Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice- Hall, Inc., [1961]. Illustrated With Photographs. First Edition. Signed presentation by Kathleen Gable on the front endpaper: "To Mr. and Mrs. Kleinman, warm regards, Kathleen Gable 1961." Tall 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket; 151 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight; small... More about CLARK GABLE: A PERSONAL PORTRAIT
San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Company, [1958]. First Edition. 8vo., green cloth in dust jacket; 256 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight); few chips & tears & thin line of discoloration on front d/j. More about COLD COUNTRY: 1828- 1858
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1958]. First Edition, sixth printing. Signed presentation by MacLeish on the front endpaper: "For Corrinne Minnix with all good wishes Archibald MacLeish New York Dec. 18, 1958." Corinne worked as a tour guide at Rockerfeller Center when a guide friend set her up on a blind... More about J.B.: A PLAY IN VERSE
London: Blandford Press, [1963]. Profusely Illustrated With Color and Black & White Plates. Limited Edition of 500 signed, numbered copies-this is copy #52. Signed by Edgar & Brian Lamb on limitation plate on the front endpaper. 8vo., red cloth stamped in gilt; 896 pages. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight). More about THE ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE ON CACTI AND OTHER SUCCULENTS: VOLUME THREE
Boston: The Gorham Press, 1902. First Edition. Signed inscription by Sledd on the front endpaper: "Yours, with best wishes, Benjamin Sledd, December 29, 1903." Ink name of "Augusta Ford Andrews" at the top of the same page. Benjamin Franklin Sledd, educator and poet, was an administrator and teacher at Wake... More about THE WATCHERS OF THE HEARTH
Baltimore, [Maryland]: Institute Fine Arts NYU; Trustees Walters Art Gallery, 1941. Twenty pages of black & white plates showing 44 items. First Edition. Signed presentation from Lehmann-Hartleben at the top of the front cover: "To Mr. and Mrs. P. Oliver with New years greetings 1943, Z-H." With a lengthy, hand-written... More about DIONYSIAC SARCOPHAGI IN BALTIMORE
Paris: Societe D'Edition, Les Belles Lettres, 1953. First Edition. Signed presentation from Bree on the half-title page: "For Kathy, Affectionately Germaine." Brée [1907–2001] was a French-American literary scholar, who wrote extensively on Marcel Proust, Andre Gide, Albert Camus, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Small 8vo, printed wraps; 351 pages. Very Good (covers... More about ANDRE GIDE L'INSAISISSABLE PROTEE: ETUDE CRITIQUE DE L'OEUVRE D' ANDRE GIDFE
[Minneapolis, Minn. Harrison & Smith, 1888]. First Edition. Presentation from Van Cleeve on the top of the title page: "Theodore L. Seymour from his old friend the author." Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve [1819-1907] was the first white child brought into what is now Minnesota. Born at Prairie du Chien... More about THREE SCORE YEARS AND TEN: LIFE-LONG MEMORIES OF FORT SNELLING, MINNESOTA, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE...
NY: The Century Co., 1916. Frontispiece by Alonzo Kimball. First Edition. Interesting signed presentation from Kelly on the front endpaper: "For Ransfira (?) Beach- in memory of a certain engagement in which he came gallantly to the defense of the author- who needed it. Eleanor Mercein Kelly-." Eleanor Mercein Kelly... More about KILDARES OF STORM
[Nantucket Island: Tetaukimmo Press, 1946]. Illustrated. First Edition. Signed presentation from Crosby on the title page: "For Jean from & by Everett U. Crosby. Sept. 1947." A book for "the lovers of Old Nantucket." Tall 8vo., black cloth & gray boards in dust jacket; 225 pages. Very Good (covers with... More about NANTUCKET IN PRINT
Boston: Publishers Printing Co., 1896. First Edition. Signed presentation from Stebbens on the front pastedown: "To Sidney Johnson Esq., With the compliments of the author, Charles M. Stebbens. Hartsdale, NY Apr 2nd 1899." Tall 8vo., embossed brown cloth, stamped in gilt on the spine; 338 pages. Very Good (covers bright... More about THE NEW AND TRUE RELIGION
[Peking]: Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1942. Illustrated with 50 Plates, Of Which Two Are Fold-Out Plates. Foreword by J. Leighton Stuart. First Edition. A very rare book on Tomb Stones of the Liao Dynasty. Signed presentation from Torii on the front endpaper: "Mr. Andrew Headland, R. Torii." Ryuzo Torii was a Japanese... More about SCULPTURED STONE TOMBS OF THE LIAO DYNASTY
Boston: J.H. Eastburn, 1830. First Edition. Signed presentation from Quincy on the title page: "Charles Folsom Esq. with my respect, Josiah Quincy." Some of the inscription is partially missing due to the sheets being trimmed at some point- a common occurrence with this title. Quincy was president of Harvard University... More about AN ADDRESS TO THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON ON THE XVII OF SEPTEMBER, MDCCCXXX, THE CLOSE OF THE SECOND...
