New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan and brick paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 394pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Tight, pristine third printing of this Lincoln Prize-winner. From library of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois, with note from Knopf..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1976]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. x, 356pp. Very good. Binding mildly rubbed and worn, with spine a tad sunned -- though tight and internally fine; lacks dust jacket. Attractive first edition of this study by the famed American diplomat (1909-94)..... More
Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, Inc., [1977]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Light grey buckram with gilt lettering and decoration. 845pp, (1p ad), 88pp. Frontispiece, map, full-page portraits. Fine. Just a facsimile reprint of the scarce county history of the northwest Illinois region famed for Galena and its many Union generals (including U.S. Grant)..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. Edited by George Philip Krapp. 4to. White cloth spine with black lettering and green paper over boards with red and black coat of arms, paper-covered slipcase. xxi, 309pp. Frontispiece. Near fine/near fine. Superb copy of the Chaucer's epic poem retelling the tragic..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940. Hardcover. Introduction by Havelock Ellis. Translation by Arthur Machen. Complete 8-volume set. Tall 4to. Pale red cloth spines with gilt lettering and decorative paper over boards, 2 paper-covered slipcases. lxix, 369pp; v, 381pp; v, 391pp; iv, 383pp; iv, 351pp; iv, 341pp; iv, 359pp;..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Selected and edited by R.H. Boothroyd. Small 4to. Tan decorative cloth with gilt spine lettering. xii, 304pp. Very good. Lacks dust jacket and slipcase; touch of age toning to preliminary leaves. A tight and attractive copy of the title for which this..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, [1903]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red and black cloth with gilt spine lettering. xviii, (2pp), 595pp, (3pp), 616pp, (4pp ads). Very good. Spine somewhat sunned, though gilt lettering bright; tight and internally near fine, with only faint age toning. "Revised and Considerably Enlarged" printing of..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. Small 4to. Full brown blind-embossed calf with gilt spine lettering, paper-covered slipcase. x, 55pp. Top edge gilt. 6 full-page color illustrations. Very good/very good. Sharp copy of this edition of the 1863..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935-36. Hardcover. Complete 5-volume set housed in two slipcases. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, rules and decorations and two gold paper-covered slipcases with paper spine labels. xlviij, 2575pp. Near fine/very good. Volume two inner hinges (only) a tad rough; both slipcases mildly..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. New introduction by Allen. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. Complete 3-volume set. Small 4to. Terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering and gilt/green decoration, paper-covered slipcase with paper spine label. xiii, 431pp; 493pp; 685pp. Full-page engravings, numerous small graphics. Fine/very good. Slipcase lightly..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Translation by Lafcadio Hearn. Introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach. Illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering and dark green rules and pictorial stamping. viii, 190pp. Top edge gilt. Color frontispiece, full-page color plates. Near fine. Lacks slipcase. Bright and handsome..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1931. Hardcover. Preface by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Introduction by Bliss Perry. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, rules and decoration, decorative paper-covered finger-notched slipcase with paper spine label. xxiv, 377pp. Decorative endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Binding spine lightly sunned, else tight and bright..... More
Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Hardcover. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. Illustrations by John Austen. Complete 2-volume set. 4to. Lavender cloth spines with gilt lettering and decorative paper over boards, dust jackets with paper labels. xviii, 365pp; vi, pp. 367-772. Color frontispieces, full-page color plates, decorative endpapers. Fine/very good. Jackets lightly..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Translation by Dom Roger Hudleston. Introduction by Arthur Livingston. 4to. Full grey/blue decorative cloth with gilt spine lettering, paper-covered slipcase. xix, 262pp. Woodblock engravings. Near fine/very good. Slipcase faintly worn. Handsome production of this lavish edition from the LEC's Second Series, a...... More
Stockholm: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Hardcover. Translation by Guy Endore. Illustrations by Yngve Berg. Small 4to. Quarter beige cloth spine with gilt lettering tan pictorial paper over boards, paper-covered slipcase with paper label. 207pp. Top edge gilt. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Spine faintly age toned near head; slipcase mildly edgeworn..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. Hardcover. Illustrations by Gordon Ross. Introduction by A. Edward Newton. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and rules, paper-covered slipcase with paper spine label. xviii, 219pp. Top edge gilt. Color frontispiece, 9 full-page called-for color plates. Near fine/very good. Slipcase edgeworn but..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. Hardcover. Translation and preface by Jacques Le Clercq. Complete 3-volume set. 8vo. Black cloth spines with gilt lettering and tan, green and orange (respectively) decorative paper over boards, paper-covered slipcase with paper spine label. xxxv, 257pp, (4pp); 263pp; 245pp. Very good/very good. Top..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Hardcover. 12mo. Burgundy cloth with elaborate black and tan lettering and pictorial stamping. 147pp. 3 (out of 4) called-for full-page plates, numerous small line drawings. Good plus. Tight and handleable, though binding somewhat edgeworn and corner-bumped, with school name inked on front pastedown and..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering decoration. 672pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, line drawings, 4 maps. Very good. Spine rather age darkened, though front board titling and crossed swords in gilt bright and lovely; endpapers are typically darkened, though tight and internally..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1931. Hardcover. Introduction by Herbert Gorman. Illustrations by Carl Strauss. Complete 2-volume set. 12mo. Limp tan tweed with gilt-lettered cloth spine labels, paper-covered slipcase with paper spine label. xxvii, 357pp; 389pp. Top edges gilt. Full-page color etchings. Very good/very good. Spines mildly age toned..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1955. Hardcover. Introduction by Thornton Wilder. Translation by Francis Storr. Illustrations by Demetrios Galanis. 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering and ivory/brown decoration, paper-covered slipcase. 161pp. Two-tone illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine/near fine. Wonderfully tight and pristine LEC edition of the 5th century B.C. Greek..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1955. Hardcover. Translation by Jessie Haynes. Illustrations by Bernard Lamotte. Introduction by Justin O'Brien. 4to. Pictorial cloth with gilt-lettered black calf spine label, paper-covered slipcase. xv, 331pp. Color frontispiece, numerous color illustrations. Fine/near fine. This superb copy of Hugo's 1831 classic, more often titled..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1949. Hardcover. Translation and introduction by Jacques LeClarcq. Illustrations by Bernard Lamotte. 4to. Beige burlap with burgundy lettering, burgundy cloth-covered slipcase with gilt spine lettering. xiii, 69pp. Color frontispiece, color illustrations. Near fine/very good. Spine faintly age toned per usual; slipcase lightly edgeworn and..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1944. Hardcover. Introduction by Christopher Morley and note by A.S.W. Rosenbach. 4to. Green cloth spine with gilt lettering and green/gold decorative paper over boards, green cloth-covered clamshell case with gilt spine lettering. ix, 190pp (mostly uncut). Top edge gilt. Fine/very good. Clamshell case lightly..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1944. Hardcover. Translation and introduction by John Dryden. Illustrations by Carlotta Petrina. 4to. Quarter green with gilt spine lettering and beige brocade, burgundy paper-covered clamshell case with gilt spine lettering. lxviii, 397pp. Full-page illustrations. Near fine/very good. Spine lettering (both binding and slipcase) a...... More