1989. Original Art. Page 107 from Tex #350 published by Sergio Bonelli Editore. Pencil and ink on paper. The art measures 31 x 35 cm (12.5 x 14") and is signed by Della Monica on the lower right corner. Featuring nice panels of Tex Willer and his pard Kit Carson... More
London: W. Satchell & Co., 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Reprints in a strictly faithful and literal transcript the edition of 1613 published by Roger Jackson. 62pp. Quarter leather. Spine was rebacked. Light wear to extremities, some foxing, affecting mostly endpapers and first few leaves. A very good copy. ; Octavo. More
New York: Arbor House, 1985. First Edition. Trade paperback. Uncorrected proofs. A fine copy. ; Octavo. More
[Kansas City]: Hall Brothers, Inc., N.D. Non-Book. Early to mid-1930s. Large foldout Mickey Mouse birthday card published by the Kansas City based company that later became Hallmark. Single brown coarse paper sheet folded four times to a size of roughly 12 x 15 cm. The card reads: "This page measures... More
New York: Hodder and Stoughton / George H. Doran Company, (1912). Illustrated by Coll, Joseph Clement; 'Maple White'. First US Edition. Hardcover. 309pp. Original beige cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine. Sixteen inserted plates (five by 'Maple White' and eleven by Joseph Clement Coll). The first... More
London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1895. Illustrated by Du Maurier, George. First Edition. Hardcover. x, 447pp + 4pp of publisher's advertisements. Full red morocco binding signed by Bennett of New York. Boards, spine and inner dentelles finely decorated in gold, with fleur-de-lis and clover motifs. All edges gilt. Original covers... More
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1830. First US Edition. Hardcover. 117pp + 9pp of advertisements. In reality 97 pages as pages 114 to 117 are numbered incorrectly. The author's first novel. Original cloth backed boards, paper label lettered in black on the spine. Light scattered foxing, some pencil markings... More
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies. Signed by Philip José Farmer on the limitation page. 572pp. Boards. Pictorial endpapers. Collects twenty stories. Introductions by the author and by Joe R. Lansdale. Afterword by Michael Croteau. Edited by Dorman T. Shindler. Cover art... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 397pp. Navy blue cloth stamped in gold on cover and spine, top edge stained red. Cloth shows a tiny hole to joint, endpapers are age-toned. Still a bright, fine copy in about very good dustjacket with mild shelf wear and... More
New York: The Armchair Detective Library, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Editions limited to 100 signed and numbered copies. The set comprises Odds Against, Nerve, Flying Finish, Blood Sport, and For Kick. Four of the titles are still in the original publisher's shrinkwrap. The fifth is in fine condition in fine... More
Ossining, NY: Hill House, Publishers, 2004. Illustrated by Matuszak, Dagmara. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 52 lettered copies. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the limitation page. Dark gray boards with color illustration affixed to the front cover. Frontispiece, color and b&w illustrations by Dagmara Matuszak. The paper stock used... More
Ossining, NY: Hill House, Publishers, 2004. Illustrated by Matuszak, Dagmara. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies, this being #856. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the limitation page. Dark gray boards stamped in silver and with color illustration affixed to the front cover. Frontispiece, color and b&w illustrations... More
Ossining, NY: Hill House, Publishers, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 52 lettered copies. Published exclusively for the members of the Neil Gaiman Preferred Edition Series. 146pp. Bright blue cloth stamped in silver on the front panel and the spine panel. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the limitation page... More
London: Samuel Highley, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, 97pp, three leaves of plates, references, and 2pp of publisher's advertisements. Includes both errata slips. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides, and lettered in gold on the front panel and the spine panel. Birmingham Medical Institute stamp on title... More
Hartford, CT: Published by Hutchison and Dwier, 1835. Hardcover. 576pp. Contemporary full tree calf, spine decorated and lettered in gold, marbled edges. Frontispiece and thirty-six inserted plates with two engravings each. Draws from the works of Bernard Picart and Colin Mackenzie with important additions and alterations. With chapters on the... More
Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1970-74. First Edition. Softcover. Oblong format. This series, from the early 1970s, reprinted all the Mickey Mouse stories from 1930 to 1945. This particular set includes issues #1-14, 17-20. More than 900 pages of b&w strips by Floyd Gottfredson and others. Among the stories are Blaggard... More
Scottsdale, AZ: Gladstone Publishing, Ltd., 1986. First Edition. Stapled wraps. A complete run of the Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse series published between 1986 and 1990. Includes issues #219 to 256. All the issues are in high grade. ; 17 x 26 cm. More
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie. Illustrated by Rapine, M.; Benoist, Ph.; Guillemin, E. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, 470pp. Sides in red buckram stamped in blind, spine in red morocco decorated and lettered in gold. All edges gilt. White silk moire endpapers, red silk bookmark. With eleven inserted plates and seventy-eight... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. First US Edition. Hardcover. 3,500 copies printed. Blue cloth stamped in white on the cover and the spine. Light wear to spine ends. A near fine copy. Scott 84A. Whatmore F57.6.a.; Octavo; 323 pages. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with barely a hint of wear to upper edge. Basis for two movies: the first, Manhunter, starring William Petersen and Kim Greist; the second, Red Dragon, starring Anthony Hopkins and Ralph Fiennes. ; Octavo; 348 pages. More
London: Printed for A. Moore, 1730. First Edition. Self-wraps. 32pp. Stitched. Light toning to pages. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. More
Tournai / Paris: Casterman, (1947). Hardcover. Early edition in color. Cloth backed pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Back cover binding variant B3. Wear to corners and edges, number on front cover, a couple of minor creases and smudges to leaves. A good+ copy. In the French language. ; 23 x 30 cm; 62 pages. More
Bracknell: Book Handbook, 1947. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Quarterly magazine with information on interesting points about books, their authors, printers and publishers. A run of the first nine issues of the magazine published between 1947 and 1950. The set includes also the 1947 Supplement, the Index, the Publisher's prospectus and... More
Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1936. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. The complete first appearance of the only full-length Conan novel serialized in five issues and later published in book form in 1950 as Conan the Conqueror. Details as follows: 1) December 1935; pages are mildly toned, faint stain and small... More
Paris: Librairie d'Adrien Le Clere et Cie, 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. 426pp, 516pp. Light brown half calf, marbled boards, sprinkled edges, silk bookmarks, one foldout map. With the bookplates of U.S. diplomat Angus I. Ward on the front pastedown endpapers. Some wear to extremities, mild scattered foxing... More