![The Works of Charles Dickens [12 volumes]. Charles DICKENS](/pictures/thumb/1518.jpg?v=1583885204)
Chicago: Louis Lloyd Co., 1871. Cloth. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt stamped decoration on front cover, blind stamped rear cover. Illustrated plates by S. Eytinge Jr. Edge wear to all volumes, with some chipping to corners, header and footer of spine. Front hinge of Dombey and..... More
Koln: Taschen, 1997. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Paper slipcase. Color plates. 239 pp. Slipcase is somewhat flimsy and has some nicks and bumps around edges. Sunning on book cover where slipcase leaves cloth exposed. This is a monograph and critical examination..... More
Milan: Charta, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Black boards. Pictorial dust jacket. Color plates. 475 pp. Minor wear to jacket edges. 1" closed tear at top right of jacket spine. This is a monograph of the works of experimental performance artist Abramovic. More
New York: Artabras, 1982. 1st edition, 6th printing. Hardcover. Large 4to. Red boards. Pictorial dust jacket. Color plates. 319 pp. 2 dark stains on front board, possibly paint. Minor wear to jacket edges. Rear jacket cover has several closed tears and cuts as well as sticker residue over bar code. Pages..... More
New York: Hyperion, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. Half maroon cloth over navy boards. Pictorial dust jacket. Many photographic plates. 212 pp. Light shelf wear. This is an out-of-print photographic retrospective of the life of Walt Disney written by two Disney company veterans, with a foreword by his close friend Bradbury..... More
Montreal: Brimar Publications, 1990. Hardcover. 4to. Illustrated boards. Full color illustrations on every page. 334 pp. Minor shelf wear. Tear to top right of spine covering repaired with tape by previous owner. Tight and clean. This is a scarce Disney story book from 1990 which includes full-length retellings of Disney classics including..... More
![The Second World War [complete in 6 volumes]. Winston CHURCHILL](/pictures/thumb/1512.jpg?v=1583885195)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948-1953. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth. No jackets. All volumes in very good condition, tight and clean. Sunning to spines. Closing the Ring has a tear near top of spine cover, as well as previous owner's information written on front free endpaper. This is a complete..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, [1931]. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Grey cloth with illustrated pastedown on spine. Red stained top edge. Bentley's pen illustrations throughout. 390 pp. No jacket. Minor scuffing to cloth and pastedown. Tight and clean. This is a scarce first American edition story collection by English humorist..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Green decorative boards. Illustrated plates. 261 pp. plus advertisements. Minor edge wear. Green mark on bottom block edge. Speckles on top and right block edges. Gift inscription from 1907 on first free endpaper. Tight and clean. This is a first edition..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1905. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Some text printed in red. Photographic plates. 190 pp. Minor edge wear. Tight and clean. This is a fascinating, finely printed collection of Riley's romantic poetry featuring many early photographic plates (called "Life Pictures"..... More
Mt. Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, [1960s]. Hardcover. 12mo. Decorative boards. Dust jacket. Woodcut illustrations. 62 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage illustrated souvenir book of clever sayings by Ben Franklin. More
Boston: First Church of Christ, Scientist, [1970s]. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Beige cloth. Dust jacket. Contains full facsimiles of 13 books by Eddy. Top edge of jacket rather worn, with numerous chips and closed tears. Book is near fine. This is a reprinted collection of non-canonical writings by Mary Baker Eddy, founder of..... More
Chicago: National School of Footology, 1960. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth. Many diagrams and photographs, several in full color. 159 pp., of which 27 pp. are advertisements for Dr. Scholl's products. Minor edge wear. Student's information filled in on title page. Tight and clean. This is a very curious book, a textbook with..... More
New York: Hurst & Co., [1900s]. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo. Blue cloth with blind embossed decorations. 176 pp. Both hinges overopened with tearing to paper. Pages quite brittle, and several are chipped at edges. First 4 leaves loose and laid in. This is a handsome early reprint of the second Sherlock Holmes mystery..... More
Elgin, IL: David C. Cook, 1907. Cloth. 8vo. Half olive cloth with holly-patterned boards. 94 pp. Minor edge wear. Tight and clean. This is an early reprinted novel by Welsh minister Jones with a very attractive binding. More
Philadelphia: Altemus, 1894. Reprint. Cloth. 12mo. Brown cloth with silver lettering and decoration to spine and cover. Frontispiece. Hand-pressed paper. 296 pp. plus advertisements. Scuffing to edges. 1" dark scuff on rear cover. Corner of p. 83 creased. Tight and clean. This is a handsome reprint of Mitchell's (pen name IK Marvel)..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1903. Cloth. 8vo. Navy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. 4 illustrated plates. 249 pp. Very minor shelf wear. Tight and clean. This is an early reprint of Davis' novel. More
Boston: Dana Estes, 1893. Cloth. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Gilt top edge. xviii, 315 (Vol. I), 325 (Vol. II). Minor scuffing to edges. Bookplate of Gladys James inside front cover. Tight and clean. This is a finely printed edition of Scott's 1816 novel..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1892. 2nd American edition. Cloth. 8vo. Rust-colored cloth with gilt lettering and decorations and shamrock patterns. 10 illustrated plates plus frontispiece. 455 pp. Edges rather worn with scuffing to corners and header/footer of spine. A few spots of discoloration on covers, likely a water stain. Slight..... More
New York: Wiley, 1915. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering ot spine. Line illustrations throughout. 271 pp. Wear to edges and corners. Discoloration, perhaps an oil stain, on pp. 2-3. Tight and clean. This is a scarce illustrated handbook for turn-of-the-century electricians. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press / Thomas Nelson, 1873. Full leather. King James translation. 12mo. 5"x3". Full calf with gilt tooled decorations to spine and both covers. All edges gilt. Unpaginated. Edges and spine scuffed. Leather beginning to tear at top and bottom right corners of spine. Corners bumped. Front hinge overopened..... More
![The Life of Nelson [complete in 2 volumes]. Robert SOUTHEY](/pictures/thumb/1496.jpg?v=1583549826)
London: John Murray, 1813. First Edition, 2nd issue. Full leather. Small 8vo. Contemporary calf. Gilt tooled hubbed spines. Gilt top edge. Marbled endpapers. Brown silk ribbons attached. Vol. I: engraved frontispiece, viii, 253, 1 (advertisement); Vol. II: engraved facsimile of Nelson's signatures, viii, 280 (5 advertisements). Vol. I front hinge is..... More
New York: Riverhead Books, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over green boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 372 pp. Shelf wear to jacket. Corners bumped. Edges not ideal, but tight and clean. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first edition novel by the author of The Kite..... More
New York: Heritage Press, 1939. First Thus. Cloth. 8vo, Red cloth. Black slipcase. Hand-pressed paper. Color plates. 399 pp. Slipcase is cracked and chipped around edges. Minor sunning to spine. Tight and clean. This is a limited edition Heritage Press printing of Irving's classic novel. More
Chicago: John C. Winston, 1930. 2nd printing. Cloth. Large 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover, as well as illustrated paste-down. Blue stained top edge. With maps and illustrations in color and black and white. 409 pp. Some shelf wear, and a bit of the gilt..... More