New York: Dodd, Mead, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Unpaginated. Very minor shelf wear. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. This is a first edition children's book written and illustrated by Edward Gorey. 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
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
Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1986. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 304 pp. Top left corner of rear cover creased. Curl to text block. This is an uncommon advance uncorrected proof of Jack Hemingway's memoir of his father Ernest. More
Venice: Appresso Gio Battista, Marchio Sessa, & fratelli, 1573. 2nd edition. Hardcover. In Italian and Latin. 8vo. 8 1/4 x 6. Elaborate printer's device depicting a cat between cherubs on title page. Collated and complete. [vi], 389 ff. Binder's copy. Front board loose, 1 inch chip from spine base, boards..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Half faux morocco over linen boards. Hand-pressed paper. Color frontispiece and text illustrations. 363 pp. No slipcase. Minor scuffing to edges, and some spots of discoloration to linen. Hand signed and numbered by Horgan. A fine copy. This is a limited..... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1881. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Brown publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine and blind stamped decoration on cover. Frontispiece portraits with facsimile signatures of Chief Joseph and Howard. Folding map in rear. 274 pp. Both hinges split with covers detached. Front matter up to title..... More
This is a portfolio of 4 autographed photos of actor Ben Kingsley plus an additional autographed card. Three of the photos are the same 4x6 headshot, each hand-signed in black Sharpie (distinct signatures, not copies). The other photo is an 8x10 headshot of Kingsley as Gandhi signed in black pen..... More
Spokane, WA: KiwE Publishing, 2001. First Edition. Cloth. Oblong 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. Slipcase. Unpaginated. Signed and numbered on limitation page by Krahulik (who also signed "Gabriel"), Holkins (also signed "TB") and the publisher, Neil "Kiwi" Holland. A fine copy. This is a signed limited edition (number 292 of 500)..... More
![Item #1047 Oeuvres [complete in 9 volumes]. R. P. Henri-Dominique LACORDAIRE](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1047.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1569867110)
Paris: Poussielgue, [1871-1872]. Quarter leather. 8vo. 7"x5". In French. Quarter brown morocco with marbled boards, hubbed spine, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, and marbled endpapers. Ex-library. Spines of vols. 5-9 lightly scuffed. Each volume has some foxing present throughout. Each volume blind stamped twice with "St. Mary's College" embossment..... More
![Item #1650 The Rambler in North America [complete in 2 volumes]. Charles Joseph LATROBE](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1650.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1595626038)
London: R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1835. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Contemporary cloth with floral design in blind. Vol. I: xi, 321. Vol II: viii, 336. Binder's copy. Spine coverings removed, so boards detached. Scuffing to edges and corners. Interiors excellent, clean and complete. This is the first edition of..... More
Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, 1888. Hardcover. In German. 8vo. Decorative cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Wilhelm I. Many illustrated plates throughout. Minor shelf wear and light scuffing to cloth. Tight and clean. An excellent copy. 3 copies in OCLC. This is an uncommon history of Germany by Swiss-American author and US..... More
![Item #2633 The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [complete in 3 volumes]; Illustrated....](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2633.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1648926695)
New York: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1879. Leather bound. Large 4tos. Embossed morocco with gilt lettering and decoration on spines and covers, 5-panel hubbed spine, all edges gilt. Many line illustrations throughout. Scuffing to leather edges. Rear board of Vol. 1 threatening to detach but holding. Sticker residue inside front..... More
![Item #3052 Library of Natural History [complete in 6 volumes]. Richard LYDEKKER, Ernest...](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3052.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1666238631)
Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1901-02. Leather bound. Large 8vos. Maroon half morocco. Marbled edges and endpapers. 72 color lithographs and 2000 wood engravings. Shelf wear, with some chipping to leather at spine footers of vols II, IV, and VI. Tight and clean with no signs of use. This is..... More
This is a lot of four Parisian souvenirs which belonged to (and bear the authentic bookplate of) influential American landscape designer Warren H. Manning (1860-1938). Mr. Manning is best remembered as the pioneering voice behind the "wild garden" movement, which emphasized cultivating pre-existing plants and natural landscaping, rather than the..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's cloth with pastedown on spine. Frontispiece plus 7 full-page illustrations plus folding map. 199 pp. Jacket is taped to boards. Ex-library with sticker on jacket spine and cover, stamp on top and bottom block edges..... More
Jersey City, NJ: Talisman House, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. 118 pp. No jacket as issued. Errata leaf laid in. 1/8" white scuff at top edge of front cover. This is a first edition poetry collection by Menashe. The hardcover first issue is..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cream-colored burlap with red cloth spine. Dust jacket. 376 pp. Minor wear to jacket edges. Excellent condition. This is a first edition of the first comprehensive study of the linked style of poetry in English. More
Potage, IN: self published, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Blue cloth with pastedown on spine. 187 pp. plus indices. Minor shelf wear. Red mark on top edge of text block. Not in OCLC. No other copies for sale online at time of listing. This is an index of the personal..... More
Tokyo: 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. In Japanese. Quarter cloth over cream boards. Dust jacket. Photographs and illustrations throughout. 206 pp. Minor wear to jacket. 1/2" closed hole through front hinge. Otherwise excellent. This is an uncommon history of phallic art in Japan. Title on cover is in English, but text..... More
London: Printed for the assigns of Joseph Davidson, and sold by D. Browne without Temple-Bar, R. Manby on Ludgate-Hill, and J. Whiston and B. White in Fleet-Street, 1753. 2nd edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Contemporary calf. 6-panel hubbed spine with gilt decoration. viii, 295, [5] pp. Boards and first few pages detached..... More
London: Printed for D. Browne, 1749. 4th edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter leather over marbled boards. [4], xxxvi, 375 pp. Boards detached. Block is excellent, with very minor foxing to title page only and several marginal pencil markings. An excellent copy. This is a mid-18th century edition of Kennett's (1674-1715) English..... More
New York: Knopf, 1987. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. 342 pp. Inscribed by Pepin on 2nd free endpaper. Book is fine, but jacket is price-clipped and has a large tear in center of rear cover as well as several closed tears around edges. This is a signed, stated..... More
St. Louis: James R. Albach, 1851. 2nd edition, 2nd printing. Leather bound. Large 8vo. Contemporary sheep. 818 pp. Spine professionally rebacked with cloth and hinges secured with tape. Rubbing to board edges. Ex-library with card pockets pasted inside front cover and front free endpaper. Minor foxing throughout. Tight and clean..... More