiv + 562 pages. UNCOMMON edition of this classic. Previous owner's neat signature on ffe is dated 1884, from which we estimate the date of this..... More
New York: The Modern Library #203, 1970. Reprint of 1946 Edition. Cloth. 12mo (7 1/4" x 4 7/8"), red cloth with black labels on spine and front cover, Preface & Introduction by Robert Bretall, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) with blue oval portrait of Kierkegaard, pictorial gray Torch-bearer endpapers..... More
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Great Neck, N. Y. Channel Press, Inc., 1957. First Edition. Cloth. 12mo, gray glossy cloth with black label & gilt plus "Lincoln's Devotional" in black & gold in an oval on the front cover; Introduction by Carl Sandburg, glossy B&W frontispiece [ii] reproducing The Believer's Daily Treasure, facsimile reprinting The..... More
New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. Henry Holiday. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial cloth. Small 4to (7 1/4" x 9 1/2"), white cloth with gold lettering on spine and embossed gold caricature of Lewis Carroll by Henry Furniss on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped)..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2005. Durer, Holbein, et al. Second Printing. Quarter leather and marbled boards. Tall & thick Royal 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 3/4" x 2"), quarter bound in dark green leather with elaborate gilt title & floral-urn designs on leather spine and sides over marbled boards; Foreword..... More
New York: David McKay Company / Felix Gluck Press, Ltd., 1973. Harold King, Penelope Anstee. "First American Edition" Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Quarto (10" x 7 3/4"), black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt-stamped Revolutionary Cap of Liberté suspended on a pike embossed on front cover; illustrated by..... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, N.D. [c.1913]. Edward Handley-rees. First Edition. Decorated & embossed cloth. 12mo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4"), green cloth with bold gold lettering on spine and blind-stamped Mr. Pickwick on cover, 48 illustrations by Edward Handley-rees (Mr. Pickwick as frontispiece); xii + 254 pages. Scarce..... More
London Paris & New York: Cassell Petter & Galpin, N.D. B&W cartoons. Reprint. Pictorial cloth. Quarto (10" x 7 1/2" x 1 1/2"), brown pictorial cloth with blind-stamping & elaborate gilt on spine and front cover, illustrated with B&W "Christmas 'Parties'" frontispiece and 9 full-page images plus initials and many..... More
Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. B&W photos & maps. First Edition. Cloth. INSCRIBED by the Editor Gary W. Gallagher on the front free endpaper, thick heavy 8vo, black cloth with silver lettering on spine, profusely illustrated with 8+ 8 + 9 + 8 groups, i.e., 33 B&W..... More
London: Virago Books / Little Brown, 1997. First British Edition. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with caricature of Edith Sitwell and associate by Edward Sorel, Index, xi, [xii] + 484 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 1.4 oz..... More
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1971. Period images. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, purple cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected pictoria dust jacket (unclipped) with image of a Witches' Sabbath, illustrated with 17 pages of B&W period images, 235 pages. An Excellent anthology of Victorian / 19th century fiction..... More
New York: Riverhead Books, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Small 4to (5 3/4" x 9 1/2"), green quarter cloth with gold lettering over gray boards with embossed Buddhist symbol in gold, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a tree in water with superimposed red cross, green..... More
London Edinburgh Glasgow Birmingham, AL. The Notable Trials Library / Gryphon Editions, Inc. reprint of William Hodge and Company, Limited 1848 edition. 1989. B&W photos. First Edition Thus [reprinting 1948 edition]. Quarter leather and boards. 8vo, green quarter leather with four raised hubs & gilt lettering over light green boards..... More
London: John Heywood, N.D. (c.1890). Later British Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Small 8vo (7.5" x 5"), red embossed and gilded cloth with decorative spine and boards, pale yellow endpapers, 382 pages. Atrractively bound edition of Barham's edition of "Ingoldsby's" [actually the pseudonym of priest Richard Barham's] occult-themed now classic..... More
London: Bloomsbury / Albion Book, 1989. DHL and Edwardian artists. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto (10 3/8" x 7 3/4"), black cloth with silver lettering on spine; illustrated with many B&W and color photos and artworks from DHL's era; archival polyester-protected glossy black pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting "The Ship of..... More
Washington, D.C. United States Department of the Interior / Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife / Fish and Wildlife Service, 1964. Bob Hines. First Edition. Cloth. Thick tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6"), decorative dark green buckram with gold lettering oin spine and hen duck with ducklings stamped in gilt..... More
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1995. B&W photos. Cloth. 8vo, blue cloth with bright blue lettering on spine, illustrated with several B&W photos of Japan, archival polyester-protected floral dust jacket (unclipped), 256 pages + [2] Colophon. Makiko's Diary was originally published in Japanese during 1981. It's a detailed personal account..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED Presentation Copy by the Author, 8vo, black cloth with gold spine lettering over black boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket, [272] pages. EXCEPTIONAL Condition: SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. The near Mint dust jacket is price clipped. Author has received..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over black boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a woman's black pump with a splotch of blood at its toe against a black background, 262 pages..... More
New York: Henry Holt, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED Presentation Copy by the Author, 8vo, black cloth with gold spine lettering over black boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket, [272] pages. EXCEPTIONAL Condition: SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. The near Mint dust jacket is price clipped. Author has received the..... More
London: Heinemann, 1991. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, red cloth with gold spine lettering, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) revealing a veiled woman's penetrating eyes by Terry Pastor, 308, [309] pages. EXCEPTIONAL Condition in all respects: SIGNED COPY. A...... More
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1957. First Edition. wrappers. 8vo, orange wrappers with blue labels, [106] pages. French text. Presentation card "En hommage de l'Éditeur" Maurice Girodias laid in. Scarce collection of seven essays in French on the reception of Nabokov's notorious and initially suppressed novel Lolita. The somewhat unscrupulous editor..... More
England: Dorset Press, 1983. Photos: color/B&W. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto (12" x 9 1/4" x 1"), brown cloth with gold lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with illuminated border; profusely illustrated with more than 200 B&W and color photos of artifacts, the occasional chronological table, royal genealogies, and map;..... More