New York: The Century Co., 1887. Half-bound leather. 8vo; viii, 975, [1]pp; half-bound in black pebbled leather over brown pebbled boards, gilt stamped title to front, 4 band spine with gilt stamped title and owner’s name; all edges marbled; Herald Bindery, Dubuque, Iowa, ticket to front pastedown; pale blue endpapers;..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1991. N. C. WYETH. First Edition thus. Leather bound. First edition thus. 8vo; 362pp; gilt stamped borders and title to red grained leather, color pictorial onlay to front; 3 raised band spine with gilt title and ornament; all edges gilt, silk bookmark; peach colored moiré..... More
New York and Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1976. Warren CHAPPELL. Book Club Edition. Cloth. Book club edition. 8vo; 308pp; tan cloth over board, title in red and green printed inside a wreath on front, rear board has light impressed square on lower right indicating book club edition; red endpapers; two..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1931, February. Cloth. SIGNED. 8vo; 213pp; quarter bound in green cloth with gilt stamped spine, paper over board with gilt stamped facsimile signature to lower front cover; green top edge; owner’s signature to free front endpaper; SIGNED by author, “Robert Frost/Boston/1932” in blue ink..... More
Paris: J. Hetzel & Co., Maison Quantin, No date [c. 1885]. 1/4 leather. Three volumes. 12mo; Vol. I 199pp, Vol. II 259pp, Vol. III 243pp; quarter-bound dark red pebbled leather, marbled paper over board; gilt tops; marbled endpapers; green silk ribbon in Vol. I and II; scuffing to edges and..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1910 December. Arthur RACKHAM. Cloth. 8vo; xii; 62pp; green cloth over board with gilt stamped pictorial cover and spine; bookseller's label on front free endpaper; 51 tipped in plates on green stock, titled guard sheet and descriptive letterpress including frontispiece and a diptych; frontispiece then all illustrations..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1978. Colleen BROWNING, illustrator. R. W. STALLMAN, introduction. First Edition thus. Leather bound. First edition thus. 4to; xi [i], 516pp; deep red grained leather with gilt-stamped border and ornaments; 5 banded spine with gilts ornaments and title; all edges gilt; peach colored moiré liners, silk..... More
New York: Bennett Book Studios, Inc., 1929. Limited Edition. Three-quarter leather bound. Limited edition 683/750. 8vo; 114 [1]pp; three-quarter bound in navy “Turkey Morocco”, gilt-ruled marble boards, five band spine with gilt rule; matching marbled endpapers; edition page; gilt top, untrimmed fore-edge and bottom; light bump to cover corners with..... More
New York: Rae D. Henkle Co. Inc., Publishers, 1928. First Edition. Boards. First edition. 12mo; viii, 182pp; orange stamped title and author on yellow board; light age-toning of paper, light darkening of boards at upper and lower edges; unclipped dark yellow dust jacket with a quote from Booth Tarkington on..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. Jessie Willcox SMITH. Reprint. Leather bound. Reprint. 8vo; x, 240pp; gilt-stamped green grained leather, undersea pictorial to front board; 3 raised band spine; all edges gilt; silk ribbon bookmark; green moiré linings; 12 color tipped in plates with tissue guards; line illustrations printed in green..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. Later printing. Boards. 8vo; 120pp; navy cloth boards, title, author and publisher stamped in white on spine; “ A Wartime Book”; bookseller’s ticket on rear pastedown; blue stained top edge, untrimmed fore-edge; light foxing to fore-edge; unclipped dust jacket with “Buy War Bonds”on..... More
No place listed [London]: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939, November. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 4to; 255pp; red stamped light blue buckram with title on front cover in a cartouche over which is a crown and a red cross below, title and publisher on spine; 12 full page illustrations in color..... More
[London]: [Harold Munro], 1920, August. [Albert RUTHERSTON, wrapper design]. Wraps. First edition thus. Square 8vo; ii, 24, ii; color printed paper wrappers; yapped edges; first and last leaf pale green paper; 6pp advertisements; production notice on verso title page; lower edge untrimmed; yapped edges chipped and small tears, light stain..... More
New York: SALVO: Frank Shay, 1921. Second Edition. Wraps. Second edition (first edition issued in 1920). 8vo; 16pp; green printed wrappers; advertisements for other Shay publications to inside front wrapper, back wrapper includes a cartoon by Sinclair Lewis of himself at Frank Shay’s dated January 8, 1921; light age toning..... More
New York: Frank Shay, 1921. First Edition. Wraps. First edition, first issue. 8vo; 71pp; green paper wrapper with printed title, author and publisher on front cover; title and author in black to spine; wrapper overlaps pages; 2 bookplates to inside front wrapper for William H. Weikel and a Miguel Covarrubias..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 12mo; 99pp; black glazed cloth boards with silver stamped gate to front cover and title, author and publisher to spine; unclipped dust jacket with author’s photograph on front flap; age toning of paper, light scuff to head of spine;..... More
Kansas City: Hallmark Cards, Inc., 1967. Cloth. Hallmark Edition. 12mo; 61 [1]; illustrated brown cloth over board with title in a cartouche on the cover, title to spine; unclipped photograph illustrated dust jacket, photo of Boris Pasternack to back jacket; illustrated endpapers; brown and white illustrations throughout; small ink gift..... More
New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1939. Harry Clarke. Reprint. Cloth. Reprint. 4to; 412 [2]pp; gilt stamped spine on black cloth over board, decorative label to front cover with title and an illustration for Morella; black endpapers; black page tops; untrimmed fore edge; 44 black and white full-page illustrations and 8..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1977. Edward A. WILSON. First Edition thus. Leather bound. First edition thus. 8vo; xxvi, 471pp; gilt-stamped maroon grained leather, shield with 3 heraldic lions to front, 4 raised band spine, gilt stamped with title; gilt all edges; umber moiré liners, silk bookmark; color plates; small..... More
New York: Hurst & Co., No date [c. 1880s]. Later printing. Reprint. 12mo; viii, 536pp; gilt stamped and decorated mustard cloth with “Scott” on the front cover and spine; all edges gilt; brown endpapers; engraved portrait frontispiece with tissue guard plus 4 additional illustrations; decorative red border to pages; bumping..... More
Edinburgh: John Ballantyne and Co. and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown and W. Miller, London, 1910. Leather bound. 8vo; [viii] [1-3] 4-433pp; gilt stamped border on smooth brown calf, gilt stamped spine with title; ownership in ink on title page; rubbing to cover, sunning to spine, wear to head..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1942. Book Club Edition. Cloth. Book Club edition. 8vo: 338pp; bright red cloth over board, title in gilt to spine; ownership in ink to ffep; upper edge black stained; publisher’s colophon to title page; fading of gilt on spine, slight glue burn to eps; brown..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, No date [c.1909]. Hugh Thomson. First Edition. Cloth. First edition thus. 8vo; xxxv, 142pp; green cloth over board with stamped gilt decoration and title to front cover, title and publisher to spine; 40 tipped in color plates with tissue guards printed with title; very light shelf..... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1961. First Edition. Cloth. First printing of JPS, published the same year by Farrar Straus and Cudahy. 8vo; 214pp; quarter-bound in green cloth with maroon boards, gilt-stamped spine; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, light soiling to rear, archival repair to dj head of..... More
Rockland, Maine: Seth Low Press, 1959. cloth. 8vo; 100pp; gilt stamped title and author to spine on pale green cloth over board; ownership in pencil to free front endpaper; heavy textured pages; unclipped dust jacket with photographic illustration of author on front and short bio on the rear; light sunning..... More