Boylston, MA: Monogram Aviation Publications, 1985. 1st. Hardcover. A crisp, bright copy of the 1985 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Fine pictorial dustjacket. Tall quarto, 128 pgs. More
New York: Student Guide Publishing Company, 1928. Original Wraps. First Thus. Winter issue, 1928. Bright and VG in its stapled, pictorial wrappers. Octavo, 60 pgs. More
The Friends of Photography, Carmel, CA, 1981. 1st. Hardcover. A beautiful copy of the 1981 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Near Fine, price-intact dustjacket. Quarto, 192 pgs. The first major monograph on Roy DeCarava. Crisp black-and-white reproductions. More
New York: The Winthrop Press, 1902. Decorative Cloth. A solid copy of the 1902 1st edition. Tight and VG in its lavishly gilt-decorated off-white cloth. Light soiling to the panels and along the spine, rear inner hinge tender (but still sturdy). Still though firm and very presentable. Quarto, dozens and..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1978. Pictorial wrappers. A clean, bright copy of the 1978 1st edition, in its pictorial wrappers. Crisp and VG+ to Near Fine, with wonderful black-and-white photos and hand-drawn illustrations throughout. Octavo, typesetting by Graham Mackintosh (of future "Black Sparrow Press" renown), printing by the formidable..... More
London: Bernard Quaritch, Ld. 1938. Cloth. A bright, handsome copy of the 1938 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (light, small tape-ghosts at the endsheets) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with a touch of gentle darkening to the spine ends and very mild abrading along the rear panel. From the dustjacket's..... More
Dublin: M.H. Gill & Son, 1934. Cloth. The 1934 1st thus, the 1st illustrated edition. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE BOOK'S EDITOR, SEUMAS MACMANUS, on the front free endpaper. A solid copy, in its uncommon pictorial dustjacket to boot. Tight and VG (mild spotting and blotching along the panels) in a...... More
London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Cloth. The 1931 true 1st edition, with BOTH the letter 'A' and the Scribner colophon at the title page. A presentable copy to boot in its pictorial dustjacket. Solid and VG (ink name at the front free endpaper, light offsetting to the endsheets) in a...... More
London: Sands and Company, 1937. Cloth. A handsome copy --in its uncommon dustjacket-- of the 1937 1st English language edition, translated from the original Italian of Fra Tommasini by J.F. Scanlan. Tight and VG+ in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light soiling along the panel and one tiny closed..... More
Dublin: Maunsel & Co., Ltd., 1919. Wrappers. A crisp, presentable copy of the 1919 1st edition, authored pseudonymously by Irish playwright Sean O'Casey (1880-1964). Solid and VG to VG+ in its original stapled wrappers, with just a touch of wear at the foot of the spine. 12mo, 72 pgs. (From..... More
New York: The Stone Street Press, 1986. Wrappers. A lovely copy of this 1986 fine press poetry offering. #428 OF 495 COPIES OF THIS STATED 1ST EDITION SIGNED BY MALACHI MCCOURT, who translated, designed and illustrated this volume. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its hand-sewn beige wrappers. More
New York: The Stone Street Press, 1984. Malachi McCourt. Wrappers. A lovely copy of this 1984 fine press poetry offering. SIGNED BY MALACHI MCCOURT, who translated, designed and illustrated this volume. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its light-green hand-sewn wrappers. More
St. Louis, MO: Nixon-Jones Printing Co., 1892. The scarce 1892 2nd edition, uncommon even as such. Tight and VG+ in its wine-red cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine, and decorative blindstamped bordering to the panels. Very light scuffing and spotting, a touch of minor creasing at..... More
New York: Desmond Fitzgerald, Inc., 1911. John Innes. Pictorial cloth. A lovely copy of the 1911 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial emerald-green cloth, with mounted illustration (by John Innes) adorning the front panel. Very clean interanally. Front inner-hinge a bit tender but still perfectly sturdy. 16mo..... More
New York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1892. Boards. The 1892 1st American edition. Tight and VG, with light offsetting at the endsheets and mild darkening along the front panel's lower fore-edge. 12mo, top-edge gilt, deckled fore and bottom-edges. Lovely collection-in-verse of Irish love songs. Part of the "Cameo" series. More
Boston: Thomas J. Flynn and Company, 1919. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. REV. MICHAEL P. MAHON, on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the uncommon 1919 1st edition. This copy gently ex-libris, with mild signs of having once belonged to an institution (somewhat faint serial number..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1882. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1882 1st edition. Crisp, tight and Near Fine in its chocolate-brown cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Internally clean as could be, with no writing or markings of any kind. 12mo, 134 pgs. plus Index..... More
New Yortk: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Cloth. An unusually clean, well-preserved copy of the 1929 1st edition, 2nd issue (with the "disclaimer" page present and lacking the letter 'A" on the copyright page). Both gold title-labels (one to the front panel, the other along the spine) are complete and very..... More
Lancaster, PA: Charles F. Miller, 1995. Cloth. A pristine copy of the 1995 signed/limited and true 1st edition. #284 OF 500 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY JACK VANCE at the limitation. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Also includes an all-but-immaculate copy of the publisher's unprinted blue-cloth slipcase..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1976. Boards. A very sharp copy of the 1976 stated 1st edition of James Patterson's Edgar Award-winning first published book. Tight and VG+ (light creasing at the panels) in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of mild creasing along the spine..... More
Sweetwater, Tenn: 101st Airborne Division Association, 1989. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1989 re-issue (of the 1958 1st edition). Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Foreword by Cardinal Spellman (Archbishop of New York) and Introduction by Thomas F. Hickey (Lieutenant General, U.S. Army). More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1902. Full leather. A lovely copy of the 1902 1st edition, bound in a contemporary-to-the-period, sumptuous full-leather by the Morrell Bindery of London. Solid and VG to VG+, with a level of foxing throughout the text and light offsetting to the rear panel's edges. Intricate, full..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. W. Hamilton Gibson. Cloth. The 1895 1st edition of this impressive late 19th century guide to mushrooms and edible toadstools. Solid and VG to VG+ in its light-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and rubbed titling at the spine. Very mild..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1939. 1st. Cloth. One of the great photographic tributes to New York-- and one of the permanent artistic achievements of the WPA. The 1939 stated 1st edtion of this Berenice Abbott triumph. A solid working copy. G+ to VG- in its original blue cloth..... More
London: The Bodley Head, 1964. Boards. A bright, presentable copy of the 1964 true 1st edition of William Trevor's 2nd published book (following his 1958 "A Standard of Behaviour"). Solid and VG+ (light spotting and soiling along the edges) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with one smal closed tear..... More
