Nketta mu Bizinga
Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau, [1960]. Reprint [1970]. 12mo (18.5cm.); original pink pictorial wrappers; [6],205,[1]pp. About Fine. Ganda-language novel with glossary (pp. 198-205). More
Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau, [1960]. Reprint [1970]. 12mo (18.5cm.); original pink pictorial wrappers; [6],205,[1]pp. About Fine. Ganda-language novel with glossary (pp. 198-205). More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1971. First Edition. Slim oblong quarto (24.5x27cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket; unpaginated; color illus. throughout. A few short closed tears to jacket extremities, two small losses at top edge of rear panel, front panel a bit wrinkled; still, a Very Good copy, internally..... More
New York: Franklin Watts, 1973. First Edition. Quarto (26cm); glazed publisher's cloth with color illustration, in identically illustrated dustwrapper; [32pp]. Mild soiling to boards and dustwrapper; dustwrapper creased along upper front portion, with two puncture tears and corresponding scratches to boards; interiors tight and clean. Just about Near Fine, in..... More
Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1808. First Thus. A tale of a dog separated from his master, first published in 1798. This edition one of the earliest works printed by Lydia Bailey (1779-1869), who first began managing her late husband's printshop in the same year 1808. NIPPS ("Lydia Bailey: A Checklist")..... More
New York: G. Howard Watt, 1925. First Edition. Octavo (19.25cm.); original buckram in black pictorial dust jacket; x,11-302pp.; color frontispiece. Jacket extremities rubbed with a few tiny losses, closed tear to spine crown touching one word without loss of meaning, rear panel and spine dusted, the former with some additional..... More
London: The Folio Society, 1992. Second Printing. Octavo (24cm); goldenrod cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and dark brown on spine and front cover; publisher's original slipcase; [4],5-189,[3]pp; illus. Pictorial bookplate of noted zoologist and marine biologist James Glen Mead mounted to front pastedown. Hint of foxing to..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. First U.K. Edition. One of the great 19th century adventure stories, basis for Victor Fleming's Oscar-winning adaptation in 1937, starring Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, and Freddie Bartholomew. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); royal blue cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front..... More
New York: The Century Company, 1899. Early printing of the American edition. Octavo (19.75cm); original sage green cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt, black, and blind on spine and covers; top edge gilt; [x],324,[2]pp; illus. Hint of sunning to spine, with a faint diagonal crease to upper..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First American Edition. Quarto (25.75cm.); original blue gilt-lettered cloth, top edge gilt; xi,[1],99pp.; color illus. throughout. Extremities slightly rubbed, cloth sunned along spine and fore-edges, else Very Good and sound. More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original grey blind-ruled cloth lettered in gilt, color plate mounted to upper cover, top edge gilt, others uncut; [6],80pp.; color frontispiece, 14 tissue-guarded plates. Cloth a bit soiled, extremities toned, light rubbing to spine ends, else Very Good..... More
New York: Scholastic Book Services, [1962]. First Thus. 12mo (16cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers, all edges stained yellow; [6],218pp.; text illus. throughout. Wrappers quite worn and creased, upper cover starting to separate, cracks at spine ends, textblock slightly toned and chipped; a Good at best copy of the first paperback..... More
[Boston? Allyn and Bacon, 1970]. First Edition. Quarto (25.5cm.); original white pictorial staplebound wrappers; [6],106pp.; black and white and color illus., including maps; text in double column. School book on sub-Saharan African cultures. Forms part of the Afro-Asian Regional Studies series. More
New York: Viking Press, 1970. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); orange cloth covered boards, titled in blue on the cover and spine; dustjacket; unpaginated; light wear to the extremities; minor soil to front board; former owner's bookplate inside front cover; Very Good+. The dustjacket is price-clipped (priced $3.50); closed..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); pictorial blue cloth covered boards titled in black on the cover and spine; dustjacket; unpaginated; minor soil to boards, Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $7.95) with minor nicks; mild toning to spine; faint foxing to verso..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); black cloth covered boards titled in red on the spine; dustjacket by Joe Servello; unpaginated [35pp]; minor spot on front free endpaper from dustjacket, else Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $5.95) with small ghost sticker mark..... More
New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1946. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20.5cm.); light blue publisher's cloth-backed boards in color pictorial dustwrapper; 161pp. Textblock toned and mildly soiled on edges; stain on title page and preceding blank leaf (recto). Ownership signature on half-title. Rear board has a couple dings, plus soiling..... More
New York: Putnam, 1960. Octavo. Cloth boards in dust jacket; unpaginated [41]. Illus. throughout. Author signature and inscription to ffep. Slight toning to gutters of endpapers, minor rubbing to edges of boards, else a tight, clean, unmarked copy. Spine of jacket mildly sunned. Some minor material loss to spine crown..... More
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (18.75cm); red cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; all edges gilt; xviii,379,[1] + [2]pp ads, with illustrated frontispiece and 31 plates of illustrations. Modest wear to spine ends and extremities..... More
Chicago: P.F. Volland & Co., [1915]. First Edition. Octavo 22.5cm.); original brown pictorial S cloth embossed in gilt and white, unadorned spine, top edge gilt; unpaged; 2-toned (red & black) illus. throughout. Cloth unevenly faded, most heavily to spine, else Very Near Fine. In custom paper-covered board slipcase. BRUCCOLI &..... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1901. Edition not stated. Octavo (16.5cm); blue publisher's cloth, illustrated and lettered in b/w, in rare brown pictorial dustwrapper; vii,168pp, frontis, 3 plates. Comprehensive toning and foxing, especially to endpapers; offsetting on pg. 166 (possibly from bookmark); crown of spine frayed on boards; dustwrapper has significant..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1938. Second printing. Large octavo (26cm). Printed paper over boards backed in yellow cloth, in imitation tartan dust jacket; green pictorial endpapers; unpaginated; black and white illustrations throughout. 1940 gift inscription to half-title, owner's address label to front free endpaper. Sound but rubbed at edges with..... More
New York: Young Scott Books, [1969]. First Edition. Oblong octavo (15.5x23.5cm.); original pictorial simulated cloth in matching mauve price-clipped dust jacket; unpaged; illus. Two tiny chips to top edge of rear jacket panel, else Very Good to Near Fine. Verse from Lear's The Book of Nonsense, illustrated by Gorey. TOLEDANO..... More
New York: Young Scott Books, [1968]. First Edition. Oblong octavo (15x23.5cm.); original simulated cloth in tan pictorial dust jacket; unpaged; illus. Minor dust-soil, else Near Fine. Poem from Lear's The Book of Nonsense illustrated by Gorey. TOLEDANO B38a. More
New York: Young Scott Books, [1968]. First Edition. Oblong octavo (15x23.5cm.); original simulated cloth in tan pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; unpaged; illus. Minor dust-soil, minimal shelf-wear, else Very Good or better. Poem from Lear's The Book of Nonsense illustrated by Gorey. TOLEDANO B38a. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1953. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Light green cloth stamped in red, in lavender pictorial dust jacket; black and white pictorial endpapers; [x],182pp; black and white illustrations throughout. A straight, stable copy, light fading to spine, pushed at head and tail, else Very Good or..... More