1966. CUNNINGHAM, John T. NEW JERSEY: AMERICA'S MAIN ROAD. Illustrated. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1966. 8vo., two-tone cloth in dust jacket; 313 pages. First Edition. Nice signed presentation from Cunningham on the title page, to Alida M. Soons, owner of the Red Bank Book Store on Linden Place... More
1887. ROGERS, Samuel. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE TABLE-TALK OF SAMUEL ROGERS TO WHICH IS ADDED PORSONIA. Edited by Rev. Alexander Dyce. Three Volumes. Newsouthgate, 1887. Tall 8vos., red levant full-morocco leather, with all covers & spines stamped in gilt, with gilt-tooled interior borders; top edges gilt. Binding by Riviere. Large Paper... More
1789. SAINT PIERRE, Jacques-Henri Bernardin De. PAUL AND MARY. Two Volumes. London: J. Dodsley, 1789. 12mos., green full-levant morocco leather, gilt-tooled covers & spines; top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. First English Edition of Saint Pierre's most popular novel "Paul Et Virginie"- first published in Paris in 1788. This novel, about... More
1843. THACKERAY, William Makepeace. THE IRISH SKETCH-BOOK. Two Volumes. With 38 Wood Engravings by Thackeray. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843. Small 8vos., olive-green, full-levant morocco leather, gilt-tooled spines & gilt-tooled borders, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. First Edition. Thackeray used his real name for the first time in his dedication... More
1840. POE, Edgar Allan. TALES OF THE GROTESQUE AND ARABESQUE. Two Volumes. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840. Small octavos, fine-grained brown full- levant morocco leather with gilt borders on covers & gilt-tooled spines; marbled endpapers, top edges gilt; 243 pages & 228 pages. Binding by Alfred Matthews. First Edition. with... More
1960. EZELL, John Samuel. FORTUNE'S MERRY WHEEL: THE LOTTERY IN AMERICA. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1960. 8vo., black cloth & patterned boards in dust jacket; 331 pages. First Edition. Signed presentation from both John Ezell and his wife, Jean, on the front endpaper: "For the queen of editors and... More
1942. FORD, Rev. John C. THE FUNDAMENTALS OF HOLMES' JURISTIC PHILOSOPHY. [NY]: Reprinted From The Fordham Law Review, November 1942. 8vo., tan printed wraps; 23 pages. Scarce work by Rev. Ford that exposes Holmes' pragmatic materialistic philosophy in a scathing review, tearing apart Holmes' fallacy of "might makes right" totalitarianism... More
1868. ELLIOTT, Charles W. REMARKABLE CHARACTERS AND PLACES OF THE HOLY LAND. Containing An Account Of Patriarchs, Judges, Prophets, Apostles, Women, Warriors, Poets, And Kings- With Descriptions Of Ancient Cities And Venerated Shrines. Illustrated With Steel Engravings. Hartford, Conn.: J.B. Burr & Company, 1868. Thick 8vo., embossed brown cloth, stamped... More
1986. TRUMAN, Maragaret. MURDER IN GEORGETOWN. NY: Arbor House, [1986]. 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Near fine; minor wear & touch of fading d/j. $10.00. More
1963. GEKIERE, Madeleine. CIARDI, John. JOHN J. PLENTY AND FIDDLER DAN. A New Fable Of The Grasshopper And The Ant. Illustrated by Madeleine Gekiere. Philadelphia & NY: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1963]. Quarto: pictorial boards in dust jacket. Signed presentation from Ciardi on the front endpaper: "For Angie Cockerill- with all... More
1977. MORRIS, Roger. UNCERTAIN GREATNESS: HENRY KISSINGER AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY. NY: Harper & Row, [1977]. 8vo., red cloth in dust jacket; 312 pages. First Edition, first printing. Signed presentation from Morris on the front endpaper: "For John- Extraordinary friend of intellect, sensibility, and courage. Roger. 9/30/77." Very Good (covers... More
1953. CHUJOY, Anatole. THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Illustrated. 8vo., embossed green cloth in dust jacket; 382 pages plus Index. First Edition. Signed presentation from Chujoy on the front endpaper: "To Alice, Anatole." The author was the editor of several dance periodicals. signed copies are... More
