New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1926,1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9-3/4" x 7"). 1st ed. 2 vols. [ xvi] 480; [vi] 482pp. #121 of 260 numbered sets. Signed by the author on limitation page of volume 1, spare paper labels on verso of final page of each volume. Blue... More about Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1811. Fourth edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 4-1/"). xxviii, 424, 452, 458pp. Three volumes in tree calf bindings with five gilt bands, maroon and brown labels with gilt date (1811), tooling to spines and gilt border of covers. Headbands and corners worn, upper... More about Specimens of the Early English Poets
New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1963. First Edition. Stiff wraps. 8vo (10' x 7"). Made of and bound in multicolored thick paper stock. 97pp, [errata]. Signed by author (12/17/63) in silver ink on free endpaper. Designed, edited and printed by Jon Edgar Webb and Louise Webb. 1/777 (unnumbered) copies. 3-1/2" x.... More about It Catches My Heart In Its Hands: New and Selected Poems 1955-1963
Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9" x 5-1/2") Two volumes in one. Frontispiece. xviii, [blank], [1]-404. viii, 437. Blind-stamped brown cloth covers, gilt titles to spine. Wear to edges, corners bumped. Wear to head/tail of spine, 2-1/2" tear to upper edge, 1/8" chip to center of... More about Sketches of Foreign Travel and Life at Sea; Including A Cruise On Board A Man-Of-War.....And A...
New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons, 1929. A.M. Kennedy. Cardboard covers. 4to (11" x 9"). Cardboard covers with paste-on illustrations, tape repairs to spine, corners bumped. PO name/address to paste-down endpaper, water stains to endpapers resulting in bubbling of paste-ons. Text-block unmarked. More about Noodles Wants To Be A Rover; Some Further Adventures of The Little Dog That Would Not Wag His Tail
New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons, 1929. A.E. Kennedy. Cardboard covers. 4to (11" x 9"). Cardboard covers with paste-on illustrations, tape repairs to upper cover and spine, corners bumped. PO name/address to paste-down endpaper, water stains to endpapers resulting in bubbling of paste-ons. Tape repairs to title-page, third leaf and end -page. More about Huffy Wants To Be A Pet; Some Further Adventures of The Little Kitten That Would Not Wash Its Face
New York: R.H. Russell, 1899. Cardboard covers. 4to (9"-1/2" x 7") 134pp. Brown cardboard boards, green cloth spine, green title/illustration to upper cover, corners bumped, edge wear. Front joint and spine detached with rear holding, front free endpaper (with PO gift inscription- 1900) detached but present. Text block unmarked. More about In The Deep Woods
China (?). Wooden. 16mo (7" x 4-1/2"). Accordion book with brown wood covers, green textured chop on upper, head/tail edges black, fore-edges folding. 25 printed pages (reverse sides blank) containing 12 color prints on silk with paper backing and 13 pages of text on paper in Chinese and poor English... More about The Story of Chinese Fashion/The Story of Silk
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1903. W.W. Denslow. Later printing. Hardcover. 4to (9" x 6-1/2"). 208pp. Green cloth covers with orange/black/blue paste down, joints loose but holding. Spine faded, head/tail 3/8" badly worn, corners bumped. 3 color plates ("You ought, I was, Permit me") loose but present in separate folder, rest of text... More about The New Wizard OF Oz
New York: Garden City Publishing Company. Edmund Dulac. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo (9" x 6:). 205pp. Black cloth covers with paste-on to upper, top edge black. Illustrated endpapers, light foxing to to end papers and flyleaf, rest of text block tight and unmarked. DJ with all four corners trimmed, spine... More about Stories From The Arabian Nights
Cleveland, Ohio: The Goldsmith Publishing Company, 1918. First Edition. Soft cover. 48mo (3-3/4" x 2-3/4").124, [3 publishers advertising ]pp. Blind stamped title to upper cover. A Little Leather Classic in edge-worn brown cloth covers (due to W.W.I. shortages of leather). Poor quality paper pages age browned. OCLC 567657507. More about Short Stories (Number 4
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1924. Later printing. Hardcover. 12mo (7" x 5"). 60pp. Light green covers with red titles, corners bumped. Fading to endpapers, text block tight and unmarked. DJ with all corners clipped, numerous chips and tears. More about The Seventh Christmas
Philadelphia: H.L. Kilner, 1883. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 6"). 101pp. Blue cloth covers with black/yellow design and titles to upper cover. Corners bumped, hinges tender. Wear to head/tail of spine. Foxing to endpapers/text block, free endpaper missing, PO stamp to title-page. More about Golden Sands
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). viii, [3], 240pp. Red cloth covers with gilt titles, image and top edge. Corners bumped, 1" tear to head of upper cover, hinges tender. Spine faded, 2" tear to upper cover joint, wear to head/tail. W.W.I (?) stamp... More about Vacation Days In Greece
A reproduction of the "phallic plate" from page 283 of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. 1/8" tear to head, appears to have been bound in (and removed) as a verso rather than a recto as p.283 is usually bound. Believed to have been defaced during printing, the plate was altered to... More about Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; page 283 facsimile
New York: Charles L. Webster And Company, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8-1/2" x 6-1/2"). 366pp. Publisher's green cloth. Unrestored mixed state first printing: frontispiece portrait (imprint of Heliotype with tablecloth visible) with tissue, p.9 "decided", p.13 "88", p.57 "with the was", p 143 the l in Col missing and... More about Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
New York: Charles L. Webster And Company, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8-1/2" x 6-1/2"). 366pp. Publisher's green cloth. Unrestored mixed state first printing: frontispiece portrait (imprint of Heliotype with tablecloth visible) without tissue, p.9 "decided", p.13 "88", p.57 "with the was", p 143 the l in Col missing and... More about Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). viii, [6], 354pp. Red cloth covers. 3/4" fading across head of upper cover. 1-1/2" x 1" water stain to spine. Signed by PO on paste-down endpaper and author on free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. More about A Man Called Peter
New York: American Sunday-School Union, 1860-1868 ? Hardcover. 24mo (5-3/4" x 4"). 164pp. Green leather spine in gilt, marbled paper covers. Shelf-wear to head/tail of spine, corners bumped. PO name to paste-down endpaper, pages foxed. The American Sunday-School Union was at this New York address from 1860 to 1868. This... More about Anna Ross; Story For Children
London: Bell & Dandy, 1873. George Cattermole. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo (7" x 4-1/2). viii, 432pp. Green leather with gilt armorial device on upper cover, binding by Bickers & Son. Gilt decorations to spine, leather title label. Wear to head/tail of spine and edges. Corners bumped. Marbled edges and endpapers... More about Evenings at Haddon Hall, A Series of Romantic Tales of the Olden Time
T and J Allman, 1817. Reprint of 1768 edition. Hardcover. 12mo (7" x 4-1/2"). vi, 308pp. Half-bound in red leather with marbled paper covers. Corners bumped. Spine missing 1" of head, 1/4' of tail loose, leather title, gilt decorations to other compartments. Hinges loose. PO bookplate to paste-down endpaper, light... More about A Complete Collection of English Proverbs; also the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch,...
Paris: Draeger, 1951. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Folio (18" x 13-1/2"). 167, [3], [4, list of illustrations]pp. 1748/3000. Tan cloth covers with fading and shelf-wear. Corners bumped. Text in French. PO initials to head of free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Non-U.S. buyers: Please check with us on... More about Fontainebleau
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
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