NY: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Thirteenth printing (1961) after of the first edition (1949). Near fine book - apparently unread - in very good dustjacket with some creasing and moderate wear at edges and corners. Inscribed by Frost and dated by him Jan 2 1962 Amherst College..... More
NY: Targ Editions, 1984. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Narrow 4to. Cockerel covered boards with printed cover label. 150 copies in glassine. Signed by translator/ poet Snodgrass on limitation and warmly inscribed by publisher Bill Targ on ffe. Slight loss to glassine upper right corner rear panel, else fine. More
Mexico: DGE Ediciones, 2007. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near fine copy. Covers slighty rubbed. Internally, appears unread, unused. More
Printed and sold by Darton and Harvey: London, 1795. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 19thc quarter-leather over marbleized boards, 516p, with binder's instructions and errata and addenda after table of contents. Dedicated "To the Female Sex"; Walker writes, "to enforce the equality of the sexes, some pages of this wrok have..... More
New York: Van Nostrand, 1873. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo, printed covers. Original edition, part of Van Nostrand's Science series, this No. 5. 77p + 16p pub list of science titles in rear. Covers rubbed, minor paper loss over spine. Why pay more for a reprint or on-demand when you..... More
LA: Cunningham Press, 1969. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Third edition, 3000 copies. Fine (almost as new copy) lacking glassine dustjacket. More
Concord NH: Roby, Kimball & Merrill, 1840. Early Printing. Hardcover. From plates stereotyped by J. S. Redfield, New York. Original binding heavily worn and soiled. Unprinted cover, blue paper over pasteboard, brown linen spine. 166p, illustrated engravings throughout. Lacking endpapers and prelims front and endpaper rear. Still firmly bound... More
NY: National Specials Co, 1918. Presumed First or Early Edition. Hardcover. Book collection of TAD's cartoon gag series that was syndicated through Hearst-owned newspapers. According to Wikipedia "In addition to (Dorgan's)s work as a sports journalist, Dorgan did a humor feature, "Daffydills". His dog cartoons, including Judge Rummy (1910-1922), evolved..... More
Philadelphia: Geo. G. Evans, 1856. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hard to find true first edition, printed 1856; most copies dated 1857. Publisher's brown cloth, 8vo, xiv + 408pp, portrait frontispiece. Edges, corners worn, front board detached, cloth over spine missiing except 3" strip laid in, original or earlyl owner name in..... More
Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid copy, leaves toned as usual (pulp stock), with UNcracked spine which the fragile book usually suffers from. Both "business cards" laid-in, one for Ruscha, the other for curator Foster. Also laid-in is a "with compliments" card from the Art Insitute..... More
NY: Rizzoli, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, limited to 5000 copies, this an UNnumberd copy with print signed by photographer Street-Porter laid-in of the Disney Center, designed by Frank Gehry, same pictorial as rear panel of dustjacket. Fine in near fine dustjacket. More
NY: Random House, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. True first edition with first issue points. Fine, apparently unread, copy in UNclipped ($24.95) dustjacket (no audio book mention on rear pane)l. No names, inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, later issue with text changes on pages 325 and 327. Boards moderately worn, more so on rear cover. Front hinge tender. Previous owner names on ffe and pastedown. More
Personal History Agency, 1952. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Oblong, red plastic, spiral- bound pictorial die-cut covers with two moveables and two pop-ups in the pictorial publishers box. original box which is cocked and slightly soiled and worn about corners. Book iitself appears unused. More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Vol V No 4. 2. Includes a ashort poemn by Thaxter called "Crowned" and an artiecle on mountain climbing by William Williams, plus an installment of Stevenson's "Master of Ballantrae" and other articles. More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Vol VI No 2. Two interesting articles on lawn tennis and fishing in Florida, plus an installment of Stevenson's "Master of Ballantrae" and other articles. More
NY: The Forum Publishing Company, 1891. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Five, non contiguous copies, Jan 1891 (Vol X No 5), Feb 1891 (Vol X No 6), July 1891 (Vol XI No 5), Oct 1891 (Vol XII No 2) and Nov 1891 (Vol XII No 3). More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Original publication of Alcott's short story "Nelly's Hospital" in the April 1865 edition of Our Young Folks, about a young girl who starts a hospital for animals. Better than very good condition. More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Two copies of Our Young Folks - Sept and Oct 1866 - that contain the first tow parts of Stowe's Little Pussy Willow, published in book form in 1870. Better than very good condition. More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1870. Issue dated May 1, 1970. Printed covers, chipped about edges. Internals near fine. Vol VI Part VIII, pages 449 - 512. Illustrated with several etchings. Prelims includeLippincott book titles and adveertisment for Trollope's "Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblewaithe" More
NY: Doubleday Doran, 1932. First US Edition. Hardcover. Publishers brown cloth, gilt device front, gilt titles spine. Lacking dustjacket. Gilt to spine darkened. Spine slightly cocked. Small dent to upper edge rear cover. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. More
NY: Grosset & dunlop, 1928. First or early reprint edition. Hardcover. Reprint edition, bearing Penn Publishing copyright, 1928. Blue cloth covers, leaves heavily toned (pulp stock). Pictoorial dustjacket signed in by O Herford, with the O conjoined to the H, typical of Oliver Hereford, who became best known for authoring..... More
London: The Field Press, 1937. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Single issue for Spring 1937. Covers toned, some loss top of spine. Internals fine. More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1921. 1st Edition, Review Copy. Hardcover. REVIEW COPY with "REVIEW COPY/ WITH JOHN LANES/ COMPLIMENTS" in oval surround blind-stamped on title page. Covers soiled, corners worn, some loss to label on spine, endpapers tanned. Prelims and title slightly foxed, rest of internals fine... More