New York: Scribner's, 1887. First American Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Publisher's wraps. 308 pp. plus ads. Several chips and closed tears to wrap edges, including a 1" loss at footer of spine. Bookplate on verso of title page. Tight and clean. This is a first American edition of Stevenson's short story..... More
![Item #3450 The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson [25 volumes] [Thistle Edition]. Robert...](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3450.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1681837375)
New York: Scribner's. Mixed editions. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Leather pastedown to spines. Gilt top edge. Hand-pressed paper with deckle edge. Frontispiece in each volume. This is a 25-volume set (of an original 26-volume set; lacks Vol. II - Treasure Island [of course]) of the complete works of Robert Louis..... More
![Item #3129 Valima Letters [complete in 2 volumes]; Being correspondence addressed by Robert Louis...](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3129.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1668380282)
Chicago: Stone and Kimball, 1895. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Paper-backed boards. Frontispiece portrait. Uncut pages, with several pages unopened. Vol. I: 281 pp. Vol. II: 275 pp. Top layer of paper cover from both spines is removed (half of vol. I and all of vol. II) and laid in..... More
Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., [1885]. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 164 pp. with many ads in front and rear. Both covers detached and much of the paper covering spine is lost. Interior is excellent. This is a very uncommon early American printing of Stevenson's collection of adventure stories, a follow-up to..... More
44Flood, 2014. Hardcover. 4to. Slipcase. Boards. Full color. Unpaginated. This is the "Kraken Edition" limited edition of the cosmic horror graphic novel by the artist and author of 30 Days of Night. This edition was originally a Kickstarter reward which includes a signed bookplate, 3 signed prints, and a bookmark..... More
[London]: Printed for the author, 1788. First Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Contemporary quarter leather binding with marbled boards and speckled edges. Vol. 1: xvi, [8], 326. Vol. 2: [10], 326. Contemporary bookplate inside both covers from Cholmondeley Library which has left shadow on facing pages. Vol. 2 bears the inscription..... More
Johnson City, TN: Watauga Press, 1927. First Thus. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge.Hand-pressed rag paper. Frontispiece plus large folding map and bibliography. 197 pp. Very minor wear to corners. Signed twice by Williams, once on front free endpaper and again on..... More
Nara, Japan: Oriental Folk Museum, 1956. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece and many illustrations by the author, several in color. 222 pp. Minor scuffing to edges. A near fine copy. This is an uncommon first edition poetry collection by Japanese poet Tsukumo. The brief poems, composed..... More
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1956. First Thus. Cloth. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Publisher's sheet on the works of Abbe tipped in. Abbe's woodcuts throughout. Finely printed on Arches paper. 37 pp. Small scuff at footer of spine. Signed by Abbe on colophon. Excellent condition. This is a limited edition (numbered..... More
New York: Knopf, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Violet quarter cloth over blue boards. Dust jacket. 259 pp. Jacket has minor wear to edges and a light red scuff at top edge of front cover. Book is fine. This is a first edition of Updike's 1966 short story collection. This..... More
New York: Knopf, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue quarter cloth over brown boards. Dust jacket. 241 pp. Jacket has minor wear to edges, some scuffing at header and footer of spine. 1/4" closed tear at upper left of rear jacket cover. Book is fine. This is a scarce first..... More
Paris: J. Hetzel, [1866]. First Edition. Cloth. In French. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth with extensive gilt-tooled decorations on spine and cover. All edges gilt. 259 illustrations by Riou and de Montaut (though title page states 150 Riou illustrations). 467 pp. Minor scuffing to edges and sunning to spine. Corners bumped..... More
Calcutta: W. Thacker and Co., 1850. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Color map frontispiece. 5 etchings (2 in color), many text illustrations and charts. [5], 18, [4], xxx, [3], 484 pp. Front board along with map detached. Bottom 1/3 of leather removed from spine. Bookplate of Baptist Missionary..... More
London: Printed by Tho: Newcomb, for Rich: Marriott, 1670. First Edition, 2nd issue. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Contemporary morocco. No frontispiece, as issued. Collated and complete. Front board detached. Chipping to leather. Signature of "A. Burgoyne" on front free endpaper. Several pages have pencil mark in margins. Armorial bookplate of "Colonel..... More
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Deckle fore and bottom edge. Hand-pressed paper. 9 full-page illustrations, including frontispiece and a folding map. 301 pp. plus advertisements. Much speckling to spine and covers. Sticker residue on..... More
Chicago: Newberry Library, 1968. First Edition. Boards. 4to. 11"x8.75". Decorative boards with blue cloth spine stamped with gilt lettering. Many illustrative plates. 56 pp. Top right corner of front cover is bent, else fine. Presentation copy. This copy is inscribed by Wells "For Paul, with thanks." This copy also comes..... More
![Item #985 The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier [complete in 9 volumes]. John Greenleaf WHITTIER](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/985.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1567713997)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1892-1894. Leather bound. 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..... More
![Item #2681 Narrative and Critical History of America [complete in 8 volumes]. Justin WINSOR](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2681.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1651787721)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vos. Cloth. Marbled edges. Profusely illustrated. Handsomely rebound in uniform cloth for the Rockford College Library. Ex-library, with stamp on bottom block edges, bookplate inside front covers, and sticker on front free endpapers. Sticker residue on spine. Pages of vol. 1 are..... More
Boulder, CO: self-published, 1949. 3rd printing. Cloth. Large 4to. Publisher's cloth. Many illustrated plates by Wolle throughout. 544 pp. Ex-library, but only indications are an unobtrusive mark on spine, bookplate on front free endpaper, and card pocket on rear free endpaper. Sunning to spine, leaving title quite faded. Hinges overopened..... More
London: J. Johnson, 1792. 2nd edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Contemporary embossed calf. Marbled edges. [xix], [1], 452 pp. Boards are detached, and top layer of leather missing from spine. Text block is near fine, with no foxing and only a few dark spots of tanning in margins. Pages are bright..... More