Westport, CT: Privately printed by Haddon Craftsmen, 1932. Paperback. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. English literature; 10, [3]p.; 14.3cm; paper wrappers; staining to front wrapper. Stated on colophon: "Ninety-nine Copies & a few others have been printed for fun by R W E at the Sign of the..... More
Bath, England: Printed for the author, by S. Hazard and sold by Dodsley et al, 1776. Second edition. Paperback. English literature; Horace, parodies; second edition; 2 preliminary leaves, [7]-64 pages, frontispiece; 25 cm.; 3cm tear in title pages; early paper wrappers; "The poetical address to John Miller" is a parody..... More
London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Katharine-street in the Strand, 1744. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). [ii], 134 pages of text. Rebound in circa 1950 cloth, with minor shelfwear and soiling. Text with minimal soiling, and a few small spots of foxing scattered throughout text. Previous owner's name on..... More
Paris, France: Plon-Nourrit, 1926. First French edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). [vi], 397 pages of text including table. Paperback binding; original blue printed paper wrappers with numerous small creases and tears and extremities, and a few tiny chips at top of spine; protected in custom stiff archival mylar, and further protected..... More
New York: Issued Privately for Subscribers Only, 1927. First thus edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 93 pages of text. Hand-numbered 15 of 750 printed on hand made paper. Black paper covered boards (hardcover), with a yellow cloth spine. Minimal shelfwear; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. The original slipcase is worn..... More
London: Printed for G. Kearsley, J. Coote, W. Flexney, C. Henderson, J. Gardiner and J. Almon, 1763. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). [ii] half-title, [ii] title page, 19 pages of text, [i] blank. Bound in simple circa 1960 blue paper-covered boards; no spine label. Clean text. Pages measure 9+3/4" in..... More
London: Printed for T. Woodward, at the Half-Moon over against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, and J. Peele, at Locke's Head in Pater-noster-Row, 1727. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. [iv], 770 pages of text. Modern maroon cloth binding with minimal shelfwear; printed paper label is rubbed. Final page torn, creased, soiled..... More
Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Co., 1887. Hardcover. English literature; 220p.; 19.4cm; 3/4 leather, marbled boards; scuffed; ad. for Colgate Perfumery on verso of t.p; t.p. chipped. More
London: Printed for Tho. Astley, 1743. First thus edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [viii], 352 pages of text, followed by 16 pages of publisher's advertisement. Title page preceded by an additional page (printed on one side only) of publisher's advertisement. One letter of text on a dedication page is marred off..... More
London: Printed for G. Kearsly, 1772. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto (4to). [iv], 36 pages of text. Bound in modern paper wrappers. Bound with half-title page. Title page is illustrated with an engraving. Half-title page and final page is slightly soiled, with small pen marks and small ownership initials. First edition..... More
New York, NY: J. F. Taylor & Company, 1903. First limited and numbered edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 231 pages of text. Illustrated with several woodcuts. Grey paper covered boards with a printed paper label on the front board. Dark green cloth spine with a printed paper label. Minor rubbing to..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 624 pages of text. First edition in book form. Illustrated with 40 plates, including the frontispiece and engraved title page, all of which are somewhat oxidized, per usual, more prominently at the margins. First edition, first issue with typographical..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1880. First thus edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 572 pages of text, followed by 48 pages of an extra Christmas number. Measures 25cm. Hardcover three quarter red leather binding slightly chipped and rubbed. Slightly foxed. Charles Dickens 1812-70, editor 1859-June 2, 1870; Charles Dickens Jr. editor June..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). English novel; 1st book edition bound from parts; xvi, 624 pages; 3/4 red leatherbinding, re-backed; edges rubbed; corners bumped; gilt decorated spine; marbled edges; 12 plates in addition to 39 listed, all foxed; illustrations listed in pencil on original..... More
New York: G. W. Carleton, 1890. First thus edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). xvi, 496 pages of text. Measures 30cm. Hardcover: original green cloth rubbed at extremities and spine with small tears; corners bumped; small hole back cover. Contains a frontis. portrait of author; profusely illus.; Carleton's royal edition. English novel;..... More
London: Scholartis Press, 1927. Hardcover. English literature; fine printing; viii, 75p.; 22.5cm; 1/2 black cloth; paisley patterned paper covered boards rubbed; #77 of 525; printed at Curwen Press; William Edmondstoune Aytoun 1813-65, Scottish poet and parodist. More
Eure, France: Chapelle-Reanville, 1929. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 55 pages of text; 26cm; Rebound in full red leather. Number 115 of 200 copies published by Hours Press, signed by author. Pictorial endpapers. Norman Douglas (1868-1952). English literature; travel; Athens, Greece. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1923. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 248 pages including an index; 26.3cm; red cloth; spine faded, crimped; corners bent; illus.; some pages uncut. Number 271 of 275 copies numbered and signed by author. Norman Douglas (1868-1952). English literature; travel; Austria. More
Syracuse, NY: Privately printed, 1924. Paperback. English literature; 54p.; 19.8cm; original paper wrappers; front. portrait of Maurice Magnus 1876-1920; price note tipped in; D. H. Lawrence 1885-1930. More
London: Lindsay Drummond, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. English literature; 132p. incl. index; 21.8cm; rust colored cloth very slightly rubbed; dustjacket chipped. More
New York: McBride. Hardcover. English literature; 71p.; 24.5cm; red cloth; 17 plates; dustjacket; #205 of 364; Constantine Fitzgibbon b. 1919. No date of publication listed. More
New York: George A. Doran, 1918. First edition, 2nd impression. Hardcover. Spiritualism; English literature; 2d imp.; 122p.; 19.6cm; original olive clolth; dustjacket chipped and soiled; p. 69-76 creased; bookplate. More
Toronto, Ontario: Musson, 1945. First thus edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). English novel; first Canadian textbook edition; 391p.; 19.7cm; original blue cloth; review copy notice pasted to t.p.; owner marks. More
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges Head near the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleet-street, 1694. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [x], 82 pages of text, [ii] Epilogue. Bound without the half-title page. Hardcover binding with leather spine and corners, and marbled paper-covered boards. The spine is moderately worn and rubbed..... More
New York, NY: Greenwood Press, 1969. First thus edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). viii, 39 pages of text. Hardcover brown cloth binding with black spine lettering. A reprint of the Early English Text Society original series No. 12, with the supplement, containing "Additional Analogs" by W. A. Clouston. Minor splaying of..... More