Chicago: The Lakeside Press/ L.L. Donnelley & Sons, 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to, quarter cloth. 19 tipped-in plates by of the famous English thespians and lovers. Copy owned by American actor Edward Herrmann (1943-2014) with his bookplate of initials on the ffe. Firm binding, edges, worm, internals and plates quite..... More
Printed by Larry Jordan. Soft cover. Booklet, limited to 100 copies, undated (c1946), hand printed by Larry Jordan, measures approx 5x4", 32 pages, thick tan paper, string bound. with a copy of a drawing in front by Eisenstein followed by 31 silver print stills from Eisenstein's film masterpiece. Eisenstein, regarded..... More
NY: LONGMANS, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Harold Lloyd's uncommon autobiography in rare dustjacket. Light brown cloth covers, titles stamped in dark brown. Price-clipped dustjacket has minor shallow loss at spine ends, and slight wear at corners. From the library of Tony Award winning American actor Edward Herrmann (1943-2014) with his..... More
Baltimore: J. W. Bond, 1857. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Stated Third Edition on title page with engraved plate with Bond as publisher, then on a second title page as "A New Editon Complete in One Volume". Large 8vo, royal blue elaborately stamped in blind, gilt titles to spone. 529p, double column..... More
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1882. Hardcover. Six volume complete set, bound in full, polished red leather by Bickers & Son, Leicester Square (London), gilt, single-ruled covers, elaborate gilt to spine, elaborate inner dentelles. Hinges weak on all volumes, one cover detached. Some loss or chipping to spine labels. Internals..... More
New Haven / NY: H.Mansfield / D.Appleton, 1858. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Original, finely-ribbed brown cloth, stamped in blind an gilt, more to spine. Thick octavo, two volumes in one, 317pp, (1) 332, (2). Frontsipiece to both volumes, the second volume with two, the second a hand-colored (of the Emperor of..... More
London: Methuen & Co, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unread copy near fine in near fine, clipped dustjacket. The second and third parts to The Childermass (1928). More
various, 1776. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A COLLECTION OF FIVE THOMAS PAINE PAMPHLETS ALONG WITH OTHER PAMPHLETS MOST PRINTED IN PHILADELPHIA. This collection was found in a perished 19thC leather binding; it has been newly rebound in late-18thC American style, full-leather. The text block has been restitched, with all components in..... More
NY: V.G. Audubon, 1849. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. First octavo edition. 155 plates by W. E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly after J.J. and J. W. Audubon. Some spotting here and there, and in Volumes 2 the outer edge/ bottom corner of the leaves running through page 110 are lightly stained..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1873. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, original brown cloth, gilt pictorial front cover, double-blind ruled, beveled edges, gilt to spine, 189 pp, with designs (plans) for 84 residences, each with a full page illustration and floor plan. Hitchcock 595. Corners moderately worn, shallow cloth loss..... More
Ann Arbor: Published by the author, 1867. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, polished black cloth, [2], xxix, [2], 34-384, cloth over spine perished, covers holding. The preface is to the tenth edition; copyright page states 46th edition, 322,000 - English and German. MEDIECINE. HOME REMEDY. HERBS. More
NY: Wiley & Halsted, 1858. First American Edition. Hardcover. First US edition, 8vo, ix, 125, 4 (addenda, publisher's ads) brown, water-grain clloth, gilt decoration front, blind-stampoed surround front and back, gilt to spine. Shallow loss spine tips, else presentable unsophisticated copy. More
Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske and Co, First Edition Thus. Reprint copy, no date, circa 1880. with copyright of J. S. Locke & Company (Boston) 1875. Brown cloth, stamped in black on front, blind-stamped on rear, and gilt to spine. 87vo, 340pp. Leaves toned (paper of high acid content). Some discoloring to..... More
NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid copy. Dustjacket lightly chipped about edges. WWII. WORLD WAR II. More
London: Published for the Bibliophiles, 1904. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Uncommon edition of the world's best known work of erotic fiction, published for The Bibliophiles as "a new and genuine edition from the original text (London, 1749)" as described on the title page, and handsomely bound by "Thierry" (binder stamp..... More
NY: Geo. A. Putnam, 1850. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. A nicely preserved copy of the second edition, after the first of 1849. 8vo, green cloth blind -stamped and decorated with centered gilt pictorial front, 256, 162, 26 (publisher's list), 12 plates incl colored lithograph frontispiece and 10 others, plus numerous wood-engraved..... More
NY: Dutton, 1916. First American Edition. Hardcover. First US edition, with Dutton title page, the book printed in England form original plates. Blue cloth, 8vo, vii, 264, lacking dustjacket. Private library bookplate on front pastedown and paper shelving label foot of spine. Gilt titles, spine darkened, covers moderately soiled, internals..... More
NY: Geroge G.Putnam, 1850. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. First edition of Knickerbocker's History of New York illustrated by Felix O. C. Darley. In uncommon, original green cloth bnding ecorated in gilt, 8vo, all edges gilt, xvi, [13] - 454, with engraved portrait, engraved additional title, seven full page engraving and..... More
Cheapside: Printed for Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1820. Hardcover. A New Edition, with engravings from the designs of Richard Westall. 4 volumes, 8vo, full leather, gilt and black labels to spine. Internals quiet nice. More
London: Published by for J. Buckland, C. Bathhurst & T. Davies, 1793. Hardcover. New edition, corrected. 4 volumes, 8vo, engraved portrait, contemporary full mottled calf with new spines of polished calf, gilt titles. Original calf corners worn, but internals quite nice. With the contemporary bookplate of John G. Metcalf of..... More
Philadelphia: J. W. Moore, 1848. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1848, of early, comprehensive, international review of coal, uncommonly found, as is the second 1855 edition. Thick 8vo, blind-stamped, brown pebbled cloth, cxlviii, 754, 3 foldout plates. Cloth split at hinges, moderate surface wear to covers, intermittent light foxing. Firmly..... More
Phildelphia: Runinng Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unreadm unused set, 2 volumes in slipcase. Volume One: 1956-1974, Volume Two: 1974-1988. Extra shipping charges will apply. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid clean copy, 4to, buckram binding. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. BOOK ARTS. More
NY: Privately printed for the author, 1926. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Limited to 1000 copies, this copy unnumbered. large 4to, blue cloth, gilt titles front and spine, gte, sides untrimmed, 153 p. illustrated with plates, map, facsimiles. Sound copy, internals quite nice. More
Chicago: The Bookfellows, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 16mo, pp. 61, [1]; tipped in double-page photographic illustration by Lejaren a Hille), original blue paper-covered boards, printed paper label on upper cover. Printed at the Torch Press. Lacking dustjacket with moderate soiling around edges. This copy inscribed by both author..... More