Cambridge, MA: Houghton and Co. (Riverside Press), 1865, First Edition. Softcover, original tan wraps, aeg. 34 pp., tissue covered frontis of J. L. von Faber, and 6 b&w plates. Very Good. Unmarked contents. Light rubbing and soil to the covers. Binding tight and intact, but most of the spine paper... More
Price: $300.00
New York: Irvin Faust, Typescript for 'Tangerine', an unpublished novel by Irvin Faust. No date, possibly as early as 1995, the year after his final novel 'Jim Dandy', and as late as 2008, the year of his last published article. A very thick typiescript, 59 chapters over 515 pages. Unbound... More
Price: $2,000.00
(New York): (Dutton), Original typescript for Irvin Faust's collection of short stories. Unbound sheets. With 2 TLS from Faust to his friend and publisher Matthew Bruccoli, both dated 1983, two years before the book's publication by Dutton. Both letters express Faust's appreciation for Bruccoli's friendship, and ask him to promote... More
Price: $520.00
(New York): (Carroll and Graf), Xeroxed typescript with editor's notes for Irvin Faust's novel. Inscribed twice from Faust to his friend and publisher Matthew Bruccoli, dated October 1994 and March 1995, 'This manuscript is for Matt Bruccoli because he kept the faith' and 'This is Matt Bruccoli's page as J.D.... More
Price: $520.00
San Francisco: Golden Mountain Press, 1958, First Edition. Softcover. Corrected copy with notes in Ferlinghetti's hand. Light soil to wraps. Ferlinghetti has drawn justification lines on all 4 pages of text, as well as blacked out 2 passages, and fixed a typo on the second page. 'Corrected Copy LF' in... More
Price: $400.00
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New York: Edwin C. Hill, Number 166 of 206 copies, signed by the publisher Edwin C. Hill. 1906. Hardcover, large 8vo., original Japan vellum with decorations in red and gilt, teg. 2 etchings by Tadema present and in Fine condition. Book Very Good overall. Soiling to the boards; former owner's... More
Price: $275.00
(Claremont, CA): Joseph Arnold Foster, 7 books. 16th and 17th century pamphlets edited and printed by Joseph Arnold Foster, probably during his tenure at Scripps College in Claremont, CA, where he taught from 1946 to 1971; these likely c. 1950. Each copy is 'L' of 50 printed. Loose sheets in... More
Price: $360.00
York, PA: John Lawrence Frick, A large selection of original cartoons by John Lawrence 'Larry' Frick, a professional cartoonist and illustrator, born in York, Pennsylvania. Includes many loose cartoons, a journal from 1917 full of Frick's preteen sketches, and a penciled diary from 1932. Many comics in color. Contents housed... More
Price: $1,350.00
London: J. Johnson; et al, RARE with hand colored plates! Four volume set, 1806, hardcovers in contemporary calf boards with rebacked with leather and five raised bands, gilt decoration and leather title bands, octavo, 272pp., 448pp., 476pp., and 468pp., illustrated with 17 hand colored plates. Books VG+ with mild edgewear... More
Price: $1,125.00
London: J. Dodsley, 1765, scarce first edition of this work which went through many editions in its first 15 years. Hardcover, short 8vo., in original full calf. iv, 203 pp., plus 2 contents leafs in the rear. Good. Front outer hinge repaired with a leather strip; later cloth repair to... More
Price: $320.00
New York: Harper and Brothers, Inscribed by Zane Grey on the fly leaf to Aage Nilsen, dated Altadena, California, 1929, plus a drawing of a swordfish, all in Grey's famous purple ink. 1927, First Edition. Hardcover, 4to., original blue cloth. 203 pp. Illustrated with photos and drawings. Near Fine, no... More
Price: $1,000.00
New York: Robinson and Franklin, Inscribed by the author to Rev. Quay on the fly leaf. According to the 'Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County, Volumes 26-7' Gurley, on behalf of the American Colonization Society, was sent to Lancaster County on March 11, 1855 to give a speech... More
Price: $400.00
Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1823. Hardcover, folio 12.25 x 18 inches, in original 1/2 leather with gilt titles. INCLUDES 41 of the 53 maps and charts called for. See the end of this listing for the full list of what's present. Most maps hand-colored. Binding is somewhat... More
