Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society, 1951-1991. First Edition. Hardcover. A quarterly publication, lavishly produced and covering a wide range of Montana and Western history related subjects. An exceptional run of this important record of Western Americana. All volumes privately bound. An outstanding collection (also includes several dozen 1990s editions). [N.B......
Price: $3,500.00
London: Paramount Studios, 1921-1938. First Edition(s). Hardcover. In-house magazine for Paramount Films, aimed at Cinema Managers. These wonderful volumes include screen stills, film backgrounds, Boise, "story inserts" (for local paper republication), "poster ads," and wonderful images of local theaters. All volumes came from the Kobel Collection. Kobel was apparently in.....
Price: $25,000.00
Rome: Banca Commerciale Italiana, 1960. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Unusual to find in such nice condition. A handsome set. Hint of toning at board edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows light shelfwear, light toning at rear and top, else tight and clean. Halfbound, beige cloth spine cream stiff.....
Price: $75.00
Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1892. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Vol. I-Sense and Sensibility; Vol. II-Pride and Prejudice; Vol. III-Mansfield Park; Vol. IV-Emma; Vol. V-Northanger Abbey, Persuasion; Vol. VI-Lady Susan, A Memoir, The Watsons, Letters. An early and significant collection, beautifully illustrated and, overall, quite handsome. Minor shelf/edge wear.....
Price: $1,750.00
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, 1793. First Edition Thus (Second Revised and Augmented Edition). Hardcover. Engraved portrait frontispiece, after the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds (by J. Baker). Includes the fold-out 'Round Robin' plate (Vol. II) and a fold-out plate containing facsimiles of Dr. Johnson's handwriting (Vol. III). The last.....
Price: $2,000.00
London: Cochrane, 1834. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Noted flaws notwithstanding, a very presentable copy of this wonderful collection. Lovely for reading or rebinding. Light/moderate shelf/edge wear (focused at head, heel and tips), two volumes show repaired damage at spines, several joints starting, Vol. III split at both hinges, Vol. V......
Price: $125.00
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
New York. Third Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a very nice set of this well known reference set. Very minimal shelf wear, touch of foxing at text block edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements. 8vo. xxxiii, 773pp; xxv, 800pp; xxv, 787pp; xxv, 840pp; xxv.....
Price: $75.00
Basel Verlag: Birkhäuser-Klassiker, 1944. First Edition Thus (presumed). Hardcover. Minimal shelf/edge wear, small bookseller plate tipped in at endpages, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, light toning at spine and edges, else clean. Quarterbound, blue cloth spine, painted paper boards, navy ink label, gilt lettering. Small.....
Price: $45.00
New York: P.F. Collier, 1885. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. A very presentable early set of Irving. Light shelf wear (focused at head, heel and tips), front hings cracked in V.1 (easy repair), cutting error at page 289 in V.2 (page creased, no text involvement), gilt at spines toned, gilt on.....
Price: $45.00
Aventuros, 1925. Limited Edition/First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Bookplate of Elmer B. Rowley. (1909–1992), noted collector, educator, author, and amateur mineralogist. "Privately printed for subscribers only". As noted above, includes prospectus and the very scarce order form, printed in yellow with Kent's decorative "W" at rear with Aventuros' mission, "WHAT WITH.....
Price: $950.00
New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. A handsome set of this extremely readable collection. Light shelf wear, several spots of careful repair to leather, else tight, bright and unmarred. Small 8vo. Various Pagination. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $450.00
East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1899. First Edition Thus. Full Leather. A variant binding depicting a couple on horseback. There are two variant states of the text of this title. This is the version with "Yea" as the first word on page 24. Minimal shelf wear, some fading of the green.....
Price: $75.00
New York: H.M. Caldwell, 1900. First Edition Thus. Full Leather. An absolutely lovely copy of this wonderful little volume. A pleasure to have in hand. Minor shelf wear, owner inscription on ffep (1907) else tight, bright and unmarred. Brown limp, overlapped leather wraps, gilt lettering, black ink decorative element, brown.....
Price: $55.00
New York: Limited Editions Club/Anthoensen Press, 1985. First Edition Thus. Loose Signatures. This is a set of loose signatures of Poe's classic tale printed by the Anthoensen Press on mould-made paper, designed by Ben Shiff and hand-set by Michael and Winifred Bixler. The bound copies were bound by John Isakovics.....
Price: $1,250.00
New York: Charles Scribner & Sons, 1873-1921. Hardcover. These volumes include the first printings of prose and poetry from some of the major figures in American literature (e.g. Roosevelt, Wharton, Hay, Woodhouse, Galsworthy, Frome and Henry James). Plates by many significant artists of the time (e.g. N. C. Wyeth). There.....
Price: $1,500.00
New York: George Routledge & Co., 1858. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Exceptionally illustrated by John Gilbert, engraved by "The Brothers Dalziel". A handsome set embodying the renowned editing of H. Staunton. Bookplate of Alfred Petit (?-1895), noted French artist in two of the three volumes. Book ticket of Veuve J. Boyveau.....
Price: $650.00
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
New York: F-R Publishing Co., 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Each volume includes approx. 13 to 15 individual issues filled with what has made the New Yorker famous, outstanding articles and cartoons by some of the period's luminaries (N.B. This was the golden age of the New Yorker, Harold Ross was.....
Price: $7,500.00