Hardcover, 1962, octavo, 440pp., not illustrated. Book VG with toning to cloth boards and spine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ poor with most of front panel missing, tearing and toning to what remains.

2012, First Edition in English. Softcover. 430 pp. Near Fine. Clean and unmarked text.

Fifth clothbound printing. Cloth-backed pictorial boards in pictorial slipcase, 122 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Very Good slipcase, some wear to the front flyleaf, owner's signature on the front flyleaf and blindstamp on half-title, light soiling or discoloration to the slipcase, a bit of rubbing or wear to the tips of the slipcase.

Hardcover, 1893, octavo, 432pp., frontispiece, otherwise not illustrated. Book VG with mild rubbing and soil to boards and spine, handsome decoration to front board and spine, mild edgewear, binding tight, text has a few instances of erasable pencil marginalia. No DJ.

The Octopus: A Story of California
Norris, Frank

First printing, 1901, hardcover, octavo, 652pp., not illustrated. Book VG with handsome gilt decoration to front board and spine, rubbing, soil to rear board, edgewear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, front endpapers have soil, front inner hinge cracking at full-title, text clean and unmarked. No DJ. Fantastic socialist novel!

Reprint, 1923, hardcover, octavo, 275pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG with rubbing, mild edgewear, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.

Hardcover, 1888, octavo, 392pp., frontispiece, otherwise not illustrated. Book VG with rubbing and mild general soil to boards and spine, binding tight, mild foxing to endpapers, otherwise text clean and unmarked with toning throughout. No DJ.

First printing, 1958. Hardcover, in a dust jacket, 309 pp. A very good + copy in a very good + with signature to front flyleaf.

Hardcover, 1892, octavo, 366pp., not illustrated. Book good with rubbing, soil, and general wear to boards and spine, binding has been expertly repaired, previous owner's signature to front flyleaf, text otherwise unmarked but toned and mildly foxed. No DJ.

First edition, 1836. Rebound in cloth-backed boards, 428 pp. + ads., engraved titlepage in addition to typical titlepage, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, old bookplate on the front pastedown, foxing or discoloration to the pages, minor soiling and discoloration to the covers, a bit of rubbing or wear to the tips and edges of the covers, no dust jacket.

1928, Advance copy. Later reprinted under the title 'The Third Generation' in 1929. In Very Good condition, with light shelf wear.

First American edition, 1872, hardcover, octavo, 351pp., not illustrated. Book VG with rubbing toning and soil to boards and spine, edgewear, binding tight, previous owner's signature to front flyleaf, text clean and unmarked with general toning throughout, one spot of off-setting in text caused by leaf. No DJ, though in protective mylar wrap.

Life on the Mississippi
Twain, Mark / Samuel L. Clemens

First edition, later issue 1883, without the in-text engraving on p. 441 showing the author's head in flames on an urn, 'St. Charles Hotel' on p. 443. VG tight copy with minor wear to spine ends and corners, front inner hinge nice and tight, rear inner hinge expertly strengthened, owner's name and date (1883) on flyleaf, contents VG with usual age toning. Altogether a handsome collectible copy.

Thoreau's Works, 7 volumes 1879: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, Walden, The Maine Woods, A Yankee in Canada, Excursions, Cape Cod, Letters
Thoreau, Henry David

7 volumes, complete, 1879 printing. 8vo, in original terracotta cloth gilt, very good tight copies. Each book has a little bit of wear to spine ends, chocolate endpapers very tight, hinges find, a handsome set, and each bears the small name stamp of C. W. Chase on the flyleaf, first blank, second blank and title page. Thoreau's works were expanded to 11 volumes with the publication of his journals (divided by season) and then expanded still further, but this represents the first collected edition of his works. RARE on the market, and unclear from OCLC whether any libraries have the complete set.

The Works of Laurence Stern and Life of Laurence Sterne, 12 volumes
Sterne, Laurence, with Percy Fitzgerald, Wilbur Cross

12 volumes, no. 463/750 of the Sutton Issue. Large 8vo, original green cloth with paper spine labels. Very good set with some fading and uneven tanning to labels, otherwise nice clean set. Includes Sermons of Yorick, 2 volumes, Sentimental Journey, Journal to Eliza and Various Letters, Letters and Miscellanies 2 volumes, Tristram Shandy 4 volumes, Life of Sterne, 2 volumes.

6 volumes, published 1868 - 1869. 12mo, original red cloth with gilt spines, all very good or better tight bright copies. On spine it says, Mrs. Hofland's Tales. There were other volumes issued by the same publisher in the same time period that are probably part of this series, so we don't imagine it's complete. RARE on the market.

