(London): The Chapbook (A Monthly Miscellany), 1920. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Aside form some chipping and folding along the edges of the covers, a near fine copy of an early work by Millay, published by The Chapbook as No 14 in its series, August 1920. Housed in a cloth-backed, three-fold..... More
Cincinnati: Stewart Kidd Company, 1921. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First appearance printed by Stewart Kidd in a chapbook series edited by Frank Shay. Near fine copy housed in a cloth-backed, three-fold slip in a quarter leather slipcase - orange cloth, and orange-colored Morocco, gilt to spine. A very nicely preserved..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1928. 1st Edition, lim. Hardcover. Signed by Millay on the half title, numbered 405. Cloth spine a tad soiled as is the paper label. Glassine toned and missing spine. Paper-covered slip case worn, one side of bottom egde broken. Internals of the book quite nice... More
NY: Frank Shay, 1922. 1st Edition. Soft cover. True first appearance of the Harp Weaver printed as a chapbook by Frank Shay and sold by him at 4 Christopher Street in New York's Greenwich Village. With a frontispiece by Shay. Original, printed orange covers soiled and in pieces, all housed..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Millay on the title page underneath author name and dated by her Nov 26, 1927. Lacking dustjacket, spine label toned, clean internals. More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poet Stevens first book. First edition, second binding, and rarer than the first. Paper covered, colored stripe boards worn about edges, toned and with surface wear. Modest wear of green cloth spine at ends. Spine label toned. Binding and internals sound. No..... More
Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Coockerel Press, 1925. 1st Edition, limited. Hardcover. #340 of 450 copies. Covers an cloth spine moderately soiled, paper spine label toned, corners worn. Internals near fine. Lovely Gill decorations and vignettes. More
NY: Boni & Liverwright, 1927. 1st Edition, limited. Hardcover. Limited edition, this numbered 428 of 450 copies, signed by O'Neill on the limitation page. Cream colored spine tanned as is usually fou, in original slipcase with title label. Slipcase worn about all edges but all edges holding. PON ffe... More
Basil: J. J. Tourneisen, 1793. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Uncommon early edition from the Tourneisen printers of Basil, Switzerland. Rebound, early 20thC half leather over blue moire silk covered boards, sides untrimmed. Leather over spines moderately faded. Internals quite nice. Spines darkened and some. 8vo. lvi (2) 252 (1); (iv)..... More
Boston: Phillips, Samson and Company, 1853. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Original brown cloth, moderate wear corners and spine ends, some intermittent foxing. Solid copies. More
NY: Published for the Author by Carlton & Porter, 1856. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated ninth thousandth on title page. Original brown cloth, blind-stampoed front and back, gil to spine, 8vo, 394, (6). Solid copy, moderate wear to covers, lightly foxed here and there. Autobiographical account of preaching to the lowlife..... More
NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid copy. Unclipped dustjacket, panels miderately toned, spine more so. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. More
NY: Fred de Fau & Company, 1902. 1st Edition Thuis. Hardcover. Complete set in uniform, better than very good condition. Brown cloth, gilt spine titles, gte, sides uncut. Limited edition of 1000 copies, this numbered 68, except Vol II, a replacement but uniform in condition and appearance with the rest..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. 1st US Edition Thus. Hardcover. Limited edition, this #86 of 1030 copies. Blue cloth, sides uncut, paper spine labels variously tanned. Pictures are of only two exemplary volumes but set is complete. Extra shipping charges will apply. More
NY: Acanthus Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, 2005 and 2013, both as new, volume 2 still in shrink-wrap. Extra shipping charges will apply. More
NY: Knopf, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A plainly signed first edition of Rushdie's second book. Book near fine, save some trace spotting side edge. Dustjacket has two, short closed tears top edge front panel and the front flap is price-clipped and has a short flattened narrow crease. The spine, typically..... More
(Washington): (Washington National Monument Society), 1848. No Binding. Certificate measures a little more than 6" x 12" as it matted and framed under glass, which has a total measure of about 10" x 15". The certificate is toned and executed by hand to Chas. L Smith acknowledged his contribution of..... More
St. Louis: Wrought Iron Range Co., 1932. Soft cover. Trade catalog, 1932 version. Blind- ruled, black heavy construction paper- like covers, stamped in silver and pink, measures approx 6" x 8.5", 223 pages. Detailed promotional catalog for the famous kitchen range and the company founded in 1864. Illustrated, showing..... More
Canton OH: The Home Candy Makers, 1913. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Third edition revised, blue cloth wrappers (with no cardboard underneath as issued), stamped in gilt, measures approx 6" x 9", 110 pages + 2 page advertisements, Illustrated with photos and diagrams. Errata strip tipped-over one line on page 13 ..... More
NY: Columbia County Association in the City of New York, 1906. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial covers in color (of the Half Moon) , measures approx, 7.25" x 9.25", red/white/blue cord-tied, unpaginated (40 pages) full page duptone portraits each with printed greetings and facsimile signatures of President Theodore Roosevelt, Charles..... More
NY: Saml. Gabriel Sons & Company, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. OUR TREES; THEIR BARK LEAVES FLOWER AND FRUIT (title on cover) AN ALBUM OF OUR TREES: A GUIDE TO ASSIST THE YOUNG NATURE STUDENT AND A PERMANENT RECORD FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LEAVES Includes 3 pages of colored printed, paste-ins..... More
various. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Five inscribed titles, late in the prolific career of staff writer of The New Yorker, novelist and screenwriter Eric Hatch (1901 - 1973), inscribed to prominent resident, Tracy Griswold, of Litchfield CT, where Hatch lived in his later years. Hatch was best known for comic novels..... More
NY: Tribune Association, 1914. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 11 issues - all about very good, all covers attached (stapled spine) - some flaking here and there - Part I (undated, paginated 1 -38); Part II (undated, paginated 39 -74 ), (the rest of Volume I paginated 75 - 330); Vol..... More
Camp Wadsworth SC: Camp Wadsworth YMCA, 1914. Soft cover. Four issues - covers slightly soiled - else better than very good, all covers attached (stapled spine). Volume1, No 6 (Dec 29, 1917). No 8 (Jan 12, 1918), No 14 (Feb 23, 1918), and No. 14, and No 15 (March 2..... More
NY: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon WWII wartime copy. Thick 8vo, oblong, 766, 11 (ads). 4-page addenda laid in at rear. More