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: Printed for William Leake, and are to be sold at his Shop at the Sign of the Crown in Fleet-street, between the two Temple gates. 1648. 1st Edition of this Translation (Wing C4288). SIGNED by L'Estrange (?). [10], 141, [1 (publisher advert)] pp. Engraved title leaf, "J Goddard, Sculpsit"... 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
Boston: S. W. Tilton & Co. (1858). Later printing, ca 1877. [6], viii, [11] - 414, [2 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-2/4". 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
[New York]: Harper & Brothers, (1889). 1st Printing. Unpaginated, though 4 pages. P. 1 with bust image of Poe; p. 4 with image entitled "At The Posting Station". 6-1/4" x 3-1/2". Printed self-wrappers. P. 2 with a summary of contents for the March issue; p. 3 with a list of 14 books recently published by Harpers. 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
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
