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
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1888. First Edition. Cloth. [FICTION] University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge [Massachusetts]. First Edition. 16mo; [1] publisher’s ad after Contents, 258pp + [8pp] illustrations of “Louisa May Alcott’s Famous Books followed by 12pp “Messrs. Roberts Brothers Standard Library Books”; green cloth over board with gilt and..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. cloth. [FICTION] [WOMAN AUTHOR]. Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son. First American edition, first issue. 16mo; [i-viii], [1]-376pp; purple cloth over board, title and author gilt-stamped in a frame on front and spine; brown endpapers; Sig. mark 1; [4]pp publisher’s ads; fp with tissue guard..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1882. Walter CRANE. First Crane Edition. Leather bound. [LITERARY WORKS] [JUVENILE] [FAIRY TALES]. First Crane edition. 8vo; x, [1] 2-269pp; navy levant Morocco, gilt-stamped frames to spine, gilt-paneled boards, 5 raised bands on spine; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers, binder’s stamp on verso ffep: “Wood, London”..... 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
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. Cloth. [FICTION] [HOLIDAY: CHRISTMAS]. First American edition published in cloth. 16mo (6 ½” x 4 ¼”); [1-9] 10-96pp; teal colored cloth over board, blind stamped decorative borders, gilt-stamped lettering and bells hanging from a roof with goblins atop; pale yellow endpapers; gift inscription in pencil..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., Publisher, No date [c. 1892]. Cloth. [WOMAN AUTHOR]. 16mo (6 1/8” x 4 1/8”); xxiv, 290pp; glazed illustrated cloth over board, bark motif with flowers, lettering in brown; ownership in neat ink on ffep; b&w fp with tissue guard, small b&w illustrations in text;..... 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
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1946, May. Beatrice TOBIAS. First Edition. Cloth. [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Beatrice TOBIAS, illustrator. First edition. 12mo; 188pp; tan cloth over board, red lettering on spine; fp + 15 full-page b&w illustrations; unclipped pictorial dust jacket, author portrait with bio on rear panel, old repairs of closed..... 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: 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
New York: Geo. Munro Publisher, 17 to 27 Vanderwater St. Dec. 17, 1889. Wraps. [DIME NOVEL / PULP] [FICTION]. 12mo (7 3/16 x 4 7/8”); [2]pp ads for the “New York Fashion Bazar” magazine precedes the text, 144pp + [16]pp publisher’s ads, including [4]pp for Die Deutshe Library in German..... More
New York: George P. Putnam, 1850/1849. Cloth over board. [CALENDAR]. 16mo (6 1/8” x 4 3/8”); gilt-stamped navy ribbed cloth, vignette on front and rear boards of Shakespeare leaning on a monument with the motto “He Was Not For A Day But For All Time,” triple line borders; lettered spine..... 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
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
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. First edition. 12mo; 109pp; green buckram quarter bound, green paper over boards, label to spine; untrimmed fore edge; light foxing to top and fore-edge; very good plus. Wilbert Snow was an interesting man, a Mainer born in Whitehead Island..... More