Love Has An Unlimited Value
2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9" x 6"). 380pp. Self published autobiography of a very interesting woman's life. DJ cover by daughter (age ten). More
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The English Version Of The Polyglott Bible, Containing The Old And New Testaments; With Marginal Readings...James Macknight...Philip Doddridge...J. Brown
Franklin, New Hampshire: Peabody and Daniell, 1844. Cloth. 4vo (11" x 7-1/2"). Rebound with original covers and 4-1/2" fragment of original spine attached to new binding. Endpapers replaced with retention of both original marbled free endpapers. Text block tight and unmarked. Copyright date of 1833. More
Report of the Committee on Providing Thanksgiving Dinner for the Soldiers and Sailors
New York: Union League Club, 1865. First Edition. Original wraps. 8vo (9" x 6"). 84pp. Original sewn wraps, expert repair to upper cover. PO name to title page. Pages 1-16 chipped (1-1/4" descending to 1/4"), pages 17-25 folded in (1/16") at tail corner but none affecting text. Text block tight... More
The Book of the Fair Volume II
Chicago: Bancroft, 1895. Hardcover. Folio (16" x 12"). 509-1000 pp. Brown cloth with gilt design to upper cover, edges gilt. Wear to head/tail of spine. Covers loose, but holding. Inscribed by Colonel William Rails Morrison (1895) a Civil War hero and U.S. Congressman on fly-leaf. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs... More
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1843. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9" x 6"). 459pp. 478pp. Half bound in blue leather, spine faded, wear to corners and edges, five raised bands, red and brown leather labels on spine, head edge gilt, blue mottled boards, red/blue marbled endpapers. Bookplate of previous owner... More
Valley of the Dolls
New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1966. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo (8"1/2" x 6"). 442pp. Inscribed on free endpaper, 1-1/2" stain to tail of spine,1-1/2 tear to front hinge, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ with multiple chips, tape repairs and tears (see photo), in Mylar. More
The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley
London: Edward Moxon, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (8" x 5"). Two Volume set. Vol. I xxxii, 479pp. Vol. II 557pp. Both volumes half-bound in blue leather with marbled boards, five bands, gilt titles, author and date to spines with gilt top edges. PO owner name to paste-down endpaper of... More
Pilgrim's Progress; From This World To What Is To Come
London: John Bennett, 1831, 1832. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). [5, frontispiece, engraved title-page (1831)], [1, title-page (1832), 2]-viii, [4]-166, [2, directions to binder] pp. Brown tree calf with blind decorations to joints of covers, faded gilt title and decorations to spine, covers restored. Later endpapers, 2 pp... More
Lays Of The Scottish Cavaliers
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1868. Twentieth Edition. Hardcover. 16mo (6-1/2 "x 4-1/2"). [7]-viii, [3]-359pp. Fore-edge painting of harbor and fields. Red leather with gilt decoration/title to covers and spine, upper cover repaired, corners bumped, all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers, booksellers label to paste-down endpaper, name/date to half-title, writing to... More
Puckle's Club
London: 1817. First Edition. Hardcover. 4vo ( 9-1/2" x 6"). [4], x, [8], 96pp. Brown tree calf with covers detached, gilt tooling to edges and sides. Spine attached, wear to head, 3/8" leather missing to tail, black leather label with gilt title (1/4" x 1/4" chip). Marbled endpapers with matching... More
The Poetical Works Of Charles Churchill; With Copious Noes And A Life Of The Author By W. Tooke F.R.S.
