Soquel, California: An Erg Publication, 1980. 1st printing. 43, [3] pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-13/16". Black & white glossy stiff-stock paper covers. Poetry by this local SF Bay Area couple, who met while working at an adult rehabilitation center. More
Walnut Creek, CA: Sheer Press, (1977). 1st printing. SIGNED PRESENTATION copy, inscribed from the author to "Trude", in the year of publication. Unpaginated, though 64 pages. Illustrated with drawings by Ruth Starkman. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Buff paper wrappers printed in dark brown. Butterfly motif graphic to front wrapper. The... More
!['In Memoriam' [as published in] The CORNHILL MAGAZINE. Vol. IX. January to June, 1964. Charles . Trollope Dickens, William Makepeace - Subject, Anthony . Thackeray, 1812 - 1870, 1815 - 1882, 1811 - 1863.](/pictures/thumb/44472.jpg?v=1542149759)
London: Smith Elder and Co., 1864. 1st volume appearance (cf. Gimbel E42, for the monthly issue). The Dickens piece in the February issue, pp 129 - 132. Trollope's tribute follows, pp. 134 - 137. P. 132 with a wood engraving after the conclusion of Dickens' text, presumably depicting Thackeray's study... More
New York: Johathan Cape Harrison Smith, 1930. 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Each leaf with a woodcut illustration by Ward. 8vo. Black cloth spine, with printed paper title label, over printed paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. More
New York: Published by Elam Bliss, No. 128 Broadway, 1827. 1st US Edition (American Imprints 28739). vii, [8] - 179, [1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Original publisher's quarter sheep sheep binding, with marbled paper boards & speckled edges. Gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
Boston: Published by Lincoln & Edmands. 1831. 1st edition (American Imprints 7198. xxv, 26 - 321, [3 (publisher adverts)] pp. 12mo, signed in 6s. 5-7/8" x 3-5/8". Period brown full calf binding with black leather title label to spine. Speckled edges/. More
Philadelphia: Manufacturers' Book Co., (1899). Not in Zinman, though see 1225 for an edition by another publisher. Specimen pages and plates. Broadside of volume descriptions, followed by lined, horizontally-oriented subscriber sheets [4 lines completed]. 8vo. Original green cloth binding with black, red, silver and gilt stamping. Spine design stamped to... More
Chicago: Union Publishing House, 1897. Not in Zinman, though see 982 for an 1892 edition. Presentation leaf. Specimen pages and plates. Testimonials. Half-broadside of volume descriptions (3 binding formats), followed by lined, horizontally-oriented subscriber sheets. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-1/2". Mustard cloth binding stamped in black. Blue speckled edges. Sample bindings to front & rear. More
New York: The New York Times Company, (1919). 1st printing thus. Not in Zinman. Specimen pages & plates. 8vo. Three quarter black leather binding, with green cloth boards. Black leather spine sample to front paste-down; green cloth spine sample to rear paste-down. More
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1936. 1st Edition. xiii, [1 (blank)], 592 pp. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-5/8". Blue cloth binding with orange lettering. Orange topstain. Map eps. Dust jacket (wraparound artwork by Henry C. Pitz). This work by Edmonds, which follows the lives of fictional Gil and Lana Martin, settlers... More
Toledo Ohio: Locke Publishing Co., 1880. 1st published in 1872, cf. BAL 11826. This edition: Zinman 1190. Specimen pages & plates. Broadside description of volume & prices, followed by lined, horizontally-oriented subscriber pages. Illustrations by Thomas Nast. 8vo. Blindstamped purple cloth binding. Sample spine to front paste-down. More
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1892. 1st Edition. 265 pp. illustrated. 8vo. Red publisher's cloth lettered in gilt. Beveled boards. Written by Knight's grand-daughter, the volume has bibliography of Knight's literary efforts. More
London: Wm Isbister Limited. 1889. First Edition. 2 volumes. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. Original maroon cloth bindings with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. TEG. Contains a bibliography of Steele's works. More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1890. 1st edition thus. 2 volumes: 475, [3]; 477, [3 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Faux-vellum spine over red cloth boards. TEG. Red cloth dust wrappers, with gilt stamped lettering to spine panel. A historical novel, set in Florence at the end of the 15th century. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1869. 1st Edition. xxi, [22] - 352, [2 (blank)] pp. Frontis. Tissue guard. 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth with gilt stamped lettering & decorations to spine & boards. More
Cincinnati: Published by Eli Taylor, 1837. 1st edition thus. 472 pp. Text double column. Illustrated with several hundred wood engravings. Royal 8vo. Original publisher's black half leather binding with marbled paper boards. Red speckled edges. More
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1882. 12th edition. 2 volumes: xii, 558; vii, [1 (blank)], 532, [2 (blank)] pp. Index at rear of Volume II. Partially unopened. Frontispiece in Volume I. 8vo. Original publisher's tomato-red cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1873. 1st edition (Wright II, 1689). iv, [7] - 714 pp. Illustrated with plates and cuts designed & engraved by Gaston Fay. 12mo. Period black half leather binding with marbled paper boards. Speckled edges. Black marbled paper eps. More
New York and London: D. Appleton & Co., 1928. 1st edition. [10], 259, [3] pp. 8vo. Black cloth with blue title labels to front board and spine, blue pictorial endpapers. In blue pictorial dj printed in black. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. 1st edition (BAL 13984). xxiv, [2], 412 pp. Partially unopened. Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's tan rough weav linen cloth binding with dark brown & gilt stamping. TEG. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. 1st printing of the Revised and Enlarged 8th Edition. xii, 367, [7] pp. 4 page Index at rear. Profusely illustrated. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & black decorative stamping to the front board. More
San Francisco: William Doxey, at the Sign of the Lark, 1898. 2nd edition (Harlan 45a). Limited to 550 cc. xiv, [2], 182, [2] pp. 8vo. Simple green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. 1st US trade edition [Richards A92]. vii, [1 (blank)], 209, [9] pp. 6 pages of adverts at rear. Untrimmed. 8vo. Original publisher's orange cloth binding with gilt stamping; front cover design with EMD monogram at bottom. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890. "Authorized" edition. x, 417, [5] pp. 4 pages of publisher adverts conclude volume. 111 illustrations by Townsend. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's light brown cloth binding with dark brown, blue & gilt stamping. Pale green eps. More
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1895. 1st edition. [6], 208, [4] pp. Illustrations by Gordon. 12mo. Green cloth binding stamped in gold stylized scroll design incorporating thistle, a mortar & pestle and an hourglass bracketing title and author; title, author, publishers, & elements from front cover design stamped in... More
