Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1939. First edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illustrated wrappers with flat spine. 64pp. Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project (Illinois)/Works Project Administration. A lovely copy of one of the scarcest WPA titles. Both front and back covers are illustrated in color. The rear panel states - "Made By Illinois WPA_Art Project Chicago.".....
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto edition bound in blue cloth, lettered gilt to the spine. Signed by Edward W. Forbes to the front free endpaper. Dr. Forbes was an author, art historian and director of the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University. Edited by The Committee on Publications The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and.....
Wahpeton, ND: (1938). First edition. Wraps. Fine. Illustrated stiff card stock wrappers. Quarto size, 28pp. "The material for this history was compiled and written by F,. G. Callan, under the direction of the Federal Writers' Project Division of the Works Progress Administration. No date provided in this book but several bibliographies give the date as 1938. Further research supports this.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt to the front panel and spine. Octavo, xxix, 559 pp. Written by Workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New Hampshire. An American Guide Series volume. Illustrated with 15 in-text maps, a tour key.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy. The author's third novel and first non mystery effort.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1961). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. The complete dust jacket show some wear at the spine ends and has some tape repair to the verso. Illustrated throughout. Very scarce in jacket.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, (1923). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the front panel and the spine. In an extremely nice example of the alternate full color dust jacket. With Conrad/Unwin promotional pamphlet laid in. Mild foxing along the top edge, else fine. Agrees with all points as listed in Smith.....
London: Ed. Blunt and W. Barret, 1610. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 4to. Bound in contemporary 1/4 smooth morocco with original marbled boards. The binding is moderately rubbed and scuffed but remains very solid. One word hand written marginal notation only. Two pages, L 2-3 added in facsimile. STC 5659 and, according to this source, the author's first published.....
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very clean, bright and solid copy. The text block is without underlining or marginal notation. All fold out genealogical charts present and fine. This volume edited by A. R. Myers. The dust jacket shows some minor edge-wear but remains very good. This is a massive volume.....
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Full polished deep blue morocco with lovely Art Deco style design to the front board and the spine. Bound by Whitman Bennett of New York and signed by him at the base of the inside board. 359 pp. Top edge gilt. Lovely and elaborate gilt inner-dentelles. Housed in a......
New York: Scribners, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very nice copy of the First Edition with 8 full page Maxfield Parrish illustrations plus the title page. 1904 on the title page in Roman Numerals. The gold lettering is very bright. There is a minor crease to the spine. Beautiful illustrated endpapers. The corners are bumped but the overall.....
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. An extremely bright and attractive copy. A 3'6 price on the spine. A lovely reprint edition. Spotted foxing on the fore-edge.
London: Blackie & Son, 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in gilt, maroon, and dark green. All edges plain. Dark brown endpapers with previous owner book-plate to the front free endpaper. With eight full page illustrations by Gordon Browne. With 32 pp. of ads to the rear with the first page announcing.....
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Lovely period cover art by Gage. A very clean, bright and attractive dust jacket. There are some minor abrasions along the edge. There is one chip on the rear panel at the bottom edge. The book itself shows general wear but remains solid...
London: Robert Hale, (1943). First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original green cloth lettered in silver on the spine. In the complete dust jacket which, though it is clipped, has the 7/6 price intact. Very nice jacket art by acclaimed artist and illustrator Eric Fraser. The fourth Mr. Moto novel. Very minor edge-wear to the spine ends, else.....
London: Constable & Company, 1928. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A near perfect example of this two volume set. Original blue boards with blind-stamped design. Lettered in gilt on the spine. teg. An edition limited to 750 copies. With original dust jackets with just a slight hint of wear. With 12 hand-colored illustrations. An altogether lovely set.....
London: Ward, Lock & Bowden, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Light blue cloth, lettered and illustrated in gilt, a.e.g. Bevelled edges. Sir Max Pemberton was an editor of Cassell's Illustrated, Family Paper and the author of several romantic novels. Noted in Hubin, Quayle, and Barzun. A very lovely copy.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / very good. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. Scarce in this excellent condition. 8vo. a Crime Circle novel. Very dramatic cover art depicting two diving RAF planes. Some minor soiling and creasing. Some tearing at the front flap hinge but overall, a very pleasing copy...
London: Septimus Prowett, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Thin 4to. Illustrated by Henry Moses with 16 line-engraved plates at the rear. First separate edition in English. In full brown morocco with abstract dragons in combat motive painted on. The front cover primarily in green and blue and the rear cover in red and blue. a.e.g. Gilt border on covers.....
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Original crushed deep navy blue morocco with letterering in gilt stamped to the spine. Top edge gilt. xiv, 178pp. Printed on mould-made paper. Illustrated frontispiece by Augustus John. From an extremely small edition of 65 copies, 60 of which were for sale - this one being number 38. Now.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Company, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very bright, solid and pleasing copy. Previous owner inscription at the half-title. Illustrated by John R. Neill. All first edition points. [Hanff, Greene, Martin, Greene, and Haff, page 101, Oz Book XXX.].
New York: The Crime Club, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. An extremely clean bright and pleasing copy. Lovely elaborate period full color art-work on the jacket.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very attractive, clean and bright copy. One small chip, the size of a grain of rice, at the top edge of the front panel. This copy is not price-clipped and the edges are very clean and smooth. Cover art by Krush.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Orignal publisher's blue cloth with faux silk efforts very visible and quite cool. Lettered and stamped in gilt. In a complete and very scarce dust jacket which has received some restoriation, mostly at the foot of the spine. Collects six stories, three concerning the supernatural.....
London: David Nutt, 1889. Second edition. Hardcover. Fine. Now completely and beautifully rebound by the Chelsea Bindery in deep blue morocco with the original David Nutt cover design stamped in gilt with the additional flourish of a weeping swallow towards the bottom edge. Lovely flower patterned endpapers and decorative inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Though this copy is the second.....