New York: Random House [1969], 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 4-281, [1] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine; red topstain. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn, Collected Books (4th edition), 75. Angelou's first book, an autobiography detailing..... More
London: Collins, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [14], 11-378, [2] pp. Orange cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of £12.95 net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a few maps. A fresh copy of Cornwell's historical novelization of Waterloo. The boards slightly bowed and..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company [1921], 1921. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 9-433, [9] pp. Black cloth with orange lettering on the front board and spine; orange topstain. Price of $2.00 net on the spine panel. Potter 2. The second state of the first printing in the third state..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1894. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-viii, 1-464, [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Tan cloth with green lettering and decorations on the front board, gilt decorations on the front board, gilt lettering on the spine. With a frontispiece and several full-page and..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans and Chapman & Hall, 1848. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xvii, [4], 2-704, [2] pp. Full contemporary red sheep made to look like goat with gilt decorations and fleur de lis on the boards, spine in six compartments with further gilt decorations; all edges gilt. Yellow..... More
New York: William Morrow [2001], 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [13], 4-465, [5] pp. Quarter black paper over blue paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Black endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $26.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-x, 1-268, [2] pp. Red cloth with black lettering on the spine. Price of £12.95 net on the front flap of dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Chris Moore. The basis for the Amazon television show. A very sharp copy of..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xxxviii, [4], 5-136, [2] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. With an introduction by Richard Warner. One of the last works of Grice, unfinished at the time of his death. His treatise is a defense of his view..... More
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1962; 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. Large 8vo. [4], v-xv, [1], 538, [6]; [4], v-xvii, [1], 554, [2] pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering blocked in blue on the spine, a gold decoration depicting an ancient Greek coin on each front board. Volume one..... More
New York: Delacorte Press [1979], 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 194, [2] pp. Tan cloth with black lettering on the spine. Red endpapers and pastedowns. Jacket illustration by Gary Watson. Hinton's fourth novel, following a teenager's unstable life in Oklahoma and the mistakes he makes. A Near Fine book..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton [1978], 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 3-437 pp. Quarter navy cloth over gold paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Maroon endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $10.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Ahearn APG 004d. A rollicking and eccentric novel centered on T...... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (1958), 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-245, [3] pp. Quarter grey cloth over black paper boards with black lettering on the spine; yellow topstain. Price of $3.75 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 008b. A beautiful copy of Jackson's..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 1-298, [2] pp. Blue publisher's cloth with decorations in blind on the front board, gilt lettering on the front board and spine. Illustrated with several in-text illustrations. Encyclopedia Britannica, "Jerome K. Jerome". NCBEL 1062. Originally published in..... More
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House Publishers, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-ix, [3], 3-431, [1] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $6.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Selected and with an introduction by August Derleth. An exceptional..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], v, [3], 1-293, [3] pp. Green publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and black decorations on the front board and spine; top edge gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates. Kimes 315. Accords with the first issue point Kimes points..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1980], 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xi, [5], 3-357, [1] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with blue lettering on the spine. Price of $9.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket by Dale Gustafson. A slight lean and..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-233, [1] pp. Grey cloth with a mouse in purple on the front board, purple lettering on the spine. Pink endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with in-text and full-page drawings by..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press [1980], 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xiii, [1], 1-258 pp. Black cloth with silver lettering on the spine. An explanation of Parsons' theory of fictional, abstract, and mythical objects drawn on the philosophy of language and logic. Parsons' work differs from Russell's, and results..... More
New York: J.S. Redfield, 1858. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-xxix, [3], 1-247, [1] pp. Red sheep over beveled-edge boards with gilt decorations and borders on the boards and spines; all edges gilt. Yellow coated endpapers and pastedowns. Bound with a red ribbon bookmark. With several in-text illustrations done by..... More
London: George Allen and Unwin LTD (1946), 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [4], 5-916 pp. Grey cloth with yellow lettering blocked in maroon on the spine. A war-time map printed on the reverse of the dust jacket, a fascinating feature of this book's publication. Partitioned into three books, with..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. [1931], 1931. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-x, [2], 13-277, [1], [1] (page of publisher's advertisements), [1] pp. Red cloth with silver lettering and a black decoration on the front board and spine. Price of $3.00 on the rear panel of the jacket..... More
Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1861. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xii, 532, 1-24 (publisher's advertisements) pp. Bound in dark green cloth, rectangular borders stamped in blind on the boards, gilt lettering on the spine, light brown endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with numerous in-text equations and a folding plate with 12..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich [1982], 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 3-245, [1] pp. Quarter purple cloth over cream paper-covered boards with silver lettering on the spine. First printing of the first edition in the correct dust jacket. Ahearn APG 012b. Walker's third novel, a powerful portrayal of deep..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher [1892], 1892. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [2], 3-438 pp. Green publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. A portrait plate of Whitman inserted after page 28 (image done by Samuel Hollyer). BAL 21441. Myerson A2.7.l2. The latest date noted on this copy's..... More