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 York/Orlando, FL: Fromm/Harcourt, 2000; 2006. First Edition. Hardcover As New with DJ. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Collection of two volumes of Deborah Harry autobiography and Jen Trynin's fairytale through the rock industry. Shelfwear around edges/DJ, else tight, bright, and unmarred. 8vo, illus. (b/w). DJ present. One volume.....
Price: $50.00
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
Melbourne; London: Lutterworth Press, 1946. Fourth Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Inscription on ffep (presentation) by author: To Dr. Milton I. Rocues(sic)? with compliments" Formerly owned by Oliver Sacks. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to.....
Price: $350.00
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: Four Swords, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Original Wraps. Cover stories: Is Homosexuality Catching? A Lesbian Raps., The Gay Witch Hunt. A large review The Homosexual Handbook, with a photo of Angelo d'Arcangelo! Al Goldstein was listed with Jim Buckley as "wizards." Executive directors Lige Clarke and Jack Nichols.....
Price: $350.00
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
London: Routledge, 1994. First Edition. Original Wraps. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver’s, incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. Inscription on tp from author to Oliver Sacks. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for.....
Price: $150.00
Biponti [Zweibrucken, Germany]: Ex Typgraphia Societatis, 1784. Editio accurata. Half Calf. Translation to English: The works of Claudian which are extant have been compiled into the best editions. Literary information is preferred. Studies of the Bipontine society. A detailed edition. Claudius Claudianus (Claudian for short; around 370 (?); † after.....
Price: $200.00
New York: New York University Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. In the late 1990’s, when John P. Clay started to work on the concepts for the Clay Sanskrit Library (“CSL”), his key objective was to produce fifty titles. Today, the list of published volumes encompasses fifty-six works. Inscribed to Oliver.....
Price: $400.00
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
New York: Blue Ribbon Press, [1934]. Illustrated pop-up edition. Original Wraps. Classic story of Puss in Boots illustrated by Harold Lentz in pop-up form and black and white text with illustrations. Harold Lentz was an advertising and children's pop-up book illustrator, also the paper engineer for other books as, "Pinocchio,".....
Price: $200.00
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