NY: Leavitt, Lord & Co, 1834. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12 mo, blind-stamped salmon cloth with gilt to spine, 237p. The book is blind-stamped Abbott series front and back. Lacking ffe and rear free endpaper, too. Moderately foxed throughout. Cloth covers unevenly sunfaded. Reference copy. More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, first edition, second issue. 8vo, unadorned maroon cloth, gilt spine titles, gte, sides untrimmed. Ownership copy of Henry R. Towne, mechanical engineer and founder of Yale Lock Manufacturing Company, with his bookplates both volumes. Slight stain rear cover volume 1..... More
London: Metheun & Co, 1919. Early Ediitions. Hardcover. A nice pairing of Fairies and Chimneys (sixth edition 1920 after the first 1918) and its sequel Fairy Green (fourth edition 1921 after the fisrt 1919) both in uniform, binding and near fine condition, in light blue and light red cloth, with..... More
Tokyo: T. Hasegawa. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. One of the harder-to-find titles of Hasegawa's Japanese Fairy Tale series. Printed in color on crepe paper, meaures about 10 x 15 cm. Nicely preserved. Undated (at least in Englsh) with no indication (at least in English) of publisher exact address... More
Boston: T. R. Marvin, 1848. Eighteenth Edition. Hardcover. A remarkably well-preserved copy exemplary of publisher's bindings of the period. 8vo, brown cloth, blind-stamped front and back, gilt to spine, 18th edition, reprinting the preface to the 16th edition, 392, lovely engraved illustration of the young man on the half title..... More
Portland ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1911. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. Decorated paper covers with title pastdown font cover. Loss to paper at spine foot. Light foxing. Good reference copy. More
Portland ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1906. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. A beautifully preserved copy. Fine all over. No names, inscriptions, etc. More
NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A beautifully preserved pairing of collections of sayings, month by month, about the other sex by the other sex, both uniform in format, binding and condition. Small 8vo, maroon cloth, elaborately decorated front cover in gilt border around green field with title..... More
London/ Philadelphia. Gibbings & Company Ltd/ J. B. Lippincott, 1896. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. Printed in England for both US and U K distribution. Beautifully preserved Art& Crafts-designed production of the Arabian tales. Small 8vo, light green cloth, boldly-stamped titles in darker green and blue front covers w/ more..... More
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Plainly signed by Sloane on the ffe. Book near fine, dustjacket has a slightly sun-faded spine. More
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Seventh printing. Plainly signed by Sloane on the ffe. Book near fine, dustjacket has modest wear at top corners and spine head. More
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1965. Presumed First or Early Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed Sloane on the ffe, with a sketch of bird sitting at the end of an ax handle and dated by him 1973. More
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Third printing. Inscribed by Sloane with a sketch of chirping bird sitting atop a barrel. No other names, inscriptions, bookplates, etc. Near fine in better than very good unclipped dustjacket. More
Boston: Manning & Loring, and Lemuel Blake, 1808. Hardcover. Old calf, red leather label spine, 8vo, 312p, lacking ffe and blank rears, torn, title page and next 3 pages torn, one of them, the dedication page missing lower right corner. More
London: Published for James Watson by Frederick Farrah. Later Edition. Hardcover. Mid-to later 19thC edition, likely 1850-1870s. 8vo, blind-stamped, green ribbed cloth, gilt spine titles, yellow matte endpapers, vi, 202, 32, (8), frontispiece, two foldouts. Modest loss spine foot, corners gently worn, solid binding. Of the many editions of this..... More
Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Weighty volume, full of historical and geneological research. Thick 8vo, three quarter blue cloth over gold cloth, stamped titles, 1204 pages, illustrated, folding map. An apparently unused copy. Signed by author Mather and dated by him January 1914 top of..... More
NY: Colony Publishing Co. 1st Edition Limt. Soft cover. No date, circa 1920s. Limited edition, 500 copies, this #40, signed by Gregory in the limitation, tall 8vo, green, limp suede, yapped edges, silk moire endpapers, 138p. Odin also wrote a drama called "Caius Grachus", not much known about him. Internals..... More
Buffalo: The Courier Company, 1878. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, which Barnum published in a different form years before. 8vo, green cloth, ribbed on the horizontal, blind-stamped front and back, gilt titles to spine. xii, 324, 33 full-page illustrations. With complements ticket with Barnum facsimile signature tippe-in at title page..... More
NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1911. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Issued with Heinemann in London, printed in England. Quarter cloth, gilt pictorial and titles pressed to floral patterned cream color covers. All 30 tipped-in plates present. Solid copy, little sign of use, lightly foxed endpapers, prelims/rears. Internals fine. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. 2 volume set, stated fifth edition on copyright page. 8vo, polished blue cloth, gte. Solid, clean copies, apparently unused. Ownership names dated Christmas 1887 and September 1889 ffe. Upon publication, an immensely popular biography of one of the most beloved American philosopher-authors. Still..... More
London: Sampson Low, Son and Co., 1862. 1st Edition Thius. Hardcover. Expensive production in its day. Wide 8vo, brown textured cloth w/ elaborate blind-stamped perimeter to gilt-stamped centered titles in rectangular array, beveled edges, aeg. Printed on heavy stock, each text block with capital colored in red or blue and..... More
NY: The Century Co, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial covers, rubbed, with shaved head of spine and minor edgewear, lacking dustjacket. Internals fine - the Hader illustrations bright and crispy. Gift inscription dated 1931, year of publication, pictorial ffe. One of the best known dog stories for children. More
NY: Viking, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Second printing. An apparently unread copy in near fine unclipped dustjacket. Neat contemporary (i.e. at time of publication) gift inscription top of pictorial front endpaper. More
London: Macmillan, 1898. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. First edition with MacDougall's bold Arts & Crafts decorations. Elaborately gilt-decorated green cloth, 4to, unpaginated, title page in red and black, the rest in black. Green cloth faded, covers worn and stained at upper corners with 2" loss over lower spine, internals fine..... More
(Regal Record Company). Soft cover. The most uncommon in the series of 10 variously themed record sets of " songs games stories for kiddies" this set "The Patriotic Book" with 8 45RPM discs, each two sided for 16 songs: America the Beautiful, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Dixie, Yankee Doodle..... More