Florence, Italy: Alinari Brothers, 1902. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Exceptional binding by Gambinossi. Overall, an extremely beautiful, if fragile, volume. Light shelf wear, (tips through), rear hinge shows small split at head and heel, front board split at hinge, one band repaired, else tight, bright and unmarred. Natural brown leather.....
Price: $50.00
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858. First (Book) Edition. Hardcover. 51 engravings on wood in b&w, 13 hand coloured engravings on steel. A very handsome copy of this scarce volume. Light shelf/edge wear, small nick in one band, very light foxing at text block edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound.....
Price: $350.00
New York: William Marrow & Co, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. The book is dedicated to Chaplain (Captain) Clarence W. Griggs of the 594th Port Battalion, who was killed in action on Okinawa on April 12, 1945 (from dediction). A lovely example of Ward's work...increasingly uncommon to find in DJ. Minimal.....
Price: $75.00
New York: Harper, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's fourth book. First state. Overall, a handsome copy. Minor shelf/edge wear, hint of toning at spine, owner signature on frontispiece verso, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, white ink label, gilt lettering and decorative elements, decorative endpages, frontispiece, tissueguard. Small.....
Price: $55.00
New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear, gentle bump to one corner, two small bumps at fore edge, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, minor chipping at top edge, subtle moisture stain at rear, else bright and clean.....
Price: $75.00
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very minor shelf/edge wear, priceclipped, else bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, white ink lettering and decorative elements. 8vo. 304pp.
Price: $45.00
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's first book. All points for first issue text block (e.g. "so pretty" on p. 245, line 16) and for first state boards (e.g. ear of corn pointing up). Onion skin paper with bookseller's penciled notes regarding points laid in.....
Price: $275.00
Garden City, NY: Doubleday Page, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's eighth book. Overall, a handsome copy of this well-loved work. Very minor shelf/edge wear, small ink mark at front hinge near heel, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, cream ink label, color pictorial.....
Price: $65.00
Garden City, NY: Doubleday Page, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's eighth book. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of fraying at head and heel, light toning at spine, front hinge professionally repaired, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, cream ink label, color pictorial endpages. Small.....
Price: $25.00
New York: McClure, Phillips, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's fifth book and first collection of short stories. Many stories related to his stint in the Indiana legislature. A handsome copy. Very minimal shelf/edge wear, bookplate on front pastdown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering, black decorative.....
Price: $75.00
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, spine sunned, else bright and clean. Navy coated cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, red topstain. Small 8vo. 359pp.
Price: $25.00
New York: House of Books, 1945. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Originally written in 1940 for radio broadcast (and including sound directions in the text). Overall, an extremely handsome copy. Barest hint of shelf/edge wear, signed by author on limitation page, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth, gilt lettering. 12mo.....
Price: $95.00
Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor shelf/edge wear, hint of toning at spine, owner signature on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, white ink labels, black ink lettering and decorative elements, color frontispiece. 8vo. 318pp. Illus. (color plate).
Price: $35.00
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, light dust staining to top of textblock, minor non-penetrating moisture stain at top of textblock, front joint professionally repaired, else tight, bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, white ink lettering and decorative elements. 8vo. 319pp.
Price: $25.00
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Origin of the 1932 film (directed by David Butler; starring Will Rogers and Joel McCrea). Overall, a very presentable copy. Minimal shelf/edge wear, light sunning of spine label, two small stains at bottom of text block (non-penetrating), else tight, bright and.....
Price: $45.00
Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a very handsome copy. Minimal shelf/edge wear, small pull at rear pastedown (manufacturing flaw), else tight, bright and unmarred. Minor shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Beige cloth boards, brown ink labels, gilt lettering and decorative elements, light tan endpage.....
Price: $100.00
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1915. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Tied to film by Universal-Jewel. Light shelf/edge wear, hint of fraying at head, else tight, bright and unmarred. Olive cloth boards, black ink lettering and label, frontispiece. Small 8vo. 349pp. + ads. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $25.00
New York: McClure Phillips, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's third novel. First state (the' for 'she' on page 127). A very handsome copy, warmly inscribed, including a lovely bit of verse and a small sketch. Quite exceptional. Very minimal shelf/edge wear, slight cock to spine, inscription on verso of frontispiece.....
Price: $375.00
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. A handsome copy of this minor classic. Minor shelf/edge wear, owner signature on half-title, hint of toning at spine, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, pictorial endpages, color frontispiece, red topstain. 8vo. 280pp. Illus.....
Price: $45.00
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. A very handsome copy of this minor classic. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ priceclipped, else bright and clean. Quarterbound, navy cloth spine, dark tan paper boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, black ink decorative elements, brown paper endpages, yellow topstain. Small.....
Price: $75.00
Indianapolis, IA: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. "These letters were written by Booth Tarkington in 1903 and 1904, during his first trip abroad, with his parents and his wife. They were addressed to his three nephews, John (aged fourteen), Donald (aged twelve) and Booth Jameson (aged one)." (from flap).....
Price: $45.00
New York: Doubleday Doran, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. The basis for the 1940 film of the same name. A tale of a boy and his dog. A handsome copy in an increasingly uncommon DJ. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, minor chipping (head.....
Price: $45.00
New York: Harper & Bros. 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Code of B-Q indicates first. Overall, a handsome copy. Minor shelf/edge wear, spine lightly toned, owner signature on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering and label, frontispiece, tissueguard. Small 8vo. 329pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates).....
Price: $125.00
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. First state binding. (Ross, 24) Quite uncommon in DJ. A handsome copy of this minor classic. Gilt at top of text block toned, gift inscription on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very minor chipping at rear bottom edge.....
Price: $145.00
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Second state textblock (with "sence" instead of sense on p. 19, but p. viii unnumbered), first state binding. Very minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, cream lettering, cream and black ink pictorial element, frontispiece. Small 8vo.....
Price: $125.00