Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1855. Decorative Cloth. The uncommon 1855 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its chocolate-brown boards, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and decorative blindstamping bordering the panels. Very light chipping at the spine crown, mild streaking and spotting to the panels..... More
Hartford, CT: Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1889. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1889 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its blue cloth, with a bright red star adorning the front panel and crisp gilt-titling along the spine. Internally, clean as could be, with no writing or markings..... More
New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1875. Decorative Cloth. An unusually clean, crisp copy of the 1875 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling and design along the front panel and spine. Octavo, 227 pgs. More
New York: Huntington Press, 1930. Suede. A handsome copy of the 1930 1st thus, published out of New York by Huntington Press and limited to 999 copies. Clean and Near Fine in its olive-green suede, with red leather spine label -- and its immaculate gilt-titling within. 12mo, deckled fore and..... More
New York: William H. Colyer, 1847. Decorative Cloth. The 1847 1st edition, IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL CHOCOLATE-BROWN CLOTH. Solid and VG- to VG, with light wear along the outer hinges, mild chipping at the spine ends (especially the spine crown) and light soiling and dusting to the panels, which also..... More
Boston: Printed by Carl H. Heintzemann, 1891. Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1891 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Very light wear at the spine ends and a touch of light scuffing to the rear panel..... More
Leipzig: Verlagsbuchhandlung von J.J. Weber, 1843. The 1843 1st edition, including all 49 hand-colored plates (as called for) and their original tissue-guards. The plates are uniformly crisp and clean and lovely. In the publisher's original light-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling and decoration along the spine. Light staining and a bit..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931. Boards. A handsome copy of the 1931 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its 1/4 dark cloth over red boards. Very slight bowing to the front panel, otherwise clean as could be. 12mo, 117 pgs. plus Notes and Bibliography. More
Washington, D.C. Navy Department/Naval History Division, 1959-1981. Boards. An impressive example of the complete 8 volume set, spanning 1959-1981. All 8 volumes 1st editions and all clean and Near Fine in their pebbled, scarlet-red boards. All have immaculate gilt-titling along the front panels and spines as well. Uniform quartos, an..... More
Philadelphia: Self-published, 1914. Cloth. The uncommon 1914 1st edition, #102 of only "300 copies privately printed". Solid and VG in its light-green cloth, with signs of plate-removal to the front pastedown and light scratching at the rear panel. Thick octavo, light, neat pencil at a number of the margins (denoting..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. Edward Kemble. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of the correct 1885 1st edition, 1st issue, with the major agreed-upon issue points all present. These include: 1) Table visible underneath bust of Twain; 2) Heliotype Printing Co. imprint; 3) Heading on Pg. 9..... More
Stamford, CT: The Overbrook Press, 1944. Decorative Boards. A very sharp copy of the 1944 1st edition, limited to 400 copies. (This copy, printed on W & A rag paper, is specifically limited to 150 copies within the larger limitation of 400 copies). Clean and Near Fine in its 1/4..... More
Paris: Chez N. Pepingve (Avec Privilege du Roi), 1669. Full leather. The 1669 1st French edition --and 1st published edition-- of Gioachino Greco's seminal "Le Jeu des Eschets". Greco (c. 1600 - c. 1634) was the strongest player in Europe in the early 17th century and among the first to..... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1834. George Cruikshank. Boards. The 1834 1st edition of this renowned study of Egyptian Mummies, with 13 full-page plates complementing Pettigrew's text. Solid and Good+ to VG- in its original light-brown boards, with a professionally linen-rebacked spine and with light, forgiveable creases..... More
Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, 1941. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1941 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (very light soiling at the endsheets and pastedowns) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of very light chipping along the panel edges. Octavo, a number of crisp black-and-white..... More
New York: Pocket Books (Simon and Schuster), 2004. Boards. An immaculate copy of the 2004 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, dozens and dozens of crisp black-and-white (and a number of color) photos throughout. More
Blacksburg, Virginia: Pocahontas Press, 2005. Cloth. A WARM, FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION FROM JIMMY VALIANT on the front free endpaper. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 2005 stated 1st printing. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with one tiny crease at the spine. Thick octavo, a number of..... More
Baltimore: Positive Publications, 2000. Boards. A handsome copy of the 2000 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo, crisp color and black-and-white photos complementing the text, which was co-written by Larry "Smokey" Genta. More
Tralee, Ireland: The Kerryman Ltd., 1944. Boards. The 1944 1st edition of this "History of 'The Nation' Newspaper, the Young Ireland Movement and the '48 Rising". Solid and VG (former owner blindstamp at the title page, mild browning to the pages) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping..... More
France: Wildwood Serigraph (Alexander Wood), 2008. R. Crumb. Serigraph. 100 SIGNED COPIES --ISSUED IN 2008-- OF R. CRUMB'S SERIGRAPH EDITION PORTRAIT OF JANIS JOPLIN. This copy specifically is #30 of the 100 issued. There are additionally "12 Artist Proofs and 3 Printer proofs, all numbered, dated and signed by Crumb..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. James Flora. Boards. WARMLY --LENGTHILY-- INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR JAMES FLORA on the half-title's verso. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1955 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($2.75), Near Fine dustjacket, with several tiny..... More
Paris and New York: Editions des Chroniques du Jour/E. Weyhe, 1930. Pictorial wrappers. Lovely 1930 study of Henri Matisse by the English painter and critic (and member of the Bloomsbury Circle) Roger Fry. Clean and Near Fine in its light-green pictorial wrappers. And in a crisp, VG+ example of the..... More
1990. Painting. Wonderful 1990 Jack Micheline portrait (acrylic on paper) of his good friend Jack Kerouac. Titled "Kerouac 1947", Micheline portrarys Kerouac here as a football player from his days at Horace Mann or Columbia. The painting has bright hues --red, green, pink and black-- and in it Micheline has..... More
Paris: Aux Editions du Seuil, 1956. Cloth. A sharp, exceptionally well-preserved example of the 1956 1st edition, published out of Paris by Aux Editions du Seuil. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, easily Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, Klein's powerful, often-blurred, atmospheric photographs thruout. Also includes a clean copy of..... More
Stamford, CT: The Overbrook Press, 1942. Cloth. A very sharp example of the 1942 1st edition, limited to 250 copies. Complete in its 2 volumes and the publisher's printed slipcase (but lacking the glassine dustjackets). Both volumes tight and Fine and internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of any..... More
