Dobbs Ferry: Morgan & Morgan, Inc., (1983). 1st edition. SIGNED by MacAdams. 11 pages of text. 116 b&w nude photographic images. 10-1/2" x (". Original white glossy covers with black lettering & photographic image to front cover. "Books of female nudes by women photographers are rare enough. ... For the[ir]... More
London: Printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe in Paternoster Row, 1748. 1st Edition. [2], 54, [2] pp. Lacks table. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archiaval mylar sleeve. More
London: Printed: And sold by John Morphew near Stationers-Hall. 1717. 1st Edition. [14], 226 pp. Head- tailpieces. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 4-3/4". Disbound, with binding remnants along spine. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Boston: Published and For Sale by Dr. H. B. Skinner, 1855. 1st Printing. Not in Cordasco. 120 pp. 2 full page illustrations at front. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-1/2". Original printed buff paper wrappers. OCLC records only one holding of this 1855 imprint with 120 pages [plus one additional from 1855... More
Boston / New-York: Crocker and Brewster / Jonathan Leavitt, 1833. 3rd edition (American Imprints 17225). viii, [13] - 164 pp. 12mo, signed in 6s. 7-1/2" x 4-5/8". Original publishers green cloth spine over drab paper boards, with printed paper title label to spine. Abbott, a well-known Congregational clergyman, as well as author of books for children. More
New York: Lea and Blanchard, 1842. 1st US edition in book form (Edgar & Vail, p. 20; Smith AMERICAN 5, pp. 184 - 185; Wilkins, p. 20. Cf. Gimbel A63). 12, [4], iv, [9] - 323 pp. Text double-column. Adverts 1st 12 pp. Frontispiece. Engraved t.p. Inserted plates engraved by... More
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Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1841. 1st US edition, cloth issue A (Smith 5). vi, [9] - 362 pp (double column). Frontis & intratextual illustrations by Cattermole & Brown. 8vo. Brown sand grain cloth binding with gilt stamped spine (professionally refurbished). More
Camp Custer, Michigan: Base Hospital, 1918 - 1919. 1st printing(s). ASSOCIATON COPY, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Berkowitz to Morrison Wood, whose father, LTC Wood, "built" the hospital. Unpaginated, generally one leaf per issue, printed recto only. Occasional drawings. 14-1/8" x 8-1/2". Bespoke brown cloth binding with maroon leather title label... More
New Haven: Yale University Library, 1980. 1st edition. 570 pp (including Index). Frontis. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Paper spine label. Issued w/o dj. Essential to any collector, or seller, of Dickens works. More
New York: Hastings House, Publishers, (1966). 1st Edition. 46, [2] pp. Illustrated with drawings by the author. Oblong 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding stamped in black. Green pictorial eps. Green dust jacket. More
London: 1919. 1st Printing. xx, 128, xxi - vviv pp. 8vo. Original publisher's printed orange paper covers. First issue of this influential 'between the wars' literary journal, which was edited by Squires until 1934, and published such luminaries [in addition to those already listed] as Robert Frost, Robert Graves, Richmond... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, (1970). 1st Edition. [10], 180, [2] pp. Illustrated with drawings by Deane Cate, including 3 maps. 8vo. Green cloth binding with black stamping. Dust jacket. More
London: Holdsworth and Ball, Amen Corner, 1835. 1st Edition. viii, 500 pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-3/8". Late 19th C. tan full calf binding with maroon leather title label in second spine compartment. Gilt edge dentelles. Red speckled edges. More
London: Hall, Virtue and Co., 1849. 1st Edition (NCBEL III, 484). [iv], [16], [v] - xxxvi, 363, [1] pp. 12 page List of Subscribers (including, we note, Charles Dickens) at front. Errata slip tipped-in after final leaf. Lithographed frontispiece & 3 inserted plates. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's blue... More
Luton, Bedfordshire: White Stone Publishing, 1997. 1st Edition. Limited to 500 cc. xxxii, [2], 160, [2] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Original bright red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. More
Austin TX: Dorothy Sloan Rare Books Inc., 2003. 1st edition. xv, [1 (blank)], 319, [3 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 4to. Printed blue wrappers. With the commentary provided by Kurutz & Mathes, this has become an invaluable reference source. More
Los Angeles: UCLA, 1991. 2nd edition, revised & enlarged. 135 pp + plates. Illustrated (with many plates in color). 8vo. 9" x 6". Grey printed wrappers, housed in a fitted plastic protector. Essential reference to the trade bindings of MA. Reputed print run was only 400cc (per a personal conversation with John Espey). More
Oakland, Cal. Pubished by William Halley, 1876. 1st edition (Bradford 2068; Cowan II, p. 260; Filby, p. 21; Norris 13; Rocq 3). iv, [2], v - xv, [1], 586, [6] pp. Illustrated with wood engravings, though lacking the sometimes-present hotel wood engravings at front. 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth binding... More
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1881. Early printing, first published in 1880 (cf. NCBEL III, 614). x, [2], 120 pp. Frontispiece by the author. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4". Cream colored musling cloth with black & blue ornamental decorations. Bevelled boards. TEG. Green floral patterned paper eps. More
New York: R. R. Bowker Company for The Newberry Library. 1962. 1st Edition thus, revised & enlarged. 652 pp. 10-1/4" x 6-3-4". Brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. More
New York: Carvill & Co., 108 Broadway, 1840. 1st Edition in English (American Imprints 40-6036). INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, with Duer's signature on the t.p. upper margin. v, [6] - 179, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-3/4". Original publishers green cloth spine over printed blue-paper boards. This a loose English... More
London: John Camden Hotten, [1871]. 1st Edition. 78, [34] pp. Text in verse. 32 pages of publisher adverts conclude volume. Frontispiece. Text illustrated with drawings. Headpieces. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 5-1/4". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to front board. Satire on war & the military. Contents... More
Rouen: Chez Pierre Seyer, Imprimeur de son Eminence Monseigeur le Cardinal, rue du Petit-Pults, 1788. Nouvelle Edition, augumentée. 293, [3] pp. 16mo, signed in 4s. 5-1/8" x 2-3/8". Period full deep maroon morocco binding with elaborate gilt decorative stamping to boards & spine; raised bands; black leather spine label in... More
London: Printed by J. Nichols for the Author, 1783. 1st Edition thus, i.e., issue with 76 pages. Cf ESTC T2812. viii, 76 pp. Untrimmed. T.p. vignette. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". In a later tan half-calf binding with marbled boards. We find 3 editions published in 1783 [priority not established], with... More
Edinburgh & London: Blackwood & Sons, 1871. 1st separate edition (Bleiler, p. 42). 64 pp. 12mo. 17 cm x 11.5 cm. Rebound in purple muslin cloth, with original printed purple front wrapper bound-in. The 'Battle of Dorking' was, apparently, written to document the need "for a complete reorganization of the... More
