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London: John W. Parker and Son, 1857. First edition thus. Hardcover. 12mo. [3], iv-vi, [1], 8-252, [4] pp. Half contemporary brown morocco over marbled paper boards, boards ruled in gilt, with the spine in six compartments, gilt lettering and design on the spine; top edge gilt. Light blue endpapers and..... More
New York: Eaton & Mains, ca. 1898. Later printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [7], viii-xviii, [1], 2-614, [2] pp. Grey cloth with grey decorations and lettering stamped on the front board, gilt lettering and a grey decoration on the spine; top edge gilt. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated..... More
Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers [1947], 1947. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 11-314, [2] pp. Blue pebbled cloth boards with reddish-brown lettering on the front board and spine; red topstain. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates by John Coleman Burroughs. The dust jacket matches all first edition..... More
London: William Pickering, 1835. First edition thus. Hardcover. 2 vol. 12mo. [5], vi-l, [1], 2-275, [3]; [5], vi, [1], 2-297, [3] pp. Half brown later brown polished calf over marbled paper boards with the spines in six compartments, gilt decorations and a red and a brown morocco label lettered in..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [14], 3-208, [4] pp. Grey cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. Green endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $6.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Full-page illustrations by Michael Heslop. Winner of the Newbery award. The fourth book in..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 2-184 pp. Grey paper boards with green lettering on the spine. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Signed without personalization by Crowley on the title page. Anatomy of Wonder II-290. Remainder..... More
New York / Philadelphia: D. Appleton & Co. / Geo. S. Appleton, 1851; 1852. Early Printing. Hardcover. 2 vol. Large 8vo. [3], 10-960, [2]; [3], 4-960, [2] pp. Quarter contemporary brown sheep over brown publisher's cloth with the spines in six compartments, gilt lettering and decorations on the spines; all..... More
Florence: The Florentine Typographical Society, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [5], vi-ix, [3], 1-400 pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering and gold rules on the spine. Illustrated with a black and white photograph frontispiece of the author and with a full-page illustration. Betts 598. A history of how chess..... More
[London]: Allen Lane (1977), 1977. First UK edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 1-333, [1] pp. Black paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of £7.50 net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with four plates of black and white photographs. Translated from the French by Alan..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885; 1886. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. Large 8vo. [7], 8-584, [2]; [5], 10-647, [3] pp. Bound in three-quarter dark brown pebbled leather over smooth brown cloth with beautiful gilt decorations on the boards and the spines, spines in six compartments; marbled textblocks..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 1-471, [1] pp. Speckled beige-grey cloth with Hemingway's name in black lettering on the front board, black lettering blocked in red with red rules on the spine; tan topstain. Price of $2.75 on the front flap of the dust..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. Later edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [5], vi-xxx, [2], 3-379, [1]; [5], vi-xi, [4], 2-405, [5] pp. White cloth with gilt, pink and green decorations on the front boards and spines; top edges gilt. Floral white and green endpapers and pastedowns. A beige ribbon..... More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1894. Later edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. Large 8vo. [7], viii-cxl, [3], 4-535, [1]; 495, [1], [1], 2-8 (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Navy publisher's cloth with four blind borders on each board, gilt lettering and publisher's device in gilt on each spine. Black coated endpapers..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster [1972], 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 9-636, [4] pp. Blue cloth with copper lettering on the front board and spine. Pictorial endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $10.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with several full-page and in-text black and white..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster [1972], 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], 7-286, [2] pp. Black cloth with red lettering on the spine. Red endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $7.50 on the front flap of the jacket. A name on the free front endpaper and a touch of fading to..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1838. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-xxi, [3], 3-332, [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Full contemporary sheep with the spine in five compartments, a red sheep label lettered in gold on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Sallust's bust. Sallust's text in..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company [1953], 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [16], 15-445, [3] pp. Navy cloth with a paper label printed in black on the spine; blue topstain, housed in a blue-grey slipcase with a paper label printed in navy. Green endpapers and pastedowns with illustrative photographs..... More
London: C. and J. Rivington, 1824. First edition thus. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [3], iv, [5], vi-cxlviii, [1], 2-388, [2]; [9], 2-545, [3] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Later half brown imitation leather over marbled boards with the spines in six compartments, gilt lettering and decorations on the spines; top..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1852. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xxii, [3], 2-632, [1], 2-10, [5] pp. Full contemporary sheep with the spine in five compartments and a red sheep label lettered in gilt; all edges lightly marbled. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map, a few in-text..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952; 1953. Second English language edition; First English Language edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [5], vi-xxxiv, [3], 2-455, [1]; [5], vi-xxv, [3], 1-783, [1] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering and gold rules on each spine. Price of $6.00 on the front flap of the dust..... More