Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1950]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Teal green paper over boards with blue spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 217pp. Near fine/very good. Very faintest of binding wear, else internally fine; jacket a bit edgeworn and mildly rubbed, with several old and discreet mends on verso -- but complete..... More
Chicago: Diamond Jubilee Exposition Authority, 1940. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with yellow spine lettering and front board paper label. 95pp. Frontispiece. Near fine. Spine (only) faintly sunned, else tight and bright and internally fine. Handsome first edition of the seldom-seen clothbound edition of this Works Projects Administration production, with..... More
Washington, DC: Structural Clay Products Institute, 1947. Hardcover. 4to. Pictorial paper over boards. (Ca. 100pp). Extensive illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear, else tight and internally fine. Quite handsome and tight first edition of this scarce industry survey that divides its illustrations into six categories: Churches, commercial, hospitals, industrial, residential and..... More
London: Printed for the Author, 1764. Paperback. Small 4to. Burgundy calf spine and marbled paper on stiff card stock. 38pp. Very good. Mild binding edgewear, though tight and internally quite nice. Handsome first edition of this slim satirical poem, one of the last works by the short-lived English poet and..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, [1933]. Hardcover. Illustrations by F.T. Chapman. 8vo. Black cloth with orange lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 288pp. Color frontispiece, orange decorated endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with a few tiny corner chips. Exceptionally tight and lovely first edition of this volume in this..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1958]. Hardcover. Translation by Adrian Recinos. Small 4to. Green cloth with silver spine lettering. xix, 267pp. Illustrations, map. Very good. Faint edgwewear and single tiny chip at left of spine head. A tight and nice fourth printing of this 1950 version of the history and..... More
Norwich, CT: The Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1895. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown pebble-grain blind-ruled cloth with gilt lettering and rules. iv, 722pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations, floral endpapers, marbled page edges. Near fine. Faintest of binding wear at spine head/tail. Handsome first edition of this thick biography, with lovely autograph addition..... More
New York: The Viking Press, [1964]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with gilt and burgundy lettering, glassine dust jacket, slipcase. Fine/very good/near fine. Book tight and pristine, glassine a bit age toned and edgeworn per usual. Sharp and lovely first "Special Edition," with limitation page preceding half-title page noting 500..... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1843. Hardcover. Complete 3-volume set. 8vo. Quarter calf with gilt spine lettering and blue marbled paper over boards. viii, 597pp; iv, 592pp; iv, 648pp. Numerous illustrations and partly-colored maps, 1 foldout colored map. Very good overall. Binding a tad edgeworn, with marbled paper well scuffed, though..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering. ix, 354pp. Very good. Binding a bit edgeworn and well rubbed; front and inner flyleaf an expert contemporary replacement. Norris's younger brother, Charles G. Norris (1881-1945), himself a popular novelist and playwright, provides the..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. Hardcover. Drawings and lithograph by Leonard Baskin. Introduction by Irma Jaffe. 4to. Grey paper over boards with paper labels, paper-covered slipcase. xvi, 153pp. Full-page plates, original tissue-guarded lithograph. Near fine/very good. Mild wear and faintly sunned spine to tight and sound slipcase. Handsome..... More
London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Hardcover. Two volumes (out of four). 8vo. Contemporary full tree calf with gilt edges and gilt spines. li, 383pp; 431pp. 3 foldout maps and 1 foldout plate, marbled endpapers. Very good overall. Both volumes slightly splayed; spines a tad rough and tree calf shows sporadic..... More
London: W. and J. Richardson, 1769. Hardcover. Folio. Quarter black calf with raised bands and gilt lettering and tan cloth over rounded-corner boards. vi, (2pp), 1056pp, (16pp). Frontispiece. Very good. Internally tight, bright, uniformly lovely; miniscule modern ownership signature on title page verso. Tight and attractive first edition of this..... More