Hemet, California: Robertson Typographics, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9-1/2" x 6"). 271pp. Light blue leatherette covers with gilt titles to spine. Inscribed (unknown hand, author missing arm) and signed by author on fly leaf, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ, corners bumped, wear to head of... More about They Called Me Dixie
New York: Brentano's, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (6-1/2" x 4"). 235pp. Red cloth covers with gilt decorations and black lettering. Gilt bookseller's sticker to paste-down endpaper with shadow to free endpaper. 1/16" grease (?) stain to bottom left of first four leaves primarily verso of half-title and title-page, rest... More about Queer Luck; Poker Stories From The New York Sun
Secaucus, N. J. Chartwell Books, 1973. Hardcover. Folio (14" x 10"). 350 pp. Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ, corners bumped, small chips to edges, 1" x 2" chip to tail of back panel, In Mylar. More about Maxfield Parrish; The Early Years 1893-1930
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 5") xiii, [1], 360, ( [4] publisher's ads)pp. Tan cloth covers with red and blue titles, spine and covers darkened. Three maps (2 in color-one folding, one b/w) present. Text block tight and unmarked. BAL 4529, state one. More about The Cuban and Porto Rican Campaigns
Paris, France: Paul Ollendorff, 1890. Hardcover. 12mo (7" x 4-1/2"). Quarter bound purple leather/marbled covers, spine faded, wear to head/tail of spine, corners bumped. 360pp. Text block tight and unmarked. More about Toutes les deux
Philadelphia: E.H. Butler, 1866. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo (7-1/2" x 5"). 360pp. Green cloth covers, gilt title to spine, wear to head of spine, 3/4" tail of spine missing, corners bumped. PO name to front and back paste-down endpapers, rest of text block unmarked. More about Parley's Common School History Revised: A Pictorial History of the World Ancient and Modern for...
London: John Dicks, 1868. Hardcover. 12mo (7-1/2" x 5"). 364 [2], [publisher's ads.) pp. Green cloth covers, gilt title to spine, wear to head/tail of spine, corners bumped. Text block unmarked. "1. It is the cheapest Edition ever issue from the press of this, or any other country, and must... More about Arabian Nights Entertainments
New York: New York University Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to (10-1/2" x 7-1/2"). [4], xiii, 707pp. Red cloth covers, spine faded. Inscribed on free endpaper to renowned biographer Jacob Blanck by Eleanor Tilton (editor), rest of text block unmarked. Includes "Literary Bantlings:" Addenda to the Holmes Bibliography (1957) also... More about A Bibliography of Oliver Wendell Holmes
London: G. Bell, 1924. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo (8"x 5-1/2"). xv, 596pp. Red cloth covers, gilt tiles to spine, spine fading, upper joint loose. A.L.s. (2/17/29/ on paste-down end paper with author's signature (4/23/29) on free endpaper, rest of text block unmarked. Ninth edition of Rose's classic work on Napoleon... More about The Life of Napoleon
Springfield, Ohio: The American Magazine, 1910. J. Scott Williams. Serial Edition. Wraps. 4to (9-1/2" x 7"). Brown paper wraps, string ties, covers worn. Extracts from the serialized appearance (first appearance in print) of The Secret Garden in The American magazine (1906-1956), bound in single vol. : p. [15]-32, 231-246, 379-394... More about Secret Garden
Baltimore: Joseph Jewett, 1832. Boards. 24mo (5-1/2" x 4-1/4"). i-x, 172pp. ("Catalogue of entertaining and useful books for children and youth"[167]-172). Quarter bound brown leather and brown paper boards, gilt title to spine, wear to covers and edges, corners bumped. Head 2" of free endpaper missing, children's (?) letters to... More about Peter Parley's Tales About South America; Illustrated by a Map and numerous Engravings
New York: Eastern Publishing Co., 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (7-1/2" 5"). viii, 280pp. Red cloth covers, stains to lower cover and spine, wear to head/tail of spine, corners bumped. Inscribed by author (1906) to recto of frontispiece, both hinges stating, rest of text block unmarked. More about Reflections Of A Bass-Drum Player; On Everything Worth Thinking About
New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). 480pp. Tan buckram covers, 1/8" head of spine missing, corners bumped. 1st state with Jefferson on page 340, 2" fold mark to upper right corner of first 25 pages, text block unmarked. Unrestored, with hinges... More about Light Of August
New York: Harper & Row, 1966. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Black cloth covers, blue titles to spine. I-Q (September 1966) to copyright page. PO name to tail of paste-down endpaper (mostly covered by front flap), rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ, spine and edges... More about Ariel
London: Faber and Faber, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (7-1/2" x 5"). 258pp. Black cloth covers, silver titles to spine. PO name to tail of paste-down endpaper (mostly covered by front flap), rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ, spine and edges between flaps and panels darkened, in Mylar. More about The Bell Jar
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to (10-1/2" x 7"). xx, [2] 411pp. Green cloth covers, gilt (red, white and faded blue eagle/shield) stamped upper cover, wear to head/tail of spine and corners, gilt titles to spine. Colored frontispiece, b/w illustrations and both folding maps present... More about Nearest the Pole : a narrative of the Polar expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S S...
