John James Audubon: A biography.
New York: G.P. Putnam, [1966]. 8vo, pp. 510; very good copy in slightly worn jacket, owner's inscription on front free endpaper. More
New York: G.P. Putnam, [1966]. 8vo, pp. 510; very good copy in slightly worn jacket, owner's inscription on front free endpaper. More
London: The Folio Society, 2010. 8vo, pp. xiv, 174; color frontispiece and 7 plates; full blue cloth decorated in silver and blind; fine in fine slipcase. More
Stamford: printed at the Overbrook Press, 1939. Small 4to, pp. [2], 61, [7]; 3 plates including 2 folding, several full-page illustrations in the text; original red cloth stamped in gilt; ex-library with blindstamp on title-page and small ink notation on half-title, previous owner's plate on front pastedown, spine and parts..... More
Washington, [D.C.]: [press of J.H. Furst Co., Baltimore], 1910. First edition, signed by Henry Adams at the end of the introductory letter; 12mo, pp. vi, 214, [2]; original green cloth, spine a bit sunned and with a small snag in the cloth (not effecting any lettering), otherwise very good. "In..... More
Glasgow: printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1770. 12mo, pp. [2], 199, [1]; contemporary calf, gilt-decorated spine in 5 compartments, red speckled edges; upper joint barely starting, spine label perished with title evident as blind impression, 1850 signature on free endpaper, text clean and sound; good. Gaskell 449. More
London: printed by T. Bensley...for J. Johnson [et al.], 1806. 8 volumes, 8vo; engraved title pages; late 19th- or early 20th-century half calf over marbled boards, brown gilt morocco spine labels; edges a bit scuffed, front free endpaper in vol. I separated but present; a very good, attractive set. NCBEL..... More
London: Jacob Tonson, 1766. 3 volumes, 12mo; with the addition of a 4th volume, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, etc., 1767; contemporary full sheep, red morocco labels on gilt-paneled spines; extremities rubbed, joints starting but generally good and sound. More
London: Printed for the author, 1794. 4 volumes (of 16), 8vo; contemporary three-quarter calf over blue paper-covered boards (some soiling, most heavily on Vol. II upper cover), red gilt spine labels; edges a bit scuffed; unfortunate 20th-century ball-point pen ownership inscription on Vol. IV pastedown, else very good and sound..... More
Akron: Saalfield Publishing, 1903. (Second unauthorized edition), 8vo, pp. 112, numerous illustration in text by John T. McCutcheon; pictorial green cloth stamped in red and white; slightly soiled back cover, else very good. Russo p.16. More
New York: R. H. Russell, 1901. 8vo, printed at the Merrymount Press, pp. vii-[viii], 303-[304]; ornamented title-page printed within dec. border, historiated initials throughout; orig. green cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards, worn, scuffed, and stained, binding askew, good only. With the bookplate of the Tabard Inn Library, ""under the business management..... More
New York: R. H. Russell, 1901. 8vo, printed at the Merrymount Press, pp. vii-[viii], 303-[304]; ornamented title-page printed within dec. border, historiated initials throughout; orig. gray cloth printed in red and black, top edges stained red, binding slightly askew, but firm and sound, else very good. More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1906. First edition, 8vo, pp.[vii], 309, [3], frontispiece and illustrations throughout text by Albert Levering; red pictorial cloth, gilt stamped letters, top edge trimmed, slightly worn, else good or better. Russo p. 69. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. First edition, 12mo, pp. [viii], 154; numerous illustrations throughout text, tan decorative cloth, worn and soiled, else good. Russo p. 67. More
New York: R.H. Russell, 1903. First edition, sm. 8vo, pp. 224, [1], frontispiece by McCutcheon, and others throughout text; light blue decorative cloth, faded spine, else good. Russo p. 51. More
Philadelphia: Taylor & Hessey, 1981. Edition ltd. to 400 copies designed & printed by Henry Morris at Bird & Bull Press (this, no. 222); pp. 28, [4]; 3 facsimiles; original cream-colored wrappers with title printed on front cover in red & black, fine. Based on a talk given at the..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, [1999]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 252; fine in original white and gray boards and dust-jacket. An insiders look at the magazine during the years under the direction of William Shawn. More
Londini: excudit G. Bowyer, sumptibus Societatis ad Literas Promovendas Institutae, 1744. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, pp. xiv, xxvii, [36], 603, [1]; [605]-1128, [86]; engraved vignette on title-p. and on last page of text; woodcut ornaments; parallel text in Greek and Latin throughout; contemporary full calf, red and citron morocco..... More
Cambridge: Rampant Lion Press, 1969. One of 250 signed copies from an edition limited to 500, 8vo, pp. [2], 141; red cloth with black and gilt title on spine; a fine copy in the original mylar dust jacket and tissue wrapper. More
[Boston]: The Bibliophile Society, printed for members only, [1927]. Edition limited to 400 copies; 8vo, pp. 183, [1]; contains "Prometheus Bound" by Aeschylus and "Electra" by Sophocles; engraved illustrations; introduction by Nathan Haskell Dole and Henry H. Harper; t.e.g., spine a bit soiled and darkened, else very good in original..... More
[New York]: A. Colish, Inc., 1988. Edition limited to 1500 copies printed in Centaur and Narrow Bembo italic types on Strathmore paper, large 8vo, pp. [12], 52, [2]; 18 reproductions of 15th century woodcuts; printed in red and black throughout; original red decorative paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine;..... More
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1887. First edition, square 8vo, pp. 56; color illustrations throughout, decorative endpapers by the artist; original blue cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards by Crane, edges rather scuffed with boards occasionally exposed, textblock fine. Text based on W. J. Linton's manuscript "The Wisdom of Aesop." Osborne I...... More
Parma: Dalla Reale Stamperia, 1774. 4to, pp. vii, [1], 199; typographical ornamental border on title page, typographical ornaments throughout; contemporary and probably original vellum-backed pastepaper-covered boards, some wear at the edges, but very good and sound. An early Bodoni. Brooks 53. More
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1989. 8vo, pp. [8], 130, [6]; blue pictorial paper wrappers, fine. Inscribed by Agee on title page. "For Marie- Keep the heart bending, flexible, loving." More
Continental, Ohio: Centaur Press, September, 1959. Edition limited to 175 copies, bifolium, 12mo; fine. Plea from printer to "vote no" on a proposed amendment (concerning what is unclear). Press news printed on back. Not in OCLC. More