1875. No Binding. Undated note, (circa 1875) two sided, on polished sheet approx 7x4.5" from author Anne Thackeray, daughter of the famous William Makepeace Tackeray, with embossed letterhead with her address in South Kensington, London "8 Southwell Gardens, South Kensington Gentleman I write to acknowledge/ with many thanks the safe/..... More
London: John Murray, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, not published until 1929. Near fine copy with the bookplate of American bibliophiles and Grolier Club member Sherman and Anne Lyon Haight of Manhattan and Litchfield, CT. Dustjacket moderately soiled. More
Wesr Cornwall CT: Locust Hill Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Anthology of literary criticism from peers like Robert Creeley and scholars. Fine, unused copy. Publication #28 in the Locust Hill Literary Studies Series. More
various. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Four titles by the Welch dramatist, author and poetThomas Rowland Hughes (often referred to as T. Rowland Hughes) ( 1903 - 1949), son of a quarryman from Llanberis, Caernarvonshire (Gwynedd today), in north Wales. He is primarily renowned in the present day for his novels about..... More
NY: Random House, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unread copy, with unblemished internals and no previous names,bookplates, ets. Ideal candidate for custom binding. (cloth at spine bottom corners worn. Solid binding. More
Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1904. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Lovely copy of the Shakespeare Head Press collection of his works, 10 volumes, limited to 1000 copies this #397, watermarked paper, bound by Maurin in red, half leather with elaborate gilt to spine. A sliver of leather missing head of spine..... More
NY: Limited Editions Club, 1950. 1st Edition Limited Thus. Hardcover. Whimsical production of Swift's travels to the Brobdingnag (an elephantine-size folio) and the Lilliputans (a miniature) designed by Bruce Rogers who initialed the colophon in both volumes. Both housed in a large slipcase, with a small space for the Lilliput..... More
NY: Doubleday Doran, 1944. 1st Edition Limited Thus. Hardcover. #646 of 100 copies, signed by artist. Red cloth, pressed in gilt, gte, spine slightly faded, worn/chipped slipcase with pictorial label. Bookplate front pastedown. More
NY: Doubleday Doran, 1946. 1st Edition Limited Thus. Hardcover. #807 of 100 copies, signed by artist. Black cloth, pressed in gilt, gte - near fine in worn/chipped slipcase with pictorial label. More
New York: The Paris Review, 1953. 1st Edition. Soft cover. A continuous run issues 1-69, from spring 1953 through spring 1977, of the premiere literary magazine of the US founded by George Plimpton. The first eight issues show the most wear, with spines variously flaked, the most obvious flaws unartful..... More
NY: Random House, 1930. 1st Edition Thus, Limited. Hardcover. Limited edition, 750 copies, three uniform volumes - quarter cream cloth over marbleized boards - house in plain publishers slipcase. Printed at The Walpole Printing Office in New Rochelle, NY. Neat stamp same owner in each volume, spines tanned, internals fine..... More
New Haven / Paris: Yale University Press / Press Universtaires de France, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A custom bound copy, burlap cloth with red leather label spine. As new. More
New Haven / Paris: Yale University Press / Press Universtaires de France, 1963. 1st Edition. Soft cover. An as new copy. More
Boston: Printed and published by Wells and Lilly, 1815. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Presumed first American edition, the same year as the British. Origina bindings, leather spine and tips over rose-colored paper over boards, uniformly worn and solid bindings all. Leathewr scuffed, and corners worn, but a fully sound, unsophisticated..... More
NY: Published by the Author, 1815. Fourth Edition, Enlarged. Hardcover. 8vo, 2 volumes, original contemporary full, tree calf, gilt to spine, sides stained red. Ownership copy of Benjamin Miles (1796 -1835), Cooperstown NY cabinet maker and brother-in-law once removed to most famous Cooperstown native and author, James Fenimore Cooper, Miles..... More
NY: Wiley & Halsted, 1822. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 2 volumes, original contemporary full, calf, gilt to spine. Ownership copy of Benjamin Miles (1796 -1835), Cooperstown cabinet maker and brother-in-law once removed to the author, second husband to Elizabeth Cooper, likely widow of Samuel Cooper, one of the author's brothers..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Bound, c1900 in full, gold/mustard leather, covers tripled ruled, elaborate inner dentelles, marbelized endpapers, ribbon markers, gte. Some spotting to rear covers, internals sparkling new, with wonderful Howard Pyle illustrations. More
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1906. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. A complete set - 10 volumes - of publisher Grant's original 1906 edition, uniformly bound in green cloth, with gilt to spine. Volumes are slightly cocked, with the gilt to spines variously worn and cloth variously, modestly soiled. Some nicks and short..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1900. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Green cloth, gilt titles. Neat owner name, 1914 date on the ffe. Volume VII of the seven volume Haworth Edition set of the Life and Works of the Sisters Bronte. More
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1st Edition in English. Hardcover. Near fine book in worn dustjacket chipped about edges. most obviosuly bottom edge rear panel. More
NY: Thonas Seltzer, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First US editiom. Red cloth, spine paper label. Spien slightly faded, some wear at ends, stamp of the Paul Burke-Mahoney Memorial Library, The American School of Florence on the title page. No other library markings, and an owner bookplate on pastedown. Good reading..... More
NY: Doubleday, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. With Doubelday compliments card with Russell Baker typed on it, paper-clipped to the top of the ffe. Some paperclip residue transferred to half title and pastedown. Dustjacket price-clipped. More
London: H. Karnac (Books) Ltd, 1971. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. An apparently unread, fine limited edition copy, #87 of 150 copies, SIGNED BY PINTER on the flyleaf limitation. Bound in black and red cloth in original clear acetate dustjacket. Screenplays are: The Servant, based on the novel by Robin Maugham;..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, first edition, second issue. 8vo, unadorned maroon cloth, gilt spine titles, gte, sides untrimmed. Ownership copy of Henry R. Towne, mechanical engineer and founder of Yale Lock Manufacturing Company, with his bookplates both volumes. Slight stain rear cover volume 1..... More
NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A beautifully preserved pairing of collections of sayings, month by month, about the other sex by the other sex, both uniform in format, binding and condition. Small 8vo, maroon cloth, elaborately decorated front cover in gilt border around green field with title..... More