16mo 6" - 7" tall; 256 pages; 2 volumes complete, uniformly bound in period tree calf with morocco labels at spines. Vi, 279 & 264 pp. Half-title lacking in vol I, present in Vol II and with all blank endsheets present. Leather cracking at joints but still sound. Light chipping to boards at lower front corners. Last several pages of vol 2 have damp staining along the front margin. Prior owner name penned in ballpoint with a 1935 date on the top edge of the title page of each volume. Overall about VG View More...
Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Series; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 179 pages; 1892 Charles L. Webster. HC 1st edition, 2nd state. Soundly bound in original olive green cloth with embossed series design in black and green to cover and spine and with titles brightly in gilt. Cloth crimped and lightly rubbed at spine ends; corners lightly shelf bumped. 2nd issue with inserted ad at front mentioning availability of Webster published titles from the firm of David McKay. Webster catalog ads at rear. Illustrated with a tissue guarded frontis portrait of Whitman. Cloth a bit dulled at spine. VG- View More...
1926 Doubleday HC/DJ 1st printing Clean, square and neat in blue cloth brds. No marks. Dj bright and fresh, now in protective mylar. First intro pg missing small tri chip crnr. NF-/NF; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 67 pages; Clean, square and neat in blue cloth boards with printed paper title label at spine. No marks. DJ bright and fresh with expected light toning to spine panel and just trace shelf evidence to edges. Jacket now in fresh protective mylar. First page of the introduction missing a small triangular chip at top corner. VG+/NF View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 80 pages; Volume VII Number 2. Includes stories by Lowry and Cassill along with poetry by W. S. Merwin and others. Bound in graphic title lettered wraps. Covers lightly toned, more so at spine, and lightly shelf soiled. Mild bumping at spine ends. Sound decent copy; VG- View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 72 pages; Volume VII Number 1. Bound in graphic title lettered wraps. Covers lightly toned, more so at spine. Solid neat copy. VG View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 88 pages; 1951 Carleton College. Volume VI Number 4. Bound in graphic title lettered wraps. Covers lightly tonedand moderately shelf soiled. Abrasion and shallow chipping to cover stock at base of spine. Ingredients for a cooking recipe penciled to the rear cover. G++ View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 279 pages; 1969 Little, Brown & Company. HC/DJ. 1st edition, 1st printing. Soundly bound and generally clean in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $5.95 issue price intact to unclliped front flap. Light shelf rubbing and several short closed tears to jacket edges; spine panel a trifle sunned. Mild prior reading evidence to page stock whic is unmarked and clean. Thoung not marked as such, this copy is from the library of pioneering African-American comic and actor, Godfrey Cambridge. VG/VG View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 370 pages; HC in original burgundy cloth with titles in gilt to spine. Snugly bound with clean unmarked text, but with ex-library indications including a superficial catalog label scar at spine and light attachments to endpages. Snug with clean text; condition graded down to reflect prior institutional ownership indications but generally about VG. G+ thus View More...
film stills on glossy stock; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 140 pages; 1st edition, thus. Inscribed and signed by Williams on the front flyleaf. Soundly bound in original scarlet paper covered boards with titles brightly in gilt to spine and with original pictorial dust jacket with cover design by Green and film stills illustrateing the rear panel. Publisher's 12s. 6d. Net price to unclipped front flap. Inscribed to Jere Real, almost certainly in 1979 on the occasion of his 3 day visit to Lynchburg College, a visit arranged by Real in his role as English and Film teacher and host of the visiting writers p... View More...
B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 534 pages; 2003 Bloomsbury. Stout HC/DJ. 1st printing. Soundly bound copy in original pictorial dust jacket. Several small splash/spill stains to the front edge and bottom front corner, with a superficial damp line or mild rupple where the paper absorbed some of the spill. Expected and usual general toning to page stock. Fust jacket shelf and ahnbdling rubbed at edges. Illustrated with 2 sections of b&w photos on glossy stock. No marks of any kind. G+/VG- View More...
B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 370 pages; 1978 Viking Press. HC/DJ 1st American edition and printing. Tightly bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $17.50 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Feels and appears generally unread. Jacket with trace shelf rubbing and a couple of tiny nicks to edges. Illustrated with b&w photos. Nearly as new. NF/VG++ or better View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 224 pages; Trade sized paperback in glossy illustrated covers. Reprint of Wilson's classic 1961 work. Snugly bound and clean; no marks. Light reader creasing to spine and mild shelf evidence to cover edges. Prior owner name penned to front endpage; text unmarked. VG- View More...
Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 316 pages; Gathers the earlier printed short novellas in one binding with a new introduction by the author. Snugly bound and clean in original title lettered dust jacket. Superficial dustiness to cloth board; tiny nick to cloth top edge of the lower board. Jacket just slightly shelf rubbed with mild shelf soiling to whites of the panels. VG/VG or better View More...
Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages; [SIGNED] 2013 Cambridge Scholars Publishing. HC/DJ. 1st ed. Inscribed on the front endpage and signed by the editoe of thei collection. Snugly bound and neat in original pictorial dust jacket. Includes papers on Peake; some of Peake's drawings throughout. VG+/VG+; Signed by Editor View More...
B&W Photograph; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 417 pages; Hardcover in original red cloth with title lettering in gilt to cover and spine. Corners and edges rubbed and a little worn with crimping and stress to the cloth at spine ends. Lettering to spine dulled and fading. Mild foxing throughout. Prior owner bookplate to front pastedown. Illustrated with a tissue guarded frontis portrait. Title page printed in balck and red. This 3rd volume of 3-volume set is complete in itself as the collection of Booth's non Shakespearean plays: Richelieu, the Fool's Revenge, Brutus, Ruy Blas, and Don Caesar De ... View More...
B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 292 pages; [Uncorrected Proof]. Pre-publication 1st printing. Trade sized paperback in pictorial wraps featuring the final art work for the book. Bright, tight and fresh; feels and appears unread. Just trace shelf evidence to covers. NF View More...
B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages; Solid, clean copy in original pictorial dust jacket. No marks. General uniform toning to the dust jacket, which is lightly furred along the top edge and somewhat faded at spine. Usual expected binder glue bleed through stains to the endpage joints - almost ubiquotous in 1930's era books. Just a little shaken in the spine. With vignettes in line by Yvonne Saint-Cyr. VG/VG- View More...
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 231 pages; Reissue of the 1954 novel originally published as Bertie Wooster Sees it Through. 1st printing of this new edition. Solid clean copy in pictorial dust jacket with mild handling/shelf soil and light rubbing at edges. VG+/VG View More...
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 305 pages; Tight and bright in clean crisp-edged dust jacket. Just mild shelf/handling wear to covers at edges. Tiny puncture pin hole to dust jacket and board near spine. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page. Solid neat copy. VG+/VG+; Signed by Author View More...
8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1975 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Five volume paperback set in publisher's pictorial slipcase. Books snugly bound and clean with no marks; spines moderately sun faded. Slipcase shelf rubbed, bumped to one of the closed top corners and moderate sunning to one side. Overall VG- ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. View More...
