Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1906. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [16], 17-95, [3] pp. Sea-green cloth decorated with gold, green, red, and white; top edge gilt. With twenty full-page illustrations (frontispiece plus nineteen full-page illustrations). Drawings by Howard Pyle, John J. Enneking & Edmund H. Garrett. Decorations by Adrian J...... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, Publishers, 1938. Magazine. Magazine. 28 x 21 cm. 241-288 pp. Pictorial covers. Includes several short stories and colored illustrations, puzzles, games, and advertisements for products useful to children in the 1930's (including an elastic back knit play suit, baby powder, dolls, tutoring, etc.). A bright..... More
New York: A.L. Burt Company Publishers [1920], ca. 1920. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 365, [10] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Green cloth lettered in black on the front board and spine. With decorations by J. Allen St. John. An early Tarzan reprint. Heins 39. Zeuschner 449. A Very Good..... More
New York: A.L. Burt Company Publishers [1920], ca. 1920. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 350, [11] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [3] pp. Green cloth lettered in black on the front board and spine. Illustrated by a frontispiece. An early Tarzan reprint. Heins 48. Zeuschner 602. A Good+ book with a...... More
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, Publishers, 1889. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 339, [1], [12] (pages of publisher's advertisements, ads are illustrated with steel engravings), [2] pp. Brown cloth decorated and lettered in gilt on the front board and spine. Illustrated by a frontispiece and around fifteen full-page illustrations, with numerous..... More
1849. Postcard. Postcard. 7.5 x 13 cm. Addressed to #396 La Fayette Ave., Baltimore, Maryland, by the sister to her brother Mr. F. [Seedcalfe?]. Written on a one cent US Postal Card, postmarked Ellicott City, MD Aug 6. Dated August 6th, 1849. Reads: "Dear Frank, The judge will leave for..... More
New York: Raven Press [1965], 1965. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 440, [2] pp. Dark grey cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Includes Godel's "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of the Principia Mathematica and Related Systems", "On Undecidable Propositions of Formal Mathematical Systems", and papers by Alonzo Church, Alan Turing..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. Later edition. Hardcover. 2vol. 12mo. [1] (page of publisher's advertisements), [5], 8-265, [3]; [1] (page of publisher's advertisements), [5], 8-277, [3] pp. Green cloth lettered and decorated in black on the front boards and spines, spines also show lettering in gold; textblocks stained..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company [1946], 1946. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [10], 3-351, [1] pp. Bound in red cloth with broken column and lettering stamped in black on the front board, black lettering on the spine. Firsts Magazine March 1995 31. A nice copy of the edition produced by..... More
Philadelphia: Zeigler, McCurdy & Co., 1867. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 21-799, [3] pp. Maroon blindstamped cloth lettered in gold on the spine. Illustrated by a frontispiece of Clara Barton and a vignette title page, along with fourteen additional engraved plates throughout. Broadfoot 75. Nevins II 122. Includes discussion of..... More
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press [1922], 1922. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 184, [2] pp. Navy cloth lettered in gold on the spine, lettered and decorated in gold on the front board. Illustrated by a frontispiece and seven additional plates (illustrations are black and white drawings). Illustrations by Charles Livingston..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1890. Later printing. Hardcover. 4to. [5], 11-411, [1], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [4] pp. Green cloth stamped in black on the front board and spine, volume lettered and decorated in gilt on the front board and spine. Illustrated by two frontispieces and..... More
Boston: Samuel E. Cassino [1892], 1892. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], iii-ix, [3], 257, [3] pp. Brown cloth with the front board and spine lettered in gold, decoration stamped in black on the front board. Illustrated by Hiram Putnam Barnes, with several in-text illustrations. More
London: John Murray, 1820. Second edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [6], 8-108, [4] pp. Smooth paneled calf with gilt tooling and decorations on the boards and spine, page block decoratively spotted. Spine in five compartments with two black morocco labels. The second edition, includes notes by Rogers. A Very Good book with..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1911. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], iii-x, [1], 2-233, [1], [5] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Bound in tan buckram with red and black lettering on the front board and spine, yellow topstain. Lacks the dust jacket. Illustrated by a photograph frontispiece of Stephen..... More
New York: Pollard & Moss, 1887. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv--viii, 312 pp. Purple cloth with lettering and decorations stamped in gold on the front board and spine. Illustrated with one hundred and ten wood engravings throughout the text. An attractive, illustrated reprint of a classic tale of exploration..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company (1927), 1927. Seventieth Printing. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [4], v-ix, [3], 103, [3] pp. Orange cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine, Christopher Robin embossed in gold on the front board. Pictorial endpapers. With decorations by Ernest Shepard (illustrated by a frontispiece..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xxv, [6], xxxii-xli, [4], 4-439, [2], ii-viii, [4] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine and a gold decoration on the front board, purple topstain. Price of $5.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1962], 1962. First printing. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [12], 13-101, [3] pp. Grey cloth with white lettering on the spine. Price of $4.00 on front flap of jacket. Jacket is the variant with white background and black lettering on the rear panel. Ahearn APG 094C..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers (1995), 1995. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xi, [3], 3-225 pp. Quarter bound in black cloth over red paper boards, silver lettering on the spine. Price of $22.00 on front flap of jacket. A Very Good+ book with a remainder mark on the bottom textblock and..... 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
France: 1918. Letter. Letter. Single sheet. 21.5 x 13.75 cm. Dated Oct. 17 of 1918, written on American Red Cross stationary with the header "On Active Service with the American Expeditionary Force". With the original envelope, bearing the stamp from the Censor's office. Letter is addressed to Miss Mary Voss..... More
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], viii-xiv, [1], 2-471, [1] pp. Bound in navy blue cloth with gold lettering and twin gilt rules on the spine. Translated by J. H. Woodger. Tarski is undeniably one of the greatest logicians in history and made significant groundbreaking contributions..... More
London: Bloomsbury (2003), 2003. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [7], 8-766, [2] pp. Pictorial boards, brightly illustrated by Jason Cockcroft. Price of £16.99 on the front flap of the dust jacket. The first of the UK children's version of the fifth Harry Potter novel. A Very Good+ book with toning..... More
New York: DAW Books, Inc. (2007), 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 4-661, [1] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $24.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Dust jacket is the variant with the red-headed man. A very..... More