A SMALL COLLECTION OF MAUCHLINE BINDINGS
Various Places: Various Publishers This small collection of Mauchline bindings included: 1. "The Poetical Works and Letters of Robert Burns", Gall and Inglis, Edinburgh, n.d., , leather back strip with red labels, gilt, wodden covers with "Scene on the Doon", gilt Gauffered edges, with 8 steel engravings, octavo, 642pp.; 2. "The Poetical Works of Robert Burns", David Bryce, Glasgow, n.d., edges stained red, wood covers with cameo of Burns front cover, 3 1/2" x 2 1/2", 513pp.; 3. "The Story of Rob Roy", David Bryce, Glaasgow, n.d., all edges red, rebacked with black leather and titles in gilt, new endpapers, illustrated, 3 1/2" x 2 1/2", 127pp.; 4. small etui (needle packet", faded red silk lining with needle pockets, wood covers with red leather spine, labeled "Peeping Tom Street Life in Glasgow, 2 1/2" x 1 3/4"; 5. diary with brass clasp and Mauchline fern pattern on covers, first few pages with listings in ink regarding military activity from 1914 to 1917, wounded in France in September 1917. A very nice collection of Mauchline binding styles and sizes. See photos please. . Various Editions. Mauchline. Minor Wear Only/No Dust Jackets. Various Sizes.- $400
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ENGLISH LAKE SCENERY
London, 1880 London: John Walker and Company, 1880. Spine very lightly sunned. Bevelled edges. All edges gilt. Front cover with sunken central oval panel with forest green, blue, red and gilt embellishments. Bordered in black and gilt. Illustrated with full-page color illustrations after A.F. Lydon, all with stiff paper guards. Very light foxing noted. A lovely example of Victorian book design. All plates are labelled, representing some of England's best-lovbed lakes. Unpaginated. The book was published in both a red and green cover. See McLean's, VBD 204. . First Edition. Red Decorated Cloth. Minor Edge Wear/No Dust Jacket. Royal Octavo.- $130
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THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS
Glasgow, 1867 Glasgow: William Collins, Sons, and Company, 1867. Brown leather back strip lettered and designed in gilt.All edges gilt with Gauffered edges. Covers have the Mauchline fern pattern. See photos. A very clean copy throughout and a fine example of the Mauchline binding style.. The Pearl Reference Boible. Lacquered Wood. Almost No Wear/No Dust Jacket. 6" x 4".- $350
- $350
TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD MEN
BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE Tarzana, California, 1935 Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1935. Front cover and spine lettered in blue. Frontispiece illustration by J. Allen Sy. John, "The high priest seizes her". This is a very clean copy throughout. Gift inscription front free endpaper. First edition was produced in a blue cloth with red lettering. The 18th book in the Tarzan series. 332pp.. Reprint Edition. Gray Cloth. Minor Cover Wear Only/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.- $15
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DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY, A BOOK OF FAIRY POEMS
DE LA MARE, WALTER New York, 1922 New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1922. Front cover vignette in gilt, with gilt lettering cover and spine. Vignette is bright. Color frontispiece illustration by DOROTHY P. LATHROP, with addition illustrations through text, several in color. 195pp. A very clean and crisp copy.. First American Edition. Blue Cloth. Gentle Cover and Edgewear/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Dorothy P. Lathrop. Crown Octavo.- $50
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TARZAN AT THE EARTH’S CORE
BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE Tarzana, California, 1930 Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1930. Front cover and spine lettered in blue. Frontispiece illustration, "Lifting her to his shoulder, he leaped to the low branch of a nearby tree". Light water-stain top corner of frontispiece page. Quite a clean copy of this thirteenth Tarzan book, the fourth in the "Pellucidar series". 301pp.. Reprint Edition. Gray Cloth. Light Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by J. Allen St. John. Octavo.- $20
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WOMEN ON THE CASE
PARETSKY SARA, EDITED BY New York, 1966 New York: Delacorte Press, 1966. "26 original stories by the best women crime writers of our time". SIGNED AND DATED BY SARA PARETSKY on title-page. 367pp. A pristine copy.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Red Paper-Covered Boards.. Fine/Fine. Medium Demy Octavo.- $20
