Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1877. Octavo. 304 pages, index. Fifth Edition with corrections from the 2nd edition. Eastlake was a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. 36 plates including the examples of early Italian Diaper patterns (plates XVI-XXIII) in rich color. The earlier editions had 32..... More
New York; (1966): G.P. Putnam's Sons. First Edition. Octavo. 383 pages, $5.95 not-price clipped. One of the top 25 science fiction works of all time along with his Stranger in a Strange Land. Heinlein's libertarian ideas anticipated a nightmare future where computers could develop self-awareness. This was two years before..... More
Lafayette, LA: Acadiana Press, 1988. Octavo. xiv, 216 pages, illustrations, maps, portraits, Spine title: The conduct of Federal troops in Louisiana. Originally published: Official report relative to the conduct of Federal troops in western Louisiana during the invasions of 1863 and 1864. Shreveport, La.: News Printing Establishment, 1865. Includes bibliographical..... More
London: Printed for J. Stockdale, 1790. Octavo. [2], [1083]-1752 pages. This book became so essential for a serious study of Shakespeare that the publisher decided to issue this volume which became Volume 3 of the series Shakespeare's Dramatic Works. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards, finely..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1877. Octavo. Second edition. 625 pages.The first part is titled History of Japan from 660B.C. to 1872 A.D. The second is titled Personal experiences, Observations, and Studies in Japan 1870-1874. The author explains why he made this improved edition in his preface. He was attached..... More
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fawcett Publications, 1934. Quarto. 58 pages. One of the half-dozen magazines which attempted to emulate the New Yorker in terms of sophistication and expertise. The magazine cover by Henri was also reminiscent of Esquire Magazine. The magazine had a section by Joe MacGaheran called "Book stalling" where he..... More
New York; (2017): Henry Holt and Co. First Edition. Octavo. The author's first book in seven years. he presents a sweeping story of birthright and the possibility of love and the fulness of life itself. A social-realist novel of panoramic, Dickensian scope; in fact, a novel that celebrates the liberal..... More
Philadelphia, Nd(ca.1895): Bible House Museum. Small Quarto. xiv, 17-320 pages. Previous owner was Lillian Sarah Gutermuth who received this as a gift from her mother on Christmas Day when she was aged 9 in 1895 (see ancestry.com). The brilliant gold cover has images that allude to Alice in Wonderland but..... More
Printed By John Wyeth: Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania, 1811. Small Octavo. 378 pages, [1] page (errata). Published in 1811 anonymously, he was born in 1752 and was raised in Philadelphia where he studied for the bar but when the American Revolution began, he raised a company and was taken captive by the..... More
London: Longman, Green and Roberts, 1863. Octavo. In two volumes, half-titles and color frontispieces, 469 and 539pp, with folded maps and numerous illustrations in chromolithography and on wood. Alcock was Britain's first diplomatic ambassador to Japan. In these volumes he gives an account of his three years' residence in Japan..... More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1926. Limited Edition. Folio. (4) 10 pages, edition limited to 207 numbered copies (#63) containing an original folio leaf from Jenson's 1478 printing of Plutarch's VITAE PARALLELAE ILLUSTRIUM VIROUM. Caxton Club's Disbound and dispersed, #26. ed from his press including this one. As D.B. Updike..... More
London: William Leake and John Leake, 1679. 12mo. 3rd edition, enlarged and amended with an addition of several islands, countries and places not extant in the former impression. Meriton was a legal writer who became fascinated with the discoveries around the world. In this edition, he notes much new about..... More
Berkeley, California: Pacific Historical Review, 1932. Octavo. 8 pages, reprinted from the Pacific Historical Review. Inscribed to Welland O. Waters, who was a major bibliographer of California and the West who resided at the Huntington. This essay is a guide to bibliography in progress and has his profound thoughts on..... More
New York; (1987): Harper & Row. First Edition. Octavo. First Perennial Library edition. 89 pages, signed by the author May 20, 1988, with Additional AH and San Jose. These were the poems of Allen Ginsberg in his tour of the West. Even in conservative Arizona, he filled the Scottsdale Civic..... More
New York; (2015): William Morrow. First Edition. Octavo. 867 pages. Signed by the author. Stephenson's work opens with a literal bang as the moon explodes without warning and for no apparent reason. When the reason finally does become apparent, it's caused to enlist steely-jawed action hero Dubois Jerome Xavier Harris..... More
Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2020. Limited Edition. Thick Octavo. 961 pages. limited to 400 copies signed by the author. The present copy is #117. Stephenson, an old hand at dystopian visions, offers a world that will be familiar, and welcome to readers of A Canticle for Leibowitz and Dune-and, for..... More
New York; (1990, 1991 and 1992): Doubleday. First American Editions. Octavo. In three volumes. Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006) became the Arab world's first Nobel laureate in literature in 1988. The trilogy won Egypt's State Prize for Literature in 1957 and was translated into English in 1990. The richness of his descriptions..... More
New York; (1980): Museum of Modern Art Mew York 1946. First Edition. Quarto. 464 pages with the chronology done by Jane Fluegel, with 758 illustrations of which 208 are in color with an additional 181 reference illustrations. This work documents the achivement of the entire span of Pciasso's 74 year..... More
Seattle, WA: The Book Club of Washington, 2015. Limited Edition. Small Octavo. 29(1)pp. The deluxe edition limited to 75 copies signed by the artist Jennifer Kennard who designed and illustrated in color by hand-stenciling. This is the first in an anticipated series of chapbooks. This copy is out of series..... More
Memphis: Memphis State College Press, 1955. Octavo. 392pp. Inscribed by the author. First published in 1932 Univ. of N. Carolina Press. A reprint of Abernethy's excellent historical study of the state of Tennessee from its founding through the antebellum years. In documenting the development of an agricultural society on the..... More
[New York]: Harper and Row, 1963. First Edition. Small Oblong Quarto. First printing with copyright information on title page. Bound in color pictorial paper boards lettered in black, backed in gray cloth. No dust jacket but a very nice clean copy without names or book plates. More
Chicago; (1908): The Reilly and Britton Co. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 256pp. In the first state binding in light blue cloth with full color pastedown with gold background, spine stamped in black, with Tin Woodsman in metallic silver, publisher's spine reads "The Reilly and Britton Co.". light wear to..... More
London: Henry Frowd/ Oxford University Press, 1905. Octavo. 527pp. Oxford Edition with a portrait and twenty-five illustrations by Cruikshank, Leech and others. A collection of short stories, poems, and of course, legends. A lovely copy bound by Bickers and Son in full green morocco, raised bands with compartments lettered and..... More
London; (2005): Faber and Faber; (2005). First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 1000 copies. The present copy is number 668 signed by the author. The story of love, loss, and hidden truths. A story about three children sheltered from the outside the world and brought up to believe they were special..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut; (2007): The Easton Press. Octavo. 748pp. A fantasy conquering time and death. A magical masterpiece transporting the reader to New York of the Belle Epoque. The unlikely love affair between the Irish burglar and the fatally ill heiress provides the backdrop for a fanciful story involving a flying..... More