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London, England: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1901. Hugh Thomson. Limited Large Paper Edition 1/250 (October, 1901). Hardcover. LARGE PAPER EDITION, 1 of 250 copies. Quarto. (10 1/2 in. x 7 1/4 in.) White cloth over boards, with elaborate gilt vignette to front board with singing cardinals in trees. Smudging and..... More
London, England: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1900. Revised, with New Preface. Hardcover. Octavo. Olive-green cloth over board with elaboratge tree and branch design in gilt to front board with 4 gilt cardinals singing high in the branches. Top edge gilt, all others untrimmed. Bright and tight, but for some sunning..... More
Philadelphia, PA: The Griffith & Rowland Press, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.75 in. x 5.25 in., pp. 320. Illustrated with tissue-guarded color frontis and seven additional black and white plates. Burgundy cloth boards with black, white and yellow corn and tornado design, and white title, to front. Gilt title..... More
New York: Triangle Books, 1940. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.6 in. x 5.1 in., pp. 288. With chapter-heading ink drawings. Red cloth boards eith double decorated silver frames. Silver title and stamped bandlines to spine. Publisher's red edges. Shelfwear to edges. Shallow small dent to back board. Unmarked interior. Age-toning to pages..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1870. Hardcover. Small octavo, 7.5 in. x 5 in., pp. 444. Beautiful cover: Blue-gray cloth boards with red title and red and black frames, surrounding acorn design, and paste-on pictorial to front. Gily title and black and red acorn design to spine. Rubbing..... More
Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First American edition in first state binding. Orange boards with blue graphic to front board, blue . lettering to spine. Slight rubbing to extremities. One small corner nudge to bottom rear corner. Bright and bold Dustjacket design by Boris..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo, 7.4 in x 4.8 in., pp 70. Contemporary pictorial gray boards printed in dark brown with dark brown cloth spine. Fore- and bottom-edges untrimmed. Light rubbing to extremities; bottom corners nudged and peeping. Half-inch dent to fore-edge. Previous owner's..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1954. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.25 in. x 5.75 in., pp. 258. Beige cloth boards with dark brown title to front and spine. Light moisture stain to top of spine and along base of rear board. Untrimmed fore-edge. Bokseller's sticker to rear..... More
London, England: Richard Bentley (Printed by Samuel Bentley, Bangor House, Shoe Lane), 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. NOTE: VOLUME 1 (OF 3) ONLY: Original tan paper over boards and reddish-brown spine (spine now faded to brown) -- (7 15/16 in. x 4 3/4 in.) with paper label affixed to spine..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1941. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket corners clipped, but original price still present on both front and rear flaps. Some minor rubbing to extremities, now protected in mylar. Book itself beautifully bound in red cloth boards, with gilt lettering to spine. Signed and..... More
Boston, Mass: Little, Brown & Co., 1940. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.75 in. x 6 in., pp. x, 346. Dark blue cloth boards with semi-circle of gilt horizontal lines to front and spine; gilt title to spine. Light shelfwear to edges. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper. Small..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. STATED FIRST PRINTING. Hardcover. Small octavo, 7.8 in x 4.8 in., pp. xvi, [2], 237. Signed by the author on title page. Black cloth-covered boards with copper title bands, and publisher's insignia to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Small nudges to three corners. Pen..... More
West Chester: Edward F. James, 1878. Third edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.8 in. x 5 in., pp. 300, [6]. Illustrated with tissue-guarded frontispiece entitled "The Rhine." Dark brown cloth boards with frame stamped in blind to front and back. Gilt title to spine. Light scuffing to boards and sunning to spine..... More
Roslyn, NY: Walter J. Black, 1957. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.6 in. x 5.2 in., pp. 156. Tan buckram boards with dark brown title to spine. A hint of spotting to endpapers. Unmarked interior. Touch of rubbing along bottom edge of dustjacket. A couple small chips to base of dustjacket spine. Protected..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1937. First Edition. Octavo, 5.4 x 8.25 in., pp. 265. Blue cloth boards wth gilt title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Sunning to top and bottom quarter-inch of spine. Right top corner of front free endpaper (presumably bearing previous owner's name/address) clipped off. LIght..... More
New York: Random House, 1948. Stated Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.2 in. x 5.5 in., p. 247. Black cloth boards with blue and gilt title and gilt dotted-line design to front and spine. Light shelfwear to top/bottom of spine. Bottom corners lightly nudged. Bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown. Several larger..... More
New York: The Century Company, 1906. Leather-bound. 113 pages. Small 12mo (5 1/4 in. x 3 in.) tan leather bound copy, intricately tooled with nautical motifs. Cover bright with some general wear and rubbing, all edges gilt, binding tight. Interior clean and bright, tear to rear endpaper. Note: 15 pages..... More
Boston, Mass: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.75 in. x 5 in., pp. 416. Illustrated with frontis and 19 additional plates by Frederick Church. Gray cloth boards with elaborate black image of a fox stealing a rabbit and gilt title to front and spine. Rubbing..... More
London, England: J.M. Dent & Sons, Undated (c. 1926). Hardcover. 12mo, 7.1 in x 5.2 in., pp. 127. Illustrated with color frontis and seven additional color plates. Red cloth boards with paste-on illustration to the front and an elaborate floral gilt design to front and spine; gilt title to spine..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran and Company, 1936. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.75 in. x 5.25 in., pp. 278. Ochre cloth boards with black title and "Crime Club" insignia to spine. Rubbing to extremities with corners lightly nudged. Single wrinkle to back board. Previous owner's stamp to front..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1944. Stated Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.7 in. x 5.5 in., pp, 221. Green-gray cloth boards with breen title to front and spine. Shelfwear along bottom edge. Bottom rear corner nudged. Unmarked interior with ligght age-toning. "Second Printint" and "$2.50" to inside dustjacket flap. Small..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition, FIrst State. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.5 in.x 5.5 in., pp. 355. First State: Publication date to title page and copyright page; Scribner's seal to copyright page. Catharine misspelled "Katharine" on the front flap of dustjacket; "$2.50" pricing. No legal disclaimer. Black cloth boards..... More
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company & Story Magazine, 1946. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Cornell Woolrich, writing as William Irish. A Story Press Book published by Lippincott in association with Story Magazine Octavo. Tan boards with blue lettering and design to spine. Front free endpaper bears 16 date stamps on one..... More
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1950. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Eight fictional pieces by one of the early American masters of the short story (and novels). 8vo. Forest-green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to fspine. Very light shelfwear to extremities. Of James, an American who became a naturalized..... More
New York: Jacobsen Publishing Company (Modern Reprint Library), 1927. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.75 in. x 6 in.,pp, 282, (28) (advertising). Blue cloth boards with black title to front and spine. Fifteen color plates at book's end feature front covers of new publications from The Modern Reprint Library. Light shelfwer to edges;..... More