NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Wide 8vo in printed metal foil dustjacket. Uncommon and scarce in this condition. A compilation of photos, articles, cartoons, caricatures and miscellany from the early days of FDR's presidency. More
NY: Arrow Editions, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Blackmur on title page with inscribee's ownership and Christmas 1943 date on ffe. Covers and dustjacket tanned about edges, dustjacket chipped about edges with a few closed tears. Internals quite nice. Blackmur's first book of poetry. Set in type by Walter..... More
NY: George H. Doran. 1st Edition. Hardcover. nd, c1920s. Presumed first or early American edition. 8vo, black cloth, titles stamped in red, xv, 304, illustrated with maps. Copy no 3 from the Soldiers and Sailors Camp Library of the American Library Association with label on front cover and ALA wartime..... More
NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Early humour from author Irwin, with 17 illustrations in duotone by Pontin. An American's view of Paris in the 1920s. Blue cloth in scarce dustjacket that is browned at edges and more so at spine, and missing a few small pieces at..... More
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon memoir of Mary Cushing Watkins, focusing on her experiences as a young woman, as personal assistant to opera diva Madame Olive Fremstad. Inscribed by the author and dated Sept 1954 on half title. OPERA. More
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1958 Best Musical Drama Critics and Tony, beating out West Side Story even! Dustjacket price-clipped and slightly faded, short closed tear. No names or bookplates. Solid copy. More
Richmond VA: Garrett & Massie, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Title says it all, we assume. Gray, broad weave cloth, titles stamped in blue, in dustjacket that is moderately soiled and chipped about edges here and there. CIVIL WAR AMERICAN SOUTH. More
London: Collins, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. High-class British trash romance fiction. Worth it for the dustjacket alone! More
NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Biography of the Commander-in-Chief, American Expeditionary Forces, WWI. Two volume set, original dustjackets, lacking publisher's box. Books apparently unused, unread. Dustjacket has some modest chipping here and there. No previous owner names or bookplates. More
NY: Baker, Voorhis, 1867. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Second edition of this rare, early American treatise on mental illness. Original brown pebbled cloth, blind double-ruled, gilt titles front, cloth over spine gone, still firmly bound, corners worn, 8vo, 81p, rear cover lightly damp-stained not affecting rest of book. Uncommon. More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Best-seller Civil War novel, that came before Mitchell's GWTW. 8vo, red cloth, original dustjacket, spine moderately fade, with $2.50 price and stated "Thirteenth Large Printing" rear panel. No ownership names or bookplates. More
NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy, remarkably preserved sans dustjacket, blie cloth, gilt spine titles, 8vo, gte, x, 399, sides untrimmed. More
NY: privately printed, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As new, 8vo, pictorial green, polished cloth, map endppaers, 117p, bibliography. A historic report of ICR's "organization, financing and subsequent simplification of debt and capital structures through May 1955." RAILROAD HISTORY. More
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Subtitle: A COMPENDIUM OF A HALF CENTURY OF PRINCETON WIT AND HUMOR, IF ANY, IN PROSE, PICTURE AND POETRY. Limited to 1000 copies, 4to, black tight-weave linen, gilt titles in scarce pictorial dustjacket, which is moderately worn, book and internals almost..... More
NY: Board of Publication of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, 1856. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, blind-stamped decorated brown cloth, with gilt-pressed pictorial which we attribute to plate designer/engraver John Feehey (see squiggly lines on either side of figure). 8vo, xxvii, 14 - 221, illustrated. Some loss to cloth at spine..... More
Indianoplis: Bobbs Merrill, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Squarish 4to, pictorial pastedown on green cloth covers a tad soiled/ spotted. Internals as nice as we could expect to find. Lovely text decorations in a "pretty" Art Noveau style by Jenkins. More
NY: George H. Doran, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large, sqaure 4to, illustrated pastdown on front printed in brown, illustrations inside b& w, with yellow decoration. Some wear to spine ends, spine a wee shaken, internals as nice as we could expect to see. More
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1931. O. Sogolov. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A tidy collection of the first five books of American poet/ humorist Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), famous of The New Yorker, all published by Simon & Schuster. HARD LINES, 1931, 1st edition, in worn, scarce dustjacket. FREE WHEEWLING (1931)..... More
NY: Random House, 1987. 1st Edition Reissue. Hardcover. First eidtion of the 1987 reissue, the first being 1939. Near fine copy in price-clipped dustjacket with a 1987 Happy Birthday gift inscription at the top of the half-title. More
Oderbrecht, 2007. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy, fine in near fine dustjacket. More
Koln: DuMont, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine, apparently unused copy, in slightly rubbed near fine dustjacket. Stunning photography. No US edition. More
John Wiley & Sons, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. More
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Memoir by British theatre historian/author and publicist MacQueen-Pope known as Popie (1888 - 1960). Inscribed on the ffe: "To my friend Mr. J. S. Walsh who loves London + our theatre + who may find some old friends + some amusement in..... More
San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Press, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Incribed in green ink on the ffe by author Stoll, "May good wine contribute to your health and happiness. H. F Stoll 12/2/34" Near fine copy, burgundy cloth, gilt titles, 120pages , b& w photos. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes, 8vo, brown pebbled cloth with pictorial in black and titles in black and gold, blind-stamped on rear covers. Internals apparently unused, all plates and maps extant , including map in rear pocket volume 2, which is in its original folds, apparently..... More