London, 1776. Eight engraved plates, 11 x 9, full tree calf, 322 pp, covers a bit rubbed with a couple of spots, extremities bumped, tiny holes at top and bottom of spine, hinges loose, old bookplate (Essex Historical Society), prelims missing, top margin of title page missing, pp toned and..... More
The Evening News Association: Detroit, MI, 1900. Paperback. Colored photos, oblong 8 x 11.5", limp brown cloth, covers quite worn and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, some finger soiling, but colored photos still bright with tissue guards (mostly good); with large section on The Detroit News. Photos of the waterfront..... 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
London, 1700. Hardcover. 7.5 x 4.5", full leather, 376pp, covers very worn and waterlogged with old paper adhesions to front cover, front outer hinge cracked, rear cover and last two leaves detached (but present), bottom inch of spine cover detached (but present), title page browned around the margins, textblock toned..... More
Washington D.C., 1950. Hardcover. Approximately 8 x 4 x 2", red brick, written on one side "1953 From White House Washington D.C." Accompanying the brick is a printed card, 3.5 x 3.5", light creasing, soiling and staining. It reads "This handmade brick came from The White House at Washington. It..... More
The Cranbrook Press: Detroit, MI, 1902. 8.75 x 5.5, half vellum; boards, 39 pp, vellum yellowing, leather spine label a little rubbed else a nice, clean, tight copy in original, worn, browned clamshell case with numbered spine label and original silk ties. LIMITED TO ONLY 210 NUMBERED COPIES, THIS COPY..... More
Alfred A. Knopf: MY, 2004. Photos, 9.5 x 6.25", embossed blue cloth, 957pp + xliii (Index), a nice, clean, fresh copy in the original blue cloth slipcase and (opened) shrinkwrap. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, BILL CLINTON. "...failures of my life..." 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
Appleton: NY, 1896. Hardcover. Plates, folding plates, folding maps, 8 x 5", half red morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt ruled with gilt lettering, teg, pagination varies. Spines darkened, tips are worn, chipped and one tip is torn, bot covers of "Descent Of Man" have split about .75" from top, front..... More
W & A White & J Visscher: Albany, NY, 1842-43. 12 x 9.5, cloth, Part I: introduction, 188 pp, 2 plates of Croton Aqueduct, Mammalia, 142 pp, 33 engraved b/w, index. Part II: Birds, 380 pp, 141 color plates, index. Part III: Reptiles and Amphibia, text, 415 pp, index. Part..... More
J & H.G. Langley: NY, 1840. 9.25 x 5.75", blue cloth, 355pp, covers worn and stained, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, contents toned, foxed and waterstained near rear, but still a decent, usable copy. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THE SECOND PART, with notice printed in front concerning "Nearly Ready..... More
![Item #98-4824 THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF A BIBLIOMANIAC [Limited Edition, Field's wife's own copy]....](/pictures/thumb/98-4824.jpg?v=1666281370)
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1896. 8 x 5, gilt ruled polished calf, 253 pp, covers rubbed, small gouge on front cover near spine, extremities bumped and worn, spine darkened and rubbed, covers detached but present, contents in decent shape. LIMITED TO 150 NUMBERED COPIES ON HOLLAND PAPER. WITH EUGENE FIELD’S..... More
Houghton Mifflin Co.: Boston, 1983. Hardcover. Photos, 9 x 6", cloth backed pict boards, 326pp with index, covers a bit rubbed, extremities a little sunned else a nice copy in an extremity-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. 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
Whitney Museum: (NY), (1970). Paperback. Illus. in color and black/white, 11 x 8.5", pict wraps, 195pp with Selected Bibliography, covers a bit rubbed and finger soiled with remnants of old price sticker on front cover, extremities a bit worn, spine lightly toned and creased with one small abrasion, minor light..... More
Ticknor, Reid and Fields: Boston 1850. 7 x 4.5", later 3/4 red leather by Brentano's, top edge gilt; marbled end papers, 322pp, small ding in spine, erasure on fep, title worn & soiled with spotting that continues next few pp, pp321-322 in facsimile, minor text spotting, lacks publisher's list, new..... More
(Paramount 1946). Nice 14.5x23" sketch accomplished in watercolor and gouache showing Stanwyck wearing a periwinkle gown with parasol. More
np (Antwerp), 1585. 330 engraved plates, oblong 11 x 13", embossed and gilt-ruled/gilt-dec leather with later gilt-lettered spine label, covers heavily rubbed, outer hinges cracked, extremities bumped and chipped (esp. spine ends), hinges loose, pp toned and used with some spotting and finger soiling to margins, a few plates closely..... More
London n.d. (circa 1870's). 40 full page color plates plus other illus, 10x7", pict cloth, 312, 320, 312; 312 w/index, a.e.g., and loose set, extremities frayed, 2 archive handstamps cancelled, few plates with spotting/smudging. More
![Item #98-5535 THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN KEATS [foredge painting]. John Keats, H. Buxton Forman](/pictures/thumb/98-5535.jpg?v=1663352562)
Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, UK, 1921. Frontis portrait, 7.5 x 5, full gilt-ruled blue leather with heavily gilt-decorated spine, SIGNED BINDING BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE; aeg, 491 pp, covers a bit rubbed (esp extremities), spine a bit dull, hinges loose, still a nice looking copy, WITH FOREDGE PAINTING OF..... More
Harper & Brothers: NY, (1956). Hardcover. 8.5 x 6", two-tone cloth, 266pp with index, spine ends bumped, extremities worn, textblock edges toned, but still a pretty nice copy in a rubbed, edge-torn, soiled dustjacket with some minor chipping to spine ends. FIRST EDITION (stated, "M-E"), FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED "To Governor..... More
Cemetery Dance Publications: Baltimore, MD, 2002. Illustr by Bernie Wrightson, 10.5 x 7.25, morocco-like boards, 408 pp, extremities a little worn, hinges loose, minor soil to foredge of text block, light ink stamps to front endpapers else a nice, fresh copy in lightly extremity-worn dust jacket (but no slipcase). LIMITED..... 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
Harper & Bros.: NY, (1884). Hardcover. 25 full page engravings by Gustave Dore, 18.5 x 14.5", pict grey cloth, 23pp with Comment plus plates, covers quite worn and soiled, extremities quite bumped and fraying, spine ends torn, inner hinges and textblock cracking, extensive marginal finger soiling throughout, but still a...... More
np (Washington, DC), 1957. Paperback. Plain paper, 11 x 8.5", some yellowing, spotting, folds, in the original mailing envelope: roughly opened, yellowed, spotted, worn. "Dear N___ I haven't seen the N. Repug. Artl/merely heard that it doesn't stink. Too much fun in Brasil, Tokyo, Melbourne...Illiteracy of the senate being punctured..... More