NY: Appleton, 1889. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. The true first American edition, 1889, more uncommon than the 1890 edition sometimes represented as first. An uncommonly well-preserved copy - almost near fine, with white half cloth covers not soiled as is usually seen - its only flaw is the missing ffe..... More
NY: Houghtgon Mifflin, 1919. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, less common than the expanded second edition. 8vo, blue ribbed cloth, gilt titles front and spine, 224p. Written by Coolidge when he was Massachusetts Governor to promote his candidacy for President in 1920. More
NY: Harper & Row, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Later children's title illustrated by artist Marc Simont (1915 - 2013), whose long career brought him two Caldecott honors and one Caldecott medal. (Simont also illustrated books for James Thurber, another author/artist, when Thurber's sight failed in later life.) Inscribed to close..... More
NY: Henry Shuman, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Early book by author and artist Marc Simont (1915 - 2013), whose long career brought him two Caldecott honors and one Caldecott medal. this a light hearted, illustrated romp through productions at the (old) Metropolitan Opera, called "60 Picture in Bravura" (Simont also..... More
NY: The Metropolitan Museum Of Art/ Viking Press, 1978, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy, fine in near fine, price-clipped dustjakcet in slipcase. A collectible copy. No names/bookplates. More
Lafayette: Junior Leage of Lafayette, Inc. Louisianna, 1974. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 2 volumes, the original a tenth printing (1974, after the first 1967), the sequel (1979) first printing. Both nicely preserved and apparently unused with some modest rubbing to pictorial covers. Both spiral bound. A nice pair. More
London: Elek Books, 1956. First English-language edition. Hardcover. Review copy, with review slip laid-in. More
NY: New American Library, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A near fine. apparently unread copy - no names/ bookplats. Pirce clipped dustjacket with minor closed chips head of spine. Includes Bond in New York that was not included in the UK edition. JAMES BOND. More
NY: Harper's, 1876. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pages 545 - 568. Cover story is campaign platform of Rutherford B. Hayes, Republican candidate for President, portrayed in sketch by Thomas Nast. Other features include: scenes of St. Louis, MO; double-page drawing of the interior of the Main Building of the Centenniel..... More
NY: Harper& Row, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A very good copy in very good unclipped dustjacket. Top edge moderately soiled. INSCRIBED by the Solomon to her editor at Harper's, Kitty Benedict on the ffe: "For Kitty - With so much affection - and lets hope, after this - novels! Many..... More
NY: Knopf, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in better than very good, unclipped dustjacket with a short close tear top of spine. Red on spine unfaded for a title where the dustjacket spine is usually seen faded. Plainly signed by Cheever on the free front endpaper. Awarded the..... More
NY: Frank S. Holby, 1906. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Complete set, 8vo, tan linen, paper title labels, spine, gte, sides uncut. Limited to 1250 copies, this set 1207, with the exception of volume IX, Northanger Abbey, which is a replacement volume numbered 759. Solid, clean copies all around. Some incidental..... More
NY: Knopf, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A very good, used copy in worn by good, distinctive because of its bookplate from the National Headquarters of the Women's Auxiliary American Services with a bald eagle and proclamation "Books Are Weapons" With the AWWS Nat'l Headquarters Library Stamp, 345 Madison Ave, NY..... More
NY: Harper & Row, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by author William Manchester "with very best wishes" on the half title. An uncommonly well-preserved first edition of a title which became an instant bestseller and was reprinted many times. Book is apparently unread, dustjacket unclipped ($10) with a short closed..... More
London: National Gallery, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As new copy, apparently unused. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 8vo, gray linen with gilt titles and devices front and back. xii, 210. Lacking rear endpaper. Copiously illustrated with b&w photos and diagrams. Inscription dated 1948 ffe. Small stain bottom edge front cover. More
NY: Viking, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Associaton copy. Inscribed by author DeLillo to fellow author Ann Arensberg and her husband publisher Dick Grossman on the half title: "To Ann and Dick/ Best ever/ Don DeLillo" Arensberg won the Americna Book Award 1981 for her first novel "Sister Wolf". She had..... More
Edinburgi: Excudebat, George Mosman, Bibliopola, 1692. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 12mo, full calf leather, (1), 364 (2), lacking prelims, last page recto index, verso errata, verso, last page with contemporary or newer financial notations, 1854 ownership signature front pastedown, other older ownership names in rear. Front hinge tender, rear..... More
NY: Viking, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First novel of Ann Arensberg (1937 - 2022) and winner of the National Book Award in 1981. Dustjacket spine sunned as it almost always seen with this title, else near fine. Signed by Arensberg on the ffe. More
Boston: John L. Shorey, 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Bound volumes IX and X of the juvenile monthly bound in green cloth, with gilt devices and title front, back and spine. A fine example of publisher's decorative cloth binding of the period. 8vo, 188 (2). Pub list in rear. Illustrated. An..... More
Oxford: Phaidon, 1980. Facsimile Edition, Limited. Hardcover. Facsimile edition, limited to 445 copies, this #413. Folio, approx 11 x 13', quarter leather, cloth boards, lacking slipcase. Reproduces Repton's 1803 edition, a watershed in landscape architecture and design theory and practice, including movable plates. With a new introduction by John Martin..... More
NY: Henry Z. Walck, Inc., 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo, oblong, printed in brown ink, some colored pages with yellow and green, unpaginated. Minor spotting to endpapers and covers, dustjacket moderately soiled with moderate wear at corners and spine ends. Uncommon title in the Adshead Brownie series. No names..... More
NY: Viking, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommoin first edition, Wiese's fourth book. Oblong 8vo, near fien copy - no names or bookplates - in price-clipped dustjacket that has a few closed tears and slight loss spine ends. A very presentable copy. More
NY: Oxford University Press, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon first edition, near fine copy in price-clipped dustjacket that is gently toned about edges and spine, and a few short closed tears here and thee. No names or bookplates. DOGS. More
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1945. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, matching endpapers, gte, gilt to spine, (xii), 26. Errata statement printed at bottom of xii. Top edge slightly darkened/soiled, and marbled boards a wee dulled. Internals fine. No names or bookplates and desirable thus..... More