Shelton, Connecticut [Originally: New York]: The First Edition Library [Original publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company], [Originally 1946: reprint N.D. {copyright renewed 1974}]. Facsimile of First Edition (1946). Cloth & Slipcase. 8vo, maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped; $3.00) designed by AKA, 464 pages. Slipcase has..... More
Shelton, Connecticut [Originally: New York]: The First Edition Library [Original publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons], [Originally 1951: reprint N.D. {c.1989}]. Facsimile of First Edition. Cloth & Slipcase. Thick 8vo, beige pebble-grain cloth with black lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by AKA, 861 pages. First Edition Library slip laid..... More
Shelton, Connecticut [Originally: New York]: The First Edition Library [Original publisher: The Viking Press], [Originally 1939: reprint N.D. {c.1995]. Facsimile of First Edition. Cloth and slipcase. Thick 8vo (8 1/4" x 5 5/8"), decorative gray cloth with black lettering on spine with front cover delineating the dj's cover art, pictorial..... More
Shelton, Connecticut [Originally: New York]: The First Edition Library [Original publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons], [Originally 1940: reprint N.D. [c.1988}]. Facsimile of First Edition. Cloth & Slipcase. 8vo, beige buckram with printed red-brown-black label on spine and facsimille of author's signature on front cover, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped; $2.75), 471 pages..... More
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New York: The Easton Press, 1968. William Sharp. Collector's Edition. Full Leather with 22kt gold-stamping. Quarto (9 1/4" x 6"), red full leather with black label and two gold fleurs in panels plus elaborate 22kt gold decorations & framed "CD" on both covers, four raised hubs; Introduction "How This Book..... More
New York: Graham & Matlack, 1914. Not named. Partial Reprint of A Rosy Path: A Dickens Birthday Book, Boston: DeWolfe, & Fiske Co., 1904. Pictorial cloth. 16mo (6 1/4" x 4 7/8"), mottled off-white cloth with glossy medalion with gilt-framed colored & embossed portrait of Charles Dickens on front cover..... More
Shelton, Connecticut [Originally: New York]: The First Edition Library [Original publisher: Random House], [Originally 1952: reprint c.1980]. Facsimile of First Edition. Cloth & Slipcase. Thick 8vo, white over black patterned cloth with white lettering on spine and wraparound delineation of men at top of spine flowing onto part of both..... More
Shelton, Connecticut [Originally: Boston and New York]: The First Edition Library [Original publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press], [Originally 1918: reprint N.D {c.1980s}]. Facsimile of First Edition. Cloth & Slipcase. 8vo, brown cloth with tan lettering on spine and front cover, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), 418, [419] pages..... More
Shelton, Connecticut [Originally: New York]: The First Edition Library [Original publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons], [Originally 1929: reprint N.D. [c.1980s}]. Facsimile of First Edition. Cloth & Slipcase. Thick 8vo, Navy blue cloth with gold titles on spine and front cover, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), 626 pages. Slipcase has reproduction of dust..... More
Shelton, Connecticut [Originally: New York]: The First Edition Library [Original publisher: Alfred A. Knopf] / Borzoi Book], [Originally 1953: reprint N.D. [1980s}]. Facsimile of First Edition. Cloth & Slipcase. 8vo, tan cloth with gold lettering on spine and facsimile of author's signature on front cover, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped; $3.50)..... More
Shelton, Connecticut [Originally: New York]: The First Edition Library [Original publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons], [Originally 1926: reprint N.D. [c.1980w]. Facsimile of First Edition. Cloth & Slipcase. 8vo, black cloth with gold labels on spine and front cover, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped; $2.00) illustrated by Cleonike Damianakes, while dj rear panel..... More
Shelton, Connecticut [Originally: New York]: The First Edition Library [Original publisher: D. Appleton and Company], [Originally 1895: reprint N.D. {1990}]. Facsimile of First Edition. Cloth & Slipcase. Small 8vo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4"), yellow cloth with red & black lettering on spine & front cover (adding an Illuminated "The")..... More
Shelton, Connecticut [Originally: New York]: The First Edition Library [Original publisher: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith], [Originally 1929: reprint 1984]. Facsimile of First Edition. Cloth & Slipcase. 8vo, white quarter cloth with black lettering on spine over boards with laid paper depicting wavy black-&-white checkers, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), publisher's..... More
New York: The Lyons Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Square 8vo, buttertscotch quarter cloth with white lettering over off-white boards, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting an old-time golfer swinging; xii, [xiii-xiv] + 346 pages. EXCEPTIONAL COPY:virtually "LIKE NEW": Tight, bright, clean in a sharp..... More
The Classics of Surgery Library: Grune & Stratton, 1991: 1926 & 1949. First Reprint Thus. Leather with blind- & gilt-stamping. 8vo, red leather with gilt lettering and elaborate decorations on spine and both covers; illustrated with B&W photos of surgical & anatomical examples; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt (a.e.g.), viii..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Free Press, 2012. Photos. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, red quarter cloth with gold lettering over black boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of the author, illustrated with several B&W in-text photos; 264 pages + [2] Illustration..... More
Reading, Massachusetts: Perseus Books, 1999. First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with copper lettering on spine over copper-colored boards; archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with photo of wintry blizzard atop dj (unclipped); selected bibliography, Index, xii + 196 pages. John F. Ross is an American..... More
New York, N.Y. HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Quarto, green quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over off-white boards; archival polyester-protected pictorial/lettered dust jacket (unclipped); dark green endpapers; 528 pages. WEIGHT: ~ 2 LBS. Purportedly based on more than 10,000 Scientific Studies! Jean Carper..... More
Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth Publications / Stinehour Press & University Press of New England, 1963. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, medium browncloth with black lettering on spine, Introductory essay by ECL & LT [29pp.], archival polyester-protected brown pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a woodcut engraving of a hen with chicks, 116..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press: Thomas Dunne Books, 2004. B&W photos. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Tall 8vo, black cloth with pink irridescent lettering on spine, illustrated with 32 pages of glossy B&W photos of women's hair, teeth, ears, breasts, hips, etc. [some humorous]; archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped)..... More
New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Decorative cloth. Tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards; translated with commentary by Michael Wise, Martin Abegg, Jr., & Edward Cook; archival polyester-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped); 513 pages. Wonderfully illustrated edition with Significant text revised..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton publisher, [1910]. Edmund Dulac. Reprint of 1908 Oxford Edition. Pictorial cloth. Small quarto (10" x 7 1/2" x 2"), green pictorial cloth with gilt lettering on spine & cover illustration of a fairy by Edmund Dulac; illustrated with tipped-in colored frontispiece and 39 comparable color plates..... More
New York: Broadway, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, reddish brown quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over olive boards; sketch of the Tuscan home site as frontispiece, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a Tuscan verdant..... More
New York: Spiegel & Grau / Random House, 2013. Photos. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED "...Happy Planting!" and doubly Signed by the Author; 8vo, ivory quarter cloth with pale gold lettering on spine over very pale yellow boards; Foreword by Alice Waters; archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket..... More
New York: Viking, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, maroon quarter cloth with gold titles on spine over beige boards; archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting an empty photographic frame and vase with flowers; xi, [xii-xiv] + 190 pages. Solid..... More