The POSTHUMOUS PAPERS Of The PICKWICK CLUB: Some New Bibliographic Discoveries.
London: Marks & Co., 1928. 1st edition. 20 pp. 8vo. Green wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
London: Marks & Co., 1928. 1st edition. 20 pp. 8vo. Green wrappers, stapled. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
[Sacramento, Cal ?]: (n. d.). Ca 1906. 1 long landscape sheet, 6-1/4" x 23-1/2", folded 6x to form a 12 panel brochure. Map of the Roseville development & birds' eye plan of same. Folded: 6-1/4" x 3-1/2". Self-wrappers, now housed in a clear archivel mylar sleeve. According to the Roseville..... More
New York: Frank Tousey, 1905. Later printing, ca 1906. Rear advert lists through #388. 28, [4 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. Color woodcut illustration to front wrapper. 11-1/8" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Fred's adventures mining for gold in an unspecified mining..... More
New York: Frank Tousey, 1902. First printing in this series. Rear advert lists through # 234. 28, [4 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. OCLC records just 2 institutional holdings of this edition, Univ of FL &..... More
New York: Frank Tousey, 1907. First printing in this series. Rear advert lists through # 482. 29, [3 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. No holdings recorded on OCLC. More
1898. Commercial diary, beginning with 16 printed pages, including an almanac calendar for the year, followed by pages of 'factoids', e.g., "States and Territories", "Value of Foreign Coins", etc. The followed by the diary portion [one page per day], memorandum pages, page for addresses [blank] & cash account pages [per..... More
New York: Sheldon and Company. 1862. 1st printing of this edition (cf. Gimbel D38). 4 volumes (322; 312; 306; 336 pp). Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in Volumes I, II & IV; by John Gilbert in Volume II. Small 8vo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's green cloth binding with..... More
New York: Sheldon and Company, 1863. 1st edition thus (cf. Gimbel D38). 2 volumes (vi, [7] - 333, [5 (blank)]; vi, [7] - 338, [4 (blank)] pp). 'RP' in Volume II. Frontis by F. O. C. Darley in each volume. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-5/8". Original publisher's green cloth with gilt..... More
New York: Hurst & Co., Publishers. 1889. Later reprint. 338, [12] pp. Text double column. 8 pages of adverts follow text. 7-1/4" x 5". Printed paper wrappers. More
Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1841. 1st edition thus; published the same year as the 1st edition in London. [8], 367, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-3/8". Period black quarter-calf binding with marbled paper boards. Blue marbled paper eps. More
Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1844. 1st edition thus. 2 volumes ([2], iv, 543, [1 (blank)]; [4], 483, [5 (blank)] pp). 12mo. 6-1/4" x 3-1/2". Period brown half-calf bindings with marbled paper boards & edges. More
Leipzig: Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun. 1847-48. 1st book edition (Todd & Bowden 119Aa, 120Aa & 121). 3 volumes ([4], 352; [4], 316; [8], 366, [2] pp). Half-titles present. 16mo, signed in 8s. 6-1/8" x 4-1/2". Original publisher's brown half morocco-style sheep with marbled paper boards; gilt decorated spines. Marbled eps &..... More
Washington City: Printed for the Author, by Jacob Gideon, Junior. 1820. 1st edition (American Imprints 80). 297, [1] pp. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4-1/4". Period brown full sheep binding. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1912. 1st edition (Gimbel H369). 48 pp. illustrated with 4 inserted plates. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 5-1/4". Green printed wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More
Budapest: Révai Testvérek Irod. Int. R.-T. 1910. 1st Edition in Hungarian. 3 volumes: [4], 355, [1]; [4], 350, [2 (blank)]; [4], 359, [1] pp. 8vo. Original publisher's blue embossed cloth binding with gilt stamping. Green patterned paper eps. Issued as one of the publisher's 'Classical Novels' series. Not found in..... More
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1859. 1st edition thus (BM Extract 12605). 2 volumes (viii, 425, [3]; [4], 407, [1] pp). Text in French. 12mo. 18 cm x 11 cm. Period blue half-leather with blue marbled-paper boards. From the publisher's series - "Bibliotheque des Meilleurs Romans Etrangers". Contains..... More
New York: E. J. Hale, 1873. 1st book edition (cf. Gimbel D67). 564 pp. Royal 8vo. Contemporary tan half-calf (professionally rebacked) with marbled board, eps & edges. Black leather spine label (modern). Originally published in parts the year prior [1872]. More
Evansville, Ind: For Sale at Geroge C. Smith & Co's, Booksellers. The Courier Company, Book and Job Printers, Stationers & Binders, 1878. 1st Edition. [ix], 10 - 95, [1 (blank)] pp. 2 page Introduction by Heywood, pp. vi - vii. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's taupe cloth binding with..... More
Atlanta, GA: J. G. Evans, (n. d.). Ca 1881. Orange mount, rounded corners, with publisher info/series printed to left, top & right of card. Image title in manuscript, ink, under right image. Pink verso, blank. Single rectangular albumen photograph displaying both images. 3-15/16" x 7". Now housed in an archival..... More
London: Edward Blackmore, 1638. 2nd edition enlarged, later issue (STC 17599). [26], 680, [1] pp. Errata last page. The sheets of the 1625 edition, with a new t.p. (printed in red & black, by T. Harper). Headpieces; tailpieces. Initials. Folio: A6 (±A2) B8 B - 3K6 L8. 28.5 cm x...... More
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, et al. 1820. 1st edition (Todd & Bowden A144Aa). 3 volumes ([2], 331, [1]; [2], 333, [1]; [2], 351, [1] pp. Lacks half-title in Vol I; in Vols II & III, such found after the t.p. 12mo. 7" x 4". Bound in period tree calf with modern..... More
London: 1876. One page of 33 lines of mss text [~ 275 words], in pencil. Top third folded over to fit the framing, entire letter visible via both sides [Front: 8-3/4" x 6-3/4", 20 lines, full signature; Rear: 4-1/8" x 6-1/2", 13 lines]. Framed with half-tone b/w photographic image [5-3/4"..... More
London and New York: MacMillan & Co., 1893. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Christmas 1897, 3rd person PRESENTATION COPY by Nightingale, in pencil as is her custom, on the half-title page. xvi, 1147, [5] pp. Partially unopened. "List of authors quoted or referred to": pp 1091 - 1102. 4 pages..... More
New York: A. L. Burt, (1915). 1st printing. 256 pp. Frontis on coated paper. 12mo. Pale green linen cloth with black, red & orange lettering/pictorial (Mattson Style #1). Dust jacket duplicating binding design (Mattson Style #1). Rear panel series advert lists to this title. Quite uncommon 1st in jacket... More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (1973). 1st edition. x, 534 pp (including Index & Bibliography). Illustrated with 3 plates. Royal 8vo. Maroon cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket. More