New York; (1959): Gnome Press. First Edition. Octavo. . 256pp. In this case, a routine private-eye investigation unfolds into an inquiry into the ultimate nature of reality with similarly unsettling discoveries about who runs the show. Heinlein's genius allows the reader to think about the ambiguities of a world that..... More
New York; (1941) but[1958]: Gnome Press, 1958. Octavo. A later printing with a very bright unclipped dust jacket omitting the address of Gnome Press, with two old tape mends to underside and in a later state binding of light green paper covered boards, spine lettering black, page before title page..... More
New York; (1941) But [1958]: Gnome Press. First Edition. Octavo. First issue with red lettering on black cloth spine [Currey, Binding A", with first issue dust jacket showing publisher's address at 80 east 11th st New York with list of 35 titles of Gnome science fiction classics. 188 pages. Anatomy..... More
New York; (1959): Gnome Press. First Edition. Octavo. 259 pages The scientist in Heinlein's "Goldfish Bowl" who cannot positively ascertain into whose power he has fallen and where he is, but who nevertheless develops ingenious hypotheses and arrives at the correct conclusion - namely, that his body, upon which he..... More
New York; (1949): Gnome Press. First Edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 221. In his masterful work, a small group of research scientists led by a public-relations man defeat an entire army of highly trained sophisticated, intelligent Pan-Asians. From a cave in the wilderness..... More
New York; (1959): G.P. Putnam's Sons. First Edition. Octavo. . 309 pages, winner of the 1960 Hugo Award. The story of man in training and combat 5,000 years in the future. Bound in dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in silver, spine lettering silver, previous owner's name stamped on front..... More
New York; (1982): Holt, Reinhart and Winston. First Edition. Octavo. 368 pages. Limited to 500 copies signed by Heinlein. A beautiful interplanetary agent, a glorious product of genetic engineering, operates from and over a near-future Earth. Bound in maroon cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, spine gilt, top edge stained..... More
New York; (1985): G.P. Putnam's Sons. Limited Edition. Octavo. Color frontispiece, 382pp., Limited to only 350 copies numbered and signed by the author. Follows the dashing Colonel Colin Campbell, a philosopher/soldier/rogue, on a whirlwind adventure from orbiting luxury condos to the Wild West free-enterprise zones of the Moon to the..... More
Hillsboro, TX; (1964): Hill Junior College Press. First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 750 copies. The present copy is inscribed by the author: "to my friend Jay Matthews, Harold B. Simpson, 10/22/64". 126 pages, Index. Colonel Simpson has taken the materials on Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson who led Hood's Texas..... More
New York: J.M. Stoddard & Company, 1886. First Edition. Large Octavo. 1 preliminary leaf, 707 pages, frontispiece of Robert E. Lee, 3 folding maps. Previous owner has written at bottom of facsmile letter of General A.L. Long "Mr. Armistead L. Long was a native Lynchburger and one of the original..... More
London; 1886 and 1789: Printed for S. Hooper. Quarto. Two books in one. Engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title page [2]; (explanation to frontispiece and errata on the verso) vi, 118, [2]plates, xviii regular title page [2], [1-4]5-10p; 50 plates with the supplement which has 11 [1]p. [plates 50 9e.e., 51)-62..... More
London: [ca.1879): Cassell and Co. Folio. In 3 volumes. Illustrated by H.C. Selous. Each with an engraved frontispiece, Histories and Comedies have engraved vignette title page and regular title page. Trageties has only regular title page. v. 1 Comedies, v. 2 Historical Plays, v. 3 Tragedies. Richard Knowles in Studies..... More
New York; (1963): Barns and Noble. Octavo. iii, 184 pages, index. The scholar whose biography on Robert Frost has here written an important guide to understanding Faulkner which avoids oversimplification. He illuminates Faulkner's major novels such as The Sound and the Fury, Sanctuary, Light in August, and five others, analyzing..... More
Berryville, Virginia, (1972): Virginia Book Company. Thick Quarto. Facsimile edition from the original 1890 edition. 925 pages, index, illustrated. Perhaps the most complete history of the region with a long and important section on the John Brown and the Harper's Ferry Raid as well as the rise of Stonewall Jackson..... More
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Philadelphia: David McKay, 1897. In 13 volumes. v. 1. Life. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Comedy of errors.--v. 2. Merry wives of Windsor. Measure for measure. Midsummer-night dream.--v. 3. Much ado about nothing. Love's labour's lost. Twelfth night.--v. 4. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Winter's tale.--v. 5. Taming..... More
New York: Knickerbocker Leather Company. The Folger Library notes it was published between 1890 and 1930. One of the finest miniature editions of Shakespeare. The proper organizaiton is as follows; Contents [v. 1] As you like it -- [v. 2] Antony and Cleopatra -- [v. 3] Comedy of errors ;..... More
New York, Nd[ca.1886]: A.C. Armstrong. Aprox. 2 1/2 x 3 1/2" [between 1886 and 1889--Folger note, [their copy in Vault B] A complete set with the following: v. 1: Biographical sketch. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. Measure for measure. Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing..... More
Sheffield: J.W. Northend, 1911. Thick Small Quarto. Frontispiece, xix, 811 pages, with nearly 60 plates, of portraits, orders and medals, subscriber's list. Title page in red and black. Includes addenda and corrigenda; indices by medal and officer; lists of military officers, colonels of regiments, naval officers, and officers connected with..... More
Norman, Oklahoma; (2008): The University of Oklahoma Press. First Edition. Thick Quarto. 399 pages, index. Beautifully illustrated in color and in black and white. The first comprehensive work of one of the major artists of the Taos tradition. He was one of the founders of the Taos Society of Artists..... More
Boston, (1925): The Page Company. First Edition. Octavo. 2nd impression. Third volume in the See America First series. 469pp., illustrated with photographic illustrations and color images. The history of its ancient cliff dwellings and pueblos, conquest by the Spaniards, Franciscan missions; Personal accounts of the ceremonies, games, social life, and..... More
New York: Phinney, Blakeman and Mason, 1860. Octavo. 336pp., 17 full page illustrations of which three are folding. These lectures were used by the author as his way of obtaining subscriber's to help build his telescope which he believed was needed in the US as there were none. He worked..... More
Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University, 1985. First Edition. Octavo. Publication #20. 290pp. (p.90 blank) This collection is covered with an alphabetical listing of meteorites, index by specimen number, Classified list of Meteorites, illustrations and includes The C.U. Shepard (1804-1886) meteorite collection acquired from Amherst college in 1980. A fine bright..... More
Boston: The Page Co., 1914. First Edition. Large Octavo. . First printing. 433pp. which includes the index, color frontispiece, color folding map and 72 plates of which 8 are in color. This is from the "See America First Series". The history of its Old Missions and of its Indians; A...... More
New York: Brewer and Warren, 1930. First Edition. Octavo. Frontispiece, 281pp., illustrated by the author. "This is a story of an actual voyage to Greenland in a small boat, of shipwreck there and of what, if anything, happened afterwards. Yet it may not be called the story of that adventure..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1893. First Edition. 16mo. 175pp. Portrait frontispiece of Henry James, with tissue guard with Henry James facsimile name in facsimile in red, title page lettering in red and black. Besides the frontispiece, there are 7 other tipped in illustrations. These illustrations were reproduced from Harper's..... More