(London): George Biggs. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two early volumes, uniformly bound, full polished, gilt. Edges heavily worn and leather loss over spine both volumes. Wide 8vo. Binder's notes in pencil on title pages both volumes and his green ticket top left corner front pastedown both volumes: "Bound by W. Hickman..... More
NY: G. P. Putnam & Co., 1853. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Original half leather binding. Gilt titles to spine. "Robert Townsend" at foot. Internals quite nice. More
Philadelphia: T. S. Arthur & Co, 1859. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Original half leather bionding. 6 colored plates. Moderately foxed here and there. More
Cincinnati: Poe & Hitchcock, 1864. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Original binding, half leather. Hinges revealed but holding. Intermittently foxed. More
London: Published at No. 26, Welington Street, 1862. 1st Edition. Volume VI from September 28, 1861 to March 8, 1862 including No. 127 to No. 150. Original quarter leather binding, half of leather over spine gone and front cover detached. First signature sprung. Leaves slightly toned as usually seen but..... More
No Binding. An original illustration, designed to wrap-around text, by prolific commercial artist Irv Docktor for an article entitled "A Faith for Young Americans" by Roland Gammon in the April 1950 issue of Redbook Magazine. On thick artist paper, approx 10.25x13.5" in watercolor and black ink. Richly colored in hues..... More
No Binding. Four studies of Leonard Bernstein conducting Beethoven by prolific commercial artist Paul Dockter, each signed by the artist and one signed by Bernstein, too. 1) Sketch in black ink on ecru scrap paper. Measures approx. 12x8" 2) Small gauche or pastel and black ink, approx 7x5'. 3) Gauche..... More
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1900. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. An early printing of the second edition, 2 volumes, maroon fine linen, triple, blind-ruled coves, gilt to spine, a wee faded. Williams College student '28 name and dorm address on pastedown both volumes. Soilid, nicely preserved copies. More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Millay on the title page underneath author name. Owner name, a Vassar graduate, like Millay, dated December 1926, class of '30 with neat note "please return" upper corner ffe. Clean internals, blue cloth spine a wee darkened. More
Birmingham: Johannis Baskerville, 1772. Hardcover. 1772 edition by famous printer Baskerville. 8vo, old (perhaps original) binding of mottled calf and delicately designed compartments in gilt to spine, marbleized endpapers. Front hinge revealed but holding. Numeral 6 indelicately written in purple marker on fly. Engraved frontispiece. (6) 276 (2). More
NY: Dau Publiishhing Company, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Cobalt blue linen, stamped in gilt, beveled edges. 8vo, 123pp. A patch of smudging on the right edge front cover, else near fine. More
Hamilton OH: The Becket Paper Company, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Covers and top edge a wee soiled, internals near fine. 8vo, 190pp. Part travelogue of European tour of company prez Beckett, part trade catlogoue for his family paper biz. Map laid-in at rear. More
Boston: Houghtgon Mifflin, 1899. Early Printing of New Edition. Hardcover. Rust-colored cloth stamped in black on front and gilt and black on spine. 8vo, xlii, 499, 12. Some rolling to cloth head of spine, else a much better than very good copy. Druggists & Pharmacists, Books & Stationary stamp of..... More
Washington DC: The Cosmos Club, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Olive cloth, gilt titles cover and spine, gte, 351pp. Nicely preserved all over. No names, bookplates. More
LA: The Times - Mirror Press, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Lacking dustjacket, top edge a bit soiled, else an apparently unused, near fine copy. Bookplate fornt pastedown. More
San Fransciso: William Hamilton Nelson, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Lacking dustjacket, spine a bit soiled, else near fine. Brown cloth stamped in gilt and black. Owner bookplate front pastedown. More
NY: Harcourt Brace, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Lacking dustjacket, internals and lack cloth covers near fine. Bookplate front pastedown. José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera ( 1888 - 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. More
London: John Murray, 1933. Fourteenth Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt to front and cover, spine moderately sunned. cxliv, 812, (6). All maps in original folds, including pocket map in rear. Bookplate front pastedown, owner name top ffe. Uncommonly well-presserved. More
Chicago: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1896. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Top edge a wee dusty, else a near fine, apparently unused copy. Blue linen, gilt titles, 223pp, 15 full page illustrations and photographs taken by the author. Inscribed by author Smith and dated 1902 on the ffe. More
Boston: Richard G. Badger (The Gorham Press), 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid copy, lacking dustjacket. Bookplate pastedown. More
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1929. Eighth Revised Edition. Uncommonly well-preserved copy showing little signs of use. Red cloth, spine moderately faded. PON top of pastedown and bookplate verso ffe. ccvii, 495. 106 maps (all in original folds), 56 woodcuts. A collectible copy. More
The Hague: W. P. Van Stockum & Son, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Nicely preserved. Marooon pebbled cloth, gilt titles, spine moderately sun-faded. Remnants of bookplate verso half title and original owner name top ffe. Internals uncommonly nice, apparently unused, all maps in original folds, including pocket map in rear. 613pp..... More
NY: P. F. Collier & Sons. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Handsomely custom-bound in full olive moroccan leather with gilt decorations and red leather onlay on all covers, front and back, and inner covers, too. Olive silk-backed free frond endpaper, with its verso and adjoining fly in cream, clover-patterned moire silk. Each..... More
New Haven/ London: Yale/ Oxford, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Some neat underlining in about 10 pages of the book. Solid copy in rubbed dustjacket. More
Philadelphia: Blackiston Company, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition on copyright page dated 1943, and also printing of 1947. As the essays are based on lectures previously published we expect this is the first appearance in book form. An apparently unread copy in better than very good dustjacket... More