N.P. privately printed, n.d. (circa 1949). 8vo. cloth. 30 leaves. Fifth edition. A series of fictional letters to various newspaper editors dated between 1939 and 1949. Presentation from the author on front free endpaper. READ MORE about SIGNIFYING NOTHING BY G.P.B
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 65962
N.P. privately printed, (1943). 8vo. cloth. 54 leaves. Fourth edition. A series of fictional letters to various newspaper editors dated between 1913 and 1943. Presentation from the author on front free endpaper "To Fred & Bertha Stone with very best regards from their old friend, G.P.B. 12-7-'43" READ MORE about SIGNIFYING NOTHING BY G.P.B
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 67861
Yellow Springs, OH: Kahoe & Company, 1928. small 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. (vi), 28 pages. Printed and bound at The Antioch Press. Twenty-one poems by the eighteenth-nineteenth century English artist/poet. Cover rubbed at edges, soiled. Covers rubbed with wear along spine. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE about SONGS OF INNOCENCE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 44887
(Winchester: Winchester College, 1985). 8vo. cloth. 72 pages. Being the first book appearance of a manuscript found after the death of Blakiston. Issued in tribute to Blakiston (1904-1981). Two page foreword by Walter Oakeshott. READ MORE about REMINISCING IN THE 17TH CENTURY
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 79952
Number nine of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series
Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2015. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. paperback pamphlet. 24 pages. Number nine of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Number nine of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. The Mechanical Word is an extended essay on the eponymous five volume artwork by the London based artist Karen Bleitz, a founding member of the ARC collaborative that grew out of Ron King's legendary Circle Press. It is illustrated throughout in black, white, and red, and contains four..... READ MORE about THE MECHANICAL WORD
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 123402
New York: Viking, 1991. 8vo. hardcover, dust jacket. 240 pages. First edition. Near fine in fine jacket. READ MORE about ALL BUT THE WALTZ: ESSAYS ON A MONTANA FAMILY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137471
N.P. The Bibliographical Society, 1992. large 8vo. cloth. 276 pages. Francis Blomefield compiled and published the fascicles of what might have been the most comprehensive topographical history of any English county, when he died at the age of forty-seven. The 294 letters transcribed in this volume were written by, to, or (in a few cases) on behalf of Blomefield, historian and private printer. Indexed. Distributed for the Society. READ MORE about CORRESPONDENCE OF THE REVEREND FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD (1705-52
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 60366
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. large 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 405 pages. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket. READ MORE about GROUP PORTRAIT WITH LADY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137283
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. 8vo. hardcover, dust jacket. 313 pages. First American trade edition. Fine in fine jacket. READ MORE about THE SAFETY NET
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137402
New York: Burt Franklin, n.d. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 353 pages. Reprint of the 1884 edition. Biographical information on French authors of the 17th century. READ MORE about DICTIONNAIRE DES AMATEURS FRANÇAIS AU XVIIE SIÉCLE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 978
London: Eliot Stock, 1887. small 8vo. original green cloth, beveled edges. viii, 257 pages. First edition. History of the book dedication. One chapter devoted to Dr. Johnson's dedications. Minor cover wear. Ink stamp on front free endpaper. Back inside hinge cracked. READ MORE about THE DEDICATION OF BOOKS TO PATRON AND FRIEND A CHAPTER IN LITERARY HISTORY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 751
Cleveland, OH: Burrows Brothers Company, 1902. 8vo. cloth. 44 pages. First edition. Minor shelfwear and rubbing to boards. Some foxing. A good copy of this scarce book. B&w illustrations. READ MORE about A COLLECTION OF THE WORKS OF STANDARD AUTHORS IN FINE BINDINGS EXECUTED BY THE BEST AMERICAN AND...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 139203
London & New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1906. small square 8vo. paper boards. 94, (2) pages. Reprint of the 1897 edition. Spine lightly age-darkened and lightly worn at the head of the spine. Covers lightly soiled. Else a very good copy. Ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper. Cover design by Will Bradley. Volume dedicated to Russell's friend W. B. Yeats. George William Russell (10 April 1867 - 17 July 1935) who..... READ MORE about THE EARTH BREATH AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 139286
A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man.
