New York, NY: Limited Editions Club, 1935. First thus edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxx, 409 pages of text. Hand-made paper-covered boards with yellow and brown woodblock decoration and lettering on spine; minor browning to spine. Slipcase is lightly browned on the spine with minor shelfwear. Number 848 of 1500 copies... More
Chicago: Commerce Clearing House, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xiv, 232 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. No dustjacket. Minor rippling to a few page edges caused by a production flaw. Includes contributions by: Manuel F. Cohen, Charles E. Rickershauser Jr., Marc A. White... More
New York, NY: Limited Editions Club, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). xxiv, 273 pages of text. Hardcover cloth binding with moderate sunning to the spine. Lacks the slipcase. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson. Limited to 1500 copies containing a frontispiece pencil-signed by the illustrator. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 72 pages of text. Hardcover binding with moderate sunning to the spine and one tiny scuff to the front hinge; protected in archival mylar. Lacks the slipcase. Number 1300 of 1500 copies, signed by illustrator Agnes Miller Parker... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 393 pages. Original leather binding with minor darkening of the spine, which is also affected by moderate shelfwear and rubbing; protected in custom-fitted stiff archival mylar. Number 1300 of 1500 copies signed by the artist Henry Varnum Poor. With... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 197 pages of text. Original hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Lacks the slipcase. With design and decorations by Bruce Rogers, translated by Cyril Bailey and with an introduction by Irwin Edman. Number 104 of... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). [viii],163 pages of text. Original hardcover binding with minimal darkening to the spine; protected in archival mylar. Front cover inset leather medallion in excellent condition. Lacks the slipcase. Illustrated by Robert Lawson, and with an Introduction by Clifton Fadiman... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). xiv, 498 pages of text. Original hardcover binding with minimal darkening to the spine lettering; protected in archival mylar. Lacks the slipcase. With lithographed plates by Lynd Ward, and an Introduction by Sinclair Lewis. Number 1300 of 1500 copies... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). x, 145 pages of text. Original blue hardcover binding with minimal darkening to the spine lettering. Lacks the slipcase. With water-colour drawings by Henry Varnum Poor, and an Introduction by Clifton Fadiman. Number 1300 of 1500 copies printed, signed... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxii, 297 pages. Original leather binding has minor to moderate shelfwear and rubbing; protected in custom-fitted stiff archival mylar. Number 104 of 1500 copies signed by the artist Maynard Dixon. The text is clean and unmarked. First thus edition. More
Paris: Limited Editions Club, 1940. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 281 pages of text including a table of illustrations. The original pale blue paperback binding is lightly worn and creased on the spine; protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. There is minor foxing to a half dozen pages and one... More
Burlingame, CA: William P. Wreden, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [xvi], 36 pages, [i] page of errata. Hardcover binding with minor sunning to the boards (mainly the rear board), and minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Contains a portrait of Isbell and a few small illustrations. Limited to 200... More
Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Company, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [ii], ii, 337 pages of text. Full leather binding; front hinge repaired. Minor discoloration from exposure to moisture at the top edge of a couple dozen pages, and some of those pages have minor surface abrasion/loss as a result... More
Chicago, IL: Lakeside Press, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Three volume set. Limited to 1000 sets published. With a new slipcase in metallic cloth to mimic the original. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. The pages are partially uncut and unopened. There is minor offsetting as is frequently encountered. Minor sunning... More
New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. Original hardcover cloth bindings each with a gilt-stamped cactus on spine. Minor rubbing and fraying to the extremities, with minor cracking to the hinges; protected in archival mylar. Complete with two folding frontispieces, a.... More
Chicago, IL: Standard Club of Chicago, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). [iv], 138 pages of text plus a fold-out photograph at rear. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Previous owner's name (member) embossed on front cover. Illustrated by numerous black & white photographs, facsimiles of historic documents, etc., and with... More
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). lxvi, 402 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Lacks the dustjacket; protected in archival mylar. Contains eleven illustrations including maps. Minor dusting to the top edge of the closed page. The text is... More
San Francisco, CA: Grabhorn Press, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxxii, 104 pages of text including a bibliography for the study of the life of Felix Paul Wierzbicki, M.D. compiled by George D. Lyman. Original hardcover binding with paper spine label; in almost new condition. Minor toning/browning to the... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 361 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minor fading to the top of the spine and minimal shelfwear. The price-clipped dustjacket is browned/toned, has numerous large chips, tears and creases, has the remnant... More
Paris, France: published by the author, 1990. First Edition. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two volume set in the original slipcase. Vol. I: 236 pages. Vol. II: 417 pages. Unbound sheets protected in portfolio sleeves and a slipcase; the bottom panel of the slipcase has been replaced... More
Chicago, IL: North American Publishing Co., 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 522 pages of text. Rebound in new blue cloth with a gilt-lettered black leather spine label. The original decorative front cover has been inset onto the inside front cover. The bottom corner of numerous pages has a minor... More
New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xiv, 715 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Illustrated. Professionally rebound in LA Lakers colors purple and yellow cloth with a gilt-lettered black leather spine label. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page... More
London: Radulphum [Ralph] Newbery, 1587. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. [xvi], 648 pages of text, followed by [xxi] pages of index, and [1] page of errata. Rebound in full green leather with raised bands and a maroon leather spine label, and gilt ruling and ornamentation... More
New York, NY: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 244 pages of text. Hardcover binding with oval photograph inset on front cover intact, but the binding is slightly sunned on the spine, with minor rubbing, a few small stains, and some flecking (small spots of... More
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. viii, 323 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor rubbing to the extremities, and minor flecking (slight loss of color) to boards. The unclipped dustjacket is heavily rubbed and somewhat soiled, with several... More