John Gray : A Kentucky Tale of the Olden Time
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1893. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. A near fine copy, decorated endapers, neat pon fly. frontispiece portrait of authro w/ tissue guard, 128 + 6 pub cat. BAL 457. More
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The Spy Unmasked; Or, Memoirs of Enoch Crosby, Alias Harvey Birch, The Hero of Mr. Cooper's Tale of the Neutral Ground: Being an Authentic Account of the Secret Services Which He Rendered His Country During the Revolutionary War. (Taken from his own lips, in short-hand.) Comprising Many Interesting Facts and Anecdotes, Never Before Published.
NY: Printed by J. & J. Harper, 1828. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A totally unsophisticated copy in its original binding. Cloth spine with paper title label over paper covered boards. 8vo, xvi, 3-296 (4), with frontispiece engraving of Harvey Birch and 5 plates (incl map of Westchester County in text. Basis..... More
THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE: OR THE GROANS OF SAMUILE SENSITIVE, AND TIMOTHY TESTY; WITH A FEW SUPPLEMENTARY SIGHS FROM MRS. TESTY .
London: Printed for William Miller, 1807. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Ninth edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, period full calf, spines partially perished and one cover detached on each volume thus a rebinding copy, each still with the foldout frontispieces, one with a closed tear that is repaired with archival tape on its..... More
The Jewel Merchants
New York: Robert M McBride and Company, 1921. Limited Edition. Cloth. number 150 of 1040 copies, jacket has a few small chips, else clean and tight with no previous owner markings. More
The White Robe: A Saint's Summary
New York: Robert M McBride and Company, 1928. Locher, Robert E. Limited Edition. Quarter Leather. one of 3290 copies, leather spine with pressed gilt lettering, faux wood beveled covers, matching slipcase scuffed and rubbed, as is leather spine. Internals fine. More
AMERICA - TOO YOUNG TO DIE!
NY: McGraw-Hill, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Author, aviator and inventor, Russian-born, Alexander de Seversky (1894 - 1974) was notably a US air strategist, who chronicled the supremacy of US air power in WWII in his bestselling book, Victory Through Air Power, and its sequel. Here he cautions the US about..... More
False Youth Four Seasons
Dallas: Pressworks Publishing, 1983. Limited. Hardcover. #12 of 226 copies. Laid in card "Compliments of the Author & Publisher" More
POEMS 1957 -1967 (2 items)
Weslayan CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A nice pairing of the first edition and its "miniature preview edition" of 500 copies, both published by Wesleyan University Press in 1967. The trade edition is in as new condition, signed by Dickey on the free front endpaper. The miniature..... More
Two Poems of the Air
Portland: Centicore, Portland, 1964, 1964. First Edition, Limited. Hardcover. Fine copy. SIGNED BY DICKEY and calligrapher Monic Moeley Pincus. #277/300 copies. More
JAMES FEE
West Hollywood: St. Ann Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Deluxe edition, 200 copies, this numbered 19:200, blind-stamped on bottom of rear cover of book. Black linen folding portfolio of three original prints, each numbered 19 and signed by Fee on the verso, plus black linen covered book, both housed in..... More
THE ADVENTURES OF KITTY COBB
NY: George H. Doran, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large, sqaure 4to, illustrated pastdown on front printed in brown, illustrations inside b& w, with yellow decoration. Some wear to spine ends, spine a wee shaken, internals as nice as we could expect to see. More
The COLLECTED POEMS Of JAMES ELROY FLECKER
NY: Doubleday, 1916. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. First US on British sheets. Solid copy, Quarter faux-vellum (browned) over brown-paper backed boards. More
DOCTORS ON HORSEBACK
London: William Heinemann, 1939. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon first UK edition, first printed in US year before. Signed twice by Flexner, on the ffe, then on half title. Uncommon dustjacket is soiled and worn about the edges with some obvious chipping. More
James Norman Hall collection including signed MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY and holographed poems from HER DADDY'S BEST ICE CREAM CONE,
Hardcover. A small James Norman Hall/"Mutiny on the Bounty: collection consisting of 8 items: a copy of "Mutiny on the Bounty" signed by both Hall and Nordhoff in January 1933, three typed poems by Hall, two photographs of Hall taken in Tahiti in the 1930's, and two copies of Hall's..... More
THE DIVIDED BED: POEMS
NY: Hatch-Billops, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. A fine copy, 56 pages, illustrated covers and text, b&w photo of poets in rear. More
The Sleep of Baby Filbertson and Other Stories
NY: Dutton, 1959. Keogh, Tom. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine clean copy (no owner marks) in unclipped sl soiled dw that woudl be near fine save surface of dw lifted off from small sticker over the "son" in Filbertson on front panel. More
The Ettrick Shepherd's Poetical Works (5 Volumes) and The Ettrick Shepherd's Tales and Sketches (6 Volumes)
Edinburgh: Blackie & Sons, 1837. Hill, D. O. (engravings of). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon complete set of the "new" edition of Hogg's works - certainly after 1837, perhaps as late as 1860s, but decorated cloth bindings are more typrical of the 1840s - uniformly bound in narrow ribbed, cordovan/brown cloth..... More
MEMORIALS OF TWO FRIENDS - JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL 1819 - 1921 GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS 1824 - 1892
NY: The Gilliss Press, 1912. 1st Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Limited edition, only 50 copies, privately printed by The Gilliss Press for private distribution. The author, Edwin Babcock Holden, is identifed as E.B.H. on the author's note page (after the title page). Contents are Curtis's eulogy of (or address about)..... More
THE WHTE DAWN: AN ESKIMO SAGA
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently read copy in near fine unclipped dw, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half title. More
Rocks In His Head. Pictures
NY: Greenwillow Books, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author Hurst to Caldecott Medal illustrator Marc Simont (1915 - 2013) on the title page: "To Marc My delightful dinner companion and the rocks in his head. Carol O. Hurst" As new in as new dustjacket. More
THE QUAKER GIRL: A Musical Play in Three Acts (VOCL SCORE)
London: Chappell & Co, 1901. Hardcover. LArge 8vo, custom rebound in baby blue, half leather over patterned paper boards. 225 + adv. Printed vocal score with 25 songs for this light operetta, first produced in 1900 by George Edwardes. More
THE GOLDEN BOWL
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, smooth tan sateen cloth, gte, gilt titles to spine. Covers moderately soiled, shallow loss to head of spine Volume 1. No previous names, bookplates. SUPINO 60.1.0. More
A Comment Upon The Collects Appointed To Be Used In The Church Of England Before The Epistle And Gospel On Sundays And Holydays Throughout The Year
London: Francis & John Rivington, 1848. Revised Edition, First Thus. Hardcover. Clean copy, some "threading" to spine, original binding, with binder's ticket "S. Curtis/ Binder" lower left corner front pastdown. A nice, unsophisticated copy. More