London: T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, 1880. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-xii, [1], 14-576 pp. Brown blindstamped cloth with decorations in black and gilt on the front board and spine, all edges gilt. Illustrated by a wood-engraved frontispiece, a map, thirty-two full-page illustrations, and several in-text illustrations. The..... More
Oxonii (Oxford): E Typographeo Academico (at the University Press), 1832. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 6-324, [2] pp. Bound in contemporary smooth calf, spine in six compartments. Front and rear board stamped in gilt, with a bust of (presumably Dindorf) on the front board and bottom compartment of the spine..... More
New York: McDowell Obolensky [1957], 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 3-339, [3] pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on the front board and spine; light green topstain. Price of $3.95 on front jacket flap. First printing of the first edition, first issue as per Ahearn (Collected Books, 4th ed.)..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1862. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [3], vi-viii, [1], 2-384 pp. Quarter-bound in brown calf over red cloth, binder's ticket on the rear pastedown shows the book to be bound by Burn, in this case Robert Burn, the grandson of the London bookbinder Thomas Burn..... More
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1864. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 2 vol. [7], viii-xvii, [2], 2--6, [1], 8-386, [2]; [4], vi, [1], 2-412, [2] pp. Three-quarter contemporary calf over marbled boards, spine in six compartments with a black morocco label lettered in gilt on each spine. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece..... More
New York: TOR [1986], 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [10], xi-xiv, 1-415, [3] pp. Blue paper-covered boards quarter-bound in dark blue textured paper with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $15.95 on front flap of jacket. Nicely inscribed by the author on the half-title page. An attractive copy..... More
London: George Newnes Limited [1934], 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 3 volumes, consecutively paginated: (i)-iv, 1-512; (i)-iv, 513 - 1024; (i)-iv,1025 - 1668. Three-quarter crimson morocco over dark red cloth, spines in 5 compartments with gold lettering and decorations, marbled crimson endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1839. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xvi, [1], 2-624 pp. Bound in later dark brown leather, spine with 5 raised bands with gilt ruling and gilt lettering, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt. Illustrated by an engraved frontispiece (portait of the author engraved by Finden..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840, 1841, 1841. First edition. Hardcover. 3 vol. Large 8vo. [5], iv, [1], 2-306; [3], vi, [1], 2-306, [2]; [3], vi, [1], 2-426 pp. Half-bound in contemporary brown calf over marbled boards, each spine has four raised bands and two black morocco labels with lettering in..... More
New York: Random House, 1948. First printing. Hardcover. 247 pp. Price of $3.00 on front flap of dust jacket. Near Fine in a jacket with traces of rubbing, a few closed tears and tiny chips, and some darkening to rear panel. More
Glasgow: Gray, Maver & Co., 1804. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [5], 10-182, [4] pp. Full contemporary calf, spine in six compartments with a red morocco label lettered in gilt on the spine. Illustrated with seven beautiful fold-out copper plates. Intended as a textbook for young people to learn about..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers [1958], 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xv, [3], 206 pp. Bound in grey cloth with series design in red/orange on the front board, title on front board in white divided by a white horizontal rule, white lettering on the spine with a red/orange horizontal..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1854. Later Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], vi-vii, [6], 6-337, [3]; [7], vi-vii, [4], 4-552, [2]; [7], vi, [3], 2-564, [2].; [9], viii-ix, [4], 2-580, [2] pp. Contemporary three-quarter brown calf over marbled boards, spines in six compartments with gilt lettering and decorations, black morocco labels..... More
Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. Small 12mo. [10], 51, [9] pp. Bound by the well-known French artisan and bookbinder Leon Gruel in red Morocco, top edge gilt. Stylized gilt borders and gilt rules on the boards, gilt lettering and decorations on the spine, red fabric with floral..... More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1965. First printing. Hardcover. 210 pp. Price of $4.50 on front flap of jacket. The author's first book, a novel concerning the romance between two young people who meet at an Oklahoma bus depot and wind up attending neighboring colleges on the East coast..... More
London: Collins, 1973. First printing. Hardcover. 318 pp. Bound in textured light brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of £2.50 on front flap of dust jacket. The third book in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Very Good book with a bookplate on the front pastedown, a few small spots..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (1965), 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xxxiv, [2], 3-269, [1] pp. Light blue paper-covered boards quarter bound in dark blue cloth with white lettering on the spine; blue topstain. Frontispiece photograph of the author. Price of $4.95 on front flap of jacket. Ahearn..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1859. First edition thus. Hardcover. 5vol. 8vo. 4 page publisher's catalog dated 1863 bound in at the beginning of Vol 1, [2], 3-414, [6]; [2], iii, [1], 422, [4]; [2], iii, [1], 452, [2]; [2], iii, [1], 570, [4]; [2], iii, [1], 618, [4] pp..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 4-433, [5] pp. Red cloth with blue lettering and grey decorations on the front board and spine; grey topstain. Price of $3.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket designed by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Winner of..... More
New York: DAW Books, Inc. (2007), 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 4-661, [1] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $24.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Dust jacket is the variant with the red-headed man. A very..... More
New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc. (1971), 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 2 vol. [4], v-x, 291, [1]; [4], v-viii, 496 pp. Red brick cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Honderich 786. Ryle was famous for his work on what the purpose of philosophy is, and his publications..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 11-569, [7] pp. Bound in light green cloth with oval wreath design stamped in blind on the front board and gold lettering on both the spine and front board. Price of $7.95 on front flap of jacket..... 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. Winner of the National Book Award, this novel is Stegner's exploration of issues surrounding old age and death..... More
Londini: In Aedibus Ricardi Taylor, 1824. Later edition. Hardcover. 4vo. [3], 4-295, [4] pp. Bound in tan leather calf with five raised bands on the spine and gilt ruling and decorations on the spine as well as the title and publisher's place and year in gilt. Five gold fillet lines..... More
[Derry, PA]: Rook Broadsides [1975], 1975. Limited Edition. Broadside. Broadside. 34.5 x 26.5 cm. Number 242. Signed by John Updike. A poem reflecting the sights and sounds of Boston, from the perspective of John Updike. Housed in a black and white frame (dimensions of the frame are 22" x 18")..... More