First edition, 1980. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, 258 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Good price-clipped dust jacket, owner's signature on the front flyleaf and blindstamp on the titlepage, spray-remainder on the bottom edge, light soil and discoloration to the page-edges, soil and discoloration to the dust jacket, dust jacket also with wear to the tips and edges including creasing and minor tearing, a bit of mustiness to the book. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.

First edition, 1859. Rebound ca. 1890 by Tout in handsome half dark green morocco backed marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt decorated compartments including gilt clover emblems, gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, 695 pp., illustrated including a frontispiece and an engraved titlepage (in addition to the typical type titlepage), clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, bookplate (of John Monks) on front pastedown, a bit of wear to the tips of the outer pages, age-toning or discoloration to the pages and page-edges, minimal rubbing to the outer joints and corners, light wear to the spine-ends.

First edition, 1856. Rebound ca. 1890 by Tout in handsome half dark green morocco backed marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt decorated compartments including gilt clover emblems, gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, 625 pp., illustrated including a frontispiece and an engraved titlepage (in addition to the typical type titlepage), clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, bookplate (of John Monks) on front pastedown, age-toning or discoloration to the pages and page-edges, minimal rubbing to the outer joints and corners, light wear to the spine-bottom.

First edition, 1863. Rebound ca. 1890 by Tout in handsome half dark green morocco backed marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt decorated compartments including gilt clover emblems, gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, 411 pp., illustrated including a frontispiece and an engraved titlepage (in addition to the typical type titlepage), clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, bookplate (of John Monks) on front pastedown, age-toning or discoloration to the pages and page-edges, minimal rubbing to the outer joints and corners, light wear to the spine-ends.

"New edition," 1845. Rebound ca. 1890 by Tout in handsome half dark green morocco backed marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt decorated compartments including gilt clover emblems, gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, 364 pp., illustrated including a frontispiece, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, bookplate (of John Monks) on front pastedown, age-toning or discoloration to the pages and page-edges, minimal rubbing to the outer joints and corners, light wear to the spine-ends.

First edition, 1843. Titlepage states "Our Mess, Vol. I., Jack Hinton, the Guardsman"--but this is the first edition of this particular novel in one volume. Rebound ca. 1890 by Tout in handsome half dark green morocco backed marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt decorated compartments including gilt clover emblems, gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, 396 pp., illustrated including a frontispiece, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, bookplate (of John Monks) on front pastedown, age-toning or discoloration to the pages and page-edges, minimal rubbing to the outer joints and corners, light wear to the spine-ends.

Two volumes. First edition, 1852. Rebound ca. 1890 by Tout in handsome half dark green morocco backed marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt decorated compartments including gilt clover emblems, gilt top edges, marbled endpapers, 384 + 360 pp., illustrated including frontispieces and an engraved titlepage, clean unmarked text, both vols. Very Good, bookplate (of John Monks) on front pastedowns, a bit of wear to the tips of the outer pages, age-toning or discoloration to the pages and page-edges, minimal rubbing to the outer joints and corners, light wear to the spine-ends.

Two volumes. First edition, 1841. Rebound ca. 1890 by Tout in handsome half dark green morocco backed marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt decorated compartments including gilt clover emblems, gilt top edges, marbled endpapers, 348 + 336 pp., illustrated including frontispieces and an engraved titlepages, clean unmarked text, both vols. Very Good, bookplate (of John Monks) on front pastedowns, a bit of wear to the tips of the outer pages, age-toning or discoloration to the pages and page-edges, minimal rubbing to the outer joints and corners, light wear to the spine-ends.

Two volumes. First edition, 1863. Rebound ca. 1890 by Tout in handsome half dark green morocco backed marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt decorated compartments including gilt clover emblems, gilt top edges, marbled endpapers, 624 total pp., illustrated including frontispieces and an engraved titlepage, clean unmarked text, both vols. Very Good, bookplate (of John Monks) on front pastedowns, a bit of wear to the tips of the outer pages, age-toning or discoloration to the pages and page-edges, minimal rubbing to the outer joints and corners, light wear to the spine-ends.

1901, Edition not stated. Hardcover in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear. Else clean and tight.

First edition, 1971. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, 388 pp., clean unmarked text, Good copy in Good price-clipped dust jacket, owner's signature on the front flyleaf and blindstamp on the half-title, small stamp on top edge, light soil and discoloration to the page-edges and covers, soil and discoloration to the dust jacket, dust jacket also with wear to the tips and edges including creasing and minor tearing, a bit of mustiness to the book. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.

