New York (1870): George R. Lockwood. Octavo. The last and best of the preferred editions issued in original publisher's full brown morocco, decorated in blind, raised bands, with title gilt, containing 500 superb tinted and hand-colored plates. Not only were the artists-illustrators able to use the original 435 plates from... More
Chicago: Bein & Fushi, 1999. Thick Quarto. Enlarged and Expanded Edition. 464 pages. While the 1945 edition was a great contribution, this new expanded edition is the definitive reference for those at the highest level of understanding Strads for whom expertise is essential. Not only is it issued in a.... More
Hollywood, CA: The Cloister Press, 1931. First Edition. Octavo. Limited. 3 preliminary leaves, 26 pages, photographic illustrations. This rare item is in as new condition of which only 500 copies were printed and has been sought after by the most serious collector of surfing books. It is considered the first... More
Philadelphia: Published By Bradford and Inskeep, 1814. First Edition. Octavo. The first edition of the most significant of all western travel and exploration works and essential for any great collection of the American West. Two text volumes with the original rare large folding map. Vol. I, xxviii, 470 pages; plus... More
Edinburgh; (1957): Oliver and Boyd. First Edition. Octavo. 347 pages, illustrations. A fine copy of one of the most fascinating accounts of a member of British aristocracy whose horrendous love of killing even shocked his contemporaries though the British ruling class considered them necessary. He was commissioned in the Royal... More
New York: Charles Webster, 1885. First American Edition. Octavo. Frontispiece of Huckleberry Finn, portrait in first state, title page a cancel, 366pp., illustrated, final blank leaf, pg. 13 with "him and another" as listed as at p. 88, pg. 57 reads "with the was", final five in 155 is lower... More