Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1765. Eighth Edition (in English). Hardcover. 4to. [9], iii-xiii, [1], 2-504, [16] pp. Contemporary calf boards with the spine in six compartments, gilt decorations on the spine and a later morocco label lettered in gilt on the spine. Bound without the errata leaf. The eighth edition in..... More
Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners, 1850. First American edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [4], iii-xii, [2], 3-652, [2] pp. Blindstamped blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with several diagrams (including different board combinations in draughts) and a few wood engravings. Jessel 141. This hand-book states the rules of poker, euchre..... More
Marietta, O. E.R. Alderman & Sons, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], ii-v, [2], 6-330 pp. Blue cloth with a gold decoration on the front board and gold lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. Black endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seventeen plates (plus additional portraits dubbed..... More
New York: P.F. Collier, Publisher, 1879; 1880. Later edition. Hardcover. 3 vol. Large 8vo. [2], iii-vii, [2], 2-1183, [3]; [2], iii-vii, [2], 2-1190, [4]; [2], iii-vii, [2], 2-1182, [4] pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on the spines, a gold decoration on each front board, and black decorations on the..... More
Berne: Chez la Société Typographique, 1775. Later edition. Hardcover. 3 vol. 8vo. [3], iv-viii, [1], 2-309, [3]; [3], iv-viii, [1], 2-315, [3]; [3], iv-x, [1], 2-351, [3] pp. Contemporary calf with the spines in six compartments, each spine with gilt decorations and with two maroon morocco labels lettered in gilt;..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. LTD, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-vii, [4], 2-300 pp. Navy cloth with boards ruled in blind, gold lettering on the spine. Greek text on the left, English translation and commentary on the right. Philosophers from the Ionic and Eleatic schools are..... 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: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 242, [4] pp. Navy cloth with teal lettering on the spine and a teal decoration of a spaceman on the front board. Price of $2.50 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated by Clifford N. Geary. Ahearn APG 003a. Currey..... More
London: T. & W. Boone, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. 3vol. 8vo. [3], iv-vi, [1], 2-432, [2]; [3], 2-427, [3]; [3], 2-410, [2] pp. Contemporary half black morocco over marbled boards, spines in six compartments with gilt lettering and decorations, marbled endpapers and pastedowns; top edges gilt. Volume one illustrated by..... More
London: John Murray, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-ix, [2], 2-687, [1] pp. Bound without the publisher's advertisements. Half contemporary green calf over textured cloth boards, spine in six compartments with a brown morocco label lettered in gilt on the spine; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated..... More
n.p. Privately Printed for the Pierre Louÿs Society [1927], 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [18], 21-270, [6] pp. Black cloth with red lettering on the front board and spine, decoration on the front board outlined in red. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a design on the title page, nine plates, and..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 7-253, [1] pp. Orange and black patterned cloth, gold lettering on the spine. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the jacket. Jacket design by Don Bender. The first American hardcover edition of the sixth Travis McGee novel. Ahearn..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 4-238, [8] pp. Quarter maroon cloth over blue paper covered boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $3.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Bruccoli A 20.1.a. A nice copy of the thirteenth Lew Archer..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1943. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. vi. [3], 4-321, [1] pp. Tan cloth with brown lettering on the front board and the spine. Price of $2.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Henderson 888. Hubin 661. A nice example of an Ellery Queen mystery..... More
Glasguae [Glasgow]: In Aedibus Academicis Excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis [Foulis Press], 1760. Editio Quarta [Fourth Edition]. Hardcover. Foolscap 4to. [9], viii-ix, [2], xii, [1], 2-307, [3] pp. Original smooth calf, spine neatly rebacked (likely a contemporary rebacking), with the original spine laid down. Boards are ruled in gilt, all..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 428, [4] pp. Half bound in red morocco, over red cloth with five raised bands on the spine and gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. Gilt rules between the leather and the cloth, top edge gilt. Endpapers and..... More
[Pawlet, Vermont]: The Banyan Press [1948], 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. [6], 2-79, [9] pp. Quarter red cloth over marbled boards with gold lettering on the spine. With a glassine wrapper housed in a navy slipcase. Title page with a red decorative illustration of blood. Number 355 of 626 copies..... More
New York: Avon Books (1999), 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [11], 2-918 pp. Black paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $27.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Anatomy of Wonder II-1075. A Locus Award winner. Inscribed by Stephenson on the title page. A...... More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], viii-x, [1], 2-454, [2] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine and the publisher's device in gold on the spine. Lacks the dust jacket. Oxford DNB, M.L. Cartwright, "Titchmarsh, Edward Charles (1899–1963)". An introduction to real and..... 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
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [6], 9-260, [3], 9 (pages of publisher's advertisements), [3] pp. Bound in tan cloth with gilt, brown, and black decorations on the front board. Illustrated by a frontispiece. BAL 3436, Ahearn APG 045a, McBride 135. A Near..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 11-411, [1] pp. Green publisher's cloth with black and gilt decorations on the front board and spine; all edges gilt. A few full-page illustrations at the beginning of the volume, facing the title page, with several full-page and..... More
London: Jacob Tonson, 1709. Third edition. Hardcover. 3 vol. 8vo. [3], 2-211, [1]; [2], 213-545, [3]; 549-857, [1] pp. Half later (late nineteenth-century) calf over marbled boards, spines in six compartments, ruled in gilt, each spine with a black morocco label lettered in gilt. Title pages printed in red and..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1947. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], v-xviii, 1- 641 pp. Bound in brown cloth with publisher's name in gilt on the spine, other spine lettering in gilt set within a dark brown rectangle bordered on the top and bottom by three bars stamped in gold;..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich [1982], 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 3-245, [1] pp. Quarter purple cloth over cream paper-covered boards with silver lettering on the spine. First printing of the first edition in the correct dust jacket. Ahearn APG 012b. Walker's third novel, a powerful portrayal of deep..... More