Recent Arrivals from Great Expectations Rare Books

London: Faber and Faber, 2002. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, black boards lettered in silver on spine, in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 278 pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with eight pages of black and white photographs. First British edition. "Living Dolls looks at humanity's age-old obsession with… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1985. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Anniversary Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 300 pages. Afterword by Denis Donoghue and Preface by author. Twentieth Anniversary edition (Vicennial edition), first printing thus. A wonderfully witty homage to Laurence Sterne's digressive masterpiece allowing the… Read more about this item

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1994. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover, gray wrappers lettered in red. 17 pages. Covers of the object of the hoax, "The Invention of Paper" bound-in. First limited/numbered edition, no. 298 of 300. A wonderfully waggish tale of bibliographical tomfoolery. No… Read more about this item

Dublin, Ireland: Four Courts Press Ltd / in Association with The National Library of Ireland, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, maroon cloth lettered in gold on spine. in publisher's non priced and non clipped dust-jacket. 350 pages. With an introduction and notes by Andrew Carpenter. First edition thus,… Read more about this item

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, blue cloth in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 202 pages. Bibliographical References, Index. Illustrations. First edition, first printing with full number line. A history of European travel, exploration and appropriation. No previous ownership marks. … Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Universitty of Pennsylvania Press, 1994. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non priced and non clipped dust-jacket. 167 pages. Bibliographical References, Index. Illustrated with several black and white half-tones. Translated from the French by James Simpson. First American edition. No previous ownership marks.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, blue and green paper covered boards lettered in silver on spine, in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 304 pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with eight pages of black and white photographs. Stated First American edition [originally published… Read more about this item

New York: The Grolier Club, 2007. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback, perfect bound in white wrappers with original red dust-jacket with white paper spine and cover labels. 93 pages. With 11 tipped-in color and black and white illustrations. First edition, one of 1,500 copies designed and produced… Read more about this item

New York: Greenberg, 1950. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Special Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, slim oblong quarto size volume bound in marbled paper covered boards and quarter burgundy cloth, lettered in gold on spine. One of a special edition of 80 copies printed for the Armour and Arms Club of New York City. Reproduced… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover, royal octavo volume bound in deep blue cloth and publisher's non priced, non clipped dust-jacket. 1024 pages. Translated under the direction of Catherine Porter. Includes Bibliographical References, Index. and a Chronology. Illustrated with color photographs. First American… Read more about this item

New York: Grolier Club, 2011. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format paperback in the original pictorial wrappers. 135 pages. Illustrated in color and black and white throughout. Contains essays by several experts on both Lady Hamilton and the Kislak Collection. First edition. The catalog of the… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1904. Book. Good+. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, small quarto bound in red cloth. 189 pages. Index. Ex-library copy, from Virginia Military Institute with their small round stamp, dated Feb. 9. 1905, inside front cover. No other markings or stamps. With Prefatory… Read more about this item

Portfolio Books, 2010. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format hardcover, folio size volume bound in laminated pictorial boards, in publisher's glossy dust-jacket repeating cover art. 240 pages. Foreword by Tom Horton. Essays by Jeffrey A. Gordon, Derek Stoner and Jim White. Profusely illustrated with… Read more about this item

New York: Custom House (an imprint of William Morrow), 2019. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 505 pages. Annotated list of characters, bibliographical references, bibliography and index. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. Stated first edition, first printing with full number line.… Read more about this item

New York: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, 2021. Book. As New. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 869 pages. Foreword by George F. Will. Includes a short glossary of terms and an index. Second printing. An encyclopedic volume consisting of 100 numbered chapters,… Read more about this item

Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen , 1985. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large quarto paperback bound in pictorial stiff card covers. 150 pages. Foreword by W.A.L. Beeren. Introduction by B.B. Piotrovski. Illustrated with 41 color plates, with commentary. Exhibition catalog published in conjunction with show presented by the Museum Boymans-van… Read more about this item

Bussum, Netherlands: Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1976. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format hardcover bound in faux brown leather, lettered in gold on spine and with triple gold rules and gnome stamped in gold on front cover, in publisher's non priced and non clipped dust-jacket. Dutch edition, text in Dutch. Not… Read more about this item

New York: Rizzoli, 2004. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hardcover, large format folio size volume bound in pictorial laminated boards and vibrant color pictorial publisher's dust-jacket. 208 pages. Illustrated throughout with lavish full color photographs of the marvelous nonpareil residences of the rich and famous by Mick Hales. First edition,… Read more about this item

London: Phaidon Press, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, large quarto volume bound in black boards with pastel blue lettering on spine and front cover, in publisher's non priced and non clipped dust-jacket. 319 pages. With Notes, a Select Bibliography and an Index. First edition. A… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghto Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 313 pages. Contains two appendices, bibliographical references and an index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. The true story of… Read more about this item