London & Boston: The Edinburgh Socitey, N.d.ca. 1890. Original cloth. Royal Edition De Luxe. Limited Edition No. 171 of 500 copies, printed for sale in America. 8vo. 18 volumes complete. Various paginations. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Illustrations. Green cloth with printed title labels to spines; TEG. Fading & light... More
Casper, Wyoming: S E. Boyer & Co. ca. 1929. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. It appears that Volume 1 was published in 1927. 8vo. 502 pp. Index. Photographic-illustrations. Compiled and edited by Mrs. Alfred H. (Cora M.) Beach. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Some... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1941. 1st. three-quarter leather. First Edition, Limited No. 121 of 250 copies, SIGNED by the author. Large 8vo. 599 pp. Frontispiece portrait of duPont; numerous photographic plates. Three-quarter maroon leather, gilt lettering and decoration; TEG; marbled endpapers in original glassine dustjacket; housed in publisher's somewhat worn numbered box... More
London: Macmillan, 1880. 2nd and best edition. A New and Enlarged Edition Illustrated from Blakes' Own Works. With Additional Letters and a Memoir of the Author. 8vo. xvii, 431; 383 pp. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard in each volume; numerous illustrations (some with tissue guards). Small label in rear stating... More
Edinburgh and London: A. Fullarton & Co. 1875. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to. xxxvi, 776 pp; vi, 818 pp. Frontispiece portrait; illustrated title-page; color map; 30 tipped-in color plates of tartans; in-text and full-page illustrations. Three-quarter morocco over black boards; gilt lettering to spines; marbled endpapers. Spines replaced; corners... More
New York: The Petrarch Press, 1988. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies. 8vo. 71 pp. Handset in Baskerville and Cochin types, printed on all-cotton Arches paper. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. J. David Hann, Chairman of Quotron Systems, Inc. provides the Introduction. Faint 1" mark to front... More
[Oregon House, CA]: The Petrarch Press, 1985. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition; Limited to 69 copies; 60 printed on Mohawk Letterpress paper (this copy being one of 60); 3 on Fabriano’s Umbria; 2 on Rives Lightweight. and 4 on sheepskin parchment. 8vo. (17) pp. Handset in Caslon type. Tan printed... More
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1947. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. Large 8vo. Vol. I: 412 pp; Vol. II: 446 pp; Vol. III: 8 pp plus 76 plates and 3 fold-out maps. Red cloth with gilt lettering; TEG. Slight fading to spines; minor wear to extremities; a near... More
[Oregon House, CA]: The Petrarch Press, 1994. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition Thus, Limited to 100 copies, 60 special copies printed on handmade Alcantara paper, SIGNED and numbered by Laura Davis, this being copy #20; and 40 unnumbered copies on all-rag Arches text and Fabriano Ingres. small 8vo (5 x.... More
[Oregon House, CA]: The Petrarch Press, 1994. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition Thus. Edition limited to 200 copies; 50 copies were printed on handmade Magnani Vergata paper, this being copy #12; and 150 copies on Arches Text. SIGNED by the illustrator, Roosje Penfold. 7.75" x 5.25 inches; [15]pp. Designed and... More
New York: C.S. Van Winkle, 1824. 4th. Vellum. Fourth American Edition. 12mo; [4], 300pp; 283pp. With Volume 1 frontispiece "Dutch Courtship" and Volume 2, "A Schepen Laughing at a Burgomaster's Joke." Both Volumes handsomely bound in full vellum with gilt lettering to spine. Upper boards decorated with diamond motif with... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1942. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo; [viii]; 277pp. A Near Fine copy of Johnson's first book in original burgundy cloth and dust jacket (spine faded and with light edgewear and a few closed tears). Dorothy Marie Johnson was Montana's most successful writer of Western... More
New York: Privately Printed, 1939. 1st. Hardcover. First Limited Edition. Inscribed on ffep "For Vincent Starrett/a dyed in the wool/Stevensonian, with/regards from/Edwin J, Benecke". Starrett's bookplate to front pastedown and name to ffep. 12mo; [iv], 12pp (printed recto only). A Near Fine copy in original burgundy cloth with printed and... More
New York: The Julian Press, 1972. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo; 144pp. A Fine copy in white linen lettered at spine in Near Fine dust jacket (minor egdewear, front flap creased). More
Los Angeles: Rho-Delta Press, 1972. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed on title page 'For Ruth/with my best wishes/Roy Dean/1972'. Quarto; 103pp. A Fine copy in publisher's illustrated boards in a Near Fine dust jacket (1" closed tear) with original tri-fold offering sheet laid in. In addition to his photography, Dean... More
Providence, RI: Universal Press, 1986. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED on ffep 'To --- & ---/I still remember our/friendship and nice beautiful/memories of P.V./Your friend/Sergio/August/94' Square quarto; 48pp. A Fine copy in orange cloth gilt stamped on cover and spine in publisher's illustrated dust jacket (raer panel has small chip... More
Naples: Istituto universitario orientale, 1969. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Large octavo; lxx, 255pp. Near Fine copy in publisher's green heavy stock, laminated. 'Pubblicato da Giorgio R. Cardona; con una appendice di documenti coevi, concernenti il primo quindicennio di regno dello Scia Tahmasp (1525-40); a cura di Francesco Castro; indici... More
[London]: Hacon & Ricketts at the Vale Press, 1900-1903. Charles Ricketts. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition Thus, Limited to 310 sets on special handmade paper with a mermaid watermark. Uniform octavos in original light green cloth with blind-stamped design by Charles Ricketts on both front and back covers; titles stamped... More
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1983. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo; xxv, 414pp. A Fine copy in blue cloth with green and gold spine titling in Near Fine dust jacket. 'Offers 21 new studies of Iran under the Qajar dynasty, an era when the country was poised between the medieval and... More
Monterey CA: Monte Regio Press, 2001. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition Limited to 36 copies. 16mo; 35, (3)pp. Illustarted with frontis and one other photograph of Baron von Huegel. 'Thirty-six copies were printed on Wausau Vellum Opaque paper by the designer, Roger Hilleary, with the assistance of David Salinas. Hand-set... More
Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, 1966. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Small octavo; 254pp. A Fine copy in original burgundy cloth gilt stamped at spine in dust jacket with spine sunned and a couple of closed tears. More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Company, 1891. 1st. Original cloth. First American Edition. Small octavo; 352pp in publisher's navy cloth lettered in grey to upper board and gold to spine. Slight extremity wear, owner stamp to fep (ffep may be excised) and name to half title, else a Near Fine copy... More
Menlo Park CA: Lane Publishing Co. 1957. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. INSCRIBED on ffep "To Father Thaddeus Kreye O.F.M./Rebuilder of 4 of the California Missions/and a very good Friend/Karl Obert A.P.S.A., A.R.P.S." Quarto; [xx], 216 b/w photographic plates (one to a page). A Very Good copy in Tiffany blue... More
Los Gatos CA: The Talisman Press, 1962. 1st. Half leather. First Edition. Limitied to 50 copies, numbered and SIGNED by the editor. Octavo, 398pp. Printed on Ticonderoga text, extra-illustrated with facsimile reproductions of eight early California newspapers. specially bound with black morocco leather spine and marbled paper covered boards; gilt... More
N.p. Publisher not known, 2007. 1st. Lucite. First Limited Edition. Oblong 4to (12" x 17"). 125 vellum pages, depicting illustrations of tools and methods for bonsai. Text in Chinese and English. Thick hinged opaque lucite covers with etched title in chinese and english on front board. Minor scratches else a.... More