London: Victor Gollancz Ltd/Left Book Club, 1937. Book Club editon. Softcover. Octavo. (xxiv) 264pp. Orange wrappers, with black lettering on front cover and spine. This is the first book club edition of the nonfiction work by George Orwell. The book is divided into 2 parts. The first part examines and..... More
New York: Cape Goliard Press in association with Grossman Publishers. 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original pictorial dust-jacket over black cloth, with white lettering on front board and spine. Fascinating work being a book of poems by Padgett along with many b&w drawings and collages by Jim Dine who..... More
Los Angeles: The Odyssey Book House, (1940). First edition (VERY FIRST COPY PRINTED). Hardcover. 8vo. 607pp. Red cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Long inscription in blue ink by Ruth Parsons and Valcour Verne on free front endpaper to their friends who inspired this work (* see below)..... More
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Paris: Ediciones Estrella, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 75, [5]pp. Full red calf with decorative borders in gilt on covers and spine and gold lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers. Fly leaf inscribed and signed by Carlos Pellicer. First edition of this exquisite poetry work from Carlos Pellicer who was part..... More
Alençon: E. Renaut de Broise, 1887-1888. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4"). [4], vi, 446, [2]pp. Modern blue cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Original printed front wrap bound in. A collection of 117 original texts from the following Indian tribes of North-western Canada: Chiglit Eskimos (2)..... More
S.-Peterburg (St. Petersburg): Tipo-lit. t-va "Prosvieshchenie" 1909. Hardcover. Ex library. 2 volumes. 8vo. Li,383,[6],pp. 426pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Library inventory plate near tail of spine. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Scuffing to boards. Frontispiece in Vol. I. Small numbers "1/6258"..... More
Bloomington, The Hague: Indiana University, Mouton & Co., 1967. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. xi (5), xxiv, 419pp. Original illustrated light blue wrapper with blue lettering on cover and spine. Selection of titles printed onto back cover, inside and out. Indiana University Publications: Uralic and Altaic Series, Vol. 79/1, introduction by Denis..... More
Dresden: Max Fischer's Verlagsbuchhandlung, nd (ca. 1880). Softcover. 8vo. 104pp. Original color-illustrated wraps. Deckled fore- and bottom edges. Pages unopened as issued. Fritz Reuter was a novelist from Northern Germany who was one of the most prominent contributors to "Low German" literature. Work contains Inspector Bräsig's letters to the author..... More
Dresden: Max Fischer's Verlagsbuchhandlung, (1859). Vierte Auflage (fourth edition). Softcover. 8vo. 173pp. Original color-illustrated wraps. Deckled fore- and bottom edges. Pages unopened as issued. Fritz Reuter was a novelist from Northern Germany who was one of the most prominent contributors to "Low German" literature. This fourth edition of the author's..... More
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1913. Hardcover. 8vo. 161pp. Half leather over decorated paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Rubbing to leather. Some discoloration to boards. Loose ribbon marker. Slight browning to pages. Wonderful collection of early poems by Rilke. Text in German. Binding in good, interior in very..... More
Leipzig: Schwickert, 1769. First edition. Hardcover. This is a true first edition, indicated by the publishing year on the title page (1769) and the catch word "der" on the bottom of p. 90. (Source: Goedecke) 8vo. (16) 90pp. Contemporary paper covered boards. With copper plate illustrated title page. Publisher Information (Publishing..... More
Paris: Calmann Levy, 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4"). [2] 55, [1], 316pp. Original half pebbled cloth over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine. Tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This volume comprises 91 never-published-before letters written by the Genevan philosopher, writer..... More
Westminster: Chas. J. Sawyer & E. P. Dutton & Company, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. XVI, 367, VIII, 423pp. Uncut. Original full red cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spines. Top edges gilt. Ex-libris of Lucy Smith Battson (ex Lucy Doheny) on free front endpaper of both volumes..... More
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Berlin: Vortrupp Verlag, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original printed dust-jacket over raw linen spine with blue pattern, over paper covered boards. Fly leaf inscribed by the author. First edition of this fascinating work on Burckhardt, Nietzsche and Kafka. Dust-jacket slightly age-toned. Minor age-toning along edges of binding. Spine slightly..... More
Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1822. Neue Ausgabe. Hardcover. 4 volumes. Sm. 8vo. Three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gold decoration on spine, title plate with gold lettering. Age wear to binding. Red page edges. Ex-libris to inside of front board. Bottom page edges on Vol. II bumped and creased from free front..... More
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1920-1925. Softcover. 1) Macbeth. 127pp. 1920. 2) Hamlet: Prinz von Dänemark. 216pp. 1920. 3) Othello: Der Mohr von Venedig. 190pp. 1920. 4) König Heinrich der Vierte. 340pp. 1922. 5) Antonius und Cleopatra. 198pp. 1923. 6) Coriolanus. 201pp. 1925. 7) Julius Cäsar. 149pp. 8) König Richard der Dritte. 199pp..... More
Barcelona: John Fulton Short, 1964. First edition; Limited edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. 42pp. Gilt decorated black cloth in white paper covered slipcase with black lettering. Corners slightly rubbed. Minor scuffing. Some staining and discoloration to slipcase. Two-inch tear to upper left corner along edge of slipcase. Frontispiece. A beautiful reflection..... More
Berlin: Askanischer Verlag, 1923. Hardcover. Quarto. (4) 138, 367 (1)pp. Original vellum backed illustrated debossed tan boards with red and brown lettering on spine; raised bands. Red top edge, deckled bottom and foredge. Red and black printed title page with decorative border. Decorative initials and musical score as endpiece. All..... More
London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1881. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (11 1/4 x 8"). xvi, 384pp (Vol. 1); xvi, 384pp (Vol. 2). Original 3/4 crushed morocco over burgundy cloth, with gold lettering and tooling to spines. Raised bands. Etched frontispiece in each volume. Splendidly illustrated throughout with numerous full-page and..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, (1925). First edition. Hardcover. 2 Volumes. Lg. 8vo. ix,1283pp. Three-quarter green leather over green cloth, leather and spine lined with gold embossed decoration, gold letters on spine. Top edges gilt, fore and bottom page edges untrimmed as issued. Each volume has a different black and..... More
London: C.J. Rivington, 1823. Later printing. Hardcover. 12mo. XVI + 427pp. Original leather boards rebacked in full morocco with title-label laid on spine. Gold decoration on edges of boards with all gilt edges. Engraved frontispiece by Thomas Uwins with Illustrated half title-page. Interesting edition of Tobias Smollett's last and greatest..... More
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Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1978. Hardcover. Small quarto. Gilt-stamped full leather with 4 raised bands over gross-grain endppapers, a.e.g. 733 pages. Color illustrations by Charles Reid. Limited edition Signed by the author. More
London: Edward Moxon, 1855. First edition. Hardcover. 8mo. 154pp. + 8 pages of publisher's ads at the front. Original green cloth boards with blind stamped design on covers with gilt lettering on the spine. Publishers ads dated "March 1856". The publication is a first edition of this acclaimed collection of..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965. Second edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xli, 297, x, 426 (1)pp. Original printed dustjackets over blue cloth with blind-stamped publisher's device on cover, and gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece facsimile. "Particular attention has been paid to the text. The Centuries are reproduced with the original spelling, capitalization..... More
Krakow: Czytelnik, 1950. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 427pp. Original illustrated tan wraps with black and brown lettering on cover. A wide ranging collection of poetry augmented with delightful essays by one of the celebrated Polish poet of Jewish descent. Originally written before WW II, parts of the manuscript survived the..... More