Norman, Oklahoma; New York: The University of Oklahoma Press; The MacMillan Company, 1959, 1961, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Each about 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xix, 463pp; x, 354pp; x, 610pp. Each volume first edition, first printing. Moderate wear to dust jackets, The Old-Time Cowhand price-clipped, with occasional small tear..... More
Austin, Texas: Michael Ambrose, 1985. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. 8" X 5 1/8". 48pp. Signed by Leonard Carpenter at table of contents and page 33, title page of his story "Endangered Species." Moderate wear to staplebound blue printed wraps, with hard bumping to head of spine and corner of text..... More
Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. 10 5/8" X 7". 127pp, plus postscript, author's note, and illustrator's note. Signed by M. T. Anderson at title page. "Signed by the Author" label to front panel of dust jacket. Mild edgewear to unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Black cloth over boards..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1921. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". 276pp. Ex-First Church Sabbath School Library of New Britain, with label to front pastedown and card and envelope to rear free endpaper. Green cloth over boards, with upper board lettered in gilt. Spine sunned and gilt rubbed..... More
London: Privately Printed, circa 1920. Leather bound. 8 1/4" X 5 3/4". viii, 468pp. This privately printed edition is undated, published circa 1920. Halfbound in crimson morocco, lined in gilt, with red linen over boards. Spine lettered in gilt with floral gilt compartment and gilt fleur-de-lis. Toning to endpapers. Binding..... More
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1876. George Cruikshank. New Edition. Hardcover. 6 5/8" X 4 1/4". xii, 252pp. Green cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Heavy edgewear and scattered rubbing to binding, with corners bumped and rubbed to boards. Head and tail of spine worn down, no losses..... More
New York: Greenberg, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/8". 140pp. Lacking dust jacket. Purple cloth over boards with Bernstein illustration stamped in yellow to upper board and spine lettered in yellow. Rather heavy wear to binding, with corners bumped and rubbed to boards, fraying and small tears..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1967. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 1/4". 94pp. Very mild wear to dust jacket, with small tear to top of spine. Light toning to rear of dust jacket. Green cloth over boards with black stamp to spine and front cover. Foxing to front..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1937. Hardcover. 6 3/4" X 5 3/8". 64pp. Pictorial paper over boards. Mild wear to binding, with hard bumping to extremities, mild dust soiling, and faint pencilled marks to rear. Binding is firm, sound, and tight. Tear to top corners of leaf containing pages 15..... More
New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 1/4" X 7 1/4". Unpaginated. Signed by Mahogany L. Browne at dedication page. A touch of shelfwear to dust jacket and binding, else fine. A very nice signed first printing of Mahogany L. Browne's powerful poem, with striking artwork by..... More
Portugal Cove, Newfoundland: ESP Press, 2001. Paperback. 8 1/8" X 8". 25pp. Signed by the author to half-title page. Glossy staplebound pictorial wraps show mild edge and cover wear. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and bright. A very nice signed copy of this children's book about inventor..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4". vi, [ii], 367pp, plus two leaves of ads. First printing, February 1910. Publisher's binding designed by Rome K. Richardson. Blue cloth over boards, with upper board and spine stamepd in gilt and burgundy. Moderate wear to..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1963. Weekly Reader Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 9" X 6 3/4". viii, 117pp. Yellow cloth over boards with red, green, and black lettering to spine and colorful, stamped illustration to front cover. Toning to covers and spine. Lean to spine as well as bumps..... More
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Utica, New York: Foster Bros. MFG. Co., 1913. Hardcover. 10" X 7 7/8". Unpaginated, 28 leaves, printed rectos only. Enclosed in original box as issued. Baby blue cloth over boards, with pictorial title label to upper board. Mild wear to binding, with a touch of light soiling and shelfwear to..... More
Ottawa, Ohio: Marguerite Calvin, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 232pp. Inscribed as "David" by illustrator to front free endpaper, with woodcut self-portrait. Stain to front panel of dust jacket, with open tear to bottom corner of front panel and small closed tear to bottom edge, along..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1872. Twenty-Sixth Thousand. Leather bound. Riviere & Son binding. 7 3/8" X 5 1/8". [vi], 224pp, plus 1pp ads and originally cloth covers and spine bound in at rear. Bound in full red morocco leather by Riviere & Son Bindery, with five raised bands to spine..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6". 274pp. Red faux-leather cloth over boards with decorative gilt to spine and front and rear covers. Light rubbing to covers and edges. All edge gilt to edges of text block. Bookplate laid in. Pages bright, clean, and unmarked..... More
Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1977. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 7". xxii, 152pp. Bound in genuine leather, with spine and covers stamped in gilt. Raised bands to spine. Very mild shelfwear to covers and edges. All edge gilt. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Unused Easton Press bookplate..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1986. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 9 3/8" X 6 1/8". xvi, 439pp. Bound in full deep green leather, with boards pictorially stamped in gilt. Three raised bands to spine, lettered and decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Patterned endpapers. Gold silk ribbon placemarker. Binding is..... More
Detroit: Wayne University Press, 1951. First Edition. Spiral bound wraps. 9" X 6 1/4". 178pp. Moderate wear to comb-bound wraps, with toning and sticker residue to upper wrap, slight chipping to paper aroud combs, creasing, light soiling, and edgewear. Binding is firm and sound. Bumping to top corner of text..... More
D. C. Heath and Company, A Division of Raytheon Education Co., 1968. First Thus. Paperback. 9" X 6". v, 55pp. Mild edgewear to pictorial dust jacket and plain paper wraps. Binding is sound. Foxing to top edge of text block and endpapers. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. A lovely..... More
Delray Beach, Florida: Gulfstream Graphics, 1985. Paperback. 8 3/8" X 5 1/2". 78pp. Inscribed by Leila C. Crutcher to front pastedown. Moderate edgewear and scattered rubbing to paper wraps, with spine backed in glossy cloth tape. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A presentable signed copy of these..... More
London: Ebury Press, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xi, 173pp, plus new, unopened, sealed CD. Inscribed by Felix Dennis to title page and dated 2013. Moderate shelfwear to pictorial dust jacket. Black cloth over boards, with upper board and spine stamped in silver. Moderate bumping to..... More
Culver City, California: Luther Norris, 1969. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. 8 3/8" X 5 3/8". [ii], 33pp. Edition limited to 300 copies, this being number 18. Mild edgewear to staplebound wraps, with sunning to spine and small nick to tail of spine. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked..... More
New York: The Literary Guild of America, 1931. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xv, 367pp. Lacking dust jacket. Orange cloth over boards, with upper board stamped with treasure chest in gilt and spine lettered in kind. Moderate edgewear to binding, with sunning to spine. Toning to endpapers featuring map..... More
