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NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1903. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1903, Published in October, 1903. Large format folio, 15" x 14", published as a child's lapbook, as shown in the cover illustration. Green cloth backed paper covered boards, with color Smith drawing inset on front and rear covers. Recto printed sheets and seven exquisite,… Read more

NY: American Spectator Inc., 1932. Consecutive run of the first 21 issues of The American Spectator, Volume 1, number 1 (November, 1932) through Volume 2, number 21 (July, 1934). 15 of the 21 issues have original wraparound bands. Each issue is one or more 22 1/2" x 35" sheet, printed 2 sides and folded to 16 pages. Published by Richard… Read more

London: Perpetua Books,, 1959. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Perpetua Books, 1959, first printing. Small 4to., 7 1/2" x 10", 118pp., illustrated throughout with b/w drawings and photographs. Black cloth with gilt titles and design. Light foxing along edge of page block. Very good in worn, good, price-clipped dust jacket with old internal repair remnants. .… Read more

NY: George Braziller,, 1959. First American edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: George Braziller, 1959. Small 4to., 7 1/2" x 10", 111pp., illustrated with b/w drawings by Searle. Blue paper covered boards and black cloth with gilt titles. Mild foxing on edge of page block. Very good in very good dust jacket. . 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very… Read more

NY: Doran, 1927. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: George H. Doran Company, 1927. 8vo., 186pp., illustrated by Eleanor Osborn Eadie. Yellow cloth with red titles and design, pictorial endpapers, 3 full page color plates. some wear at the board tips, mild creasing/wear to cloth along spine. Very good, clean, pages bright, binding tight. . 1st. Hard.… Read more

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1929. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1929, first printing. 8vo., 253pp. Bright orange cloth with black titles. Very scarce second mystery novel by the author of Scarface. Light fray to the cloth at the lower spine end, gentle rub at the lower tips, else… Read more

NY: Scribners, 1948. Early printing of the first American edition, lacking the Scribner's "A". Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. 8vo., ix+278pp., brown cloth with blue titles and designs. Mild fray a the the lower spine end, some darkening to pastedowns at the gutter, else very good plus in very good dust… Read more

Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1868. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1868. 8vo., 5" x 7 3/8", vi+171pp., printed on laid paper. Pebbled brown cloth with publisher's paper spine label, yellow endpapers. Some splitting at the front inner hinge, light wear at the spine ends and tips, chip to the upper corner of spine label. … Read more

London: Souvenir Press, 1989. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Souvenir Press, 1989, first printing. Folio, 9" x 12", 124pp., illustrated in color, with 59 humorous cartoons and a glossary on book collecting. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.

Baltimore: I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1912. First edition. Original softcover. Published Baltimore: I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1912. 12mo. stapled wrappers, 5 1/8" x 7 1/2", 96pp., plus 4pp. printed covers. Minor binder's crease to top margins of 8 sheets, light soil to rear cover, else near fine, pages clean, front cover bright. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus/No… Read more

Yonkers, NY: Harry A. Glynn, 1922. 5 original issues, including the first three that were published. April, July, August, December, 1922, (Vol. 1 Nos. 1,2,3,6); January, 1923; (Vol. II No. 7). Published Yonkers, NY: Harry A. Glynn, 1922-1923. 12mo., stapled wrappers, 5 1/4" x 7 3/4", each 32-34pp., plus 4pp. printed stiff covers, illustrated. The first issue (April 1922) was… Read more

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1903. First edition, binding A, with 1/16" publisher's imprint. Issue points of "Don't turn in at the side" on page 325 and "in the October sun" on page 327. Published Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1903. 8vo., x+327pp, +1 ad. Original green pictorial cloth, illustrated in green, blue, pink… Read more

NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1977. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1977, first printing. 4to., 9" x 11 1/4", xxvii+356pp., illustrated with maps, drawings, photographs and art by Marcia Huyette. Black cloth with gilt titles and blind embossed gray boards, pictorial endpapers. Exact reproduction text from the first edition. Near fine in very good… Read more

London: Thames & Hudson, 1973. First edition. Hard cover in publisher's pictorial cloth slipcase. Published London: Thames & Hudson, 1973, first printing. Small 4to., 8 1/2" x 11 3/4", 247pp., text and full page color plates of illuminated manuscript. Red cloth with gilt titles, top edge gilting. Fine in fine slipcase. . 1st. Hard. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

NY: Dutton, 1969. First American edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Dutton, 1969, first printing. 8vo., 430 pages, illustrated b/w plates. Edge wrinkle to one signature of pages, bottom edge of front board bumpred, some fade to the spine, else very good, clean, bright, binding tight.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979, first printing. 8vo., 404pp. Green cloth with yellow titles and designs. Theroux's travels by train from Boston to Patagonia--a journey of self discovery and uncommon encounters marked by startling contrasts in culture, climate, landscape, altitude, and attitude--are recounted. Minor foxing to edges,… Read more

NY: Ballantine Books, 1984. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Ballantine Books, 1984, first printing. 8vo., 376pp. Light dust spotting on top edge, previous owner blind emboss on title page, else fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo.

NY: Farrar ,Straus and Giroux, 1991. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Farrar ,Straus and Giroux, 1991, first printing. 8vo., xv+428pp. Edited with an Introduction by Patrick Samway. A collection of essays explores such issues as the art of writing novels, the Civil War, semiotics, the physician as novelist, faith, abortion, the future of the Church,… Read more

NY: Random House, 1957. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Random House, 1957, first printing. First State, with line 8 repeated on line 10 on page 327. 8vo., 371pp., Maroon cloth with gilt titles and blue rules, top edge of page block tinted gray, gray speckled endpapers. Minor rub to the cloth, spine bit dull, previous owner name on fly… Read more

Victoria, B.C., Canada: Millenia Pr, 1996. First edition. Trade softcover. Published Victoria, B.C., Canada: Millenia Press, 1996, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xi+186pp., illustrated. Near fine. . 1st. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.