Boston: Little, Brown and Company [1955], 1955. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-viii, [4], 3-159, [5] pp. Grey cloth with red lettering on the spine. With several full-page black and white drawings by Leo Hershfield. Toning to the gutters; jacket is price-clipped with some foxing. More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers [1976], 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [9], x-xi, [6], 2-686 pp. Blue cloth with the publisher's device in gold on the front board, gold lettering on the spine. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with eight plates of black and white photographs. Letters collected..... More
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 2-163, [3] pp. Quarter orange cloth over blue paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $19.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Light foxing to the spine and textblock, a slight..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [13], 6-611, [3] pp. Blue paper boards printed in white with white lettering and decorations on the boards and spine. Price of $25.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Translated by Jay Rubin. Murakami's fifth novel translated..... More
London: John Stockdale, 1793. Later edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. Large 8vo. [2], iii-xi, [1], 1-225, [1] ; [4], iii-vii, [1], 1-187, [1] (page of publisher's advertisements) pp. Mid-nineteenth century paneled sheep: each board with a calf border inlaid with gilt pointillé in the border, three gilt borders on each board..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company [1960], 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xiii, [3], 3-770 pp. Grey cloth with gold lettering blocked in black on the spine; light brown topstain. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $10.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Edited by Thomas H. Johnson..... More
London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 3-278, [2] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated by a full-page map. In the first state dust jacket (FIRSTS, October 2010, 30). A sharp copy of Ballard's harrowing novel based on his experiences growing up during..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. Second edition. Hardcover. 3 vol. 8vo. [7], 6-423, [5]; [6], 9-352; Black cloth with an orange and gold design (the ring and the eye of Sauron) on the front board, gold lettering on the spine; orange topstain. Black cloth with a red and gold design..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1899; 1898. Later printing. Hardcover. 2 vol. 12mo. [9], 10-212, [1], 2-4, [6] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2]; [9], 10-214, [1], 2-4, [6] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Red publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and spine; all edges decoratively stained..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1895. Later printing. Hardcover. 12mo. [9], 10-256 pp. Red publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and spine; all edges decoratively stained red. With full-page and in-text engravings (black and white). Edited, with notes, by William J. Rolfe. A contemporary inscription in..... More
New York: Random House (1965), 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [15], 4-343, [1] pp. Maroon cloth boards with gold lettering on the front board and spine; dark grey topstain. Maroon endpapers and pastedowns. Title page printed in black and orange. Jacket design by S. Neil Fujita. Illustrated with an in-text..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company [1997], 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 13-221, [3] pp. Half blue cloth over purple paper boards with silver lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $22.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Top textblock dusty and a bit foxed;..... More
Avon, Connecticut: The Limited Editions Club, 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-xv, [5], 3-272, [2] pp. Quarter brown polished leather over decorative grey paper boards ruled in red with black illustrations on them, brown leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. Housed in a...... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [5], 2-93, [7] pp. Blue paper boards with a black label lettered in gilt. Housed in a black paper slipcase stamped in gilt on one side. Title page printed in black with a red decorative border. Copy number 9 of 950..... More
Cambridge: The Limited Editions Club / The University Press, 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. [8], 3-57, [19] pp. Quarter stiff white cloth over marbled paper boards, gold lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. Housed in a black paper slipcase. Title page printed in blue and black. Illustrated with..... More
New York: E.P Dutton & Company, Inc., 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], xi-xiii, [7], 3-363, [3] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine; red topstain. Price of $5.00 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with maps and a few in-text drawings. Signed by the author on the..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], viii, [2], 3-295, [3] pp. Green cloth with black lettering blocked in blue on the front board and spine; light orange topstain. Price of $2.50 on front flap of dust jacket. An attractive copy of Cather's final novel. A..... More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1988), 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [14], 5-517, [3] pp. Half black cloth over blue paper boards with copper lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $19.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrated with a double-page map. Three corners of the boards..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [14], 5-321, [3] pp. White cloth with blue lettering on the spine. Price of $25.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. More
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, ca. 1920. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], 3-140 pp. Light green publisher's cloth with blue decorations and gilt lettering and two gilt borders on the front board, navy lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and with several black and white full-page illustrations by Sarah..... More
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München & Berlin: Friedr. Bruckmann, ca. 1885. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], 12, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) (unpaginated) pp. Red publisher's cloth with decorations in blind and gilt lettering and decorations on the front board. The front board opens to reveal three yellow coated paper flaps which unfold to display the..... More
Parigi [= Paris]: Teofilo Barrois [= Theophile Barrois], 1785. Later edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [5], ii-viii, [1], 2-326, [2]; [5], 2-333, [1], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Half later sheep (ca. 1830) over peach paper boards with the spines in six compartments, a black label lettered in..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, ca. 1905. Later printing. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 294, [2], [36] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Half white publisher's cloth over red publisher's cloth with gilt decorations, borders, and lettering on the front board, a pink and green rose decoration on the front board, gilt lettering and..... More
Philadelphia: J.P. Skelly & Co., 1869. Later printing. Hardcover. 12mo. [3], iv, [1], 6-182, [2] pp. Green publisher's cloth with two blind borders on each board, publisher's device on the front board, gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with two plates. Published and reprinted..... More