The POSSESSED: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2010). 2nd Printing. [8], 296 pp. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Illustrated yellow wrappers, red and black lettering. More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2010). 2nd Printing. [8], 296 pp. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Illustrated yellow wrappers, red and black lettering. More
La Grande, Oregon: A Bear Press Book, (1965). 1st printing. #107 / 150 cc. SIGNED by the author under the limitation statement, and further INSCRIBED & SIGNED on the inside front cover. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Pale orange stiff-stock paper covers, printed in black, stapled. Now..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1924. 1st Edition. 481, [1] pp (including Index). Illustrations by Jose Sabogal. 8vo. Orange cloth binding. Pictorial eps, designed by Sabogal. Dust jacket, design by Sabogal. Mr Beals takes a look at the country of Peru. More
San Francisco: R and E Research Associates, (n. d.). Facsimile reprint, ca 1968. 1st published in 1919. 317, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated, primarily with b/w half-tone photographic images. 8vo. Black buckram binding with gold stamped lettering. More
London: Horace Cox, 1902 - 1911. Mixed set, 1st - 3rd [4th] editions. The set not in Bitting, though see p. 31, for the 3rd title, PICKLES. Divers paginations of each volume, from ~ 140 pp to ~ 250 pp. Illustrated with cuts. Books: 12mo, 6-5/8" x 4-1/8". Creme-colored linen..... More
London / Edinburgh: Printed for T. Cadell; G. G. J. and J Robinson; C. Dilly; and W. Creech, 1788. 1st Edition (Goldsmith 13538). 109, [1 (blank)] pp. 8-1/8" x 4-7/8". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
New York: J. B. Ford & Co., 1873. 1st edition thus (revised edition with additional matter). 447 pp + adverts at rear, 8vo. Brick red cloth with gilt lettering. More
London: Percival and Co., 1891. 1st edition. viii, 169, [3] pp. 12mo. Brown buckram binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Dodgson a former art historian and museum curator, who was the Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, 1912 – 1932. More
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1934. 1st US edition (Hubin I, p. 60). vi, 314 pp. Crown 8vo. Purple cloth binding with black stamping. Dust jacket. More
London: MacMillan and Co., 1892. 2nd printing. 243, [5] pp. Adverts at rear. 7-5/8" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's blue-green linen cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Ruth Florence Verney was Florence Nightingale's god-daughter, the Verney family being closely connected to Nightingale by work, and by the marriage of..... More
New York: Published by Letters and Arts Publishing Co., (1914). 1st edition. xvii, [3], 562, [4] pp. Printed by the DeVinne Press. Illustrated. Folio. 12-1/4" x 9". Faux vellum binding stamped in gilt & blind. AEG. White silk moire eps. More
[San Francisco]: Alta California Printing House. [1867]. 1st edition (Cowan II, pp. 375-376; Rocq 9192). 64 pp. Numerous mss corrections to text. Intratextual lot plans, ~ 55, describing, by city blocks, the property of Jacob C. Beideman. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Original printed pale green paper wrappers. Now housed in..... More
Glenorchy, Tasmania: The Robert Price Printing Co., 1965. 1st edition. Limited to 30 cc, this number 23. Unpaginated, though 4 pp. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 4-7/8". Stiff pale green wrappers, with leather tie. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Apparent first publication by this eventual Jeffers & London scholar..... More
[Columbia, SC]: [Belk's of Columbia], [1966]. INSCRIBED by Carl T. Julien on the presentation page. Unpaginated, ~ 30 pp. B/w intratextual reproductions of photographys by Carl T. Julien; alternating olive-colored illustrations throughout. 9" x 4-1/2". Stapled red, white, and black wrappers with printed black lettering. Now housed in an archival..... More
Keokuk: R. B. Ogden & Son, Print. 1887. 1st edition (Nevins I, p. 57). 644, [2 (blank)] pp. Errata slip tipped-in after p. 6. Frontis. Facsimile broadside. xx inserted plates, primarily portraits. Map. 8vo. Publisher's original blue decorated cloth, with gilt stamping to spine & front board. Bevelled boards. A..... More
San Francisco: Sterett & Butler, Printers. 1858. 1st edition (Greenwood 913). 166, xcii pp. Lined blank note paper bound-in at rear. 8vo. Original publisher's full tan sheep binding with red & black leather title labels to spine. Stidger a former Yuma County Justice of the Peace [ca 1850]... 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
London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1906. 1st edition. ix, [1 (blank)], 232 pp (including index). Illustrated in colour with pictures by Arthur G. Bell. Royal 8vo. Linen cloth binding with green square patterned boards, with orange decorations. Gilt stamped title lettering to spine & front board. TEG. Dust jacket..... More
Helena, MT: (1909). 1st edition (Howes B331). 31 pp. Frontis illustration. 7" x 5.5". Decorated brown wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1960). 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the ffep. 320 pp, illustrated with photographs, 8vo. Hardback. Photographic eps. Pink dust jacket. The famous lawyer turns his eye to the far east. More
London: Printed for Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1824. 1st Edition. 2 volumes: ix, [1 (blank)], 398; x, 368 pp. 8vo. Period tan half-calf bindings with brown cloth boards, marbled edges & eps. Vols 13 & 14 from Belsham's HISTORY Of GREAT BRITAIN. Somewhat uncommon, we saw no other copies offered..... More
Washington: Judd & Detweiler, Printers, 1901. 1st edition. 82 pp. 8-1/2" x 5-5/8". Beige printed paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
New York: Viking, 1937. 1st edition (Pomerance A33). 151, [1] pp. Illustrated by the author. 8vo. Linen cloth binding stamped with light blue. Red edgestain. Dust jacket. More
[Sheboygan, WI]: The Kohler Woman's Club, 1935. 1st printing. Not in Axford, Bitting, Brown nor Wheaton & Kelly. [1], 117 ll. Oblong format: 4" x 6". Pale green paper wrappers printed in dark green; red cord tie. The Kohler Woman's Club was established and presided over in 1917 by Marie..... More
New York: Random House, 1929. 1st printing. Unpaginated, however, 8 pages. 10" x 6-1/4". Green paper wrappers, sewn, with black title lettering and graphic printed to front wrapper. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. More