Cleveland, OH: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1912. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Hand-pressed rag paper. With 2 full-page colored maps and a number of facsimiles. 275 pp. Fine condition. This is a rare, finely printed first edition by historians Alvord and Bidgood. (Howes A194)..... More
London: Quaritch, 2006. First Thus. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Many illustrations and facsimiles throughout. Unpaginated. Minor shelf wear. This is a finely printed bibliography of writings by and about the Society of Jesus, otherwise known as the Jesuits. A limited edition of 200 copies. Originally issued in 1996 as..... More
Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, 1873. Leather bound. Large 8vo. Original blind-stamped leather. 244 illustrations, both full-page and in text. 823 pp. plus advertisements. Spine rebacked in tape, and first few leaves also repaired. Leather quite scuffed, rubbed away at corners and top edge. Card pocket on front free endpaper. Some..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1884. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Original publisher's pictorial cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Decorative endpapers. Half-title, frontispiece and 33 plates, including 15 color lithographs and one fold-out. xviii, 371, XXXI (plates), 32 (advertisements). Both boards detached. Strip of spine torn away and..... More
![Item #1773 Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory [FIRST EDITION]. Jacob...](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1773.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1599255895)
Cincinnati, OH: Derby, Bradley & Co., 1847. First Edition. Leather bound. Large 8vo. Contemporary calf. Frontispiece portrait of the author. 501 pp. Binder's copy. Spine removed so both boards as well as first few leaves loose. Book is complete. Some ownership marks in front matter. Minor foxing throughout. Quite clean..... More
![Item #6673 Autobiography of Red [FIRST PRINTING]; A novel in verse. Anne CARSON](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6673.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1729962756)
New York: Knopf, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Very minor wear to jacket edges. An excellent copy. This is a stated first edition of Carson's contemporary classic. A personal favorite of this bookseller. More
![Item #6486 Cardcaptor Sakura Collector's Edition [complete in 9 volumes] [Japanese edition]. CLAMP](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6486.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721505093)
Kodansha, 2015. First Thus. Paperback. In Japanese. 8vo. Wraps. Black and white illustrations. Minor shelf wear. This is a limited edition complete manga series by the all-female writer and artist collective Clamp. Japanese import. More
![Item #6076 PITFCS: Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies [FIRST EDITION]....](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6076.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1715824577)
Chicago: Advent Publishers, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear and 2 closed tears at bottom edge of front jacket cover. This is an uncommon first edition reprint of the full run of PITFCS (Publications of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies), an influential hard..... More
This is a unique collection of paper ephemera regarding an 1895 celebratory dinner honoring Stephen Crane, whose The Red Badge of Courage was at the time a modest success in its second printing. The event was hosted by Elbert Hubbard, the influential publisher, editor, and founder of the Roycroft arts..... More
Cleveland, OH: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1918. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth. Deckle edge. 351 pp. Top of spine covering removed. Edges scuffed and corners bumped. Ex-library from the John Crerar research library at the University of Chicago. Crerar bookplate pasted inside front cover and several withdrawal stamps in..... More
![Item #2131 The Life and Times of David Zeisberger [FIRST EDITION]. Edmund DE SCHWEINITZ](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2131.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1612563677)
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1870. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Publisher's cloth. 747 pp. Spine rebacked with tape and hinges repaired with tape. A tear on p. 101 has also been taped. Ex-library with sticker on front cover, bookplate inside front cover, card pocket on front free endpaper, and embossment on title..... More
![Item #6503 Science and Other Poems [FIRST PRINTING]. Alison Hawthorne DEMING, SIGNED](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6503.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1722090807)
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Signed on title page. This is a signed first printing of Deming's first book of poetry. More
Philadelphia: Frederick-Mazie Company, 1916. Renaissance Edition De Duxe. Hardcover. 8vos. Cloth. Gilt top edge and gilt lettering on spine. Deckle edges. Profusely illustrated. This is a hand-numbered limited edition (no. 70 of 1000 sets printed) complete set of the Bibliophile Library of Literature, Art, and Rare Manuscripts. It is a...... More
