New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 254pp. Black cloth spine, gilt; red paper boards. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is fine as well. The Bob and Dolores Hope copy with an inscription on the front free endpaper signed by..... More
London: Frederick Muller, 1956. Illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman. First English edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman. Blue embossed paper over boards, gilt spine title. Pictorial endpapers. A fine, bright, as new copy. Colorful dustwrapper by Cuthbertson. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped. It has two small chips..... More
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Young Readers, 2016. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Red paper over boards, gilt spine title, upper board embossed in blind. A fine, as new copy in a fine, as new, unclipped dustwrapper. Surprisingly scarce in the first printing. Signed by the author on the title... More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Proof. Wraps. NY, Knopf, 1982. Uncorrected proof in wraps, together with a review slip, and a xeroxed copy of the proposed dustwrapper laid-in. Taped to the cover is a notice that the book has been chosen as a Literary Guild Alternate Selection, a decision made..... More
New York: Alfred A> Knopf, 1922. First edition in English. Hardcover. 8vo. 243pp. Green linen-textured cloth printed in yellow and red. Top edge red. Translated from the Danish by David Pritchard. A spectacular copy. As bright and shiny as the day it was first put on sale. The dustwrapper has..... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1928. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo., 238pp. Yellow cloth printed in red. Plain endpapers. Erosion of the glazed cloth in the outer hinge gutters and the bottom edge, else a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is price-clipped. It is rough along the edges..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1895. First English edition. Hardcover. First English edition. 12mo. Original brown cloth blocked in gray and black. Top edge gilt. 314pp. followed by a 6 page publisher's catalogue. Lacks ffep, cloth has a couple of small bubbles, else this is a very good to near fine..... More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984. Hardcover. Third printing. A fine copy in a fine unclipped dustwrapper. Inscribed by Clancy to Mike Holburn, and with another inscription to "Mike, Merry Christmas" More
New York: Margaret K. McElderry, 2013. Jacket design by Julie Dillon. Hardcover. First printing of this reissue, with a new "Note from the Author" and with a new jacket illustration by Julie Dillon. A fine copy in a fine jacket. Inscribed on the title page by the author "For Wendy"..... More
London: W. Clowes and Sons, (1852). Hardcover. First collected edition. 8vo. 22, 32, 37,38,61pp. Five full page plates. Contemporary cloth in a watered silk pattern. Black leather lettering label, gilt. This is the first collected edition of Corbaux's articles in the Journal of Sacred Literature, Vols. I, II, and..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark green cloth over beveled boards, titles in gilt on the spine and upper board. Light green swan and ship endpapers. With the publisher's catalogue in first state with only 'Micah Clarke' on p. 12 indicating a first issue binding..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1911. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, Spine and upper board titled in gilt, the latter with a vignette after the frontispiece. Cloth on the upper board with a few worn spots, else this is a very good copy. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Green..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1911. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, Spine and upper board titled in gilt, the latter with a vignette after the frontispiece. Cloth on the upper board with a few worn spots, spine sunned, else this is a very good copy. Bookplate on the front..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, (1912). First edition. Hardcover. Colonial Issue. 8vo. Red textured cloth, the spine titles in gilt,. and the upper board in white with a gilt vignetter of Professor Challenger. Spine very lightly sunned, white printing rubbed at edges, else this is a new fine copy. Bookplate on..... More
London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1889. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue cloth over beveled boards, gilt titles on the spine and upper board, swan and ship endpapers. Catalogue in rear dated January, 1889. Light wear to the edges and corners, light foxing to the first few pages, else this..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, (1912). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue textured cloth printed in gilt and black on the spine, and in black on the upper board. Spine lightly sunned else a very good copy. Bookplate on front pastedown. Green A38. More
LOndon: Cassell, 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt spine title, top edge gilt. 8pp of publisher's ads present in rear. Light wear to the edges and corners, former owner bookplate, else a very good copy. Only 2001 copies printed according to the bibliography. Green, A9. More
London: George Newnes, Limited, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo Dark blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine and upper board. A fine copy with only a trace of wear at edges and corners. Bookplate of former owner on front pastedown. With 'George Newnes Limited' at base of spine. Green..... More
Plaistow: Curwen Press, c. 1958. Keith Henderson. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. xxiv, 246pp. Illustrated by Keith Henderson. Decorated endpapers. Publisher's green buckram, spine gilt. Upper inner hinge partially cracked else a fine, bright copy. The dustwrapper is clipped at the bottom of the front flap else is fine as..... More
Berkeley: Equinox Press, 1949. Limited edition. Hardcover. Original vellum spine, gilt title; decorated paper boards. Finely printed on Tovil handmade paper. Deckled edges. The first book of the Equinox Press and Everson's first effort at printing. One of 100 copies, of which reportedly only 50 were bound and issued. A...... More
New York: Random House, (1964). Illustrated by Don Bolognbese. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Copyright date is 1964, but actually printed in 1967. Blue cloth, gilt spine title. Light wear and signs of age else a very good copy. Neat ownership name and date on the front paste down. The..... More
New York: HarperCollins, 2008. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. As new in similar unclipped dustwrapper. Illustrated by Dave McKean. First printing with full number line. Newbery Prize winner for 2008; in first state jacket without the sticker. And now the 2009 Hugo Award winner. Signed by the author and by..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1983. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Stated first edition. Green textured paper over boards, silver spine title. A fine copy with only a trace of wear at the edges. The dustwrapper is unclipped and shows the original price of $11.95. It is in..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1940. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. First state, with pp. 165 & 256 transposed. Yellow cloth printed in black. The cloth has a small spot on the upper cover; the endpapers are browned in the gitters from the binding adhesive else this is a near..... More
Chicago: The Chap-Book, 1896. First US edition. Wraps. 12mo. Original printed wraps. xx,(97)-144,xxi-xxx pp. Vol. VI., No. 3 of The Chap-Book which contains the first printed appearance in the United States of 'The Duke's Reappearance' and only its second appearance overall, having appeared the previous day in England in The..... More
