np (Samarkand?), nd (c 1800s). 8.5 x 5, later floral-print boards, 129 leaves of thick, waxy paper with two columns of 15 lines each, manuscript poetry in Persian in black and gilt, with gilt, green and blue borders, 11 bright color miniatures depicting people (many with halos of flame) and..... More
Works Publishing: NY, 1946. Hardcover. 8.5 x 5.5", blue cloth, 400pp, covers quite worn and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, ink name of former owner at top of front fly (with date 1944), pp toned and a bit used. FIRST EDITION, Tenth Printing, August 1946. More
Harper's: NY, 1860-1865. 6 Vols. Illus.; ads, each 16 x 11.25", half red leather; marbled boards, vp, covers rubbed and darkened, extremities lightly worn, hinges loose, some tears to pp, some spotting, last issue (Dec 30, 1865) is missing everything but first cover and verso, else a very nice set..... More
Oxford University Press: NY, nd. 7.25 x 5, full limp leather, aeg, 1087 pp + Concordance + index + maps, covers heavily worn, extremities bumped and badly fraying, hinges cracked, contents (especially endpapers) badly waterstained, pp creased, a poor, loose copy of the Red Letter Edition of the King James..... More
Humphrey Phelps: NY, 1832. 16 x 20", folded into a 5 x 2" gilt-lettered leather folder, colored in outline, one tear at a fold repaired and now browned (at right margin and into the Atlantic Ocean, not at land) else a nicely preserved example; map shows the US to Arkansas..... More
Typographia Balleoniana: Venetiis [Venice], 1741. Hardcover. Two full page illus., title vignette, 8 x 5", highly gilt decorated red leather; aeg, 453pp + index, covers rubbed and lightly scratched, extremities bumped and worn, spine quite worn and lightly chipped at ends, front outer hinge worn, endpapers toned, light marginal foxing..... More
(Johann Gutenberg: Mainz), (1455). One sheet of watermarked paper, 15.5 x 11", with two columns of 42 lines each, printed in black Gothic letter, in black with red and blue, one brown spot (about 1" in diameter) over one column (front and back), some worming in one margin, old glue..... More
np (London Film Productions: London), 1948. 17 x 12, one sheet, with crayon and watercolor illustration, creases, tears, edges chipped, pp browned, but SIGNED "BEATON," with ink manuscript instructions at bottom, referring to "Dolly:" Dolly Oblonsky was played by Mary Kerridge. The dress is brown with purple accents. Fantastic item..... More
Paris (1956). B/w illus, 14.5 x 10.5", pict boards, spine defective, covers very worn (esp at edges), contents very loose, eps soiled, spotted & stained, ffep wrinkled, title page a touch soiled. MISSING ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS!!! (except for cover) BUT BOLDLY INSCRIBED & SIGNED TWICE BY MARC CHAGALL (ONCE IN..... More
Gazetecilik ve Matbaacilik: Istanbul, 1949. 8 x 5.5", gilt-lettered embossed (portrait of Churchill) red pebbled cloth, 392pp, covers worn and darkened, foredges of both front and rear covers badly waterstained, hinges loose, minor finger soiling to endpapers and a few other pages else a decent copy of one volume from..... More
J.M. Dent & Sons: London, 1924. Frontis plus 60 tipped-in illus., 10.75 x 8.25", gilt-dec brown cloth, 122pp, covers a little rubbed, some bubbling of cloth (old water damage?), extremities bumped, hinges loose, ink inscription from former owner on front blank, last page unevenly toned (from old newspaper clipping?) else..... More
William B. Eerdmans: Grand Rapids, MI, (1998). Hardcover. Photos, 13 x 11", rough cloth with pict photo label on front cover, 1i + 1016pp, covers a little rubbed, minor finger soiling to foredge of textblock else a nice, fresh, clean copy of this SCARCE facsimile of what is considered to..... More
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Coward-McCann: NY, 1928. Hardcover. Illus., oblong 10 x 7", pict boards, unpaginated, minor extremity wear else a nice, clean copy in an extremity-worn slipcase. LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES (this one #105) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Missing the called-for original wood-engraving signed by the author, though. More
Harper & Row: NY (1968). 8.5 x 5.75", cloth backed boards, 170pp, minor extremity wear else vg in dw with minor wear to edges. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (w/"5.95 & Jerry Bauer photo). More
Doubleday & Co.: Garden City, NY, 1977. Hardcover. 8.5 x 5.5", cloth backed boards, 447pp, spine ends lightly bumped, top edge of textblock lightly soiled, former owner's blindstamp on front fly else a beautiful copy in a lightly edge-worn, spine-sunned, spotted (on rear panel) dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, INKSTAMPED "With Compliments..... More
J.B. Lippincott: Philadelphia, (1960). Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.5", green cloth backed boards, 296pp, spine ends lightly bumped else a nice, clean copy in a rubbed and extremity-worn dustjacket with a hint of moisture at bottom of rear panel. Ninth Impression in an Eighth Printing Dustjacket, but INSCRIBED "To Marian Osmond..... More
Macmillan and Co.: London, 1888. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", grey cloth, 255pp + ads, covers heavily rubbed and darkened at edges, extremities badly bumped and fraying, small black spot on back cover, spine cocked, inner hinges cracked, blindstamp of former owner on front fly, pp toned with some finger soiling..... More
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Macmillan & Co: London & NY, 1893-1898. 8 Volumes. 7.75 x 5.25", gilt-ruled green morocco w/elaborate gilt inner dentelles, aeg. Includes: The Renaissance, Appreciations, Marius the Epicurean I & II, Plato & Platonism, Greek Studies, Gaston de la Tour, Imaginary Portraits. More
np (London), 1902. Hardcover. Frontis + 15 color plates by author, 5.25 x 4", pink pictorial boards, unpaginated, covers a bit rubbed, front cover a bit sunned, spine and top edge of front cover a bit soiled, end papers foxed else a nice copy, in a custom-made, lightly worn, splitting..... More
Washington, DC, 1955. Paperback. Two cent postcard, oblong 3.25 x 5.5", front cover with pre-printed stamp, postmark, address written by Ezra Pound; reverse with written message from Pound, INITIALED "Ez P." BY EZRA POUND. Pound writes to a Corporal in the US Army at Fort Benning, GA, answering two questions..... More
J.D. (Dawson) for Nicolas Bourne: London, 1629. Illustr title border, 7 x 5.5, rebound (early 20th century?) in half black leather, pebbled cloth, 240 pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, inner hinges cracking, ex-lib with usual markings, contents good. BOUND WITH: FOURE SERMONS, Wherein Certaine Objections against..... More
The Macmillan Co.: NY, 1938. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", cloth, 85pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities fraying, some scratches to front cover, spine label a bit browned, endpapers toned. SIGNED BY THE ABBEY PLAYERS (on the unevenly toned front fly): MAUREEN DELANY, MAY CRAIG, AIDEEN O'CONNOR, EILEEN CROWE, ARTHUR SHIELDS..... More
Ballatyne: Edinburgh. 1827. 7.5x5", full leather, contemporary blue morocco, gilt decorated, five raised bands on spine, gilt lettered red spine title labels, lightly worn owner's bookplate in each volume, all hinges sound, very good. FIRST EDITION. More
Random House: NY, 1934. Hardcover. 8.5 x 6", black cloth, 57pp, covers rubbed and a bit dusty, top edge of back cover with some paper adhesion, endpapers unevenly toned; still a good copy of the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED "For Veronica Hutchinson..." AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, GERTRUDE..... More
