NY: Harper and Brothers, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very well preserved copy in uncommom original dustjachet. Top edge of covers dusty and the shallowest wear top edge dustjacket. An apparently unused book. Striking woodcut illustrations by author/ illustrator Berry. THE collectible copy. More
NY: Coward-McCann, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid copy. Orange dustjacket dusty/ moderately soiled. Overall, quite presentable. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1920. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Uncommonly well-preserved copy - red cloth covers stamped in black - scarce dustjacket gently soiled around edges and missing a very narrow strip head of spine. Internals almost as new. No names, inscriptions or bookplates and desireable thus. More
London: William Heinemann, 1919. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. First edition with Arthur Rackham's wonderful illustrations. Pictorial paper covers all around, gently worn edges/ corners, mostly at bottom. Internals as new - no names, inscriptions or bookplates. In original, brown paper dustjacket stamped in black, with a few chips and loss..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1919. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. First edition with Arthur Rackham's wonderful illustrations. Pictorial paper covers all around, gently worn edges/ corners, mostly at bottom. Internals as new - no names, inscriptions or bookplates. In original, brown paper dustjacket stamped in black, with a few chips and loss..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1924. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 1924 printing of the first edition with Arthur Rackham's wonderful illustrations. Green cloth covers show light wear at corners, and a small loss foot of spine. Internals as new - no names, inscriptions or bookplates. In original, brown paper dustjacket stamped in..... More
NY: E. P. Dutton, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Distinctively well preserved copy. Books shows little signs of use. Unclipped dustjacket slightly soiled. THE collectible copy. More
NY: Harper and Brothers, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. General readership architectural survey of important American residences and home re-design at the height of the Colonial Revival. Distinctively preserved copy - red cloth with title pastedown - in uncommon dustjacket decorated with American samplers in sampler graphic style. More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Beautifully preserved copy in better than very good dustjacket with shallow strip lost at spine head. An apparently unused copy. No names, inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stamped cloth with pictorial pastedown impressively well-preserved in uncommon dustjacket which is moderately soiled and chipped. Quite presentable. Part of Little Brown's Young Folk's Book series, typical of American juvenile series of the 1920s. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stamped cloth with pictorial pastedown a tad soiled in uncommon dustjacket which is moderately soiled and chipped. Still, quite presentable all overall. Part of Little Brown's Young Folk's Book series, typical of American juvenile series of the 1920s. More
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1875. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Splendid record of American civic and residential architecture later half 19thC, which we now see as Victorian, mostly of structures in New York State and New England. Folio, uncommon, originla pictorial covers, leather spine, unpaginated. Illustrated with sketches and plans for the..... More
London: George Routledge, 1888. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Glasgow on title page, Proprietors of Copyright on copyright page. Glazed orangeish covers with pictorial of the pipe, rust colored cloth spine. Edges and corners moderately worn. Internals quite bright. Solid binding. A thoroughly presenatable copy of the famous tale with..... More
London/ NY: Freederick Warne, 1910. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Glazed covers with elaborate pictorial, brownish-red cloth spine. Edhes lightly worn, more so at bottom. Internals quite bright. Solid binding. A thoroughly presenatable copy of the famous tale with different covers and format, both still illustrated by Greenaway, than the first..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1849. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Scarce first edition, rebound in half leather early 20thC by Bayntun, Bath with the stamp also of Edgar H. Wells & Co. NY (presumably the US bookseller). Wells, NY. 8vo, 78pp, with illustrated forntis and illustrated title page. Illustrated cover page detached..... More
London: Wells Gardner Darton & Co. Ltd., 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon pair of Lucas' companion volumes of stories of old: OLD FASHIONED TALES (1905) and its follow-up FORGOTTEN TALES OF LONG AGO (1906), both uniform in design and format with elaborate decorated covers by F.D. Bedford, who also illustrated..... More
London: Macmillan, 1898. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Covers moderately soiled, leaves gently toned. Solid binding. More
London: Routedge & Co, 1855. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Scarce first edition, decorated covers, unpaginated, 8vo, 22 illustrations, 5 of which are hand-colored. Original owner name and 1859 date ffe. Early 20thC bookplate pastedown. Covers moderately worn, solid binding. More
Boston: L. C. Page, 1923. Hardcover. Covers a little spotted but still housed in pictorial slipcase, as issued. Internals as new. Nice decorative cover. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. All uniform in design and condition - very nice covers, lacking dustjacket, each showing little if any signs of use. Firsts except Spartan: American Twins of 1812 (1925), American Twins of the Revolution (1926), Pioneer Twins (1927), Eskimo Twins (1914), Spartan Twins (1918..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1929. 1st Edition. Uncommon Yale University Press illustrated children's title, rarer still with pictorial dustjacket. Boldly decorated covers of bugles and title stamped in gold on green cloth. Cover lightly spotted, insides fine, almost as new, really, showing no signs of use. A collectible copy..... More
NY: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Orange linen stamped in black with uncommon dusjacket dsigne dby Emma Brock, like the rest of the book. Dustjacket toned to spine and chipped here and there, still quite presentable to render a collectible copy. Inscribed by editor Davis on the..... More
NY: Dutton, 1928. New Edition and First Thus. Hardcover. First edition of the new edition 1828 after the original of 1898. Orange cloth, decorated in gold in uncommon dustjacket. Covers are as bright as are the insides of the book itself. Dustjacket is a bit soiled, spine darkened with a...... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1892. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Pub decorated green cloth, spine darkened, 1892 gift inscription ffe. Solid binding, insides gently toned. More
NY: Viking, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Faded dustjacket, solid, clean book. McGinley's poetic ruminations about life and family in Westchester County. Wittingly inscribed by her on the ffe: "For xxxx who will understand suburbia better, Phyllis McGinley" The cute drawings by Roberta McDonald match the sentiment. More