Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Two quarto (8-3/4" x 11-1/4") volumes in dustwrappers. The first volume is text ( xxx, 657 pages), the second illustrations (880 plates).
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2007). First Edition. Hardcover. The story of Carter's post-presidency, the most admired and productive in the nation's history. INSCRIBED and SIGNED in full on a Carter Center bookplate pasted to the front endpaper: "Best wishes to/---/Jimmy Carter." Laid in is a letter from the Carter.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First Edition. wraps. A collection culled from twelve books. SIGNED by the poet on the half-title page.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by the poet on the title page.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, (1992). First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's green leather with gilt decorations, all edges gilt. SIGNED by the author on the limitation page. Laid in are the Note about the book and author as well as the Certificate. Made into a memorable film, FIELD OF DREAMS.....
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's blue cloth. Illustrated with 5 plates. Chapters on the forbidden pastimes of a recluse in 12th century England, a journey to Scotland in 1435, Paul Scarron, Voltaire's visit to England, and more. Jusserand was the French ambassador to the United States.....
New York: Grove Press, Inc., (1968). First Evergreen Black Cat Edition. Softcover. Paperback in illustrated wraps. SIGNED on the title page "William S. Burroughs" and additionally INSCRIBED "For R Leane [sic] Dahlberg/in memory of/a memorable/evening/William." R'Lene Dahlberg was the wife of the writer Edward Dahlberg, publisher of the Pequod Press.....
n.p. 1 January [early 1800s]. Letter. A one-page letter on laid paper (6" x 7-1/2") without salutation but addressed to Mrs. [Martha] Bradstreet on the address panel. In full: "I very much suspect, my dear friend, that you will escape the noise of our french and spanish infantry today --.....
[Philadelphia]: [John T. Bowen], [1838]. Third Edition. Hardcover. Folio (10-1/4" x 13-1/2") in full modern orange morocco leather with gilt lettering and decoration on the front cover and a gilt-lettered black morocco spine label, top edge gilt. Lacking the title page but otherwise complete with the 20 pages of descriptive.....
Garden City, NY: The Sun Dial Press, (1941). Reprint. Hardcover. Attractive reprint in essentially the same format, though slightly smaller, of this winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Steinbeck on the front endpaper to famed Mexican director and actor Emilio Fernández: "For Emilio (Kikapoo) [sic].....
London: George Newnes Limited, 1892 and 1894. Sidney Paget. First Edition. Hardcover. Two large octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") volumes: original light blue beveled cloth, front and spine stamped in black and gold, all edges gilt, floral patterned endpapers; original dark blue beveled cloth, front and spine stamped in black and.....
London: Chiswick Press/Constable & Company, Ltd., 1902/1918/1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Three small (@5" x 6-1/2") volumes in original cloth-backed boards with printed paper spine labels, housed in a blue cloth chemise and slipcase by Jas. MacDonald Co. The first volume is one of 300 copies printed. The second volume is.....
Paris: Boussod, Valadon & Co., 1887. Madeleine Lemaire. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10" x 12-3/4") beautifully bound in full dark green morocco leather with many variously colored morocco onlays and gilt decorations on both covers and the spine which has five raised bands; full gilt-decorated pastedowns with small leather onlays;.....
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Philadelphia: Moses Thomas, 1814. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary half red morocco leather and marbled boards with a gilt-lettered spine; iv, 524 pages. Illustrated with an engraved title page and 5 engraved portraits of Lord Byron, Joel Barlow, General Winfield Scott, Capt. David Porter, and General Zebulon Pike. The first appearance.....
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in later half black morocco leather with matching corners and dark brown cloth, gilt rules, gilt-lettered black morocco spine label, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled; [ii], 68 pages. Housed in a custom-made half brown morocco leather clamshell box with matching.....
London: Benjamin Motte, 1726. First Edition. Hardcover. Four parts in two octavo (4-3/4" x 7-3/4") volumes bound in full crushed crimson morocco leather by Root & Son; gilt rules on covers; gilt-decorated and lettered spines with five raised bands; gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; viii, [4], 148.....
New York: George H. Colton, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in recent half black polished calf leather with matching corners and contemporary marbled boards with marbled endpapers; [ii], iv, 656 pages. First appearance in print of "The Raven," considered by Poe to be his finest poem. A number of Poe's.....
Paris: A.Courcier, [1858]. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (7" x 10-3/4") in publisher's pebbled red cloth with a gilt-lettered red morocco spine, all edges gilt; [iv], 396 pages. Illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece and 11 chromolithograph plates of butterflies.
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1926. Vivien Gribble. First Edition. Hardcover. The First Limited Edition, royal octavo (7-3/4" x 11-1/4") bound in vellum-backed marbled boards and printed dustwrapper. Illustrated with 41 wood-engravings, including the frontispiece, by Vivien Gribble and a folding map at the end. One of 325 copies on.....
Boston: Limited Editions Club, 1940. Helen Sewell. Hardcover. Octavo (5-7/8" x 9-1/8") bound in full embossed brown sheepskin leather. Designed and printed by D. B. Updike at The Merrymount Press. Preface by Frank Swinnerton. Illustrated with line drawings by Helen Sewell. Copy #1267 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on.....
Boston: Limited Editions Club, 1934. Gordon Ross. Hardcover. Quarto (7" x 10") bound in cloth-backed boards covered in paste paper hand-made by Rosamond Loring in a Christmas tree design with each copy different from the next. This is copy #347 of 1500 designed and printed by D. B. Updike at.....
London: T. Fisher Unwin; Hutchinson & Co.; William Heinemann, 1897 - 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of 31 of Maugham's major works, all uniformly bound by Bayntun in 3/4 light blue polished calf leather and blue cloth boards with gilt-decorated spines with red morocco gilt-lettered spine labels, marbled endpapers.....
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. New Edition. Hardcover. Reprint of the New Edition, first issued in 1879 with a new introduction by Stowe. Bound in 3/4 green morocco leather and marbled boards with matching endpapers; gilt rules and a gilt monogram of Charles Edward Ballard, hotelier.....
London: William Heinemann Ltd., (1954). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (5" x 7-5/8") bound in full polished light blue calf leather with gilt rules on the covers, gilt-decorated spine with a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label, gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; xlv, [i], 703 pages. Contains 3 novels.....
(London): The Land Press, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound by Constance K. Wozny in a striking full black morocco leather art binding with onlays depicting a poppy weeping seeds of tears, tan morocco pastedowns, and marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 11 collotype illustrations from contemporary Civil War.....
