Cleveland: The Arthur Westbrook Co., 1899. 1st edition thus, and 3rd edition overall. Cf. Johannsen BEADLE I: 1-1/2DL, 1-PL; also II, p. 320 for discussion of the Westbrook publication of this series. 31, [1] pp. Text double column. Last page an advert. Woodcut engraving to p. 1, duplicating wrapper design..... More
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company Inc., 1931. 4th edition. vii, [1], 411, [3] pp (including Index). Illustrated with diagrams, drawings & from photographs. 8vo. Original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. More
New York: F. Tennyson Neely, (1897). 1st edition. vi, 151, [1 (blank)] pp. T.p. vignette [drawing]. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Original brown broad-weave cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine & front board. TEG. Fore- & bottom edges untrimmed. A volume of verse, much of a fantastical nature, by this well-known..... More
Boston: Little Brown, (1925). Later printing. 451 pp (including Index). Illustrated, with full color frontis. 8vo. 21cm x 14.5cm. Brown cloth spine with creme-colored paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper spine label. TEG. No dust jacket. Mostly on the Bible, and as always, another great read from Newton... More
Boston: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1907. "Special Edition". Ca 1920s. vi, 304 pp. Illustrated by Charles Nuttall (frontis & 3 inserted plates). 12mo. Decorative orange cloth binding (Mattson #4). Color pictorial dust jacket (Mattson #3). More
New York: J & J Harper, 1831. 1st US edition (American Imprints 8044). [4], xvii, [3], [13] - 308, 16] pp. 4 pages of adverts [Feb, 1831] begin volume; 16 pages of adverts at rear. Untrimmed. 12mo. Pink cloth over drab paper boards; printed yellow paper title label to spine..... More
New York: Beadle and Adams, No. 98 William Street. 1894. Early printing (Johannsen BEADLE 882-1/2DL). 15, [1] pp. Text triple column. Last page an advert. Large wood engraving to front wrapper. 4to. 11-5/8" x 8-1/8". Printed self wrappers. No 77 in the Deadwood Dick Jr saga, with the story set..... More
New York: Doyle & Company, 1912. 1st edition. 94 pp. 8vo. Original maroon cloth stamped with gilt lettering. From the library of the novelist & historian, Rupert Hughes, with his bookplate to the front paste-down. More
London: John Russell Smith, 1861. 2nd edition. xi, [1], 196, 8 pp. 8 page publisher catalogue follows text. 12mo, signed in 6s. 7-5/8" x 4-1/2". Original publisher's green cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering & boards stamped in blind. More
Philadelphia: Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co., (n. d.). 1st edition (Romaine, p. 301). Ca 1871 - 72. 134 pp. T.p. printed in red & black. Text within rectangular red-rule border. Illustrated with wood engraved frontis depicting the 'Baldwin Locomotive Works' factory, 11 intratextual cuts & 16 pasted-in photographs..... More
Boston: Phillips Sampson and Company, 1854. 1st edition (Sabin 29624, who, incidently, spells 'Kansas' correctly in his listing & without the Z as used by Hale, who, he tells us in his preface, did so intentionally). viii, [9] - 256, [2] pp. Adverts last 2 pages. Folding map as frontis..... More
Oak Knoll: A. Edward Newton, [1915]. 1st edition (Fleck B.9). INSCRIBED by Newton on the t.p., in the year of publication, to Harry A. Paul Jr. 27 pp. 5 illustrations, 12mo. Blue paper wrappers. Cord tie. An early Christmas greeting (only the 7th of this format) providing a history of..... More
"Oak Knoll" Privately Printed, 1935. 1st edition (Fleck B.29). Unpaginated (though 12 pp). Frontis after a photograph showing part of Newton's pottery collection. 12mo. Blue paper wrappers. Cord tied. More
Oak Knoll: Privately Printed, 1938. 1st edition (Fleck B.32). 12 pp. Frontis of Dyer. 12mo. Blue paper wrappers. Blue cord tie. Present is the orange-paper insert describing his (Newton's) condition as "good second hand..." More
'Oak Knoll': Privately Printed, 1936. 1st edition (Fleck B.30). 24 pp. 3 illustrations. 12mo. Blue paper wrappers. Blue string tie. Present is the blue-paper Morley insert. More
[Washington DC]: The Library of Congress, 1940. 1st edition (Fleck G.108.A.1). Limited to 1000 cc. Unpaginated, though 28 pp. Frontis of Newton. 12mo. Blue paper wrappers. Cord tie. A memorial volume issued to celebrate the passing of a prominent bibliophile, with tributes from 6 of Newton's friends, including Christopher Morley..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1927). Ca 1928. x, 237, [7] pp. Adverts last 7 pages. Illustrated by Bert Salg. 12mo. Red cloth with gold outline lettering. Color pictorial dust jacket. DJ verso series listings through #8. More
New York: Grossett & Dunlap, (1930). 1st edition. xxi, [1], 298 pp. Illustrated by Bert Salg. 12mo. Red cloth binding with black spine lettering & yellow outline lettering to front board. Plain eps. Color pictorial dust jacket. All adverts for this series list to either #6 or #7... More
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1949. 1st printing. viii, 120 pp (including Index). Illustrated with plates. Royal 8vo. Maroon cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Maroon topstain. Brown dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1903. 1st edition. 439, [1], 3 pp. Adverts last 3 pages. Frontis. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". Light brown pictorial cloth. More
Edinburgh: For Archibald Constable and Company, et al. 1812. 1st edition (Goldsmith 20459; Watt. AUTHORS 705n). xx, 595, [1] pp. Last page an advert. 3 inserted copperplate engravings (2 coloured). Woodcut diagram, p. 305. 8vo: a8 b2 A - 2O8 2P2. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Modern brown half calf with marbled..... More
San Francisco: 1972. 1st edition. [4], 19, [1] pp. Map showing Dougherty Island. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-7/8". Pale blue printed wrappers. Dougherty Island in the South Pacific... does it exist, or not? More
Cambridge: Harvard, 1926. 1st edition. xx, 260 pp. 8vo. Half bound with brown cloth & light brown paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to spine. TEG. No dust jacket. More
