Chicago: Obsidian Press, 1961. 1st. Original wrappers. 8vo. 40 pp. stiff yellow wrappers with brown lettering. Uneven darkening to covers; a near fine copy of the author's scarce first book. Number 2 in 'The New Frontier Series in American Literature.' George Harold "Hal" Bennett (1936 – 2004) also wrote under...
San Francisco: Printed for A.A. Brown by Taylor, Nash & Taylor, 1911. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition, Limited to 400 copies. 8vo. 8, [1] pp. Etched title page vignette; title page in black and red. Stiff tan wrappers housed in custom cloth folder. Previous owner bookplate else fine condition. Brief...
Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1815. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. Octavo; xv, 506, [2 ads]pp. Index. Rebound in tan buckram, text damp-stained throughout with grey spotting to lower margins, ink note to ffep and rfep, which has a 2-inch closed tear, else Very Good.
london: Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars, 1846. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition, First Issue, with all correct points. Small 8vo. 269, [1] + 2 pages of advertisements at both front and rear. Vignette illustrations on wood by Samuel Palmer. Publisher's blind stamped blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Contemporary owner...
Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1949. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. [88] pp. Includes 33 lithographs and 10 drawings. With a foreword by Carl Zigrosser. INSCRIBED "Cordial greetings from the/artist to ***/and ***/Caroline Durieux." Rust cloth in illustrated dustjacket.. A fine copy very good plus dustjacket (wear to extremities; two small tape...
Kyoto, Japan: The Ponsonby Memorial Society, 1959. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 465 pp. More than 80 illustrations, chronological tables and explanatory indexes. Large folding genealogical table in envelope laid in delineating ancestry from Jimmu to Taisho. Red cloth in white dustjacket with blue lettering and photo-illustration to front cover. Near fine...
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 225 pp. White cloth with black lettering in color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in very good dustjacket (age toning; light wear to extremities; darkening to spine). The author's first novel "... is a raunchy, funny, swaggering, angry, cocksure book;...
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1891-1908. Leather bound. The Riverside Edition, complete in 14 volumes. 8vo. Various paginations. Engraved frontispiece portraits with tissue guards in 4 volumes. Dark Blue three-quarter morocco over blue cloth boards; gilt lettering to spines; marbled endpapers; TEG. Engraved previous owner bookplates in each volume else a....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1928. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo. Vol 1: 302pp. Vol 2: 275pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard of Aloysius Horn in each volume; maps on endpapers. Green cloth with red stamping and gilt lettering. From the estate of Jo Mora, Jr. (provenance provided) and each volume bearing the...
New York: Random House, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 335 pp. Red quarter cloth spine over red paper covered boards in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. Red stain on top page edges water spotted;small erasure marks to ffep; minor wear to spine ends; else near fine in very good dustjacket...
New York: Hafner Publishing, 1960. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to. xvii, 695 pp; 696-1239 pp; 1240-1845 pp. Bibliography; Index. More than 700 Illustrations. Maroon boards with gilt lettering housed in publishers slipcase. Books are in fine condition; light wera to slipcase & 2" split at upper edge of open...
Shanghai: The Commercial Press, 1935. 1st. Original boards. First Edition. 8vo. xxi, 245 pp. Statistical tables; maps; fold-out tables. Index. Text in English. Black pebbled cloth with gilt lettering in grey dustjacket with black lettering. Decorative bookplate with name in English and Chinese. Rear hinge partially cracked; fainting offsetting to...
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1971. 1st. Hardcover. Limited Edition of 500 copies. 4to. 86pp. Designed and printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem. Illustrated with a matched pair of original leaves from A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, A.M. (1755), and An American Dictionary of the English Language...
London: Chapman & Hall, 1878. 1st. Original cloth. 8vo. xiii, 258 pp. 4 color lithographs (including frontispiece with tissue guard). Publisher's green cloth, black ruling and gilt illustration & lettering. A very good copy (light rubbing to extremities & boards; owner name; shelfwear); a nice copy. An informative and lively...
London: William Heinemann, 1898. First Edition. Leather bound. Large Quartos. [2], xii, 256pp; [2] xi, [1], 287pp; top edges gilt. 48 tissue-protected plates with descriptive letterpress (some color) including portraits and 252 text illustrations. Errata slip tipped into Volume 1. Includes Catalogue of the Works... (V. 2, pp 241-278), indices...
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1869. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition. Royal 4to. 11-323 pp. Two full page chromolithograph frontispiece with tissueguard and additional title page. Decorative illustrations throughout, including initials. Publisher'sbrown blindstamped leather boards with gilt decoration and lettering; all edges gilt. A very good copy (rubbing to boards; fading...
London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1924. First Edition. Original boards. Large 4to. 528pp. With a photographic frontispiece portrait (Sir Catchick Paul Chater). 5 maps (3 fold-out); numerous illustrations (18 in color with tissue guards). Errata slip tipped in. Extensive bibiliography; Index. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front...
Amsterdam: Chez J. H. Schneider, 1766. New edition; Corrected and Expanded. Leather bound. 12mo. [4], vi, 213, [1] pp. Half-title; engraved frontispiece and vignette on title page; 22 hand-colored folding maps and 2 hand-colored folding plates. "Avec Nouveau Traité de la Sphere"with the same imprint, maps numbered XXIII and XXIV...
San Francisco: H. S. Crocker, ca. 1885-1888. 1st. Paperback. 12" x 19" Uncut sheet of paper dolls of various sizes depicting a variety of activities, food items, and a kitchen table and stove. Full color lithograph illustrations. Edges neat and clean with minor wear; short closed tears & creasings; minor...
Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press, 2011. First Edition Thus, Limited to 200 (of 222) copies. Hardcover. SIGNED by Barry Moser, Patrick McGrath and Aeron Alfrey. Introduction by Patrick McGrath. 15 wood engravings by Barry Moser. Cover artwork by James Bama and Basil Gogos; endpaper artwork by Aeron Alfrey. 15 pp color...
New York: Longmans & Green, 1942. Berry, Erick. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. viii, 248pp, including baking recipes. Black & white illustrations by Berry Erick; illustrated end papers. Green cloth covered boards with black illustration to front cover and lettering to spine; illustrated endpapers; in original illustrated dustjacket. A fine...
Norfolk Island, Australia: Island Heritage, 1975-1976. Limited Editions #554 of 5,000 copies. Leather bound. 14 volumes, complete, ranging in size from 9 x 5 /34 to 10 x 9". Each volume features the signatures of the author (or editor, see volume 1) with the exception of volume 12 where it...
Watsonville, CA: Pastor's Aid Society of the Christian Church, ca. 1900. 1st. Original wrappers. Most likely first and only edition. 8vo. [2], 288 pp. Date of publication based on advertising matter. Index. Advertising matter of local merchants interspersed throughout. Publisher's orange wrappers with black lettering. A good copy of an...
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1940. First Edition. INSCRIBED "For Babs/with memories of happy days/together in Yosemite/Edward & Charis." Square 4to. 127 pp. Black & white photographic prints by Edward Weston with commentary by Charis Weston. Black cloth with silver lettering in photo-illustrated dustjacket. Near fine (light wear &.....
