London: Trubner & Co., Ludgate Hill, 1889. "New Edition". Large paper edition, #17 of 126 cc. xx, [21] - 253, [1] pp. Drawings by Crowquill. 8vo. Finely bound by Morrell in dark blue full morocco leather, with gilt decorations & stamping. TEG. Light blue marbled paper eps. 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. More
Albany: Printed by Charles R. and George Webster, 1802. The Fourth Albany Edition (American Imprints 3510; Skeel 498, noting this firm previously publishe a "4th Albany edition" in 1800). 245, [7] pp. Bookseller adverts last 6 pages [of particular note is the final, "The highest price in Cash paid for... 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
London: Printed for R. H. and H. B. and are to be sold at Westminster and the Royal Exchange, 1661. 1st Edition (Gibson 232; Wing B302). [2], 14 pp. 4to: A - B^4. 7-1/4" x 5-3/8". Modern tan quarter calf binding with brownish paper boards. Title gilt stamped to spine... 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
Philadelphia: Universal Book and Bible House, (1932). 1st printing thus, "New and Revised Edition." Zinman 765. Specimen pages and plates. Half-broadside of volume descriptions, followed by lined, horizontally-oriented subscriber sheets. 8vo. Original plain black cloth binding with a bit of gilt stamping. Spine design stamped to rear cover. Red edgestain. 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
New York: Peter Fenelon Collier, Publisher, 1897. 1st printing thus. Zinman 239. 8 page prospectus. Specimen pages and plates. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-1/2". Plain russet cloth binding. Blue speckled edges. No sample bindings. More
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1918. 276 pp. Illustrated with 4 color inserted plates, drawings by Howard Elcock. Crown 8vo. Peach colored cloth binding printed in red, brown & dark blue. More
[Boston]: Pomegranate Books, [1995]. 1st printing. #111 / 350 cc SIGNED by Gorey. Broadside. Color center image by Gorey, 7-1/2" x 10-1/8". 20-7/8" x 13". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 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
Battle Creek, Mich: The Battle Creek Sanitarium Co, Ltd. (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca pre-1907. 30 pp. Laid-in, printed on yellow paper, a "Consumers' Order Blank Battle Creek Sanitarium Foods." 11" x 8-1/2", printed both sides, with a mailing zone map of the US to the lower half of... More
[San Francisco]: The Bohemian Club, 1972. 1st edition. 171, [1] pp. Printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem. 8vo. Green cloth spine with green patterned paper wrapped boards. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. Later edition. xiii, [1 (blank)], 70 pp. 12mo. 6-1/4" x 3-3/8". Publisher's electric blue cloth binding with silver stamping. Onionskin wrapper. More
Boston: S. W. Tilton & Co. (1862). Later printing, ca 1877. xx, 373, [5 (blank)] pp, Illustrated. 12mo. 7-7/8" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine and gilt stamped graphic to front board. Bevelled edges. 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: Published by the MacMillan Company for the Review of Reviews Company, 1921. 3rd Edition, Revised and Rearranged. xxi, [3], 1171, [3] pp (including Index). Illustrated. 8vo. Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Boards stamped in blind. More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1895. 1st Edition (BAL 6510). [4], 162, [2 (blank)] pp. Laid-in at rear, a "E. Wharton & Co" bookslip for this volume. 12mo. 7-7/8" x 5-1/8". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering & a white daisy to front board. Fuller "was an American journalist... 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
