Munich: F. Bruckmann AG, 1930. Soft cover. Warmly inscribed by artist Adam to an American society lady on a trans-Atlantic crossing; "For my neighbor at the / Captains table on board/ S.S. Europe/ Mrs L. Y. Dunlop/ from Richard B. Adam/ S/S/ Europe/ December 15-21/ 1930" Dark brown paper covers... More
NY/ London: Blue Moon Books/ John Calder, 1988. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Fine copy all around as issued in slipcase. SIGNED BY BOTH Beckett and Brocquy. #38 /200 copies. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Short 8vo, blue-green cloth, gilt title to spine, no dustjacket, 197pp w/ 10 engravings by Gill. Spine and edges faded, solid binding, internals better than very good, no names, inscriptions or book plates. Single leaf advertising "Eric Gill: Mason Sculptor" by Thorp is bound-in. More
NY: Knopf, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. ADVANCE UNCORRETED PROOFS. Printed paper covers. As issued by Knopf marketing and publicity. Scarce, especially in as nice, apparently unread, condition. From the 2017 Nobel Laureate for Literature. More
Princeton NJ: Princeton Tiger Publishing Company, 1901. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Booklet, w/ tan pictorial covers printed in red and brown, stapled spine, unpaginated, 40 pages, with 16 full page pen&ink illustrations w/ blank versos of college girls at: Wellesely, Baltimore, Smith, Cornell, Mount Holyoke, St. Andrews (Scotland), Mills, Heidelberg... More
Chicago: The Ralph Fletcher Seymour Company, 1911. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, apparent mixed state. Gray cloth titles stamped in black, gilt device, titles in black on spine. 77 pp, 26 lines type per page. Translator name misspelled "Mamah" on title page. Better than very good copy. Clean boards and... More
Phildelphia: John Conrad & Co, 1802. 2nd Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. Hardcover. 8vo, original binding, half red leather, gilt ruled wi/ titles, over marbleized boards, 191 pp, 3 full-page engraved illustrations. Boards soiled, leaves toned and spotted, firmly bound. OCLC lists one copy of this version of 1802 edition. More
NY: Pynson Printers, 1929. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine copy, 4to, single sheet, single fold, with mailing envelope. Fine condition. Undated, announcing the first issue for Feb 1930, so we assume this was printed latter part of 1929. More
NY: Pynson Printers, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to, 20 issues, complete run of the original series. Internals all nea fine, some issues have toned glassine's chipped and torn, some spines variouly toned, overall the covers are better than very good. Isseu 5 has David Milne drypoint, "Hilltop", signed by the... More
NY: Pynson Printers, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This Colophon volume has the drypoint in two colors, "Hilltop", signed in pencil by artist David Milne. The print is in fine condition, the covers of the book are slightly soiled, spine toned, and edge worn a tad. More
NY: Charles Scribners Sons, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, publisher's black cloth in original dustjacket (unclipped with $3.50 price). INSCRIBED BY Sydney Franklin, one of Hemingway's bullfighter subjects (and the first American bullfighter) on captioned p.388 with the his photo in the arena opposite page. "To Mrs. xxxxx/ with... More
NY: David Kemp, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition in scarce dustjacket. Yellow cloth, distjacket a wee dusty, rear panel a tad wrinkled, and lighet wear to spine tips. No names, inscriptiosn bookplates. Fasciniating b&w pix of Depression-era swells form society photographer Zerbe, with an intro form his pal Lucius... More
NY: D. Appleton-Century, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Scarce, true first edition of Beebe's classic work, inscribed by him in 1939 on the ffe. "To xxxxx/ 'there isn;t a train I/ wuldn't take, no matter/ where it's going' / Lucius Beebe/ 1939" Original brown cloth stamped in black and gilt, a.... More
London: R. Ware, 1746. 2nd Edition? Hardcover. Second or later edition of Langley's classic builder's manual, this well-used copy missing front cover, prelims, title page, starting with Introduction page authored by Tho. Langley and dated Nov 2, 1746, so this edition postdates that. Short 8vo. 2-33 + Plates 1- 99... More
NY: Hurd and Houghton, 1874. Hardcover. Lovely set of publisher's decortaive binding, green cloth, stamped in black and gilt front and spine, blind to rear, cobalt grey endpapers. Slight est wear around edges. Many volumes appear unread. A collectible set in decorated binding. More
NY/ London: Grossman/ Cape Goliard, 1968. Hardcover. Tidy collection of this short-lived co-publsiging venture for "cutting edge" poets on both sides of the Atlantic. Various dates, late 60s- early 70s, about 75% hardcover, all in very good or better condition in dustjacket where issued. Titles by author as follows: Blackburn... More
Philadelphia: Rice, Rutter, 1865. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Three volumes of the 1865 edition, each in uniform publishers binding, in elaborately stamped (fornt and back) full leather binding, five raised bands to spine, gilt titles. aeg. Vol III is third volume of Micahux's) 180pp, plates 103 -156. Volume IV and... More
American Printing History Association, 1994. 1st Edition Limited. Soft cover. 200 copies, 29 loose broadsides with 4 page preface in fine clamshell box. A few broadsides have rough edges as having benn hastily returned to box by a previous owner (certainly NOT this bookseller!) but the collection does contain the... More
NY: Fordham University Press, 1992. 2nd Edition Thus. Second edition, limited to 350 copies, printed at The Stinehour Press. Internal gutter stain to margin for first signature, not affecting text, some neat pencilled underlining, else very good. A solid, reference copy. More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1844. Tenth Edition, With Revisions and Enlargements. Hardcover. Tenth edition, in original publisher's narrow-ribbed, dark brown cloth, gilt title to spine, original, plain tan endpapers, vii + 295. INSCRIBED BY MRS. SIGOURNEY, neatly in pencil to "Mrs. Mary Ann Crosby, with the/ love of Mrs. Sigourney"... More
NY: A.C. Armstrong (printed at the Sign of the Grasshopper by Unwin Brothers, The Gresham Press), 1885. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Limited edition for the US market, this #330 or 375 copies printed for America by Unwin Brothers at The Gresham Press after the original 257 copies (signed) published by... More
Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1860. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Two volumes, stated Copyright Edition title page. 16mo, full vellum, variant binding, covers double-ruled in gilt and red with corner devices, marbelized endpapers, gilt to spine in five panels, aeg. Volume 1: xii + 292 with 34 albumen prints, incl. frontispiece of author... More
NY: Macmillan, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second print, 1904,after the first. Publishers deocrated binding gilt and stamped on grren clothg signed "TBH". INSCRIBED BY GREENE in 1906 on ffe. Cloth a tad soiled, internals near fine, overall better than very good. More
San Francisco: The Auerhahn Press, 1958. 1st Edition, 1st Issue. Soft cover. First edition, first issue of Wiene's first book of poems, with expurgated "cock" in "cocksuckers" and without the line drawing of Wiener. Cover photo by Jerry Burchard. Plain rear cvoer lightly toned, else fine. More
NY: Grossman Publishers, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, fine apparently unread, in unclipped dw, which is gently toned around edges and slightly faded at spine. No names, inscriptions, bookplates, etc. and collectible thus. More