London New York Toronto Melbourne Sydney Cape Town: Hurst & Blackett Ltd, 1954. First Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo, blue cloth with silver lettering and hangman's noose on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) of a frightened woman's red face, 215, [216] pages. Sydney "Marten" Cumberland (1892 – 1972) was..... More
London: John Murray, 1881. Engravings. Second Edition (14th Thousand), Revised. Cloth. 8vo (7 5/8" x 5"), original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and blind-stamped rules on covers, profusely illustrated with Black & White lithos of engraved figures as in-text illustrations, brown-coated endpapers, Index, xvi + 693 pages. Revised and..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page & dated Oct. 5, 2005, 8vo, brown quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over beige boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting an American flag..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Book, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page in English & Chinese, tall 8vo, blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a sunflower..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, brown quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over blue boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a girl doing a backflip, 208..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1910. Elihu Vedder. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. INSCRIBED with an ORIGINAL POEM by the Author on the front endpaper, small 8vo (7 1/2" x 5 1/8"), illustrated with a frontispiece depicting a despondent fettered sitting angel by..... More
New York: Broadway Books, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, beige quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over brown boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a man in shadowy light by Jack Delano, [viii] + 403..... More
New York: Random House, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the half title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), red endpapers, 289 pages + [2] About the Author +..... More
New York: Viking / Penguin, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page (striking lightly through her printed author's name), tall 8vo, red quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over beige boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), "Autographed" sticker on..... More
New York, N.Y. Public Affairs, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, gray quarter cloth over red boards, illustrated with several B&W glossy photos of her illustrious career, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), 335 pages. Jane Alexander (born 1939) is an American author..... More
Reading, MA. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo (6"x 8 1/2"), quarter white cloth over pale blue boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Dana Coe, 229 pages. Bailey White (born 1950) is a...... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1958. B&W photos. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, black cloth with blood-red lettering on spine, illustrated with 19 B&W glossy photographs of atrocities, photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a bloodied Japanese bayonette attached to a rifle, protected by an archival clear plastic cover, xiv, [xv-xvi]..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946. B&W portraits of great musicians. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo, maroon cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spine, illustrated withB&W frontispiece of Bach & 7 more great musicians, archival mylar-protected pictorial jacket (unclipped) with grouping of violins, hors, and partial bust, xxiv, [xxv-xxvi] +..... More
New York: Random House, 1994. Later printing: no number line. Boards. 8vo, black boards with silver lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting bronze girl in Bonaventure Cemetery by Jack Leigh, 388 oages + [2] Author's Note + [2] Acknowledgements / About the Author - About the..... More
New York San Diego London: A Harvest Book / Harcourt, Inc., 1981. First Edition, First Printing Reprint of 1925 first edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, beige quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over brown boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (junclipped) depicting Edwardian women & men, xiv + 197..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991. First Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gilt lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial red lettered dust jacket (unclipped) depicting blue eyes against a black background, red endpapers, [x] + 407..... More
Boston New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, red cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a book cover with sticky tabs all around, 325 pages. Rachel Kadish (born in 1969)..... More
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). First Edition: Original specimens. Watered silk-over-boards. Tall folio (16 3/4" x 10 1/2" & 1/4" overlap), tri-fold green watered-silk case over boards..... More
New York: Random House, 1959. Dr. Seuss. First Edition. Pictorial boards. 4to, colored pictorial boards with the "BB" bird flying with a birthday cake and six candles on front cover, color illustrations by Dr. Seuss throughout, pictorial endpapers with birthday bird and boy atop its nose, not paginated + [2]..... More
New York: Beginner Books / Random House, 1958. Dr. Seuss. First Edition: early printing. Pictorial boards. 8vo, colored pictorial boards with the Cat in a red-striped hat & red-bowtie wearing red skiis on tourquoise background & white disk "I Can Read it All By Myself"/ red "Beginner Books" on front..... More
New York: Beginner Books / Random House, 1957. Dr. Seuss. First Edition: early printing. Pictorial boards. 8vo, colored pictorial boards with the Cat in a red-striped hat & red-bowtie on tourquoise background & white disk "I Can Read it All By Myself"/ red "Beginner Books" on front cover, color illustrations..... More
New York: Random House, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, gray quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over green boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting John Waterhouse painting "My Sweet Rose," green marbled endpapers, xxix, [xx] + [1-5] - 331 pages + [1]..... More
New York: Tilis, 2008. First Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, tall 8vo, gray boards with silver lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting the author, pale yellowish endpapers, 186 pages + [2] Ads. Internally in Fine, Bright, and Tight..... More
PHILadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1954. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, dark red cloth with black lettering on spine and skull & crossbones logo on front cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a plumed pen in a skull inkwell, 284 pages. SCARCE. Cloth is bright, tight, and..... More
New York: Chicken House / Scholastic, Inc., 2008. Carol Lawson. First American Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. 8vo (8" x 6 1/4"), pictorial laminated boards depicting an outlined skull filled with a white horse, greenery, & faint castle, illustrated with B&W frontispiece map, skull chapter-headings & in-text images, pictorial dust..... More