NY: Mille, Robbins, Jr., & Co., 1890. 1st Edition. No Binding. Road and Property Map showing the Towns of Stamford and Greenwich Conn. Together with Surrounding Territory. Large, hand-colored, folded 4-panel map of Greenwich and Stamford, CT, each panel of equal size, so that when pieced together measures approximately 112..... More
NY: Leavitt, Lord & Co, 1834. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12 mo, blind-stamped salmon cloth with gilt to spine, 237p. The book is blind-stamped Abbott series front and back. Lacking ffe and rear free endpaper, too. Moderately foxed throughout. Cloth covers unevenly sunfaded. Reference copy. More
NY: Macmillan. Later Printings. Hardcover. An "old shoe" pairing later printings of original US editions of perhaps the most famous children's fantasy of all time. WONDERLAND is stated 100th thousand in Macmillan catalog at rear. 392 + 4p ads in rear. This copy had been rebacked and the title page..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, first edition, second issue. 8vo, unadorned maroon cloth, gilt spine titles, gte, sides untrimmed. Ownership copy of Henry R. Towne, mechanical engineer and founder of Yale Lock Manufacturing Company, with his bookplates both volumes. Slight stain rear cover volume 1..... More
London: Metheun & Co, 1919. Early Ediitions. Hardcover. A nice pairing of Fairies and Chimneys (sixth edition 1920 after the first 1918) and its sequel Fairy Green (fourth edition 1921 after the fisrt 1919) both in uniform, binding and near fine condition, in light blue and light red cloth, with..... More
Tokyo: T. Hasegawa. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. One of the harder-to-find titles of Hasegawa's Japanese Fairy Tale series. Printed in color on crepe paper, meaures about 10 x 15 cm. Nicely preserved. Undated (at least in Englsh) with no indication (at least in English) of publisher exact address... More
NY: Henry Z. Walck, Inc., 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A lovely pairing of first editions of Prayers (1952) and its follow-up Graces (1955). Both uniform in binding/ dustjacket, format and condition. No names, inscriptions or bookplares. Early Tudor. Sold as a pair. More
Boston: T. R. Marvin, 1848. Eighteenth Edition. Hardcover. A remarkably well-preserved copy exemplary of publisher's bindings of the period. 8vo, brown cloth, blind-stamped front and back, gilt to spine, 18th edition, reprinting the preface to the 16th edition, 392, lovely engraved illustration of the young man on the half title..... More
Portland ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1911. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. Decorated paper covers with title pastdown font cover. Loss to paper at spine foot. Light foxing. Good reference copy. More
Portland ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1906. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. A beautifully preserved copy. Fine all over. No names, inscriptions, etc. More
NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A beautifully preserved pairing of collections of sayings, month by month, about the other sex by the other sex, both uniform in format, binding and condition. Small 8vo, maroon cloth, elaborately decorated front cover in gilt border around green field with title..... More
London/ Philadelphia. Gibbings & Company Ltd/ J. B. Lippincott, 1896. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. Printed in England for both US and U K distribution. Beautifully preserved Art& Crafts-designed production of the Arabian tales. Small 8vo, light green cloth, boldly-stamped titles in darker green and blue front covers w/ more..... More
London: J. M. Dent, 1898. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. A remarkably well-preserved set of the Brimley-edited, Brock- illustrated Austen novels in decorated cloth. All books uniform in binding, format and condition. Small 8vo, light green cloth, stamped dark green pictorial and decorations with titles in gilt, gte, sides untrimmed, ribbon..... More
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Plainly signed by Sloane on the ffe. Book near fine, dustjacket has a slightly sun-faded spine. More
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Seventh printing. Plainly signed by Sloane on the ffe. Book near fine, dustjacket has modest wear at top corners and spine head. More
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1965. Presumed First or Early Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed Sloane on the ffe, with a sketch of bird sitting at the end of an ax handle and dated by him 1973. More
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Third printing. Inscribed by Sloane with a sketch of chirping bird sitting atop a barrel. No other names, inscriptions, bookplates, etc. Near fine in better than very good unclipped dustjacket. More
Boston: Manning & Loring, and Lemuel Blake, 1808. Hardcover. Old calf, red leather label spine, 8vo, 312p, lacking ffe and blank rears, torn, title page and next 3 pages torn, one of them, the dedication page missing lower right corner. More
NY: G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co, 1884. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. A remarkably well preserved - and obviously unused - Colton pocket map of railroads through New England, upstate New York, Hudson Valley and lower Quebec Canada. Printed on tissue-weight paper which is a bright as we..... More
London: Published for James Watson by Frederick Farrah. Later Edition. Hardcover. Mid-to later 19thC edition, likely 1850-1870s. 8vo, blind-stamped, green ribbed cloth, gilt spine titles, yellow matte endpapers, vi, 202, 32, (8), frontispiece, two foldouts. Modest loss spine foot, corners gently worn, solid binding. Of the many editions of this..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1897. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Apparently unused, near fine copies, both volumes. All maps extant and on original folds in pockets front and rear volume 1. Illustrated. ARCTIC NORWAY NORTH POLE EXPLORATION. More
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The first two volumes of Churchill's six volume history of WWI. Both uniform in binding and format, blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt spine titles. Volume I is the second edition, published the same month as the first, April 1923. Volume II is a first..... More
Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Weighty volume, full of historical and geneological research. Thick 8vo, three quarter blue cloth over gold cloth, stamped titles, 1204 pages, illustrated, folding map. An apparently unused copy. Signed by author Mather and dated by him January 1914 top of..... More
Chicago: The Bookhouse Publishers, 1928. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. A nicely, uniformly preserved complete set of this version of The Bookhouse. Uniform white-green faux-leather, each with a different pictorial pastedown front cover, each with a different anthology, with fiction and fictional writings by authors from Cervantes to Teddy Roosevelt, selected..... More
NY: Colony Publishing Co. 1st Edition Limt. Soft cover. No date, circa 1920s. Limited edition, 500 copies, this #40, signed by Gregory in the limitation, tall 8vo, green, limp suede, yapped edges, silk moire endpapers, 138p. Odin also wrote a drama called "Caius Grachus", not much known about him. Internals..... More