Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., [1931]. First edition, 4to, pp. xxiv, 349; frontispiece, numerous black & white and colored plates; occasional pencil notations, lightly toned at edges, else very good in original brown cloth with gilt-lettered spine. An alphabetical catalogue of all known prints by C...... More
London: The Homeland Association, 1928. First edition, large 8vo, pp. viii, 236, [2]; black and white photographic frontispiece, 15 plates; publisher's green cloth, upper cover stamped in black, gilt-lettered spine; ex-Hill Library with usual markings, else a fine copy. More
London: George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, 1880. 8vo, pp. xvi, 282, 16 (ads); publisher's blue cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine; slight toning of the text, else very good, sound, and clean. Handsomely printed at the Chiswick Press. This appears to be the only work by..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1927. Third printing, 8vo, pp. [6], 303; slight smudging at the base of the spine, else fine and bright in orig. black cloth lettered in blue on upper cover and spine. Presentation copy inscribed to "Larry and Irma with the hope that Pornee Bill in..... More
New York: Charles Wiley, 1823. First edition, 12mo, 2 volumes, pp. [5], viii-xi, [1], 275, [1]; 329, [3]; second state of vol. 1 and first of vol. 2 per BAL; original tan paper boards, paper labels on spine; boards starting on vol. 1, upper board loose on vol. 2 and..... More
New York: Appleton and Company, 1876. 8vo, pp. x, 515, [3]; engraved frontispiece and additional title page, text illustrations throughout; contemporary green cloth (a bit soiled) stamped in black and gilt, t.e.g, yellow glazed endpapers; general wear to edges and corners, else very good. Spine title: "Cooper's Novels. The Pathfinder"..... More
Limited Editions Club, 1961. Edition of 1500 signed by the artist, 4to, pp. xiv, 510, [4]; illustrations throughout the text; publisher's brown backed marbled boards with paper spine label; fine with original glassine and slipcase (some minor edgewear and soiling). LEC Bibliography 319. More
New-York: John Wiley, 22 Nassau-Street, 1834. First edition, 8vo, pp. 116; original green cloth-backed printed paper-covered boards; text a bit toned, some cracking along the spine, and the boards a bit soiled, else very good. BAL 3866. More
Paris: Charles Gosselin, 1824-28. 32 volumes, 12mo, contemporary French calf-backed marbled boards, smooth gilt-decorated spines; a nice set with some defects :some corners bumped, joint of vol. 18 completely split, slight chip to the top of the spine on vol. IV, and dampstaining to a few pages in vol. IX..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1834. 12mo, pp. [iii]-viii, 451, [1]; engraved frontispiece and title-p.; contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered direct on spine; extremities rubbed, some neat restoration to the front joint; good and sound. BAL 3865 (not seen). More
London: Richard Bentley, 1837. 12mo, pp. [iii]-xi, [1], 410; engraved frontispiece and title-p.; contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered direct on spine; extremities rubbed; good and sound. A reprint of BAL 3848. More
New York: Stringer & Townsend, 222 Broadway, 1851. 2 volumes, 12mo, pp. [7], x-xii, 13-326, [4] ads; 253, [4 (ads), [8] blanks; original printed copper wrappers; edges slightly chipped and curled, spines slightly chipped, tiny hole in the upper wrapper of volume I, front wrapper on volume I and rear..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey - Chestnut Street, 1829. First American edition, first published in London in 3 volumes under the title The Borderers about two weeks earlier; 2 volumes, 12mo, pp. 251, [1]; 234, [6] ads; contemporary full speckled calf boards; gilt spine decoration; black morocco labels; numbered as..... More
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1838. First edition, second printing, without the notice on paper quality, 2 vols; 12mo, pp. [6], 7-239, [1]; 253, [1]; original purple muslin, printed paper labels on spines; spines faded and labels rubbed, 2 gatherings in volume II extended, light foxing, early owner's signature of "G..... More
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Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840. First edition, 12mo, pp. 12mo, [2], 9-xii, [13]-260; 232; bookplates of George Barr McCutcheon and Robert Hoe; original purple muslin, paper labels on spine; spines sunned else very good and sound; each volume in a half brown morocco slipcase. The printed labels on the spine..... More
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1830. First British edition, following the very rare Dresden edition by about a month (only one recorded copy according to BAL, although OCLC records at least a dozen, and as of this date there are two other copies for sale on-line)..... More
Cambridge: printed by W. Hilliard & E. W. Metcalf, 1811. 12mo, pp. 24; removed from binding; title leaf reattached, else very good. Hooper's poem, "Seclusion," begins on p. 18; beginning on p. 21 are songs by Edward Everett and Nathaniel L. Frothingham. American Imprints 22617; Wegelin 997. More
London: John Murray, 1871. First edition, 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], frontispiece, folding map, and 12 wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine; extremities rubbed and worn; a good, sound and clean copy. Cooper's account contains descriptions of his journey from Hoopeh, to Ichang..... More
Philadelphia: Joseph Delaplaine [volumes 1 and 2]; Kimber & Richardson [volume 3], 1812-13. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, engraved title pages in each volume, 48 plates (one on thin paper engraved on glass, one folding which is trimmed tight at the caption); 3 prospectuses (one for the original series and..... More
Bloomington: Indiana University, 1971. Thick 8vo, pp. 696, [3]; text printed from typescript, tables and charts throughout; original red and black printed wrappers; general wear, edges and spine toned, corners a bit dog-eared, else a good, sound copy. Language Science Monographs Vol. 7. More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, [1], 113, 32 publisher's catalogue; folding lithographic frontispiece, 15 plates (4 folding), and 2 folding maps; good only in original green cloth with overall scuffing, wear, and staining, the binding loose, with about half of the signatures extended, previous..... More
Nottingham: Jno. Sands & Son, n.d., [ca. 1930s]. 8vo, pp. iii, [1], 54; very good copy in original printed wrappers. "Depicting the main incidents in Charles Dickens' famous novel, with short notes of the intervening chapters linking the various scenes." More