Americana
DeLillo, Don

First edition, 1971. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, 388 pp., clean unmarked text, Good ex-library copy with usual marks (stamps, tape-ghosts to covers, etc.) in Fair price-clipped dust jacket, owner's signature and blindstamp on the half-title, light soil and discoloration to some pages and the page-edges, light wear to some pages, dust jacket lacking most of the rear flap, soil and discoloration to the dust jacket, dust jacket also with wear to the tips and edges including creasing and minor tearing, a bit of mustiness to the book. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector. Uncommon--hardcover of DeLillo's first book.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Softcover. c.2009. Mass Market Paperback. 333pp. Near Fine. Only the mildest shelfwear.

The Complete Writings / Collected Works, 15 volumes, 1908, finely bound
Dickens, Charles

1908, 15 volumes, complete. One of 1000 sets, this set unnumbered. 8vo, bound in half dark green morocco gilt, with marbled boards, raised bands on spines, gilt titled on spine with gilt decorated and ruled spine compartments. VG to Fine set with minimal rubbing to joints, all spine caps intact, contents nice and clean. A handsome set in a nice binding. We've done some minor recoloring of the rubbing along corners and to corner tips and have also supplied mylar "dust jackets" for each volume. They look great!

Copyright date: 1948. Depot legal: 1948. Edition Not Stated. The text is in French. The binding is Hardcover, flexible brown leather with gold lettering on the spine, printed on bible paper. Size: sextodecimo/16mo (4.25 x 7 inches /10.8 x 17.8 cm), in Near Fine condition, with light shelf wear, and a blind stamp to the title page.The dust jacket is in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear. Also the Jacket is somewhat yellowed at the spine. The publisher's clear plastic jacket protector is present, and in Near Fine condition, showing light shelf wear.---------------------Copyright date: 1948. Dépôt légal: 1948. Édition non précisé.Le texte est en français.La liaison est rigide, cuir brun souple avec des lettres d'or sur le dos, imprimé sur papier bible. Taille: sextodecimo/16mo (4,25 x 7 pouces / 10,8 x 17,8 cm), au Proche-Bel état, avec l'usure du plateau lumière, et un timbre aveugle à la page de titre.La jaquette est en très bon état, avec l'usure du plateau lumière. Aussi la veste est un peu jauni à la colonne vertébrale. Protecteur clair de veste en plastique de l'éditeur est présent, et au Proche-Bel état, montrant l'usure du plateau lumière.

Copyright date: 1948. Depot legal: 1948. Edition Not Stated. The text is in French. The binding is Hardcover, flexible brown leather with gold lettering on the spine, printed on bible paper. Size: sextodecimo/16mo (4.25 x 7 inches /10.8 x 17.8 cm), in Very Good condition, with light shelf and handling wear, as well as marks that indicate that this was once part of a university library collection: a stamp to the copyright page, the rear free end paper has been excised, and there are indications that a card pocket was removed from the rear paste down end peper. Else, clean and tight.---------------------Copyright date: 1948. Dépôt légal: 1948. Édition non précisé.Le texte est en français.La liaison est rigide, cuir brun souple avec des lettres d'or sur le dos, imprimé sur papier bible. Taille: sextodecimo/16mo (4,25 x 7 pouces / 10,8 x 17,8 cm), en très bon état, avec étagère lumière et l'usure de manutention, ainsi que des marques qui indiquent que ce fut autrefois partie d'une collection de la bibliothèque universitaire: un timbre à l'page de copyright, le papier d'extrémité libre arrière ont été retirées, et il ya des indications que la poche d'une carte a été retirée de la pâte arrière vers le bas poivre de fin. Sinon, propres et bien serrés.

Copyright date: 1951. Depot legal: 1951. Edition Not Stated. The text is in French. The binding is Hardcover, flexible green leather with gold lettering on the spine, printed on bible paper. Size: sextodecimo/16mo (4.25 x 7 inches /10.8 x 17.8 cm), in Near Fine condition, with light shelf wear, a previous owner name to the front free end paper, and a blind stamp to the title page. The dust jacket is in Very Good Minus condition, with light shelf wear, and showing several small chips to an edge. Also, the jackets is somewhat yellowed at the spine. ---------------------Date d'auteur: 1951. Dépôt légal: 1951. Édition non précisé.Le texte est en français.La liaison est rigide, en cuir souple verte avec des lettres d'or sur le dos, imprimé sur papier bible. Taille: sextodecimo/16mo (4,25 x 7 pouces / 10,8 x 17,8 cm), au Proche-Bel état, avec légère usure du plateau, le nom du propriétaire précédent sur ??le papier d'extrémité libre avant, et un timbre aveugle à la page de titre.La jaquette est en très bon état moins, avec l'usure du plateau lumière, et montrant plusieurs petites puces à un bord. En outre, les vestes sont un peu jauni à la colonne vertébrale.

