London: E. Nister, circa 1908. Hardcover. This pocket-size companion unites each day of the year with a quote from the Bard, collecting the birthdays of the cast of characters in your life, with the fun of applying a Shakespearean quote to their lives. This copy is undated but bears a...... More
New York: A. R. Hart & Co., 1886. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5 3/8". 435pp. By "An Officer of the Union Army," the authorship of this title is uncertain and has been attributed to John McElroy, Senator John Logan, and members of the Logan family. Brown-red cloth over boards, with..... More
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/2" X 4 1/2". viii, 248pp. Brown cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Page edges speckled. Mild edgewear to binding, wtih corners bumped and very light scattered rubbing. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper, with pencilled bookseller notes..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 631pp. Wear to unclipped dust jacket with creasing, chipping, and tears to edges as well as toning and a couple small, open tears to covers. 3" closed tear to front cover of jacket. Jacket is..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2012. Hardcover. 9" X 6". xiii, 254pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of decorative cloth over boards. Spots of faint toning to edges of text block. Blind stamp to half-title page. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A hilarious..... More
New York: New American Library, 1972. Paperback. 7" X 4". xxv, 492pp. Rubbing, toning, and shelf wear to pictorial paper flaps. Creasing to spine. Ink mark to page xv, pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. An illustrated page has been partially torn out between pages 248 and 249; however all..... More
![Bayntun Bindings] The Novels of Jane Austen, Complete in Six Volumes: Sense and Sensibility,...](/pictures/thumb/7725_1.JPG?v=1618627446)
London; New York: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; E. P. Dutton & Co., 1922. Leather_bound. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a hundred-year-old, leatherbound, color illustrated, complete set of the novels of Jane Austen is exceeded in romance only, perhaps, by a single man in possession of a...... More
San Diego: Canterbury Classics, 2019. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiv, 1210pp. Very mild wear to covers and edges of decorative over boards. Corners are gently bumped. All-gilt edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. Pink silk bookmark sewn in. Includes: Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Mansfield..... More
![The History of the English Novel [10 Volumes]. Ernest A. Baker](/pictures/thumb/7354.jpg?v=1614907751)
New York: Barnes and Noble, Inc., 1964. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Ten Volume Set. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2". Mild shelf wear to green cloth over boards with sunning and toning to spines and gentle bumps to some corners and edges. Light dust-spotting to top edges of text blocks, and spots of..... More
![Collected Essays; Early Novels and Stories [Two Volumes by James Baldwin]. James Baldwin](/pictures/thumb/7870.jpg?v=1619742563)
New York: The Library of America, 1998. Hardcover. 8" X 5 1/4". 869pp.; 970pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of green cloth over boards. Very faint dust-spotting to top edge of text block of Collected Essays. Blind stamps to front flyleafs of both volumes. Pages are..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2000. Collector's Edition. Leather_bound. 9 1/4" X 6 1/8". 303pp. Easton Press Collector's Notes laid in. Bound in full blue-gray leather with boards and spine stamped in 22kt gilt, all edges gilt, with golden silk moire endpapers and matching silk ribbon placemarker. Very faint rubbing..... 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
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1886. Hardcover. 6 1/4" X 4 3/8". 335pp. Signed publisher's binding by Amy Richards. Green cloth over boards with thistle stamped in dark green and silver to upper board and spine with silver title banner to upper board. Moderate edgewear and scattered rubbing to..... More
New York: G. W. Dillingham Company, 1914. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4". 303pp. Mild toning and soiling to red cloth over boards. Spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Slight lean to spine. Age yellowing to pages and edges of text block. Ink marks to front free end paper..... More
New York: Lovell, Coryell & Company, N.D. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5 1/8". 270pp. Blue cloth over bevelled boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Moderate edgewear, scattered rubbing, and bumping to corners, with heavy rubbing and mild soiling to rear. Front hinge tender. Toning to endpapers. Bookplate of The Pacific..... More
Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co, Inc., 1908. Second printing. Hardcover. Published anonymously, The Last Egyptian is an adult adventure novel penned by Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum, inspired by the works of H. Rider Haggard and directed and starring J. Farrell MacDonald. This is a very presentable early..... More
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 5/8" X 5 1/8". 421pp. Teal cloth over boards, with upper board lettered in blind, along with small Japanese dragon figure, and spine in silver. Moderate wear to binding, with rubbing to extremities. Metaphysical Library and Book Shop of San..... 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: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1898. Hardcover. 7 5/8" X 5 1/8". vi, 512pp, plus three leaves of ads. Tan cloth over boards, with arcadian scene stamped in dark greens and gilt to upper board with lettering in black, and spine lettered in gilt. Moderate wear to binding, with..... More
London: The Trianon Press for The William Blake Trust, 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8 5/8" X 5 3/8". Unpaginated. Number 899 of 800 copies for American trade distribution out of a total edition limited to 1626. Heavy rubbing to matching slipcase, brown paper over boards with flaking orange leather at..... More
London: Harper Collins, 2019. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 362pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. White cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: James Lionel Falconer has risen quickly..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". 243pp. Pictorial dust jacket is price-clipped and shows edgewear, including small open tears and chipping to edges and extremities, scattered rubbing, moderate dust soiling, and cover wear. Red cloth over boards stamped in yellow. Bookseller's notations inked..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 8" X 5 7/8". vi, 295pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket, with small open tears to corners, mild chipping to head and tail of spine, no losses, dampstaining to all of..... More
Walden: Waldenhouse Publishers, Inc., 2008. Hardcover. 11 1/4" X 8 3/4". Unpaginated. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Poetic allegory illustrated by 130 full color original paintings. Six unrelated events lead..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2007. Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. 9" X 5 3/4". 421pp. Patterned paper over boards, featuring a design by Simon Brett, with spine backed in dark blue cloth and lettered in gilt. Mild shelfwear to binding and slight lean to spine. Mild shelfwear to publisher's matching blue paper..... More
