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 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
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: 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
Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751....
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Introduction by Christopher Morley. Illustrations by Hans Alexander Mueller. Small 4to. Terra cotta cloth over bevel-edged boards, decorative paper-over-boards slipcase. xiv, 237pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Spine lacks gilt-lettered black calf label, as usual; quite mild slipcase edgewear. Tight and nice copy..... 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
Poems by R.L.S.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth, gilt. viii, 55pp. Very good. Ownership signature on front flyleaf and outline on front pastedown from bookplate removal. A tight and attractive first edition of this slim verse gathering, with bright gilt. 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
Treasure Island.
New York: The Heritage Press, [1969]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. Small 4to. Quarter leatherette with gilt lettering and pictorial paper over boards, slipcase. xxii, 273pp. Numerous color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine/near fine. Tight, clean, handsome later printing of the mass-produced version of the 1941 Limited Editions Club publication..... More
Two Mediaeval Tales.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, [1929]. Hardcover. Introduction by Clayton Hamilton. Illustrations by C.B. Falls. Small 4to. Full blind-embossed calf with gilt spine lettering, slipcase. 67pp. Color illustrations and rubricated capitals. Near fine/good plus. Slipcase rather age toned, scuffed and edgeworn, with archival strengthening. A tight and quite lovely..... More
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