Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1987. First edition thus. Hardcover. 125 pp. Krumhansl 103c. The first hardcover trade edition, one of 400 copies numbered and signed by Bukowski, this being number 393. A very near Fine book with a tiny bump to the top right corner of the front..... More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984. First printing. Hardcover. 387 pp. First edition in first issue dust jacket, with all required points. The author's first book. Small closed tear to top of front panel, a few other traces of wear to the extremities; book has some rubbing to edges of boards..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1844. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 624 pp. Half bound in dark green morocco over green cloth, spine with 5 gilt raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled edges and endpapers, engraved frontispiece and vignette titlepage along with 38 additional plates by H.K. Browne ('Phiz'). Bound without the..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1839. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 624 pp. Bound in dark brown leather, spine with 5 raised bands with gilt ruling and gilt lettering, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, engraved frontispiece (portait of the author engraved by Finden from a painting by Maclise) along with..... More
New York: Random House [1974], 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [16], 4-288, [2] pp. Quarter white cloth over blue paper boards with purple lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $6.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Dunne's firsthand experiences in the seedy underbelly of Las..... More
New York: Random House (1958), (1963), (1974), 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 3 volumes: 840 pp.; 988 pp; 1106 pp. All three volumes bound in textured grey cloth with gold lettering blocked in blue on the spine, detailed maps on endpapers and pastedowns, grey topstain, numerous maps throughout. All..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938. First printing. Hardcover. 332 pp. Ahearn 067a. A presentable copy, difficult to find in the dust jacket. Near Fine book with a gift inscription on the first page dated 1938 in a price-clipped Good only dust jacket with chipping to the bottom edges and..... 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
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. First printing. Hardcover. 506 pp. Price of $6.00 on front flap of the dust jacket. Translated from the Greek by P.A. Bien. Basis for the eponymous and highly-regarded film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Willem Dafoe. An attractive copy of this classic novel..... More
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc., 1987. Dave McKean. First edition. Hardcover. 399 pp. Bound in black cloth with bronze metallic lettering on the spine, illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. 10 color plates. Price of $35.00 on front flap of jacket. The first printing of the first edition. Illustrated..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company [1964], 1964. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi, [1], viii, [2], 3-438, [2] pp. Navy cloth with decorations in red and gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $6.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with seven maps, a...... More
Paris: Chez Denully, 1742. Later Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [5], ii-xxiv, [1], 2-315, [7] pp. Full contemporary maroon morocco, spine in six compartments lettered in gilt. All edges gilt, the edges of the board's interiors show lovely gilt gauffering. Beautiful later eighteenth century marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated by an engraved..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1953. First printing. Hardcover. 145 pp. Price of $2.75 on front flap of jacket. Miller's acclaimed play is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials which serve as an allegory for the Red Scare of the early 1950s and associated mass cultural and political hysteria..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First American edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Two volumes, 587 pp.; 714 pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decorations in gold, silver, green, and red on front board. Top edges gilt. Frontispiece with tissue guard in each volume, numerous illustrations and 16 color plates..... More
New York: Pageant Press, Inc., 1967. First printing. Hardcover. 86 pp. Price of $4.00 on front flap of jacket. The diary of Edward F. Paikowski, a private with Ambulance Company 125 of the 32nd Division during World War I. Scharmach was Paikowski's niece and graduated from the Marquette University College..... More
Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1795. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xii, [1], 2-443, [3]. Original smooth calf, spine in five compartments with a maroon morocco label lettered in gilt. Spine shows additional gilt tooling. Evans 29274. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: "Natural Theology and Natural Religion"; "Religion and Morality". Paley famous for..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 3-215, [3] pp. Light blue-green cloth with navy lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Henderson 888. Hubin 660. A nice copy of an early Ellery Queen mystery..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976. First printing. Hardcover. 365 pp. Light blue cloth covered boards quarter bound in white cloth with blue lettering on the spine. Price of $10.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Signed by the author on the half title page. A very attractive copy of..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-vi, [3], 2-391, [1] -12 (advertisements for other works on butterflies by Samuel L. Scudder) pp. Green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine and front board. Illustrated by a frontispiece, eight coloured plates beautifully illustrating the..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1895. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], vi-xi, [1], 319, [3] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Illustrated by a frontispiece and fourteen additional plates. Warmly inscribed by the author to American biologist and naturalist Francis Harper, known for his..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce [1942], 1942. First printing. Hardcover. 362 pp. Price of $3.00 on front flap of jacket. Bound in maroon cloth. Edited by Erskine Caldwell. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Part of the American Folkways series. Colberg A6. A Near Fine book with a...... More
New York: Bantam Books (1992), 1992. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 440, [6] pp. Maroon paper-covered boards quarter-bound in navy cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $22.00 on front jacket flap. First printing of the first hardcover edition. A sharp copy of Stephenson's modern science fiction classic;..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1967. First printing. Hardcover. 318 pp. Price of $4.95 on front flap of jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page. The author's second novel. Near Fine book with some slight separation between backstrip and top textblock and a tiny spot of..... 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
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons (1969), 1969. First printing. Hardcover. 157 pp. Price of $4.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Currey 570. A sharp copy of this influential post-apocalyptic science fiction novel, an expansion of Zelazny's eponymous novella; basis for the 1977 film of the same..... More