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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 303pp. Cloth. With portraits, facsimiles, and other illustrations. A couple of faint spots to covers else a fine copy.; Octavo.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1984. First US Edition. Hardcover. 815pp. Cloth backed boards. Remainder mark to bottom edge, spine head a bit pushed in. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket. ; Octavo.

New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc, 1945. First Edition. Paperback. Armed Services Edition T-4. Oblong format. Tiny chip and very mild fading to spine. A near fine copy. ; Small octavo.

Woodstock, VT: The Countryman Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. A memoir by the author of the hardboiled detective series Hoke Moseley. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket with short creases to rear panel. ; Octavo.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. Name on front free endpaper. Light fading to board edges. A near fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with a closed tear to rear panel. ; Octavo.

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 613pp. Cloth backed boards. A biography of the master of suspense. Spine a bit pushed in. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with light shelf wear. ; Octavo.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Hardcover. 92pp printed on coated paper on the recto only. Half morocco over cloth, spine lettered in gold, all edges sprinked, red endpapers. John Boos' red ex-libris printed on the verso of the title. Lincoln's portrait is printed in red on the background of every fourth leaf. The illustrations differ from the original… Read more

New York: Harper Collins Publishers (HarperCollinsPublishers), 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 341pp. Cloth backed boards. Signed by Tony Hillerman on the title page and with stunning portrait of the author by Navajo artist Ernest Franklin done in watercolor pencils on the half title page. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with a tiny crease to rear flap. Comes in the… Read more

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. xi, 475pp; viii, 480pp. Contemporary brown half calf over cloth, spines with five raised bands, gilt decorations, and morocco labels lettered in gold, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Portrait frontispiece. Likely Selkirk historian Thomas Craig-Brown's copy with a Selkirk, Scotland bookplate and his signature on it. There is a handwritten… Read more

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. xiii, 379pp. Black cloth stamped in gold on the spine panel. Portrait frontispiece and three portraits from photographs. The front free endpaper inscription reads: 'John L. Stoddard / Azzano, / Lake Como, Italy / 1910. / To no author am I more indebted for illuminating / and stimulating information than… Read more

Flammarion, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. 279pp. Life with Hugo Pratt as told by his daughter. Profusely illustrated in b&w. Faint creases on the spine else a fine copy. Text in French. ; Octavo.

Paris: Excudit C. L. F. Panckoucke, 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Nova scriptorum Latinorum bibliotheca". Complete in two volumes. xii, 290pp; 288pp. Later brown half cloth over marbled boards. Scattered foxing to text blocks, law firm unobtrusive stamps on titles and last leaves, old stain affecting the top edge of some of the leaves of volume I, a touch of… Read more

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. lviii, 479pp; xvi, [480]-1020pp. Blue half calf over marbled boards, spines with red morocco labels lettered in gold, raised bands, and elaborately decorated in gold, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. The gorgeous bindings are signed by Zaehnsdorf on the verso of the front free… Read more

Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, N.D.. Hardcover. 75, [1]p. Green decorated cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine. The biography of English painter and sculptor George Frederick Watts. Short inscription on front free endpaper, some wear to edges. A very good copy. ; Octavo.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1926. First US Edition. Hardcover. 254pp. Green cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine. Short inscription to front free endpaper, a few tiny spots to spine. Internally clean. A very good+ copy. ; Octavo.

Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the Proverb Series. 173pp + [2]pp of publisher's advertisements. Green cloth lettered and decorated in gold on the spine. Frontispiece, engraved title, and two inserted plates with illustrations. Collects twelve short stories. Owner's bookplate on front free endpaper, light spine slant, mild edge wear. A very good- copy.… Read more

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1864. Hardcover. 500pp + 4, 3 [1]p of publisher's advertisements. Blue cloth stamped in blind on the sides, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Pale yellow endpapers. Six inserted plates with illustrations, one foldout plate with constellations, and many in-text illustrations. Contemporary inscription in pencil and small bookstore label on the front free… Read more

Auburn and Rochester: Alden and Beardsley, 1855. Hardcover. Later printing. First in the Silver Lake Stories. 148pp. Brown cloth lettered and decorated in gold on the sides and the spine. Frontispiece, engraved title, illustrations. Owner's name on front free endpaper, wear to extremities, missing the rear free endpaper, light foxing throughout. A good copy. ; 24mo.

Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. First in the Proverb Series. 233pp + [2]pp of publisher's advertisements. Green cloth lettered and decorated in gold on the spine. Frontispiece, engraved title, and two inserted plates with illustrations. Collects twelve short stories. Owner's bookplate on front free endpaper, title page partially split at hinge, light wear to edges.… Read more

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Eytinge, Jr., Sol. [6], 241pp. Red pictorial cloth stamped in gold on the front, spine lettered in gold. Frontispiece and six (out of seven) inserted plates with illustrations by Sol Eytinge, Jr.. Short preface by the author. Includes Little Nell, The Marchioness, Paul and Florence, The Fat Boy, Tiny… Read more