New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, (1939). Second printing. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near FIne. Original green cloth on boards, lettered in blue. Octavo, xiv, 368pp. Compiled and Written by Members of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for Massachusetts. Sponsored by the Berkshire Hills Conference, Inc. Identical pagination and maps as the first edition. Folding map.....
Chapel Hill: The University Of North Carolina Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original red cloth, stamped in gilt to the front panel and spine. Octavo, xxxiv, 601pp. Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration, for the State of North Carolina. Sponsored by North Carolina Department of.....
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.
London: John C. Nimmo, 1887-1891. First Editions Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Six octavo volumes, now bound uniformly in full crushed burgundy calf. Two narrow gilt bands along the edges. The spines with six compartments with text and borders in gilt. All bindings have elaborate inner dentelles. Bindings signed by Stern in text and with their small binders mark. All six.....
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., (1932). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Fine. Original blue cloth lettered in orange to the front panel and spine. The spine is a little faded but the book and hinges remain strong. In a bright copy of the facsimile dust jacket. With frontispiece, four full page plates and dust jacket art all by Studely.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original blue cloth with lettering in white to the front panel and spine. Stunning color design involving the frontispiece and title page as one canvas. Illustration on frontis page same as that of the jacket. Coles Phillips has designed this lovely image. With four full-page black and white.....
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: The Macaulay Company, (1932). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Original green cloth, lettered in yellow to the front panel and spine. The boards have minor soiling and a few spots and the spine has some vertical creasing. Previous owner name to the front paste-down. The dust jacket is bright and very pleasing though it is.....
New York: Edward J. Clode, (1930). First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very nice copy of this scarce title. The UK edition was published in 1902. Original red cloth, lettered in black on the front panel and the spine. The bright and complete jacket shows some very minor edge-wear and a vertical crease to the spine.....
London: F. C. And J. Rivington; T. Payne; Wilkie And Robinson; Longman, Hurst, Rees Orme, And Brown; Cadell And Davies; J. Murray; R. H. Evans; J. Mawman; And R. Baldwin, 1812. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Two very large quarto volumes, bound in smooth morocco. Reprinted from Pynson's Edition of 1523, and 1525, with the names of places and.....
London: B. T. Batsford, (1948). Second edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. A beautiful and unique copy in all respects. Bound in dark green morocco with blind impression on the front panel of a gothic window with three gilt stars set within the arches. All edges gilt. A gift presentation to a married couple from the binder, Rosalind De Bunsen. The.....
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Tubner &Company, 1932. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original pale canary cloth on boards. The complete dust jacket has archival paper tape to the folds of the verso. Translated from the original Swedish by E. G. Nash. With 63 photographic plates. 4to. Jehol is the ancient name for the Summer Palace of.....
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...
London: Effingham Wilson, 1830. First edition. Leather Bound. Fine. With illustrations by George Cruikshank. 8vo. Now bound in whole brown calf, solid gilt edges, with facsimile of Cruikshanks signature in the center of the front board. Lettered in gilt on the front board and spine. Six spine compartments, elaborately decorated with red leather backgrounds for the title and illustrator. Inner.....
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1949). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Original red cloth, lettered in silver at the spine. In a bright and complete dust jacket that shows some minor rubbing to the edges, one short closed tear at the top edge, impacting the "F" of Franklin and chip to the rear panel at the top.....
Topeka: Historical Publishing Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two large quarto volumes, bound in original dark green cloth with lettering in gilt on the spine. All edges marbled and marbled endpapers as well. An exceptionally clean, bright and solid set. Illustrated throughout.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1923). Leather Bound. Very Good. Two quarto volumes bound in full deep green with lettering and ornamentation in gilt. The spine is heavily decorated with six compartments, and title in gilt on a red background and the author and volume information in gilt on a black background. The remainder is in the same green with gilt ornaments.....
New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1922. FIRST. NF / NF. A collection of twenty poems. Lovely cover art by Frank Spicker. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy.
London: Orion, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / fine. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy. Signed by the author on the title page with a little doodle of a face. This copy was for export (probably Canada) as there is no price on the flap.
New York: George H. Doran Company, (1927). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original black cloth lettered in yellow on the front panel and the spine. The book has a very minor lean. On the limitation page it states: "The Limited Edition of one hundred and fifty copies of Nocturne Militaire was prepared for Mr. Springs and will.....
New York: Random House, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A clean, bright and attractive copy of this first edition. Bound in original black cloth on boards, lettered in gilt on the spine. This is the libretto for Stein's opera which had music composed by Virgil Thompson. The premiere was held in Hartford, Connecticut in 1934. The.....
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original green cloth with lettering to the front panel and the spine. Some minor scaling to the spine. Previous owner signature to the front paste-down. "First Edition" statement to the copyright page. A Peter Clancy Murder Mystery. Listed in Hubin. A very clean, bright and.....
New York: Crime Club, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. An extremely bright and clean copy of the first US edition.
London: Herbert Jenkins, (1942). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. An excellent copy of a very good vintage mystery novel. Just a hint of wear to the foot of the spine, else fine. The evocative dust jacket art by Sears bears a striking resemblence to my.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1941). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Bound in original cranberry colored cloth boards, lettered in white. A very clean, bright and solid copy of the first edition now married with a lovely facsimile dust jacket.