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AN EYE FOR JUSTICE, THE THIRD PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA ANTHOLOGY
RANDISI, ROBERT J., EDITED BY New York, London, Tokyo, 1988 New York, London, Tokyo: The Mysterious Press, 1988. A new series of 13 short stories by members of the Private Eye Writers of America, SIGNED BY MAX ALLAN COLLINS on title-page211pp. A pristine copy. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Blue Paper-covered Boards. Fine/Fine. Octavo.- $20
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE MASTER
CONNELLY, MICHAEL, EDITED BY New York, 2009 New York: William Morrow and Company, 2009. Presented by the Mystery Writers of America. A tribute to Edgar Allan Poe, with essays by twenty writers, including Jeffrey Deaver, Nelson DeMille, Tess Gerritsen, Sue Grafton, Stephen King, Lisa Scottoline, Joseph Wambaugh, Peter Robinson, and many others. Illustrations through the text by Harry Clarke. Signed on half-title page by Michael Connelly, Nelson DeMille, Thomas H. Cook, S.J. Rozan, and Laura Lippman. 389pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Red Illustrated Boards. Fine/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Harry Clarke. Demy Octavo.- $50
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A WOMAN’S EYE
PARETSKY, SARA, EDITED BY New York, 1991 New York: Delacorte Press, 1991. An anthology of 21 new short stories by women writers. SIGNED AND DATED BY PARETSKY on title-page. 448pp. A pristine copy.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Light Blue Paper-Covered Bds.. Fine/Fine. Demy Octavo.- $25
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MEAN STREETS, THE SECOND PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA ANTHOLOGY
RANDISI, ROBERT J., EDITED BY New York, 1986 New York: The Mysterious Press, 1986. A fine copy of this anthology of twelve short mystery stories. The story by Sara Paretsky is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on contents page. 230pp.. Signed by Author. First Trade Edition. Brown Boards, Cloth Spine. Fine/Fine. Octavo.- $35
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DEADLY ALLIES, PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA/ SISTERS IN CRIME COLLABORATIVE ANTHOLOGY
RANDISI, ROBERT J., AND WALLACE, MARILYN, EDITED BY New York, London, Toronto, 1992 New York, London, Toronto: Doubleday, 1992. An anthology of twenty mystery short stories, including Sue Grafton, Michael Collins, Robert Randisi, and many others.SIGNED AND DATED BY SARA PARETSKY on contents page next to her contribution, "Strung Out". 360pp. A pristine copy.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Black Paper-Covered Boards.. Fine/Fine. Demy Octavo.- $25
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GALLOWS VIEW, AN INSPECTOR BANKS MYSTERY
ROBINSON, PETER Los Angeles, California, 1992 Los Angeles, California: Karen Ende Publishing, 1992. This is a LIMITED, SIGNED EDITION, COPY NUMBER 54/250. Marbled endpapers, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. First published in 1987. 225pp. In a custom box lined in green cloth. A pristine copy of the Inspector Banks mystery.. Signed by Author. Limited, Signed. Green Cloth. Fine/Fine. Medium Demy Octavo.- $70
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MEAN STREETS, THE SECOND PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA ANTHOLOGY
RANDISI, ROBERT J., EDITED BY New York, 1986 New York: The Mysterious Press, 1986. This is the LIMITED, SIGNED EDITION. All thirteen contributors signed on a special limitation page. 250 copies were published, numbered and signed. This happens to be copy number "B". The letter designation usually denotes a special copy prior to the numbered copies. Twelve original short stories by Max Allan Collins, Wayne D. Dundee, Loren D. Estleman, William Campbell Gault, Sue Grafton, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Rob Kantner, John Lutz, Arthur Lyons, Sara Paretsky, Bill Pronzini, and Dick Stodghell. 230pp. A pristine copy in a custom box, one corner of the box bumped. . Signed by Author. Limited, Signed Edition. Green Cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo.- $100
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A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-SEVEN FIRST EDITIONS, IN DUST JACKETS, ALL BUT FOUR SIGNED
