New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1961. First Edition. Cloth. Small quarto, gray cloth with gold lettering on spine and gold line drawing of Mark Twain on the cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) with colored watercolor vignettes of places Twain visited, scarlet endpapers, 448 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 1/2 oz..... More
South Brunswick and New York: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1972. American Reprint of 1948 Cloud edition. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, thick 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected dust jacket with period cartoon of Twain, 703 pages. Weight: 2 lbs..... More
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1996. Jerry Pinkney. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Small 4to, pictorial glossy paper-covered boards, dust jacket (unclipped) repeats the design of the cover,purple endpapers, [40] poages. Weight: 1 lb. 4.5 oz. SUPERB illustrations by Jerry Pinkney in this update of Little..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. Photos. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black boards with silver lettering on spine, illustrated with 16 B&W and color images, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with split images of DK's brother and half of..... More
New York: The Heritage Press, N.D. [c.1957]. Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Reprint of The Limited Editions Club. Cloth and boards. 4to, tan quarter blindstamped leather with gilt title on spine with black label over brown burlap over boards, illustrated with full color frontispiece, sepia drawing of HMS Endeavor on title, 20..... More
Switzerland: Conceived and Produced by Georges and Rosamond Bernier / Sedo S.A. Lausanne in conjuntion with The International Book Society & Time/Life Books, 1965. First English Language Edition. Cloth. Quarto (12 1/2" x 10"), tan cloth with gold lettering on spine and black & white zigzag pattern on front cover..... More
San Francisco: Distributed by Random House / P"ublished by Proctor Jones, 1992. Photo repros. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Square quarto (11" x 11"), rich red cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, archival mylar-protected glossy dust jacket (unclipped) with color image of the youthful First Consul in..... More
New York,N.Y. and Maplewood, N.J. Hammond / A Routledge Book, 1980. Photos. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto ( 11 1/4" x 8 3/4"), maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped), profusely illustrated with glossy photos (manly B&W but several in color), beige..... More
Hungary: Magyar Helikon, 1981. Color photos. Second, Revised Edition. Cloth. Folio (13" x 9 1/2"), beige buckram with gold lettering on spine and blindstamped Corinus coat-of-arms on front cover, glossy black dust jacket with white lettering on spine and full-color reproduction of a fully illuminated page of a volume from..... More
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1923. Howard Pyle. First Edition. Cloth. Large quarto (12 1/4" x ,9"), beige cloth with brown lettering on spine and front cover with glossy colored plate depicting "La Salle Christening the Country 'Louisiana,'"profusely illustrated by Howard Pyle with more than 200 images..... More
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1972. First Printing. Cloth. Quarto (11 1/4" x 8 1/2"), light greenish pictorial cloth with green lettering on spine and front cover, Introduction by Maurice Horn, archival ylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (clipped) depicting Tarzan running with a dagger in hand followed by gorillas, gray endpapers, 32pp..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney: Simon & Schuster, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, pale yellow quarter cloth with pale gold lettering on spine over black boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Honi Werner, ix, [x-xii] + 338 pages + [2] About the..... More
New York, etc. Macmillan Publishing Company, 1994. Will Hillenbrand. First Edition, First Printing. Glossy pictorial boards. INSCRIBED & Signed "with Good Wishes" by the Author with a cute drawing of the King, small quarto (10 3/8" x 8 3/8"), glossy pictorial cloth with a colorful bald king putting an egg..... More
Birmingham, AL: Oxmore House, 1987. Hubert Shuptrine. First Edition: No. 21277. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Artist on a custom bookplate affixed to the front pastedown, oblong Folio (12 1/2" x 16 1/4" x 1"), brown 1/8th cloth with gold lettering on spine over tan boards with "Hubert Shuptrine's"..... More
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1976. Photographs. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Quarto (12 1/4" x 9 3/8" x 1 3/8"), tourquoise cloth with silver lettering on spine and blind-stamped Southwest Native American design on front cover, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Indian silver and tourquoise jewelry, profusely..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 2000. William Blake Glossy B&W plates / June 2019. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto (12" x 9 1/2" x 1 1/4"), gray cloth with gold lettering on spine,profusely illustrated with 250 images of William Blake's art (240 in full color) with small frontispiece portait of..... More
New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001. Henry Holiday. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial cloth. Small 4to (10 7/8" x 8 3/4" x 1 3/4"), black cloth with silver lettering on spine and embossed silver image of Huck escaping through a window on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial..... More
New York: Summit Books, 1992. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth. 8vo, brown quarter cloth with gold spine lettering over beige boards, archival mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped) with photo of MF on rear panel, 223 pages + [1] (About the Author). Marilyn French (née Edwards) (1929 – 2009) was an..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1996. Ron Waletsky. Book Club Edition. Boards. 8vo, black boards with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with art by Ron Waletsky, 182 pages. L. Sprague de Camp (1907 – 2000) was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction. A...... More
New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book / FORGE, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black boards with bright scarlet lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped), 319 page. SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: tight, bright, clean in comparable..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Reissue: Ninth Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by Author on free front endpaper with "Love," tall 8vo (8 1/2" x 6:), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards with "AR" in gold on front cover, archival mylar-protected gold "foil" lettered..... More
Edison, New Jersey: The Blue & Grey Press, 1983. First Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, red half cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, illustrated with several B&W photos of Custer plus a few maps of his engagements, archival mylar-protected glossy pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with full color..... More
Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd, 1961. Color & B&W plates; Oliver Holt. First Edition. Cloth. " x 7 1/2"), brick red cloth with black labels on spine with gold lettering, profusely illustrated with full-color frontispiece and 48 plates: photos, reproductions, artworks (with original drawings and decorations by Oliver Holt)..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Books, 2008. First American Edition. Textured cloth. Thick 4to (9 1/2" x 6 1/2"), bright green backstrip with two-tone lettering (one being pink "velveteen") and pink "velveteen" cloth with author's name in bright green stencils over a pale black title as shadow, 497..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Publishers, 1906. B&W Photo portrait. First Edition. Cloth. Small slender 8vo, maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine and decorative gilt on front cover, illustrated with glossy B&W frontispiece photograph of Booker T. Washington (with tissue guard), top page edges gilded (t.e.g.), [xii]..... More