Search Results: Literature from Tiber Books

Harper & Brothers. New York, 1850. First American Edition.. Hardcover. Good. Blue cloth with gold lettering, 371 pages plus ads; moderate foxing throughout as well as residue of an old water stain; hinges tight, cloth binding in very good condition. Kingsley's first novel.

Scolar Press, Aldershot, England / Ashgate Publishing Co., Brookfield, Vt, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj. Vg condition. Single non-circulating ex-lib stamp on 1 early pg (only marking), lower board edges lightly bumped in a few spots, contents bright & clean, binding tight. xiv, 144 p.

King's Crown Press, New York, 1942. Paperback. Good. 8vo, paperback, stiff boards. Good condition. Covers browned, else contents clean & tight. xi + 97 p., w/ facsim. of original title pg.

The Medici Society, Ltd., London, 1923. Ltd. edition: no. 891 of 1025 printed (on hand-made Riccardi paper) of which 1000 were for sale.. Very Good. Exterior lightly soiled, edges rubbed. Otherwise vg+ condition. 80 pp., untrimmed.

Random House, NY, 1952. Signed 1st edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover, grey cloth (no dj). Prev. owner's stamp on ffep, upper & lower spine bumped, rice-sized stain to fore-edge, otherwise vg+ condition. 342 pp.

Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1974. 1st edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover. Prev. owner's inscription on endpaper, exterior lightly soiled around board edges, mild foxing to fore-edge; otherwise vg condition in slightly upper-spine-worn, else vg dj. 276 pp.

Peter Owen, London, 1966. Trans. from the Dutch.. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover, blue cloth, op. Prev. owner's inscr. on front endpaper, sm notes on last pg. & rear endpaper, underlining to 3 pgs. Otherwise good condition, board extremities lightly bumped & pale 1/2" stain at lower spine, binding tight. 286 pp.

John Cape, London, 1977. 1st edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. Sm 8vo, hardcover, brown cloth. Diagonal crease in cloth across boards & spine due to binding defect. Prev. owner's label removed from ffep, residue remaining. Otherwise vg+ condition, incl. dj. 704 pp.

Stamperia Blanchon, Parma. , 1812 - 1813. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 6 volumes bound as 3. Hardcover, black qtr leather & corners w/ marbled paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. All vols., prev. owner's bookplate, exteriors moderately rubbed w/ leather edges showing through to underlying brown as expected, papered edges w/ small nicks at bottom edge; light foxing to flyleaves & very occasionally, faintly within; Volume I/II, pale 1-inch brown stain to inner margin of 2 pgs., not affecting text. Volume V/VI has 1/4-inch nick to rear board. Overall solid vg condition for their age, bindings & hinges quite tight, contents clean, gilt edges bright. 242 & 335 pp.; 299 & 248 pp.; 244 & 346 pp. Incl's historical introductions and a biography of Boccaccio by Girolamo Tiraboschi.

Phaidon, Verlag, Wein, 1929. Hardcover. Good. Cloth in Oriental style tied binding, decorative cover, illustrated with color plates in Oriental style; 103 pages, German language text, very good condition.

Privatdruck von der Buchdruckerei Gebr. Mann und der Graphischen Anstalt Ganymed, Berlin, 1929. Limited edition: No. 174 of 480. . Hardcover. Good. Small 4to. Hardcover w/ paper illustration pasted down to front board (no dj). Vg+ condition. Spine mildly age-browned, else very good condition, contents bright & clean, binding & hinges tight, boards square & corners sharp. 110 pp., untrimmed.

Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1973. Advance Reading Copy.. Paperback. Good. 8vo, paperback. Plain white covers w/ publisher's blurb on front. Good condition. Exterior lightly foxed, contents clean, binding quite tight. 355 pp.

NY: John Lane, 1900. 1st American edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Hardcover, decorative cloth. Exterior lightly scuffed, board edges rubbed, inner front hinge paper splitting (but board, binding firm). Small closed tear at bottom of Preface pg & final 2 pgs. Otherwise vg condition, clean & tight, all plates present. 245 pp. Dated inscription on front flyleaf, "Christmas 1907".

Verlag Allert de Lange, Amsterdam. , 1934. . 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Hardcover, no dj. Prev. owner's bookplate & Lib of Congress stamp on front endpapers. Spine mildly soiled & slightly cocked, lower pg. corners faintly crinkled, not very noticeable, else near vg condition, contents clean & exterior minimally worn given age. 492 pp. Novel based on Dreigroschenoper.

Bernard Grasset, Paris, 1951. 6e edition.. Paperback. Very Good. Small 8vo, paperback. Vg condition. Mild creasing around cover edges & very slight spine lean, small price-sticker at lower spine, contents clean, binding firm. 193 pp.

The Limited Editions Club, NY, 1979. Limited edition: no. 778 of 2000.. As New. Near fine condition. SIGNED by the artist and the author. Lacks slipcase. 59 pp. plus appendix of initial studies for the watercolors.

Aufbau-Verlag Berlin,, 1959. Textrevision und Erlauterungen von Curt Noch.. Hardcover. Good. 8 volumes, 8vo, hardcover. Vg condition, contents bright & clean, bindings & hinges tight. Vol. 1 & 3 upper board corners bent, Vol. 5 has 1/2" crinkle to lower corner of opening 35 pgs.; dj spines water-stained, not affecting books themselves except for 1/4" stain at lower spine of 2 vols. (under dj); dj's lightly edge-worn, good- condition.

Boston: Lamson, Wolffe, and Co, 1896. First edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo, hardcover, brown cloth. Vg condition for its age. Upper & lower spine and corners lightly rubbed/bumped, pgs. age-stiffened, otherwise clean, binding firm. 126 pp. 6 plates + frontis.

The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, May, 1903. Signed, ltd. edition: no. 14 of 250. Advance copy of the 1st ptg, bound in grey cloak cloth.. Very Good. . Vg condition. Grey cloth wrapper is oversized, so a bit wrinkled around edges as expected, w/ a few tiny holes; gilt title lettering nearly rubbed away at spine, but visible on front; cloth & contents quite clean, binding firm. 463 p., color frontis., 5 plates, publisher's list in rear.

Iowa State University Press, Ames, 1981. Hardcover. As New. Prose and poetry by 22 recognized & diverse authors, incl. Edna Ferber, Langston Hughes, Garrison Keillor, Gwendolyn Brooks. Op. Near fine condition, incl. dj. 215 pp. Illus. w/ numerous b&w photos.