ROBINSON, PETER Various Places: Various Publishers Books and jackets are in fine condition. All are in the DCI Banks series. They are listed here: "Gallow View", 1987, 1st Canadian, signed; "A Dedicated Man", 1988, 1st Canadian, signed; "The Hanging Valley", 1st Canadian, signed; "The Hanging Valley", 1992, 1st US, unsigned; "Past Reason Hated", 1991, 1st Canadian, signed; "Past Reason Hated", 1993, 1st US, unsigned; "Wednesday's Child", 1992, 1st Canadian, signed, heavy card covers; "Final Account", 1994, 1st Canadian, signed, heavy card covers; "Innocent Graves", 1996, 1st Canadian, signed, heavy card covers; "Dead Right", 1997, 1st UK, signed; "In a Dry Season", 1999, 1st US, signed; "Aftermath", 2001, 1st Canadfian, signed; "Aftermath", 2001, 1st US, signed; "Close to Home", 2003, 1st US, signed; "Strange Affair", 2005, 1st US, signed; "Piece of my Heart", 2006, 1st US, unsigned; "Friend of the Devil", 2007, 1st Canadian, signed; "Friend of the Devil", 2007, 1st US, signed; "All the Colours of Darkness", 2008, 1swt UK, signed; "All the Colors of Darkness", 2009, 1st US, signed; "Children of the Revol;ution", 2013, 1st UK, signed; "Abattoir Blues", 2014, 1st UK, signed; "Sleeping in the Ground", 2017, 1st UK, signed; "Careless Love", 2018, 1st UK, signed; "When the Music's Over", 2016, 1st UK, signed; "Many Rivers to Cross", 2019, 1st UK, signed; "The Price of Love and Other Stories", 2009, 1st US, unsigned, with an Inspector Banks novella. Postage will be extra for this large group of titles.. Signed by Author. First Editions. Various Bindings. Fine/`Fine. Octavo.- $600
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THE X BAR X BOYS IN SMOKY VALLEY
FERRIS, JAMES CODY New York, 1932 New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1932. Toip edge stained green. From the Grosset and Dunlap series, "Western Stories for Boys". This being the 11th story, listed on front blurb. Illustraed endpapers. Frontispiece illustration by J. Clemens Gretta. Internally crisp and clean throughout. A very-well preserved copy. Rear dust jacket panel lists books in the "Ted Scott Flying Series". 219pp. First Edition. Red Cloth. Nearly Fine/Lightly Chipped. Octavo.- $30
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MANLY MANNERS
CROWTHER, RUTH Palos Verdes Estates, California, 1946 Palos Verdes Estates, California: Encee Publishing Company, 1946. Front cover vignette bright and clean Lettered on spine and cover in white and black. Minor corner wear. Tops of covers very lightly sunned. Small bump top edge rear cover. Republished from the Christian Science Monitor. Illustrated throughout the text by Ethel Hays. This copy has a neat SIGNED inscription by the author on half-title page. "This delightfully illustrated book is designed for very wee folks, for medium-sized folks, and for very-much-grown-up-folks. It shows how natural is the joy of correct conduct...at paly, in school and at home". 115pp. . Signed by Author. First Book Edition. Blue Cloth. Minor Edge Wear/Lightly Worn .. Square Octavo.- $40
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THE TALE OF OLD MR. CROW
BAILEY, ARTHUR SCOTT New York, 1917 New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1917. Front cover illustration, lettering in red and black. From the Grosset and Dunlap series, "Tuck-Me-In Tales". Color frontispiece illustration by Harry L. Smith. A clean and crisp copy. 120pp.. First Edition. Ivory Cloth. Nearly Fine/Lightly Chipped. Small Octavo.- $25
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THE NATURALIST’S LIBRARY, ICHTHYOLOGY
JARDINE, SIR WILLIAM Edinburgh, 1852 Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1852. SIX VOLUMES UNIFORMLY-BOUND.Spines decorated and lettered in gilt.Top edges gilt. Yellow endpapers. Various dates from 1852-1854. Top of spines chipped, with 1/2 " piece missing top of spine Volume 3. Occasional old water-stains sparing plates. Collated complete with 197 full-page hand-colored plates with tissue guards, six portraits and six vignette title-pages. Several plates are loosened. Each volume has a biographical memoir at front with portrait frontispiece of the featured natural historian. Volumes 35-40 of the larger series. Volume 1, "Fishes", Volume 2, "British Fishes, Part 1", Volume 3, "British Fishes, Part 2"; Volume 4, "Fishes of the Perch Family"; Volume 5, "Fishes of British Guiana, Part 1"; and Volume 6, "Fishes of British Guiana, Part 2". See photos. . Later Bantam Reprint. Red Cloth. General Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jackets. Small Octavo.- $500
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PAGES AND PICTURES, FROM THE WRITINGS OF JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
