New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1995. Boards. SIGNED BY PATRICK O'BRIAN across the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 1995 stated 1st American edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Truly a collector's copy. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1978. Boards. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1978 stated 1st edition. Clean and VG+ (very light concaving along the spine) in a crisp, price-intact ($12.95), VG to VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing at the front flap-fold, light wear (a bit of chipping..... More
Harrisburg, PA: James. M. Place, Publisher, 1890. Decorative Cloth. A solid copy of the 1890 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its green cloth, with bright gilt-titling and design along the front panel. Tasteful former owner bookplate at the front pastedown, otherwise clean as could be internally. Dozens and dozens..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1966. Boards. A very sharp copy of the 1966 stated 3rd printing, in spite of some very neat note-taking (on the first 3 laws of thermodynamics) in pencil on the last several blank pages.. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($5.95), Near..... More
New York: Random House, 1943. Pictorial boards. A solid copy of the 1943 true 1st edition of the first published book by the great Roald Dahl. Tight and VG in its wonderful pictorial boards, with light scuffing to the panels, very light wear along the edges and tips, and mild..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1932. Maud and Miska Petersham. Pictorial boards. The 1932 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($2.00), VG dustjacket, with light chipping and creasing --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges, mild darkening to the spine..... More
Valley Forge, PA: The Judson Press, 1964. Cloth. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR NORMAN MARING on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1964 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with vey light creasing and wear along the spine crown and the..... More
State Board of Agriculture of South Carolina, 1883. Boards. The 1883 1st edition. Solid and VG in its chocolate-brown boards, with light spotting along the panels and former owner bookplate at the front pastedown. Thick quarto, large, colorful fold-out map (with several closed tears and light chipping) firmly bound-in opposite..... More
Westland, Michigan: The Land of Enchantment, 1983. Berni Wrightson. Boards. A very sharp copy of the 1983 1st trade edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with mild fading to the spine and just a touch of very light rubbing along the panels. Berni Wrightson's jarring illustrations..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1949. Cloth. A sharp, impressive copy of the January 1949 stated 4th American printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with mild darkening along the spine. Bright and very presentable. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Boards. A crisp, tight copy of the 1960 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ("$4.00"), VG+ dustjacket, with light fading to the lower half of the spine, light creasing at its crown and 2 very small pieces of clear tape..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Cloth. A solid, very serviceable copy of the 1935 1st edition (with both the Scribner seal and the letter 'A' on the copyright page). Tight and Near Fine (bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with fading..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. Cloth. A serviceable, perfectly presentable copy of the 1951 1st edition (with the Scribner seal AND the letter 'A' on the copyright page). Solid and VG (light soiling to the panels, light rubbing along the spine) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with chipping..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THOMAS WOLFE IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION (to John A. Bell) on the front free endpaper. A sharp, very well-preserved copy to boot of the 1935 correct 1st edition (with both the Scribner seal and the letter 'A' on the copyright page). Clean and..... More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1965. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY JAMES DICKEY TO POET DAVID KELLER (1880-1966) on the front free endpaper and also signed by David Keller next to Dickey's inscription. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1965 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (light offsetting at pgs..... More
New York: Random House, 1952. Pictorial boards. The 1952 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with several small closed tears --and light creasing-- along the panel edges and a bit of abrading at the foot of the spine. Still though, an appealing, presentable..... More
Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), 1946. Cloth. The 1946 second edition of this detailed study of the ships of the Esso (Standard Oil of New Jersey) fleet in World War II. Solid and VG+ in its blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling and design along the front panel and spine. One..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. Boards. A very sharp copy of the 1970 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. with just a touch of very lght creasing along the lower-edges and one or two tiny spots at the front panel. Attractive..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1998. Cloth. SIGNED BY TONI MORRISON, who contributed the Introduction to this first-rate collection of (mostly) street portraits by photographer Robert Bergman. A pristine copy to boot of the 1998 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Highly evocative and moving..... More
Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1989. Decorative Boards. A pristine copy of this handsome 1989 Stephen King signed/limited. One of 1,000 copies signed by Stephen King at the half-title, in this case a Presentation copy (so stated on the limitation page). Clean and Fine in its decorative boards, with immaculate..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. Boards. A tight, impressive copy of the 1953 correct 1st edition of Leon Uris's first published book. Clean and VG+ in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very mild fading along the spine and just a touch of light wear at the spine ends..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1979. Boards. INSCRIBED AND DATED BY STEPHEN KING on the front free endpaper. An all-but-immaculate copy to boot of the 1979 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Very impressive, truly a collector's copy. More
London: The Folio Society (The British Museum), 2008. Full leather. A lavish, limited, 2008 re-issue of both "Alice's Adventures Underground" and "The Original Alice". #1612 of 3,750 copies printed by the Folio Society, in conjunction with the British Museum. "Alice's Adventures Underground" has been photographically reproduced from the original manuscript..... More
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1937. E.H. Suydam. Pictorial boards. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR LYLE SAXON on the title page. A solid, serviceable copy to boot of this 1937 reprint. Tight and VG- to VG, with light spotting along the rear panel, rubbing at the spine and mild wear along..... More
