Paris: Jacques Beltrand, 1922. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Edition published to celebrate the six hundredth anniversary of Dante's death and limited to 225 numbered copies, this being #190. In three volumes. xii, 319pp; 320pp; 313pp. Full vellum with gilt decorations and rules on the boards, gilt lettering on the spines, gilt... More about La Divine Comédie (La divina commedia
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N.D. First Edition. Hardcover. 190pp; xvi, 175pp. Contemporary tree calf, spine elaborately decorated in gold and with red and black labels lettered in gold, all edges stained red. A series of biographical sketches and anecdotes about Frederick II of Prussia. With the bookplate of August Theodor Gausebeck on the front..... More about Frederic le Grand. [bound with] Le diner du lion d'or, ou aventures singulières arrivées en...
Philadelphia: Published for the Author by Edwad (sic) Earle, 1815. First Edition. Pamphlet. 27pp. Unbound. A humorous story on the sorry state of the paper currency of the United States. Small library stamps on title and first page, number and name on title. A very good copy. Sabin 32183. ; Octavo. More about The History of a Little Frenchman and His Bank Notes. "Rags! Rags! Rags!"
Verona: Dalla tipografia di Paolo Libanti, 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. Edizione di Crusca. Large paper edition. xvi, 207pp. Contemporary quarter vellum over patterned paper boards, brown leather label lettered in gold on the spine, fore and bottom edges uncut, decorated endpapers. Engraved title vignette, head-pieces and tail-pieces. Includes an index... More about Fioretti di S. Francesco. Edizione fatta sopra la fiorentina del M.DCC.XVIII corretta e...
Middletown, CT: Printed by T. & J. B. Dunning, 1804. First Edition. Printed wrappers. v, 34pp. Self-wrappers, stitched. Published in response to an oration delivered in Wallingford, CT, by Abraham Bishop upholding the ideals of secular republicanism, which Backus disputed. Name on title, chipping to edges, soiling and some scattered... More about A Dissertation on the Right and Obligation of the Civil Magistrate to Take Care of the Interest...
Firenze: Glittering Images, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 172pp. Pictorial boards, issued without dustjacket. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of b&w and color illustrations by Alberto Vargas, Robert Patterson, Al Moore, George Petty, Don Lewis, Ernest Chiriaka, Fritz Willis, and others. Includes an article on paperback cover art and a bibliography. A...... More about The Golden Age of Pin-Up Art Book Two
London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills, 1710. Self-wraps. 40pp. Disbound. Number and old price on title, light toning. A very good copy. ; 12mo. More about The Art of Poetry, Written in French by the Sieur de Boileau. In Four Canto's. Made English, by...
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Originally serialized in Argosy in 1936. Tan cloth stamped in black on the front panel and the spine panel. Cloth is slightly soiled, name on the front free endpaper. A bright, very good copy in very good dustjacket with four... More about The Streak
Rochester, NY: Union and Advertiser Company's Print, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 977pp. Green half leather stamped in gold on the spine, marbled endpapers. Several in-text illustrations. Wear to extremities, light chipping to first few leaves, previous owner's name to endpapers. About very good. Uncommon.; Octavo. More about History of the Original Town of Concord, Being the Present Towns of Concord, Collins, N. Collins...
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Incorporated, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. A Dutton Guild Edge Mystery. 215pp. Black cloth stamped in gold on the spine panel. A mystery featuring Ed Hunter and Uncle Am. Tiny indentation to bottom edge. A bright, near fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with... More about Death Has Many Doors
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 189pp. Boards. Light toning to endpapers. A bright, near fine copy in very good dustjacket with light edge wear, foxing on the inside and, less pronounced, on the flaps. ; Octavo. More about Rogue in Space
Roma: Nella stamparia di Domenico Antonio Ercole, 1698. First Edition. Hardcover. xxviii, 495pp. Contemporary full calf, spine and edges decorated in gold, leather label lettered in gold, marbled pastedowns, edges sprinkled in red. Engraved title, title vignette, thirty engraved plates (mostly of coins and medallions), three engraved foldout plates, several... More about Osservazioni istoriche sopra alcuni medaglioni antichi all'altezza serenissima di Cosimo III,...
