New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1968). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Publisher's blue printed paper over boards. Trace of sunning at the edges else this is a fine copy. Dustwrapper is price-clipped and is first state, without the Newbery Award sticker. It is lightly sunned at edges..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1968). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Publisher's blue printed paper over boards. A fine copy. Dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is first state, without the Newbery Award sticker. It is lightly toned, as usuaL, the spine a little darkened, else is near..... More
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. (43) leaves. Invicta parchment spine titled in silver; cream-colored paper over boards with engravings of light blue along a margin. Each page with marginal wood engravings colored by hand. A superb copy. Housed in the original matching slipcase. Allen Press..... More
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. (43) leaves. Invicta parchment spine titled in silver; cream-colored paper over boards with engravings of light blue along a margin. Each page with marginal wood engravings colored by hand. A trace of darkening to the spine but a fine copy..... More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xi(i),876,(iv)pp. Black cloth spine, dark gray paper over boards, both blocked in copper foil. A trace of sunning along the top and a touch of foxing on the top edge else a fine copy. The dust wrapper is not..... More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xi(i),876,(iv)pp. Black cloth spine, dark gray paper over boards, both blocked in copper foil. A fine copy without the usual sunning. The dust wrapper is not price-clipped and is also fine. Inscribed by the author in the title page..... More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xi(i),876,(iv)pp. Black cloth spine, dark gray paper over boards, both blocked in copper foil. A trace of sunning along the top board edge, and a touch of soil to the top and bottom text edges else this is a...... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xliii, (1), 131, (1) pp. White cloth intricately blocked in blue and gilt. Top edge gilt. Six colored plates by Anne Anderson. The text translated and with an introduction by Harold Child. A very good copy. Presentation inscription: "For..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World; Atheneum, 1966-1977. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. First U.S. edition, first printing, of the first title; true first editions, first printings of the remaining titles. "Over Sea, Under Stone" is fine and bright; the dustwrapper is price-clipped and has the tiniest bit of wear..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World; Atheneum, 1966-1977. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. First U.S. edition, first printing, of the first title; true first editions, first printings of the remaining titles. Although the author moved to the United States in 1963, the 1965 London edition of 'Over Sea, Under Stone'..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1975. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Publisher's printed cloth. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped. It is in fine condition with only a trace of wear along the edges. The Newbery Award sticker is present. Inscribed by the author on the half-title. More
New York: Atheneum, 1975. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Publisher's printed cloth. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped. It is in fine condition and is first state, without the Newbury Award sticker. Signed by Susan Cooper on the title page. More
New York: Atheneum, 1975. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Publisher's printed cloth. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is price-clipped but fine and bright. It is first state, without the Newbury sticker. Laid in is a publisher's four page pamphlet auto biography of Susan Cooper, which she has signed on her..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Textured paper over boards, gilt spine title A fine copy. The dustwrapper is clipped. It has a little wear along the edges, a short closed marginal tear along the top rear, and a trace of foxing on the rear panel, else..... More
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 140, cxviii pp. Illustrated, Index. Full vellum binding, black printed title on spine. The boards yawning a bit else a fine copy. Inscribed to the Dean of Windsor by the author. Cripps-Day (1855-1941) specialized in the study of medieval European arms and..... More
NY: Blue Ribbon Books, (1933). First edition. Fine. Glazed pictorial boards printed in color. Pictorial endpapers in color. Four fabulous and detailed double-page pop-up scenes, plus full and partial page black & white illustrations throughout. The boards are ever so lightly soiled else this is a fine copy with fine..... More
NY: Blue Ribbon Books, (1933). First edition. Hardcover. Glazed pictorial boards printed in color. Pictorial endpapers in color. Four fabulous and detailed double-page pop-up scenes, plus full and partial page black & white illustrations throughout. Aside from two tiny stains at the edges of the upper board, and a bit..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2015. Illustrated by Jessie King. Limited edition. Very good. Facsimle of the first Jessie King edition of 1903. 8vo. cvii,(1),379,(1). Publisher's light blueleather imitating the orignal light bue cloth, blocked on the spine and upper board with illustrations by King in black and gilt. Top..... More
London: Heorge G. Harrap & Co., 1917. Limited edition. Hardcover. Limited edition, No. 115 of 125 numbered copies, signed by Evelyn Paul. Small quarto. 120, [4] pp. With thirteen mounted color plates (included in pagination), and twenty-three pages of printed music. Copiously decorated with intertextual illustrations, initials, and borders throughout..... More
London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, large 8vo. ccxcv,(1), 321,)(1); 495,(1)pp. Half polished calf. Spines in six compartments, with raised bands, tooled in gilt and with black leather lettering labels,m gilt. Marbles boards, edges, and endpapers in a non-pareil pattern. Engraved frontispieces. Lengthy memoir by nephews..... More
London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1845. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (14), 152pp. Finely bound by BIrdsall of Northampton and London in full scarlet morocco. Spine in six compartments, gilt; gilt rules on the boards; gilt inner dentelles; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; original covers bound in at rear. Chromolithographed..... More
London: J. Bowyer, et al. 1718. First edition in English. Hardcover. 8vo. (ii),cxi,(xvii),401,(lv)pp. In a lovely contemporary binding of sprinkled calf. The spine is in six compartments, gilt, light brown lettering label, gilt, edges sprinkled red. The errata page is present in the rear. The List of Subscribers is present..... More
London: J. Bowyer, et al. 1718. First edition in English. Hardcover. 8vo. (ii),cxi,(xvii),401,(lv)pp. In a lovely contemporary binding of sprinkled panelled,calf. The spine is in six compartments, gilt, red morocco lettering label, gilt. The errata page is present in the rear. The List of Subscribers is present (including Isaac Newton)..... More
London: T. Cotes for William Cooke, 1638. First edition in English. Hardcover. 12mo. (134),327pp. Engraved frontispiece of Gildas by William Marshall. First edition in English, translated from the Latin by Thomas Habington. Early handwritten notes on the front blanks. Bookplate. Nicely bound in full brown morocco, spine in six compartments..... More
Londini: Typis Gulielmi Bulmer et Socii, 1806. Hardcover. 4to. xxxii,237,(6)pp. Engraved frontispiece, three full page engraved plates, and a large hand-colored folding map. Contemporary full calf binding; spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt, gilt title, gilt rules on the boards and gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. With the..... More