[NY]: HarperCollins/The Wonderland Press, 2000. First Edition, first printing. Signed by Schatz on the half-title page. Large Folio: red cloth in dust jacket. A heavy book so Extra Postage Required. Fine in fine d/j. More about NUDE BODY NUDE: PHOTOGRAPHS BY HOWARD SCHATZ. FOREWORD BY OWEN EDWARDS
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915. Illustrated. First Edition. Signed presentation from Job on the half-title page: "C.J. Paine, Jr., with the kind regards of the author. Herbert K. Job. May, 1915." 8vo., gilt-stamped green cloth with paper photographic panel on front cover; 276 pages. Very Good (bright... More about PROPAGATION OF WILD BIRDS: A MANUAL OF APPLIED ORNITHOLOGY
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850. To Which Are Added His Confidential Correspondence With Mr. Wilkes, And His Private Letters To Mr. H.S. Woodfall. With New Evidence As To The Authorship, And Extracts From An Analysis By Sir Harris Nicolas. New & Enlarged Edition. Bohn's Standard Library. 12mos., tan quarter-calf leather... More about JUNIUS: INCLUDING LETTERS BY THE SAME WRITER UNDER OTHER SIGNATURES. IN TWO VOLUMES
Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1875. Author's First Book. First Edition. [BAL 10529; Edel & Laurence A1]. Only about 1,500 copies were printed with some copies being bound as late as 1882 and some being sent to London for the English edition. Earliest binding with "J.R. Osgood &... More about A PASSIONATE PILGRIM AND OTHER TALES
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First Edition. [BAL 10671; Edel A68a]. 8vo., fine-grained olive cloth, stamped in gilt; top edge gilt; 312 pages. Very Good (covers nice with very minor fading; contents clean & tight). More about THE FINER GRAIN
London: George Routledge & Co., 1850. Binding by G. Bellew, Dublin. Early Edition. 12mo., green quarter-morocco leather, with marbled boards, edges & endpapers, gilt title label on spine; 214 pages. Edges of text slightly trimmed. Very Good (little wear cover & rubbed spot on spine label; contents clean & tight... More about OLIVER GOLDSMITH: A BIOGRAPHY
London: George Bell & Sons, 1908. Engraved Frontispiece In Each Volume. Revised Edition. Bohn's Historic Library Series. Thick 8vos., embossed blue cloth, with gilt titles on the spines. Very Good (covers bright; contents clean & tight with pencil name in each volume, little foxing to frontispieces; many pages uncut and... More about LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST. IN SIX VOLUMES
Covent Garden & New York: London George Bell & Sons, 1895. Translated and with an Introduction by Thomas Taylor. New Edition. 8vo., green cloth; 343 pages. Very Good (covers good with little smudge front cover; little darkening endpapers with interesting personal bookplate; contents clean & tight). More about SELECT WORKS OF PLOTINUS
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1875. Translated Or Edited By J.S. Watson. Later Edition. 8vo., embossed blue-green cloth with spine stamped in gilt; 379 pages. Very Good (covers nice but with minor wear; ink name & stamps of a Army Colonel on two pages; contents clean & tight). More about CICERO ON ORATORY AND ORATORS
London: G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., 1913. With Numerous Illustrations. Fourth Edition. 8vo., green cloth with spine stamped in gilt; 416 pages. Very Good (covers nice but with some faint discoloration to rear cover, pencil notations text; contents clean & tight). More about HISTORY OF BRITISH COSTUME: FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE CLOSE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1969. First Edition. Signed presentation by Garrett on the front endpaper, "For Walt Litz, Peter Garrett" 8vo., grey cloth in dust jacket; 284 pages. Near fine (covers nice, contents clean & tight); few tiny chips & small tears d/j. More about SCENE AND SYMBOL FROM GEORGE ELIOT TO JAMES JOYCE
New York & London: Longman's, Green, and Co., 1893. With Five Fold-out Maps. First Edition. 12mo., blue cloth, stamped in white; 326 pages. Very Good (covers nice but little edgewear; contents clean & tight). More about EPOCHS OF AMERICAN HISTORY: DIVISION AND REUNION 1829- 1889
