New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1974. First US Edition. Hardcover. 429pp. Full light brown sheepskin decorated in blind on the front and rear panels, spine decorated in blind with raised bands and vellum labels lettered in gold, green endpapers. The author's first novel. #51 in Modern Fantasy: The Hundred... More
London: Printed for T. Longman, B. Law, C. Dilly... 1796. Hardcover. xiv, then unpaginated. Contemporary tree calf stamped in blind on the covers, professionally rebacked spine with five raised bands, original red calf label lettered in gold preserved. Printed in three columns. Includes an index of words from Stephens, Ainsworth... More
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
1749. Ephemera. Single sheet folded measuring approximately 40 x 33 cm (15.75 x 13"). Signed by the Recorder of the City of Philadelphia, William Allen. Allen was elected Mayor of Philadelphia in October, 1735. He was then appointed Recorder of Deeds in 1741, resigned in 1750 after having been appointed... More
Paris: Vertige Graphic Editions, 1994. Illustrated by Pratt, Hugo. First Edition. Softcover. 75pp + index. Collects several licentious verses by the Venetian poet Giorgio Baffo. With eight full-page and ten double-spread illustrations in color by Hugo Pratt. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with mild wear to the upper edge... More
Milano: Edizioni Il Polifilo, 1977. Second Edition. Softcover. Originally published in 1969. Two volumes in blue wrappers with black lettering. Come in slipcase. 174, 135pp. A history of the frontispieces of Italian books of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Includes a bibiography and numerous plates. A fine set. ; Quarto. More
Prescott, AZ: Gladstone Publishing, Ltd, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. A complete set of the Gladstone Comic Album Series. Includes issues 1 to 28. In full color. Features King Solomon’s Mines, Terror of the River, Lair of Wolf Barker, Back to the Klondike, Sheriff of Bullet Valley, Land Beneath the Ground... More
Poughkeepsie: K. K. Publications, Inc., 1943. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Second Barks. Cover partially split at spine. Graded at 2.5 (Good+). ; 19.5 x 26 cm. More
Privately Issued, [1932]. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 39pp. Original wrappers lettered in black on the front cover. Signed and inscribed by Battle on the first page: "Compliments of the author / Oct. 10 - '32." With a foreword by Mortimer A. Sullivan, mayor of Newport, Rhode Island. Vertical crease to... More
Roma: Società Apostolato Stampa. Illustrated by Pellizzari, Miki Ferro. Hardcover. No date, but late 1940s. 259pp. Pictorial boards. Cover, endpapers, thirteen full-page illustrations, twelve inserted plates, and in-text illustrations by Miki Ferro Pelizzari. Professional restoration to spine and mend to rear free endpaper, old inscription on the flyleaf, some wear..... More
Troy, NY: Printed by O. Penniman and Co., 1803. First US Edition. Hardcover. 162pp + 2pp of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary full calf with leather label on the spine. Engraved frontispiece. Wear to extremities, front board partially split at spine, soiling to rear board, foxing to text block. A good copy. ; Octavo. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. First US Edition. Hardcover. 328pp + ads. Brown cloth stamped in black and red on the cover and black and gold on the spine. Name on front free endpaper and fly-leaf, light wear to extremities. About near fine. A supernatural thriller. In Bleiler... More
Berkeley, CA: The Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust, 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies. Green cloth stamped in gold on the cover and the spine. A fine copy, no dustjacket as issued. Signed by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Rachel Elaine Holmen on the title page... More
Chicago: Published by the Commissioners, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. 188pp. Original green cloth stamped in gold and blind on the front panel. Signed and inscribed by F. H. Gansberger, one of the Lincoln Park Commissioners, on the front free endpaper. With 1 plan and 1 two-page map. Profusely illustrated. Includes... More
1789. Pamphlet. 16pp. Folded sheet. One of Brissot’s many pamphlets composed in the years and months leading up to the July 1789 storming of the Bastille that launched the French Revolution. Brissot supported many of the ideals of the Enlightenment philosophes, such as Rousseau and Voltaire, and was committed to... More
London: Various Publishers, 1728-49. First Edition. Hardcover. A series of pamphlets published in London between 1728 and 1749. All are first editions except one. Contemporary half calf over paper covered boards. Includes the following: 1) A Proper Reply to a Late Infamous and Scurrilous Libel, Intitled, A Congratulatory Letter to... More
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
Original Art. Portrait of Corto Maltese in watercolor and tempera on Fabriano paper (20 x 29 cm). Signed by the artist on the lower right corner. ; Signed by Author. More
Philadelphia: Published by Lemuel Howell, 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. 180pp; 129pp. Contemporary full tree calf. Engraved tissued frontispieces. Covers are rubbed, edges worn, spine ends frayed, scattered foxing, corner of rear free endpaper torn. A good+ copy. Sabin 11855-6. ; 12mo. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1933. First US Edition. Hardcover. Published in the UK as Lord Edgware Dies. 305pp. Red cloth stamped in black on the front panel and the spine panel. A novel featuring Hercule Poirot. Mild fading to the spine panel, edges slightly worn and dusty, name... More
London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1787. First English Edition. Hardcover. First edition in English. xxxii, [4], 476pp (with one pagination error); [4], 463, [1]p. Contemporary full calf, spine in compartments with red and green leather labels lettered and decorated in gold. The board edges are also... More
Geneva, NY: Courier Steam Presses, 1880. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 47, [1], XIIpp. Original wrappers. Collects a series of articles from the Geneva Courier but with text much revised, as the author explains in the advertisement page. Chipping to spine, numbers in pencil on both covers. Still a clean, very good+ copy. ; Octavo. More
Milano: Fratelli Treves Editori, 1908. Illustrated by Cambelotti, Duilio. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, thirteenth thousand. 249, [1]p. Contemporary full vellum with gilt decorations and red leather label stamped in gold on the spine. Marbled endpapers and top edge. Preserves the original wrappers. Signed, inscribed and dated by D'Annunzio to... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1938. Illustrated by Shenton, Edward. First Edition. Hardcover. 306pp. Beige cloth stamped in red on the cover and the spine, top edge stained red. A bright, fine copy in about fine dustjacket with two short closed tears and a couple of nicks to the... More
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