Milan: All'Insegna del Pesce d'Oro, 1967. First Edition. Printed wraps. Copy #249 of 1000 printed by the Stamperia Valdonega di Verona. Text in Italian. Illustrated with many photographs including some of Joyce's handwriting.
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. The first volume only of ten of The Manuscript Edition of Muir's Collected Works, this volume containing THE STORY OF MY BOYHOOD AND YOUTH as well as A THOUSAND-MILE WALK TO THE GULF, and more importantly, a leaf of.....
New York: Random House, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Wilson A21: 4000 copies printed. Introduction by Carl Van Vechten. Music by Virgil Thomson and words by Gertude Stein. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the Cast Page by Stein, Thomson, and 3 cast members. Laid in is an announcement for the New York.....
München: Hans von Weber-Verl. [1903]. Alfred Kubin. First Edition. Hardcover. Large (15" x 18-1/2") string-tied black cloth portfolio with the artist's name in gilt on the front cover and containing 15 loose prints (14" x 17-1/2") from original drawings with the artist's printed signature and title beneath each image. The.....
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1874. John Ruskin. New Edition. Hardcover. Three large octavo (7" x 10-1/4") volumes in the publisher's brown blindstamped and gilt-decorated cloth. One of 1500 copies SIGNED by the author at the end of the preface. Illustrated with 62 plates, many in color, and drawings in.....
(Exeter, NH): (News-Letter Press), 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. The 1928 yearbook for The Phillips Exeter Academy, James Agee's senior year, with 13 references to him including his senior photo with description, and 7 other photographs including him. In addition to belonging to the drama club and swim team, Agee won.....
[1946?]. First Edition. Poster. A 16" x 21" poster in color, apparently produced in 1946 when the U.S. military was trying to enforce a policy of non-fraternization in the occupation zones between the troops and European women. It depicts a dark and ominous female hiding behind the mask of a......
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Poet's second book. This copy is in full black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. We have also handled a copy in light gray cloth and are unaware of any priority in cloth color. Laid in is a compliments slip.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Arthur Szyk. Hardcover. Four large octavo volumes (7-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full closely woven black linen with lavish gold leaf stamping and housed in two slipcases. The definitive translation of Sir Richard Burton. Additional notes in separate supplement volumes by Henry Torrens, Edward.....
New York: New Rivers Press, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Paperback Original in pictorial wraps of Baxter's first book, a collection of poetry issued only in softcover in an edition of 500 copies with illustrations by Mary Miner. Precedes his second book by 4 years and his first book of fiction.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. First issue binding. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper and dated 1917.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1947). First Edition. Hardcover. Short stories and a novella, the first work of fiction published by Warren after the Pulitzer prize-winning ALL THE KING'S MEN. Includes the much-anthologized story "Blackberry Winter." INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "For Alexander [?]/with.....
Halifax, NS: Gossip and Coade, Times Office, 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto (5-3/4" x 8-3/4") in original brown cloth rebacked with heavy brown binder's tape with most of the original spine label pasted on; xxxix, 272, [1] pages. Illustrated with a folding lithographic frontispiece ("Parrsboro' From the Water, 1836").....
London: M. Poulson, W. Taylor, et. al./W. Taylor and C. Rivington, 1723/1724. Fifth Edition/Early Edition. Hardcover. Two octavo (4-3/4" x 7-3/4") volumes bound in one in early paneled calf leather with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label; [xxiv], 312; viii, iv, 138; [10] pages. The second volume has a frontispiece illustration.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Helen Sewell. Hardcover. Tall octavo (7" x 10-3/4") bound in full top-grain black sheepskin with a morocco grain and the title stamped in gold leaf on the front cover and spine; 320 pages. Each sheet is printed in black and brown. Selected and edited.....
Lund: Prof. Joh. Lundblad, 1795-96. First Edition. Hardcover. Three parts in one small octavo (4-1/4" x 7-1/8") volume in calf-backed boards with contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels; [14], 207, [2]; [2], 387, [1]; [2], 139, [13] + 8 folding plates engraved by J. M. Weller. Swedish translation of the treatise.....
Paris: Claude Barbin and Simon Benard, 1676 & 1677. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo (3-3/4" x 6-1/4") in calf; [xxxviii], 341, [17]; [xvi], 71pages. In the 1670s, there was a heated debate among Paris intellectuals concerning whether inscriptions for a proposed triumphal arch in honor of Louis XIV should be.....
Dublin: Thomas Courtney, 1826. Early Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo (3-1/2" x 5-1/4") in original calf-backed boards titled in gilt on the spine; 180 pages. Frontispiece engraving (laid down on inside front board, as issued?), 4 full-page plates, and several text engravings. A collection of bizarre but true stories, apparently aimed at.....
Amsterdam: Abraham Wolfgang, 1675. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (3-3/4" x 6-1/4") in contemporary vellum; [xxxii], 422, [8] pages. Illustrated with 8 engraved plates (2 folding). A scarce treatise on the life cycle and anatomy of the mayfly based on microscopic examination, dissection, and experimentation by one of the outstanding comparative.....
New York: Random House, (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. A satire of Richard Nixon featuring a politician named Trick E. Dixon.
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1824. First Edition. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-3/4") volumes in contemporary calf with early rebacking; 16 (ads), xii, [2], [9]-439; vi, [5]-459 pages. Complete with half-title pages. Illustrated with a large folding map and 15 plates. The primary work on Stephen Long's second expedition, compiled by.....
Washington DC: (J. H. Furst), 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's green cloth; vi, 214, [2] pages. SIGNED by the author at the end of the introductory letter, as with many copies. BAL 34. One of a series of late works by Adams in which he tried to incorporate new scientific.....
New York: The Dial Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First book by the author of the acclaimed IRONWEED.
Philadelphia: Jacob Maas, 1829. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-decorated red morocco-backed marbled boards with matching morocco corners; 88 pages. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Jackson, an engraved title page, 4 plates (the Golden Wreath printed on white clay-coated stock, The Battle of New Orleans, The Hermitage, and The Capitol).....
New Haven, CT: Published by the author. 1902 [1903]. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo (6-1/8" x 9-1/2") in original printed green wraps; x, 548 pages. Illustrated with 40 plates and over 250 cuts in the text. A detailed history of the island including detailed accounts of flora, fauna, and climate.
