Venezia / Bologna: Presso Gio. Battista Ferroni, 1668. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. 226pp. Contemporary half vellum over paper covered boards. Title vignette, head-pieces, tail-pieces. A parodistic translation of the first six cantos of Homer's Iliad: the rest was supposed to come out at a later time but was never published. Some...
Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1930. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Pages are toned, chipping to edges, soiling to fore edge and front cover. A good copy. Contributions by H. Warner Munn, Seabury Quinn, Gaston Leroux, and others. Cover art by Hugh Rankin.; Quarto.
Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1934. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Pages are toned, small abrasion to fore edge, light wear to edges. A bright, near fine copy. Collects stories by Hugh B. Cave, Edmond Hamilton, Clark Ashton Smith, Paul Ernst, and others. Cover art by Margaret Brundage. ; Quarto.
Verona: Per Antonio Andreoni, 1754. First Edition. Hardcover. Three books in one. [10], 328, [6]pp. Contemporary half mottled calf over marbled boards, spine decorated in gold and with calf label lettered in gold. With the original silk bookmark. The third treatise by the Marquis Maffei dedicated to debunking the magical...
Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1971-73. First Edition. Hardcover. First hardcover publication. A nice six volume set comprising some of the most famous Disney parodies: Dante's Inferno, Dumas' The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, Cervantes' Don Quixote, Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, and Barberino's Il guerrin meschino. All the volumes...
Springfield, PA: Gauntlet Publications, 2000. Illustrated by Morris, Harry O. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Black cloth stamped in silver on the spine panel. Signed by Richard Christian Mateson, Richard Matheson (author of the introduction), and Peter Straub (author of the afterword). Illustrations by Harry O....
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 250 signed and numbered copies. A fine copy in slipcase still in publisher's shrinkwrap.; Octavo; Signed by Author.
Hagae Comitum : Parisiis : Londini: Nicolaum van Daalen : Guil. Franc. De Bure, Juniorem : Thomam Wilcox, 1765. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes in 1. xi, 260pp; viii, 312pp. Black cloth stamped in gold on the spine. Two engraved portraits, one foldout table, ten facsimiles (one foldout), engraved coat-of-arms. Former library copy with usual markings. ; Quarto.
San Francisco: Grapestake Gallery, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Unpaginated. A series of landscape photographs of the desert Southwest. Extremely mild edge wear, spine a bit toned, previous owner's blind stamp to first page. A clean, very good+ copy. ; Quarto.
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Hubin lists two editions for this title: the British from 1867, and an American one, also published by Peterson, from 1873. This edition precedes both by several years. [2], 20-144pp + 18pp of publisher's advertisements. Original brown cloth stamped in...
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1873. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. In two volumes. xx, 481pp; viii, 668pp. Contemporary full tree calf, sides decorated in gold and with the Bath Proprietary College logo stamped on the front panels, spines with five raised bands, elaborately decorated in gold with floral motifs, black and...
1969. Original Art. Original comic art for Tex #106 - La paga di Giuda. Three strips taped on the sides. Measures approximately 27 x 32.5 cm (10.5 x 12.5"). Ink on Raffaello paper. A beautiful page featuring Tex Willer and his pards Kit Carson and Tiger Jack. The art is...
New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1843. Third Edition. Hardcover. 304pp. Contemporary full tree calf, spine with brown leather label lettered in gold. Frontispiece, title vignette, twenty-three inserted plates, map of Yucatan, and several in-text illustrations. The appendix includes A Brief Maya Vocabulary, Tradition of the Mexican Natives Respecting...
London: Published by R. Groombridge, 1839. First British Edition. Hardcover. 545pp + 2pp of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary half calf, covers decorated in gold, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. Leather is worn at extremities and spine, tiny tear to page 331 barely affecting text, several leaves are folded at...
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. 306pp. Original bright red pictorial cloth. Frontispiece and three inserted plates. A novel set in the Champlain valley in the days when the British were storming Ticonderoga. Mild spine slant, light toning to endpapers, lettering on spine dulled, previous owner's...
[1829]. First Edition. Self-wraps. 8pp. Unbound. Light scattered foxing. A very good copy. Sabin 60269. ; 12mo.
Milano: Edisport S.p.A., 1990. First Edition. Magazine. The complete twelve issue run for 1990. Average condition is near fine. Reviews of Suzuki DR 350 S, RGV 250, RM, DR 650, VX 800, GSX-R 750/1000; Bimota Bellaria 600, Dieci; Aprilia Pegaso 600, RX 125, Europa; Ducati 851 SP 2, 900 SS;...
New York: UDP Publishing Corporation, 1974. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Signed by Jack Williamson and Frederik Pohl at their contribution in the April 1974 issue. The May and June issues are also signed by Frederik Pohl. Very good+/near fine. Contributions by Theodore Sturgeon, Jerry Pournelle, and others. Cover art by...
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1866. Second Edition. Hardcover. Second edition, corrected and with an added Appendix, containing new material. vi, [4], 10-276pp + 4pp of publisher's advertisements. Original green cloth decorated with a gilt spiral nebula and floral motifs in blind on the front panel, lettered and decorated in...
2003. Original Art. A pin-up based on "No You Don't! (Time for Decision)" from 1956. Part of a series done by Porta in homage to master illustrator Gil Elvgren. Pencil and ink on A4 paper (21 x 29.7 cm). Signed by the artist on the lower left corner.; Signed by Author.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1906. Illustrated by Lowell, Orson. First Edition. Hardcover. Advance Copy. 319pp (1 to 164 printed in one direction and 165 to 319 printed in the opposite direction). Original blue cloth with decorations and lettering on both sides. A note from the publisher printed on the front...
Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1930. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Pages are toned, light chipping to edges, covers partially split at spine. A very good copy. Contributions by Edmond Hamilton, Paul Ernst, Jeremy Ellis, and others. Cover art by Hugh Rankin.; Quarto.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First US Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Signed by Rankin on the title page. A mystery featuring Inspector John Rebus. ; Octavo; Signed by Author.
Roma: Edizioni Fratelli Spada, 1977. Softcover. Reprints. The run includes sixteen 64-page issues published between 1977 and 1979. In color. Average condition very good or better. Issue 1 has the two promotional postcards attached. The posters are not present. In the Italian language. ; 22 x 28 cm.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Beige cloth with red lettering and decorations on cover and spine. Top edge stained red. Very slight slant to spine else a near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with mild soiling. ; Octavo.