Father Sergius, and other stories
Tolstoy, Leo; Wright, Hagberg (ed.)

1912, First American edition. Hardcover, 8vo., green cloth., frontis. Near Fine copy, no dust jacket. Clean and unmarked text. Light wear to the corners and spine ends.

Hadji Murad (Murat)
Tolstoy, Leo; Maude, Aylmer (trans.)

1912, First American edition of Tolstoy's last novel. Hardcover, 8vo., blue cloth., frontis. Very Good copy, no dust jacket. Clean and unmarked text. Light wear to the corners and spine ends; spine sunned; sound binding.

Bouvard and Pecuchet; Authorised Edition; Translated from the French With an Introduction by D. F. Hannigan; Illustrated With Nine Original Designs After S. Gorski
Flaubert, Gustave; D. F. Hannigan; S. Gorski

First British edition, 1896. Blue cloth hardcover with lavish gilt decorations, gilt top edge, 458 pp., clean unmarked text, Good copy, owner's signature on the front flyleaf, owner's blindstamp on the half-title, soiling or age-toning to the pages, light soiling or discoloration to the cloth covers, a bit of wear to the tips and edges of the book, no dust jacket.

The Rose of Dawn, A Tale of the South Sea; By Helen Hay; With a Drawing By John La Farge
Hay, Helen; John La Farge

First edition, 1901. Vellum-backed boards with gilt titles, 57 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, soiling or discoloration to the endpapers, a bit of rubbing or wear to the tips and edges of the covers, minor discoloration to the spine, no dust jacket.

The House of Certain Death; The Direction Series, Direction 11
Cossery, Albert; Stuart Kayser; Stuart B. Kaiser

First edition, 1949. Hardcover in Lustig dust jacket, 186 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Good dust jacket, owner's signature on the front flyleaf, blindstamp on the half-title, light soil and discoloration to some pages and the page-edges, soil and discoloration to the dust jacket, dust jacket also with wear to the tips and edges including creasing, chipping, and tearing. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.

Oeuvres Completes de Julien Green: Romans et Nouvelles I, 1924-1927; Romans II, 1927-1929; and Romans III, 1930-1934 (Three Volumes)
Green, Julien

Three volumes, hardcover, 1954 and 1955, octavo, 412pp., 543pp., and 513pp., illustrated in b&w. Books fine with handsome rebound 1/2 red leather boards, bindings tight, blindstamp to full-title of volume one, otherwise texts clean and unmarked. No DJs.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, multivariorum edition, in English, French, German, Italian and Danish, complete in 2 volumes
Khayyam, Omar; Dole, Nathan Haskell (Editor); Fitzgerald, Edward (trans.)

Complete set in 2 volumes. 1905. Hardcovers, in yellow cloth, paper title labels, teg, illustrated. Multivariorum edition, with text in English, French, German, Italian, and Danish; translations comparatively arranged in accordance with the text of Edward Fitzgerald's version. Fine, tight, clean copies, in Near Fine dust jackets that show light darkening. A beautiful set, complete in 2 volumes.

Jump to Glory Jane
Meredith, George; Harry Quilter; Lawrence Housman

One of 1000 unnumbered copies (most likely one of the 250 "for the American market"). First edition, 1892. Hardcover, gilt top edge, 36 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, some soiling or discoloration to the outer pages, soil and discoloration to the covers, some rubbing or wear to the tips and edges of the covers, no dust jacket, uncut pages. Uncommon.

The Complete works of George Gascoigne, 2 Vols.
Gascoigne, George; John W. Cunliffe

Two volumes. Reprints, 1969. Cloth hardcovers, 505 + 599 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copies, light mellowing to the spines, no dust jackets.

Not Without Laughter
Hughes, Langston

First of the so-called Cheaper Edition--January 2, 1933 (orginal was 1930). Orange cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 324 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Good price-clipped dust jacket, owner's signature on the front flyleaf, owner's blindstamp on the half-title, soil and discoloration to the outer pages and the page-edges, dust jacket with soil and discoloration, some rubbing, creasing, and wear to the tips and edges of the dust jacket including a bit of loss at the tips. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector. Early edition of Hughes's first novel.