Chicago: Published by Way & Williams, 1897. 8vo. publisher's cloth, top edge gilt. 352 pages. A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man. First edition. Some light wear to the spine ends, else a near fine copy. Ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper. Map frontispiece. READ MORE about THE STORY OF AB
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A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man.
New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1907. 8vo. publisher's cloth. 351 pages. A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man. A later edition. Ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper. Spine slightly faded, with minor shelfwear, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about THE STORY OF AB
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A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man.
New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1917. 8vo. publisher's cloth. 351 pages. A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man. A later edition. Bookplate of Miss Ruth Batchelder in corner of front pastedown. Very minor rubbing, else a fine copy. READ MORE about THE STORY OF AB
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139284
Ljubljana: Drzavna zalozba Slovenije, 1972. square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 142, (6) pages. Presentation from the author to Siegred Taubert on the half-title. A Slovenian compilation of essays on books, reading and the publishing industry. Includes translated essays by Marshall McLuhan, Stanley Unwin, Robert Escarpit, and Paul Hazard. Quotations printed in purple. READ MORE about CAS KNJIGE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 74556
Edited by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey & illustrated by Harold M. Brett.
Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley Co, 1921. 8vo. cloth. 351 pages. Edited by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey & illustrated by Harold M. Brett. Spine lightly age darkened. Else very good. Bound in color illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers. With Standard Printed Inscription, by Madge Bellamy. READ MORE about LORNA DOONE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 137475
Westport: Greenwood Press, (1970). 8vo. cloth. x, 198 pages. Reprint of the 1952 first edition. A look at the development of American philosophy, journalism and American social thought. READ MORE about AMERICAN NON-FICTION, 1900-1950
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 61190
New York: The Century Co., 1904. 8vo. cloth, leather spine label. 486 pages. The English Comedie Humaine edition. Faint moisture staining to lower edge. Spine label lightly chipped, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about JANE EYRE
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 137946
Foreword by Howard Mumford Jones.
N.P. Ohio State University Press, (1968). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xviii, 327 pages. Foreword by Howard Mumford Jones. First edition. An important look at publishing and the author in America during the 19th century. With an embossed private library stamp. READ MORE about THE PROFESSION OF AUTHORSHIP IN AMERICA, 1800-1870 THE PAPERS OF WILLIAM CHARVAT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 8252
Laramie, WY: University of Wyoming, 1956. 8vo. paper wrappers. 236 pages. University of Wyoming Publications, vol. XX, No. 1. Minor toning around the edges, else near fine.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about STUDIES IN LITERATURE OF THE WEST
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 136327
Philadelphia: A. Hart, Late Carey & Hart, 1850. 8vo. original red cloth stamped in blind with gilt decoration on front cover and on gilt decorations on spine, all edges gilt. 378 pages. Reprint of the 1847 first edition (See BAL 1633). Complete in One Volume. In a well preserved publisher's binding by Ducomb & Collins. Bookseller's ticket of Wm. Murray of Lancaster, PA, on front pastedown. READ MORE about POEMS BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY THE AUTHOR
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 105957
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1864. 12mo. original publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth , yellow endpapers. (iii), 222+(1) pages. BAL1683. First state, pg 213, line 5 "veielo". Binding A. Gold stamped lettering on spine faded. Head and tail of spine chipped. Minimal foxing and soil. READ MORE about THIRTY POEMS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 93699
(Ithaca, New York): Ithaca House, (1985). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii) 75, (3) pages. First edition. Presentation from author on title page. Acknowledgements, table of contents, biography. Three chapters of over 20 poems in this poetry book. READ MORE about OTHER LIVES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 124063
