London: The Dean and Chapter of Westminster and Robert Nicholson, 1965. Edition limited to 900 copies numbered and signed by Eric S. Abbott, the Dean of Westminster (this, no. 24); tall 4to, unpaginated, illustrated in color and black & white, folding diagram; Christmas gift inscription on front free endpaper, a.... More
[Menlo Park, CA]: Whole Earth Catalog, January, 1971. Folio, pp. 46; black and white photographic illustrations throughout, text printed in triple columns; original printed staplebound self-wrappers; previous fold, uniformly toned, previous owner's unobtrusive ink mark on upper cover, else very good. Includes a photographically illustrated interview with Ken Kesey, reprinted... More
[Dublin]: The Salvage Press, 2013. Edition limited to 120 copies, this copy is an artist's proof, marked "handling copy." Folio, pp. [35]; title page printed in green and black; wood types printed in a variety of colors; quarter bound in orange cloth over boards; fine in publisher's slipcase. A typographic... More
London: Printed for the Oriental Translation Fund [and] sold by J. Murray, 1829. First edition, tall 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 69, [3]; 9 lithograph plates, 7 hand-colored; original olive green cloth boards, neatly rebacked in matching morocco, gilt lettering direct on spine; a few spots on the back cover and... More
New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919. First edition, 12mo, pp. xiii, [1], 157; frontispiece; original blue cloth gilt; spine faded, else near fine. Originally published in "The Stars and Stripes," the official newspaper of the American Expeditionary Forces. More
![The comic history of England [together with] The comic history of Rome. Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett.](/pictures/thumb/36098_1.jpg?v=1520977782)
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. [n.d.] (circa late 1800's). 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. 320; 304; 308; 30 hand-colored etchings and numerous woodcuts by John Leech, full contemporary polished tree calf by Mansell, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate on front pastedowns, some light toning, hinges weak, spine ends chipped, 'Rome' binding... More
London: Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1877. 8vo, pp. viii, 254, 21, 29, [10]; dark plum cloth, gilt-lettered spine; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, spine ends chipped, corners a bit bumped and worn, interior mostly fine. More
[New York]: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1931. Edition limited to 250 copies, none of which were for sale; 12mo, pp. [8], 155; title page with press device printed in blue; very good in original blue morocco-backed blue cloth-covered boards, gilt title on spine, light wear to spine ends and... More
[Madison]: Univ. of Wisconsin Press, [1982]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 241, [3]; frontispiece portrait; previous inscription (possibly from the author), else fine in dust-jacket. Complete biography of this friend of Samuel Johnson, poet, journalist, biographer, and editor of voyages. More
![[Title in Arabic.] The Kasidah (couplets) of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi: a lay of the higher law. Translated and annotated by his friend and pupil, F[rancis] B[urton]. Haji Abdu El-Yezdi.](/pictures/thumb/30226_001.jpg?v=1497909417)
London: privately printed, [1880]. First edition, first issue; 4to, pp. [4], 33; original yellow printed wrappers bound in; contemporary olive buckram lettered in gilt on upper cover; extremities browned, mild red ink transfer on the upper wrap, a number of erudite pencil annotations; very good copy. Penzer, noting that the... More
Keswick: G.P. Abraham, 1923. 8vo, pp. 52; portrait frontispiece of William Wordsworth, 28 additional monogravure plates; contemporary full black morocco, gilt-stamped decorative covers, gilt-lettered spine in 6 compartments, raised bands; front cover badly rubbed, general shelf wear along edges and corners, interior near fine. More
Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, 1988. Sixth edition, 8vo, pp. x, 301; original cream printed wrappers, light wear, else very good. More
Torino: Giulio Einaudi, 1966. Fourth edition; 12mo, pp. 179, [8]; original white printed wrappers (faint soiling), minor shelf wear, interior fine. Inscribed by the translator (?) in Russian. OCLC locates 6 copies, all in Italy. More
London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1964. First edition, 8vo., frontis., jacket clipped and slightly rubbed, else fine. More
Covelo: Yolla Bolly Press, [1983]. Edition limited to 285 copies, this being copy 19 of the regular edition signed by Garth Jeffers; 8vo, illustrated with family photographs; original invoice laid in; fine in orig. glassine. 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
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1925. First edition ltd. to 485 copies, 8vo, pp. [10], 71, [3]; etched portrait frontispiece of Conrad by Muirhead Bone; glassine jacket is chipped, else fine in orig. cloth-backed marbled boards, paper label on spine and publisher's slipcase. Two pieces concerning Conrad. Designed by Bruce... More
New York: Macy-Masius, 1926. First edition, 8vo, pp. 223, [1]; fine copy in a near fine jacket. Contains selections of a number of important poets of the day, including Dorothy Parker, Christopher Morley, Witter Bynner, Countee Cullen, and Gelett Burgess. A sequel, The Second Conning Tower Book was published the following year. 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
Boston: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the Merrymount Press, 1942. Edition limited to 1500 copies signed by the illustrator Samuel Chamberlain; thick 4to, pp. xvii, [1], 485; 12 etchings w/tissue guard; partially unopened, spine darkened, else very good or better in original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine. LEC Bibliography 133. 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 II, 1101. More
London: J. & R. Tonson, 1766. 3 vols., pp. xlvi, [2], 285; iii, [1], 334; 332, [4] ads; uniformly bound with: Addison, The Free-holder. Or Political Essays, London: Tonson, 1761, pp. [8], 316, [10] index; together 4 vols, 12mo, contemporary full calf, red and black morocco labels on gilt-decorated spines... 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
