The Eternal Moment and Other Stories. First edition, 1928 original cloth near fine.
E. M. Forster. The Eternal Moment and Other Stories. First edition, 1928 original cloth near fine. E. M. Forster. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1928 First edition, first impression so stated, crown 8vo (7.25 x 5.5 in), pp. (6), 1-187, (1). Original gilt stamped red-brown cloth. Near fine clean bright copy with very slight wear. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. Old neat small name on front free endpaper. Liveright Book Shop ticket at back. H10453 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Lay Down My Sword and Shield. First edition 1971 fine in very good dust jacket.
James Lee Burke. First edition first printing with full printing number line 1 through 10, 8vo (8 in x 5.25 in), pp. (6), 1-266. Original red and black lettered beige cloth in original dust jacket. Fine clean fresh copy in very good dust jacket not price clipped @ $5.95 but with 1/2 inch closed tear, 1 1/8 inch x 1 inch chip to front panel and two very small chips to lower corner and lower spine. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H10455 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Seven hunting titles uniformly bound in three-quarter red morocco in signed Morrell fine bindings, and with 99 hand-colored plates.
R. S. Surtees Demy 8vo, (8.75 in x 5.5 in), Handley Cross, illustrated by Leech, pp. 578, 17 hand-colored steel engraved plates, 30 wood engraved plates; Hawbuck Grange, illustrated by Phiz, pp. 330, 8 hand-colored steel engraved plates, 23 wood engraved plates; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, illustrated by Leech, pp. 408, 13 hand-colored steel engraved plates, 29 wood engraved plates; Ask Mamma, illustrated by Leech, pp. 412, 13 hand-colored steel engraved plates, 19 wood engraved plates; Plain or Ringlets, illustrated by Leech, pp. 406, 12 hand-colored steel engraved plates, 8 wood engraved plates; and Mr. Romford's Hounds, illustrated by Leech and Phiz, pp. 392, 24 hand-colored steel engraved plates, 4 wood engraved plates; Hillington Hall, illustrated by Wildrake, Heath, and Jellico, pp. 520, 12 hand- colored plates. Six hand-colored title vignettes, one plain. Wood engraved text illustrations throughout. Seven volumes uniformly bound in 3/4 red morocco and red cloth by Morrell with their pallet signature on the front free endpapers. Backs in six compartments, gilt lettered in the second and third, gilt sporting ornaments centered in the rest, five raised bands, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Bound for Charles E. Lauriat, Boston with tiny pallet stamp on the lower front free endpapers. Very good attractive set with some wear and faults including one volume professionally re-backed with the original back-strip laid down. Two headcaps with partial chip, some minor wear to edges, corners and extremities, joints a bit rubbed. Two plates repaired without loss. Some corners of some sheets in one volume bumped with some minor small chips. Sheets and plates clean, unmarked, complete. H10449 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Light in August. First edition, 1932 original cloth near fine.
William Faulkner. First edition, stated "October, 1932 first printing", 8vo (8 in x 5.5 in), pp. (4), 1-480. "Jefferson" in first line p.340. Original beige buckram with blue lettered back and orange lettered upper side. Top edges red-orange. Near fine clean copy with very good lettering color, bumped corners, very small wear rub at foot of spine. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. Printed bookplate on front paste down endpaper, name on front free endpaper. H10457 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Quest of the Bogeyman. First edition 1964 fine in fine dust jacket.
Frances and Richard Lockridge. First edition so stated, crown 8vo (7.5 in x 5 in), pp. (1-6), 7-192. Original printed green boards in original pictorial dust jacket. Fine clean copy in fine but price-clipped dust jacket. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H10454 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Death Be Not Proud. First edition so stated 1949 near fine in near fine dust jacket.
John Gunther. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1949. First edition so stated with date code A-Y for January 1949, 8vo (8.25 in x 5.5 in), pp. (10), (1-2), 3-261, (1), frontispiece photo portrait. Original gilt lettered green cloth in original green and black printed dust jacket. Fine clean bright copy in near fine dust jacket not price-clipped @ $2.50 with small damp stain above title on slightly tanned spine. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H10452
The World of Gwendolyn Brooks. First edition so stated 1971 fine in near fine dust jacket.
