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Item #000012718 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. [bound with] The Principle Corrections and...

Boswell, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. [bound with] The Principle Corrections and Additions; Comprehending an Account of his Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order ... for Nearly Half a Century, during which He Flourished

London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1791; 1793. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 4to. [3], iv-xii, [17], 2-516; [3], 2-588 [586], [4], 2-42 pp. Contemporary calf with the spines in six compartments, recent black morocco labels lettered in gilt on the spines, gilt decorations and..... More

Price: $4,000.00

Item #000012750 The Poetical Works of Robert Burns. Robert Burns

Burns, Robert

The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

London: William Pickering, 1839. Second Aldine Edition. Hardcover. 3 vol. Small 8vo. [5], viii-lxxviii, [3], 2-264, [2]; [3], 2-336, [2]; [3], 2-317, [3] pp. Smooth later navy calf with gilt borders on the boards, spines in six compartments with three brown morocco labels lettered in gilt, gilt decorations on the..... More

Price: $400.00

Item #000012760 L'Étranger. Albert Camus

Camus, Albert

L'Étranger

New York: Pantheon Books (1963), 1963. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 9-171, [5] pp. Blue cloth with red lettering on the spine; red topstain. Price of $3.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Roeming 0258. The first French edition was published as a paperback in 1942. The..... More

Price: $200.00

Item #000012693 Cartesian Linguistics; A Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought. Noam Chomsky

Chomsky, Noam

Cartesian Linguistics; A Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers [1966], 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-xi, [5], 1-119, [1] pp. Navy cloth with silver and blue lettering on the spine. The first book in the Studies of Language series, edited by Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle. Chomsky's work here combines elements of..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #000012803 Indians of the Americas; Historical Pageant. Edwin R. Embree

Embree, Edwin R.

Indians of the Americas; Historical Pageant

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], x-xi, [2], 2-260 pp. Brown cloth with red lettering on the front board and spine; red topstain. Illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $2.75 on the front flap of the dust jacket. In-text and full-page illustrations done by Howard Grieg..... More

Price: $125.00

Item #000012719 The Interpretation of Dreams. Prof. Dr. Sigmund Freud

Freud, Prof. Dr. Sigmund

The Interpretation of Dreams

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xiii, [2], 2-510 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and spine. Authorised translation of the third German edition with introduction by A.A. Brill. Grinstein 10614. Haskell-Norman 1354. Grinstein assigns priority to the British edition..... More

Price: $2,250.00

Item #000012683 Das Unbehagen in der Kultur [= The Uneasiness in Civilization] [Civilization and...

Freud, Sigmund [Sigm.]

Das Unbehagen in der Kultur [= The Uneasiness in Civilization] [Civilization and its Discontents]

Wien [= Vienna]: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], 6-136 pp. Yellow cloth with blue lettering on the front board and spine; blue topstain. Text in German. Grinstein 10619. Haskell-Norman 1373. Freud's treatise on how the principles of psychoanalysis can be applied to industrialized societies. One of..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #000012769 Japan; Attempt at Interpretation. Lafcadio Hearn

Hearn, Lafcadio

Japan; Attempt at Interpretation

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v, [3], 3-541, [1], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Brown publisher's cloth with black and gilt lettering and a gilt decoration on the front board and spine; top edge gilt. Illustrated with a lovely color frontispiece. ANB..... More

Price: $300.00

Item #000012787 A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary. J. C. Hepburn

Hepburn, J.C.

A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary

Tokyo: Z.P. Maruya & Co., Limited, 1886. Third edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-xxxiii, [1], 1-962, [2] pp. Rebound in modern green cloth with gold lettering and gold rules on the spine. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. A leaf at the front and one at the rear of the volume with text..... More

Price: $275.00

Item #000012807 Sämmtliche Werke: In Chronologischer Reihenfolge [= Complete Works in...

Kant, Immanuel

Sämmtliche Werke: In Chronologischer Reihenfolge [= Complete Works in Chronological Order]

Leipzig: Leopold Voss, 1867; 1868. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8 vol. 8vo. [3], iv-xix, [4], 4-487; [3], iv-xvi, [3], 4-464, [2]; [3], iv-xv, [4], 4-619, [3]; [3], iv-xii, [3], 4-507, [3]; [3], iv-xv, [4], 4-500, [2]; [3], iv-xii, [3], 4-498, [4]; [3], iv-xvi, [3], 4-663, [3]; [3], iv-xviii, [3], 4-821..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #000012775 A Deadly Shade of Gold. John D. Macdonald

Macdonald, John D.

A Deadly Shade of Gold

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company (1974), 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 5-336 pp. Quarter black cloth over blue paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $7.50 on the front flap of dust jacket. Ahearn APG 048c. First printing of the first American hardcover edition. A sharp..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #000012735 The Life of William Ewart Gladstone. John Morley

Morley, John

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. First American edition. Hardcover. 3 vol. Large 8vo. [6], vii-x, [2], 1-661, [3]; [7], 2-666; [4], v-vi, [5], 2-641, [3] pp. Dark red publisher's cloth with blind rules to the boards, gilt lettering and rules to the spine; top edges gilt. Volume one illustrated..... More

Price: $200.00

Item #000012713 Hindenburgs Einmarsch in London [= Hindenburg's Invasion of London]; Von Einem...