Simple Stakes a Claim
Hughes, Langston

First edition, 1957. Hardcover in dust jacket, 191 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Good price-clipped dust jacket, owner's signature on the front flyleaf, owner's faint blindstamp on the half-title, soil and general age-toning to the pages, dust jacket with soil and discoloration, some rubbing, creasing, and wear to the tips and edges of the dust jacket including a bit of loss at the tips. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.

First edition, 1930. Cloth hardcover, 549 pp., clean unmarked text, Good copy, owner's signature on the front flyleaf, owner's blindstamp on the half-title, soiling or discoloration to the outer pages and the page-edges, some soiling to the cloth covers too, a bit of mustiness to the book, no dust jacket.

First edition, 1931. Cloth hardcover, 441 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, owner's signature on the front flyleaf, owner's blindstamp on the half-title, a bit of mustiness to the book, no dust jacket.

The Road Leads On
Hamsun, Knut; Eugene Gay-Tifft, trans.

First edition, 1934. Cloth hardcover, 536 pp., clean unmarked text, Good copy, owner's signature on the front flyleaf, owner's blindstamp on the half-title, soiling or discoloration to the outer pages and the page-edges, some soiling to the cloth covers too, a bit of mustiness to the book, no dust jacket.

Copyright date: 1950. Depot legal: 1950. Edition Not Stated. The text is in French.Volume X. The binding is Hardcover, flexible venetian red leather with gold lettering on the spine, printed on bible paper. Size: sextodecimo/16mo (4.25 x 7 inches /10.8 x 17.8 cm), in Near Fine condition, with light shelf wear, a previous owner name to the front free end paper, and a blind stamp to the title page The dust jacket is in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear. Also the Jacket is somewhat yellowed at the spine. --------------------- Date d'auteur,: 1950. Dépôt légal: 1950. Édition non précisé. Le texte est en français. Édition non précisé. Tome X. Volumes I & II. La liaison est rigide, souple vénitien cuir rouge avec des lettres d'or sur le dos, imprimé sur papier bible. Taille: sextodecimo/16mo (4,25 x 7 pouces / 10,8 x 17,8 cm), au Proche-Bel état, avec légère usure du plateau, le nom du propriétaire précédent sur ??le papier d'extrémité libre avant, et un timbre aveugle à la page de titreLa jaquette est en très bon état, avec l'usure du plateau lumière. Aussi la veste est un peu jauni à la colonne vertébrale.

Copyright date: 1950. Depot legal: 1950. Edition Not Stated. The text is in French.Volume VII. The binding is Hardcover, flexible venetian red leather with gold lettering on the spine, printed on bible paper. Size: sextodecimo/16mo (4.25 x 7 inches /10.8 x 17.8 cm), in Near Fine condition, with light shelf wear, a previous owner name to the front free end paper, and a blind stamp to the title page The dust jacket is in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear. Also the Jacket is somewhat yellowed at the spine. --------------------- Date d'auteur,: 1950. Dépôt légal: 1950. Édition non précisé. Le texte est en français. Édition non précisé. Tome VII. La liaison est rigide, souple vénitien cuir rouge avec des lettres d'or sur le dos, imprimé sur papier bible. Taille: sextodecimo/16mo (4,25 x 7 pouces / 10,8 x 17,8 cm), au Proche-Bel état, avec légère usure du plateau, le nom du propriétaire précédent sur ??le papier d'extrémité libre avant, et un timbre aveugle à la page de titreLa jaquette est en très bon état, avec l'usure du plateau lumière. Aussi la veste est un peu jauni à la colonne vertébrale.

No copyright, or depot legal date listed to this volume. Edition Not Stated. The text is in French. Volume III. The binding is Hardcover, flexible venetian red leather with gold lettering on the spine, printed on bible paper. Size: sextodecimo/16mo (4.25 x 7 inches /10.8 x 17.8 cm), in Near Fine condition, with light shelf wear, a previous owner name to the front free end paper, and a blind stamp to the title page The dust jacket is in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear. Also the jacket is somewhat yellowed at the spine. ---------------------Pas de droit d'auteur, ou un dépôt date légale inscrites à ce volume.. Édition non précisé. Tome III. La liaison est rigide, souple vénitien cuir rouge avec des lettres d'or sur le dos, imprimé sur papier bible. Taille: sextodecimo/16mo (4,25 x 7 pouces / 10,8 x 17,8 cm), au Proche-Bel état, avec légère usure du plateau, le nom du propriétaire précédent sur ??le papier d'extrémité libre avant, et un timbre aveugle à la page de titreLa jaquette est en très bon état, avec l'usure du plateau lumière. Aussi la veste est un peu jauni à la colonne vertébrale.