Philadelphia: R. DeSilver, 1827. 1st US edition (American Imprints 29417). 2 volumes (201; 240 pp). Untrimmed. 12mo, in 6s. 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Original drab boards with printed paper title labels to spine. More about TOWER Of HELVIN: or, The Last of the Beaumanoir.; Translated from the French of M. Keratry,...
Chicago: Covici - McGee Co., 1924. 1st edition (Bleiler, p. 130). [12], 219, [1 (blank)] pp. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. No dust jacket. More about The GLORIOUS MYSTERY
New York: American Tract Society, (1871). Early, if not first, printing. 148, [2 (adverts)] pp. 12mo. 6" x 4". Original publisher's green cloth binding with black & gilt stamping. More about LIFE At THREESCORE And TEN
Cambridge: Washburn & Thomas, 1925. 1st edition thus. 49, [1] pp. Illustrations from Cruikshank's 19th C efforts. 12mo. Black cloth spine over green paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title labels to spine & front board. Printed green paper dust jacket. More about The TRAGICAL COMEDY Or COMICAL TRAGEDY Of PUNCH And JUDY.; With an Introductino by Charles Hall...
[Philadelphia?]: Published Posthumously by the Heirs of the Author, (1930). 1st Printing. [2 (blank)], 20, [2 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with two inserted plates [with the "K" monogram]. 12mo. Original publisher's green cloth binding, stamped in black, with a "K" monogram. "Navel fetishism, belly button fetishism, or alvinophilia is a partialism... More about NAVEL REVUE
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. 1st edition thus. #34 / 1000 cc. [8], 76, [4] pp. Frontispiece. Tall 8vo. Grey buckram cloth spine over black paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to front board. Black slipcase. More about The FAMOUS TRAGEDY Of The QUEEN Of CORNWALL At Tintagel in Lyonnesse.; A New Version of an Old...
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1884. 1st UK edition (NCBEL III, 880; Parrish, pp. 271 - 272; Sadleir 2012). Not in Wolff. [4], 296; [4], 312 pp. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-3/4". Original publisher's scarlet brocade cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Green floral patterned paper eps. More about A PERILOUS SECRET. In Two Volumes
Cincinnati, Ohio. Lillion H. Phelon. 1926. 1st Edition. 144 pp. Frontis of W. A. Phelon tipped in. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Tan cloth, gilt to upper board, brown lettering to upper board and back strip, brown end papers. More about BILL'S BOOK.; Poems from the Writings of W. A. Phelon
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1853. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 879; Parrish, p. 173; Sadleir 1998; Wolff 5703). [4], 334, [2] pp. 8vo. 8" x 5". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering & boards stamped in blind. Pale yellow eps. Custom chemise & brown quarter leather slipcase. The author's 2nd novel. More about CHRISTIE JOHNSTONE. A Novel
New York: The Fountain Press / The Cayme Press. Printed by D. B. Updike, at the Merrymount Press. 1930. 1st edition thus. #269 / 552 cc. [8], 34, [4] pp. Publisher slip, detailing printing/performance history, laid-in. Illustrated, in color, by William H. Cotton. Small 4to. 10" x 7-5/8". Red quarter... More about The THREE WAYFARERS. A Play in One Act.; Dramatized from his story, "The Three Strangers"
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1863. 1st US edition thus, i.e., this publisher (Parrish pp. 47-48). [4], [9] - 278, [2] pp. Text double column. 2 pages of Harper adverts follow text. Wood engraved portrait of Collins as frontispiece. Text illustrated throughout with b/w wood engravings by John McLenan... More about NO NAME. A Novel
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1872. 1st US edition (Parrish 85). [4], [9] - 196, 4 pp. 4 pages of Harper adverts follow text. Preliminary wood engraved portrait of Collins. Frontispiece. Text illustrated throughout with b/w wood engravings. Tall 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More about POOR MISS FINCH. A Novel
