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Caliban Book Shop specializes in Literary First Editions, Fine Arts, Poetry, Exploration & Travel, Americana, Philosophy, General Scholarly, Fine Press, and Leatherbound Editions.

We maintain a large open shop of 25,000 uncatalogued volumes including rare books (like the good old days), and a warehouse of over 30,000 cataloged volumes that comprises our on-line stock. Come visit when you're in town; we're open seven days a week and near other shops. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.

We are near the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and the city's lovely art museum. We're located in a small shopping district filled with boutiques and restaurants, making for a nice promenade.

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Inscribed by the legendary author, Samuel Johnson. 384 pp. + 12 line errata. Hardcover. First Edition, and according to an old bookseller's pencil notation, first issue. Page 296 is misnumbered 226. Rebacked and re-cornered, with original calf boards retained, late 19th century endpapers. Has the bookplate of David Garrick (1717-1779), an English actor, playwright, theater manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century and was a pupil and friend of Dr. Samuel Johnson. Mounted on the second blank is a clipped inscription, measuring 1x3.5", "To Mr. Garrick, from the author," probably in Johnson's hand. Also, the ownership inscription of Sophie Patton, 1847, and Thomas Patton, 1859 to one of the blanks. Text is clean and unmarked. Sound, stiff binding. Housed in cloth chemise and half calf and cloth slipcase that states on spine, "First Issue / Original Board / Wholly Uncut," though the pages have since been cut. A narrative of Johnson's 1773 trip with Boswell. Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
Johnson, Samuel
London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775. Inscribed by the legendary author, Samuel Johnson. 384 pp. + 12 line errata. Hardcover. First Edition, and according to an.. more
Price: $8,500.00
Hardcover. c.1882. Full leather. 727pp. Illus. Good. Heavy rubbing, moderate wear to leather, strengthening to hinges and endpapers with book tape, some chipping to endpapers, occasional smudging to interior. History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prminent Men.
Albert, George Dallas (editor)
Philadelphia: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882. Hardcover. c.1882. Full leather. 727pp. Illus. Good. Heavy rubbing, moderate wear to leather, strengthening to hinges and endpapers with book.. more
Price: $75.00
Catalog of the Polish art exhibit from the 1939 World's Fair in New York. 1939, Polish text, 505 pp. Plates, a few in color. Hardcover, green cloth, square 8vo. Very Good+ copy, no dust jacket. Minor soil to covers; spine sunned; Clean, unmarked contents. Scarce. Title on front cover: Polska. Digital images available upon request. Katalog Oficjalny Dzialu Polskiego na Miedzynarodowej Wystawie w Nowym Jorku, 1939
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Warszawa (Warsaw): Introligatornia Artystyczna, 1939. Catalog of the Polish art exhibit from the 1939 World's Fair in New York. 1939, Polish text, 505 pp. Plates,.. more
Price: $250.00
RARE. 1903, First thus, printed after the text of 1596. One of 120 copies. Hardcover, 8vo., full vellum, yapped foredge, gilt title on spine. Text in black and red; Pre-Raphaelite design throughout. Near Fine copy: Covers show light soil and cornerwear. Mild staining to fly leaf and endpapers, otherwise Text is in excellent condition. In the style of the Kelmscott Press and Vale Press. Johnson #21, Ransom #19. Rare. Digital images available upon request. The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of the Marriage of Cupid and Psyches
Apuleius; Adlington, William (trans.); O'Kane, H. M. (illus.)
New Rochelle, New York: Clarke Conwell at the Elston Press, 1903. RARE. 1903, First thus, printed after the text of 1596. One of 120 copies. Hardcover, 8vo., full vellum, yapped foredge,.. more
Price: $250.00
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