The MORTAL NUTS. A Novel.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1996). 1st edition. ARC, with card & promo sheet laid-in. 287, [1] pp. 8vo. Black cloth spine over grey paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1996). 1st edition. ARC, with card & promo sheet laid-in. 287, [1] pp. 8vo. Black cloth spine over grey paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. More
Framingham Centre MA: Published by the Author, (1933). 10th edition. 683 pp (including index). Illustrated, primarily from photographs. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
New York: Anchor Books, (1995). 1st edition. SIGNED by the Author on the t.p. [16], 255, [1] pp. 8vo. Black cloth spine over black paper-wrapped boards. Map eps. Dust Jacket. This the Pullitzer Prize winning author's first book. More
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1954. 2nd Printing. 256 pp. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Pale blue dust jacket. More
Hong Kong: Printed by Ye Olde Printerie, Ltd., [1937]. 1st printing. xiv, [2], 91, [1 (blank)] pp. Photographic frontis of the ship. 51 b/w captioned images from photographs, on 13 inserted leaves [usually 2 per page]. Folding map with track listing underneath, inserted after p. 48. Chart of the 1936..... More
London: Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh Newbery House Charing Cross Road, [1890]. 1st printing. 254 pp. Illustrated. 7-3/8" x 5" Decorative terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamping. Patterned paper eps. More
London: Martin Secker, 1930. 1st edition. [2 (blank)], 43, [3] pp. 7-5/8" x 4-3/4". Brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. TEG. Dust jacket. More
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1955. Uncorrected Proof. vii, [8] - 311, [1 (blank)] pp. 7-5/8" x 4-7/8". Buff card stock boards with printed black lettering. Green dust jacket. More
New York: J. & J. Harper, 82 Cliff Street, 1831 [1832]. Early printing. 2 volumes (xx, [21] - 276; iv, [5] - 275, [5] pp). Frontis in volume I. Bound in 6s. 4" x 6 5/16". Linen cloth binding with printed black lettering. Cover date 1832. More
Santa Fe: Seton Village Press, 1938. 1st edition (Blanck, p. 463). Limited to 200cc (this #185). SIGNED by Seton, underneath the photographic image. This copy with dedication inscription underneath signature, "the author who dedicates this copy to his friend Ed & Eileen Sevets ... 1945" Unpaginated, though 12 pp. Printed..... More
Oakland: Published by the Author, 1924. 1st edition. 93 pp. Errata slip tipped-in after ffep. Illustrated. 12mo. 20cm x 14cm. Green vertically ribbed cloth with gilt stamped lettering to front board. More
London / Hull: Reeves & Turner / Geo. Smith (Late Leng & Co.), 1873. 1st Edition. [4], 144 pp. List of benefactors pp. 26 - 28. 2 2-page plans at front. 4 internal wood engravings, one full page (of the hospital). 8-3/8" x 5-3/8". Original publisher's pebbled brown flexible covers..... More
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Co., (n. d.). Ca 1890. Single sheet, of stiff stock paper, printed both sides, folded twice to make an 8 panel brochure. Panels 2 & 3 provide details of the facility, as well as "Terms per Week" & "Meals". Entire inner portion [4 panels] comprise a...... More
San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co., 317 & 319 Montgomery Street, (1866). Ca 1874. Title caption & view number printed under right image. Domed, separate images. 3-7/16" x 6-7/8". Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to right end; "Lake Tahoe" to left. Pale pink verso, with Houseworth's Paris..... More
San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co., 317 & 319 Montgomery Street, (1866). Ca 1874. Title caption & view number printed under right image. Square, separate images. 3-7/16" x 6-7/8". Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to right end; "Lake Tahoe" to left. Pale pink verso, with Houseworth's Paris..... More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, (1845). Circa mid-1850s. Cf Wright I, 766 for the 1846 1st edition of "Pickings" & Wright II, 2692 for the 1853 1st edition of "Sketch Book". Bolton IV, 22 & 33. Not in SCOWAH. 216; viii, [21] - 202 pp. "Pickings": frontis, t.p. vignette..... More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, (n. d.). Ca 1901. 319, [1 (adverts)] pp. Illustrated by Leonard Linsdell. Head- tailpieces. Crown 8vo. Decorative blue cloth with gilt stamped title lettering. Pale green floral patterned-paper eps. A scarce title from the period / genre, with OCLC showing only 5 institutional holdings..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (1994). 1st edition. 274, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
New York: Touchstone, (2105). 1st Edition. [6], 233, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated by the author. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 7-5/8" Red cloth spine over green paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. More
New York: Del Rey, (2018). 1st edition. SIGNED by the Author on the t.p. 601, [5] pp. Solar System illustration at front. 8vo. Hardback. White dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. Successors to Carey & Co., 1839. 1st US book edition (Smith AMERICAN 4, pp. ). viii, 13 - 404 pp, double column of text. 12 page publisher catalogue inserted after text. Illustrated with two inserted plates designed by Phiz, reengraved by Joseph Yeager. 10" x 6-1/4"..... More
Los Angeles: Press of Phillips Printing Co. 290 East 4th St. [1928]. 1st Edition. 197, [3] pp. Frontispiece [of the new clubhouse] + 9 tipped-in b/w half-tone photographic images. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Brown paper covers, black embossed lettering, yapp edges. "Ebell of Los Angeles was formed as a women's..... More
New York: Arcade Publishing, Inc., 1990. 2nd printing of the 1st US edition [stated]. 92 pp. Illustrated with drawings. Oblong 8vo. 7-3/4" x 10-1/2" Hardback. Dust jacket. Winner of the UK's 1990 KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL for Best Children's Picture Book of the Year. More
New York: Basic Books, (2006). 1st Edition. xlii, 454 pp including index. Graphs. Charts. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Green paper boards with dark green spine. Silver title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. More
Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, (2000). 8th printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by Powell. 160 pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. 4to. 10-1/4" x 8-3/4" Tomato red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Color printed glossy paper dust jacket. More