London: William Pickering, 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo (6-1/2" x 4"). Vol. I cxii, 256pp., Vol. II 352pp., Vol. III 355 [1 errata] pp. Aldine Edition. All volumes brown leather, five bands with gilt author and volume, wear to spines, all edges gilt. Volume I frontispiece bleed through to title-page... More
The Wind In The Willows
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Nancy Barnhart. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 6"). [4], [2]-351pp. Blue cloth binding with light green endpapers. Gilt titles with black illustrations to both upper cover and spine. Shelf wear to head/tail of spine and corners. Test block tight and unmarked. Includes receipt... More
Child's Companion
London: Religious Tract Society, 1852. New Series. Hardcover. 24mo (5-3/4 x 3-7/8). Half bound in brown leather with pebbled boards. [2], frontispiece, iv, [1]-380. Spine with gilt title, wear to joints, head missing 1/4". Frontispiece by J. M Kronheim company (utilizing the Baker process with zinc plates). PO name to paste-down endpaper (1854). More
Canterbury Tales
Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1860. Hardcover. 8vo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Three volumes: All later bindings (and endpapers) half-bound in red leather and red marbled cloth, spines have five raised bands with gilt decorations, title and date, all edges gilt. light shelf wear to edges and corners. Vol. cxli, 233pp. Vol. II... More
Moral Emblems
London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1860. John Leighton. First English Edition. Hardcover. 4to (10-1/2" x 8"). xvi, [1]-239 [1] pp. Bound in red Morocco by James Hayday the year before his bankruptcy (stamp to tail of free endpaper's verso). Decorations in blind to covers, two single and four raised... More
The Pictorial History of the Bible Consisting of Engravings from Paintings by Eminent Artists
London: John Mc Gowan, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to (11" x 8-1/2"). Unpaginated. Half-bound in brown leather with marbled boards (continuing to endpapers), gilt decorations and title to spine, wear to head/tail of spine, corners bumped with 1/8" cardboard showing. Tissue guards protecting illustrations with printed description opposite. Varying foxing... More
Le Morte Darthur
London: Macmillan, 1908. Library of English Classics. Hardcover. 8vo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Two Volumes. Vol. I: xxviii, 439pp. Vol. II: xix, 531pp [4 advertisements]. Half-bound in blue leather with blue cloth, gilt title, author and decorations to darkened spine. Bibliographical note by A.W. Pollard, reprint of origanal preface by William... More
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1853. New Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 5-1/2"). xii, 508pp. Half-bound in blue leather with blue marbled paper (continued on endpapers), gilt edges, spine with gilt decorations and date, two maroon leather labels (title and author), 3/4" x 3/4" triangular repair to head of... More
Ulysses
Paris: Shakespeare And Company, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 6-1/2"). Sixth printing (August 1925). [6], 736pp. Half-bound in red leather and red marbled paper (matching endpapers), 1/8" x 1/4" chip to head of spine, 3/8" rubbing to head edge of lower cover, wear to corners with lower cover... More
Dombey and Son
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. H.K. Brown. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). xvi, 624pp. Half-bound light brown leather, tan cloth with 1/2" gilt eagle ornament, six compartment, five raised band spine with gilt title (Dombey & Son), gilt Dickens, wear to head/tail of spine and corners. Bound from... More
Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books and Paradise Regain'd A Poem in Four Books. Two volumes with subscriber's list in volume one
Birmingham: John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson, 1760. Third Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9-1/2" x 6-1/2"). Both volumes red leather, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, possible later rebinding with original spines, spine labels: Milton's Poetical Works, corners bumped. Vol. I lxxii, [20 subscriber's list], [6], [3]-416pp., title label on spine missing... More
Hunting The African Elephant
Clinton, New Jersey: Amwell Press, 1985. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9-1/2" x 6-1/2"). xxiii, 688pp. #884/1000. Brown leather in tan slipcase (corners bumped, wear to head of closed edge). Gilt to edges, elephant on upper cover, title on spine. Signed on limitation page, rest of text block tight and unmarked... More
Hunting The African Buffalo
Clinton, New Jersey: Amwell Press, 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9-1/2" x 6-1/2"). xxv, 599pp. #884/1000. Brown leather in tan slipcase (corners bumped, wear to head of closed edge). Gilt edges and buffalo on upper cover, silver title to spine, Signed on limitation page, rest of text block tight and... More
A Girl's Life
New Haven: Charles Scribner's, 1913. Harrison Fisher. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (17-1/2" x 12-1/2"). White boards soiled, corners bumped. Small (1" x 1/4") book sellers sticker to lower right of paste-down endpaper. Covers loose but holding, 2" x 3" area of light foxing to head of "The Kiss", rest of illustrations unmarked. More
The Desert World
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1869. W. Freeman, Foulquier and Van Dargent. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9-1/2" x 7"). 624pp. Dark green leather, five raised bands, gilt to title, decorations, spine and edges. Spine faded to brown, wear to head/tail, corner bumped. Front free endpaper loose, rest of... More
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