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Random House, New York, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Signed by Author. E.L. DOCTOROW. Loon Lake, New York: Random House, 1979.Octavo, first edition, pp. 258, 1 (note), brown cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt signature to front, signed on the title page by Doctorow. In the Depression era, a drifter turns up at one of the great houses of the Adirondack Mountains.Condition of this bookNear fine, small crease in jacket flap, slight staining to edges, sunning at boards' edges. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; Travel & Places. Signed by Author. ISBN: 039450691x. ISBN/EAN: 9780394506913. Pictures of this item not… Read More

Random House, New York, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. E.L. DOCTOROW. Ragtime, New York: Random House, 1974.Octavo, first edition, pp. 270, 1 (note), brown cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and red rules to spine, gilt highlighting to front and spine, top edge tinted brown. American celebrities of the early 20th century come together in a raucous bestseller.Condition of this book:Small stain at top edge, minor loss of color to boards, else fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; Film, Radio & Television. ISBN: 0394469011. ISBN/EAN: 9780394469010. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory… Read More

R.H. Russell, New York, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Mars, Squire. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. A Child's Garden of Verses, New York: R.H. RUSSELL, 1900.Large, square quarto, first edition, pp. 115, printed boards, illustrated by E. Mars and M.H. Squire, interleaved with pages from the 1910 Scribner edition showing Jessie Willcox Smith illustrations for these verses, with the ownership signature of Sara Delano (this copy came from the estate of a Franklin D. Roosevelt collector, so the signature may be that of Roosevelt's mother -- I don't know).An important edition for collectors of illustration and children's books, but, like other Russell books, this one was doomed to unnatural physical failure.Condition of this book:Backstrip mostly perished, covers' edges worn and chipped, some leaves loose, occasional tears at edges; clean. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from… Read More

Gnome Press, New York, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. L. SPRAGUE de CAMP and FLETCHER PRATT. The Castle of Iron, New York: Gnome Press, 1950.12mo, first edition, pp. 224, orange cloth boards with purple stamped lettering to spine, dragon and castle on front, former owner's name stamped on free front endpaper and title page. A scientist's adventure in another dimension.Condition of this book:Jacket sunned at spine, with minor flaking. Publisher used better-than-usual paper here, so there is none of the browning that is so typical of Gnome Press books. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; United States; 1950s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here… Read More

Firmin Didot, Paris, 1869. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. LACROIX, PAUL. Les Arts au Moyen Age et a L'Epoque de la Renaissance, Paris: Firmin Didot, 1869.Heavy quarto, second edition revised, pp. iv, 548, 19 color plates under tissue guards, red morocco boards with gilt lettering and elaborate decoration, all edges gilt, 400 engravings in plates and text. A wide-ranging survey including fine and applied arts, book arts, and armor and the arts of war. Brunet Supplement 739.Condition of this book:Boards worn and rubbed at extremities, short tear in rear joint, spine is sun-darkened, minor foxing to preliminaries and tissue guards. Overall very good. Size: Quarto. Text is in French. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos.… Read More

Funk & Wagnalls, New York, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. MARTHA J. LAMB. Wall Street in History, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1883.Tall, thin octavo, first edition, pp. 95, red cloth boards with gilt lettering and finance metaphors stamped into front, blind-stamped decorative borders to front and back, all edges gilt, illustrated, ownership signature on a front blank. Covers the days when there were actual boiler rooms, not the figurative scam operations, and big shade trees on Wall Street.Condition of this book:Covers have small stains, chips; spine discolored. Minor dampstain at top edge touches most leaves, inoffensive with text unaffected. Overall good and sound. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped… Read More

Bantam, New York, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. LOUIS L'AMOUR. Frontier, New York: Bantam, 1984Tall quarto, first edition, pp. 16, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, color photos. L'Amour's first book of non-fiction talks about American places that are worth celebrating, using the work of outdoors photographer David Muench.Condition of this book:Fine, no flaws. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; United States; 1980s; Photography. ISBN: 0553050788. ISBN/EAN: 9780553050783. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54064. . 9780553050783

Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. New Book/No Dust Jacket. LANDAU, SARAH BRADFORD, and CONDIT, CARL W. Rise of the New York Skyscraper, 1865-1913, New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1996.Quarto, first softcover edition, pp. xvi, 478, wraps, halftone photos. Explores the architectural beginnings of modern New York, including beautiful, long-gone buildings.Condition of this book:Fine, no flaws. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Architecture; United States; 19th century; Art & Design. ISBN: 0300077394. ISBN/EAN: 9780300077391. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53079. . 9780300077391

Flammarion, Paris, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. JACQUES LARTIGUE. Lartigue's Riviera, Paris: Flammarion, 1997.Quarto, first American edition, released simultaneously with the French, pp. 144, gray printed boards, halftone and color photos. Released shortly after Lartigue died, this contains later work of the great autodidact. Essay by Mary BlumeCondition of this book:Fine, no flaws. This is the first USA edition. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; France; 1990s; Travel & Places. ISBN: 2080136402. ISBN/EAN: 9782080136404. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54138. . 9782080136404

Manuel Bruker, Paris, 1955. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Jacques Villon. JACQUES LASSAIGNE. Eloge de Jacques Villon, Paris: Manuel Bruker, 1955.Folio, No. 89 of an edition of 200 printed on velin de rives paper by Madame J.G. Daragnes, unpaginated, cardboard covers with a parchment wrapper, 10 original gravures by Villon, text in French. Biographical information by a friend of Villon's, with comments by Villon in the form of a letter to the publisher.Condition of this bookSome leaves loose, parchment wrapper is toning, very clean overall. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text is in French. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Jacques Villon. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art &… Read More

