The Wrong Box.
New York: Dover Publications, 1985. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed brown pictorial wrappers. 118pp, (15pp ads). Near fine. First of this facsimile of the 1889 first American edition. More
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The Sea Fogs / The Case of Summerfield / Tennessee's Partner / A Son of the Gods and a Horseman in the Sky.
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1907. Hardcover. Complete 4-volume set. 16mo. Quarter vellum with gilt spine lettering and paper (dark brown, light brown, charcoal, blue) over bevelled boards with gilt lettering. xvi, 24pp; vi, 54pp; xiv, 38pp; vii, 47pp. Top edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispieces, sewn-in satin page markers. Each..... More
The Amateur Emigrant & The Silverado Squatters.
London: The Folio Society, 1991. Hardcover. Introduction by James Michie. Small 4to. Maroon pictorial cloth, slipcase. xv, 231pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers. Fine/near fine. Bookplate at bottom of frontispiece page. Tight, handsome copy -- first of this edition, being "The texts of 'The Amateur Emigrant' and 'The Silverado Squatters'... based..... More
The Beach of Falesa.
New York: The Heritage Press, [1956]. Hardcover. Introduction by J.C. Furnas. Illustrations by Millard Sheets. Small 4to. Brown/tan decorative cloth with gilt spine lettering, slipcase. xx, 130pp. Numerous partly-colored illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild slipcase edgewear only. Handsome trade edition from the Limited Editions Club's mass-market offprint Heritage Press. This..... More
A Child's Garden of Verses.
Chicago: Merrill Publishing Co., 1937. Paperback. Illustrations by George Trimmer. 4to. Stiff color pictorial wrappers. (14pp). Full-page color illustrations. Very good. Mild bit of minor edgewear, with single chip at lower right of rear wrapper. Tight, attractive later printing of #3427, a delightful edition of these favorite poems illustrated with..... More
A Child's Garden of Verses.
New York: H.M. Caldwell Co., n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Half burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration and glazed pictorial paper over boards. ix, 109pp. 3 full-page illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. A bit edgeworn; front pictorial flyleaf is an expert archival facsimile. Lovely and tight undated (circa 1900) edition of..... More
A Child's Garden of Verses.
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [1926]. Hardcover. Illustrations by H. Willebeek Le Mair. Wide small 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering and front board color plate. 89pp. Color frontispiece, full-page color plates, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Binding lightly edgeworn (more so at spine head/tail), with front board color plate a bit..... More
A Child's Garden of Verses: Picture Book.
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1932. Paperback. 4to. Stiff yellow pictorial wrappers. (30pp). Numerous illustrations (many color). Very good. Mild bit of wear and age toning to outer wrappers (only). A tight and attractive copy of this oversize pictorial edition -- whose illustrator remains, alas unidentified. More
Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu.
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1930. Hardcover. 4to and 8vo (respectively). Quarter vellum with gilt lettering and beige paper over boards, 2-compartment slipcase with paper spine label. xxxv, 29pp; 32pp. Facing frontispieces. Near fine/very good. Both volumes with pristine spine and typically age toned boards, per usual, else tight and..... More
Kidnapped.
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs and Company, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by Elenore Plaisted Abbott. Small 8vo. Yellow cloth with black lettering and large color plate on front board. 332pp. Color frontispiece, pictorial endpapers, 6 full-page color plates (as called for). Near fine. Quite tight and quite handsome undated "Washington Square Classics"..... More
The Mind of Robert Louis Stevenson: Selected Essays, Letters, and Prayers.
New York: Thomas Yoseloff, [1963]. Hardcover. Edited by Roger Ricklefs. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 127pp. Fine/near fine. Ownership signature on front flyleaf and at top of two text pages. Quite handsome and tight first edition. A tipped-in frontispiece is unique to this copy, seemingly a...... More
New Arabian Nights.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. Hardcover. Illustrations by Andrew Rhodes. 8vo. Full brown calf with gilt lettering and extensive decorations. 346pp. All edges gilt. Sewn-in brown satin page marker. Illustrations, brown watered silk endpapers. Fine. A tight, pristine leatherbound "Limited Edition" of this 1882 retelling of these short..... More
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
New York: The Heritage Press, 1952. Hardcover. Introduction by John Mason Brown. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. Small 4to. Tan cloth with red lettering and red marbled paper over boards, slipcase. xvi, 123pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Tight, handsome "Poor Man's LEC" edition, with the appropriate "Sandglass" issue laid in..... More
Two Mediaeval Tales.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, [1929]. Hardcover. Introduction by Clayton Hamilton. Illustrations by C.B. Falls. Small 4to. Blue cloth with NO lettering whatsoever. 67pp. Color illustrations and rubricated capitals. Very good. Spine rather sunned, as are edges, else tight and internally fine. A tight and nice copy of the..... More
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