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1915. 1st UK Edition. [6], 415, [5], 31, [1 (blank)] pp. Text followed by 4 page Methuen "Popular Novels" catalogue [dated Autumn 1915], then a 31 page publisher "Selection of Books" catalogue [dated 8/5/15]. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamping. No dust jacket. More about VICTORY. An Island Tale
Garden City New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915. 1st US Edition. [6], 462, [4] pp. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. Map eps. No dust jacket. More about VICTORY. An Island Tale
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1969. 1st edition. 448 pp. 8vo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with black stamped lettering to spine. More about A BIBLIOGRAPHY Of JOSEPH CONRAD
Boston. Little, Brown, And Company. 1931. Reprint. 605 pp. 8-1/5" x 5-1/2". Black cloth, stamped in gilt to back strip. The bookseller label is for "Paul Elder & Co. - San Francisco". The bookshop existed in 7 different locations throughout San Francisco from 1898 - 1968. More about HATTER'S CASTLE
New York. The Viking Press. 1930. SIGNED; Limited Edition of 295 of which this is 113. [x], 338 pp. 8-3/4" x 6". Green cloth, blind stamped vignette to upper board, gilt lettering to back strip, green ribbon marker, slip tucked in, TEG. The slip is "A Map of Boone's Trace... More about The GREAT MEADOW
Los Angeles. Printed by The Ward Ritchie Press. 1938. 2nd Printing. [2 blank], [i-ii], [1-6], 7-66, [2 blank] pp. 8-1/2" x 8-10/8" Navy blue cloth back strip with spine label, pictorial paper wrapped boards. More about THIS NATIVE HEART.; Poems, 1930 - 1938
Loldon [sic, i.e., London]: Printed for J. Tonson and T. Fauncy, 1720. 3rd edition (Foxon, p. 570; NCBEL II, 563). [2], xxxix, [3], 13, [3], 19 - 60, [2], 89, [1 (blank)] pp. Foxon notes a concluding 13 pages, though this volume's pagination mirrors that of OCLC record 19800606, albeit... More about The WHOLE WORKS Of MR. JOHN PHILIPS, Late Student of Christ-Church, Oxon.; Viz. I. The Splendid...
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. First Edition (Russo, pp 61 - 63; Smith A-87). 208 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 6-3/4" x 4-3/8". Original publisher's grey linen cloth binding with pale green & white stamping. More about BREAKING Into SOCIETY
New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1902. 1st Edition (Smith C-940]. vii, [1 (blankl)], 393, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece, and 8 inserted plates by Dan Beard. 8vo, 6-1/2" x 4-1/2" Publisher's tan cloth, stamped with red, white, black & green. Printed dust jacket. From the dj blurb, "This... More about CAPTAIN JINKS Hero
West Medford, Mass. Christian Women's Peace Movement, (1915). 1st Edition. 198, [2] pp. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4" Grey paper-wrapped boards lettered in white. Gilt stamped CWPM medallion to front board. Called to the Colors" - Caroline A. Mason; "The White Zeppelin" - Eleanor Baldwin; "On the Field of Honor" -... More about CALLED To The COLORS and Other Stories
New York / Los Angeles: Grafton Press / Oriental Publishing Co., (1908). 1st Edition, Second issue [with t.p. paste-over publisher cancel]. 154 pp. Illustrated by Mary E. Curran. 8vo. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt stamping. TEG. "The author of this little book does not hope to convey to... More about AH MOY. The Story of a Chinese Girl
(San Francisco?): (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1960? Unpaginated, though 8 pages. Printed french-fold style, so 4 pages of text. Eye chart to each of the 4 printed pages, with the center letter printed in red. 4-3/8" x 2-7/8". Off-white printed card stock covers, sewn. "An Irishman went to... More about EM to GS.; A Letter from Edgar Lee Masters to fellow-poet George Sterling 5 March 1926
New York. Grossett & Dunlap, (1887). Early Printing. iv, 373, [1], [6 ads] pp. Illustrated. 7-1/2" x 5". Mustard cloth wrapped boards, Illustrated upper board, brown, black and green lettering, in original/early dust jacket. More about SAMANTHA AT SARATOGA.; Or "Racin' After Fashion"
