New York: William Morrow & Company, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xvi, [2], 1-204, [2] pp. Black cloth with a decoration in gold on the front board and gold lettering and a snake stamped in gold on the spine. Decorated endpapers and pastedowns. With a frontispiece and nine plates..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [13], 2-270, [4] pp. Quarter navy cloth overgrey paper boards with silver lettering on the front board, silver lettering on the spine. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $4.95 on front flap of dust jacket. A small dampstain to the..... More
[London]: Picador / Published by Pan Books (1993), 1993. First UK edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 5-301, [5] pp. White cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of £14.99 on the front flap of the dust jacket. The first book in McCarthy's "Border Trilogy" and a best-seller that brought him..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers [1989], 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 1-239, [3] pp. Quarter blue cloth over brown paper boards with copper lettering on the spine. Navy endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $17.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A mystery novel featuring Joe Leaphorn..... More
New York: The Viking Press (1967), 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [13], 4-405, [1] pp. Quarter red cloth over black cloth with gold and black lettering on the spine; red topstain. Red endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $6.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by James..... More
London: Grafton Books (1988), 1988. First UK edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 11-234, [4] pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of £11.95 net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Peter Goodfellow. More
New York: The Mysterious Press [1987], 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 3-325, [3] pp. Quarter black cloth over purple paper boards with purple lettering on the spine. Purple endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $16.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Minor fading to the boards' top edges and a...... More
London: Collins, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-413, [3] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of £1.80 on the front flap of the dust jacket. First trade edition. A beautiful copy of the second of O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin novels. Binder's error to two corners of..... More
New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence (1979), 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], x-xxxviii, [5], 2-246 pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the front board and silver and gold lettering on the spine; orange topstain. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $9.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrated with..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 1-662 pp. Grey cloth with decorations and lettering in gold and black on the front board and spine. Price of $5.00 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrations by Douglas W. Gorsline: illustrations are in-text and full-page, in..... More
London: William Pickering, 1849. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xii, [1], 2-354, [6] pp. Later three-quarter black leather over marbled boards with the spine in six compartments, two red morocco labels lettered in gold on the spine; top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Title page printed in red..... More
New York: Random House [1949], 1949. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-246, [2] pp. Red cloth with gold lettering blocked in black and a gold decoration on the front board and spine; grey topstain. Title page printed in red and black. Ahearn APG 027b. A name on the free front..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers [1988], 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 1-209, [5] pp. White cloth with red lettering on the spine. Price of $15.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Maps on the endpapers and pastedowns. A novel featuring Joe Leaphorn, these books are the..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press (1992), 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 9-160 pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $16.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with several full-page designs by Famel Akib. Boards slightly bowed with some rubbing; jacket has a...... More
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Paris: A. Lahure / Rouveyre & Blond, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 4-193, [13] pp. Three-quarter contemporary calf over marbled boards with the spine in six compartments with a red morocco label lettered in gilt on the spine; top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. A green silk ribbon..... More
New York: Williams, Belasco, and Meyers [1930], 1930. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 7-144 pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine, gold decoration on the front board. Price of $7.50 on the front panel of the dust jacket. With six full-page illustrations by Mahlon Blaine..... More
London: Printed for John Fairburn, 1822. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xxiv, [1], 2-489, [3] pp. Full later green morocco with three gilt borders to each board, spine in six compartments with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Bound by Riviere &..... More
n.p. Privately Printed for Subscribers Only, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [17], 22-416, [4] pp. Quarter yellow cloth over textured blue cloth with a blue paper label printed in dark blue on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Copy number 496 of 995 copies printed. Signed by the author on..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-vi, [2], 3-188, [1], [1] (page of publisher's advertisements) pp. Quarter blue cloth over tan textured boards with a paper label printed in blue on the spine. Price of $2.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket..... 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
New York: Collins, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-256 pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of £10.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. First trade edition. The sixteenth of O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin novels. Pageblock a touch toned, a small erasure on the free..... More
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books (1999), 1999. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-ix, [3], 435, [1] pp. Green diamond-patterned paper-covered boards quarter-bound in purple cloth with metallic green lettering on the spine. Orange endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $19.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrations by Mary..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons [1990], 1990. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-302, [2] pp. Orange cloth with a gold decoration on the front board, gold lettering on the spine. Housed in a beige cloth slipcase. Green endpapers and pastedowns. Title page printed in orange and black. Illustrated with two..... More
New York: Delacorte Press [1981], 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], ix-xviii, [4], 1-330 pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on the spine; all edges gilt. Housed in a maroon cloth slipcase with Vonnegut's signature embossed in gilt on one side. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Copy 486 of 500 limited..... More
New York: Delacorte Press [1987], 1987. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [15], 2-300 pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine; all edges gilt. Housed in a black cloth slipcase with Vonnegut's signature embossed in gilt on one side. Red endpapers and pastedowns. Price sticker of $100.00 on the side..... More