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
London: The Folio Society, 2013. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 11". xiv, 188pp. Very mild sheld wear to covers, corners, and edges of decorative paper over boards. Blind stamp to front free endpaper. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Binding is sound. Slipcase is clean and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Sir..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1994. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. Franklin Library first edition. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". 241pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of green leather over baords. Three raised bands to spine with four gilt compartments..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2008. Hardcover. 9" X 6 1/2". Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of decorative cloth over boards. Very faint toning to top edge of textblock of The Rover. Blind stamps to half-title pages of Victory and The Rescues. Pages of all volumes are..... More
Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1982. Hardcover. 12 1/4" X 9". 126pp. Mild wear to red leather over boards with light rubbing to covers, and edges. Small area of spotting to bottom edge of gilt text block. Light foxing to endpapers. Slight musty smell to pages. Pages are free of marks..... More
Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1857. Hardcover. Translated from the German. 7 5/8" X 5 1/8". Bound in full red cloth over boards, with children and cherubs within a floral border stamped in bright gilt to upper board and in blind to rear, with figures and flowers stamped in gilt..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1990. First Edition. Leather_bound. This signed, limited, true first edition of Michael Crichton's iconic Jurassic Park was privately printed and exclusively signed for members of Franklin Library's Signed First Edition Society and features a sumptuous genuine leather binding, designed by Martha Phillips, across which..... More
London: Sunday School Union, [1882]. First Edition. Hardcover. This charming and uncommonly well-preserved 1882 publication of the Sunday School Union sought to teach children both natural history and moral education, by way of illuminating and illustrating the many positive characteristics displayed by the ant, "an insect which has attracted the..... More
Camden: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Leather_bound. 10 1/4" X 7 1/4". xxv, 352pp. Rubbing, bumps, and light scuffing to covers, corners, and edges of orange leather over boards. Boards are slightly warped. Three raised bands to spine. Gilt stamping at spine and front cover is rubbed and faded in some..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1991. First Edition. Leather_bound. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". 357pp. Mild shelf wear to covers and edges of black leather over boards. Gentle bumps to corners of boards. Three raised bands to spine with four gilt compartments. Light dust-spotting to all-edges gilt. Pages are clean..... More
Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1977. Leather_bound. Part of the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" Collector's Edition. 9 1/2" X 6 3/4". xi, 472pp. Bound in red decorative leather with spine and front cover stamped in gilt. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges. All edge gilt. Peach silk..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1992. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. Franklin Library first edition. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 454pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of gray leather over boards. Three raised bands to spine with four gilt compartments..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1994. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by the author in ink at front endpaper. Franklin Library first edition. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 307pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of brown leather over boards. Three raised bands to spine with four gilt compartments..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1980. First Edition. Leather_bound. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". 273pp. Bound in full blue leather over boards, with decorations stamped in gilt to boards and spine. Raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, corners, and edges of boards. Rubbing, dust-spotting, and heavy..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1994. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by Kirk Douglas in ink at front endpaper. Franklin LIbrary First Edition. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". 340pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of green leather over boards. Four raised bands to spine with five gilt..... More
Atlanta: The Franklin Printing and Publishing Co., 1899. Leather bound. 9 1/4" X 6". 172pp. Bound in full leather, with red and black title labels to spine lettered in gilt. Heavy wear to binding, with loss to tail of spine, heavy edgewear, chipping to title labels, soiling, corners turned in..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1989. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by Umberto Eco in ink at front endpaper. Franklin LIbrary First Edition. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". 641pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of black leather over boards. Gentle bumps to corners of boards. Three raised..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1897. Hardcover. This romantic 1897 collection of old English ballads will woo you with the timeless verse of the poets of 16th and 17th century England, from William Shakespeare to Michael Drayton, Ben Jonson to Thomas Campion. From its rose-strewn gilt-stamped green covers to the..... More
San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2023. Hardcover. Signed by the author in ink to bookplate and half-title page. Second Printing. 7 3/4" X 6 1/2". 249pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of decorative wood binding. Very light wear to all-edges gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is..... More
Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, 1884. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 6 1/2". 48pp. Wear to green cloth over boards with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Light rubbing to all-edge gilt. Faint foxing to endpapers. Two small tears to top edge of front endpaper. Inked inscription to..... More
New York: Dodd and Mead, 1868. Hardcover. 7" X 4 3/4". 164pp. Bound in decorative green cloth over boards with spine and front cover stamped in black and gilt. Wear to boards with rubbing and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Toning to edges of text block. Gift inscription dated..... More
Boston: Ginn & Company, The Athenaeum Press, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. In this 1902 tome, crawling with spiders both within (in the form of nearly 500 illustrations) and without (in the form of the decorative spiders parading up and down the cover and spine of this fantastic publisher's binding), the..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1982. Limited Edition. Leather_bound. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2". xxi, 659pp. Bound in full green leather over boards, with decorations stamped in gilt to boards and spine. Raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, corners, and edges of boards. Rubbing, dust-spotting, and..... More
Camden: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Leather_bound. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xxv, 272pp. Rather heavy wear to black leather over boards with rubbing, bumps, and scuffs to covers, corners, and edges. Hinges are cracked with leather missing and connective mesh visible. Boards are slightly warped. Three raised bands to spine..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1994. First Edition. Leather_bound. Signed by Carrie Fisher in ink at front endpaper. Franklin LIbrary First Edition. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". 260pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of green leather over boards. 1 1/2" line of rubbed color to front..... More