Gwendolyn Brooks. First edition so stated of one volume edition including A Street in Bronzeville; Annie Allen; Maud Martha; The Bean Eaters; and In the Mecca, 8vo (8.25 in x 5.5 in), pp. xiii, (1), (1-2), 3-426, (4). Original orange cloth in original dust jacket. Fine clean bright copy in fine clean dust jacket not price-clipped @ $ 8.50 but with faded back. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H10456 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Xaipe seventy-one poems. First edition, 1950 fine in fine dust jacket.
E. E. Cummings. First edition, first printing, 8vo (8 in x 5.25 in), pp. (i-vi), vii-ix, (x-xii), 1-71. Original silver and blind lettered blue boards in original printed blue dust jacket. Fine clean copy in near fine clean dust jacket with tanned spine not price clipped @ $2.50. H10451 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Howard Pyle’s Book of the American Spirit. The Romance of American History. First edition, first printing date code B-X for February, 1923 fine in scarce dust jacket.
Pictured by Howard Pyle. Compiled by Merle Johnson. Edited by Francis J. Dowd. First edition so stated, B-X date code for February, 1923, 4to (12 in x 9 in), pp. xiii, (5), 1-344, (4). Illustrated throughout in color and b/w after paintings and drawings by Howard Pyle. Fine clean bright copy in near fine dust jacket. Sheets and plates clean, unmarked, complete. H10448 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
The Modocs and Their War. First edition, first issue, review copy with slip laid in 1959 fine in fine dust jacket.
Keith A. Murray. First edition, first issue which is the second printing so stated, the first printing having been entirely lost in a fire, review copy with printed card dated April 20, 1959 laid in, 8vo (9 in x 6 in), pp. xiii, (xiv), (1-2), 3-346, 12 plates, map, index. Original red and blacked stamped yellow cloth in 2 colors pictorial dust jacket, top edges stained black. Fine clean bright copy in fine clean dust jacket not price-clipped @ $5.00. H10445 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Kit Carson Trail Blazer and Scout. First edition 1942 illustrated by Harry Daugherty. near fine in very good dust jacket.
Shannon Garst. Illustrated by Harry Daugherty. First edition, 8vo (9.5 in x 6 in), pp. xii, (1-2), 3-241, glossary, bibliography, index, illustrated in b/w after drawings by Harry Daugherty. Original pictorial orange cloth in original color pictorial dust jacket. Near fine with some fade in gutter of the upper side. Sheets clean unmarked, complete. In very good dust jacket clean and bright with some minor chipping along the edges and two long narrow chips along part of the upper side gutter not price clipped @ $2.50. Ray Riling's copy with his bookplate now laid in. H10446 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
The Book of the American Indian. First printing January, 1923 (A-X) 35 plates after Frederic Remington in uncommon original dust jacket.
Hamlin Garland. Pictured by Frederic Remington First edition so stated, first printing with A-X code for January, 1923, royal 4to (12.5 in x 9 in), pp. (1), 274, 35 plates after paintings by Frederic Remington. Original gilt lettered black cloth backed brown lettered brown pictorial boards with mounted plated at center of the upper side in rare original dust jacket with color plate mounted on the upper side. Near fine copy with some erosion to cloth over the gutters. Sheets and plates clean, unmarked, complete in very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chips and tears. Old inscription on front free endpaper dated 1925. H10447 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.- $250
- $250
Marshall of the Last Frontier Life and services of William Matthew (Bill) Tilghman for 50 years one of the greatest peace officers of the West. First edition, 1949 fold map, 9 plates, near fine.
Zoe A. Tilghman. First edition, 8vo (9.5 in x 6.5 in), pp. 406, 9 plates, folding map. Near fine clean bright copy with just bumped corners. Sheets, map, and plates clean, unmarked, complete. H10444 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.- $200
- $200
Six Years with the Texas Rangers 1875 to 1881. First edition 1925 original cloth near fine.
James B. Gillett. Edited with an Introduction by M. M. Quaife. First edition, 8vo (9.25 in x 6.25 in), pp. xvi, 1-259, (1), 11 photo plates, index. Original gilt and blind stamped blue cloth. Near fine clean bright copy. Old name etc on front paste down endpaper. Small v-shape margin edge tear loss at p. 123, otherwise sheets clean, unmarked. complete. H10443 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.- $95
- $95
Rosier’s Relation of Weymouth’s Voyage to Coast of Maine, 1605. 1887 limited 200 copies only near fine.
