New York: John B. Alden, 1891. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 7.5"x5.25". Olive cloth with gilt lettering and embossed black decorations on spine and cover. 268 pp. Several small stains on covers. Hinges overopened. Foxing to endpapers. Occasional foxing throughout. The is a first edition of Elder David Bartley's allegorical religious novel about..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 260 pp. Minor wear to jacket edges. Crease at front jacket flap is rolled over a bit, making the jacket seem to fit loosely. Laid in is the review of this book clipped from the..... 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
New York: New American Library, 1966. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Half-cloth. Dust jacket. 304 pp. Ex-library, with sticker on spine, withdrawal stamps on top and bottom block edges, card pocket on front free endpaper, and stamp on title page. Slight lean to spine. Library tape and some specks of..... More
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 author of..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. 253 pp. Rear jacket cover has some minor scuffing along top and right edge and a small nick at left edge of jacket spine. Touch of discoloration bottom right corner..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Reddish purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. 224 pp. Rear jacket cover has some minor scuffing along bottom and left edge. Book is fine. This is a first printing of Golding's early novel. By the author of..... More
![L'opere d'Oratio Poeta lirico comentate da Giovanni Fabrini da Fighine [Poems of Horace]; in...](/pictures/thumb/1535.jpg?v=1588805063)
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 rubbed..... More
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Philadelphia: University Library Association, [1880s]. Cloth. 8vo. 8.25"x5.75". Green cloth with pastedown on spine. Gilt top edge. Several illustrated plates. Covers have some superficial stains and scratches. Pastedowns' foxed. Minimal foxing to some endpapers. Man Who Laughs 1 and Bug-Jargal have small bored holes on bottom edge. Tight and clean. This..... More
![Œuvres [complete in 9 volumes]. R. P. Henri-Dominique LACORDAIRE](/pictures/thumb/1047.jpg?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 and..... More
New York: Putnam, 1933. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Hand-pressed rag paper. Deckle edge. 364 pp. Signed by Masters on colophon. Ex-library with a mark on spine, bookplate on verso of front free endpaper, card pocket pasted on facing page, and an embossment on title..... More
New York: Tyrant Books, 2013. First Edition. Paperback. Paperback original book and 45 RPM record in unopened shrink wrap. Book is 8vo. 6.5"x5.5". 222pp. Record sleeve is 7.75"x7.75". Shrink wrap is torn in 2 places, but book and record have not been removed and are in new condition. This is a signed..... More
New York: Modern Library, 1982. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Faux-leather boards with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated dust jacket. 270 illustrations by Kent. 823 pp. Dark scuff on right block edge. Very minor scuffing to jacket edges. A fine copy. This is the scarce 1982 Modern Library facsimile of the 1930 Rockwell Kent-illustrated..... More
![The Dramatic Works of Moliere [complete in 6 volumes]; A New Edition with a Prefatory Memoir,...](/pictures/thumb/1093.jpg?v=1570900327)
Philadelphia: George Barrie, [1878]. Cloth. 8vo. 8.75"x6.25". Dark green pebbled cloth with spine pastedowns. Gilt top edge. Steel engravings by Horace Vernet, Desenne, Johannot, and Hersent. Hand-pressed paper. Minor edge wear and scuffing to all covers. Spine headers and footers all have a bit of tearing. Hinges overopened. Cover of Vol..... 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
New York: Viking Press, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. 760 pp. Ex-library with sticker on spine, stamp on title page, and card pocket inside rear cover. 1" square of tape residue on jacket spine, as well as some sunning. Some speckles along right block edge. This..... More
Viking Press, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second state (no period between "talk" and 'this" on line 11 page 112). Dust jacket is price clipped and has slight rubbing around corners. There is a small stain on dust jacket cover over second "o" in "Moon." Lean to spine. This..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1885. Leather bound. Large 8vo. Flexible padded ooze calf with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Rounded gilt edges. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated plates. 772 pp. Leather edges mildly scuffed. 1" closed tear to covering at header of spine. Previous owner's gift inscription on 2nd free..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1894. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 6"x8". Gray cloth with gilt lettering and illustrations on cover and spine. Variant binding A. Illustrated plates by Dan Beard. 219 pp. plus advertisements. 1/8" tear on left edge of spine and some minor scuffing to header and footer. Brown discoloration..... 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 is the..... 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 edition of..... More
London: Hogarth, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 12mo. Yellow cloth. Original dust jacket illustrated by Vanessa Bell. 329 pp. Book is very good and jacket is good. Cloth has speckles and stains around the edges. Rectangular discoloration inside front endpapers, which appears to be offsetting from something previously laid inside..... More