New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, 1892. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], iv-viii, [1], 2-514, [4] pp. Orange blindstamped cloth decorated in black and gold on the front board and spine. Bookplate of Harry J. Nunnemacher, ca. 1900 on the front pastedown. Late nineteenth century bookseller's ticket, C.N. Caspar of..... More

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 3-309, [3] pp. Maroon cloth lettered in gold on the spine. Illustrated by a black and white photograph frontispiece, with fifteen additional photograph plates. Illustrations depict portraits of Peter Stuyvesant, Madame Jumel, John Jacob Astor and his wife..... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 2-380, [10] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine and dark orange endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $16.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Hammon and Anderson A24b. A beautiful copy of the..... More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1909. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 207, [1], [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements for other works by Hardy) pp. Green cloth lettered in gold on the spine with a gold decoration on the front board. Webb 38. A Very Good book with a few traces of wear..... More

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company [1966], 1966. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 8-255, [1] pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt decoration of Mole, Rat, and Toad on the front board; yellow topstain. Price of $4.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket..... More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. [1971], 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 9-256 pp. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine, yellow topstain. Price of $6.95 on front flap of jacket. First printing of the first American edition. Kirkpatrick A39b. Written in 1913-1914..... More

Chelsea, Mass. 1846. Letter. Letter. Broadsheet. 25 x 21 cm. [3] pp. Folded into nine compartments and addressed to Dr. Nathaniel R. Boutelle of Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA on the verso of the final page. Letter dated October 26th 1846, starts off with "Friend Nath., what means this..... More

Parisiis [Paris]: Petri L'Huillier, 1588. Quarta Editio [Fourth Edition]. Hardcover. 8vo. [140], 2-943, [40] pp. Original unpolished calf, spine in five compartments. Title page printed in red and black, first 100 or so pages printed in red and black. Illustrated by woodcut head and tailpieces, publisher's device on the title..... More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xvi, [2], 3-367, [1] pp. Tan cloth with a brown label on the spine, brown topstain. Illustrated by a frontispiece and fifteen additional plates, illustrations taken from paintings of horse racing culture in the United States. A history of..... More

[1977]. Print. Print. 30.5 x 22 cm. Signed by Wrighston on the bottom edge. This print is from a series of beautiful pen and ink illustrations Wrightson created in the late 1970s and early 1980s based on scenes from Shelley's classic novel. First issued in two portfolios produced by Tyrannosaurus..... More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap [1953], 1953. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], iii, [2], 2-212, [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Buckram cloth with brown lettering on the front board and spine, navy topstain. Orange endpapers and pastedowns. Pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by a frontispiece. Carpentieri 1953B-26. Book 16..... More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1970), 1970. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-217, [1] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine, purple topstain. Translated by Richard and Clara Winston. A Near Fine book with a touch of offsetting to the front flyleaf in..... More

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1883. Hardcover. Large 4to. [2], 5-47, [7] pp. Sea-green cloth with gold, silver, and red decorations on the front board and spine, all edges gilt. Illustrated by a frontispiece and nine additional wood engravings throughout the text. A lovely edition of a classic work. A..... More