COCKFIGHTER. CPH B-120.
Chicago: Chicago Paperback House, (1962). 1st edition, PBO. 286 pp. Trade paperback. 6-5/16" x 4-1/4". Pictorial wrappers, with cover artwork by Cloutier. More
Chicago: Chicago Paperback House, (1962). 1st edition, PBO. 286 pp. Trade paperback. 6-5/16" x 4-1/4". Pictorial wrappers, with cover artwork by Cloutier. More
(n. p). (n. d.). Ca 1879 - 1880. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, dated July 16, 1880. 23, [1 (blank)] pp. Binder's blanks at front & rear. 10-7/8" x 7-1/4". Full red leather binding with gilt stamped lettering to front board. Gilt perimeter rules. AEG. The volume contains a small collection of..... More
London: Edward Moxon / Baldwin and Cradock [for Tales], 1838. Prose - later edition, first published in 1835; Poetical - 3rd Edition; Tales - 6th Edition. 5 volumes. Tales "ornamented with engravings, from designs by Harvey." 12mo. 7" x 4-3/8" Set uniformly bound in grey-green diaper cloth with gilt stamping..... More
(n. p.): [1879]. 1st printing (presumed). 20 pp. 8-3/8" x 5-1/2". Disbound. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
(Washington): (Government Printing Office), (1895). 1st edition (presumed). 40 pp. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2". Drop title to beige printed paper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 1st edition, 4th state (Eckel, p. 122; Smith II, 8). [6], 175, [3] pp. Adverts last 2 pages. Illustrated with woodcuts by Maclise, Doyle, Stanfield, & Leech. Small 8vo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Original red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering & cover design (skillfully rebacked)..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1845. 1st edition, 1st state vignette title page (Smith II, 5). [8], 175, [1] pp. 13 illustrations by Leech, Doyle, Stanfield & Maclise. 8vo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Deep-red, vertically-ribbed cloth, with boards stamped in blind with a decorative border of vines, leaves & flowers. Gilt stamping..... More
Pasadena: Vance Gerry, 1988. 1st Edition (Butcher 83). Limited to 50 cc. [8], 7, [5] pp. Frontispiece wood engraving of the family around the table. 3-1/16" x 2-1/16". Red & white checked paste-paper covers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Gerry's "introduction to printing came early. Bud Gerry..... More
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co., 1839. 1st US book edition (Smith AMERICAN 4, pp. ). viii, 13 - 404 pp, double column of text. 12 page publisher catalogue inserted after text. Illustrated with two inserted plates designed by Phiz, reengraved by Joseph Yeager. 10" x 6-1/4"..... More
New York: Wiley & Putnam, 161 Broadway. 1846. 1st edition thus, and 2nd US edition (Smith AMERICAN, pp 66 - 69. [6], 97, 1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's reddish brown printed paper covers. Custom red cloth chemise in deep maroon quarter leather slipcase with red cloth..... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. 1st edition thus (Smith AMERICAN, p. 55). 96 pp. Binder's blanks at front & rear. With 12 illustrations after the originals. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8". White linen cloth binding stamped in gilt to front board & spine, design after that of the UK edition. Pale..... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, Successors to Carey & Co., 1839. 1st edition thus, 'Cheap' issue (Calinescu Catalogue I, 10; Edgar & Vail, p. 16; Gimbel A13, second copy; Smith AMERICAN, 1 [pp 18 - 20]; Wilkins, p. 11). [3] - 268 pp. Text double column. llustrated with 2 plates ["Private..... More
New York: Stringer & Townsend, (n. d.). 1st US edition, later issue (cf. Gimbel A126, 'fourth copy', Smith, p. 273- for the wrappered edition). Ca early 1851 (from dated adverts). [4], [19] - 264 [= 250] pp. Text double column. 22 pages of publisher adverts at rear. Engraved title page..... More
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. 1842. "3rd edition" (Gimbel A31, 'fifth copy'). Cf. Edgar & Vail note, p. 18. vi, [ix] - xii, 15 - 212 pp. Text double column. 24 inserted plates after Cruikshank, redrawn by Yeager. 10" x 6-1/2". Signed in both sixes & fours; sewn in 6s. Period..... More
London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1811. 1st edition. 536 pp. 8vo. Brown half-calf binding with grey-green cloth boards. Maroon spine label. Fox, "styled The Honourable from 1762, was a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned 38 years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. 1st one-volume edition (BFTP). xvi, 624 pp. 40 steel engraved plates by Phiz [Hablot K. Browne]. 8vo. Modern brown half-leather binding executed in a period style, with elaborate gilt decorated spine, red morocco title label in the second spine compartment & marbled paper boards. AEG..... More
London: Thomas Tegg, 1839. 1st edition. 628 pp, 41 steel engravings by Alfred Crowquill and John Phillips + 33 wood cuts by Bonner, 8vo. Half leather binding with cloth boards. More
Philadelphia: Jesper Harding, 1847. 1st edition thus. Not in Gimbel, nor VanderPoel. 2 volumes in 1. Illustrated with engraved title & frontis to each volume. 12mo. Original brown publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering (rebacked). General title to spine: "Dickens' Works" More
London: [1880]. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 780). Unpaginated. 8vo. Original mustard-colored paper wrappers with printed label on the spine & the front wrapper. Yapp edges. More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1839. 1st edition thus (Edgar & Vail, p. 16; Gimbel A13; Smith AMERICAN, 1 [pp 18 - 20]). 268 pp (double column). llustrated with 20 plates after George Cruikshank. 4to. 24 cm x 15.5 cm. Modern tan half leather, in a period style, with marbled boards..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 1st edition, 1st issue (Eckel, p. 140). 2 volumes. Frontis & 12 plates by Cruikshank. 8vo. Original publisher's later-issue brown cloth with elaborate gilt stamping to spine (professionally recased). More
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1909. 1st Edition. [8], 52 pp. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6". Pale green buckram cloth spine over printed drab paper boards. No copies found on OCLC. Rare. More
New York: Que Cards, Inc., (1965). 1st edition thus. [ii], [56] pp., disbound. 5" x 3" Disbound cards in a white and yellow plastic sleeve with a brass snap closure. Everything you need to know for higher grades! More
New York: Que Cards, Inc., (1965). 1st edition thus. [ii], [56] pp., disbound. 5" x 3" Disbound cards in a white and yellow plastic sleeve with a brass snap closure. Everything you need to know for higher grades! More
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1950. 1st edtion thus. SIGNED by Reed. Limited to 2000 cc. 62 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Green printed boards. Yellow dust jacket. A story of New Zealand published initially in Dickens' ATYR (Vol VII, 1862), with some argument, pro & con..... More