New York, NY: National Horse Show Foundation, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xviii, 470 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Deluxe custom binding of full leather, with a leather National Horse Show Association of America Limited medallion logo on the front cover, and a leather spine..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Printed for the Philobiblon Club at the Bird & Bull Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 38 pages of text, followed by two unnumbered pages of text printed facing each other on two leaves, containing a poem, and hand numbered "29" [out of 275 printed]. Original gilt-stamped..... More
Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 16 leaves. Tan linen spine over maroon paper-covered boards; protected in custom-fitted stiff archival Mylar. Printed paper label on front cover. Illustrated with a page of letterpress devices, five tipped-in color illustrations, and an etching. Poetry, illustrations, letterpress and binding..... More
Rome, Italy: Da Pietro Datri, 1828. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). There is no engraved title page present, and it is illustrated with just 22 of 30 plates: INCOMPLETE. The plates are hand-colored, and many are soiled or smudged in the margins. Original binding with a gilt-stamped leather spine and..... More
Hamburg, Germany: J.E.M. Kohler, 1859. Second edition. Paper Wrappers (pb). Folio. [iv], [ii], 12 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontisportrait of the author, six lithographed plates, and ten pages containing illustrations of medical instruments and facsimiles. The plates were drawn from photographs by G. Meyer. Original green printed wrappers..... More
[Strasbourg]: Joh. Henrici Heitzii, 1760. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). [ii], 21 pages of text. Bound in modern paper wrappers. Disbound from a larger volume, evidenced by page numbers 498-521 handwritten in an old hand at the top corner; the text is otherwise clean and unmarked. Text is in Latin..... More
Wolffenbuttelae [Wolfenb?ttel], Germany: no publisher stated, 1728. First Edition. Unbound. Octavo (8vo). 4 leaves of text (8 pages), illustrated with one engraved plate of conjoined twins. No binding; likely separated from a larger work. Minor browning and minor soiling, with creases to corners. Text is in Latin, with some phrases..... More
Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, 1972. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto (4to). Approximately 100 pages. Contains reproductions of illustrations by Vargas. Paperback binding with a small crease to the top corner, and it is delaminating; protected in custom-fitted archival Mylar. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. More
London: Printed for Harding, Mavor, and Lepard (Lackington's), 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [iv], xlviii, 332 pages of text. Full calf binding, with raised bands, heavy gilt on spine, and a brown spine label. Page edges are marbled, matching the endpapers. Engraved frontis has offset slightly onto the title..... More
Austin, TX: The Press at the Humanities Research Center; Carol Kent, Printer, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [xii], 31 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition; protected in custom-fitted archival Mylar. Illustrated with a tipped-in reproduction of a photograph. 100 copies have been printed on the demy..... More
Austin, TX: Privately printed, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). x, 29 pages of text. Original oatmeal cloth spine with peach paper-covered boards with minimal shelfwear. Produced by Craig Jensen and David Holman. Limited edition of 100 copies. This copy not signed by the author. The text is clean and..... More
Chicago, IL: Caxton Club, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 47 pages of text. Vellum/parchment spine with paper-covered boards with minimal shelfwear. One of 354 copies printed on Tuscany paper. Fore-edge and bottom edge of pages are deckled (uncut). The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. More
Chicago, IL: Caxton Club, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 108 pages of text. Original blue cloth boards over sand cloth spine; printed paper front cover label. Minor shelfwear and moderate sunning to the boards. This edition of the Caxton Club Year Book covers the years 1921-1937 and consists of 250..... More
Chicago, IL: Caxton Club, 1921. First thus edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Two volume set in slipcase. Vol. I: xvi, 174 pages. Vol. II: xii, 185 pages. Black cloth spines over marbled paper-covered boards; spine extremities are lightly shelfworn as are the corners of the boards. Slipcase is worn, chipped and soiled..... More
Chicago, IL: Caxton Club, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6? - 7?" tall. 88 pages of text, followed by [i] page containing the colophon. Original hardcover binding is moderately worn and sunned. Yellow cloth spine with sidereal decorated paper covered boards. Limited edition. Two hundred and seventy-five copies..... More
Chicago, IL: Caxton Club, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [ii], 12 pages of text, [iii] pages of black & white photographs which show how the impression from the original wood block was made. Black cloth spine with printed paper label, and green decorative paper-covered boards; protected in stiff archival..... More
Boston, MA: Gray and Bowen; G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Four volume set. Bound in modern black leather with maroon cloth boards. Tissue-guarded frontisportrait of Jefferson present in first volume. All volumes are affected by foxing, which in some cases is prominent. About..... More
New York, NY: William Farquhar Payson, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [vi], 90 pages of text. Hardcover binding is heavily sunned on the spine, and moderately sunned elsewhere; the sunning is uneven and correlates with lettering and decoration on dustjacket. The price-clipped dustjacket is browned on the spine, and..... More
New York, NY: Arthur A. Levine Books; Scholastic Press, 1998. Early printing. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [viii], 309 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor handling and shelfwear, including slight rounding to the spine extremities. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear; protected in archival Mylar. The title page is signed by J.K...... More
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New York, NY: E. P. Dutton, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 316 pages of text. Original hardcover cloth binding with minor shelfwear, and minor sunning to the top edge, and a small scuff to the spine. The price-clipped dustjacket, added from a fifth printing, has several small tears and..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 224 pages of text. Original blue hardcover cloth binding with minor dulling to the gilt spine lettering. The original unclipped dustjacket is moderately sunned on the spine, with moderate rubbing (with minor loss) to the extremities, and minor foxing; protected..... More
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). x, 453 pages of text, followed by [v] pages listing the principal works of the author. Original navy blue and peach hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. The original dustjacket is overall lightly browned, and has minor rubbing and..... More
London: Printed for Private Circulation only by William Tyler, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. Vol. I: xix, [i] blank, 306 pages of text. Vol. II: [vi], 291 pages of text. Rebound in full leather, with raised bands on the spines, and gilt-lettered maroon leather spine labels..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). First edition in English of Mendeleev's landmark chemistry textbook, providing the basis of the Periodic Law. Two volume set housed in a fleece-lined maroon leather drop-spine box. Original maroon cloth bindings with minor sunning to the spine, and minor..... More