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New York: J. Disturnell. Good. 1836. First Edition. Cloth covered boards. 71, (1) ad pages; Contents secure in original green cloth binding with printed title label on front board; cloth embossed with faint diamond pattern. Original owner's signature on front pastedown "Halsted". Though the binding is still secure, the cloth has split along edges of… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann. Near Fine. 1929. Limited Signed Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; Clean and secure in original white vellum binding with gilt lettering and decoration in original white card slipcase (slipcase worn and splitting); silk ribbon place marker bound in. Printed on very fine India paper. Signed by the author, No. 540 or only 1030 copies issued.… Read more about this item

London: Gay and Hancock, Ltd.. Very Good. 1913. Hardcover. 124 pages; Contents clean and secure in original tan cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine and decorative stamping in dark brown at front board; light scattered foxing, some light spots to cloth. Scnitzler was an Austrian author and dramatist, one of the most significant representatives of… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Bros.. Very Good. 1932. Hardcover. A lovely edition of Millay's classic Sonnets beautifully printed and bound in full brown leather with gilt lettering and compartments at spine; some rubbing at spine and wear at spine ends and corners, still quite nice. Set up by hand in Goudy Mediaevil type by Arthur and Edna… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. Very Good. 1872. Hardcover. (vi), 320 pages; Contents clean and secure in original decortive green cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine and front cover and decorative stamping in gilt and black; lacks the frontispiece illustration owner's plate mounted to fep -- "Baroness de Vitre de Rathsamhausen / Sandbridge … Read more about this item

Guilford: Prometheus Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 240 pages; Contents clean and unmarked in original blue binding in bright illustrated dustjacket; some page corners creased. Since 1970, the Caribbean has lost half of its coral reefs, an ominous and accelerating phenomenon that extends around the world. Beyond the… Read more about this item

Milan: Fabbri Editori. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 176 pages; Clean and secure in original binding in very nice glossy pictorial dustjacket. Large illustrated volume with photographic illustrations throughout. Igor Mitoraj (1944 –2014) was a Polish artist and sculptor. Known for his fragmented sculptures of the human body often… Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1932. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. (viii), 214 pages; Contents clean and unmarked, secure in original slate blue cloth binding in very nice condition. A lovely example of this landmark collection of critical essays by F. R. Leavis. Contents include: Poetry and the… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Second Revised Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 315 pages; Contents clean and unmarked, secure in original wine colored cloth binding with lettering and decorative stamping in bright gilt in very nice original dustjacket with price at base of front flap and mild edgewear. … Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers. Very Good-. 1896. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. xiv, 461, (2) ads pages; Contents clean and secure in original red cloth with decorative stamping in gilt and white depicting Joan's sword and shield on the front boards and in outline at the spine; short area of color loss at spine edge of… Read more about this item

East Aurora: Roycrofters. Very Good. 1907. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. A very nice example in binding of white buckram spine and with dark grey-green boards; gilt lettering at spine and front board; printed by letterpress on hand-made paper, top edge gilt, fore edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Frontispiece portrait of John Wesley, as well as full page… Read more about this item

Ed. Monnier et Co.. Very Good. 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. 109, (2) pages; Bound in light blue buckram with gilt lettering at spine with former owners initials at base "1885 / B.R.J."; pink marbled endpapers; original colored illustrated wrappers bound in; 10 full page plates with hand coloring, 10 illustrated initials (some colored), and 10 … Read more about this item

Paris: Chez Garnier Freres. Very Good-. 1867. Hardcover. (viii), 466 pages; Contents secure in original binding of red leather spine over red cloth covered boardss. Owner's name ffep, otherwise unmarked; scattered foxing throughout; cloth rubbed through at corners, superficial stains to boards. The work is illustrated by Yan' Dargent with a frontispiece engraving, plus 15… Read more about this item

London: Peter Owen Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1955. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 156 pages; Contents clean and secure in original red cloth binding in edgeworn dustjacket, chipped at edges and rippled/creased on rear panel (now in protective mylar cover). Dustjacket designed by Ithell Colquhoun. No markings, no foxing, quite nice. Major… Read more about this item

Oquawka IL: J. B. Patterson - Continental Printing Co. Very Good. 1882. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 208 pages; Contents clean and secure in original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering and blindstamped design to front and rear boards, gilt lettering faded at spine. Former gift inscription on ffep for Christmas 1943, five names; minor rubbing to… Read more about this item

London: Collins. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 382 pages; Contents clean and secure in original bright red cloth binding in edgeworn dustjacket. The unique and fascinating life of Talleyrand’s niece, Dorothea Courland, Duchess of Dino, will grab readers’ attention and hold it fast. This first English-language biography of the Duchess… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+. (1879). First Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. (viii), 229, (4) ads pages; Contents clean and secure in original dark green cloth biding with titling stamped in gilt and decorations stamped in black on spine and front panel depicting moss hung trees and a pelican with a fish in its beak.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 476 pages; Clean and secure in original binding of green cloth over gray boards in very nice pictorial dustjacket. In this rich, crowded, and involving novel, Ronald Frame (whom the London Times has called 'one of our… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good. 1910. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 120 pages; Clean and secure in original burgundy cloth binding with gilt letteringat spine and front board. Former owner's small printed name plate on fep; also a small neat signature on tp. This scarce book explores the complex character of Hamlet, the protagonist of… Read more about this item

London: John Bohn. Very Good. 1834. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. viii, 306 pages; Contents clean and secure in original brown cloth binding with faded gilt lettering at spine; boards decoratively blindstamped. Cloth rubbed at extremeties; former owner's name signed on tp "G.B. Odin"; also small printed name plate on fep "John H. Barnes" OCLC 213517604 OCLC 457164743 Quite scarce,… Read more about this item