New York: Bantam Books, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Text block is age-toned, covers show light shelf wear, previous owner's inscription on the half-title page. About very good. Signed by Crowley on the first blank. 1982 World Fantasy Award winner for best novel. #76 in Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels..... More
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
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
Milano: Bottega di Poesia, 1923. Limited Edition. Hardcover. xii, 428pp. Discorso pronunziato in Milano dalla ringhiera del Palazzo Marino la notte del 3 Agosto 1922 con aggiunti il comento inedito, il messaggio del convalescente agli uomini di pena, tre preghiere dinanzi agli altari disfatti e sette documenti d'amore. One of..... More
Paris: Lehuby, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. 326pp + 12pp of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary full tree calf, spine decorated in gold and with black leather label lettered in gold, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Engraved title, frontispiece, and two inserted plates. Light scattered foxing, some fading to spine, mild wear to extremities..... More
New York: Space Publications, Inc., 1952. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. The set includes eight issues from May 1952 to September 1953. Pages are age-toned, most issues show very mild wear to spine ends and/or covers. Some of the highlights of the run are the novelettes Second Variety (1954 Hugo Award..... More
New York: Blue Ribbon Press, (1934). First Edition. Hardcover. 60pp. Pictorial boards with color image of Mickey Mouse. With nineteen b&w illustrations and a double-spread color pop-up image. A couple of tiny nicks to the spine ends, birthday inscription in pencil on the first page. About near fine. A nice..... More
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.;..... More
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
Milano: Bompiani, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Portico Critica e Saggi #38. Black cloth stamped in white on the front and the spine. Collects several essays many of which appeared previously in various publications. Mild toning to pages. A nice, near fine copy in very good stiff wrappers with toning to..... More
Boston, New York, and London: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Compliments of Olmsted Brothers card tipped-in. 23, [114]pp. Green cloth stamped in gold on the front panel. Fifty-one photographs, six lithographs and three large folding maps of the Stony Brook Reservation, Middlesex Fells and Blue Hills at..... More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1873. Hardcover. ii, [1], 464pp. Finely bound by E. Walker's Sons of New York (bindery blindstamp on rear free endpaper) in full brown morocco decorated in blind and gold on the front panel and in blind on the rear panel, spine in compartments with four raised..... More
1966. Original Art. Original painting depicting a maiden encased in ice. Oil on board. Measures 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20"). Signed and dated by Virgil Finlay in the lower right corner. The artist wrote the date on which he began the painting and its title on the back..... More
Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library. Hardcover. Facsimile of the first edition published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1925. Fine in the original publisher's shrinkwrap. Dustjacket art by Francis Cugat.; Octavo. More
Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library. Hardcover. First Edition Library facsimile. xi, 317pp. Green cloth lettered in blind on the front panel, and in gold on the spine panel. First Edition Library card with explanatory notes on the book and dustjacket laid in. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. In..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. x, 85pp + 1p of publisher's advertisement. Original red cloth stamped in blind and gold on the front panel and in gold on the spine panel. With in-text illustrations. Includes brief historical notes on the game and a description of each..... 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
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers (Harper Collins Publishers), 2008. First Edition. Softcover. The scarcer Advance Reader's Edition. Signed, inscribed and with a small remarque by Neil Gaiman on the title page. The book was the recipient of the 2009 Hugo Award, 2009 Locus Award, 2009 Newbery Medal, and 2010 Carnegie Medal (the..... More
Minneapolis: DreamHaven Books, 1991. Illustrated by Smith, Andrew. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. Black cloth stamped in silver on the front panel and the spine panel. Collects poems by Diana Wynne Jones, Kim Newman, Alan Moore, Terry Pratchett, John..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1905. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. xv, 240pp. Original green decorated cloth stamped in gold on the sides and the spine, top edge gilt, others uncut. With a poem by Richard Watson Gilder specifically written for noted Cornell University Professor Hiram Corson on the front free endpapaper..... More
Paris: Ernest Flammarion, Editeur / Fasquelle, Editeurs, 1935-36. First Edition. Hardcover. In nine volumes. Contemporary tan half calf over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, decorated in blind, and with red calf labels lettered and decorated in gold, top edges red, others uncut. Binder's ticket of the Oficina de Encadernaçao..... More
London: The Argonaut Press, 1930. First Printing. Hardcover. Edition limited to 975 numbered copies on Japon Vellum. In two volumes. xxxvii, 259pp; vi, 225pp. Quarter vellum and green cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine, edges uncut, silk bookmarks. Frontispiece, four in-text illustrations and three folding maps..... More
Hardcover. Brown half calf and marbled boards. A collection of several pamphlets pertaining mostly to politics. Three of them bear the signature of Sir William Jolliffe, one was inscribed to him by the author, and one includes an autograph letter signed by the author. Includes the following titles: 1) Character..... More
London: Printed for A. Moore, 1730. First Edition. Self-wraps. 32pp. Stitched. Light toning to pages. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. More
Boston, MA: Twayne, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy with previous owner's name neatly stamped on top and bottom edge. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt titles on spine. Signed and inscribed on title page by MacDonald: "For John --- all good wishes, John D. MacDonald, 4..... More