New York: Random House, 1932. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. Large quarto volume. From a limited edition of 950 numbered copies, this one being number 98. This copy now specially bound in full black goat skin, elaborately blind tooled, black on black. This background is then enhanced with a black and red celtic knot pattern. The front board is then.....
Washington DC: The Dumbarton Oaks Center For Byzantine Studies, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Quarto edition bound in blue cloth and lettered in gilt at the spine. Contains the following essays: George C. Miles - Byzantium and the Arabs: Relations in Crete and the Aegean Area; Marius Canard - Les Relations Politiques et Sociales entre Byzance et les.....
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, (1941). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Bound in original light blue cloth, stamped with illustration in dark blue and gilt. Octavo, 158pp. Illustrated throughout. Compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Maryland. Sponsored by The United States Naval Academy. The first volume in.....
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original lime green coarse cloth, stamped in dark green to the front panel and spine. Octavo, xxi, 231, (2) pp. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Minnesota. Sponsored by the Minnesota Arrowhead Association. Illustrated throughout. Four.....
London: Arthur Barker Limited, (1934). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine. 8vo - 320 pp. In a bright example of the original dust jacket with cover art by Hookway Cowles. Over-all minor edge-wear to the jacket. Cream colored endpap3ers. Bottom edge un-trimmed. The dust jacket is not price-clipped with.....
London: Faber & Faber, (2018). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page. Winner of the 2018 Man Booker Prize for Literature. An exceptionally nice copy of this highly acclaimed novel. First edition, first issue.
New York: The Crime Club, 1938`. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Original black cloth decorated in red to the spine. 8vo - 277 pp. A bright and solid copy. Some minor fraying to the foot of the spine. Top edge stainedd red. Fore-edge rough cut. Some minor off-set staining to the endpapers. The complete dust jacket is.....
New York: The Railroad Gazette, 1897. Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this important railroad volume. This copy has been professionally restored with the original spine laid down. All plates are present including the fold-out plates in the rear. These were loose when I came across the book and decided to leave them.....
London: Chapman And Hall, 1872-1874. First Edition. Leather bound. Near Fine. Three volumes, complete, now bound in 6 volumes. 8vo. This is an Extra Illustrated First Edition. There are 196 extra illlustrations, not including those bound originally in the books. The illustrations follow the life of Dickens, showing locations he visited, the people he encountered, and even some portraits of.....
London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original orange/red cloth lettered in gilt to the spine. 8vo - 448 pp. True first edition, first issue of this acclaimed autobiography. This copy contains the Siegfried Sassoon poem on pages 341,342,and 343, as well as the original text on page 290 without any asterisks. The book is.....
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1889. Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto, 1/4 recent leather spine and corners, original russet cloth, lettered in gilt. A very solid and pleasing copy. Naval Constructor Philip Hichborn toured European dock yards and ship-building facilities toward the end of the 20th Century and filed this report. Seven photo-gravure plates plus a frontis of the.....
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1932. FIRST. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. An early book from the author of Goodbye Mr. Chips and Lost Horizon. Lovely cover art by "Gene, " the artist famous for illustrating the majority of the Mystery League titles. An extremely nice copy of a very scarce title. Author's fourth book...
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original illustrated tan cloth, with letters and drawings in dark brown. 8vo - 306 pp. The book and jacket are extremely bright and pleasing. The spine edges are just slightly pushed. Cover art by Rea Irvin. A reporter for the "The Evening Tiber" sets off to prove that.....
New York: Henry Holt, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A solid and pleasing copy of the first Dennis the Menace book. Both spine ends have some wear with loss, but it's quite minor. The book remains strong and intact. There is some minor soiling to the white background. Previous owner Christmas gift inscription for 1952. All illustrations are in.....
London: Mills & Boon, (1923). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original olive green cloth, lettered in black on the front panel and the spine. 288pp plus 16 pp of ads. From the author of The Phantom of the Opera. In the complete dust jacket. The jacket does show some minor edge-wear but the colors remain very bright.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. First Edition. Fine / Near Fine. Original black cloth with orange block to the front panel with black letters. 8vo - 310 pp. Date to the title page as required. The jacket has one small chip at the head of the spine, else fine. Listed in Hubin.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1941). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original light blue boards, lettered in black to the spine. 8vo - 288 pp. The blue cloth has some spotting to both the front and rear panels. There is some foxing to the fore-edge and bottom edge. The book remains solid. The jacket has had some professional.....
Garden City: Published by the Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Original blue cloth, stamped in black to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 271 pp. The boards are a bit dusty but the corners are true. The text block is clean and bright. Top edge stained blue. First.....
London: Scholastic, Point, 1995, 1997, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. The three separate novels which make up "His Dark Materials" are offered here. All three are the true first editions, books and dust jackets. All the jackets are complete with the 14.99 price to the flap. Northern Lights has "Point" to the spine of the jacket and the.....
Toronto/London: Viking, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy of this, the third Inspector Banks Mystery. Signed by the author on the title page.
London: Arrowsmith, (1934). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original brown cloth. With a very attractive dust jacket. There is some minor wear to the head of the spine and a short closed tear to the bottom edge, near the spine. This jacket has been price-clipped and a new 2/6 price has been affixed to the spine. Some.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. Hardcover. Very good / very good. Original mustard colored cloth, stamped in dark brown and blue. Octavo - 270 pp. Minor soiling to the boards. The jacket shows some moderate rubbing and chipping to the spine ends. The "Virgin" is a yacht and murder and mayhem occur aboard during a Regatta. "First Edition" statement.....
London: Ward, Lock & Co., (1891). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Completely rebound in a style that beautifully mimics the original binding. Copies with the original binding rarely show up as they are extremely fragile. Wilde's only novel and now very scarce. This is the first edition, first issue with the letter "a" dropped from "(a)nd" on the eighth line.....
London: Ivor Nicholson And Watson, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original red cloth, lettered in black to the spine. 8vo - 318,[1] pp. The book is clean and solid with good corners. All edges with very minor foxing. The bright dust jacket, illustrated by Abbey, is not price-clipped, with 7/6 present on the flap. There are.....
New York: Crime Club, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Good. Bound in original gray cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. The dust jacket is chipped at the spine ends and has a piece missing from the bottom right corner of the front panel. A wartime issued volume, now quite rare in good condition. First.....