Chicago: Acme Publishing Co., 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Large 4vo. [8], 19-1033, [7] pp. Bound in pebbled brown leather with gilt lettering and decorations on the front board and spine, all edges gilt. The front and rear boards are decorated with flowers stamped in blind, with beveled edges. Four raised..... More
London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1885. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xiv, [2], 532 pp. Original publishers grey cloth with decorations stamped in blue, brown, green, and gilt on the front and rear boards and the spine. Illustrated by nine coloured maps, (two of which are fold-out) and by 292..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 241, [1] pp. Bound in blue-green cloth with red lettering on the spine, brown endpapers and pastedowns. Dust jacket is the version printed on high-gloss stock (generally assumed to be second issue) with price of $16.95 on the..... More
New York: The Heritage Press [1962], 1962. Later edition. Hardcover. 3vol. 8vo. [8], i-xvi, [2], 1334; [12], 1337-2650, [2]; [12], 2651-3975, [7] pp. Quarter cream cloth over orange and brown patterned paper boards, spine lettered in gilt; orange topstain. Each volume housed in a black slipcase. Decorated with illustrations by..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1868. First American edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. 24 cm x 15.5 cm. [2] (publisher's advertisements), [5], 10-223 pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece and many additional engravings by William Jewett illustrating the text (text in two columns). Green pebbled cloth with double blind-ruled borders, spine lettered in..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1844. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii, [1], x-xiv, [3], 2-624, [2] pp. Half bound in later dark green morocco over green cloth, spine with 5 gilt raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled edges and endpapers. Illustrated by an engraved frontispiece and vignette titlepage along with..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons (1971), 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 412 pp. Price of $5.95 on front flap of dust jacket. The second book in Farmer's acclaimed Riverworld series focusing on Sam Clemens building of a riverboat and exploring the Riverworld. Currey 184. A nice copy of one of..... More
London: Printed by and for John Nichols and Son, Printers to the Society of Antiquaries, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 4vo. [7], vi-xvi, [1], 2-486, [2]; [2], iii-iv, [1], 488-955, [3] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Half-bound in smooth navy calf over pebbled blue cloth; two maroon morocco labels..... More
Boston: Hilliard, Gray and Company, 1840. First edition thus. Hardcover. 10 vol. 4vo. [5], viii-xxxvi, [4], 612; [5], vi-ix, [2], 557, [5]; [5], viii-xiv, [3], 577, [3]; [4], viii-ix, [3], 539, [3]; [5], iv-xiii, [3], 578, [4]; [5], vi-xiii, [3], 516, [4]; [5], vi-xxii, [2], 568, [2]; [5], vi-xxii, [2]..... More
New York: Random House (1995), 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 4-325, [5] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $23.00 on front flap of jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1986; 1990; 1995. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 3 volumes: [5], ii-xvi, [2], 1-474, [4] pp.; [5], vi-xiv, [4], 1-407, [7] pp.; [6], v-xvii, [3], 1-532, [6] pp. Bound in navy cloth with silver lettering on the spines. Edited by Solomon Feferman, John W. Dawson, Jr...... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1873. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxix, 511, [5], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Illustrated by a folding map of Santo Domingo, twenty-three plates, and numerous other small engravings within the text. The engravings include depictions of scorpions, iguanas, wildcats, and tobacco. The dedication..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1874. First English language edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-clxxxiv, [1], 2-332, [1], 2-15 (publisher's catalogue), [1] pp. Bound in dark purple cloth with borders in blind on the boards, lettering and publisher's device in gilt on the spine, twin gilt rules on both the top and bottom..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul (1970), 1970. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. Two volumes: xvii [xviii], 432, 11 (publisher's catalogue), [1], pp.; xvii [xviii], [2], 435-877, [3], 11 (publisher's catalogue), [1], pp. Bound in red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. £10.50 net ( £10 10s the set) on..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1980. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 2-172, [4] pp. Bound in tan cloth, gilt lettering in twin green rectangles bordered by gilt and a leaf stamped in gilt on the spine, green endpapers and pastedowns. Includes a new preface by the author, addenda, and an..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], ix-xii, [2], 1-213, [3] pp. Bound in blue cloth with black lettering on the spine. Price of $8.00 on the front jacket flap. Foreword by Willard Van Orman Quine. Slater 572. Lewis, one of the most important philosophers of..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [7], viii-xii, [1], 2-304, [2], 305-576, [2], 577-832, [2], 833-1088 pp. 4 parts bound in one volume, with the four title pages of each part of the dictionary bound in. Assisted by Hans Gadow. With contributions from Richard Lydekker..... More
Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1788. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], ii-xvi, [5], 22-499, [1] (page of publisher's advertisements). Original smooth calf, spine in six compartments with a maroon morocco label lettered in gilt. Spine shows additional gilt tooling. Lacks the half-title page. The seventh edition, corrected. Evans 21356. Stanford Encyclopedia of..... More
New York: Congdon & Weed, Inc. [1985], 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 313, [1] pp. Quarter black cloth over orange cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $14.95 on front flap of jacket. The author's third novel using the Elizabeth Peters pseudonym featuring Amelia Peabody. Signed "Elizabeth..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], 6-214, [2] pp. White patterned paper covered boards quarter bound in black cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $6.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Winner of the National Book Award, this..... More
[London]: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-311, [13] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [4] pp. Three-quarter early 20th century navy morocco over royal blue cloth, marbled endpapers and pastedowns; spine in six compartments with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Bound by C.A. Campling of..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 252 pp.; 1 - (publishers catalogue dated December 1864). Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine, coated brown endpapers and pastedowns. BAL 20115, binding C (sequence not determined). A nice copy of this collection of..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1864; 1865. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [9], 2-320, [4]; [5], vi, [3], 2-320, [4] pp. Later nineteenth-century full blue fine-grain morocco, spine in six compartments with gilt decorations and lettering, edges of boards are tooled and decorated with gilt; all edges gilt. Bound by..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [5], 8-624, [2] pp. Half-bound in morocco over pebbled brown cloth, with marble endpapers, pastedowns, and a marbled textblock. Spine is lettered and decorated in gilt with five raised bands, the margins of the boards are in ruled..... More
New York: St Martins Press (1984), 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 191, [5] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $12.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Ahearn APG 018a. A beautiful copy of the first Hoke Moseley mystery. Fine in a Fine dust jacket..... More