1942. GRANT, Gordon. GRANT, Gordon. THE SECRET VOYAGE. NY: William Morrow & Co., 1942. 8vo., pictorial blue cloth in dust jacket; 64 pages. First Edition. An uncommon war-time book in the Morrow Books for Young People series. Signed presentation from Grant, in dark pencil, on the front endpaper: "To Sue... More
1980. JOHNSON, Steven F. NEW ENGLAND INDIANS. [Groton, Massachusetts: Pawtucket-Wamesit Historical Association, 1980]. 8vo., pictorial wraps; 109 pages. First Edition. Illustrated. Signed on the title page by Johnson, dated June 30, 1983. Apparently the first volume in a proposed series on New England Indians- no other volumes were ever publsihed... More
1949. WUST, Walter. DIE VOGELWELT DES AUGSBURGER WESTENS. [Augsberg: Hieronymus Muhlberger, 1949]. 8vo., printed wraps; with 10 full-page, black & white plates; 107 pages. First Edition. Grundlagen Zu Einer "Avifauna" Der Stadt Und Thres Westlichen Umlandes. Abhandlung Des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins Fur Schwaben, Heft IV. The bird world of Western Ausburger... More
1828. CRUIKSHANK, George. PAYNE, John Collier. PUNCH AND JUDY. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. London: S. Prowett, 1828. With 24 Plates, with 22 plates each provided in both a hand-colored and two uncolored states. 8vo., red full-morocco leather, top edge gilt; beautifully gilt-tooled pastedowns & linen endpapers; 111 pages plus plates... More
1857. STOWE, Harriet Beecher. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; OR, LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY. Two Volumes. Boston: John P. Jewett, 1852. 8vos., bound in beautiful black, full-morocco leather bindings, top edges gilt, gilt-tooled spines. Leather bindings were one of the three formats (also bound in cloth or paper wraps) in which "Uncle... More
1866. NO AUTHOR. ALBUM FUR DEUTSCHLANDS TOCHTER: LIEDER UND ROMANZEN. Leipzig: C.F. Umelangs Verlag, [circa 1866]. Small quarto: brown quarter-calf leather spine with marbled boards; gilt-tooled spine with black leather title label; patterned endpapers; all edges gilt; 172 pages. Twelfth Edition. Many pages with illustrations and many beautiful full-page plates... More
1915. RICHEPIN, Jean. LA CHANSON DES GUEUX. Paris: Bibliotheque Charpentier, 1915. Small 8vo., brown quarter-morocco leather spine & marbled boards; gilt-tooled spine with five raised bands; marbled endpapers; 313 pages. New Edition. French poetry. Very Good (little wear edges; contents clean & tight with an inscription to a student, presenting... More
1920. FOLEY, Charles. PERNETTE EN ESCAPADE. Paris: Ernest Flammarion, [1920]. 12mo., brown quarter-calf leather spine & tan marbled boards, nicely gilt-tooled spine with five raised bands; marbled endpapers; 318 pages. First Edition. Very Good (little edgewear binding; contents clean & tight). A nice copy! $75.00. More
1941. GREEN, Julien. VAROUNA: ROMAN. NY: Maison Francaise/ Montreal: Bernard Valiquette, [1941]. 12mo., printed wraps; 279 pages. Very Good (bit soil covers, contents clean & tight; an unread copy with many pages unopened). $25.00. More
1945. NO AUTHOR. MANUEL DE L'ARCHICONFRERIE DE LA GARDE COEUR DE JESUS. Quebec: Soeurs de la Charite de Quebec, 1943. 16mo., pictorial printed wraps; 363 pages. First Canadian Edition. A manual of the Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Uncommon! Very Good (bit of soil & very... More
1955. ARON, Raymond. L'OPIUM DES INTELLECTUELS. Paris: Calmann-Levy, [1956]. 8vo., rebound (lacks the original wraps) in tan cloth binding with a spine title label; 337 pages. First Edition. Aron agrues that Marxism is the opiate of the intellectuals. Very good (covers nice; contents clean & tight). $35.00. More
1954. MIREAUX, Emile. LA VIE QUOTIDIENNE AU TEMPS D'HOMERE. [Paris]: Librairie Hachette, [1954]. Small 8vo., original wraps bound in a red cloth binding with spine label; 266 pages. First Edition, 12th printing. Very Good (contents clean & tight). $25.00. More
1945. DE BEAUVOIR, Simone. TOUS LES HOMMES SONT MORTELS. [Paris]: Gallimard, [1945]. 8vo., green cloth with leather spine label, bound without the original wraps; 359 pages. First Edition, 19th printing. Very Good (binding nice, contents clean & tight). $25.00. More
