London: Edward Churton, 1834. First English edition thus. Large folio (21 inches tall), pp. 94, illsutrated with 15 (of 16 engraved portraits). Bound in contemporary 3/4 leather and paper boards with leather label. Some minor foxing, the front blanks had been folded and show creases. but a very good copy..... More
[London: Printed for William Adams], 1720. 12mo, pp. xviii, 200, lvi, 24. Bound in rubbed contemporary calf,some toned, frontis portrait of Montrose. A good copy. This was a present to an unknown recipient by Emily Dickinson editor and abolitionist T. W. Higginson: "From his friend T. W. Higginson, New Years..... More
Boston: Cummings & Hillard, [1815]. Large 8vo, early marble paper wrappers, 8 maps, double page, some outline type coloring. Title page likely to be on original wrappers only, which is lacking in this copy, and wrappers are worn, some staining, and aging, early owner's signature(1815) with holograph list of the..... More
Philadelphia: Moses Thomas, 1818. First Unabridged American edition from the 11th London edition. 4to, 2 large volumes, unpaginated. Bound in full calf, elaborately stamped in gilt (worn at the extremities of the spine, weak on the hinges. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Johnson in volume 1. AEG, With an ownership signature..... More
London: Basil Montague Pickering, 1878. First Edition, thus. Two volumes. 8vo, pp. [xxvi], 214; [xiv], 245. Illustrated with portraits in each volume and three other illustrations. Bound in publisher's cloth, stamped in gilt. Some modest wear, but a very good tight clean copy. This is actually the revised and expanded..... More
Amsterdam: Vlem, 1772. First Edition. 12mo, bound in little worn contemporary calf. Bound with an engraved frontispiece and 22 double-page maps and 2 double-page plates, hand-colored. Included is a map of the world and another of America. A very nice clean copy. See Phillips 307 (1776 edition). This is a...... More
Saxonville, MA]: Picture Studio Book, (1987). Eric Carle. First Edition. 4to, Fine in dj. Illustrated throughout in color by Eric Carle. Inscribed by Carle: " For ... with best wishes ..." Above the inscription, Carle as added a pen and ink drawing of a fish. More
[NY]: Viking, (1993). Rachel Isadora. First Edition. 4to, pp. 30. Fine in dj. Inscribed by the author: "For ..., 8/6/94" More
[NY]: Viking, (1992). Richard Brown. First Edition. oblong 8vo, pp. 31. Fine in dj. Inscribed by the author: "For ..., with thanks, and the hope that you enjoy the "view" ... 10/30/92" More
Boston: David R. Godine, (1990). Jacques Hnizdovsky. First Trade Edition. 4to, A fine copy in dj. Inscribed by the author. : "For |... | with my best wishes | ... | Pittsfield | 16 July 1992" William Jay Smith was born in Winnfield, Louisiana. He was brought up at Jefferson..... More
NY: Knopf, (1996). First Edition. Inscribed by the Caldecott medalist on the verso of the front free endpaper: "For |...| the people's choice | bookseller! | ... July 1996" Picture book about a little girl who lives next to women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton and helps her as she..... More
[NY]: HarperCollins, (1975). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 168. A fine copy in dj. More
[NY]: HarperCollins, (1975). Haru Wells. First edition, 7th printing. 8vo, pp. 179. A fine copy in dj. Inscribed by the author: "For ... Katherine Peterson | 8/8/91" More
NY: Lodestar Books | E.P. Dutton, (1988). First edition, 4th printing. 8vo, pp. 148. A fine copy in dj. Inscribed by the author: "For ... Katherine Peterson | 9/10/94. More
[NY]: HarperCollins, (1978). First edition. 8vo, pp. 148. A fine copy in dj. Inscribed by the author: "For ... Thanks for everything -| Katherine Peterson | 8/8/91" More
London: Pelham Richardson, 1847. First Edition. Large 4o, pp. 118 + plates; plates only. Bound in red buckram (some soiled), hinges reinforced with tape. end paper loose in vole one, but a very good set with very little foxing on the plates. More
Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott, 1925. First edition. 4to, pp. 379. Bound in little rubbed publisher's cloth, stamped in gilt. A very good copy. More
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1990). Barry Moser. First Edition. 4to, A fine copy in. Inscribed by the author: "For ... - who keeps the stories alive! Jane Yolen '91" and the illustrator: "For ... Barry Moser" More
NY: Harcourt Brace, (1986). John Wallner. First Edition. Oblong 4to, Illustrated throughout. Front end paper adhering to the title page, o/w a near fine copy in dj. Inscribed by the author: "For ... and all the seasons ahead ... 1986" More
NY: Internationla Universities Press, (1962). 14th printing. 8vo, pp. 196. A very good copy in dj. Inscribed in German by Freud's niece, signed "Annchen" Gelubter Harold ..." More
London, Paris, NY: [privately printed by H. L. Williams], 1868. First Edition, 2nd issue (with the facsimile of Dickens' letter of 21st October 1867 on verso of Dedication leaf). 8vo, pp. 141. Half title, portrait frontispiece, facsimilie of an original note by Charles Dickens, accepting the author's dedication of this..... More
This was reissued as a broadside (np,ca 1979). Claire was editor of the literary magazine "Voyages." In this version Meredith changes the word "lonesome" in line two to "lonely" and later adds a three line stanza that is not in the printed version. from Wikipedia: William Morris Meredith, Jr. (1919..... More
Boston: Curtis Davis, ca 1880-84. Six chromolithographed cards (3 x 4-1/2 in). All are in very good condition. Five of the cards have letterpress advertising on the verso. The scarcest of the Gilman cards. Kevin MacDonnell notes: "To produce this set of cards, she drew upon keen knowledge of the..... More
NY: Norton, (1996). First American edition. 8vo, pp. 262. Pages little toned, a near fine copy in illustrated dj. A volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series. More
