New York: Dewitt & Davenport, Publishers. 1849. 1st Edition (Graff 4565; Howes W-195; Sabin 102248; Wagner-Camp-Becker 176; Wright I, 2687). 2 volumes in 1: [8], 134; [4], [135] - 263, [1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's brown cloth binding, with gilt stamping to spine & boards blocked..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, Limited; and Humphrey Milford, (n. d.). The "Eighteenpenny Illustrated" Edition, ca pre-WWI. 786 pp. 76 illustrations after the originals by Phiz & Cattermole. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/4". Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering & decorations to spine. Pictorial endpapers. TEG. Printed buff..... More
San Francisco: D. M. Bishop & Co., 1874. 1st edition thus, and the [presumed] 7th edition of the series. Cf. Norris 3495. 420 pp. Text double column. Adverts interspersed. Advert insert, printed on blue paper, tipped in prior to p. 401, noting the expansion of the next volume, adding additional..... More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1844. 1st editon. 2 volumes (xii, [13] - 308; vii, [8] - 312 pp) Plates + fold-out map of Paris fortifications. 8vo. Original brown, blindstamped cloth (Vol I rebacked). Much on mid-19th C Paris. More
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1868. 1st edition (Gimbel D-42; Kitton 417; Wilkins, p. 41). [8], 241, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated by Sol Eytinge (8 plates from the Diamond edition). 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-7/8". Early 20th C. 3/4 green morocco binding with marbled paper boards & eps. TEG. Contains a specially..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. 1st edition. Limited to 550 sets. This #472. 2 volumes. Frontis & t.p. vignette in each volume. 12mo. Gunmetal grey paper boards. Gilt spine lettering. TEG. More
London: Smith Elder and Co., 1847. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 1218). 2 volumes (xi, 324, [33 pp publisher catalogue dated June 1847]; [x], 358, [1]). Frontis in Volume I. 8vo. 8" x 5" Original lavender-colored cloth with spine lettered in gilt & boards lettered in blind. More
London: Faber and Faber 24 Russell Square, 1968. 1st Edition in English. 150 pp. Binder's blanks at rear. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Plain, textured light orange wrappers (Advance issue cover?). Ionesco "was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French..... More
Springfield, Illinois: The Williamson Press, (1946). 1st Printing. Not in the Blockson catalogue. 58, [2 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Light brown paper covers, printed with black ink, stapled. "During my pastorate in Springfield, Illinois, one Saturday afternoon there came to my study a group of young men..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, (1905). Ca 1905. 136 pp. Color frontis & 4 internal full-page plates by Anna S. Hicks. Small 8vo. 7-3/8" x 5-1/4". Light blue-green cloth with gilt decorations/lettering & color applique to front board. Pictorial eps. Buff printed dust jacket. Uncommon in dust jacket... More
Philadelphia: Printed as a Christmas Greeting for Samuel A. Dalton, 1957. 1st edition thus. #247/1000cc. 80 pp. Decorations & illustrations by Ray Abruzzi. Oblong 8vo. Dark brown faux-leather spine with tan boards. Lacks slipcase. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1912. 1st US edition. 280 pp (including Index). Illustrated. Thick 8vo. 9" x 5-7/8" Original publisher's blue pebbled cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. As most know, Forster was Dickens' closest confidant. More
London: Willougby, (n. d.). Ca 1845. Originally first published in 1839. 628 pp. 8vo. Orig red cloth with elaborate gilt stamped design to spine. Custom cut clear protective mylar wrapper. More
London: Trübner & Co., 60, Paternoster Row, 1865. 1st Edition. ix, [3], [11] - 147, [1] pp. 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. More
East Aurora, N. Y. The Roycroft Printing Shop, 1896. 1st edition (BAL 4074; cf. McKenna, p. 57, for a history of this early Roycroft publication, which ceased after only 3 issues). 48 pp. 8vo. Printed brown paper wrappers, yapp edges. Housed in a custom maroon quarter morocco clamshell case, with..... More
Philadelphia: Key & Biddle - 23 Minor Street. 1834. 1st edition (American Imprints 26289; BEAL 8549.50). vi, [2], [9] - 540, [2 (blank)] pp. P. 316 misnumbered 216. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2". Original publisher's full sheep binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Speeches of Lord Chatham (William Pitt)..... More
London: Published by Robert Bent, 1839. 1st edition thus. iv, 415, [1] pp. Cut of Bagster's Bible, p. 412. Printer's device, last page. 8vo. 8-5/8" x 5-1/2" Original publisher's brown vertically-ribbed cloth with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Pale yellow eps. More
London: Williams & Norgate, 1892. 1st edition. PRESENTATION copy from the publishers with their blind stamp on the half-title & title page. 239, [1] pp. Last page blank. 8vo. Original brick-red cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering. More
(n. p.): (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca early 1980s. [8], 115, [1] pp. Illustrated with b/w halftone photographic images. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 6-7/8". Pale blue paper covers, printed with black ink. Cover design by Clyde Jones. More
London: Aldine Publishing Company, Ltd., (n. d.). Ca early 1900s, cf. Kirkpatrick, p. 249. 64 pp. Text double column. 8-7/8" x 6". Printed paper wrappers, stapled. Front wrapper with color illustration of two men fighting. Scarce edition of the title, not found on OCLC, nor COPAC. More
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[London]: (n. d.). Ca mid-1830s? 46, [2] pp. 6 sketches herein, with one being "An Attempt at an Essay on Paper. A Comic Offering by T. Dibdin" 16 b/w illustrations. 16mo: B - D8. 6-3/8" x 4". 19th C, but not original, plain purple paper covers. Volume lacks preliminary matter..... More
Troy, N. Y. Johnson and Davis, Steam Press Printers, 1851. 1st Edition. ASSOCIATION Copy. 408 pp. 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with boards stamped in blind & gilt stamped title lettering to spine. This copy inscribed on a preliminary blank, "For District No. 10 of Cranford / From H...... More
New York: McSpedon & Baker, Printers, 1853. 1st edition. 255, [3] pp. Title and text within mourning borders. "Obituary addresses on the occasion of the death of the Hon. Daniel Webster, delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, 14th and 15th December, 1852": pp. 191..... More
Cirencester: Printed and Sold by S. Rudder, 1780. 1st Edition. vii, [1], [3] - 105, [1 (blank)], viii pp. Appendix last 8 pages. 2 folding copperplate engravings. 8vo. Period speckled tan half-calf binding with marbled paper boards [modern respining to style]. Red leather spine label with gilt stamped lettering. Rare..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longman's, 1856. Presentation copy to the authors Aunt. vi, [1], 141 pp. 16mo. 17cm x 11cm. Green blindstamped cloth. Gilt-stamped spine and upper panel. More
