8vo 8" - 9" tall; 466 pages; 1826 Samuel H. Parker, Boston. Vol VI of the 13 volume issue of Edgeworth's Works. The later written and published parts of Tales of Fasionable Life; i. E. ; Vivian; Emilie De Coulanges; the Absentee. 1826 title page for Parker followed by an 1823 Littell, Philadelphia imprint title page with the identification of this volume as the 2nd of 2 volumes of Tales of Fashionable Life. Soundly bound in period treed calf with red morocco title label to spine. Lacking the front blank endpage and presumably a half-title as well as the rear blank endpage/s. Mild scuf... View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 346 pages; Everyman's Library. 1st Everyman imprint of this title with no indication of subsequent printings. Printer's notice for Richard Clay & Sons at rear. Soundly bound in original trade binding of ribbed red cloth with decoratively gilt panelled spine. Trace crimping and rubbing to cloth at spine ends with a mild shelf tap to the base of the spine. Red cloth is lightly sun faded at spine but with gilt still bright. Binding a little shaken. Prior owner name and 1910 purchase date penned neatly to pictorial front pastedown endpage. The 1st printing of the Every... View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 187 pages; As published in original title lettered, light brown paper wraps. Text printed in double columns. Publisher ads to inside surfaces of cover wraps, rear cover and to several pages at rear. Early American printing of Edwards' successful novel firt published in America in 1864 by Harper. Covers are moderately shelf soiled and toned; rubbed and worn at edges with nicks and a few short closed tears. Spine edge of wraps stressed, split and missing small pieces. Uncommon in original American Harper published examples. A novel of bigamy. G+ View More...
McSweeney's Quarterly Concern; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 300 pages; New copy still in publisher's shrinkwrap. 8 smaller HC books arranged in a large 4to sized open box. New copy. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1890 Houghton, Mifflin. The Riverside Edition. 11 volumes, complete. Uniformly bound in half polished leather backed spines and corners with marbled paper covered boards, all edges and enapeprs marbled in a matching pattern. Spine with serie and title leather labels; compartments extra gilt. Light shelf rubbing to leather at extremities and over spine raised bands. Pair of volumes with superficial nicks to leather at crown; title labels ocaasionally nicked or rubbed, but all complete. Mild dust darkening top edges. Tissue guarded frontis portrait in Vol I. Solid, clean and s... View More...
Library of America #70; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 640 pages; 1994 Library of America. Stout HC/DJ 1st printing of the Library of America edition. Tight, fresh unread copy in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. As new. F/F View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 123 pages; Trade sized paperback in pictorial covers. Sound clean copy with a light vertical crease to the cover and text block. Light handling rub to covers at edges. One world marginal notation to the publisher copy on the rear cover. Solid and clean. VG-. Hard to find title. View More...
No. 1, Spring 1961; Vol. 1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 48 pages; 1961 L'Esprit Createur . In original printed wraps. Complimentary copy label pasted inside cover. Solid copy with expected light general toning to cover stock. Prior owner's name penned neatly to the front cover. Small partial mailing stamp to the front cover. VG View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 144 pages; Trade sized paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Bright, tight and fresh. Just trace shelf evidence to cover edges. Just about as new. NF View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 311 pages; 1975 William Morrow HC/DJ 1st printing w/ complete 1-10 number line. Unread copy; tight bright and fresh. Immaculate dust jacket. Small two letter ink stamp bottom edge of page block. Otherwise about as new. F/F View More...
"Great Writers"; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages; 1895 Walter Scott, Ltd. HC 1st edition. Soundly bound in publisher's dark green cloth with titles brightly in gilt to spine. 242, xx pp. With index. Color decorated prior owner armorial bookplate of Harrie d'Estaing Hussey to the front pastedown. Mild shelf evidence to boards and light toning to endsheets. Solid neat copy; uncommon thus. VG View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 148 pages; With a card from the author mounted to the front pastedown "Compliments of the Author" and signed by the author's wife on the blank front endpage. Soundly bound in original pictorial brown cloth, a little dulled and toned at spine. Errata sheet tipped in over the first page of the text. VG-; Signed by Associated View More...
Publications of the Surtees Society ; V. XI; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages; Hardcover in publisher's original pebbled green cloth with titles, ruling and Surtees Society crest stamped in gilt to spine. Though there are some mild library ownership indications, the book is extremely well preserved with a tight binding in original cloth and fresh neat contents. Deckled front edge; top edge generally unopened. An unread copy. Just trivial shelf evidence to cloth at tips. Small, thin painted catalog number at base of spine and an obsolete card pocket at rear. Small circular library ownership... View More...
48mo 3½" - 4" tall; No date given; circa 1845-1855. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt floral bordering and titles to spine, an ornate gilt bordered "classical" theme illustration to cover board and embellishments in blind to rear board. Small format, about 3.5 inches in height. All edges gilt. 2 volumes bound as 1. Binding snug and contents neat. Engraved frontis illustration for both volumes, tissue guard missing from the frontis for the first volume. Mild rubbing and flaking to gilt designs to cover and spine. Still a very solid and attractive example of this near-... View More...
Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 278 pages; HC in publisher's black cloth with title lettering to spine and ruling to boards in red. Scarce collection of stories is a bit worn to the externals. Patches of silverfish predation to the spine panel; drink ring and small spill outline to cloth of rear board. Title letterint at spine dulled but legible. Soundly bound with clean contents. Prior ownership neatly penned to front endpage, dated 1921. G+ copy; quite uncommon, found in only a handful of the world's libraries. View More...
Library Of America; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1075 pages; 2000 Library of America. HC/DJ. 3rd printing. Bright, tight and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright dust jacket. Feels and appears unread with just a hint of shelf evidence to jacket. NF/NF View More...
Library of America #117; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1075 pages; 2000 Library of America. HC/DJ 1st printing of the LOA edition. Unread copy in sharp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's silk bookmark sewn in. Unread copy; no marks. Appears as new. F/F View More...
Color and B&W Art Work; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1991 Easton Press. Deluxe Easton Press edition of Fitzgerald's classic works in 7 volumes, with decorative individual binding designs in full leather, hubbed spines and all edges gilt. With silk moire endleaves and silf book marks sewn in. All volumes, bright, tight and neat; gilt edges bright and unmarred. A few tirvial instances of shelf evidence to boards at corner tips; silk bookmarks with superficial shelf evidence to the tail edge. Illustrated by various artists in color and b&w, from art by Richard Sparks, Fred Meyer and others. Generall... View More...
B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 174 pages; Trade paperback in matte title lettered covers; spine unlettered, as issued. Tightly bound and neat. Just a touch of shelf/handling evidence to cover edges. Mild toning to cover spine panel and to edges. Solid unmarked copy. VG++ View More...