Price: $2,600.00
Paris: Hachette, Complete set in 6 volumes. Inscribed by the author to his friend Andre Cresson on the half-title of the first volume. 1913-46, various editions: Volume 1 is a second edition and Volume 2 is a third edition, the other 4 volumes are Firsts. Hardcover 4tos., uniformly bound in... More
Price: $480.00
Derry Pa: Rook Press, 6 Rook Press broadsides printed on high-quality paper with woodcut illustration at top of page. Each copy is signed by its author and illustrator. Each copy is numbered, limitied of 300. Broadsides measure 11.5 x 14", except "The Psychologist" 11.5 x 16". 1975. Near Fine. Occasional... More
Price: $275.00
Claremont, CA: Scripps College Press, Signed by Seamus Heaney, in 1991 (8 years after the initial printing) at the lower margin. Number 62 of 200 copies. 1983. Single sheet. Linoleum print by Wehrmann in blue, green and yellow. Single sheet, measures 18 x 12 inches. Folded once vertically; right margin... More
Price: $680.00
London: B. Law and G. Robinson, 2 volume set. 1777, First Edition in English. Hardcover 8vos., in recent quarter calf with marbled boards. (xl), 384, 488 pp. Near Fine. Lacks original blanks and half-titles. Otherwise complete. Hint of foxing. Tight, attractive bindings. 2 vols. More
Price: $360.00
London: Jacob Loyseau, 1751, third edition. Hardcover, 8vo., contemporary leather-backed boards. 151 pp. Good. Notable for 5 preliminary pages of neatly written ruminations in a scholarly vein on evil and hell, in Greek, Latin and English. Possibly by a D. J. Hall, esq., c. 1850. Ink note in Greek and... More
Price: $300.00
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, S. Highley, W. Curry, Complete set in 2 volumes. 1840, second edition, following the first that was published as part of the famous Naturalist's Library series. This edition is a larger format (5.5 x 8.5 inches), with more spacious margins. 191, 192 pp. Hardcover 8vos., in... More
Price: $600.00
New York: Dodd Mead, 1895, First Edition. Number 44 of 100 in special binding with color frontispiece portrait signed by Jefferson. Small quarto, leather-backed wooden boards with cast-iron decorative hinge-straps; the wooden boards are embossed Rip with counting-marks (four vertical marks and a diagonal mark). About Very Good: light wear... More
Price: $520.00
London: I. Herbert, First edition, 1797. Hardcover tall 8vo, np. Replete with engraved portraits, several seals, and one folding plate. Bound in full red straight grain morocco with small Greek key border, gilt stamped spine compartments, gilt dentelles, silk moire endpapers with dotted gold border, all edges gilt. In very... More
Price: $421.87
Akron, OH: The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, 1927, First Edition. Numbered 941 on the verso of the title page, but no limitation is mentioned. Hardcover, oblong 4to., cloth-backed boards. 96 pp. Includes an introduction to the features of a service station (doors, lighting, heating, etc.) plus 21 different designs... More
Price: $1,000.00
St. Petersburg: Kugelgen, Glitsch, and Co., ca. 1913 (date of preface). First edition. Paperback, 8vo. in flexible green cloth covered boards, with gilt title. 168pp, with folding frontis map, beautiful color folding plan of St. Petersburgh, measuring 20 by 24.5 inches unfolded, housed in rear pocket, illustrated throughout with photographs... More
Price: $281.25
London: John Ollivier, First printing, first edition, 1844. 8vo, 418pp. With hand colored folding lithograph frontispiece and a colored plate. Rebound ca. 1940 in half deep red morocco with cloth boards. Raised spine bands with gilt compartments, ruling, and upper edge. Contents are fine in a handsome fine binding. catalog10/12. More
Price: $360.00
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np: New Guinea Lutheran Mission - Missouri Synod, 1967. Softcover, plain orange wraps; bound with a single metal band. Title page says volume 1, pages 1-98, but this book includes both volumes, a total of 159 pages, plus 58 additional unnumbered lesson pages in the rear. Printed on rectos only... More
Price: $250.00