Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1966. Hardcover. 4to. Tan cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 144pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations and diagrams, pictorial endpapers, foldout map in rear pocket. Fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; bookplate on front pastedown of jet and automotive engineer and patent holder Robert H. Jespersen. A handsome, tight..... More
New York: Random House, [1965]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red paper over boards with black spine lettering, dust jacket. 183pp. Fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear and age toning. Just a book club edition of this murder mystery, but tight and quite nice. More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, [1971]. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. 432pp. Fine. Superbly tight and lovely revised second edition of this standard 1963 guide to the work of these astonishingly accomplished and prolific English siblings. An outstanding, fresh copy of the preferred revised edition. More
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering. viii, 282pp. Frontispiece. Fine. Wonderfully tight and pristine copy of this hefty bilingual guide to works by and about the Spanish poet and playwright. This publisher does not indicate edition in a consistent, verifiable manner. More
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1975. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with white lettering. iv, 171pp. Fine. A superbly tight, fresh, handsome first edition. This publisher does not indicate edition in a consistent, verifiable manner. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1959]. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey paper over boards with purple spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 508pp. Near fine/good plus. Jacket edgeworn, with one large chip to rear panel and a few tiny chips (mainly at spine head/tail); ownership name inkstamped on front pastedown. Just a book..... More
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1971. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange cloth with black spine lettering. vii, 204pp. Fine. Tight and pristine and useful guide to which bibliographies exist for which authors -- more challenging to track down than one might imagine since many appear in scholarly journals, not as stand-alone bibliographies..... More
New York: Viking, [1987]. Hardcover. Translated by Andrew Hurley. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with silver lettering and lavender paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 206pp. Near fine/fine. A tight and quite nice first U.S. edition of this Cuban author's first novel. More
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1935. Hardcover. Small 4to. Terra cotta cloth with gilt spine lettering. 574pp. Color frontispiece, 2 illustrations. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear, else tight and internally near fine. Handsome first edition, second state of this thick, indispensable guide to the writings of The..... More
Cleveland: Alice Sterling Cook, 1987. Paperback. 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers with blue plastic comb binding. iii, (13pp), 154pp. Map, illustrations. Very good. Mild wear to outer wrappers only; internally fine. Probable sole printing of this homespun but nice Civil War letter collection, likely produced in a small quantity for distribution..... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1900. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green blind-embossed cloth with gilt lettering. 140pp. Two heavy stock tissue-guarded steel engravings. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear, else tight and internally fine. Handsome, bright first edition of these celebratory speeches by noted senators and representatives of the day that..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, [1959]. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 320pp. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear onlt. A tight, nice first edition of what E.B. Long critiques as "Carefully chosen selections by and about secret service personnel; Stern furnishes lucid introductions and..... More
New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., [1961]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Beige cloth spine with red gilt lettering and burgundy paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 127pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and touch of age toning. This tight and handsome first edition bears a fine..... More
New York: Mason Brothers, 1864. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown pebble-grained cloth with gilt spine lettering. 661pp, (1p ad). Two frontispieces, 2 maps. Very good. Binding gently edgeworn; bit of foxing and age toning to frontispieces; large ownership signature/city on front flyleaf and inner flyleaf. A tight and nice later (11th) printing..... More
N.p. Westvaco, [1977]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Olive green cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, pictorial paper-over-boards slipcase. 187pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, illustrations, decorative endpapers. Fine/near fine. Faintest slipcase wear only. Unspecified limited edition of this handsome keepsake from the West Virginia paper company -- with a twist: This..... More
Rockford: Press of Wilson Brothers Company, [1912]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. xiii, 248pp.Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, 10 full-page plates. Very good. Inoffensive stain to upper outer corner of leaves7 ownership inkstam on front pastedown and flylef. A tight and attractive first edition. Rather uncommon. More
Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham, [1912]. Hardcover. 12mo. Mustard cloth spine and brown paper over boards with gilt lettering. 35pp. Very good. Faintest of binding corner wear, else overall tight and bright and internally fine. Attractive first edition of this essay by the Indiana congerssman and 26th governor (1863-1920) who spoke..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1913]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Light green cloth with dark green lettering and rules and color plate to front board, pictorial dust jacket. 216pp, (4pp ads). Frontispiece. Near fine/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn and a bit age toned. A tight and nice first edition of the..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1934]. Hardcover. Illustrations by J. Clemens Gretta. Small 8vo. Tan tweed paper over boards with brown lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 219pp. Frontispiece, orange pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket edgewear. A handsome and tight later (1950) printing of #13 in the..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green blind-embossed leatherette with gilt spine lettering. 315pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Very good. Faint edgewear only, mainly at spine head and tail. A tight, attractive reprint edition of this 1923 novel by the New York County assistant district attorney better known as..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Dark olive green blind-embossed leatherette with gilt spine lettering. 357pp. Frontispiece, illustration. Very good. Faint edgewear only. A tight, attractive later printing of this 1906 nonfiction by the New York County assistant district attorney better known as a mystery novelist (1875-1945)..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Dark olive green blind-embossed leatherette with gilt spine lettering. 304pp. Frontispiece, illustration. Very good. Faint edgewear at head and tail of spine. A tight, attractive later printing of this 1912 nonfiction overview of the criminal justice system by this New York..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1927]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Walter S. Rogers. Small 8vo. Grey cloth with black spine lettering and black-bordered brown front board lettering, pictorial dust jacket. iv, 216pp, (4pp ads). Frontispiece. Near fine/near fine. Faintest hint of jacket edgewear and age toning; front flyleaf ownership signature. Tight..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1913]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pale blue cloth with dark blue lettering and dark blue and orange pictorial stamping. 206pp, (4pp ads). Frontispiece. Very good/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn; nonauthorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. Quite tight and nice later printing of the penultimate title..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pale blue cloth with dark blue lettering and dark blue and orange pictorial stamping. 206pp, (4pp ads). Frontispiece. Very good/very good. Faint inoffensive abrasion on front pastedown (likely from former bookplate); jacket a bit edgeworn and lightly age toned, with..... More