London: John Van Voorst, 1837. Mrs. John Talbot. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 5" x 3/8"). 12 engravings and text. Brown leather covers, a.e.g., gilt dentelles, gilt decorations to covers, gilt decorations and titles to spine. PO signature to free endpaper, stamp (front paste-down endpaper) and rules label (rear paste-down endpaper)..... More about The Bard
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 6"). [4,blank], [1-8 (9-12 unopened)13], 357pp. UNIQUE C.C. COFFIN DOCUMENTS. From the library of The Reverend William E. Barton (family friend and pastor to the Coffin family). Gift inscription of Sallie R. Coffin to Barton's on free endpaper (1898)..... More about Charles Carleton Coffin; A Biography and family archive
New York: John W. Griffiths, 1875, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to (28 x 20cm). 256, 258pp. Vol. I 1/8" head/tail of spine missing, 3" x 3/4" gilt "Cylindroid" to upper cover, gilt 1875 to lower spine, corners bumped, shelf wear. Text block tight and unmarked (excepting pencil calculation page 254)..... More about Progressive Ship Builder Volumes I & II
London: George Philip & Son, 1856. New Edition. Hardcover. 4to (30 x23cm x 91/2). 199pp. Original green cloth with gilt titles to upper cover and spine. Tinted frontispiece, 2 tables, 45 plates with protective leaves. Unrestored, both covers detached, previous tape repair to front endpapers, text block tight and unmarked..... More about A Treatise on Marine and Naval Architecture or Theory and Practice Blended in Ship Building
Garden City: Doubleday, 1993-2014. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (24 x 16cm ). Various pp. All inscribed by author to his copy editor at Doubleday. Consisting of : The Chamber (1993), A Painted House (2001), The Summons 2 x (2002), The King of Torts (2003) , The Last Juror (2004), The..... More about Inscribed First Edition John Grisham Novels. (Set of 15
Stuttgart, Germany: Arnoldsche, 2000. Hardcover. 4to (12" x 9"). 216pp. Text block tight and unmarked. The German Blade Museum has the world's largest collection of cutlery and this book shows many excellent examples of Jugendstil (German Art Nouveau). Text in German and English. Unclipped DJ in Mylar. More about Art Nouveau Knives, Forks and Spoons: Bestecke des Jugendstils
New York: Harper and Row, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9" x 6"). 181pp. Inscribed (on half-title) association copy to "Leslie and Jack (Aldridge. Author and critic) "with pleasure in their company", rest of text block tight and unmarked. Fading (1/8") to head of spine, upper edges. Unclipped DJ in..... More about Henry Moore
London: The Country Book Club, 1963. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (21 x 14cm).144 pp. Inscribed to "Leslie and Jack..." on free endpaper AND five line personal note (..... why am I always so dull?....) on U of M stationary asking for their signature. Donald Hall was the 14th Poet..... More about String Too Short to be Saved
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9-1/2" x 6"). xiii, 298, [4] pp. Inscribed by author on half-title, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ, chips to head/tail, corners bumped, in Mylar. More about The Grand Original
New York: Lyceum, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9" x 6"). 47pp. Inscribed by author on verso of free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped Dj in Mylar. More about Words in the Night
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (20 x 13cm). xii, 304pp., [9]-16pp. publisher's advertisements; viii, 299pp., [2], 24 pages publisher's advertisements. Brown cloth covers with gilt moose to upper cover and gilt titles to spine of both volumes, wear to corners and heads/tales of spines. Blue endpapers..... More about Sporting Adventures in the New World (Two Volumes
Berea, Kentucky: Kentucke Imprints, 1981. Hardcover. 4to (9-1/2" x 6"). 343pp. Inscribed by author on free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. No DJ. More about Steamboats On The Green; And The Colorful Men Who Operated Them
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1909. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (20 x 12cm). [8], 308 [2] pp. 240/540. Mottled pink paper covers with printed pink paper label with gilt titles. Text block tight and unmarked. Pink DJ with printed title to head of faded spine, upper corners bumped and 1/4" chip to..... More about Hints For Lovers
