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 three-quarter 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
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xiii, [4], 2-400 pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Travis closely analyzes Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations and develops a compelling account of Wittgenstein's views centered around the notion of occasion sensitivity, the view that meaning depends in an essential..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xix, [2], 2-204 pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of 37s 6d. on the front flap of the dust jacket. Edited by G. H. von Wright, Rush Rhees, and G. E. M. Anscombe. Translated by G. E...... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. Later edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [3], 4-167, [3] pp. Contemporary paneled leather (Hayday binding) with gilt tooling, decorations, lettering, and gilt dentelles to the insides of the boards; all edges gilt. Title page illustrated with a drawing done on wood. The free front..... More
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press [2000], 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [7], 8-182, [8] pp. Teal cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $15.99 on front flap of jacket. A very attractive copy of this Newbery Honor book, the author's first novel. A Near Fine book slightly askew..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xxi, [3], 3-548, [6] pp. Black cloth with white lettering on the spine. Price of $6.75 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated by several black and white photographs. ADNB, Yans-McLaughlin, Virginia: "Mead, Margaret". Mead's story..... More
Diekirch, Luxembourg: Gustave Soupert, 1919. First edition. Pamphlet. 8vo. [2], 3-32 pp. Beige wrappers lettered in black with a black and yellow cross on the front wrapper. Illustrated by four charts. The charts show the materials captured by the 33rd during its operations, the casualties the 33rd suffered in the..... More
New York: Philosophical Library [1950], 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 2, [2], 5-282 pp. Bound in navy cloth with a facsimile of Einstein's signature stamped in gold on the front board, gold lettering on the spine. This is the variant with the grey and red jacket and Einstein's picture..... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. Third edition. Hardcover. 5vol. 8vo. [7], vi-lvi, [4], 3-434, [4]; [4], v-xi, [1], 476, [2]; [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [6], v-xi, [3], 3-438, [16] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2]; [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [4], v-xiii, [3], 3-539, [3]; [4], v-xii, [2], 3-558, [2]..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-viii, [2], 364, [2] pp. Orange pictorial cloth with decorations in gold, white, and black with black lettering on the front board and spine; top edge gilt. Illustrated by a color frontispiece, a pictorial title page, and twenty-four..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. [1956], 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 9-399, [1] pp. Quarter red cloth over black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $5.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated by a portrait of Tecumseh and six maps. A history of..... More
Oakland, California/Boston: Parnassus Press/Houghton Mifflin Company [1964], 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 207, [1] pp. Yellow cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $7.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with several in-text drawings. Drawings by Ruth Robbins. Richard H. Dillon..... More
New York: Gay Brothers & Company, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. 2vol. Large 8vo. [3], iv-xxxi, [4], 54-698, [2]; [5], x-xxvii, [4], 36-536 pp. Purple pebbled cloth with black decorations and gold lettering on the front board and spine, textblocks stained red. The first volume illustrated with a steel lithograph frontispiece..... More
New York: Delacorte Press [1975], 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 2-346 pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine; orange topstain. Price of $8.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Signed by the author on the half-title page. A Near Fine book with a faint odor..... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press [1985], 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], xii, [3], 4-447, [5] pp. Teal cloth with white lettering on the spine. Illustrated by several black and white photographs. A history of bluegrass music beginning in the 1930s. Dust jacket is Very Good+ with a trace or..... More
New York: The Dial Press (1976), 1976. First American edition. Hardcover. 4to. [3], 4-96 pp. Pictorial boards. Price of $6.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated by Yoran Cazac. This is the first American edition (preceded by the British first). Bottom of the front flap clipped by the publisher (to..... More
New York: Printed for the Society, 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876. First edition. Hardcover. 5vol. 8vo. [12], 494, [4]; [10], 494, [4]; [12], 494, [4]; [13], 2-500, [2]; [9], x, [5], 2-553, [5] pp. Bound in green pebbled cloth with gold lettering and decorations on the spine. Several leaves uncut..... More
London: Elliot Stock, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. [5], viii-xviii, [3], 4-241, [2] pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering and decorations on the front board and spine; top edge gilt, beveled-edge boards. Illustrated by a frontispiece and several in-text illustrations, maps, and plans. A history and topographical study of the largest..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1893. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 4-232, [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements). Teal cloth with gold lettering and silver decorations on the front board and spine. Binding C according to BAL. BAL 10604. The first American edition, published after the British edition. A..... More
[Philadelphia]: [W.E. Scull] [1909], 1909. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], v-xii, [4], 17-448 pp. Pictorial cloth with decorations in red, navy, white, and gold on the front board and spine. Illustrated by a frontispiece, a few black and white drawings, and several black and white photographs. Edited by Charles Morris..... More
New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday (1988), 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-ix, [4], 4-274, [4] pp. Quarter red cloth over brown paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $18.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a few diagrams. A good book for an..... More
New York: Harper [2009], 2009. Brett Helquist. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [10], 117, [1] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine, decorative inset on the front board and an inset with the summary of the book on the rear board. Price of $14.99 on rear cover. With..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 8, [4], 13-318, [2] pp. Blue cloth with red and white lettering on the spine. Price of $5.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated by a few black and white photographs. Review slip from..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-x, [2], 3-374 pp. Blue cloth with red lettering and decorations on the front board. Price of $5.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated by several black and white photographs of the sights of New..... More
