New York: Topping Brothers, 1896. Cloth. First Edition. A solid copy of this wonderful 1896 illustrated catalogue of "heavy hardware and ship chandlery". Firm and VG, with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel. Light scuffing at the panels, otherwise very clean, with no writing or markings of any kind internally..... More
Whitstable, England: Ridouts Limited, 1938. 1st. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the second blank endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1938 1st edition. VG in its light-blue boards, with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel. Very light soiling at the panels, otherwise well-presevered and clean. 12mo, 94..... More
Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1995. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY DAVID OWEN on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1995 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of fading along the spine. Thick octavo, 421 pgs. Signed by..... More
Princeton University Press, 1947. 1st. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1947 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and panel tips. Octavo, 308 pgs. More
Salem, Mass. The Salem Press Co., 1912. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1912 1st edition. Solid and VG in its pictorial cloth, with bright gilt-lettering to the front panel and spine. Very light scuffing at the spine, light wear along its crown. Neat, small former owner inscription..... More
Paris: ARTE, 1967. 1st. Cloth. A handsome copy of this wonderful 1967 catalogue of the toy boat collection of the author Jacques Milet. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG dustjacket, with several small closed tears --and light creasing-- along the panel edges. Oblong quarto, 95 pgs., hundreds of..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1961. 1st. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1961 1st edition. VG (with light foxing at the endpapers and pastedowns) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with a bit of foxing at the jacket flaps. Octavo, 320 pgs. More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1944. 1st. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1944 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping and creasing --and several small closed tears-- at the panel edges. Oblong quarto, 376 pgs., crisp black-and-white photos thruout. More
