Los Angeles: Fremont University Press, 1946. Hardcover. 8vo. 207pp. Half cloth over decorated paper-covered boards with cover plate. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Hand written title-pate. Rubbing to edges and corners. Tiny stains to cover plate. Mimeographed typescript. Small bookplate and address plate from postal service to inside..... More
Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1919. First French language edition. Softcover. Quarto (10 x 6 1/2"). X, 268, [2]pp (Text), 11 leaves (Plates). Uncut and unopened copy. Original printed wrappers. First French-language edition of Stephen Langdon's controversial interpretation of a Sumerian poem found on a tablet, and which, according to the author, tells..... More
Whittier, California: The Curt Zoller Press, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1/300. x,48pp. Brown linen backed paper covered boards, gold decoration stamped onto front board, gold lettering to spine. End papers illustrated with a "map of the United States showing the dates of the first known printing in the several states."..... More
London: J. and A. Arch, 1834. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. XIV, 563pp. Original brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Engraved frontispiece. Engraved vignette on title-page. Decorative initials. Scarce first edition of this bibliographical work written by the private librarian to the Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey. This study..... More
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New York: Gold Medal Books/ Fawcett Publications, 1956. First edition, first printing. Softcover. Small octavo. 192pp. Illustrated wrappers with black lettering on the spine. Signed and inscribed by Richard Matheson on the title. This is the first edition of Matheson's thrilling science fiction novel, which was not published in hardcover..... More
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 220pp. Illustrated grey dust jacket with red and white lettering on the front cover and spine. Black buckram boards, with gilt lettering on the spine. Signed and inscribed by Richard Matheson on the front free endpaper. This a first..... More
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 304pp. Illustrated blue dust jacket with blue lettering on the front cover on the spine. Light blue buckram boards with red lettering on the spine. Signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper by author Richard Matheson. This is a...... More
London: Dodd, Mead And Company, 1928. Limited ed. Hardcover. 1/1850. Sm. folio. 198pp. Gray cloth with stamped brown lettering to cover. Translated from the French of the Abbe Prevost by D.C. Moylan with 11 illustrations by Alastair and an introduction by Arthur simmons. Head and tail of spine bumped. Top..... More
London: Hurst, Chance, and Co; Jennings and Chaplin, [1831]. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5"). VII, [1], 320pp. Original marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine. All paper edges marbled. Tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece. Additional engraved title. Delightful collection of essays, verses and illustrations by some of the..... More
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1815. First edition. Hardcover. Small folio 911 3/4 x 9 1/4"). [8], 275, [1]pp (Poem), CLXV, [1]pp (Notes). Uncut. Contemporary 3/4 calf over olive cloth, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. First edition of Walter Scott's "The Lord of the..... More
Bonn: Adolf Marcus, 1853. Hardcover. 8vo. viii,595pp. Olive cloth with gilt-decorated spine. Head and tail of spine chipped. Staining and scuffing to boards and spine. Corners rubbed. Stamp of previous owner on title-page. Sporadic foxing throughout. Hinges starting. Text in Gothic. Binding in fair, interior in overall good condition. More
Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. XLIX, 419, XXIII, 420-878pp. Uncut. Original full grey cloth with title-labels laid on spines. Frontispiece portraits with tissue-guards in both volumes. Illustrated half-title pages, with decorative title-pages. Beautiful edition displaying the most famous works of American poetry from the..... More
London: Elkin Mathews, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. 42/100 on handwritten colophon, signed Arthur Symons. Octavo. (7 leaves) 116pp., 10 plates, incl. frontispiece. Original half vellum over gray paper-covered boards. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece. Title page printed in red and black. Two of the plates in text with continuous pagination. Printed..... More
London: Henry S. King, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 161pp. Contemporary blue calf with debossed gilt design and initials on the front cover. Spine with gilt lettering, stamped design and raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled boards. The book is a first edition of Tennyson's narrative poem about the last..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1850. Second edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 210pp. (+ 7 pages of ads). Brown cloth boards, with blind stamped debossed designs on the front and back covers. Side edge uncut. The book is the "official 2nd edition" of the acclaimed poem by Tennyson, featuring the publisher's advertisements at..... More
New York: AMS Press, 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Small octavos. Dark blue buckram, with silver lettering on spine. These are reprints of the editions originally issued in 1907-1908. Edited by Tennyson's son Hallam. This is the complete set in 9 volumes, with contents as follows: --v. 1-2. Poems. --v. 3. Enoch Arden and..... More
London: R. & A. Suttaby, 1878. Hardcover. 4to. iv (1). 665pp. Green leather with gilt lettering and illustration. Raised bands. All gilt page edges. Photographic frontispiece. Vignette- illustrated title page with red and black lettering. Magnificently illustrated with 13 original photographs by Jennings: Frontispiece, title vignette, 8 photographs illustrating the..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1911. First trade edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 x 7 1/2"). IX, [1], 181, [1]pp. Original half green cloth over gilt-stamped decorative paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Tissue-guarded color frontispiece. Illustrated title with gold and black lettering. This delightful English translation..... More
New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1909. Jesse Willcox Smith. Hardcover. 8vo. 56pp. Brown cloth with illustrated paste-down. Gold lettering on cover and spine. Letters on spine faded. Head and tail of spine and corners rubbed. Some discoloration and minor staining to boards. Decorated endpapers. Color frontispiece. Some creasing and..... More
Göttingen: Academia Georgia Auggusta, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. viii, 136pp. (German) 20pp. (Arabic). Original paper wrappers in half leather over red marble paper boards. Classic introduction to Arabic literature, offering an overview of the major academies in the Islamic world. This work was reprinted in 1970. Ferdinand Wustenfeld was..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1923. Limited ed. Hardcover. 1/750. 8vo. 576pp. Gilt embossed green cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original dj. Tail of spine bumped. Bottom corners and edges rubbed. Chipping, creasing and discoloration to dj. Dj spine sunned. Top edge gilt. Fore-and bottom page edges..... More
Paris; Bruxelles: G. van Oest, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11 1/2 x 9 1/2"). viii, 264, [4]pp. Contemporary half crushed morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Original wrappers bound in. Frontispiece. Decorative initials. Book housed in a custom-made white linen..... More
Norfolk: New Directions, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. 293 pp. Octavo. Black stamped soft white burlap binding with d/j. Very good condition. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. 271,[1],pp. Decorative paper-covered boards in original illustrated dust jacket. Back cover of dj with a b/w reproduction of a photograph of the author and his wife Whitney. Title-page vignette. "Burnett paints an unforgettable panoramic picture of the metropolitan night..... More
Boston: Little Brown And Company, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xii. 252pp. Gilt decorated red cloth. Head and tail of spine and corners rubbed. Tail of spine slightly frayed. Spine sunned. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Hinges starting. Color frontispiece. 25 wonderful children's stories delightfully illustrated with full page color..... More