New York: Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc.: Published Catalogue entitled: HIGHLY IMPORTANT NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS / CHRISTIE'S CATALOGUE, Thursday, May 16, 1977. (Audubon association pieces): NOT FOR SALE OVERSEAS due to possible Customs' restrictions, insurance limitations, and risks of damage due to handling. First Edition: Original specimens..... More
New York Boston: Grand Central Publishing, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with irridescent blood red lettering on spine over gray boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with picture of Lincoln on front &..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Michael Hague. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Signed and illustrated in ink by Michael Hague with an original 6" bending palm on front free endpaper's verso; quarto (11 1/4" x 10 1/4"); blue 1/6th cloth with gold lettering on spine over blue..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. Michael Hague. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth. SIGNED & EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with an original Dragon Kite [overall 5"] on the front free endpaper by Artist MICHAEL HAGUE, oblong 8vo (8 1/4" x 10 3/8"); illustrated brilliantly throughout with ~ 16 full-color plates by artist Michael..... More
New York: Arcade Publishing / Little, Brown and Company, 1990. Harry Peccinotti. First U.S. Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. Quarto, blue cloth with gold lettering on spine; illustrated with several gorgeous glossy color photos of Provence by Harry Peccinotti; archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped: $35), Index, flamboyant pictorial endpapers; xiv..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1924. Movie B&W Stills. First Photoplay Edition. Pictorial cloth. 8vo, gray pictorial cloth with black lettering on spine and cover imprinted with image of Peter Pan in a tree (adapting the dust jacket's photo cover art); illustrated with frontispiece and 7 glossy B&W stills..... More
London: Collins, 1956. Colour & B&W illustrations. Reprint from "Britain in Pictures" #53 in Series. Boards. 8vo (9" x 6 1/2"), light blue paper with white lettering and triple ruled boarders over boards with compass rose, illustrated with 8 glossy plates in colour and 14 illustrations in black & white..... More
Paris: Les Hautes Études, 1953. First Edition. Wrappers. Tall 8vo, light tan wrappers with lettering on front cover, Index, xiii, [xiv-xvi] + 517 pages. SUPERB & ENORMOUS COLLECTION of this engaging--often ribald--verse form. Condition: Solid copy with light uniform age-toning in text with a slight darkening along a...... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1991. Frank Kelly Freas. Collector's First Edition of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction thus illustrated. Full Leather with 22k gold-stamping. 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 1"); full red leather with spine accented with 22k gold decorations and title plus four raised hubs, and..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1986. Vincent DiFate. Collector's First Edition of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction thus illustrated. Full Leather with 22k gold-stamping. Small quarto (9 3/4" x 6 1/4" x 1 1/2"); full black leather with spine accented with 22k gold decorations and title plus three raised hubs..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1991. Pat Morrissey. Collector's First Edition of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction thus illustrated. Full Leather with 22k gold-stamping. Tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6" x 1 1/8"); full red leather with spine accented with 22k gold decorations and title plus three raised hubs, and..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1992. Michael Mariano. Collector's First Edition of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction thus illustrated. Full Leather with 22k gold-stamping. Tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 1 1/8"); full black leather with spine accented with 22k gold decorations and title plus three raised hubs..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1991. David Deitrick. Collector's First Edition of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction thus illustrated. Full Leather with 22k gold-stamping. 8vo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4" x 1"); full dark green-gray leather with spine accented with 22k gold decorations and title plus three raised hubs, and..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1992. David Deitrick. Collector's First Edition of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction thus illustrated. Full Leather with 22k gold-stamping. 8vo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4" x 1"); full black leather with spine accented with 22k gold decorations and title plus three raised hubs, and covers..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1990. David Deitrick. Collector's First Edition of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction thus illustrated. Full Leather with 22k gold-stamping. 8vo (8 3/4" x 5 5/8" x 1"); full blood red leather with spine accented with 22k gold decorations and title plus three raised hubs, and..... More
New York: Viking, 1993. Ludwig Bemelmans. First Edition, First Printing. Glossy pictorial boards. Quarto (11 1/8" x 8 1/4" x 1 1/8"); glossy pictorial boards with black lettering on spine, black & blue lettering and colored oval portrait of Madeline by Ludwig Bemmelmans on the front cover; Introduction by Anna..... More
New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007. Color & B/W images. First U.S. Edition. Pictorial boards. Quarto (10 1/4" x 8 3/4"), dark brown pictorial boards with irridescent green lettering & small colored green image of the girl--Mary Lennox--in the garden on front cover; archival polyester-protected pictorial dust..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. Albert Hertler. First Illustrated Edition: 1 of 204 copies printed on Japan paper #173. Decorative vellum. Quarto (10 1/8" x 7 1/8" x 1 1/2"); vellum with gold lettering and decorative title on spine and front cover with Art Deco flower; illustrated with B&W..... More
London: Classics of Surgery Library, [1849] 1982. B&W reproductions of Early Images. FACSIMILE of Original Text with Commentary: Privately printed on Curtis Rag White Laid Text. Leather with blind- & gilt-stamping. Quarto (9" x 5 7/8" x 2 1/2"): 2 volumes published as 1; bound in top grain genuine blue-gray..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. Peggy Fortnum. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial cloth. Small 8vo, red cloth with black lettering on spine and Paddington with too large slouch fedora and white bib popping out from coat; Illustrated throughout by Peggy Fortnum with in-text adorable sketches; archival mylar-protected full color pictorial..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1968. Karl E. Karalus. First Edition. Cloth. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the Illustrator as "Karl" [Karalus] on the publications page facing the half title; small 8vo, tan cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with sleeping cat on tree branch by..... More
New York: The Serendipity Press, 1966. First Printing. Cloth and boards. 12mo (7 1/4" x 5 3/8"), black quarter cloth with gold author/titlle & red leaf motif on spine, Introduction by Francis Steegmuller, archival mylar-protected lettered light tan dust jacket (unclipped) with small delineation of a woman's head, xix, [xx-xxii]..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c.1954. Special Student's Edition / Copyright 1952 with codes: "A-9.60 [V]" Cloth and boards. 8vo, blue quarter cloth with gilt lettering on spine over aqua boards with "Hemingway" facsimile gilt signature blind-stamped on front cover plus a gilt marlin leaping, archival mylar-protected typographic aqua pictorial..... More
New York: The Heritage Press, 1965. Y. G. Srimati. First Heritage Press Edition. Pictorial cloth. Small 4to (10 1/4" x 7" x 1 1/8"), yellow cloth with decorative patterns and lettering on spine , well illustrated with 8 B&W full-page & 8 paintings by Y. G. Srimati, orange endpapers, xx..... More
London: The Folio Society, 1998. Frank Martin, Peter Forster, John Lawrence, Simon Brett, Sue Scullard, Sarah Van Niekirk, Peter Reddick, George Tute. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Small 4to (9 1/2" x 5 5/8"), red 1/8th cloth with gilt lettering over mottled ivory boards with "GC" in gilt with tiny..... More