![Item #2745 Paneros; Some words on aphrodisiacs and the like [FIRST EDITION]. Norman DOUGLAS, SIGNED](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2745.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1656719891)
Florence: Privately printed for subscribers by G. Orioli, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's decorative cloth. 166 pp. Signed twice by Douglas. Signed and numbered on limitation page and inscribed on half-title. Spine covering is removed and laid in. Binding is tight. This is a twice-signed limited edition..... More
Washington: Cornelius Wendell, 1857. First Edition. Cloth. Large 4to. Brown cloth with embossed decorations. Many steel engravings, woodcuts, and color lithographs throughout, as well as fold-out maps and charts bound in. Part I: [xvi], 258 pp. Part II: [xiii], 174 pp. Cloth covering spine is removed, but binding is not..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. First Thus, 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Signed on title page. Front jacket flap clipped with a bookseller's sticker. Light scuffing to jacket edges. This is a signed second printing of the expanded edition of Fowles' classic novel. More
![Item #6721 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [complete in 12 volumes]; A...](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6721.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1731097452)
London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1783-1790. First Thus. Leather bound. 8vos. Full calf. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Hall after Reynolds. Folding map in vols I, II, III. Vol. I: xiv, 456 pp.; Vol. II: xv, 496 pp.; Vol. III: viii, 412 pp.; Vol. IV..... More
![Item #6474 American Natural History [complete in 3 volumes]; Part I: Mastology [all published]....](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6474.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1720213314)
Philadelphia: Stoddart & Atherton, 1831. Second Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Contemporary full calf with leather spine labels. Engraved frontispiece in Vol. 1 and 48 steel engravings across 3 volumes. Vol. 1: xvi, [7], 18-362. Vol. 2: 330. Vol. 3: 264. Vol. 1 is in fair condition and Vols 2-3 are..... More
![Item #1418 The Brass Butterfly; A Play in Three Acts [FIRST EDITION]. William GOLDING](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1418.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1582067380)
London: Faber and Faber, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Orange cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 80 pp. Price-clipped. Touch of wear to top jacket edge. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Book is fine. This is a first printing of Golding's only play, a limited printing of 2000 copies. By the..... More
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Color illustrasted endpapers. Numerous text illustrations and facsimiles. 413 pp. Scuffing to edges. Ex-library, with mark on spine, stamps to top and bottom block edges, and card pocket inside front cover. Hinges are overopened. Block is attached, but becoming loosened..... More
Cleveland, OH: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1928. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Hand=pressed paper. Frontispiece folding map. 299 pp. Minor shelf wear and bumped corners. Ex-library with mark on spine, bookplate inside front cover, and card pocket on front free endpaper. Front hinge overopened..... More
![Item #4646 The History of France from the Earliest Times to 1848 [7 volumes]. M. GUIZOT](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4646.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699758268)
New York: Bradley, [1890s]. Hardcover. Half morocco leather. Marbled boards. Gilt top edge. Deckle edges. Illustrated plates. Minor scuffing to edges. 1/4" chip to header of Vol. II spine. Several chips to Vol. VII spine, and leather beginning to split at hinge. Tight and clean. This is a finely printed..... More
![Item #6707 A Group of Noble Dames [FIRST IMPRESSION]. Thomas HARDY](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6707.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1731097417)
London: Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co., 1891. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Sand fine-ribbed cloth with gilt decoration. Hand-pressed paper. 271 pp. Corners bumped. 1/2" scratch on front cover. Minor sunning to spine. An excellent copy. This is a true first edition, first impression of Hardy's book published shortly before Tess..... More
![Item #5120 The Writings of Bret Harte [14 volumes]; Autograph Edition. Bret HARTE, Frederic...](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/5120.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1710015915)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1896-1897. Hardcover. 8vo. Contemporary three quarters red morocco over marbled boards. 6-panel hubbed spine with gilt lettering and decorations. Gilt top edge. 103 engraved plates. Fine condition. Hand-signed and numbered by Harte on limitation page of Vol. I. Many of the engraved plates are signed by the..... More
Albany: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1885. Wraps. Small 4to. Publisher's wraps. Hand-pressed paper. 94 pp. Interior is excellent, clean, and unmarked. Wraps are poor and quite fragile, with numerous chips and detached rear cover. 1891 owner's mark on front free endpaper. This is a limited printing in original wraps of the..... More