NY: Harcourt Brace, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, inscribed by Gertrude Stein and signed, too, by Alice B. Toklas. Copies signed by the pair are highly uncommon. Stein has inscribed the book on the free front endpaper to Dr. (indecipherable), then below her signature is Toklas's in shaky hand..... More
NY: Broadway Magazine, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Five monthly issues, April 1899 - Sept 1899, some covers trimmed. Loas of photographs of long-forgotten actors, and lots of advertisements. Bound in red cloth, gilt titles front and spine. The cover for the April issue is missing, otherwise nicely preserved. More
NY: Broadway Magazine, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Six monthly issues, Oct 1900 - March 1901, some covers trimmed. Loas of photographs of long-forgotten actors, and lots of advertisements. Remarkably well-preserved. More
London: Smith, Elder, 1852. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes, original cloth, paper labels. Cloth a tad spotted, spines a wee lean, labels chipped and browned. Bindings sound, internals clean. 16-page publisher's catalog at rear of Volume III. Distinctively narrow yellow ticket for Collinson & Clarke, Stationers&c Mansfield rear pastdown Volume..... More
Cambridge MA: Issued by W.S.B., 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth spine, paper label, over brown paper-backed boards, teg, sides untrimmed, xxiv, 205. Paper spine slightly stained, else a solid clean copy, More
NY: Viking, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The renowned artist, sculpture and photographer visits classical Greece, its mythology and its art. Book near fine, dustjacket tanned a bit around edges as is often seen, with a few closed tears and small wedge missing top edge rear panel. Inscribed by Liberman on..... More
London: The Booksellers. Thomas Wilson, 1811. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Stated "A New Edition, complete in One Volume; with plates, descriptive of subject" on the title page. 8vo, original boards, cloth spine, v (6) 264, Four plates: frontispiece plus three after preface before text. Front hinge revealed; and worn overall..... More
NY: Gomme & Marshall, 1915. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth spine, paper label, over brown paper-backed boards, teg, sides untrimmed, xxvii, 286. This annual is most notable for four of Frost's earliest poems: Birches, The Road Not Taken, and The Death of the Hired Man. Modest edgewear and short split..... More
Long Acre8vo: Published by David Nutt at the Sign of the Phoenix, 1902. Ault, Norman (frontispiece by). 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Publisher's binding, olive-colored paper over boards, paper spine label, 8vo, double frontispiece of same (binder error?) xii, 362 (4), sides untrimmed, most leaves uncut. Other works by editor in..... More
London: John Lane The Boley Head, 1924. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. New edition stated on copyright page, the first edition with the introduction by Shane Leslie. Book near fine, rough weave green cloth, gilt spine title, lx,421 in rare dustjacket, which is chipped about edges and moderately soiled. Solid copy..... More
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(London): John Rodker, 1929. 1st Edition Thus, Limited. Hardcover. Limited edition, this an unumbered copy of 1275, "bound full parchment" as stated on dustjacket spine. 8vo, li + 328. Green linen on the spine is browned. Two ownership signatures on front pastedown, one 1934, the other 1959. Only the spine..... More
Boston: Otis Clapp, 1854. Later American printing. Hardcover. Later American reprint of the English translation of 1758 from Swedenborg's Latin. In original publisher's binding, quarter finely-ribbed blue cloth, spine paper label, 8vo, iv, 361.Owner name in ink on ffe. Covers moeratley worn, solid binding, nice internals. More
Washington DC: Press of Judd & Detweiler, 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fantasy fieldguide. Cox (18781961) was Minnesotas first State Forester and Commissioner of Conservation. Inscribed by Cox to Pinchot, Pennsylvania governor, in a way that reveals Cox's real intent of the book: "To Gifford Pichot Jr. with the cordial..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Similarly bound copies of Freeman's R.E. LEE (1934, 4 volumes) and LEE'S LIEUTENANTS (1944, 3 volumes) forming a very attractive 7 volume set in dark green half-leather over lighter green cloth, gte. Some volumes first editions, others early printings of it. Some..... More
NY: The Review of Reviews Co., 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ten volumes complete, blue cloth, gilt to spine. Title page dated 1912, copyright date is 1911. The slightest wear spine tip, internals fine - no names, inscriptions or bookplates. A monumental work. More
London: Printed for the proprietors of 'The Girls Own Paper" by William Clowes and Sons. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Undated, circa 1913. Thick 4to, maroon cloth stamped in cream and gold with pictorial pastedown of a young gir, beveled edges. Endpapers - one for each season of the year - and..... More
Philadelphia: privately published, 1911. Limted Edition. Hardcover. Author Irving Bachellor's copy. Privately published account of hunting trip taken by the Johnson and four friends, with two guides in 1908 in the "Califoirnia mountains". Limited edition of an unknown number but this copy numbered 70 under the author's name under which..... More
NY: Dial Press, 1938. First US Edition. Hardcover. First US edition, with Dial title page, printed in London from British plates, bound in the US. Short 8vo, red cloth, in uncommon printed brown dustjacket. Previous owner initials top corner ffe. Some spotting to the top and side edge. Dustjacket worn/chipped..... More
Philadelphia: Published by Henry Carey Baird, 1902. Hardcover. Later printing. Publisher's brown cloth, blind stamped covers, gilt to spine, decorated endpapers,135 +31 (pub catalog), illustrated. Shallow loss spine ends, gutters revealed. Still a good reference copy. More
NY: The Beaverkill Press. W. W. Norton & Company, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As new all around; no evidence of any use. CATSKILLS. FLY FISHING. More
Ridgewood NY: Press of the Alwil Shop, 1902. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Scarce publication printed in the Arts&Crafts studio located in the Palisades NY of the Anwil Shop (per colophon). Cream paper over boards (toned and rubbed), gilt title front, green cloth spine, unpaginated (some leaves uncut), every page decorated..... More
Philadelphia: Protestant Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Evangelical Knowlledge, 1859. 1st US Edition Thus. Hardcover. Revised edition, stated on title page. 8vo, publisher's royal blue, pebbled cloth, blind-stamped and ruled front and rear, gilt to spine. xx, 21- 455, indexed. Slight lean to spine, two small spots front cover..... More
NY: Harper & Row, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unread copy, near fine in just about fine, unclipped dustjacket inscribed by Manchester in black felt pen on the half title. More
London: Cochrane & M'Crone, 1834. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. A lovely 8 volume set, in polished, speckled full leather, double- ruled covers front and back, floral dentelles, aeg, spine with six compartments, gilt, raised bands. Incidental spotting to the interior here and there. Solid bindings all around. More
various, 1876. Hardcover. (1) (CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, PHILADELPHIA MDCCCLXXVI). (np): Philip Frey & Co, (1876). Oblong booklet, 4.75 x 3, faux tortoise shell covers with decorative circular seal front and back. (np): Philip Frey & Co, (1876). 12 mounted photographs in accordion foldout. Remarkably well-preserved. (2) MEMORIAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION..... More