Troy, NY: Nims & Knight / Thomas Y. Crowell, 1884. Cloth. Large 8vo. Brown embossed cloth with gilt decoration to spine and cover. All gilt edges. Woodcut illustrations. Decorative border on each page. 369 pp. Cock to spine. Minor edge wear and bumped corners. Hinges overopened. 1894 gift inscription on 2nd..... More
A.C. McClurg, 1891. Cloth. Small stain and sticker residue on front cover. A beautiful edition of Moore's epic poem in elegant white cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Would make a romantic gift. More
New York: W.M. Hazen, 1886. First Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and embossed decorations on cover. Profusely illustrated by J.H. Smith. 504 pp. Header and footer of spine rather scuffed. Hinges overopened with some tearing to paper, threatening to detach. Minor toning throughout. Otherwise solid and clean. This..... More
![How the Steel Was Tempered [complete in 2 volumes]. Nikolai OSTROVSKY, R. Prokofieva](/pictures/thumb/64.jpg?v=1576376701)
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1952. Reznichenko, A. Hardcover. Set of 2 hardcovers (parts 1 and 2 of the novel) without dust jackets, handsomely embossed. The cover of volume 1 is rather stained, and both are stamped on flyleaf: "Distributed by 'NEWS-FACTS,' 753, Bathurst St., Toronto." Both are illustrated and..... More
Bloomfield, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1971. First Thus. Cloth. Large 4to. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine and red stained top edge. Full page color illustrated plates. 184 pp. No slipcase. Very minor edge wear. Signed by Ismar David on colophon. This is a finely printed Limited Editions Club first edition..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1899. Cloth. 8vo. 7.75"x5.5". Olive cloth gilt lettering on spine and embossed illustration on cover. Illustrated plates by J. Ley Pethybridge. 303 pp. plus advertisements. Minor edge wear. Top right corner of front cover bent. Pages somewhat roughly cut, resulting in 1/2" loss top of p. 131..... More
New York: Sherman Publishing Company, 1886. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's illustrated cloth with gilt stamps. Red stained edges. Numerous full-page and text illustrations and maps. 843 pp. Edge wear. Curled, closed tear at header of spine. Hinges split, threatening to detach. Attractive John Crerar Library bookplate inside front cover. Several pages..... More
![History of the Conquest of Peru [complete in 2 volumes]; With a preliminary view of the...](/pictures/thumb/1603.jpg?v=1593738617)
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1864. Half leather. 8vo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Gilt tooled hubbed spines. Marbled edges and endpapers. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Vol. I: 527 pp. Vol. II: 547 pp. Scuffing to edges. First few leaves of Vol. I are loose and laid in. Ex-library with card pockets..... More
Chicago: Caxton Club, 1916. First Edition. Boards. 4to. Original binding of vellum-backed boards. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Uncut handmade Italian paper. 290 pp. Minor shelf wear to boards, with a 1/2" chip to the paper backing along right edge of front cover. Interior is perfect. Most pages are unopened. This is a...... More
R.H. Russell, 1900. First American Edition. Cloth. Hinges cracked and soiling on endpapers. PO's stamp on flyleaf. This is a handsome first American edition of Rostand's play in navy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. More
Franklin Library, 1977. First Edition. Full leather. This is an elegant special first edition from the Franklin Library bound in navy leather with gilt lettering and decorations and gilt edges. Lovely endpapers with a navy silk ribbon. Comes with a special message from the author not found in trade editions..... More
Carl Hirsch, 1904. Cloth. In German. Front hinge cracked, and cloth is a bit rubbed around edges. Stray pen mark on title page. This is a very rare copy of Schmidt's exciting exploration of the "deathly grasp" that "Hindoo heathenism" has maintained over millions. Quite racist, but with gorgeous, if..... More
Limited Editions Club, 1953. ben Sussan, Rene. First Thus. Boards. In original slipcase, fair condition, which has chipping at corners of spine, and top of spine is loose. Book is in much better shape with only a small stain on top and bottom edge of pages, looks to be from..... More
Stockholm: C.E. Fritze's K. Hofbokhandel, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. In Swedish. 8vo. Quarter morocco. Gilt tooled lettering and decorations to spine and cover, as well as embossed decorations on front and rear cover. Red stained edges. Many engraved illustrations throughout. 450 pp. Corners quite bumped, particularly bottom right corner of front..... More
![The Life of Nelson [complete in 2 volumes]. Robert SOUTHEY](/pictures/thumb/1496.jpg?v=1601596846)
London: John Murray, 1813. First Edition, 2nd issue. Full leather. Small 8vo. Contemporary calf. Gilt tooled hubbed spines. Gilt top edge. Marbled endpapers. Brown silk ribbons attached. Vol. I: engraved frontispiece, viii, 253, 1 (advertisement); Vol. II: engraved facsimile of Nelson's signatures, viii, 280 (5 advertisements). Vol. I front hinge is..... More
Rochester: self-published, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. 8"x5.5". Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on cover. 67 pp. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Slight lean to spine. This is a signed self-published book of poetry by Wearing, then Dean of the Colgate-Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, NY..... More
Henry Altemus Company, 1899. Cloth. Frontispiece bearing a color Altemus illustration is loose and has been tucked inside. The page seems to have been cut out, as the binding is still very tight. Bound in gorgeous blue cloth boards with red, green, and gold gilt designs on cover. Very striking..... More
L.W. Walter, 1907. Cloth. Spine is cracked at front and back and binding is rather loose around spine though attached. Illustration of "Rebekah at the well" is loose and laid inside. This is a very striking illustrated book of Bible stories for children. Bound in grey cloth and decorated with..... More
![The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier [complete in 9 volumes]. John Greenleaf WHITTIER](/pictures/thumb/985.jpg?v=1567713997)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1892-1894. Half leather. 8vo. 8.25"x5.5". Brown morocco with gilt lettering, 6-panel hubbed spine, and gilt top edge. Marbled boards and endpapers and several illustrated plates. Occasional light foxing to endpapers and very minor scuffing to some corners. Middle hub is scuffed on volume 7. Tight and clean, appears..... More
Toronto: William Briggs, 1909. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 9"x6". Grey decorative cloth with illustrated pastedown. Decorative endpapers and page borders. Illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens and N.C. Wyeth. 225 pp. Covers and spine scuffed. Corners bumped. 1/2" stain bottom center of back cover. Stamp from "Maude Orchard Pharmacy, Strathroy, Ontario" on..... More