Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coates, nd [circa 1885]. Rebound/Fine Leather. Hardcover. A very handsome binding on this classic Burns volume, the result is a beautiful and very readable collection. Tight, bright and unmarred. Halfbound, red leather spine and tips, five raised bands, gilt lettering and decorative elements, marbled endpages, text.....
Price: $175.00
London: Cochrane, 1834. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Noted flaws notwithstanding, a very presentable copy of this wonderful collection. Lovely for reading or rebinding. Light/moderate shelf/edge wear (focused at head, heel and tips), two volumes show repaired damage at spines, several joints starting, Vol. III split at both hinges, Vol. V......
Price: $125.00
Portland, ME: 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Seldom found in DJ (as it is unprinted). A very handsome copy. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows small chip at head and tail, else clean. Navy cloth boards, gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements, frontispiece. 8vo. 66pp. Illus. (b/w.....
Price: $45.00
Portland, ME: Stephen Burt/Wolfe Editions, 2010. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Black cloth boards. Small 8vo. np. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 8 of 20.
Price: $275.00
New York; New Haven, CT: Limited Editions Club, Yale University Press, Printing Office, [1937]. Limted Edition. Hardcover. The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî (1880) is a long English language poem written by "Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî", a pseudonym of the true author, Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), a well-known British Arabist.....
Price: $100.00
Tudor Pub. Co., 1938 [1927]. Reprint. Hardcover. Originally published in 1621, this is a strangly readable and engaging tome. As noted in the preface, translated into modern terminology, Burton's title would read, "An Analysis of Morbid Psychology." A rather handsome copy of this rather uncommon volume. Light shelf wear, one.....
Price: $65.00
New York: Harry N. Abrams, April 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. A pristine copy of this scarce and wonderfully illustrated volume. "A perfect early-eighteenth-century Georgian limestone manor house situated in the wild, overgrown patchwork countryside near Kilkenny, Ireland" captured his eye and imagination, the result is this outstanding work. Foreword by.....
Price: $350.00
Atlantic Monthly, 1945. First Edition. Original Wraps. This article embodied the idea of hypertext and, effectively, the function of the internet. “A remarkable early expression of ideas that were eventually realized in a different way on the Internet.” [OOC 519] "Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready-made with a......
Price: $3,500.00
Philadelphia, PA: Journal of the Franklin Institute, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. “The most powerful computing machine prior to the electronic digital computer. . . . Bush invented an elegant, dynamical, mechanical model of the differential equation. . . . The differential analyzer proved so useful that copies were built at.....
Price: $2,000.00
American Mathematical Society, 1936. First Edition. Original Wraps. The subject paper spans pp. 649-669, presented here as part of the complete volume. [OOC 245] "Bush was a significant figure in computer science. In 1930, he invented the 'Differential Analyzer,' the most powerful general purpose analog computer of its time, and.....
Price: $450.00
Franklin Institute, 1945. First Edition. Original Wraps. First paper presented; entire volume included. [not in OOC]. Light wear to spine, small closed split at tail, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Grey Printed wrappers. 8vo. 255-346pp plus adverts. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $175.00
Cambridge, UK: University Press, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. Eliza Butler, or Elsie (1885-1959) as she was more generally known, was born in Bardsea, Lancashire, into an old Irish family. She learnt German initially from her Norwegian governess, and was sent at the age of 11 to a private school in.....
Price: $45.00
Applegate, CA: Esoteric Publishing Co. ; Applegate Publishing Co., 1920. Twenty-third Edition. Hardcover. First published in 1887, Solar Biology simplified astrology by basing horoscopes on the sun and moon signs rather than complex planetary movements by radically simplifing a version of astrology during the 19th century. In the text, Butler.....
Price: $85.00
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England: The Final Score, 2003. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed paper boards, green cloth spine, frontispiece. 56x70mm. np. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 9 of 50.
Price: $75.00
Amersfoort (Netherlands): S.W. Melchior / P. Dz. Veen, 1917. [First Edition'. Hardcover. Beginner's astrology. The book is a comprehensive guide to the world of astrology written by Dutch astrology and author, C. Aq. Libra, born Roelf Jan Takens. Takens' primary vocation was a veterinarian doctor for horses, and he was.....
Price: $100.00
[1930]. Privately Printed for Members Only. Hardcover. Scarce, sort of a how-to for newly-weds, very tame erotica. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Black cloth, yellow paste-on titles on front cover and spine, black ink lettering. Small 8vo. 128pp.
Price: $45.00
New York: Robert Mcbride, 1928. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Contains eleven full-page illustrations and additional head and tail pieces by Frank C. Pape. Minor shelf/edge wear, hint of even toning to the leaves, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows minor shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Black cloth boards.....
Price: $145.00
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Beautifully illustrated by Pyle and printed in the Victorian style with a floral border in soft orange on each page. A very handsome copy of Cabell's second book. Light shelf wear, touch of rubbing and tiny nick in onlay, barest.....
Price: $65.00
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Verso of frontispiece shows stamp that reads "This book belongs to REFERENCE LIBRARY HARPER & BROTHERS." A very handsome copy of this Pyle illustrated classic, this being the publisher's copy. Very minimal shelf/edge wear, owner stamp on verso of frontispiece.....
Price: $175.00
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. A very handsome copy of this Pyle illustrated classic. Uncommon in such nice condition, quite scarce with original DJ. Minimal shelf/edge wear, owner plate at rear pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Original printed glassine DJ, toned and carefully repaired, several.....
Price: $245.00
Boston, MA: W.A. Butterfield, 1916 [1917]. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. The letters span from September 20, 1915 to April 1,1916. Reprinted 6 times in the first 12 months, this work was "[p]ublished for the benefit of the American Fund for Frech Wounded." Overall, a handsome copy in its original, and quite.....
Price: $45.00
San Francisco, CA: Gallimaufry, 1976. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Letter from the author to Lowry Thompson (founder of Rubberstampmadness) thanking her for an article on a mutual friend (and illustrator of Cabral's books). Tight, bright and unmarred. Illustrated paper wraps. 8vo. 48pp. Laid in letter, signed by author. Limited edtion.....
Price: $25.00
Paris: Ancienne Librairie Furne/Boivin & Cie, Editeurs, 1910. First Edition Thus (presumed). Hardcover. Part of the series "Collection d'Albums Historiques". Text in French. 40 full page images (including double page). Overall, a handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear, rebacked, new endpages, gilt toned at spine, light toning at page edges, else.....
Price: $225.00
Salt Lake City, UT: S. Caldiero-Oertli, 2010. Limited Edition. Stiff Wraps. Close-up images of vaginas with related peoms...each "scented" according to the subject (e.g. camper, vintner, dominetrix, mother, etc). What more can be said. Minor impressions at rear board (manufacturing mark), else tight, bright, and unmarred. Pink stiff paper wraps.....
Price: $325.00
New York: Abrams, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Introduction by Irving Wallace. Holmes purchased his first camera in 1883 and continued to snap until his death at 88. A remarkable collection of images. Noted flaws notwithstanding, a very handsome copy. Touch of dust staining at top of text block, hint of.....
Price: $45.00