New York: Edmond Byrne Hackett, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards. Signed by Stephen Vincent Benét on the front free endpaper. Leaves unopened. Tiny bookstore label to front pastedown endpaper. Light chipping to spine. A very good+ copy. ; Octavo; Signed by Author. More about The Ballad of William Sycamore 1790-1880. (Signed Limited Edition
New York: Random House, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth lettered in gold on the spine. "Retailed by Macy's" stamp on title page. A very good copy in good dustjacket with heavy chipping to edges and minor paper loss to front and rear panel. More about The Old Wives' Tale
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, (1852). Hardcover. 226pp. Original green cloth elaborately decorated in black on the sides and on the spine panel, gold lettering on the spine. Rear hinge starting, slant to spine. A good+ copy. The publisher's address in this edition differs slightly from the one listed... More about Viola; or, Adventures in the Far South-West
New Ulm, MN: 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. 352pp. Green cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine, all edges gilt. Portrait frontispiece. Mild edge wear. A near fine copy. In the German language. ; 12mo. More about Prairie-Rosen. Gedichte und Prosa
Milano: All'Insegna del Pesce d'Oro, 1957. First Edition. Printed wrappers. I Prosatori #8. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, this being #293. 46pp. Original wrappers. One plate with a portrait of the author laid in. Mild fading to spine else a fine copy. Text in Italian.; 32mo. More about Marina Agliè
New York: A. L. Burt Company, (1915). Hardcover. Blue cloth stamped in green on the cover and the spine. Bookplate to front pastedown, mild foxing to endpapers. About near fine in very good dustjacket with light chipping to edges and a few short tears. Two young adventurers participate in a.... More about The Coast of Adventure
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1932. First US Edition. Hardcover. Orange cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Spine has darkened, wear to edges. A very good copy. Originally published in UK as The Concession-Hunters. ; Octavo. More about Jungle Gold
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., (1882). Hardcover. In two volumes. Bright red cloth elaborately ornated in gold on the front panel and the spine panel, top edges gilt. Frontispieces and fifty-one inserted plates. One plate in volume 1 loose, previous owner's name on the front pastedown endpapers, light toning... More about Lorna Doone. A Romance of Exmoor
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Precedes the British edition. 244pp. Original brown decorated cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. Previous owner's name in pencil on the front free endpaper, light wear to extremities. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. More about Slain by the Doones and Other Stories
New York: Forge, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Slightly bruised spine heel, dustjacket shows light wear to lower edge. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. More about Stone Song: A Novel of the Life of Crazy Horse
Stamford, CT: Wings Publishing Co., Inc., 1953. Pictorial wrappers. Pages are age-toned, light chipping along the edges, short tear to edge of front cover. A very good copy. Includes Sargasso of Lost Cities by James Blish and Survivor of Mars by Vargo Statten. Cover art by Kelly Freas. More about Two Complete Science-Adventure Books Spring 1953 Vol. 1 No. 8
Chicago: Peacock Press, 1972. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Faint stress lines on covers. A very good+ copy. Collects six stories by Robert Bloch and four stories by Bradbury. ; 80 pages. More about Whispers from Beyond
New York: Bernard Geis, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with a 4 mm closed tear to lower edge of rear panel. An attractive copy. ; Octavo. More about Ronald Rabbit Is a Dirty Old Man
Milano: Lerici Editore, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 487pp. Red cloth lettered in white on the front panel and the spine panel. Frontispiece and several illustrations from photographs. Edited by Angelo M. Ripellino. A fine copy in acetate dustwrapper and original slipcase. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. More about Poesie
Manchester: J. Slack, 1818. Hardcover. 226pp. Full patterned calf stamped in gold on the front and the back panel, spine elaborately tooled in blind with black label lettered in gold affixed. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece and nineteen inserted plates. With the armorial bookplate of Charles Napier Lawrence, Baron Lawrence of Kingsgate... More about The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin Esq., containing his View of the Lancashire Dialect, With...
New York: Random House. Hard Cover. NF/VG-. Bound in gray cloth with gilt logo and titles on cover and spine. Dustjacket shows moderate wear to extremities and light soiling, ex-owner's name on ffep and title page. 408 titles listed on the dustjacket. The Frances Winwar translation. More about The Decameron
Milano: Dalla Società Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, 1803. First Edition. Hardcover. In four volumes. lxiii, 516pp; 526pp; 416pp; 312, 151pp + index and publisher's advertisements. Subscribers' list at the end of volume one. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, spines lettered and decorated in gold, all edges uncut. Engraved frontispiece... More about Decameron di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio corretto ed illustrato con note tratte da varj dal Dott....
Firenze: Adriano Salani, Editore, 1899. Hardcover. Three volumes bound in one. 226pp; 212pp; 199pp + 7pp of publisher's advertisements. Light brown pictorial cloth with a nice Art Nouveau image of a nude woman sitting on top of a book, spine with ornate black decorations and gold lettering, rear board stamped... More about Il Decamerone, ossia le cento novelle. Riveduto e annotato da Mario Foresi
Firenze: Salani Editore, 1964. Hardcover. Collana I Grandi Classici. 755pp + index. Light brown cloth stamped in gold on the front panel, decorated and lettered in gold on the spine panel. A fine copy in the original glassine wrapper and in near fine slipcase with a small split to top... More about Opere minori
Paris: Gibert Jeune Librairie d'Amateurs, 1941. Illustrated by Brunelleschi, Umberto. Pictorial wrappers. Edition limited to 3000 numbered copies. 165, [1]p + index. Original wrappers. With 16 inserted plates with color illustrations, and 19 in-text illustrations by Umberto Brunelleschi. Translated into French by Antoine Le Macon. A bright, fine copy. Text in French.; Octavo. More about Vingt contes de Boccace
London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills, 1710. Self-wraps. 40pp. Disbound. Number and old price on title, light toning. A very good copy. ; 12mo. More about The Art of Poetry, Written in French by the Sieur de Boileau. In Four Canto's. Made English, by...
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. First US Edition. Hardcover. Price in pencil on front flap else a fine copy in fine dustjacket. Also includes the novella Enter and Exit. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. ; Octavo. More about Absent Without Leave
New York: Mc Graw Hill, 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. 1st ed. 1970. Fine in a like dustjacket. Very minimal wear to dj. Two war novels set in 1944 Germany. More about Adam and The Train
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First US Edition. Hardcover. 686pp. Full blue cloth stamped in gold on the cover and the spine, top edge stained red. A fine copy in very good dustjacket with light chipping to upper edges. Collects sixty-three stories spanning almost four decades by the Nobel... More about The Stories of Heinrich Böll
Milano: Bompiani, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Light foxing to edges and endpapers, upper corners bruised, inscription on front free endpaper. About near fine pictorial boards in near fine acetate dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by Bonanni on the half-title page. Comes with the original publisher's leaflet. In the Italian language. ;... More about L'adultera