Brno: Atlantis Publishing House, 1991. 1st edition thus. 23, [1] pp. Tall 8vo. 11-5/8" x 5-1/2" Blue cloth binding with white stamped lettering to front board. Uhde "s a Czech playwright and politician. He was a member of the Civic Democratic Party. Uhde previously worked at a literary journal, but..... More
San Francisco: Paul Elder & Co., 1913. 1st edition. xx, 177 pp (including index). Partially unopened. Illustrated from photographs (74 plates total). 8vo. Orangish, rough-weave linen cloth stamped in gilt & black. Orange topstain. Dust jacket (mirroring binding design). Printed at the Tomoyé Press under the direction of John Swart..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Coburn, 1857. 1st Edition. viii, 328 pp. Frontispiece and inserted plates, by H. S. Marks. 12mo. 8" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamping. Pale yellow eps. More
London / New York: MacMillan and Co. Ltd., 1896. 1st edition thus. 229 pp. Series adverts. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's pale pink paper covers printed in dark maroon. Series adverts to cover insides. Covers with printed statement, "This Edition is intended for circulation only in India and the British..... More
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1927. 1st edition (Cowan, p. 523). xxvi, 185, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated from Old Prints. Fold-out map at rear. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Pale blue dust jacket printed in dark blue. "The record of a journey overland from..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., (1962). 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the author. [8], 339, [3] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Linen cloth binding. Pictorial eps. Dust jacket. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1926. xviii, 305, [1 (blank)]. Nine black and white photographic images, including frontis of Cheyenne life. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Red cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. More
London: Printed and Published by, F. G. Netherclift, Lithographer, 17, Mill Street, Conduit Street, Regent Street, W., [1865]. 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 156 ll. Each facsimile with explanatory guard-sheet providing name of the author & printed transcription of the letter. T.p. & dedication page chromolithographed. Small folio. 12-3/4" x 9-7/8"..... More
New York: Beadle and Company, General Dime Publishers, No. 118 William Street, (1864). 1st printing, perhaps later issue? Cf. Johannsen, BEADLE & ADAMS, v1, p. 138; Sabin 65067 [positing 1865 as the publication date]. [3] - 39, [2] - 4 pp. Last two pages an excerpt of the next title..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1885. 1st US edition, 2nd thousand (issued same year as the 1st. Cf. NCBEL III, 814). xiii, [1], 466, [2 (blank)] pp. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's brown pebbled cloth binding stamped in black & gilt. Green floral patterened paper eps. Per..... More
New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1915. 1st edition (Smith M-130). 357 pp. Frontis & 3 inserted plates, drawings by James Montgomery Flagg. Crown 8vo. Blue-grey cloth lettered in white. Dust jacket. More
New York: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1939. 1st Edition. ix, [1 (blank)], 275, [3 (blank)] pp (including Index). 8vo. Orange cloth binding with silver stamped lettering. No dust jacket. George Rector was a restaurateur, raconteur and food authority who wrote several cookbooks in the 1920s and 1930s. He appeared on radio on..... More
Oklahoma City: Webb Publishing Company, (1919). 1st edition (cf Rader 3762). [6], 135, [1] pp. Gaps in pagination, textually complete. 12 b/w illustrations including 6 maps. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 5". Grey cloth binding with black stamped lettering to boards and spine. Custom cut clear mylar wrapper. "This introductory outline of..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, 1864. 1st Edition. x, [2], 404 pp (including Index). 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping. Bevelled boards. More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1935. 1st edition. [8], 674 pp. 8vo. 21cm x 14.5cm. Orange cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1925. 1st edition. 302 pp. Illustrated with 8 color plates & 220 in 'doubletone'. Royal 8vo. Pale yellow cloth binding with color pictorial paper onlay to front board & dark blue stamped lettering. TEG. Buff paper dust jacket, with spine panel printed in black... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. 1st US edition. 450 pp (including index). Illustrated. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. TEG. Dust jacket. Uncommon in jacket. More
Philadelphia: Holmes, 1988. 1st ed. Limited to 650 cc. [8], 131, [3] pp. Frontis. 8vo. Grey cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. White dust jacket. More
Philadelphia / London: J. B. Lippincott Company / Sampson Low Marston & Co., [1911]. 1st US Edition (presumed). xxvi, 363, [1] pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated, with some in color. Royal 8vo. 9-3/4" x 7-1/8" x 2-5/8". Original blue-green publisher's cloth with elaborate gilt-stamped lettering to spine & front cover..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1921. 1st US edition (Gilcher A39-2a). #451/895. 133, [3 (blank)] pp. Sq. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 6-3/8". Parchment spine with blue paper-wrapped boards. Gilt lettered black leather title labels to spine & front board. Blue printed dust jacket. Per Gilcher, "Text varies slightly from that of..... More
New York: Street & Smith, (1902). Early, if not first, printing. 208, [8] pp. 7 pp of adverts at rear. Frontis on coated paper. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 5". Pale green cloth with black & gilt stamping; red lettering to front board. More
New York: Brentano's, 1924. 1st US edition (Laurence A170b). 163 pp. Playbill laid-in [for Pasadena Community Playhouse]. Crown 8vo. Green cloth with paper spine label. Dust jacket. More
London: Whittingham, 1912. 4th edition. 173 pp. (including index), Title-page printed in black and red, headers, initials, several sets of type specimens and paper samples. 8vo. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Bookplates of Canadian businessman and philanthropist John W. McConnell (1867-1973), and art historian, antiquarian, and author George Charles Williamson..... More
New York: Axletree Books, 2014. 1st trade edition. xii, 339, [3] pp. Illustrated, including one fold-out. 8vo. Original red cloth binding with gilt stamping. Issued without a dust jacket. The story of how 2 booksellers bought a 1580 dictionary on eBay, and then, through some slick detective work, made the..... More
London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1919. 1st UK edition (Laurence A149b). l, 266, [2] pp. Partially unopened. Crown 8vo. 7-1/8" x 4-7/8". Green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Custom half-leather clamshell case. More