New York: D. Appleton, 1843. J. Leech. Hardcover. 8vo (9-1/2" x 6"). 412, (24 page publishers catalog)pp. Publisher's temporary quarter bound brown cloth with mottled brown cardboard covers, upper cover and spine loose with lower cover still attached, title missing from spine, corners and edges worn. End papers of dark... More about The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran and his man Mark Antony O'Toole
Boston: Dana Estes and Company, 1909. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 5-1/2"). xxiii, 316pp. Blue cloth covers, spine faded, wear to head/tail of spine and corners. Multiple illustrations, folding map present. PO name to front free endpaper, four penciled page notations to rear paste-down endpaper. More about Tramps Round the Mountains of the Moon; and Through the Back Gate of the Congo State
New York: Orlin Tremaine, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 5-1//2"). 160pp. Red cloth covers. Upper cover missing 3/4 x 4" piece to fore-edge side, spine faded, wear to edges and corners. Author's inscription (1944) on free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. More about Royalty Road
Otsego. New York: H. 7 E. Phinney, 1811. Hardcover. 16mo (6-1/2 x 4"). 375pp. Brown leather covers, wear to head/tail of spine, joints, edges and corners. Library (Watervllle) ownership sticker (#26, 2" x 3") on paste-down endpaper, missing front free endpaper. PO name, price to title page, pages age browning. OCLC 926065493. More about The History Of Charles XII
New York: E. P. Dutton. Hardcover. 8vo (7-1/2" x 5"). 151, (15 publisher's ads)pp. Decorated upper cover with gilt titles to spine, head/tail of spine, corners and edges worn. Text block tight and unmarked. More about A Daring Voyage
New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1939. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 5-1/2"). xxxvi, 1003pp. Red cloth covers, spine missing all but title. Head/tail of spine, corners, edges and joints worn. Gift inscription (no date) to a prominent member of the J.W.V. by post #164 wishing him a speedy recovery... More about Mein Kampf
Hartford, Connecticut: Edwin Valentine Mitchell, 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to (11" x 9"). 61pp. Brown paper covers with black paste-on title to upper cover, spine missing (showing mull), corners bumped. Text block tight and unmarked with browning to pages. More about A Rude Book
Paris: La Veuve Estienne, 1735. Third Edition. Hardcover. 16mo (6-1/2" x 4"). xxiii, 561,[3]pp. Brown leather cover, gilt decorations and titles to spine. Binders thread exposed in upper/lower joints with pieces of leather missing, but covers holding. PO name to verso of free endpaper, title page (?) missing, rest of... More about Le spectacle de la nature, ou entretiens sur les particularités de l'histoire naturelle, qui ont...
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 5-1/2"). 250pp. Orange cloth covers, wear to head/tail of spine and corners. Text block tight and unmarked. More about What Cooks at Stllmeadow; The Favorite Recipes of Gladys Taber