New York: Scribner's, 1895. First Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. 8.5"x7". Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover and embossed decorations. Many illustrated plates by Reginald B. Birch. 191 pp. plus illustrated advertisements. Minor scuffs to cover, and some dark discoloration on back cover. Hinges overopened. Tight and clean. This is... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1907. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 7.75"x5.25". Blue cloth embossments and illustrated pastedown. Decorative endpapers. Art Nouveau decorations and illustrated plates by Fisher and Hapgood throughout. 127 pp. Covers lightly scuffed. Minor toning throughout. Tight and clean. This is a first edition adventure novel by McCutcheon, better known for... More
New York: A.L. Burt, [1900s]. Cloth. 8vo. 7.5"x5.25". Blue decorated cloth with stained edges. Decorative endpapers. Many illustrated plates by John Schonberg. 434 pp. plus 20 pp. advertisements. Edges scuffed. Hinges overopened. Minor soiling throughout. Tight and clean. This is an early printing of Henty's historical novel of Sweden for young people..... More
Bombay: [C.H. Shah], 1925. Cloth. 8vo. 7.25"x5.25". Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. 447 pp. Covers scuffed and discolored. Front hinge overopened. Minor offsetting throughout. Minor soiling to endpapers. Owner's inscription on front free endpaper and owner's stamp on tissue guard over frontispiece. Tight and clean. This is an..... More
Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1939. 9th edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 7.5"x5". Navy leatherette. Many illustrations and diagrams. 834 pp. Water damaged throughout, giving the pages a wrinkle and stiffness. Both covers cracked down center. A reading copy. This is the 9th edition of the US Navy's handbook for junior officers. A fascinating... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1925. 3rd printing. Cloth. 8vo. 8"x5.5". Green cloth with gilt lettering and and illustration on front cover. Several illustrated plates. 392 pp. Edges and corners rather scuffed. Hinges overopened. Owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper. Minor soiling to endpapers. Tight and clean. This is a.... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1892. Cloth. 8vo. 8.25"x5.5". Green and white striped cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Gilt top edge. Many illustrations by Harry W. McVickar. 296 pp. Rectangular sunning on front cover. Cloth scuffed at header and footer of spine. Previous owner's inscription on... More
New York: Ecco, 2010. First paperback edition. Paperback. 8vo. Pictorial wraps with French flaps. 279 pp. plus appendix of photographs and illustrations by Robert Mapplethorpe. Very light scuff bottom edge of front cover. Signed in blue ink on first free endpaper. This is a signed first paperback edition of Smith's National Book... More
Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company, 1898. Cloth. 8vo. 7.75"x5.25". Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Gilt top edge. Several illustrated plates. Frontispiece and author's portrait with tissue guard laid in as issued. 294 pp. plus author bio and advertisements. Scuffed edges. Hinges overopened. Minor foxing throughout. One illustration... More
New York: In Fact, 1943. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8"x5.5". Navy cloth with red lettering on spine and cover. 286 pp. No jacket. Minor scuffing to rear cover. Tight and clean. This is a first edition of crusading anti-fascist journalist Seldes' muckraking book. This is a specially printed "Subscribers Edition" for subscribers... More
New York: Vanguard, 1926. First Thus. Cloth. 8vo. 7.25"x4.5". Brown cloth with red lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Decorative endpapers. 225 pp. Minor scuffing to exterior. Previous owner's name inside front cover. This is the first Vanguard Press publication of Soviet leader V.I. Lenin's two most influential works. An... More
London: Macmillan, 1888. Cloth. 8vo. 7.75"x5". Blue cloth with lettering and decoration on spine and cover. 604 pp. Spine a bit cocked. Minor stains and scuffs on covers. Hinges overopened with some tearing inside rear hinge. "Mrs. A.J. Clapp, Alleton, 1888" in pen on second free endpaper. This is an early... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1938. 1st edition, 5th printing. Cloth. 8vo. 8.25"x5.75". Navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt deocration on cover. Navy stained top edge. Many diagrams and charted. 319 pp. No jacket. Top and bottom of covers are discolored. Spine a little sunned. Soiling at hinges... More
New York: Viking Press, 1989. First American Edition, 13th Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 9.25"x6.5". Black boards over black quarter cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 547 pp. No jacket. Signed on half title. This is a signed first American edition of Rushdie's extremely controversial novel, the fallout from which forced the author to... More
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1929. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x6". Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Woodcut illustrations by Alexander King. 336 pp. No jacket. Edges quite rubbed and corners crushed. Cloth stripped at header of spine. Hinges overopened. Interior tight and clean. This is an early reprint of adventurer Seabrook's... More
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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
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New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1900s]. Full leather. 8vo. 6.25"x4.25". Black soft mottled leather with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Gilt top edge. Silk ribbon attached. Marbled endpapers. Vol. I: 726 pp. Vol. II: 728 pp. Edges scuffed. Spine header of Vol. I chipped. Front hinge of Vol. I.... More
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1900s]. Full leather. 8vo. 6.25"x4.25". Black soft mottled leather with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Gilt top edge. Silk ribbon attached. Marbled endpapers. 794 pp. Edges scuffed, particularly spine footer. Front hinge overopened and endpaper torn. Tight and clean. This is the sequel to Dumas'..... More
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1954. Revised Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Various paginations. Spines are sunned on all volumes. A few stray pencil marks, and some notes in pencil inside front cover of Julius Caesar. Typewritten book report on Ditto paper laid inside... More
Toronto: William Briggs, 1909. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 9"x6". Grey decorative cloth with illustrated pastedown. Decorative endpapers and page borders. Illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens and N.C. Wyeth. 225 pp. Covers and spine scuffed. Corners bumped. 1/2" stain bottom center of back cover. Stamp from "Maude Orchard Pharmacy, Strathroy, Ontario" on... More
New York: Dial, 1941. Paperback. 8vo. 7.75"x5.25". Wraps. 279 pp. Edges and spine a little scuffed. Minor toning throughout. Tight and clean. This is a pro-Soviet, anti-Nazi political tract by American journalist and activist Strong. More
Koln: Taschen, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 13"x10". Navy boards. Pictorial dust jacket. Photographic plates. Unpaginated. Several stains and scuffs on dust jacket. Corners bumped. Bottom block edge water damaged throughout. This is a retrospective of disgraced portrait photographer Richardson's work with an essay by Hanson in English and German, and... More
Koln: Taschen, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 11.25"x11.25". Pictorial boards. Photographic plates. 3D glasses included. 219 pp. Edges and covers a bit scuffed. Does what it says on the tin. With a contextual essay by Hanson in English, German, and French. More
Cleveland: Utopia Publishing Company, 1902. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 9"x6.25". Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece and 14 illustrated plates by author. No jacket as usual. Minor scuffs and stains to covers. Bookplate inside front cover. Tight and clean. This is a first edition utopian novel... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1912. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 9"x6.5". Red cloth with embossed decorations. Ilustrated endpapers. Many woodcut illustrations by Rhead. 286 pp. Cover unglued from block. Several stains and scuffs on cover. Previous owner's mark on front free endpaper: "Homer Chandler, 3140 Berkely Ave., March 26, 1915." Some... More