[Münch, Paul Georg]

Hindenburgs Einmarsch in London [= Hindenburg's Invasion of London]; Von Einem Deutschen Dichter [= By a German Poet]

Leipzig: Grethlein & Co. [1915], 1915. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 10-260, [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Half contemporary brown imitation leather over marbled paper boards with the spine in five compartments. Gilt lettering on the spine. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Re-bound without the half-title. Clarke Future Wars 129-30..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #000012708 Still Life. Louise Penny

Penny, Louise

Still Life

[London]: headline (2005), 2005. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii, 1-312, [4] pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of £18.99 on the front flap of the dust jacket. gamacheseries.com, "Louise Penny's Chief Inspector Gamache Series". Penny's first book in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series, this..... More

Price: $300.00

Item #000012692 The Colour of Magic. Terry Pratchett

Pratchett, Terry

The Colour of Magic

New York: St. Martin's Press (1983), 1983. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-205, [3] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $11.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. The first spoof fantasy novel in the Discworld series, showcasing Pratchett's comedic language and world-building..... More

Price: $850.00

Item #000012791 The Ways of Paradox and Other Essays. W. V. Quine, Willard Van Orman

Quine, W.V. (Willard Van Orman)

The Ways of Paradox and Other Essays

New York: Random House [1966], 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-x, [3], 4-258, [2] pp. Blue cloth with a blue decoration on the front board, silver lettering on the spine; light blue topstain. Price of $6.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A collection of 21 essays..... More

Price: $100.00

Item #000012806 The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge [with]...

Ripley, George, [Ed.]; Dana, Charles A., [Ed.]

The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge [with] Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1884; 1885

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873; 1874; 1875; 1883; 1886. Later edition. Hardcover. 16 vol.; 10 vol. Large 8vo. For pagination information, please inquire. Uniformly bound in half sheep over marbled boards, spines in six compartments with gilt lettering and decorations in blind; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #000012788 Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan. P. H. Sheridan

Sheridan, P.H.

Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [4], v-xiii, 500, [2]; [4], v-xi, [1], 486, [2] pp. Bound in green cloth, with beautiful gilt decorations on the front boards and the spines. Floral green endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated by a steel-engraved frontispiece in..... More

Price: $400.00

Item #000012734 Memoirs of Gen. W.T. Sherman, Written by Himself; With an Appendix, Bringing his...

Sherman, Gen. W.T.

Memoirs of Gen. W.T. Sherman, Written by Himself; With an Appendix, Bringing his Life Down to its Closing Scenes, Also a Personal Tribute and Critique of the Memoirs by Hon. James G. Blaine

New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1892. Fourth edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [9], 10-455, [1], [7] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [1]; [5], 6-604, [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Bound in rich green cloth with gold lettering on the front board and the spine, the shoulder strap..... More

Price: $450.00

Item #000012820 Elizabeth Cady Stanton as Revealed in Her Letters Diary and Reminiscences....

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Elizabeth Cady Stanton as Revealed in Her Letters Diary and Reminiscences

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers [1922], 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [11], xii-xviii, [3], 2-362; [9], 4-369, [1] pp. Dark green publisher's cloth, publisher's device on each front board, gold lettering on the spines; top edges gilt. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Cady Stanton..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #000012804 He Knew He Was Right. Anthony Trollope

Trollope, Anthony

He Knew He Was Right

London: Strahan and Company, Publishers, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [5], vi-ix, [4], 2-384, [2]; [5], vi-ix, [4], 2-384, [2] pp. Contemporary half black morocco over grey cloth boards, spines in six compartments with gilt lettering; top edges gilt. Lovely marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Brown ribbon bookmarks laid..... More

Price: $850.00

Item #000012768 The Campaign Text Book of the Democratic Party of the United States, for the...

[United States]; [Democratic Party]; [Elections]

The Campaign Text Book of the Democratic Party of the United States, for the Presidential Election of 1888

New York: Brentanos [1888], 1888. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-v, [4], 4-656, [2] pp. Black publisher's cloth with a purple morocco label with gilt lettering on the spine. With a slip bound in, a note from the treasurer of the Democratic Party stating the price of this book (one..... More

Price: $250.00

Item #000012805 The Principles of Empirical or Inductive Logic. John Venn

Venn, John

The Principles of Empirical or Inductive Logic

London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xx, [1], 2-594, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Purple publisher's cloth with blind borders on each board, gilt lettering and rules on the spine. Black coated endpapers and pastedowns. Oxford DNB, John R. Gibbins, "Venn, John (1834–1923)". Risse Logica..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #000012748 The Story of My Life and Work; An Autobiography. Booker T. Washington

Washington, Booker T.

The Story of My Life and Work; An Autobiography

Toronto, Ont. J.L. Nichols & Co. [1901], 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 5-423, [1] pp. Purple cloth with black lettering and decorations on the front board, gilt lettering and black decorations on the spine. With photo-engravings and original pen drawings by Frank Beard (most of these are full-page, a few..... More

Price: $125.00

Item #000012749 Freak Power; Hunter S. Thompson's Campaign for Sheriff. Daniel Joseph Watkins

Watkins, Daniel Joseph

Freak Power; Hunter S. Thompson's Campaign for Sheriff

[Aspen, CO]: [Meat Possum Press Inc.] [2015], 2015. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. [1], 2-216 pp. Black cloth with a black decoration on the front board, black lettering on the spine. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $39.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with several full-page color..... More

Price: $200.00

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