Paris and Boston: The Napoleon Society, 1895. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9" x 6"). Edition De Grand Luxe 71/500. Twenty of Twenty-one volumes or fifteen of sixteen with five additional volumes added to set. Nicely half-bound in brown leather with gilt titles to spines. No fading to spines. Top edges..... More about The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
Florida: StarGroup International, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to (10-1/2"x101/2"). 161pp. Inscribed by author with a small drawing on paste-down endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. DJ in Mylar. Also includes a VG copy of The Art Economist Vol. 1/ Issue 2 / 2011 with picture of author (editor..... More about Learning To See An Artist's View on Contemporary Artists From Artschwager To Zakanitch
Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University, 1987. Paperback. 8vo (9" x 6"). 81pp. Signed by author on title-page, "damaged" stamp to upper edge (spine faded), rest of text block tight and unmarked. 1986 AWP winner. More about The Ride Home
New York: Dutton, 1979. Stated First Edition. Hardcover & Paperback. 8vo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). 212 pp. ; 8vo (8-1/4" x 5"). Includes book (1st edition signed on title-page), galley proof (also signed on title-page) and two typewritten pages of reviews of her previous novel. Text blocks tight and unmarked. Unclipped..... More about The Drowning Season
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894. Howard Pyle. Holiday Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (20 x 13cm). Vol. I: xvi, [1] - 219, [220]. Vol. II: [i-v], vi. [221] - 474. Half-bound by J. Macdonald (NY) in red leather with red/blue marbled papers, gilt titles and decorations to spines,1/8" tear to head..... More about The Autocrat Of the Breakfast-Table Two Volumes
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1886. George W. Edwards & F.H. Smith. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to (12-1/2" x 9-1/2"). 50 [3] pp. Large paper edition. Creme/tan covers, wear to head/tail of spine, 2" x 3" water stain lower left of upper cover, upper hinge starting. Light foxing and wear to text block..... More about The Last Leaf
Chicago: A. Flanagan Company, 1928. Isabel Moore. Later printing. Hardcover. 12mo (7-1/2" x 5-1/2"). [6], 127 [1] pp. Purple boards with yellow/black illustration of Jolly Goblins on upper cover. Endpapers black/white images of fairies dancing. 1930 date on title page. Text block tight and unmarked. More about The Pranks of Two Jolly Goblins
Salem: Thomas C. Cushing, 1800. First Edition. Pamphlet. 8vo (19 x 12cm). 28pp. In recent soft cover binding for protection. Easily removable with no damage to original text block. 1/4" of head of title page removed, 1/4" x 1/4" chip to head of page 1, rest of text block unmarked..... More about A sermon, preached December 29, 1799, in the South Meeting House, Salem, the Lord's Day after the...
New York: Farrar , Straus and Cudahy, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). 629pp. Black covers and gilt spine.Text block tight and unmarked .Unclipped DJ with chips to head/tail, in Mylar. More about A Distant Trumpet
New York: Ira R. Hiller, 1924-25. Soft cover. 4to (28 x 18cm). Various paginations. Brown papers wraps covering glossy paper text blocks. Some covers (including #1) loose with wear, chips or tears; but all present. More about The World And Its People (complete 85 parts
Mystic Ct: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1988. First Edition. 4to (26 x 21cm). 315pp. Dark blue cloth covers with gilt titles to upper and spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ with shelf wear to edges, in Mylar. More about A Life in Boats : The Concordia Years
Danville, Illinois: Hutner & Wroughton, 1954. Walter M. Johnson. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9"x5-1/2"). 235pp. 3/8"x3" glue stains to head of front/rear paste-down endpapers. Edges lightly soiled. Signed by Illustrator, rest of text block tight and unmarked. More about Never Walk Alone