Portland, OR: Richard Abel & Company, [1966]. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff blue printed wrappers. (3pp), 24pp. Near fine. Faintest of age toning to outer wrappers (only). Scholarly book distributor Abel introduces this facsimile reprint of an undated but likely 17th century pamphlet published in Wolverhampton, England by one J. Smart --..... More
New York: The Modern Library, [1939]. Hardcover. Introduction by Howard Mumford Jones. 12mo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, dust jacket. xxviii, 422pp. Near fine/very good. Faintest of edgewear to a bright, sharp jacket. First of #117 Modern Library edition, tight and lovely. An exceptionally sharp copy. More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y., [1950]. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xxxviii, 422pp. Patterned endpapers. Very good/good plus. Mild edgewear; jacket edgeworn, with a few edge chips and one large chip at head of jacket spine. Tight, decent later printing of Modern Library #117. More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1943. Hardcover. Illustrations by T.M. Cleland. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Small 4to. Quarter blue cloth with paper label and patterned brown paper over boards, paper-covered slipcase with paper spine label. xviii, 231pp. Color illustrations. Fine/very good. Minor expert archival mends to tight and nice..... More
New York: Random House, [1964]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Lawrence Beall Smith. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and burgundy paper over boards, burgundy paper over boards slipcase with paper label. xxiii, 721pp. 9 full-page color plates. Near fine/very good. Minor slipcase wear; small engraved bookplate on front flyleaf..... More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xxiii, 861pp. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket edgewear. A superbly tight and attractive early printing (ca. 1942) of this Modern Library Giant (#G54), first published in 1940. More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxiv, 886pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn, with spine sunned. Quite tight and nice early printing (ca. mid-1950s) of Modern Library Giant (#G54), first published in 1940. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. Hardcover. Introduction by Wilbur Cross. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Burgundy cloth, gilt. xxxi, 434pp; xv, 427pp. Top edges gilt. Very good. Spines a tad worn; bookplate on each front pastedown. First of this "Borzoi Classics" edition, limited to 3000 numbered sets (this #1479) --..... More
New York: Heritage Press, [1952]. Hardcover. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Illustrations by T.M. Cleland. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine with gilt lettering and marbled paper over boards, slipcase. xvi, 780pp. Frontispiece, color illustrations. Fine/near fine. A tight, handsome copy of this "poor man's Limited Editions Club" edition, with the appropriate..... More
New York: Heritage Press, [1952]. Hardcover. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Illustrations by T.M. Cleland. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine with gilt lettering and marbled paper over boards, slipcase. xvi, 780pp. Frontispiece, color illustrations. Near fine/very good. Slipcase lightly worn but strong. Tight, quite attractive copy of this "poor man's Limited..... More
Wesleyan, MA: Wesleyan University Press, [1975]. Hardcover. Edited by Fredson Bowers. Illustrations by Warren Chappell. Introduction by Martin C. Battestin. Small 4to. Tan cloth, slipcase. xxx, 999pp. Color frontispiece, full-page color plates, illustrations. Sewn-in burgundy silk page marker. Near fine/near fine. Circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on pp. vii and pp..... More
Norfolk, CT: The Easton Press, [1979]. Hardcover. Illustrations by T.M. Cleland. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Small 4to. Full burgundy calf with gilt spine lettering and decorations, raised bands. xvii, 780pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, illustrations, sewn-in red satin page marker, salmon silk moire endpapers. Near fine. Tight, handsome "Collector's Edition"..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Illustrations by T.M. Cleland. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Small 4to. Pale grey linen with paper spine labels lettered in black and red, paper-covered slipcase with paper spine label. xvii, 362pp; pp. 363-782. Color illustrations. Near fine/very good. Both spines..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1940]. Hardcover. 16mo. Red cloth, dust jacket. xxxvi, 280pp, 4pp. Decorative endpapers. Very good/good plus. Bit of jacket edgewear, with small edge chips at corners and single large chip at head of jacket spine. Tight, handsome later printing of #467 in editor Ernest Rhys's..... More
New York: Derby & Jackson, 1857. Hardcover. Complete 4-volume set. Small 8vo. Quarter calf with raised bands and gilt lettering and marbled paper over boards. 492pp; 443pp; 547pp, (4pp ads); 500pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece, marbled endpapers and page edges. Very good. Faintest of edgewear. Supremely tight and handsome first of..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1914. Hardcover. 8vo. Full tan calf with gilt spine panels, dentelles. viii, 325pp. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Very good. A bit scuffed at edges; front hinge intact but a tad delicate. First edition, handsomely bound by Riviere. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1928. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. x, 361pp. Very good. Spine all-too-typically lightly sunned; nifty Chicago-theme contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. A tight and nice first edition of this Napoleonic fiction. More
New York: Avalon Books, [1959]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; lightly abraded area on front flyleaf (likely from ownership signature removal). A tight and handsome first edition of this volume in the "Avalon Nurse Stories" series, with fun corny jacket..... More
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1924. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Burgundy cloth with black lettering. 325pp, (3pp ads). Good plus. Binding mildly edgeworn, with spine rather sunned; front flyleaves typically toned. Decently tight first edition -- an adequate, fully handleable copy of an important title that inspired one film and several..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth. 418pp. Very good. Inscribed by Frankau. First edition, inscribed by the popular English novelist (1884-1952) and dated Cleveland, 7 May Front flyleaf bears the ownership signature of noted Lincoln scholar Arnold F. Gates. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1951. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 43pp. Very good/very good. Non-authorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. Later (4th) printing, tight and attractive in the lovely jacket. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Red and black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 138pp. Near fine/very good. First edition, tight and handsome. More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1923. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt. ix, 306pp. Very good. Minor shelfwear. Handsome first edition, second issue, lacking the front flyleaf as called for by Marrot (and caused by Galsworthy, who objected to some preliminary material and insisted it be removed). Small bookplate on front..... More
London: Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, n.y. [ca. 1912]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff wrappers. 24pp. Very good. Outer wrapper a bit delicate along the fold (but archivally mended), with a couple of small edge chips -- overall a clean, attractive copy of this early oddity by the..... More