Wetstein, Amsterdam, 1718. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. CORNEILLE LE BRUN (DE BRUYN). Voyages par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aus Indies Orientales, Volume 2, Amsterdam: Freres Wetstein, 1718.Folio, first French edition, pp. 253-468, contemporary marbled calf boards with morocco labels and gilt ornaments to spine, marbled edges, brown cloth-covered solander box, text in French, extensive illustration by the author. With 152 etched plates, many double-page and fold-out, numbered 111-262.This volume includes a long section on Persepolis, with 27 panoramic views of the ruins -- pillars, facades with ornaments and reliefs, columns, tombs of the king of Persia, figures, etc. Other plates show views of China, Arabia, animals, plants, Balinese slaves, various settlements, a "savage man of the South," and much more.The author was a painter and explorer who traveled from 1701 to 1708 to Russia, Persia, India, Ceylon and… Read More

Knopf, New York, 1995. Publishers Proof Copy. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. JOHN LE CARRE. Our Game, New York: Knopf, 1995.Octavo, uncorrected proof, pp. 302, 3 (notes), wraps, proposed front panel of hardcover dust jacket stapled to the inside of the front cover.Condition of this book:Dust-darkened at edges, overall very good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges greyed with dust marks. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; 1990s; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0679441891. ISBN/EAN: 9780679441892. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55367. . 9780679441892

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. JOHN LE CARRE. The Little Drummer Girl, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983Octavo, first British edition, pp. i (foreword), 430, 1 (note), taupe paper-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine, top edge tinted taupe. Author's fourth book.Condition of this book:Fine in near fine jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; 1980s; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0340328479. ISBN/EAN: 9780340328477. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55207. . 9780340328477

Coward-McCann, New York, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. JOHN LE CARRE. The Looking Glass War, New York: Coward-McCann, 1965Octavo, first American edition, pp. 320, black cloth boards with gilt lettering and insect to spine, gilt insect on front, top edge tinted olive. Author's fourth book.Condition of this book:Fine in fine jacket. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; 1960s; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55206. .

John Lane, New York, 1914. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. STEPHEN LEACOCK. The Methods of Mr. Sellyer, New York: John Lane, 1914.Thin 12mo, unpaginated, brown cloth boards quarter-bound in brown morocco with gilt lettering in gilt frame on front, top edge gilt. Impecunious customer describes the wily ways of a cynical bookseller.Condition of this book:Leather chipping with minor losses at spine ends, a few smudges on front cover, overall very good and clean. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; United States; 1900-1920; Humour. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54626. .

Viking, New York, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition/Fair. MUNRO LEAF. Wee Gillis, New York: Viking Press, 1938.Quarto, first edition, unpaginated, printed boards quarter-bound in yellow cloth with green lettering to spine, illustrated by Robert Lawson, playfully inscribed and doodled on the half-title page by Leaf: "With all the best wishes of Wee Gillis and Munro Leaf." Second great children's book by the author of "Ferdinand." With original dust jacket.Condition of this book:Very good with rubbed edges and corners. Dust jacket only fair with pieces missing at edges, stains, original price of $1.50 is intact on jacket flap. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Scotland; 1930s;… Read More

LSU Press, Baton Rouge, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. JAMES LEE BURKE. The Lost Get Back Boogie, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986.Octavo, first edition, pp. 241, turquoise cloth boards with red-stamped lettering to the spine. The novel was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1987, and it won the Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America in 1986. A highlight of modern American literature in as-new quality.Condition of this book:Fine, flawless. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; 1980s; Fiction. ISBN: 0807113344. ISBN/EAN: 9780807113349. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory… Read More

Hyperion, New York, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. Signed by Author. JAMES LEE BURKE. Dixie City Jam, New York: Hyperion, 1994.Octavo, first edition, pp. 367, blue paper-covered boards quarter-bound in black cloth with gilt-stamped lettering to the spine, signed and dated on the title page by Burke. Detective Dave Robicheaux and family are at risk in a case involving dead Nazis.Condition of this book:Fine, flawless. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; United States; 1990s; Fiction. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0786860197. ISBN/EAN: 9780786860197. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55341. . 9780786860197

Hyperion, New York, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. Signed by Author. JAMES LEE BURKE. A Stained White Radiance, New York: Hyperion, 1992.Octavo, first edition, pp. 305, black paper-covered boards quarter-bound in turquoise cloth with silver-stamped lettering to the spine, signed on the half-title page by Burke. Detective Dave Robicheaux gets into the problems of childhood friends.Condition of this book:Fine, flawless. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; United States; 1990s; Fiction. Signed by Author. ISBN: 1562829807. ISBN/EAN: 9781562829803. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55363. . 9781562829803

Bradbury & Evans, London, 1864. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Poor Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Phiz. MARK LEMON. Tom Moody's Tales, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1864.12mo, second edition, pp. [ii], 173, 2 (ads), red cloth boards with a gilt horse-and-buggy scene inside a floral gilt frame, all edges gilt, 13 hand-colored illustrations by Hablot Browne ("Phiz"). Not in Tooley, as this book is generally not found with color plates. Lemon is identified as the editor, but he was actually the author. The tales involve equestrian activity, including a bullfight with a toreador on a horse. Phiz is probably best known for his work with Dickens.Condition of this book:Poor. Backstrip perished, front cover loose, binding split. Occasional minor staining and foxing inside. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Front board is detached. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing.… Read More