NY: Simon & Schuster, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very nice first edition inscribed by Thurber on the ffe with black wax pencil (the kind he preferred to draw with) to married couple friends of him and his wife Helen in Cornwall, Connecticut, where the Thurbers had a country house and..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. In the preface, Thurber describes his garland as A "weedy bouquet" - 28 cartoons, published in London with no American edition. The nicest copy we have seen, almost as new, issued without dustjacket and housed, as issued, in a brown cardboard mailing box..... More
Washington DC: GPO, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A nicely prerserved copy in original dustajcket, which has a tanned spine. Wide 4to, xxiii + 697. Light blue polished cloth covers w/ title stamped in silver. Title page a wee foxed, the rest near fine. Fabulous pictorial record of the architecture of..... More
No Binding. Three scratchboards, two 12'x 15", the other 16" x 12", depicting critical scenes from Jean Genet's classic Querelle. Two are uniform in size and are matted and framed in the style of the oblong one, which wads originally matted and framed by the artist. The life of Sam..... More
Paris: Paul Morihien, 1947. 1st Edition Limted. Soft cover. THE gay 20th century classic, this #151 of 460 copies. Glassine cover missing, remnants on verso rear cover, some separation of front cover from spine fold and minor loss at paper over spine foot. Genet's words have power certainly, but the..... More
Hamburg: Auf Begehren hoher Personen auffs neue, 1702. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Folio, 367, double-columned text, amply illustrated with decorated capitals and devices throughout, and 7 full page engraving copper plates plates (at 112, 118, 168, 192, 230, 244, and 276. There is also a loose plate, uniform in engraved..... More
Amsterdam: R. en G. Wetstein, 1717. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Scarce first edition in Low Dutch, which, afterwards was translated into English by the author - "The history of the rise, increase, and progress, of the Christian people called Quakers: intermixed with several remarkable occurrenc." - and published in London in..... More
London: Printed by T. H. for Edward Dod, 1646. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Small folio, [xx] + 386, with decorated letters and head pieces. First edition, probable second state with the publisher's line reading in full "Printed by T.H. for Edward Dod, and are to be sold in Ivie Lane." (The..... More
London: Edward Jeffrey, 1797. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo, viii, 152 pp, 11 plates as called for including 6 colored, plus added color plate frontispiece of Queen Elizabeth. Later full leather binding, rear cover detached, spine perished, thus requires rebinding or, as is, a reference copy. Marbleized endpapers, contemporary bookplate..... More
St. Louis: Martin C. Barthel, 1889. Early Printing. Hardcover. Early edition of treatise attributed to Protestant theologian Phillip Hiller (1699 - 1769) published for the German Evangelical Lutheran Synode of Missouri, Ohio and and other central states. Worldcat lists only 5 collections with copies of these variously dated 1883, 1885..... More
Viking Press, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First US edition, fifth printing, after the first 1931. Near fine copy lacking dustjacket. Plainly signed in purple ink by Zweig. Tragic novella which tells the grim tale of mutual doom of Dutch doctor in colonial Malaysia and a colonial government official's wife for..... More
San Marino CA: CALIFORNIA BREEDERS ASSOCIATION, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Bound copies for June 1941, January 1943, 1945 Annual, January-June 1947 (6 issues), July-December 1947 (6 issues), January-June 1948 (6 issues), July-December 1948 (6 issues), January-June 1949 (6 issues), and July-December 1949, and unbound copies for all of 1950 (12..... More
1st Edition. Hardcover. Continuous run of American Race Horses:A Review Of Breeding And The Performances Of The Outstanding Thoroughbreds Of The Year Engaged In Racing, Steeplechasing And Hunt Races from 1936 to 1953, apparently unused. Uniform 4to in format and binding. Extra shipping charges will obviously apply for these rather..... More
London: The London and Counties Press Association Ltd, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition, this # 566 opf 855 copies. Large 4to, brown, full leather gilt-ruled and titled, gte, sides untrimmed, 502 pp, illustrated, printed at The Grethan Press of the Unwin Brothers. Besides horse breeding and racing in the..... More
NY: The Jockey Club, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy, unfortunately missing its Volume 1. Limited to 800 copies, this numbered 191. Lage 4to, brown half linen over tan, paper-backed boards, 416 pages, lots of plates. HORSES RACING EQUESTRIAN. More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1894. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. First edition, on hand-made paper, limited to 100 copies, this numbered 62. Large 4to, original green cloth with gilt-pressed horses head (the author's G.A. H. Ra-Shid Arabian) and three-quarter brown cloth, gilt-ruled, gte, sides uncut, xix + 411, illustrated throughout..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. First edition, circa 1930, large 4to, 500 copies, this numbered 198, three-quarter crimson morocco over red cloth, gilt to spine, aeg, xxxiii + 450; 451 - 871, copiously illustrated. The definitive compilation of principally British , and some US and continental, roadways..... More
NY: Rider and Driver Publishing Co, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 4to, brown pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped titles and pictorial pastedown front cover, 399 pages, copiously illustrated. Printed at the Brooklyn Eagle Press, Pages 1- 16 are advertisements for all manner of product and services to horse riders and drivers..... More
NY: The Derrydale Press, 1929. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. First edition, regular edition, 750 copies. A near fine, apparently unused, copy in original pictorial dustjacket. 4to, blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations front and spine, gte xviii + 218, illustrated with a colored frontispiece from an original painting by..... More
Harrisburg, PA: The Harness Horse, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 4to, rough weave grey flecked cloth stamped in blue titles and surround of front cover pictorial pastedown, 42 pages, illustrated. A fine, apparently unused copy. RACING BREEDING EQUESTRIAN. More
J. B. Lippincott Company, 1855. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to, publishers' green cloth, with gilt titles and Turkish seal front cover, beveled edges, gray polished endpapers, aeg, 66 pages, illustrated. Front hinge partially revealed, still solidly boung, 2" stretch from rodent munch top edge front cover, internals fine. Gift inscription to..... More
Baltimore: privately printed, 1886. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Privately printed by W. T. Walters, as a "memorial of twenty years experience as Importer and Breeder of the Percheron Horse" (from the dedication page). . 4to, original paper vellum over boards, stamped with gilt decoration and red titles, 128 +(8), sides uncut..... More
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fine first edition of Isherwood's memories, ruminations, diary entries, etc for the 1930s, with an ANS to a correspondent and literary admirer in which he clarifies his writing about the influence of E. M Forster in this book. The addresses..... More
NY: Random House, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Isherwood, Christopher THE CONDOR AND THE COWS NY: Random House, 1949 First edition. A fine, unused copy in near fine unclipped dustjacket. Isherwood's travel writings through Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. Laid-in is a ANS on a personal mailing card, postmarked June..... More
NY: American Subscription Publishing House, 1859. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Strikingly well- preserved publisher's binding of brown cloth, elaborately gilt-decorated covers, front, back and spine. 8vo, 358, steel plate engravings throughout. Side and bottom marbleized edges but colors to it are dulled. A handsome copy. More