Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1856. Steel engravings. Unrecorded Reprint of 1849 Copyrighted Edition. Blind-stamped cloth. ASSOCIATION COPY SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR, Oliver Wendell Holmes, to "Joseph Roby, With the love of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Dec. 25th, 1856" on a front blank flyleaf; PLUS a further INSCRIPTION "For M...... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1935. First Edition. Cloth. 16mo, beige cloth with red lettering on spine and front cover, illustrated with B&W frontispiece, xi, [xii] + 177 pages + 16 pp. of Ads. SCARCE title, Solid, tight and clean. One illustration. Large handsome engraved bookplate on front pastedown. Light-to-moderate..... More
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2002. Charts B&W. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo, green cloth with silver lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a man's brain above palm trees bent over by a storm, illustrated with several B&W images, black endpapers, vii..... More
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Bloomington / London: Indiana University Press, 1970. title pages. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, brown cloth with gold lettering on spine, Prefaces by the Printer and Writer, illustrated with title pages from the first edition, archival mylar-protected purple-&-gold lettered dust jacket (unclipped), xxx, [xxxi-xxxii] + 352 pages. The EARLIEST LEGENDS about..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1968. First HUP Edition [previously pubd by Houghton /mifflin]. Cloth. 8vo, red cloth with black lettering on spine, archival polyester-lorotected black lettered red dust jacket (unclipped), xvi + 105 pages. Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 – 1935) was an American poet who won three Pulitzer Prizes..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1844. First Edition. Cloth. 12mo (7" x 4 1/2"), brown original publisher's cloth with paper label on spine, 8pp. of Ads for Moxon + 202 pages + [2] Advert for other books by the Author. Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, FRS (19 June 1809 – 11..... More
Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1915. Trail Blazers Series, First Edition. Pictorial cloth. 8vo, tan pictorial cloth with black lettering on spine (plus pick, shovel, & pan) and two colorful bearded prospectors working a pan on front cover, Foreword by Sabin, illustrated with color frontispiece, five full-page B&W..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. Maps. First Printing. Cloth. 2 vols., quartos (9 7/8" x 6 3/4" x 3"), gray cloth with black labels and lettering on spine & gilt title on front covers, illustrated with about 30 B&W in-text maps, Vol. I: x + 562 pages; Vol. II..... More
London: Printed for The Heritage Press at the University Press Cambridge, N. d. [c.1954]. T. H. Robinson. The Centenary Ediiton / First Printing. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Royal 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4"), decorative publisher's pictorial cloth with gilt title and simulated black label on spine and cartoon sketches..... More
London New York: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd / Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. G. Spencer Pryse. First Edition Thus Illustrated. Decorative cloth. Quarto (10 1/4" x 6 5/8" x 2 1/4""), black pictorial cloth with gilt spine lettering & sign post plus title & silhouette of a horsedrawn..... More
New York: Basic Books, Inc. / Menninger Clinic Monograph Series No 12, 1958. Third Printing in same year as First. Cloth. INSCRIBED by the Author, Dr. Menninger, on the front endpaper, small quarto (9 1/2" x 6 1/8"), green cloth with label and gold lettering on spine, xiii, [xiv] +..... More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986. Personal photos. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over beige boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Bess and Harry Truman, illustrated with..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1921. Lithographs, Whistler, associates. Autograph Edition: 1 of 500 copies. Vellum and boards. SIGNED by both Authors (Joseph & Elizabeth Pennell) on their frontispiece lithographic images, thick 8vo (8 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 1 7/8"), one eighth vellum with gold lettering on spine over..... More
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine, [x] + 119 pages. Slipcase: Quarter maroon leather over red cloth. Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (1879 – 1931) was an American poet. He is considered a founder of modern singing poetry, as he referred to..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. Steel engravings. First Edition, First Printing. Blind-stamped cloth. 12mo (7 1/4" x 5"), original blind-stamped and pebbled-brown publisher's cloth with gold lettering on spine, blind-stamped rules and ornament on front cover, chocolate brown-coated endpapers, [vi] + 410 pages. Green cloth slipcase with leather label. Oliver..... More
Tokyo, New York and San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1973. Takeshi Nishikawa. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto (11 3/8" x 9"), indigo-blue cloth with white lettering on spine and front cover, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a hand stirring tea in a kettle, Foreword by Edwin O. Reischauer, Preface..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1979. Miguel Covarrubias. Collector's Edition, First Printing. Leather with blind- & gilt-stamping. Quarto (10 1/2" x 7 1/4" x 1 1/2"), gilt-stamped green leather, illustrated with full-color frontispiece of Harriet Beecher Stowe and several B&W plates by Miguel Covarrubias, tan silk moiré endpapers, tan silken..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press / Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2009. Photos. First Edition, First Printing. Leather with blind- & gilt-stamping. Quarto (11 1/8" x 9 1/4" x 1 1/8"), gilt-stamped brown leather with inset color photo of Mandela on front cover, profusely illustrated with color and B&W photos of..... More
New York, N.Y. Vertigo / DC Comics, 2002. Steven Parke & Stephen John Phillips. First Edition. Boards. Quarto (10 1/2" x 6 7/8"), black textured [faux-ostrich] paper-over-boards with gilt lettering on spine and raven on front cover, graphic novel profusedly illustrated with glossy colored photographic cells by Steven Parke &..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney: Scribner, 2009. Matthew Diffee. Special Illustrated Collector's Edition: First U.S. Printing. Cloth. Thick tall 8vo, black cloth with white lettering on spine and blind-stamped Corgi on front cover; illustrated with B&W sketches of Corgi named "Horace Greeley" facing the title page plus several sketches in..... More
New York San Diego London: Harcourt, Inc., 2001. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author with "Shalom," 8vo, blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with small image of hands touching by Stephen Puetzer surrounded by triangular blue waves, 201 pages..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1940. Kate Seredy. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author-Ilustrator on the half title, 8vo, beige cloth with green lettering on spine and front cover, illustrated with fulll color portraits of Kate and Janci as frontispieces & 31 full page B&W drawings, pictorial endpapers with..... More
New York, etc. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1988. Photos. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author "Shirley Temple Black" on the front free endpaper, thick 8vo (9 3/8" x 6 3/8" x 1 7/8"), black quarter cloth with white lettering on spine over dark gray boards with..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Simon & Schuster / Melcher Media, 2012. Photos. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author on a bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper, quarto (10 1/4" x 8 1/2"), black cloth with gilt lettering on spine & front cover, profusely..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1993. Photos & maps. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Small quarto (9 5/8" x 6 1/2"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over tan boards, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting..... More