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
Sebastianus Mabre-Cramoisy: Parisiis (Paris), 1674. Extra engraved title; illus., 8.75 x 5.5", highly gilt-dec red leather, aeg, vp, covers heavily rubbed and darkened, extremities bumped and chipped (esp. spine ends), hinges loose, pp toned with scattered marginal staining and soiling, with some added old engravings, and bound with a portion..... 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
Chez Henri Tardieu: Paris an X, 1802. 2 volumes in one. With 122 of 123 full page engraved plates, oblong 6 x 8.25, full leather, 149 pp, covers very worn, spine cover missing, covers detached, front cover split in two vertically with portion missing, extremities bumped and chipping, pp detached..... 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
Shawnee, OK, April, 1900. Five pp carbon copy, 13 x 8.5, metal clasps at top, with light blue paper backer, wrinkles at bottom of first page, folds, paper toned, some staining and edgewear to blue paper backer else a nice item. SIGNED (with mark) BY THOMAS ROCK (President of Committee)..... 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
P. Byrne, Grafton-Street: Dublin, 1794. Hardcover. A few have illus., 8.5 x 5.5", marbled boards, leather spine and corners, raised bands with gilt dec., leather spine label with gilt lettering, pagination varies. Covers worn, soiled, scuffed/scraped, replacement spine label, spine and corners missing small pieces, outer/inner hinges cracked and archivally..... More
Marquette, 1866. Paperback. 10 x 8", unlined paper, small embossing in one corner (a church building?). Fold creases, soiling, staining else good. "You request me to send you some Indian prayer-books; but your Indians are all Otawas and I have not one Otawa book left...Next year a new Otawa edition..... 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
(Kalen), (1517). Woodcut on title page, 8.25 x 6, much later patterned boards, a-b(4), c(6), d-e(4), f(6), g-i(6), k(6), l(2), covers a bit bumped and slightly worn, newer endpapers, contents a tiny bit toned, title page soiled, heavy marginalia, some scattered foredge stains else a nice copy. Eck was a...... More
Jonathan Cape: Harrison Smith: NY, (1930). 7.5 x 5", FINELY BOUND IN TWO-TONE LEATHER WITH LEATHER INSET VULTURE ON FRONT COVER; raised bands, original front cover, spine and portion of rear cover bound-in, 254pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities bumped, hinges loose, textblock a bit used with some stray finger..... More
Harrison Smith and Robert Haas: NY 1934. 7.5 x 5", cloth, 371pp, couple minor pencil notes, ink name, spine darkened, in edge-chipped dw with chip at top of back panel with cello-tape repair, minor edge tears, spine darkened, some wrinkling. FIRST EDITION. More
![Item #98-4824 THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF A BIBLIOMANIAC [Limited Edition, Field's wife's own copy]....](https://rarebooklink.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/98-4824.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&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
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
![Item #21-7478 A TIME TO KILL ["A Novel of Retribution"]. John Grisham](https://rarebooklink.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21-7478.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1678912863)
Wynwood Press: NY, (1989). Hardcover. 9.5 x 6.25", cloth backed boards, 415pp, small inkstamp to upper forecorner of title page, minor soiling to foredge of textblock else a nice, clean copy in a creased and lightly edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION (NAP). SCARCE True FIRST EDITION. More
Chez-Buisson: Paris, 1792. Hardcover. 2 vols. 8 x 5", early leather backed marbled boards, 366pp; 509pp with "Table Des Chapitres", covers quite worn, corners chpping, leather spines crackling, outer hinges starting, bottom of spines chipped, some light staining/soiling to covers, old auction description tipped-in to front of volume one, inner..... More
J.H. Dyer: Cardiff, nd. Hardcover. Photos, 7.25 x 4.75", gilt-lettered glue cloth with inset photo on front cover, 322pp + publ. ads, covers heavily worn, extremities bumped and fraying, inner hinges cracking, pp yellowed and spotted; a rather poor copy of this SCARCE title. INSCRIBED "To Mrs. Pearl Connor as..... More
The White House: Washington, DC, nd (c. late 1963). Hardcover. 3.5 x 4.5", thick card stock, with "The White House / Washington" printed at top in blue, a little unevenly toned with one ink spot. "For Red and Anita / This box is a memory of so many happy days..... 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
Ziff Davis: Chicago. 2947. Photos by Joe Rosenthal, 12 x 9, gilt decorated padded leather-like cloth, aeg, 171 pp, covers worn, indents on front cover, extremities fraying, front inner hinge cracking, rear hinge loose, contents a bit used but still nice. THE DE LUXE EDITION, LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES..... More
The Artist's Limited Ed: np, 1975. 13 color plates by Leroy Neiman, 14.25 x 11, gilt decorated full brown morocco, 272 pp, spine a bit sunned, still a nice, fresh copy in a slightly soiled slipcase. SIGNED BY JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU AFTER HIS PREFACE, WITH LIMITED EDITION SERIGRAPH FRONITS SIGNED BY..... More
Doubleday, Page & Co: Garden City, NY, 1912. 12 volumes. 10 x 7, custom highly gilt-decorated (in floral motif) red morocco, with green gilt decorated leather inserts inside front covers, with silk endpapers, teg, vp, covers a bit rubbed, spines lightly sunned, one volume with tiny chip from top of..... More