London: Published by Ackermann and Co., 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. 15, [1]p. Original (or contemporary) green cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered in gold on the front panel and the spine panel, glazed yellow endpapers. Frontispiece and fifteen numbered plates with sixteen hand-colored illustrations and fourteen in... More about South African Sketches: Illustrative of the Wild Life of a Hunter on the Frontier of the Cape Colony
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. First US Edition. Hardcover. xii, 187pp. Orange cloth stamped in black on the front panel and the spine panel. With four illustrations from photographs of the Theatre Guild production. "The play that popularized the word robot (although the artificial people produced by... More about R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama
New York: The Gnome Press, Inc., 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Mild slant to spine. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with light wear to the edges. Cover illustration by Ric Binkley. A nice copy. ; Octavo; 216 pages. More about Iceworld
Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1888. Printed wrappers. Collectanea Adamantæa XXV. Edition limited to 275 small paper copies. In two volumes. 62pp, 54pp. Originally published in 1720. Volume 1 wrapper has some loss at lower corner of front panel and an old tape repair along the spine. Volume 2 has mild chipping... More about The History of Duels
Toronto: Historical Publishers Association, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. 427pp. Original brown cloth with embossed patterns and image of Niagara Falls stamped in blue and green, embossed lettering on the spine panel, silk endpapers with floral motifs. Frontispiece, eighteen b&w photographs, and numerous portraits. Occasional small smudges and very mild foxing..... More about History of the Niagara Peninsula and the New Welland Canal
Boston: Printed for the Author, 1802. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 45pp. Original printed wrappers. Unbound. Several chips along the edges, toning to pages. Housed in a custom chemise and quarter green morocco slipcase in fine condition. Sabin 17682. ; Octavo. More about A New World Planted; or, The Adventures of the Forefathers of New-England; Who Landed in...
London: James Clarke & Co., 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. 121pp + 10pp of advertisements. Original blue limp cloth lettered in gold on the front panel. With severeal in-text illustrations. Label ghost to lower edge of front cover, previous owner's name in pencil, a hint of wear to spine ends. A.... More about A Popular Handbook of Nonconformist Church Building
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the 26 lettered copies for private distribution. Signed by Anne Dillard on the limitation page. 397pp. Off white cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine, pictorial endpapers. A bright, fine copy in the cardboard slipcase. ;... More about The Living. (Signed Lettered Edition
Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1935. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Pages are lightly toned, small, faint stain to upper edge of back cover, light wear to covers. A very good+ copy. Contributions by Paul Ernst, Arlton Eadie, Clark Ashton Smith, Arthur William Bernal, and others. Cover art by Margaret Brundage.; Quarto. More about The Blue Woman in Weird Tales September 1935
Philadelphia: James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. 136pp. Contemporary full calf with red leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Previous owner's name on title, covers are almost completely detached, some foxing to endpapers. A good- copy. Uncommon. ; Octavo. More about A View of the Relation of Landlord and Tenant in Pennsylvania, as Affected by Acts of Assembly...
Paris: F. Kellerhoven, [1860]. First Edition. Hardcover. 218pp + index. Finely bound by Belz-Niedree (signed on the turn-ins) of Paris in full red morocco tooled in blind and gold on the front and rear panel, edges ruled in gold, spine with five raised bands, gilt lettering and decorations, gorgeous gilt... More about La légende de Sainte Ursule, Princesse Britannique, et de ses onze mille vierges, d'après les...
Milano: Casa Editrice Valentino Bompiani, 1964. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Light tan wraps. Edges of front cover are slightly sunned. A near fine copy. Contursi A006a. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. More about Apocalittici e integrati: comunicazioni di massa e teorie della cultura di massa
Omaha, NE: The Nemo Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 1226 numbered copies. This copy unnumbered and comes with no slipcase. Blue cloth stamped in silver on cover and spine. Tiny dot to fore edge. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Signed by Ellison on the limitation page... More about The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective