London: William Pickering, 1852. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Armorial bookplate of "Jacobus Cowan de Rosshall" and plate of Howard Faron Peckworth, signature of Lewis Turco in each volume. Turco is a noted American poet and collector (though, strangely, fond of embossing stamps). Overall, a very presentable set of this renowned.....
Price: $225.00
Chicago: H.J. Smith & Co, 1887. First Edition Thus/Reprint. Hardcover. Issued a year before by Smith & Miller (Chicago, 1886). Introduction by Sarah Hackett Stevenson. "[A]dapted from the writings of Pye Henry Chavasse." Noted flaws to pamphlet notwithstanding, a very handsome copy with the routinely missing plate book present. Minor.....
Price: $75.00
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1988 [1631]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. First complete English language translation of the 1631 work. "The book is based on Ji's notes and experiences from his career as a garden designer, which he discusses at length in his introduction. Since architecture is an integral.....
Price: $275.00
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1943, 1958, 1963. First Edition(s). Hardcover. A handsome set of this wonderful set on the history of Johns Hopkins Hospital/Medical School. First volume shows touch of toning typical of war rationed paper. Very minor to light shelf wear, Vol. 1 shows owner signature and bookplate on.....
Price: $200.00
1908: London. First Edition/Rebound. Hardcover. Short lived, yet remarkably important literary journal. Found here is the first year in find binding. Uncommon generally, scarce in as nice a presentation as here. Light self/edge wear, light even toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Halfbound, black leather spine and tips, five raised.....
Price: $175.00
London: Sheed & Ward, nd [1957]. Reprint. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, light toning at rear, spine toned, else bright, and clean. Geen cloth boards, brown ink lettering. Small 8vo. 255pp.
Price: $45.00
Culver City, CA: California Spectrum, 1982. First Edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. One of the first books by the now well established Jack Chipman, specialist in Bauer Pottery. A rather handsome copy of this exceptional reference volume. Soft crease at spine, light shelf wear and rubbing , focused at edges, else.....
Price: $45.00
Salem, MA: Geo. W. Pease & Co., 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Frontispiece is tipped-in cdv of the Major. Uncommon in any condition, very scarce as here. A very handsome copy. Minor shelf/edge wear, hint of foxing at preliminaries, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering, in blind.....
Price: $545.00
Leipzig, Germany: In Verlage Caspar Fritschens Wittwe, 1747. First Edition. Calf. Translation of title: Display and interpretation of the monograms, individual and distorted first letters of the names, as well as other features and symbols, under which famous painters, copperplate engravers, and other similar artists have hidden themselves in their.....
Price: $350.00
Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Diamond shaped bookplate of Massmanns at front pastedown. Handset, printed, and bound by F. X. Harrigan. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Red boards, label on front cover and spine, green endpapers, tipped in stamp frontis. 60x43mm. 7pp. Numbered limited edition, this being 89 of.....
Price: $175.00
Barcelona: Omega, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Text in Spanish. Overall, a handsome copy of this significant and scarce volume. Light shelf wear, one corner gently bumped, small bump at upper board, four small spots of wear in thin paper board cover, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge.....
Price: $145.00
Bexhill-on-Sea: Silver Thimble Books, 1987. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed, dated, and numbered by Gordon Murray. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Cloth boards, watercolor inset in upper cover, black paper slipcase with paper label, frontispiece. 62x70mm. 22pp. Illus. (watercolor). Numbered limited edition, this being 12 of 32.
Price: $400.00
Newark, NJ: Privately Printed/The Evening Courier Office, 1867. First Edition. Original Wraps. "President and Historian of the District Medical Society." (See, Cordasco 60-0345). Uncommon in any condition, scarce in original wraps, arguably rare inscribed as here. Overall, a fragile but presentable copy. Moderate/heavy shelf/edge wear, spine missing, two areas of.....
Price: $125.00
New York: BloomsburyUSA, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. N.B. The US edition preceded the UK edition by two weeks. Clarke's debut novel was the winner of the 2005 Hugo Award, 2005 World Fantasy Award, and Locus Award for Best First Novel. It was also a Nebula Award nominee and a Booker.....
Price: $65.00
New York: BloomsburyUSA, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. N.B. The US edition preceded the UK edition by two weeks. Clarke's debut novel was the winner of the 2005 Hugo Award, 2005 World Fantasy Award, and Locus Award for Best First Novel. It was also a Nebula Award nominee and a Booker.....
Price: $125.00
Privately Printed, c. 1930s. New and corrected edition. Hardcover. Account of the fortunes of a poor country girl who arrives in London at the end of the 18th century and of her adventures in the bawdy houses and brothels of the sinful city. Minor shelf/edge wear, touch of toning at.....
Price: $75.00
New York: Tor, 1999. First Edition. Original Wraps. Harry Clement Stubbs, best known by his pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. A near perfect copy of a rather scarce proof. Barest hint of sun at the spine.....
Price: $45.00
London: Anthony D'Offay Gallery, 1986. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Thee eighty-five pastels were drawn in the spring of 1980, in Ponchicherry, a former French colony on the Eastern Coast of India. They are reproduced here in the original size. The book was made at the Kalakshetra Press, under the direction of.....
Price: $550.00
Bangor, ME: Charles H. Glass & Co., 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a handsome copy of this scarce book of verse. Minimal shelf wear, very minor toning to boards, hint of toning at fep, small moisture stain at bottom of text block, else tight, bright and unmarred. White pictorial paper.....
Price: $45.00
Palissades, New York. 1812. First Edition Thus. Image used subsequently (1817) in a noted early map. Hand-colored, else bright and clean. Small Quarto. B/W litho, hand-colored.
Price: $125.00
New York: Macmillan, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Lovely tale of a little girl in Maine and author's poetry. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of soiling to boards, penciled name on ffep (partially erased), small tape ghost on ffep, small stain on fore-edge, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, blue.....
Price: $25.00
Washington, D.C. National Academy of Sciences, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. A well crafted history of this storied organization and the those who comprise it. Minor shelf wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Dark gray cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements. 8vo. 694pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index.
Price: $35.00
New York: Bodley Press, 1949. First American Edition. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Lily Pons. Light shelf/edge wear (focused at head and tail), minor sun at spine, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ lacking. Black cloth boards, blue ink lettering. marbled endpages. Oblong 8vo. 53pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $25.00
Bisbee, AZ: Pequeno Press, 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator and Publisher. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Embroidered cloth boards, pop-ups, frontispiece. 63x55mm. 34pp. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 15 of 55.
Price: $125.00
Sacramento, CA: Grande Ronde Press, 1968. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Signed by the author. Minor shelf/edge wear, signed by the author, else tight, bright, and unmarred. White paper wraps, black ink lettering. 12mo. np. Numbered limited edition, this being 62 of 100 [from a total edition of 126].
Price: $25.00