COOPER, SUSAN FENIMORE New York, 1861 New York: W.A. Townsend and Company, 1861. Professionally rebacked with original spine laid-down, hinges repaired. Blind-stamped cover and spine designs, lettering in gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Most pages toned, some foxing occurring, usually peripherally. A large and heavy book of 400 pages. Illustrated throughout with forty steel engravings, seven wood engravings, and 120 head and tail vignettes, many by F.O.C. Darley. Illustrated title-page and frontispiece portrait of Cooper. The full-page illustrations are protected by tissue-guards. A nicely-repaired and preserved tribute to the author by his daughter. See photos. . First Edition. Full Brown Leather. Edges and Corners Worn./No Dust Jacket. Small Thick Quarto.- $100
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THE NEW BATH GUIDE: OR, MEMOIRS OF THE B-N-R-D FAMILY, IN A SERIES OF POLITICAL EPISTLES
(ANSTEY, CHRISTOPHER) London, 1807 London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1807. Gilt borders both covers. Spine embellished with floral designs, lettered in gilt. All edges gilt.Red leather name-plate front pastedown. Old yellow endpapers. Nine full-page illustrations, including frontispiece.Inscription of a front preliminary page dated 1821. A series of fifteen poetical letters satirizing the fashionable 18th century lifestyle in Bath. First edition published in 1760. Our copy has a bonus of a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING! Both paintings appear to be scenes around the city of Bath, one suggests the "Circus". 154pp. + 4pp. adverts. Please see photos.. New Edition. Full Red Morocco. Light edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. 6 1/4" x 4".- $900
- $900
HAWORTH PARSONAGE, A PICTURE OF THE BRONTE FAMILY
CLARKE, ISABEL C London, 1927 London: Hutchinson and Company ., 1927. Spine lettered in gilt. Covers lightly soiled. Some foxing of title-page. Front endpapers replaced. Otherwise rather clean throughout the text. Four full-page illustrations, including the frontispiece. Errata slip present. 287pp.. First Edition. Deep Red Cloth. Light edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Medium Crown Octavo.- $30
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CHRONICLESW OF BORDER WARFARE, OR A HISTORY OF THE SETTLEMENT BY THE WHI, OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA: AND OF THE INDIAN WARS AND MASSACRES, IN THAT SECTION OF THE STATE..
Clarksburg, VA: Joseph Israel, 1831. Rebacked with new black leather spine label. Several pages repaired with Japanese rice papers. Covers scuffed. Foxing thropughout the text with some browning of paper. Ols water-stain bottom 1/3 of pages. Pages are quite pliable and readable throughout. This copy lacks the "Table of Contents", as do all first edition. added in later printings. A few marginal notes, back of advert. page with notes as well. 319pp. + 1 page of adverts. A good source of information regarding the early history of the Upper Ohio and Alleghenies. See Howes W601, Sabin 104928, Field 1690, Streeter Sale 1107. Please see photos.. First Edition. Full Brown Leather. General Wear/No Dust Jacket. Small Octavo. ELECTION CASE OF BRIGHAM H. ROBERTS, OF UTAH
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1899. Rebacked with original spine laid-down. Marbled boards, endpapers, and edges. A very clean copy throughout. This book was made for Representative Charles B. Landis of Indiana, a member of the investigative committee. The first 143 pages are entitled, "Election Case of Brigham H. Roberts". Pages 95-108 are repeated. This is followed by "Case of Brigham H. Roberts, of Utah", from the 56th Congress, 1st Session, January 1900, Report 85, Part 1, 77 pages. Following are printed speeches of the members of the committee;, Robert Taylor, Charles Littlefield, Charles B. Landis, R.H. Freer, S.W.T. Lanham, and David A. DeArmond. These are then followed by copies of the Congrsssional Record, Volume 33, from 12/05/99 through 1/30/00. These are carefully folded in bound-in. Brigham Henry Roberts (1857-1933) was a historian, politician, and a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He was a member-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's at-large district. His seat was refused by the House because of his practice of polygamy. A prolonged battle ensued to claim the seat, and he was unsuccessful. This book contains the information as it was occurring. A very unusual piece of Mormon history, likely the only such copy in existence. Please see photos. Flake 9163 and 9165.. First Edition. 1/2 Brown Calf. Light to Moderate Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Demy Octavo.