New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. Introduction by J. Donald Adams. 12mo. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. vii, 417pp. Grey decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with single chip at head of spine. Tight, handsome later printing of #186, first published in..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Introduction by Nicholas Monsarrat. Illustrations by Lynd Ward. Small 4to. Quarter blue morocco with gilt spine lettering and blue patterned paper over boards, paper-covered slipcase. xi, 4075pp. Color frontispiece, illustrations (some color). Near fine/very good. Faint spine rubbing; jacket mildly age toned..... More
New York: The Heritage Press, 1965. Hardcover. Illustrations by Millard Sheets. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine and green pictorial paper over boards, slipcase. xix, 162pp. Illustrations (some color). Very good/very good. Spine slightly sunned. Tight, attractive copy of this "poor man's LEC," with the appropriate "Sandglass" issue laid in. More
New York: The Heritage Press, 1961. Hardcover. Illustrations by Lima de Freitas. Small 4to. Blue cloth, slipcase. xxiii, 376pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Near fine/very good. Bookplate on front pastedown. Tight, attractive copy of this "poor man's LEC. More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Red blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering, price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 385pp, (10pp ads). Tan decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with several tiny chips at corners. Tight, attractive later printing of #34, first published in 1932 but..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth spine and brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 208pp. Near fine/very good. Slight jacket edgewear; bookplate on front pastedown. First U.S. edition, tight and handsome. YOUNG 779. More
Lunenberg, VT: The Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Introduction by Robert E. Spiller. Illustrations by Richard M. Powers. Small 4to. Quarter black cloth with gilt lettering and green patterned paper over boards, slipcase. xvi, 474pp. Color illustrations. Fine/near fine. Handsome, tight copy of the ninth title in the LEC's thirty-third..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1982. Hardcover. 8vo. White cloth spine and orange paper over boards, dust jacket. xx, 422pp. Very good/near fine. Handsome, tight first edition. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1896. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with silver gilt. 310pp, (6pp ads). Near fine. Nonauthorial 1896 gift inscription on front flyleaf. Handsome, tight first U.S. edition of this British novel. More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. Introduction by Shane Leslie. 12mo. Russet cloth with silver lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. xxxiii, 408pp. Grey decorative endpapers. Very good/very good. Faint jacket edgewear; scribbled out ownership signature on front pastedown. Tight, nice later printing of #192 in this series. More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1933. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan decorated cloth. xvii, 576pp. Very good. Some soiling to binding. First edition of this collection of seven plays: "Design for Living," "Cavalcade," "Private Lives," "Bitter Sweet," "Post-Mortem," "The Vortex" and "Hay Fever." More
New York: Covici, Friede, [1928]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Donald Denton. Small 8vo. Blue cloth. 246pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Very good. A tight and nice second printing of this "guide for husbands, wives and lovers" (so subtitled on the jacket front panel, which is laid in loose) by this little-known British..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1871. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter calf (spine rebacked in matching brown cloth with gilt lettering) and decorative paper over boards. xviii, 173pp. All edges gilt. Numerous line drawings. Very good. Faintest of edgewear only; rebacked spine and new endpapers. Tight and handsome "New Edition" of these..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1932. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Grey cloth, dust jacket. 101pp. Near fine/good plus. Large chip at tail of jacket spine, with mild edgewear throughout. Tight, fairly attractive early (not first) printing of this "Play about the Brontes," inscribed large and bold on the front flyleaf..... More
New York: Black Hawk Press, 1935. Hardcover. 8vo. Purple cloth with paper spine label. 99pp. Decorations. Very good. Spine very lightly sunned; text block lightly, evenly age toned as usual. First edition, limited to 900 copies. Tight and attractive. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1971. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Grey cloth, dust jacket. 158pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit rubbed. Tight and nice first U.S. edition. b. More
London: Faber and Faber Limited, [1936]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Purple cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 136pp. Fine/very good. Jacket a tad rubbed and edgeworn, with spine rather sunned and single chip at front panel lower right. Handsome, tight first of this edition (F & F), revised and enlarged..... More
New York: Triangle Books, 1938. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 365pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn but colorful and attractive. Umpteenth reprint, a clean and tight example. More
New York: The Heritage Press, [1942]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Reginald Marsh. 8vo. Brown cloth with black and gilt lettering and decorations, slipcase. xv, 354pp. Frontispiece, numerous line drawings. Near fine/very good. Faint toning to endpapers, as usual; slipcase only lightly worn. Tight, clean and handsome copy of this "poor man's..... More
Bloomfield, CT: The Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Introduction by James Sutherland. Illustrations by Domenico Gnoli. Small 4to. Light brown burlap with gilt-lettered burgundy calf spine label and red front and rear board graphics, slipcase with paper label. xvi, 271pp. 8 called-for full-page illustrations and numerous small line drawings. Fine/very..... More
New York: The Heritage Press, [1958]. Hardcover. Introduction by J. Cuthbert Hadden. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson. Small 4to. Cream cloth with blue spine lettering and blind-embossed front board graphic, slipcase. x, 299pp. Color frontispiece, numerous color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Minor slipcase wear. Tight, clean, handsome copy..... More
New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1954. Hardcover. Illustrations by Milo Winter. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and rules and front board color plate. 382pp. Color frontispiece, 11 called-for full-page color plates, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Faint edgewear only, else internally fine. Tight and attractive early printing of..... More
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by Walter Paget. Small 4to. Tan cloth with black lettering and blue, brown and black pictorial stamping. 158pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations, decorative endpapers. Very good. Faint mild binding edgewear only and usual age toning to endpapers, but tight and overall quite nice..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1957. Hardcover. Illustrations by Henry C. Pitz. Introduction by John T. Winterich. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with paper spine labels, pictorial paper-over-boards slipcase. xvi, 396pp; xlix, pp. 397-798pp. Color frontispieces, full-page color plates, line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Spines..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, [1966]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Charles Raymond. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations, slipcase. xiv, 279pp. Color frontispiece, line drawings, color plates. Near fine/fine. John T. Winterick introduces ("How This Book Came to Be") this quite nice later (ca. 1980s) reprint of..... More