New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1947. George Salter. First US Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 426. Red cloth, titles and decorations stamped in gilt on the spine, illustration stamped in blind on the cover, black topstain, fore-edge untrimmed: small spots to cover, owner initials in ink on.....
New York: Random House, (2004). Henri Cartier-Bresson. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Pp. 300. Biographical sketch. Introduction by Reynolds Price. Front-edge untrimmed. Bound in dark gray paper-coverd boards over wine-colored spine. Gilt lettering stamped on spine. An exemplary copy. Dust jacket now covered in a clear, removable archival cover. Exquisite.....
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions Books, 1952. Joan Stanton (dust jacket). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. 208. Printed in Holland. Light gray cloth, titles stamped in black on the spine: boards a trifle bowed, offsetting to endpapers. A New Directions review card is laid in, announcing publication date.....
New York: New Directions, (1954). First Edition in English. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 287. Bound in gray cloth with black lettering stamped on spine. Bookplate. In the dust jacket with light wear to head of spine. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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London: T. C. Newby, 1845. Robert Cruikshank. First Edition. Three-quarter Leather. Stout 8vo. Pp. xii, 640. Illustrated with 39 plates by Robert Cruikshank. Later three-quarter green morocco over marbled boards. Gilt lettering stamped on spine, gilt ruled and ornaments in compartments, with five raised bands. Marbled edges. Inscribed twice by.....
Philadelphia: Thomas T. Ash & Henry F. Anners, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Pp. 180. Frontis. engraving. Illustrated with an additional six engravings. Polished stained half calf binding over aqua boards, lemon yellow endpapers. Tooled spine decoration and gilt title. Edges gilt. Re-backed with original spine laid down. Some tissue.....
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New York: New Directions, 1952. Alvin Lustig, George Barrows. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xxii, 370. Half red cloth over black boards, titles stamped in gilt on the spine. In the Lustig + Barrows illustrated dust jacket, unclipped ($3.75). New Directions reviewer card laid in, publication dated.....
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover Lacking Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 289. Bound in blue cloth stamped with darker blue lettering on front cover and spine. Lacking dust jacket. Spine faded with uneven fading to balance of cloth. Spine a bit cocked, which is firmed up.....
New York: John Bisco, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 602. Index. Quarter bound in light brown calf, marbled boards, gilt rules and titles on the spine. Edges trimmed. Jenks armorial bookplate, pencil annotations on FFEP. Spine and edges chafed, covers rubbed, endpapers lightly foxed. Text block quite fresh and.....
New York: Random House, 1949. E. McKnight Kauffer. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 404. Blue-green cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, track motif in black on the spine and in blind on the cover. Title page printed in black and blue. Cover top and bottom.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., (1932). Chaplin (dust jacket illustrator). First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 270. Decorated endpapers. Bound in maroon cloth with gilt lettering on front board and spine. A bright copy in the color-illustrated dust jacket that shows light fading to spine; rear flap.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. Ronald Clyne (dust jacket). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 217. Polished black cloth, titles stamped in red and yellow on the spine, orange topstain: fore-edge irregularly trimmed in production, binding tight and leaves crisp. In the color Ronald Clyne dust jacket with.....
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1931. First American Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 240, [1]. Title page printed in black and blue. Bound in tan cloth with red and blue lettering and decoration on front board and spine. Spine a trifle cocked, first three leaves with minor crease.....
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. Edith Walker (dust jacket illustration). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 340. Bound in taupe cloth with purple lettering stamped on front board and spine. Light foxing on endpapers. In the pictorial dust jacket that shows some foxing and.....
(Norfolk, Connecticut): Direction (New Directions), [1948]. Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 16mo. Pp. [6], 7-190. Bound in full taupe cloth with black lettering stamped on spine. In the dust jacket that shows light edge-wear and fading to spine, price of $1.50 intact on front flap. Connolly's exquisite novel of expats.....
Cleveland and New York: International Fiction Library, (1922). S. Witkewitz. First Thus. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 373 followed by a page of publisher's titles. Bound in red cloth with black lettering stamped on front cover and spine. Dampstain on top edge, On the rear pastedown a previous owner.....
Iowa City: The Dot dot dot Press, 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Unpaginated (12pp.). One full page illustration. Number 21 of an edition limited to 35 copies. Printed by the author. Black cloth over exotic cloth-covered boards. Inscribed by the author on the colophon page. Inscription to Mary Lee Settle.....
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. 344. Light brown cloth, titles and rules stamped in black on the spine. In the color illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact, author photo portrait on back flap. Top edge lightly soiled, endpapers age toned.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. E. McKnight Kauffer (dust jacket illustration). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. [2], 3-277, [2]. Bound in dark blue cloth with blindstamp device on front board, gilt lettering on spine. In the illustrated dust jacket, slight wear at head of spine; price.....
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1960. Noël Coward (dust jacket). Early Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 308. Tan cloth, titles printed in red and blue on the spine. Spine ends bumped, mild spine lean. In the dust jacket from a Coward painting, price clipped. Jacket edges rubbed, short.....
Philadelphia New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1946). Glick (dust jacket illustrator). First American Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 320. Bound in red cloth with black and gilt lettering stamped on front board and spine. Former owner name stamped on front free endpaper. In the dust jacket that.....
London New York Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1930. Carmen. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 288. Bound in violet cloth with stylized lettering stamped in black on front board and spine. In the dust jacket, $2.00 price intact, with shallow chipping at head and tail of spine.....
(New York): Pantheon Books, (1953). E. McKnight Kauffer (dust jacket illustrator). First Thus. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. Pp. xv, [3], [2], 3-662. Translated from the German by Willard R. Trask. Index. Bound in black cloth over blue cloth boards, gilt Bollingen device on front board, gilt lettering on.....
New York London: The Century Co., (1928). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. [2], 3-352. Bound in orange cloth with lettering blindstamped on front board, in black on spine. The letter "S" is written on the front free endpaper in red pencil. Light offsetting to orange cloth. In.....
London: Secker and Warburg, (1987). Peter Dyer Angus Hyland (dust jacket design). First British Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. x, 171. Bound in blue paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. Paper a bit age-toned. In the illustrated dust jacket. Superb critical essays, mostly literary, by a master of.....