New York: Pantheon Books, 1996. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. A wonderful collection of excerpts from the work of over 50 authors, all relating to food, drink and the consuming of the same. Includes work by Anthony Brugess, Lawrence Durrell and James Joyce and many others. A handsome copy. Tight, bright.....
Price: $25.00
New York: Peter Weed Books, 1966. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear, gift inscription on front free endpage, else tight, bright an unmarred. DJ Fine. Black pictorial boards (mirroring images of DJ). 64pp. 0.50 x 6.75 x 7.25. Illus.
Price: $45.00
New York: J.E. Taylor, 1902. First American Edition. Hardcover. Preface and translated from Russian from Ivan Strannik. Bookplate indicating its place in the noted Tabard Inn's library. Light shelf wear, front joint starting, small split at heel of spine, light wear at head and spine near head, bookplate on front.....
Price: $25.00
Washington, DC: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983. First Edition. Original Wraps. 66 b/w plates. A very handsome copy of this very scarce exhibition catalogue. Minor shelf/edge wear, touch of sun toning at rear edge, else tight, bright and unmarred. Square 8vo. np. Illus. (b/w plates). Bibliography.
Price: $175.00
East Rutherford, N.J. Roehrs Co. Publishers, 1982. 11th Edition. Hardcover. "A treasury of Indoor Ornamentals for Home, the Office, or Greenhouse--in warm climates the Patio and the Garden Outdoors." (from title page). Very light shelf wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows on small scuff mark, light shelf wear.....
Price: $450.00
Leicester, UK: Orpheus Press for Twelve By Eight Press, 1961 [2013]. Limited Edition/Design Binding. Hardcover. "A traditional American ballad on the joys of the bedroom with its companion poem "In Disapproval of Bundling". The publisher writes "Old bed sheets of several colours gave raw material for the paper, but the.....
Price: $1,750.00
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1940. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Introduction by A.A. Milne. Rackham had been invited to illustrate the first edition of Willows in 1908, but was unable to accept the project. He regretted the miss for years, but was able, just before passing.....
Price: $1,250.00
1950. First Printings. Original Wraps. Ten books in a series of unknown number (Vol. 1 and 2 bound together). There is no indication that this was every properly 'published' as there is no record of it in any holding. Many/most erotica books from this mimeo era were stand-alone books, even.....
Price: $750.00
[California]: Grand Lodge of California, 1979. Reprint Edition. Staplebound. Modified reprint edition from the Grand Lodge of South Carolina, adapted for California "Lodge System of Education." Light toning to edges of wrappers, creased corner, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed in blue wrappers, digest size, 55 pp.
Price: $40.00
Edinburgh: John Grant Booksellers, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Richly illustrated (over 350 illustrations). A very handsome copy of this minor classic. Tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows minor shelf/edge wear, crease at front flap, price clipped, else bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, blue ink lettering. 12mo. 142pp. Illus (b/w.....
Price: $45.00
Lockerbie, Scottland: Hesten Isle Press, 1990. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Catalog of miniature letterpress books. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Burgundy paper boards. 52x72mm. 51pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $25.00
San Francisco, CA: Bindweed Press, 1968. First Printing. Handbill. "Fri. Sat. Feb. 2 & 3 Crystal Ballroom" A *pristine* copy of this remarkably rare handbill. The prior owner found this handbill in a book where it has safely rested since 1968 or so. It is an "As New" copy. Bright.....
Price: $2,500.00
New York: George Braziller/Phillips Collection, 1983. First Edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Introduction by Theodore F. Wolff. Exhibition catalog. Arguably the most complete review of Graves' life and work. Very light shelf wear, gift inscription on half title, else tight, bright and unmarred. Frontispiece. 4to. 174pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates).....
Price: $35.00
New York: Bantam Books, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. "When ex-Wall Streeter Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree bought a charming 1823 fixer-upper in tiny Eastport, Maine, she figured she'd also bought herself a tranquil, stress-free life. But Jake soon learned that appearances can be deceiving, and that even small towns have their share.....
Price: $22.00
1774. Broadside. 26 lines, 3 stanzas with refrain. Hand-drawn decorative boarder, certain elements in red ink, majority in black. A fine example of funeral oration at the time of the Revolution. Thomas Gray is probably best known for his popular 'Elegy in a Country Church Yard'. Stephen Gray is believed.....
Price: $450.00
Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1930. First Edition thus. Hardcover. With an Introduction by John D. Winterich. Signed "With compliments of Fred Anthoensen," (owner/designer of press). A pristine copy of this lovely, fine press volume. Tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, black treated cloth boards, color pictorial endpages, gilt lettering, gilt.....
Price: $45.00
London: Harding, Triphook & Lepard, 1825. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Overall, a very handsome set. Light shelf/edge wear (some tips through), spines show light toning, some corners gently bumped, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, five raised bands, gilt lettering, decorative elements and dentelles, frontispiece, all edges in.....
Price: $250.00
New York: Scribner's & Sons, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Includes 24 illustrations and 8 maps. Large color map in rear pocket. Smith lists this and a London edition as both first printings. [Smith 3824] A very handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear, minor toning to spine, small spot at bottom of.....
Price: $145.00
Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book Company, 1974. Hardcover. A richly illustrated book exploring the story of the Mormons, crafted for non- Mormons. These books were often "presented" to notable visiting guests. This copy was a presentation copy to Dr. and Mrs. Carroll Williams (noted Harvard scientist) and is so.....
Price: $25.00
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons/Knickerbocker Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Foreword by Josephine Diebitsch Peary. An engaging history of the Arctic explorer who was, allegedly, the first man to set foot at the North Pole. Includes accounts of earlier Arctic trips. Light shelf/edge wear, discrete pencil ownership signature at.....
Price: $45.00
New York: Nancy Loeber, 2016. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Includes eight woodcuts (portraits of Byron and of his various lovers) accompanying an 8 stanza poem by George Green. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Drum leaf binding in a stiff paper wrapper, reduction woodcuts. 4to. np. Illus. (color prints). Numbered limited edition.....
Price: $875.00
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Mass: 1868. Unique. Framed Decorative Calligraphy by convicted wife-murderer Rev. William Harrison Green of West Cornwall, Connecticut, lech, polygamist, PT Barnum politician. He convicted of poisoning his second wife with strychnine for her money, sentenced to be hung Dec 4, 1868, a sentence reduced to life imprisonment in 1869, in.....
Price: $7,500.00
London: George Routledge and Sons, nd [1881]. First Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a handsome copy in its original and very scarce DJ. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. First edition, second state ("Lattice Edition"). Meets all the points of issue found in Schuster & Engen 140 (1b).....
Price: $950.00
Bisbee, AZ: Pequeno Press, 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Publisher. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Paper boards, green cloth onlay, poker chip onlay, printed pictorial board on back cover, unique endpapers. 69x60mm. 127pp. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 13 of 50.
Price: $100.00
Portsmouth, NH: Harrison Gray, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Incribed by the author: "Winthrop Sargent Esq. from his friend & brother, J. Greenleaf" Minor shelf/edge wear, rebound, slight discoloration at the spine, presentation inscription by author at ffep, minor toning at preliminaries, else tight, bright and unmarred. Halfbound, leather spine, gilt.....
Price: $150.00