London: W. Collins Sons & Co., 1921. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (21cm). Blue cloth hardcover, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 242pp + 6pp publisher's catalog. Fine and tight, with the private bookplate of La Fayette Butler of Hazleton, PA. Dustwrapper slightly soiled with some rubbing..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. First, Limited Edition. One of 500 copies for sale (of a total edition of 520). Small octavo (21cm). Cloth-backed, patterned cloth boards; 148pp. Board edges and corners slightly rubbed; spine sunned, with titling somewhat dulled; Very Good. In later custom cloth slipcase. More
![A System of Universal Geography, on the Principles of Comparison and Classification; [with]...](/pictures/medium/56610.jpg?v=1641872940)
Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke & Sons, 1824. 12mo (19cm). Contemporary pink paper-covered boards, printed in black, backed in gilt-tooled calf; plain endpapers; xxx, 336,[2], [i]-[viii] [9]-88pp; 7 full-page plates and numerous in-text relief illustrations. A sound copy, with general moderate wear, especially to board edges, occasional discoloration, but overall Very..... More
Chicago: [1888]. Second Edition. Octavo (19.5cm). Original grey cloth over stiff card, titled on front, all edges stained red; 88pp. Straight and tight, with minor discoloration to cloth, stamping rubbed, internally clean: Very Good. Reprinted from the first appearance in the Chicago Christian Scientist. Uncommon, with 5 copies recorded in..... More
![Race Rock: A Novel [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]. Peter MATTHIESSEN](/images/noimage.png)
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1954. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black paper and green cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in yellow on spine; yellow topstain; dustjacket; [x],306,[4]pp. Bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Spine ends nudged and gently sunned, a few tiny indentations to..... More
Benjamin French, 1833. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Contemporary half brown leather, marbled paper over boards, gilt title on red leather spine label; [i]-viii [9]-183pp. Lacking the plate, otherwise sound, with minor loss to head, minor foxing throughout: Very Good. General medical work with advice on American medicinal plants and obstetrics..... More
London: Geo. B Whittaker, 1825. First U.K. Edition. 12mo (20cm). 3 volumes rebound in blue buckram, titled on spines, untrimmed; modern endpapers; vol. I: [iv],299pp; vol. II: [iv],326pp; vol. III: [iv],352pp. Sturdy, with occasional dirt to page edges, but largely clean: Very Good. Uncommon historical romance by an American-Canadian woman..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1925. First Edition. First printing, with publisher's (1) at end of text. Octavo (20cm). Red cloth hardcover, titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 355pp. Scattered faint foxing, scuff to upper edge of text block, else tight and Near Fine in..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1921. First Edition. First printing, with publisher's (1) at end of text. Octavo (20cm). Red cloth hardcover, titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 372pp. Tight and Fine in the original pictorial dustwrapper, lightly soiled and rubbed on lighter portions, with..... More
Chicago: Book Supply Company, 1912. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). First edition sheets in the remainder binding, with A.L. Burt slug at base of spine, but in the correct Book Supply Company dustwrapper. Green cloth hardcover, titles stamped in white on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 311pp. Near Fine..... More
Philadelphia: 1836. Second Edition. Octavo in fours (24cm). Original purple ribbon-embossed cloth, gilt title to spine; plain endpapers; 448pp; frontispiece and 21 plates on inserted leaves. Contemporary presentation inscription in pencil to f.f.e.p.: "Mr. Clarke with the respects of the Author." Ex-library, with bookplate, spine label, and stamps of the..... More
Chicago: Book Supply Company, 1916. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Maroon cloth hardcover, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 348pp. Small spot of abrasion to front cover, else Near Fine in the original pictorial dustwrapper, slightly rubbed and edgeworn with a couple of small punctures on..... More
Utica: William Williams, 1817. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Contemporary quarter leather with marbled paper over boards, all edges sprinkled brown; plain endpapers; 119,[5]pp; extensive letterpress music, with two leaves of empty ruled staves at rear. Sound and sturdy, boards with general mild wear, slight worming to leather over..... More
Cambridge: University Press, 1937. First Edition. Octavo (22cm). Original red cloth, titled in gilt on spine, in grey-blue typographical dust jacket (price-clipped); xii,115, [5]pp; with occasional diagrams. Volume tight, sound, and clean, with gentle rubbing to head: Fine. Jacket faded at edges and spine, rubbed at extremities, and split cleanly..... More
Chicago: Book Supply Company, 1919. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Maroon cloth hardcover, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 352pp. Near Fine in the original pictorial dustwrapper, slightly rubbed and edgeworn with triangular chip to upper margin of rear panel and small loss at crown; VG..... More
Albany: Printed for the Author, 1815. 12mo (18.5cm). Rebound, backed in speckled calf, with grey paper over boards; renewed endpapers; [iv], [1]-195,[1]pp. Contemporary ownership inscriptions of Jaims Sterns and Martin O'Farrell (?). Sturdy and sound, title page and first two leaves trimmed close to text along outer margins, minor stains..... More
Dallas: Pressworks, 1980. First, Limited Edition. No. 3 of an edition of 376 copies, signed by author and illustrator, with original musical score laid in. Small octavo (22cm). Cloth-backed, marbled boards; 36pp; three mounted plates by Bill Komodore. Fine copy. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 261pp. Fine in unclipped, Near Fine dustwrapper. Later bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid-in at title page. More
New York: David McKay, 1965. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); purple cloth titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 210pp. Neat ownership signature in green ink to front free endpaper, else a tight, straight, and unmarked copy, very Near Fine. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $4.50); lightly toned..... More
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New York: David McKay, 1965. First Edition. First Printing. Later bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid-in at title page. Octavo (21cm); purple cloth stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 210pp. Boards slightly rubbed and faded at extremities; faint stain to lower fore-corner of text block; Very Good. The..... More
New York: Samuel French, 1933. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (18cm). Deep red cloth, titled in gilt on spine with gilt decoration to front board; dustjacket; 187pp. Near Fine in a well-preserved dustwrapper, slightly faded on spine panel, lined on verso with kraft paper. A five-act comedy, originally published under..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1934. First American Edition. Octavo (23.5cm). Tan cloth, titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 718pp. Tight, straight, Near Fine copy in the original dustwrapper, price-clipped and slightly edgeworn with small loss at crown of spine, just into printed title, just VG. More
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London: Frank Palmer, 1909. First Edition. Trade issue. Octavo (22cm). Publisher's green cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; xix,426pp. Faint spotting to cloth; light wear and scattered marginalia to contents; Very Good. With the bookplate of Harold S. Howard, noted amateur Baconian, with his pencil notes to..... More
London: Secker and Warburg, 1960. First U.K. Edition. First impression. There was no American equivalent. 12mo (18cm); blue textured cloth, title stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 223pp. Bit of foxing to text block edges, else a tight, Near Fine copy in slightly dusted, price-clipped dustwrapper, Very Good. First printing..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1946. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Original black cloth, titled in blue on spine and front cover; 222pp. Pinpoint traces of rubbing at base of spine and board corners; endpapers mildly toned as usual; still a straight, tight, very Near Fine copy, lacking..... More
