New York, NY: Limited Editions Club, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). xviii, 363 pages of text. Limited edition of 1500 copies signed on the limitation page by the illustrator Henri Matisse, of which only 250 were additionally signed by the author James Joyce. Original hardcover binding in almost new... More about ULYSSES. Limited edition signed by James Joyce and Henri Matisse
London: Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell, in the Strand; and J. Murray, 1790. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). [xiv], 565, [i] blank, followed by [xvii] pages of index. Newly rebound in quarter cloth with a gilt-stamped leather spine label, and marbled paper-covered boards. The first and final 10-20... More about AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT, from the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain to the...
Venetiis: Nicolaum Pezzana, 1731. Early edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). [xviii], 1060 pages of text, lxiv [mis-numbered liv]. Engraved frontis title. Title page printed in red and black. Original full leather binding is somewhat worn, with rubbing to the extremities, and with the head and tail of the spine expertly repaired... More about BIBLIA SACRA Vulgatae Editionis Sixti V. & Clem.VIII. Pont. Max. Auctoritate recognita....
London: Printed for the Translator...by Robert Wilks, 1807. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). [iv], 844 pages of text. Newly rebound in quarter leather with raised bands on spine, and marbled paper-covered boards. The title page and several pages have minor creasing/wrinkling. The final page of text is signed by the... More about THE ORGANON; or, Logical Treatises of Aristotle. Translated from the Greek. With Copious...
London: Printed for S. Hooper, 1772. Early edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). [xii], 547 pages of text. Original full mottled calf (leather) binding with maroon leather spine label; both boards rehinged. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. The first and final pages of text are somewhat foxed. The front endpapers are creased... More about A BURLESQUE TRANSLATION OF HOMER
London: Printed for William Gilbertson, at the signe of the Bible without Newgate in Gilt spur Street, 1653. Fourth edition. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. [xiv], 190 pages. Lacks an added engraved title page, and with 23 of 24 pasted-in copperplate cuts. Rebound in quarter leather with... More about OVID'S HEROICALL EPISTLES
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xviii, 486 pages of text including an index. Full leather binding with both boards rehinged; spine is darkened and there is minor shelfwear. This is a vanity binding personally bound for Henry Arthur Johnstone, with his monogram in gilt... More about SWIMMING. Large Paper Edition. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes
London: Printed by E. Richardson and C. Lintot et al, 1762. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Two books bound in one volume. Rebound in full cloth with a gilt-stamped leather spine label. Old ex-libris label of John Edmunds, Sussex lifted and neatly affixed to the... More about A TREATISE OF THE PLEAS OF THE CROWN: Or, A System of the Principal Matters relating to that...
London: Printed for J. Round, J. Tonson, J. Clarke, B. Motte, T. Wotton, S. Birt, and T. Osborne, 1731. Second edition. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Two volume set. Original full paneled calf (leather) bindings. Vol. I: frontisportrait, [xvi], 480 pages of text. Vol. II: [iv], 585... More about Temple, William
New York, NY: Arthur A. Levine Books; Scholastic Press, 1998. Special Edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). [viii], 309 pages. Paperback binding with "Advance Reader's Edition" printed on the bottom of the front cover, and "Uncorrected Proof - Not For Sale" printed on the rear cover. Small bump to the top of... More about HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE. Advance Reader's Edition. With a bookplate signed by J.K....
Paris, France: Artcurial, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [ii] blank, followed by [x] pages of printed text, interspersed with 39 black and white photographs on 28 pages. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. The photographs (by Etienne Hubert) are mainly of sculpture, but also... More about DERBRE. LIVING BODIES
Paris, France: Artcurial, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [ii] blank, followed by [x] pages of printed text, interspersed with 39 black and white photographs on 28 pages. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear, including bumping along the spine and rear board. The photographs (by Etienne... More about DERBRE. LIVING BODIES
New York: Summit Books, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 217 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. The text is clean and unmarked. Signed by the author on a front endpaper with no further inscription. First edition, first... More about TWILIGHT. Signed by Elie Wiesel
Huntington, WV: Standard Printing & Publishing Co., 1942. New Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxv, [i] blank, 384 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. The unclipped dustjacket has a large chip to the top of the spine, and numerous scrapes to the rear panel, and overall... More about THE BULLET'S FLIGHT FROM POWDER TO TARGET. The Internal and External Ballistics of Small Arms. A...
London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. Original dark green hardcover bindings with minor darkening of the spine gilt and minor flecking (small spots of color loss). No dustjackets. Vol. I: xxxii, 608 pages of text. Illustrated with 10 plates and 129 figures. Vol... More about RITUAL AND BELIEF IN MOROCCO. Two volume set
Shanghai, China: Published by the author, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [xii], 175 pages of text. The hardcover binding is moderately browned on the spine, with minor spots of soiling/foxing and minor shelfwear. Contains several black-and-white illustrations. Several pages have minor pencil notations. Four pages have minor browning to... More about MEMORIES OF MARY HULBURT MATTESON. With Lineages of Mary Hulburt and Horace Matteson
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxiv, 256 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minor sunning to the top edge and minor shelfwear. The unclipped dustjacket has a large chip on the front panel, with several small scuffs and perforations, and minor... More about MEMOIRS OF AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FOOTMAN. JOHN MACDONALD TRAVELS (1745-1779
London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 350 pages. Original magenta cloth is slightly faded on the spine, with a small tear and minor rubbing to the top of the spine. First issue of the text with the word serious spelled incorrectly as... More about A FAREWELL TO ARMS
New York, NY: Miller, Orton & Co., 1857. Early printing. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 384 pages. Original cloth binding is heavily worn, with rubbing and fraying to the extremities, and cracking to the exterior hinges; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with 4 plates. The first 24... More about LIFE ON THE PLAINS AND AMONG THE DIGGINGS; Being Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to...
New York, NY: Ruud & Carleton, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 433 pages of text followed by 9 pages of publishers advertisement. Original hardcover binding with minor shelfwear and darkening to the spine. Contains 13 illustrations. Several pages have minor creasing to the corner. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. More about THE NEW AND THE OLD; or, California and India In Romantic Aspects
London: Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd., 1905. Early edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xxiv, 278 pages of text, followed by numerous pages of publisher's advertisement. Hardcover cloth binding with printed paper spine label is sunned on the spine, with minor staining and discoloration. Contains a fold-out... More about ON THE STUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL REEFS
Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News, 1909. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 151 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. No dustjacket. The final few pages are rippled from a binder issue and is not due to exposure to moisture. The text is clean and unmarked. Designed for the... More about JACOB HAMLIN. A Narrative of His Personal Experience, as a Frontiersman, Missionary to the...
Lancaster, PA: F.W. Hodge, 1928. First thus edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 37 pages of text. Original hardcover binding is rubbed and slightly discolored at the spine extremities, with minor cracking starting at the hinges. Number 163 of 200 copies printed, signed by the printer F.W. Hodge. The text is clean... More about NEW MEXICO. Otherwise, the Voiage VOYAGE of Anthony of Espeio, Who in the Yeare 1583 with His...
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xxiii, [i] blank, 184 pages of text including a glossary and an index of first lines. Original hardcover binding with a small bump to a lower corner, and minor shelfwear. Signed on... More about SONGS OF THE COWBOYS. Signed by N. Howard Jack Thorp
Chicago, IL: Holiday Press, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 26 pages of text. Hardcover binding with moderate shelfwear and both sunning and minor staining. Hand-numbered 6 of 175 copies printed; by 8 names workers at the Lakeside Press. Illustrated by Ervine Metzl, many of... More about THE ADVERTISING CONFERENCE