New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. First printing. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 341 pp. Includes one leaf of ads bound in the rear (one of which advertises both this volume and Custer's "Boots and Saddles"). Bound in green cloth lettered in gilt and stamped with gilt and black decorations on the... More about Following the Guidon
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 312 pp. Bound in tan buckram cloth lettered in gilt and stamped with gilt and black decorations on the front board and the spine. The front board is lettered in gilt with a trumpet and a sunrise stamped in... More about Boots and Saddles; Or Life in Dakota with General Custer
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. 251 pp. Bound in navy blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Lacks the dust jacket. Blackwell & Ruja A57.1a. A presentable copy of this collection of Russell's essays aimed at a more general audience. Very Good with some... More about Sceptical Essays
Chicago: Acme Publishing Co., 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Large 4vo. 1033 pp. Bound in pebbled brown leather with gilt lettering and decorations on the front board and spine, all edges gilt. The front and rear boards are decorated with flowers stamped in blind, with beveled edges. Four raised bands on... More about Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County Wisconsin
Milwaukee: Williams Publishing Co. [1902], 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 259 pp. Bound in brown leather with twin gilt rule borders, gilt lettering and decorations on the front board, spine in 5 compartments with gilt lettering and decorations, twin gilt rule borders and gilt decorations on the rear board, marbled... More about Notable Men of Wisconsin
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1885. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 2 volumes. 528 pp.; 483 pp. Finely bound in recent green Morocco over green cloth bordered with twin gilt rules, spine in six compartments bordered by twin gilt rules, black leather labels with gilt lettering, recent marbled endpapers... More about The Congo and the Founding of its Free State: A Story of Work and Exploration
London: Faber & Faber (1963), 1963. First edition. Hardcover. 200 pp. Bound in red cloth with gold lettering on the the spine. Edited by H. C. Robbins Landon and Sebastian Leitner, with a preface by Corelli Barnett. English translation by H. C. Robbins Landon. Frontispiece photograph of Pruller. Enser 186... More about Diary of a German Soldier
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. First printing. Hardcover. 386 pp. Light brown paper-covered boards quarter-bound in tan cloth with maroon lettering on the spine, gold endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $10.95 on front jacket flap. An attractive copy of Settle's eighth novel, winner of the National Book Award. Very near... More about Blood Tie
New York: Simon & Schuster [2006], 2006. First printing. Hardcover. 258 pp. Patterned tan paper over boards quarter-bound in maroon cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Price of $26.00 on front flap of the dust jacket. 8 black and white photographic plates, notes, notes on sources, and an index. More about The Trojan War; A New History
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1897. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 351 pp; 321 pp. Three-quarter bound (by Blackwell for Brentanos) in brown pebbled Morocco over marbled paper, spine in six compartments with gilt lettering and decorations, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, red cloth bookmark bound in each volume... More about The American Revolution; Illustrated with Portraits Maps Facsimiles Contemporary Views Prints and...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 135 pp. Bound in navy blue cloth with author's initials stamped in gold on the front board and gilt lettering on the spine, light blue topstain. Price of $7.95 on front flap of dust jacket. An attractive copy of Maxwell's sixth... More about So Long, See You Tomorrow
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 242 pp. Bound in pale green cloth with author's initials stamped in gold on the front board and gilt lettering on the spine. Price of $8.95 on front flap of dust jacket. An attractive copy of Maxwell's second collection of short... More about Over By the River and Other Stories
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons (1992), 1992. First printing. Hardcover. 320 pp. Price of $21.95 on front flap of jacket. A nice copy of the fourth book in Sandford's long-running series. More about Silent Prey
New York: Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 244 pp. Bound in red cloth lettered in gilt on the front board and the spine, black and white portrait of the author inlaid on the front board. Frontispiece portrait of Hamilton with tissue guard, seven additional plates... More about My Sixty Years on the Plains; Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. First American edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 259 pp. Bound in patterned light blue cloth with gold lettering and Gordian knot design in dark blue on the front board, gilt lettering and handcuff design in dark blue on the spine. Frontispiece and 23 additional plates... More about The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1915), 1915. First edition. Hardcover. 312 pp. Bound in green cloth with the top edge gilt and decorations stamped in black and gilt on the front board with gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrations drawn and engraved on wood by Rudolph Ruzicka. Includes 14 full-page... More about Fountains of Papal Rome
London: Robert Hale (1975), 1975. First American edition. Hardcover. 192 pp. Price of £3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with black and white photographs and a map. The story of British parachutists who operated in the Balkans during WWII, difficult to find in such nice condition... More about Agents Extraordinary
New York: Alfred A. Knopf [1997], 1997. First American edition. Hardcover. 326 pp. Price of $20.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. First printing of the first American edition. A beautiful copy of the second book in Pullman's acclaimed His Dark Materials trilogy. A Fine book in a.... More about The Subtle Knife
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 373 pp. Bound in navy blue cloth with gold lettering and publisher's device in gold on the spine, double-ruled blind-stamped border to both boards. Inscribed "To the Rev. G. A. Weekes with the author's compliments" on the free front endpaper (without... More about A Theory of Time and Space
London: J. Tonson, 1732. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 2 volumes. 356 pp.; 351 pp. Modern three-quarter brown calf over marbled paper, spine in six compartments with gilt lettering and gilt rules, decorations and rules stamped in blind on the spine, new endpapers and pastedowns, brown topstain and red decorative speckling... More about Alciphron: Or the Minute Philosopher in Seven Dialogues with A New Theory of Vision; Containing...
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First printing. Hardcover. 472 pp. Bound in textured yellow cloth with green decorations on the front board, green rectangle on the spine with gold lettering, black topstain. Price of $3.95 on front flap of jacket. A presentable copy of this omnibus which is the... More about The 87th Precinct; An Inner Sanctum Mystery Trilogy
Lincoln, NE: University Of Nebraska Press [1989], 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 302 pp. Bound in ivory cloth with lettering stamped in gilt on the spine, black endpapers and pastedowns. Index, bibliography, numerous black and white illustrations, five maps. More about Billy The Kid; A Short And Violent Life
London: Collins, 1964. First UK edition. Hardcover. 253 pp. Bound in textured orange cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of 21s. net on front flap of jacket. Translated by Sam Hileman. Near Fine book in a Very Good lightly edge-worn dust jacket with a couple of very tiny... More about The Death of Artemio Cruz
New York: Random House [2008], 2008. First printing. Hardcover. 270 pp. Off-white paper covered boards quarter bound in tan paper with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $25.00 on front flap of dust jacket. A very attractive copy of Strout's third novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. More about Olive Kitteridge
New York: Random House (1988), 1988. First printing. Hardcover. 306 pp. Black paper covered boards quarter bound in black cloth with bronze-colored foil lettering on spine and two bronze-colored horizontal bars stamped on the front board. Price of $17.95 on front flap of dust jacket. A sharp copy of Dexter's... More about Paris Trout