Harcourt, Brace: NY, 91936). Hardcover. 8 x 5.5", cloth, 334pp, covers rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, pp (especially feps) toned, some soiling to textblock edges, in a well-worn, edge-chipped/torn/creased dustjacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. SCARCE. More
The Saalfield Publ. Co.: NY, 1903. Hardcover. Illustrated by Gustave Dore, 9.5 x 7", gilt-lettered pict green cloth, 423pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, inner front hinge cracked (rear inner hinge cracking), adhesion mark to front fly, ink inscription from former owner, pp a bit toned; a loose copy..... More
Williams and Norgate: London, 1924. Hardcover. 9 x 7", vellum backed boards, 154pp, covers quite worn and soiled, forecorners bumped, top edge of front cover bashed, edges toned, scattered finger soiling. SWAF. LIMITED TO 400 NUMBERED COPIES (ON PAPER) (this is copy #260), SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR, E.M. COX. More
Crosby Lockwood and Co: London, 1887. 22 colored folding plates, text illustr, 10.75 x 7, cloth, 844 pp with index, covers quite worn and darkened with a ring stain on front cover, extremities fraying, spine ends with tears, top of rear hinge torn, hinges loose, front inner hinge broken with..... More
Lindsay & Blakiston: Philadelphia, 1854. 7.75 x 5, original gilt lettered embossed brown cloth, 347 pp + publ ads, covers moderately rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, spine ends chipped, hinges loose, front inner hinge broken, bookplate of former owner, pp foxed but still a nicely preserved copy of the FIRST..... More
Brunswick Publishing Co: Lawrenceville, VA, 1994. Photos, 9 x 6, pict wraps, 149 pp, a very nice, clean, fresh copy. INSCRIBED "To Mary Mina, dedicated in peace" and SIGNED BY THE EDITOR/TRANSLATOR GERBOURG FRICK ON THE DEDICATION PAGE. With a signed label from unidentified person affixed below. Scarce title. More
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: NY, (1980). Hardcover. 17.25 x 13", blue cloth, 213pp, minor shelf wear else a very nice copy in a worn/torn/chipped and tape-repaired slipcase. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. More
Scribner and Welford: NY, 1890. 9 x 5.5, cloth, 486 pp, indices, top edge gilt, ex lib, head of spine worn, spine shellacked, internally sound. FIRST ED. More
Boni and Liveright: NY, (1924). 8.25 x 5.5", rough cloth-backed patterned boards, 256pp, covers worn and darkened, spine browned, extremities bumped and beginning to fray, hinges loose, pp a bit loose, textblock edges toned, some old finger soiling, an old, browned newspaper review for the book affixed inside rear cover..... More
P.S. King & Son: Lonson, 1929. 8.5 x 5.5, green cloth, 251 pp with index, covers rubbed, sunned and bumped, hinges loose, ex-lib with usual markings, contents toned and worn. More
np (Ettan Press): Del Mar, California. 1980. Three color lithographs by Cornelia von Mengershausen, 12 x 11, six pp in cloth portfolio, minor cover soile and wear else nicely preserved item. LIMITED TO ONLY 55 COPIES, EACH COLOR LITHOGRAPH IS NUMBERED ("23") AND SIGNED BY C(ORNELIA) VON MENGERSHAUSEN... More
Political Digest Press: NY (1939). 9x6", stapled wraps, 31pp, covers moderately soiled with corner chipped. More
Edward J. Piszek/Copernicus Society of America: NY, 1991. 2 volumes. 9.25 x 6, red cloth, 842pp, 918pp, minor shelf wear, couple corners bumped else a nice, clean, fresh set in lightly used dust jackets. FIRST ED THUS. More
Copernicus Society of America/Hippocrene Books NY, 1992. 9.25 x 6, blue cloth, 717 pp, minor shelf wear else a very nice copy in lightly used dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. THUS. More
Edward J. Piszek/Copernicus Society of America: NY, 1991. 9.25 x 6, brown cloth, minor shelf wear, bookplate of former owner else a nice, fresh copy in lightly used dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. THUS. More
Crime Club/Doubleday: Garden City, NY, 1955. Hardcover. 8 x 5.5", black boards, 192pp, covers a little rubbed, extremities bumped, pp a little toned, in a rubbed, edge-worn dustjacket with small chip from bottom of sunned spine. FIRST EDITION. SCARCE. More
Hamish Hamilton: London, (1963). Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", cloth-like boards, 140pp, extremities lightly bumped, bookplate of former owner on front fly else a nice, clean copy in a lightly extremity-worn dustjacket. FIRST UK EDITION. More
Harcourt Brace: NY, (1941). Hardcover. 8 x 5.5", covers rubbed, spine ends bumped, extremities lightly worn, small shallow indent on spine, textblock edges lightly spotted, in a rubbed, edge-torn/torn, creased dustjacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. More
F.D. Richards: Liverpool, 1854. Hardcover. 6 x 3.75", rebound in green library buckram, 563pp, covers rubbed and darkened, extremities fraying, hinges loose, front blank detached and heavily chipped, EX-LIBRARY with usual markings, pp169-204 detached but present, pp toned and a bit fragile. "Fifth European Edition, Stereotyped". Sabin 83046. More
Haarlem 1958. Illus by Rene ben Sussan, 11.5x8", cloth, 196+glossary. Introduction by V.S. Pritchett. SIGNED BY BEN SUSSAN. More
St. Anthony Guild Press: Paterson, NJ, 1951. 9 x 6, cloth, 379 pp, bib, index, maroon cloth, vg. Revised ed. More
Prague 1925. Color illus by M. Fischerova-Kvechova, oblong 9x10.5", cloth backed pict boards, unpaged, though not marked, remnants of pocket affixed to inside back cover, covers very worn and chipped, end papers detached at gutter, others torn at gutter, some chipping to fragile paper. More
Longmans, Green and Co: London, 1907. Photos, 9 x 5.75", gilt-lettered red cloth, 342pp + folding map + publisher's catalogue, covers heavily worn and darkened, extremities bumped, top of spine chipped and torn, hinges loose, inner hinges cracking, EX-LIBRARY with usual markings, pp toned, old newspaper clipping clipped in at..... More
Richard G. Badger: Boston, 1900. Hardcover. 6 x 4.5", rebound into later maroon cloth, 125pp, covers lightly shelf-worn, eps with cloth tape reinforcement, pp toned and lightly used. More