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
Garden City, NY: Doubleday Doran, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Sans DJ, otherwise a very handsome copy. Very minor shelf/edge wear, discrete bookseller label, else tight, bright and unmarred. Navy cloth boards, cream ink lettering and pictorial element, frontispiece. Small 8vo. 321pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $45.00
New York: McClure, Phillips, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's second book. First state. (Russo & Sullivan, 6-9) Warmly inscribed by author. A handsome copy. Very minor shelf/edge wear, hint of sun at spine, inscribed by author on verso of frontispiece, else tight, bright and unmarred. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering.....
Price: $225.00
London: George Routledge and Sons, nc. [circa 1883]. First Edition. Hardcover. Original pictorial boards showing fourteen small children each holding a letter of the title. True first of this charming children's tome, color plates printed by Edmund Evans. Greenaway is best known as the illustrator of Mother Goose. Light shelf.....
Price: $165.00
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1874. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Set appears to be unopened. Wonderfully and richly illustrated by the author. Please note, this is an unnumbered set and it is unknown if it is complete. From the library of Susan Mary Alsop. Born Susan Mary Jay in Rome.....
Price: $350.00
Wrentham, MA: Nathaniel Heaton, 1800. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. From the library of noted American poet and author Lewis Turco. Volumes from Turco's library are easy to identify as he had a (bad) habit of both signing the pastedown and embossing the title page. It does, however, make it easy.....
Price: $65.00
Mamaroneck, NY: Harbor Hill Books, 1983 [1989]. Second Printing. Hardcover. Introduction by Warder H. Cadbury. A pristine copy of this scarce volume. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements, frontispiece. 12mo. 100pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $45.00
New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1945. First Edition Thus/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a very handsome copy of this richly illustrated, limited edtion. Spine lightly sun touched, else tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows moderate wear at edges, glue separation at seams, (black paper slipcase, red paper pastedown). Burgundy cloth boards, black.....
Price: $45.00
Los Angeles, CA: Estate of Kingsley Tufts/Privately Published, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements. 8vo. 115pp. Limited edition, this being 46 of 250, signed by Kate Kingsley, the late author's wife.
Price: $35.00
Los Angeles, CA: Kingsley Tufts/Privately Published, 1984. Reprint. Hardcover. Association copy. This edition was produced by the Tufts to be sent out on Christmas 1983...this information drawn from a note laid into this volume from Kate Tufts, the author's wife. This volume was a gift to the individual who purchased.....
Price: $45.00
Los Angeles, CA: Kingsley Tufts/Privately Published, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements. 8vo. 103pp. Limited edition, this being 11 of 250, signed by author.
Price: $35.00
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1919. First Edition/First State. Hardcover. "Decorations in Tint by Wilfred J. Jones." First state copy, with decorative endpapers and with the design on page 18 rightside-up. First separate and first illustrated edition, preceded by the 1906 "The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories" (unillustrated). (Blanck 3683;.....
Price: $325.00