Cleveland, OH: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1926. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Hand-pressed rag paper. Illustrated plates, including a folding map. 349 pp. Minor shelf wear, and top left corner of rear cover bumped. Ex-library, with stamp on bottom block edge, card pocket inside..... More
Burbank, CA: DC Comics, 2009. Hardcover. Large 4to. Quarter black leather over black cloth with pastedowns. Slipcase. Full color. Fine condition. This is an out-of-print limited edition omnibus collecting the entirety of Gaiman's Death comics run, a spin-off from his landmark Sandman series. This copy is from the collection of..... More
New York: Knopf, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Brown cloth. Green stained top edge. 338 pp. Minor edge wear and scuffing to jacket. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first printing of Gass' landmark essay collection. One of the great books of literary criticism..... More
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
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
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
Albany: Joel Munsell, 1854. First Edition. Large 8vo. Contemporary blind-stamped cloth. Frontispiece and text illustrations. 601 pp. Spine rebacked with tape. Edges scuffed and corners bumped. Previous owner's stamp on 2nd free endpaper and a library embossment on title page. Block is split at pp. 282/283 and needs to be..... 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
![Item #1778 The Records of the Virginia Company of London [complete in 2 volumes]; The court book,...](/pictures/thumb/1778.jpg?v=1600722020)
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1906. First Thus. Cloth. Large 4to. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spines and gilt armorial device of the Virginia Company on covers. "Old Stratford" watermarked paper. Deckle edge. Facsimiles of documents. Vol. I 1619-1622: 636 pp. Vol. II 1622-1624: 611 pp. Edge wear to..... 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
![Item #1650 The Rambler in North America [complete in 2 volumes]. Charles Joseph LATROBE](/pictures/thumb/1650.jpg?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
![Item #2633 The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [complete in 3 volumes]; Illustrated....](/pictures/thumb/2633.jpg?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...](/pictures/thumb/3052.jpg?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
![Item #1656 Seventy Years on the Frontier [George M. Keller's copy]. Alexander MAJORS](/pictures/thumb/1656.jpg?v=1596322349)
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1893. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt stamped illustration on cover. Numerous full-page illustrations. 325 pp. plus 3 pp. of advertisements. Light scuffing to edges, and corners are a bit bumped. Minor foxing to front matter, and a 1/2" closed tear at top of frontispiece..... More
Evergreen Park, IL: State Department of Celestia. The following items are included in this sale: -2 copies of Report to the Universe (1956) pamphlet. Extremely scarce, the only known copies. -State of the Sky (1958) pamphlet. -Passport to the Moon (1955). -Official license for "Banking on the Moon," issued to..... 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
![Item #1780 Tah-gah-jute [plus 1861 handwritten personal letter by author]; Or, Logan and Cresap,...](/pictures/thumb/1780.jpg?v=1600722021)
Albany, NY: Joel Nunsell, 1867. 2nd edition. Boards. 8vo. Contemporary boards. Hand-pressed paper. Deckle edge. Printer's device on title. 204 pp. plus errata leaf. Front board detached. Rear board split but attached. Interior is excellent. Tight and clean. Pasted inside the front boards is an envelope containing a 4-page manuscript..... 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
New York: Scholastic, 1990. First Edition. Paperback. 12mo. Wraps. Very minor shelf wear. Excellent condition. Simon's Quest originally included a trading card, which is not present. This is a collection of first edition novelizations of early Nintendo video games. Conceived and edited by business writer Seth Godin (here using the..... 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