Hartford, CT: The American Publishing Company, 1900. Early printing. 8vo. 274, [1] pp. Illustrated throughout, including frontispiece of Tom Sawyer, by True Williams. Publisher's blue cloth with black & gilt decorationto boards and spine. Some wear to extremities; white mark to upper front cover; previous owner name & date to... More about The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1889. Early printing. 8vo. 366 pp. Illustrated by E.W. Kemble. Publisher's illustrated green cloth with gilt lettering. A very good copy (front hinge cracked but holding; wear to extremities; some loss of gilt on front cover). First published in the United Kingdom in December 1884... More about Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade
New York: Dodd Mead, 1914. First American Edition. 8vo. 416 pp. Original blue-grey cloth with gilt lettering. Wear to extremities; some soiling and fading to boards; a good copy. In this title, the author portrays society in China and carefully describes the conditions which led to the outbreak of the... More about The Eternal Priestess: A Novel of China Manners
Berkeley, CA: The Gillick Press, 1944. Hardcover. First Edition, with the author's red chop mark over the copyright date. 120 pp. Cream linen spine over yellow printed boards in publisher's red dustjacket with black lettering. Light bumping to upper corners; wear to extremities; a near fine copy in very good... More about New China in Verse
New York: The Century Co., 1902. First Edition. Small 8vo. 132 pp. With pictures by Edward Pottbast. The striking Art Nouveau decorative binding is signed with the monogram 'DD" for Decorative Designers. Red cloth with green and gilt decorationg and lettering. In publisher's original dustjacket. A fine copy in good... More about Napoleon Jackson: The Gentleman of the Plush Rocker
New York and Boston: H. M. Caldwell, No date; ca. 1900. Small 8vo. 495 pp. 3 illustrated plates. Lovely yellow, green, red & gilt pictorial binding. Minor wear to extremities; front hinge cracked; spots on title page & pg. 3/4; else a near fine copy. More about Pilgrim's Progress
Los Angeles: Sea Publications, Inc, 1951. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To my friend and fellow boat lover/***, from the author-artist/Stew Robertson/Los Angeles/May 1952." 8vo. 160 pp. Illustrations by the author. 3 original photographs of the author on a boat and newspaper clippings laid in. Very good (small paper loss on last... More about Short Splices: A Collection of Salty Yarns (INSCRIBED
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1964. First Edition Thus, Limited #144 of 1500 copies. Hardcover. Quarto; xvi, [4], 316, [2]pp. 'Translated from the German by Thomas Common With an Introduction by Henry David Aiken and Decorations by Arnold Bank'. A lovely and Fine copy in publisher's glassine and Near... More about Thus Spake Zarathustra
New York: Random House, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo;[viii], 495pp in publisher's grey cloth. A Near Fine copy with author's name in gold to upper board; printed label to spine in gold and green; the Very Good dust jacket has wear to folds and extremities and shallow edge chipping. A... More about The Fires of Spring
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1962. Edward A. Wilson. First Edition Thus, Limited #144 of 1500 copies. Hardcover. SIGNED by Edward Wilson on colophon. Quarto; xiv, 268, [2]pp. With illustrations by Edward A. Wilson and an introduction by Ray Bradbury. Quarter vellum (spine label in gold and black) and... More about Around the World in Eighty Days
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1962. Robin Jacques. First Edition Thus, Limited #144 of 1500 copies. Hardcover. SIGNED by Robin Jacques on colophon. Quarto; x, [2] 284, [2]pp. (Introduction by Charles Edmund Carrington and Illustrationbs by Robin Jacques. Quarter cordovan calf (spine lettered and decorated in gold) and beige... More about Kim
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1964. Fritz Kredel. First Edition Thus, Limited #144 of 1500 copies. Hardcover. SIGNED by Fritz Kredel on colophon. Octavo; xvi, 428, [2]pp. With a Preface by Stella Gibbons and illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Full grey linen buckram with ivory cameo portrait embossed in the... More about Emma
New York: Doubleday, 1969. First Edition. Second state with tipped-in title-page listing credits. 8vo. 286 pp. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Each of the 16 essays explores a different facet of Stegner's devotion to the West in which he has lived and written for most of his life. More about The Sound of Mountain Water: The Changing American West
New York: Random House Inc, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author on half-title page. 8vo. 227 pp. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. In this title, Wallace Stegner, the "dean of western writers", weaves writings out of memory together withe ssays on the West and appreciations of other writers. More about Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West (SIGNED
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1948. Miguel Covarrubias. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall quartos; xxix, [1], 350pp; 351-688pp. Lovely, Fine set, #477 of 1500 copies with numerous full-color illustrations by and signed by Covarrubias at colophon. In publisher's tree bark over boards, sewn in Chinese-style with red cord, red paper... More about All Men Are Brothers (SIGNED by Covarrubias; Complete in Two Volumes