New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. 1st edition. [3] - 385, [1] pp. Crown 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-5/8". Black cloth binding with ewsd stamping. Red topstain. Buff paper dust jacket printed in blue & black. Uncommon in jacket. Contents: Proem -- on why a teacher should write a book --..... More
Manila: 1937 - 1940. 52 leaves, most with typescript to recto only. ~ 10-1/2" x 8-1/8". Letters housed in a file folder, attached at top with two prong paper fastener. All now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. A cache of 40+ typed letters and TLs exchanged between the..... More
London and Leamington: Art and Book Company, 1894. 1st Edition (Wolff 1786). INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, in the year of publication, from R. D. Dering ['Baddesley Clinton'], to a Rev. Henry Norris. 2 volumes: [8], 248; [2], [249] - 492, 50 pp. Erratum slip after title leaf, vol II. Illustrated with..... More
Seattle: The Metropolitan Press, (1905). 1st Printing (Smith 4109 [incorrectly noting 112 pages]). [8], 132, [24 (adverts)] pp. Illustrated throughout with b/w half-tone photographic images Folding map at rear. 9-1/2" x 6-3/4". Blue printed paper covers, gold & black lettering, image of a dog sled traveling across a map of..... More
Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd, 1946. 1st Edition. 31, [1 blank] pp. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Staple-bound tan wrappers, illustration of soldier and training scene to front wrapper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. From the Foreword, by Major-General D. N. Wimberley: "This pamphlet is the work of an..... More
New York: Published by Theodore Foster, 1836. 1st US edition. [2], 362, [4]; [2], 378 pp. Text double column. Prefatory TOC leaf for each month; not included in pagination. 8vo, signed in 4s. 10-1/4" x 6-1/4". Period brown half-sheep with marbled paper boards [in all likelihood, a publisher's binding]. This..... More
Seattle: Press of Gateway Printing Co., [1909]. 1st printing (Smith 4111). 32 pp. Illustrated, primarily from photographs. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5". Buff paper wrappers printed in green, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1862. 1st edition. "Presented by the Publishers" oval stamp to t.p. v, [1 (blank)], 124 pp. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5". Original publisher's green cloth binding with elaborate gilt stamping to front cover. Handel "was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas..... More
London: The London Mecruy, 1938. 1st printing. viii, 109 - 276 pp. 10" x 7-1/4". White and green decorative wrappers with red lettering to front and white lettering to spine. Contains "Hound Voice"; "John Kinsella's Lament for Mrs. Mary Moore"; "High Talk"; "The Apparitions"; "A Nativity" by W. B. Yeats;..... More
Daylesford, PA: "Oak Knoll" 1927. 1st edition thus (Fleck B.21). 8 pp. 2 colour plates. 12mo. Wrappers. Blue cord tie. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Privately printed by Newton; recounts creation of Newton's sporting bookplate, and portions first appeared in THIS BOOK-COLLECTING GAME. More
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1889. 1st Edition. viii, 326 pp. 8vo. Original publisher's grey cloth binding stamped in black & gilt. Bevelled boards. More
