Parma: Dalla Stamperia Reale, 1777. First Edition. Hardcover. xix, [1], 224pp. Contemporary vellum backed paper covered boards with gold lettering on the spine. Some stains to covers, stain affecting lower corner of boards and of leaves, previous owner's name to front pastedown endpaper and to title page, small wormhole to..... More
London: John Henry and James Parker, [1860]. First Edition. Hardcover. Historical Tales No. 20. Part of a series recounting the history of the Church in Great Britain and other countries. iv, 112pp + 4pp of advertisements. Recent maroon cloth stamped in gold on the spine. Frontispiece. Two small stains to..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. First US Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 294pp. Light blue cloth stamped in black on the spine panel. Collects twelve stories. Introduction by the author. A fine copy in about fine dustjacket with a hint of wear to the top edge. ; Octavo... More
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Signed by Paolo Bacigalupi on the limitation page. 231pp. Cloth. Dustjacket illustration by Jon Foster. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo; Signed by Author. More
London: Thomas Hatchard, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. vii, 78pp. Original dark brown cloth stamped in gold on the spine and in blind on the sides. Bound by J. Dean at the Strand. Hand-colored frontispiece, one plate of the vessel Yathunah-gee-mohn, and two folding plates: the first, a view of the..... More
New York: Macaulay, 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover. 1st US ed. 1931. Wear to corners and spine ends, two spots on cover. A very good+ copy lacking dustjacket. A mystery featuring Inspector Keating of Scotland Yard. A rather nice copy of an uncommon title. More
Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Daye Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Endpapers are age-toned. A near fine copy in very good dustjacket with a darkened spine panel and three closed tears (one to spine panel, two to upper edges). Signed by Max Barsis on front free endpaper. His first collection of cartoons..... More
Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1966. Hardcover. 434pp. Cloth. Laid in is a letter from a fan complimenting the author's work for the CBS documentary "The Italians" and Barzini's signed reply dated February 1967. In his letter Barzini complains about the accusations he received from the Italian American community following the..... More
Bath, Avon: Morrigan Publications, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. One of a limited edition of three hundred ten copies. Tiny spot inside dustjacket. A fine copy in fine dustjacket in cloth slipcase. With two articles by Tim Powers and K. W. Jeter not included in the trade edition. Illustrations by Ferret..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. Illustrated by Merrill, Frank T. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, 303pp + 4pp of publisher's advertisements. Original mustard pictorial cloth stamped in black on the front panel, and lettered in gold on the spine panel. Decorated endpapers. Collects eighteen stories about life in the South, originally published..... More
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the limitation page. Light blue cloth stamped in silver on the spine panel. A sequel to Dandelion Wine. Includes an exclusive section with several never before published short stories and fragments..... More
San Francisco: Charles N. & Dena Brown, 1974. First Edition. Folded sheets. The run includes issues 164 to 207, 209, 211 to 218, 224 to 228 and 236. The years span from 1974 to 1980. Average condition is very good+or better with many issues having mailing creases (they shipped folded)..... More
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, (1951). First Edition. Hardcover. 224pp. Brown cloth stamped in black on the front panel and the spine panel, top edge stained brown. Signed by Fredric Brown on the front free endpaper. Collects nine short stories. There is a tiny bruise to the upper corner of text. A...... More
Huntington Beach, CA: James Cahill Publishing, 1992. Illustrated by Servello, Joe. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 400 numbered copies, this being #389. Signed by James Lee Burke on the limitation page. 241pp. Quarter leather with gilt lettering on the spine. A pristine copy in slipcase. ; Octavo; Signed by..... More
Akron, OH: The Saalfield Publishing Company, (1936). First Edition. Hardcover. #1118. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards. With sixty stills from the 1936 Selznick International Pictures movie featuring Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello, and C. Aubrey Smith. Pages are toned, a touch of wear to corner tips. A bright, fine copy. ; 24mo... More
[Montefiascone]: Ex Typographia Ejusdem Seminarii et Collegii, 1790-91. First Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes in one. 153pp; 108pp; 224pp. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, spine decorated in gold, with brown calf label lettered in gold. Title vignettes, one in-text illustration. Old dampstain to the upper edge of the front board..... More
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Pocket Book 389. First paperback publication. A Philip Marlowe mystery. Basis for the 1946 Robert Montgomery movie featuring himself and Audrey Totter. A bright, fine copy. Cover art by Tom Dunn.; Small octavo. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth stamped in silver on the spine. A fine copy in very good+ price-clipped dustjacket with a tiny chip to front flap and mild wear to the edges. The novelization of a Simon Templar comic strip published in..... More
London: Collins, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Bordeaux red cloth stamped in silver on the spine. Upper corner tips and spine ends slightly bruised. A near fine copy in very good dustjacket with a mildly faded spine panel, light chipping to the edges and a bit of foxing on the inside..... More
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1939. Paperback. Pocket Books 5. Third printing (published three months after the first edition). A mystery featuring Hercule Poirot. A touch of lamination peel along the edges. A near fine copy of a scarce early Pocket Books title. ; Small octavo. More
Boston: Gregg Press, 1979. First Printing. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Originally published as one of the Winston science fiction juvenile series in 1952. A particularly well preserved and attractive copy. ; Octavo. More
Garden City, NY: Crime Club/Doubleday, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. 1st ed. 1939. Minor slant to spine, wear to extremities, tape ghosts on paste down endpapers. A very good copy lacking dustjacket. Professor Theocritus Lucius Westborough investigates the murder of a well-to-do Chicago businessman and collector of ancient weapons. A...... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 243pp. Black cloth lettered in silver and gold on the spine panel. The author's second novel. Edges a bit dusty. A near fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with light edge wear and a couple of minute chips. ; Octavo... More
1986. Original Art. A stunning splash page from Guido Crepax's adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Crepax needs no introduction: his art was extremely influential and he was an inspiration on other artists, particularly in the development of erotica. His work is in some of the..... More
Milano: L'Agrifoglio, 1991. Non-Book. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. Plate number six from the portfolio Valentina incontra Henry Moore. Signed by Crepax on the lower right corner. In 1990 Crepax published a story called Sindrome di Moore (Moore Syndrome) in which a feverish Valentina has an oneiric encounter with..... More