Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. 317pp. Original red cloth stamped in black on the front and the spine. Tiny bookseller bookplate to the rear pastedown endpaper (The Seven Bookhunters of New York). Mild wear to spine ends and corner tips. A very good+ copy. ; Octavo... More
Roma: Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso / Panini Comics, 2005. First Printing. Softcover. I Classici del Fumetto di Repubblica Serie Oro #3. A fine copy. Signed by Don Rosa on the verso of the title page and with a full page drawing of an extremely irate Uncle Scrooge done in black and..... More
Carlton-in-Coverdale, UK: Tartarus Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 350 copies. Signed and inscribed by Mark Samuels at the 2010 World Horror Convention in Brighton. 196pp. Purple cloth stamped in silver on the front panel and the spine panel, purple endpapers, silk bookmark. Collects nine stories. A fine..... More
Napoli: Militare, 1791. First Edition. Hardcover. Lv pp. Contemporary full speckled calf binding with gold decorations along the edges of the front and rear panels and on the spine. Engraved title vignette. Head-pieces, initials, and tail-pieces. A beautiful publica gratulatio dedicated to Ferdinand IV and Maria Carolina of Austria, King..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Illustrated by Wolff, Nikolaus E. First Edition. Hardcover. 183pp. Boards. France's most famous food writer presents over 100 recipes for dishes dear to the heart of Simenon's renowned Inspector Maigret. With a preface by Georges Simenon. Drawings by Nikolaus E. Wolff. Wine glossary by..... More
London: Kinnell, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. First British and first hardcover editions. Cloth. 251pp; 240pp. 224pp. The complete trilogy of The Book of the Beast. All three volumes are fine copies in fine dustjackets. Cover illustrations by Don Maitz.; Octavo. More
Trenton, NJ: Printed for Private Distribution, 1882. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 22pp. Original wrappers. Light toning, chipping and soiling to covers. A very good copy. ; Octavo. More
Napoli: Per Francesco Benzi, 1681. First Edition. Hardcover. [10], 161pp. Contemporary full limp vellum, sprinkled edges. Initials, head-pieces, tail-pieces, one plate with an engraving. Includes a series of anecdotes, mostly religious in tone, on the values of charity, a chapter on the states of the souls of purgatory, and more..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. 220pp. Cloth. "Set in France just after the defeat of Germany, this exciting spy story tells of two Americans fleeing for their lives into the wild, high country of the Massif Central." Mild toning to text block. A...... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 250 copies. Printed for Thomas Nast Fairbanks by John Henry Nash. 13pp. Decorated paper covered boards, spine lettered in black. Light wear to extremities, mild toning to pages. A very good copy. ; Octavo. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1902. Illustrated by Hitchcock, Lucius. First Edition. Hardcover. 179pp. Red cloth stamped in gold on cover and spine, top edge gilt, tissued frontispiece. Front endpapers are state B, rear endpapers state A. Illustrations by Lucius Hitchcock. With the bookplate of noted Ohio journalist and investment..... More
London: W. Mitchell and Son, 1867. Hardcover. iv, 594pp + appendix. Tan half calf and marbled boards, red leather labels lettered in gold on the spine. Six foldout plates, three foldout maps, many illustrations. Includes The Necessity for Building Unarmoured Ships of War, The Lake and Canals of Canada, The..... More
Bruxelles / Paris: Dero-Becker / Aubert, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Original pictorial boards. Fifty plates with more than three hundred illustrations by Madou, Lauters, Tavernier, Leroy, and others. Text in French. The plates are clean but for some very mild toning. Front cover almost completely detached, toning to endpapers and..... More
Roma: Editalia, 1967. Illustrated by Various Ill. First Edition. Hardcover. The set includes five volumes in slipcase. Full calf bindings with gold lettering. The miniature volumes measure 3.5 x 4.2 cm and are illustrated. Titles as follows: 1) Poesia torinese; 2) Satira torinese; 3) Proverbi torinesi; 4) Amore di Torino;..... More
Barquisimeto: Oficina de Joaquin Pérez, 1855. Broadside. Broadside issued by Zabulon Valverde, Governor of the Province of Barquisimeto, on August 2, 1855, in which he addresses his fellow citizens and explains his political agenda. It begins: "Zabulon Valverde, Gobernador, Jefe Sup.r Pol.co de la Provincia de Barquisimeto, a sus habitantes..... More
Patavii (Padova): Apud Joannem Manfrè, 1721. First Edition. Hardcover. Four parts in one. [16], 107, [6]pp index; [4], 121, [9]pp index; [4], 149, [10]pp index; [4], 101, [7], [43]pp + corrigenda. Half vellum and patterned paper over boards, spine lettered in gold, marbled edges. Light scattered foxing throughout, tiny worm..... More
New York: The Mystery League, Inc., 1930. First US Edition. Hardcover. 286pp. Green cloth stamped in darker green on the front panel and the spine panel. Light soiling to top edge else a bright fine copy in a striking near fine Art Deco dustjacket by Eugene Thurston with a short..... More
Garden City, NY: The Crime Club / Doubleday, 1931. First US Edition. Hardcover. 290pp. Black cloth stamped in red on cover and spine, top edge stained red. Cloth is lightly rubbed. A near fine copy in spectacular, near fine dustjacket with a faint vertical crease and two tiny, closed tears..... More
1947. Original Art. Original art for Moon Mullins daily strip from December 1, 1947. Measures approximately 58.5 x 17.5 cm (23 x 7"). Pencil and ink on Bristol board. Signed by Frank H. Willard on the right panel. The art is in very good condition with some light wear, small..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company Publishers, (1927). First Edition. Hardcover. 48pp. Original pictorial covers. Two small stains to front cover, light edge wear, toning to pages. A very good+ copy. ; 25 x 25 cm. More
Roma: Dai torchj di Carlo Mordacchini, 1821. Second Edition. Hardcover. Second enlarged edition. xxiv, ciii, [4], 107pp + 54 plates. Contemporary quarter vellum over marbled boards, red label lettered in gold affixed to the spine. All edges uncut. Engraved title, thirteen large engraved vignettes, fifty-four plates (three of which are..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1934. First US Edition. Hardcover. 397pp. Nicely bound in lavender shagreen with stylish art deco motifs in gold on the sides, spine with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold. The first full-length novel featuring Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. Tiny spot to one of..... More
Non-Book. Decorative artillery 75mm shell case with raised and engraved four-leaf clovers on a stippled background and the word Ricordo (probably from the Italian front) engraved diagonally. Fluted lower section. 27 cm tall. More
Non-Book. Decorative French artillery 75mm shell case box. The box has finely engraved floral motifs and butterflies over a filigree background. The lid has the word Somme and the year 1918 enclosed in a shield also on a filigree background. 6 cm tall. More
New York: Zartscorp, Inc. Books, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 1000 copies printed. Unpaginated. Black cloth with black and white illustration affixed to the front panel, spine lettered in gold, black endpapers. Signed and dated by Paul Zelevansky on the front free endpaper. With the folded Map of Jericho in the..... More