English Music.
Franklin Center: Franklin, 1992. Frontispiece by Norman Walker. 400 pages, 8vo, gilt-stamped red leather, a.e.g. Franklin Library, 1992. Fine. Signed first edition. More
FIRST EDITION
Lucien Aigner
New York: International Center for Photography, 1979. Illustrated with black and white photography throughout. 127 pages, silm wide 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: International Center for Photography, 1979. First paperback edition. A near fine copy. More
Ragged Dick; Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks
Boston: Loring, 1868. 8vo, original embossed green cloth, spine title in gilt. Boston: Loring, (1868). First Edition.; First state with "Fame and Fortune" announced for December, and Dick standing alone on the engraved half-title. Good copy of a book frequently found in deplorable condition. The book is cocked; minor blistering and staining on covers; repair to inner front hinge; pencillled bibliographic notes on endpaper, but altogether attractive. More
Strong and Steady; or, Paddle Your Own Canoe
Boston: Loring, 1871. 5 illustrations, including frontispiece; yellow tinted end-leaves. 8vo, green cloth, stamped in gilt & blind; edges rubbed; light shelf-wear. Boston: Loring, (1871). Early edition Third title in the Pluck and Luck series. More
The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
New York: Knopf, 1965. Translated from the Portuguese by Barbara Shelby. Interesting illustrations by Emil Antonucci. 97 pages. Thin 8vo, decorative boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1965. First American Edition. More
A Writer's Capital
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1974. 160 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, dust wrapper. Wrapper has small chip on top right front cover, otherwise in near-fine condition. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, (1974). First Edition Author signature-- presentation copy. More
Sense and Sensibility: A Novel
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1833. 2 volumes, original leather backed marbled boards (spines quite worn; hinges cracked; first volume heavily foxed). Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1833. First American Edition. Rare. Good condition. The author's first book, first published in America after her later books had become known. Preserved in a green cloth clamshell case with a leather label. More
The Watsons
New York: Appleton, 1923. 211 pages, handsomely rebound in full blue morocco, gilt decorations (slight spotting on fore-edge). New York: Appleton: 1923. First American Edition. Near fine. Jane Austen's unfinished novel, completed by L. Oulton. The first chapter were written by Jane and the rest by Oulton. More
The Book of Jamaica
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. First edition. 326 pages. 8vo, tan cloth, dust wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1980). A near-fine copy. Author signature-- presentation copy. More
Searching for Survivors
New York: Fiction Collective, 1975. 153 pages. Slim 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Fiction Collective, 1975. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, inscribed by the author on the half title page. More
Searching for Survivors
New York: Fiction Collective, 1975. 153 pages. Slim 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Fiction Collective, 1975. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, inscribed by the author on the half title page. More
Success Stories
New York: Harper, 1986. First edition. 183 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Harper & Row, (1986). A fine copy. Author signature. More
The Ghost Road
New York: Dutton, 1995. 278 pages, 8vo, black boards with a black cloth spine, dust wrapper. New York: Dutton, (1995). First American Edition. More
Longing for Darkness: Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa.; With Original Photographs (January 1914 - July 1931), and Quotations from Isak Dinesen.
New York: Harcourt, 1975. Collected by Peter Beard; afterword by Jacqueline Bouvier Onassis. With 168 drawings, 160 photographs and 15 pages in color. Short 4to, black pictorial cloth, d.w. (a bit shelfworn and with a large circular chip missing from rear panel; faint foxing on top edge). New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1975). First edition. Overall a very good copy. More
Secrets and Surprises: Short Stories
New York: Random House, 1978. First edition. 307 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Random House, (1978). A fine copy. Author signature. More
Malerei der Renaissance in Italien: Die Malerei der Fruh-und Hochrenaissance in Oberitalien
Athenaion, 1927. 13 mounted plates, 10 color. 274 pages, 4to, gilt pictorial blue cloth. Wildpark-Potsdam, 1927. First Edition. Near Fine. History of Early and High Renaissance painting in Northern Italy. In Handbuch der Kunstwissenschaft, "one of the most scholarly series ...written by recognized authorities and containing bibliographies". Chamberlin 444. Lucas, p. 82. More
Fringilla, Or, Tales in Verse; With Sundry Decorative Picturings by Will H. Bradley.
Cleveland: Burows Brotheres, 1895. Text throughout printed in black & red, some pages within highly decorative borders. [2], 131 pages, 8vo, linen- backed blue holland boards, pictorially stamped in black & red. Cleveland: Burrows Brothers, 1895. First edition. Bradley's masterpiece of American Art Nouveau book design. Number 8 of 40 copies on Japan Paper. Enclosed are 3 portraits of Blackmore & Bradley, on Japan Paper and each numbered 8. Bookplate. More
Japanese Film Directors
New York: Kodansha, 1978. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated in black and white. 370 pages, 8vo, orange cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Kodansha, (1978). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
First Editions of various George Borrow Titles, Bound as Matching Set:; The Zincali, The Bible in Spain, Lavengro, The Romany Rye, Wild Wales, Romano Lavo-Lil.
London: John Murray, 1841. 14 volumes. Frontispiece portraits. 12mo, handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf in 3/4 dark blue morocco; gilt-tooled spines with red floral designs and raised bands; lightly shelf-worn. London: John Murray, 1841-1874. First editions. A near fine set. The collection comprises: The Zincali (2 volumes, 1841), The Bible in Spain (3 volumes, 1843), Lavengro (3 volumes, 1851), The Romany Rye (2 volumes, 1857). Wild Wales (3 volumes, 1862), and Romano Lavo-Lil (1874). More
John Updike: An Exhibition.
Houston: University of Houston, 1985. Illustrated sparsely in black & white. Slim and tall 12mo, stiff pictorial wrappers with staple binding. Houston: University of Houston / M.D. Anderson Library, 1985. First edition. A near fine copy. Catalog for an exhibition held at the M.D. Anderson Library at the University of Houston - University Park, from March 20 - May 21, 1985. More
Crooked Hearts
New York: Knopf, 1987. 340 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1987). First edition. A fine copy. Author signature. More
A Theatre of Natures: Some XVII Century Character Writings
London: Geoffry Bles, 1955. Illustrated with black-and-white plates and thumbnail illuminations throughout. 115 pages (blue pen inscription on the front free endpaper), Slim 8vo, red cloth, dustwrapper (worn). London: Geoffry Bles Ltd (1955). A very good copy in a good wrapper. More
De Legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae, Libri Quinque; in varios tractatus distincti,; ad diversorum et vetustissimorum codicum collationem, ingenti cura, nunc primu typis vulgati: quorum quid cuiq; insit, poxima pagina demonstrabit.
London: Richard Tottell, 1569. [xxxii], 444 [i.e. 442] leaves. Some engraved decorative initials throughout the text; pages quite clean. Thick 4to, contemporary brown calf with decorative crest on covers, neatly re-cased and re-cornered in similar leather. London: Richardum Totellum, 1569. First edition. "The first printed edition of the entire work was published by Richard Tottell in 1569, with a preface by one T.N. (whose identity has never been determined), in which credit is taken for a careful recension of the... More
Mouroir: Mirrornotes of a Novel
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1984. 257 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. First edition. A fine copy. Author signature-- presentation copy. More