Introduction and notes by Henry S. Burrage. First edition thus limited to 200 copies only, foolscap 4to (8.5 in x 6.75 in), pp. xi, (1), (1), 2-176, 4 plates including 2 folding, 2 folding maps in rear pocket. Three quarter red morocco and marbled boards. Back in five compartments, gilt lettered in the second, five raised bands. Near fine clean bright copy. Sheets and plates clean, unmarked, complete. Frontispiece and title sheet with some separation at inner joint. H10442 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.- $400
- $400
An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of American Brig Commerce, wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815, with an account of the sufferings of the surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs, on the African desart, or Zahahrah; 1829 edition with 9 engravings.
James Riley. 8vo (8.5 in x 5 in), pp. xiv, (15), 16-271, (1), 9 engraved plates (frontispiece portrait + plates numbered 2, 3, 4, 6, 7,8, 9, + engraved facsimile plate at text position for plate 5, no plate numbered 10 present). Title page calls for ten plates. Old burgundy blind stamped sheep boards professionally re=backed. Back in six gilt roll tooled compartments in period style, gilt lettered in the second and third, gilt center ornaments in the fourth and fifth. Five raised bands. Sides blind stamped with center basket-weave panel within quartered frame and roll tooled vine border. Old bookseller's ticket in corner of front paste down endpaper. H10441 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.- $225
- $225
Sketches and Recollections of Lynchburg by the Oldest Inhabitant. (By Margaret Cabell) first edition, association copy pencil signed by Caroline Cabell 1858.
[Margaret Cabell]. First edition, association copy pencil signed by Caroline Cabell on the first blank (whose 1908 obituary is mounted on the front free endpaper), with some pencil underling in the chapter on the Cabell family with marginalia on p. 207 noting "grandfather" presumably by Caroline Cabell, crown 8vo (7.5 in x 4.75 in), pp. i-vii, (viii), (9), 10-363, (1). Original blind stamped brown cloth over boards later re-backed in modern brown cloth with gilt title. Very good solid copy with new end sheets. Some minor stains and foxing. Professional paper repair to the dedication page. H10439 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.- $125
- $125
A Sketch of the Life and Public Services of William Henry Harrison. Commander in Chief of the Western Army, During the War of 1812, etc. First edition of his campaign biography for the presidency, 1836.
[Jackson, Isaac R. ?] First edition, foolscap 8vo (.5 in x 5.25 in), pp. (1-3), 4-32. Howes J-20. Original printed green wrappers. Very good+ copy in unusually well preserved original wrappers, some spotting and damp ripple to sheets. H 10440 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.- $225
- $225
Hard Candy. A Book of Stories. First edition, one of 1500 copies, fine in good slipcase.
Tennesee Williams. First edition, first printing limited to 1500, 8vo (9.75 in x 6 in), pp. (1-8), 9-220. Original yellow cloth backed striped boards in original blue slipcase with printed title label on the upper side stating "Limited edition $8.50". Fine clean bright copy with sheets clean, unmarked, complete in good slipcase with wear to edges and extremities. H10435 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.- $100
- $100
Presidential Agent 1st 1944 Viking Press fine in fine dust jacket
Upton Sinclair. First edition first printing with First Published.in June, 1944 on the copyright page, 8vo (8.5 in x 5.5 in), pp. x, (1), 2-655, (3). Original silver and blind stamped rust cloth in original color dust jacket. Fine clean bright copy in fine dust jacket not price clipped @ $3.00. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H10438 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.- $125
- $125
James and Giant Peach. A Children’s Story. 1961 illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert fine in near fine dust jacket.
Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. First edition, second printing with four lines colophon stating "Bound by The Book Press, New York", 8vo (9.5 in x 6 in), pp. (8), 1-118, (2), illustrated in color and b/w by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Original gilt lettered and blind pictorial orange cloth in original color pictorial dust jacket. Fine clean bright copy in near fine dust jacket with slight damp line near lower spine and price-clipped, Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H10436 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.- $250
- $250