London: Chapman and Hall, 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 150 copies for Great Britain and 150 copies for America. In 2 volumes. 578pp, 583pp. Purple half-leather over marbled boards, spines elaborately ornated in gold, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Light wear to leather along the spines and corner..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 321pp. Cloth backed boards. Signed and inscribed by John Dunning on the half-title page. A biblio-mystery introducing Cliff Janeway, a Denver cop as familiar with books as with homicide. A bright fine copy in fine dustjacket with a minuscule crease to..... More
New York: Eagle Pencil Company. Ephemera. 2 Boxes of 4" blue Eagle Semaphore Mikado leads. Each box contains twelve wood and paper containers. While this is new old stock not all the containers may be full. More
Milano: Bompiani, 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Nuovi Saggi Italiani #1. 431pp. Original red, white and purple wrappers. Publisher's promotional slip laid in. Four inserted plates with b&w illustrations. The top part of the spine panel is faded (does not affect lettering). A near fine copy. In the Italian language. Contursi..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. First US Edition. Hardcover. vii, 203pp. Original blue cloth lettered in gold on the spine panel. Includes five previously uncollected essays. Tiny scar to fore edge. A bright, fine copy in fine, price-clipped dustjacket. ; Octavo. More
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., (1957). First Edition. Hardcover. 256pp. Cloth backed boards. Collects twelve stories. Laid is in a overstock return slip from Marshall Field & Company dated 1958. Text block toned along the edges else a fine copy in very good- dustjacket with a faded (but still..... More
London: Grant Richards Limited, 1920. Illustrated by Sevier, Michel. First Edition. Hardcover. 112pp + [6]pp of publisher's advertisements. Original brown cloth lettered in gold on the front panel and the spine panel. Color frontispiece and title illustration by Michel Sevier. Slight discoloration to cloth in some spots. Internally very clean..... More
London: Printed for the Author, 1703. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 566pp + index and errata. Modern full clay brown sheepskin, spine decorated in gold and with vellum labels lettered in gold. A dictionary of dreams, often categorized both in an elaborate and inordinate manner. This title was the first in..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Bruised spine heel, mild toning to text block, small spot to fore edge affecting the first few pages. With the label of the Harold Matson Company literary agency affixed to front free endpaper. A very good copy in..... More
Göttingen: Abram Vandenhoeck, 1742. Hardcover. 41pp. Modern brown cloth lettered in gold on the spine. Bookplate of John B. Doukas on front pastedown endpaper. A fine copy. ; Octavo. More
London: John Murray, 1810. First Edition. Hardcover. Two issues bound in one volume. 538pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gold lettering, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Includes Herculanensia, or, Archeological and Philological Dissertations: Containing a Manuscript Found Among the Ruins of Herculaneum; Voyage de Dentrecasteaux;..... More
New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. Illustrated by Townsend, F. H.; Kerr, C. H. M. First US Edition. Hardcover. Light blue cloth stamped in blue, green, gold and white. Unused bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Mild wear to corner tips and spine ends, spine panel slightly faded. A very..... More
London: John Murray, 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. xvi, 530pp + errata; vii, 654pp + errata. Recent brown half cloth over marbled boards. Text blocks mostly clean, light foxing to first and last leaves. A near fine set. ; Quarto. More
Venezia: Presso Francesco Pitteri, 1770. Second Edition. Hardcover. Second edition in Italian. Two volumes. xx, 447pp; 400pp. There are several misnumbered pages. Recent half mottled calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, decorated and lettered in gold, edges sprinkled red. Engraved frontispiece, twenty copper-engraved foldout plates, initials and tail-pieces..... More
New York: The Armchair Detective Library, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies. Signed by Tony Hillerman on the limitation page. iv, 242pp. Cloth. The second mystery featuring Navajo Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn. Tiny bruise to upper rear corner tip else a bright fine copy in fine slipcase..... More
Topeka, KS: Geo. W. Crane & Co., Printers and Binders, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 167pp. Brown cloth stamped in blind and gold on the front panel and in gold on the spine, decorated endpapers. Kansas Senator Preston B. Plumb's copy with his bookplate to front pastedown. Very mild edge wear..... More
New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 245pp. Cloth backed boards. The author's third book. A hint of fading to the edges else a fine copy in fine dustjacket with a faint vertical crease to the front flap and a bit of edge wear. ; Octavo. More
London: Marshall Russell and Co Ltd, 1897. First Edition. Original wrappers. 183pp. Original decorated wrappers. All edges uncut. Signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper to Countess Telfener, a friend who Lady Jephson mentioned also in her book Notes of a Nomad. Collects eight short stories and essays, some..... More
London: William Kimber & Co. Limited, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 190pp. Boards. Collects eight horror stories, whose themes are suggested by rhymes and songs from the nursery. Text block very mildly toned. A bright, fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. More
Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. In three volumes. 448, 12pp; 431, 17pp; 303pp + foldout tables. Contemporary quarter calf over cloth, spines elaborately decorated in gold, marbled endpapers. Each volume is signed by the author. An in-depth history of engraving in Europe from the early 1400s to the..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1929. Illustrated by Phillips, W. Prentice. First Edition. Hardcover. x, 268pp. Beige cloth stamped in blue on the front and the spine. Illustrated endpapers, color frontispiece and several in-text illustrations by W. Prentice Phillips. A touch of wear to spine ends, some tiny spots to..... More
New York: Arno Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the Supernatural and Occult Fiction series edited by R. Reginald and Douglas Menville .Originally published in 1927 by John Lane. li, 223pp + advertisements. Purple cloth lettered in silver. Includes Tanhuser and the Gods, Marsyas in Flanders, The Virgin of..... More
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the 26 lettered copies for private distribution. Signed by Doris Lessing on the limitation page. 442pp. Maroon cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine. A bright, fine copy in the cardboard slipcase. ; Octavo; Signed by..... More
Original Art. Original comic art for an unidentified issue of Tex. Three strips taped on the back. Measures approximately 24.5 x 32.5 cm (9.5 x 12.5"). Pencil and ink on Schoeller Durex paper. The art is in near fine condition with light wear and some white-out. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Bright red cloth stamped in gold on the spine. Neat Tiffany bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. A fine copy in very good dustjacket with minute chipping and three short closed tears to the edges. ; Octavo. More