E. R. Grandin: Palmyra, 1830. 7.5 x 4.5", full old leather, 588pp + "The Testimony of Three Witnesses" + "And Also the Testimonyof Eight Witnesses", covers quite worn and scratched, hinges loose, ink name ("Joseph") on front fly, contents toned and worn, inner hinges cracked, minor staining at gutter to..... More
Random House: NY, (1934). Hardcover. 8.25 x 6", rough cloth backed pict boards, 264pp, covers rubbed and darkened, extremities bumped, spine label browned and chipped, pp toned. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED "For Veronica Hutchinson...Cleveland Dec 22/'34" AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, GERTRUDE STEIN. More
Random House: NY, (1936). Hardcover. 7.5 x 4.5", green cloth, 625pp, covers rubbed, spine darkened, extremities fraying, bottom edges of covers with some adhesion marks, eps toned (especially front endpapers from old newspaper clippings). INSCRIBED ON FRONT ENDPAPERS "To Veronica Hutchinson with our best wishes, The Abbey Players" AND SIGNED..... More
Harcourt, Brace and Co.: NY, (1934). Hardcover. Photos, 8.5 x 6", blue cloth, 310pp, covers rubbed and darkened along edges, spine toned, spine ends bumped, extremities fraying, pp toned, frontis detached (but present); still a good used copy of the Third Printing from October 1934. INSCRIBED "En souvenir of the..... More
Lovat, Dickson & Thompson Ltd.: London, (1935). Hardcover. Illus. by Mary Shepard, 7.5 x 5", pict beige cloth, 303pp, covers worn and unevenly darkened, spine ends bumped, eps toned, no dustjacket, FIRST EDITION ("First Published 1935"), INSCRIBED "To Miss Veronica Hutchinson with best wishes from..." AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR..... More
Reynal & Hitchcock: NY, (1943). Hardcover. Illus. by Mary Shepard and Agnes Sims, 7.75 x 5", pict cloth, 239pp, covers rubbed with some light staining at bottom edges, extremities lightly bumped and worn, endpapers unevenly toned, small dark stains on foredge and bottom edge of textblock but still a decent..... More
Charles L. Webster: NY, 1885. "With One Hundred and Seventy-Four Illustrations," 8.5 x 6.5, finely rebound in full gilt-ruled brown morocco, aeg, SIGNED BINDING BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE, 366 pp, covers with just minor shelf wear, hinges a little loose, pp tone with a little finger soil to margins else a very..... More
Mercury Press: Shanghai, (1942). Hardcover. Frontis + 16 plates, 9.25 x 6", blue cloth, pict dustjacket, 114pp, back of last page is stamped "522." Covers warped, spine cocked, shelfworn, lacks a spine tip, ink name and date, textblock cracked, last plate has a 1" horizontal tear else contents good to..... More
C. G. and J. Robinson: London 1793. 9 x 5", 3/4 leather w/marbled boards, raised bands, i-xxxix, 41-391pp, later covers & eps, worn, scuffed, outer hinges worn, corners bumped, pencil notes inside, name stamp on title, ink notes, soiling, spotting, creasing. Vaughan, an MP in England, was a sympathizer of..... More
Scribner, Armstrong & Co.: NY, 1876. Hardcover. Illus., 7.5 x 5", gilt-dec and gilt-lettered brown cloth, 299pp, covers heavily, heavily, heavily worn, spine cocked, extremities bumped and chipping, front inner hinge cracked, former owner's inkstamp on front fly, pp toned and badly finger soiled; a wreck of a book, but..... More
New York, 1950. Two pages, 12 x 9, torn roughly at top (from tablet?), written in black ink on both sides, folds, toning, loss of some letters from one page, in Hungarian. WITH TWO ORIGINAL INK ILLUSTRATIONS OF DOGS BY MARCEL VERTES: One of a dog, with a halo, tearing..... More
T. J. for Edward Thomas: London, 1682. 6 x 3.5, rebound in 3/4 leather; marbled boards, with crudely gilt-lettered spine labels, 371 pp + Advertisement (for a Cathartique and Diureretick pill), covers rubbed and darkened, newer endpapers with glue stains, ink marks on title page, pp toned and used with..... More
Routledge: London, (1942). Hardcover. Frontis illus. by author, 6.5 x 4", cloth backed boards, 90pp, covers rubbed and darkened at edges, spine sunned with several small holes in cloth, pp toned. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR/ARTIST AND DATED "Dublin February 25, 1944" BELOW ORIGINAL INK ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT APPEARS..... More