Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, [1915]. Hardcover. Frontispiece by Charles Paxson Gray. Small 8vo. Pale green cloth with dark dreen lettering and red, orange and dark green pictorial stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 315pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a tad rubbed, with chip at spine tail and a few other..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1937]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and pictorial black front cover stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 208pp. Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mildest of jacket edgewear only. Wonderfully tight and bright first edition of the thirteenth title in the popular 21-volume..... More
New York: D. Appleton Century, [1947]. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with brown lettering, dust jacket. 504pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with small chips at head and tail of spine. A tight, attractive later (6th) printing of this author's first book, a crime noir classic whose 1949 film version..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1939]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with red spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 322pp. Very good/very good. Though tight and internally nice, binding is a bit edgeworn and a tad rubbed, while endpapers are slightly age toned and rear flyleaf bears inoffensive tape stain; jacket..... More
N.p. Wrather Corporation, [1967]. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 18pp. Color illustrations. Near fine. Superb first (and likely only) edition of this promotional giveaway, a tie-in to the popular "Lassie" television series (1954-73), which between 1964 and 1970 became the so-called "Ranger years" when Lassie was taken in by..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1848. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering and rules, pictorial dust jacket. 443pp. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear to surprisingly bright jacket. Handsome, super tight first edition of Robbins' first novel, described on front jacket panel as "A Novel of Passion and..... More
New York: Random House, [1955]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 408pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn and lightly age toned, but overall attractive. Handsome and tight first edition of this fiction, winner of the 1956 National Book Award and basis for the 1958..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., [1938]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 238pp. Very good/very good. Faintest of binding edgewear only, with slim, neat blue cloth tape inner hinge reinforcements that closely match binding color; jacket complete and attractive but edgeworn, with tiny chips at..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Silk-like black cloth with yellow lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 278pp. Near fine/very good. Faintest of mild jacket edgewear, with spine lightly age toned. An outstanding, bright, tight first edition of this mystery by the prolific writer (1872-1942) best known for his..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1948. Hardcover. Introduction by Captain C.B. Fry. 8vo. Red cloth with silver spine lettering and decorations, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 269pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Front flyleaf ownership signature; jacket complete and attractive but edgeworn, with triangular paper loss at upper right of front..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, n.y. Hardcover. Edited by Emory Holloway. 8vo. Terra cotta and tan cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xx, 682pp. Fine/very good. Faintest of jacket edgewear, with spine lightly sunned. Handsome later printing of the hefty 1926 "Inclusive edition," with subtitle elaborating: "From the..... More
New York: A.L. Burt Company, Publishers, n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Olive blind-ruled green cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 401pp, (6pp ads). Frontispiece. Very good/very good. Binding only faintly edgeworn, with minor bit of age toning to endpapers, else tight and nice; jacket lightly edgeworn and age toned, with..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 187pp. Black cloth spine with paper label and green/red patterned paper over boards, slipcase with paper labels. Near fine/good plus. Front pastedown ownership signature; while slipcase is complete, strong and fairly attractive, it has been expertly and archivally restored and strengthened..... More
New York: Metropolitan Books, [1929]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Bright blue cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 312pp. Frontispiece. Very good/very good. Miniscule blind-embossed ownership imprint on rear flyleaf; jacket a bit edgeworn, with tiny chips at spine head/tail, and bright but for sunned spine. A superb, tight and most..... More
New York: Random House, 1930. Hardcover. Illustrations by Donald McKay. Small 4to. Calf spine with blind-embossed lettering and pictorial cloth. 132pp. Line drawings. Very good. Touch of darkening and faint to wear to spine only, else bright and tight. Quite handsome copy of this edition with colophon at rear noting..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, 1986. Hardcover. Complete 6-volume set. Introduction by James G. McManaway. Illustrations by John Farleigh. Beige decorated cloth with gilt spine lettering, slipcases. Various paginations. Woodblock illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Faintest wear to slipcases only. The full "Heritage Shakespeare," two volumes each of histories, tragedies and..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, [1987]. Hardcover. Translation by W.H.G. Kingston. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. Small 4to. Emerald green cloth spine with silver lettering and pale green paper over boards, slipcase. x, 568pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/fine. Later printing of the smaller, mass-produced trade edition of..... More
New York: Crescent Books, [1991]. Hardcover. Folio. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 112pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations (many color). Fine/near fine. Superb second printing of this slim survey and summary of the man and his work, excellent illustrated. Tight and handsome. More
Champaign, IL: Flying Color Graphics, Inc., [1993]. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth with silver front board lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 64pp. Color illustrations. Fine/near fine. McElwee provides the introduction and timeline and Dexter the color photography for this slim survey of the popular historical tourism destination in rural northwest Illinois, adopted..... More
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., [1993]. Hardcover. Text by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer. Square 4to. Grey cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 312pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations (most color). Fine/fine. Outstandingly tight, bright and fresh first edition of this mammoth, superbly illustrated survey of FLW's best work. More
London: The Folio Society, 1985-86. Hardcover. Introduction by Peter Rowlandson. Complete 5-volume set. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and elaborate gilt rules, two slipcases (first housing Volumes I-II, second housing Volumes III-V). xxiv, 526; xvii, 542pp; xxiv, 582pp; xxxiv, 661pp; xxiii, 243pp. Frontispieces, illustrations. Fine/near fine. All..... More
New York: Smithmark, [1999]. Hardcover. 4to. Patterned paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations (most color), decorative endpapers. Fine/fine. Superbly tight and bright first edition of this visually stunning survey of FLW-designed furniture, art glass and decorative arts. More
New York: Abbeville Press, [1987]. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 216pp. Extensive color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine/near fine. Pristine and lovely first edition of this lavish history and survey of the middle class 19th century German furniture, decorative art and interior design movement. More
New York: Random House, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 214pp. Very good/near fine. Tight and attractive later printing (despite "FPT" on front jacket flap -- price $22.00, not $5.95 -- and full number line on copyright page) of the poet's third book (first..... More
New York: The Library of America, [1990]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, slipcase. 1199pp. Illustrations, maps, decorative endpapers, sewn-in blue satin page marker. Near fine/fine. Circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on half-title page and final text page. Tight, bright first printing of this modern edition, edited by noted..... More