Eighteen: a Diary of the Teens
London: The Fortune Press, [n.d.]. Hardcover. 8vo. 218pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Decorated top edge, deckled side and bottom edges. Good condition. More
London: The Fortune Press, [n.d.]. Hardcover. 8vo. 218pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Decorated top edge, deckled side and bottom edges. Good condition. More
New York: McDowell, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 340 pp. Decorated blue cloth binding (silver lettering aof title nd aquamarine mountain range) with d/j. Minor discoloration to edges. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped. Dj creased to edges. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped. Title page in blue..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xix, 306pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over light green cloth with black lettering on cover. Translated by Françoise Delisle; introduction by Havelock Ellis; cover design by Jack Perkins. "No other writer has so surely captured the poignancy, the mystery, the "out-of-this-world"..... More
Dublin: Richard Grace, 1822. Later Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 180pp. Ex-libris-plate and signature of Bruce Bryan. Crudely re-backed with modern red tape over full calf boards. Edges worn. Some scuffing to boards. Frontis. Illustrated with few b/w engravings. Overall, in good condition. More
Los Angeles: Pueblo Publishing Co., 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 207, [1]pp. Original brown cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Frontispiece protected with a captioned tissue-guard. Remarkable novel taking place in the shadow of the Catholic mission of San Juan Capistrano. When the Mission was founded in..... More
Chicago: Argus Books, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 374pp. Original pictorial dustjacket over cloth with decorative front board. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed by the author. Fascinating biographical fiction depicting the life of one of the greatest American poets. Some edge wear on dustjacket with edges chipped and..... More
New York: Hyperion, 2002. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Quarto. [8], 262pp. Original printed dust-jacket over illustrated paper covered boards. Frontispiece. Decorative title-page signed by Avi and dated 2005. Decorative initials. Fascinating work being a puzzling, amazing and terrifying journey through the English countryside. Dust-jacket, binding and interior in very..... More
Berlin: Malik-Verlag, (1931). 1. - 4. Tausend. Hardcover. Sm 8vo. 330,[2],pp. Tan cloth. Some discoloration and staining to boards. Minor chipping to head of spine. Ribbon marker. Faded stamp on free front endpaper. Slight age yellowing to outer edges of pages. Fascinating collection of works by Isaak Emmanuilowitsch Babel (1894-1940)..... More
Boston: Lothrop, 1901. Deluxe edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author to title page: "Dear George Zabriskie. Here is to Dri and u. Irving Bacheller." [George Zabriskie Clay was an Episcopal clergyman in New York, who has been associated with the work of Church reform and reunion in Europe undertaken by..... More
Paris: Le Livre du Bibliophile, Georges Briffaut, Éditeur, 1929. Limited edition. Softcover. 1/395. Folio (12 1/2 x 8 1/2"). [4], 113, [3]pp. Original glassine over printed dust-jacket and blind wrappers. Engraved frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering. Decorative initials. Book housed in its original cloth covered slipcase. Originally..... More
München: Georg Müller Verlag, 1920. First German edition. Hardcover. 1/800. 2 of 3 volumes. xxxviii,320pp. vi,324pp. Three-quarter leather over decorated paper-covered boards with gilt decorated spine. Red title plate. Rubbing to leather and spine. Corners bumped and worn. Top edge gilt. Ribbon markers. "Matteo Bandello (1480-1562) was an Italian novelist..... More
New York: Harper Collins, 1991. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 6"). [6], 824pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth and blind-stamped white paper covered boards, with silver lettering to spine. Purple endpapers. Title page signed by Clive Barker. Considered by the author as his favorite of all his writings..... More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1939. First British edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 807, (1)pp. Finely bound in brown polished calf with gilt decorated spine & dentelles. Inscribed & signed by Vicki Baum to German-American film producer Seymour Nebenzal, dated "Hollywood, February 21st 1940." Nebenzal's bookplate is on the half-title. Some rubbing at extremities..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1927. Second edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 285pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over cloth with blue-stamped border and lettering on front cover and blue-stamped lettering on spine. Printer's device on title-page. Fascinating work being a popular fiction novel first published in 1925. Some age-wear on dust-jacket with rubbing and..... More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1897. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv. 680pp. Illustrated maroon cloth cover and spine. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed and frayed. Corners rubbed. Minor scuffing and discoloration to boards. Decorated endpapers. Frontispiece of Beecher-Stowe. Beautifully illustrated with over 100 b/w full page and..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., [nd]. Hardcover. Red cloth over paper boards. 113 pp. Color frontispiece illustration. Octavo. Some browning to boards and endpapers, otherwise very good. More
London: Ward & Lock, 1862. John Leech. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (viii) 312pp. Three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine. Spine sunned. Corners bumped and rubbed. Minor scuffing to leather. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated title page. A fabulous story told through the eyes of a...... More
London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1929. Hardcover. Signed E. F. Benson on colophon. 496/500. Octavo. 28 (1)pp. Original illustrated light tan boards with brown lettering on cover, in original illustrated dustjacket. Decorative endpapers. Title page framed with publisher's device. Number nine of The Woburn Books. Set in Monotype 12-pt. Scotch..... More
Venice: Pietro Maria Bertano, 1638. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo. [12], 472 [i.e. 480]pp. Full 19th-century floral motif cloth. All edges red. Title-page with engraved vignette. Illustrated woodcut vignette on title page. Decorative initials, headpieces and tailpiece. Woodcute vignette on first page. "Il Decameron" is a 14th-century medieval allegory by Giovanni..... More
NP: NP, 1761. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xxxvi, 374 pp. Half leather over brown marbled boards. This 1761 edition is a facsimile of the 1527 edition. It is written according to the definitive text by Francesco D'Amaretto Mannelli taken from Boccaccio's original. With several steelplate engravings, including a frontispiece of Boccaccio..... More
Paris: Chez Poncelin, imprimeur-libraire, rue du Hurepoix, 1801. First French edition. Hardcover. 11 volumes. xx.276pp. 222pp. 246pp. 382pp. 264pp. 268pp. 202pp. 258pp. 318pp. 248pp. 414pp. Original calf over marbled boards. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Back board on vol.II completely detached but present. Three inches of backstrip on head of..... More
Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, n/d. Hardcover. 5 volumes. 264pp. 252pp. 188pp. 238pp. 227pp. Half leather over marbled boards. Gold decorated spine with labels in red and green. Some fading to green on spine on Vol.II, III and IV. Corners bumped and worn. The story takes place in medieval Europe during the..... More
Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, n/d. Neuausgabe. Hardcover. 5 volumes. 264pp. 252pp. 188pp. 238pp. 227pp. Three-quarter vellum over orange paper-covered boards. Labels in green and red with gold lettering on spine. Binding by A. Köllner after a design by Hugo Steiner-Prag. Staining on spines. Scuffing, minor age wear and staining on boards..... More
Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, n/d. Hardcover. 5 volumes. 264pp. 252pp. 188pp. 238pp. 227pp. Quarter vellum over sienna paper-covered boards. Gilt decorated spine. Slight discoloration to spines. Minor scuffing and occasional tiny stains to boards. Translated from the Italian by Heinrich Conrad with etchings by Gravelot, Boucher and Eisen taken from the..... More
Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1909. Limited ed. Hardcover. 1/800. 4to. 75pp. 1/2 vellum over illustrated paper covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Scuffing, rubbing, staining and discoloration to boards and spine. Boards bowed. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Corners worn. Symbol of Insel-Verlag to page preceding title page..... More