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London, England: Adam & Charles Black, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Without dust jacket (if issue. An ex-college library copy with markings on the spine, endpapers, and title page. Duodecimo, 7 3/4" tall, 277 + 2 ads pages, decorative green cloth. An otherwise very good original hardcover with rubbing to the cloth at the fore-tips and at ends of the back strip, hinges and binding solid, paper clean and lightly yellowed with some darkening to the fore-edges.

New York, New York: B. Westermann & Co, 1884 -1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Good minus/Without dust jacket (as issued). A volume in very difficult condition offered because of its scarcity. Single volume III, four original issues (nos. 2 and 3 as issued together), bound together without advertisements or original wraps. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 768 pages; three-quarters leather over dark cloth. A good minus original copy overall, exterior significantly worn with front cover and back strip loose, back strip edge chipped, and cover corner tips rubbed through to boards. Title page and front free-endpaper missing; interior good and generally clean, internal binding solid, paper moderately yellowed, with original owner's bookplates on front pastedown.

San Francisco, California: Wyckoff & Gelber/ Grabhorn Press, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Without dust jacket (if issue. 500 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press...November 1923." No. 121. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, orange paper over boards [4] + 16 pages, laid paper, two color letterpress. A good copy, but the exterior shelf-worn, edge of decorative wrapper over boards is chipped, with rubbing at the spine, some discoloration and chipping at the top edge of the back cover; the interior is very good, binding solid, and paper moderately yellowed.

London, England: W. Richarrdson, 1788. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. An ex-library copy of the original edition of volume one. Single volume rebound with library stamping to the title page and three more pages. Octavo, 8" tall, 265 pages + index (8 pages) + fold-out chart of royal family (chart has been cloth backed); 3/4 tan cloth with marbled paper over boards. A good original copy overall with free endpapers missing (part of library rebinding); replacement library binding very solid, original text paper light to moderately yellowed with light scattered foxing.

New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 152 pages, black quarter-cloth with gilt title on spine. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In fine, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price.

New York, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Octavo, 7 1/2" tall, 553 pages, decorative end papers, paper spine and front cover labels on blue cloth. A very good, clean, sturdy hard cover first edition overall with moderate shelf wear and rubbing to corner edges; hinges and binding solid, paper clean, just lightly yellowed. In a good dust jacket with small chips at the fore-tips and at ends of the back strip, some yellowing to the back strip, with the original price.

Edwin Mellen Press, 1991. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, [iv] + 314 pages, stiff illustrated wraps. A near fine, clean, neat soft cover with light shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Oriental Publishing, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto, 10 1/2" tall, 416 pages with gilt fore-edges (printed on a gray colored heavy stock) + black and white plates (printed on a heavy white coated stock), decoratively embossed red and tan boards. A good original copy overall, interior clean, internal binding solid, paper light to moderately yellowed, mostly at the margins, BUT, exterior worn, hinges broken and covers both loose, back strip missing, fore-corners through to boards.

New York, New York: Page Company, 1921. Second printing . Decorative Cloth. Good +/Without dust jacket. Sold as a good reading copy only. Octavo, 7 3/4" tall, 296 pages + 16 ads, gilt titles on decorative green-blue cloth. A good plus, generally clean, neat hard cover edition overall with moderate shelf wear and rubbing at the corners, hinges and binding solid, paper moderately yellowed with darkening to the top fore-edge. Lacking dust jacket.

New York, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover--cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 382 pages, black cloth with gilt title on spine; with remainder mark on the bottom edge. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good, lightly edge worn dust jacket, with a half-inch light stain at bottom front fore-corner, with original price.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1984. Hardcover--cloth. Near Fine / Near Fine. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 296 pages, blue cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition, second printing, with minor shelf wear and slight foxing to the fore-edges; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, clean dust jacket, with the original price

New York, New York: Congdon & Lattes, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by author on the front, free end paper. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 212 pages. A near fine, clean, hardcover first edition with minor shelf wear, but with slight foxing to the fore-edges; binding and hinges tight, paper cream white. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket.

Forge Books, 2007. Later printing. Paperback. Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 351 pages, stiff illustrated wraps. A very good, clean, lightly worn soft cover, binding tight, paper cream white, with a previous owner's name penned at the half-title margin.

New York, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 256 pages, orange cloth. A very good, clean, neat, hardcover first edition with moderate shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, pages cream white. In a very good, clean dust jacket with small chips at the fore-tips and at ends of back strip, with original price. Author's first novel, and based in part on the records of the great Boston Fire of 1872.

Berkeley, California: Turtle Island, 1977. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. Issued simutaneously in hard cover. 1000 copies printed--50 copies hand bound in boards. Octavo, 7 3/4" tall, xii + 148 pages, stiff wraps. A near fine clean, neat soft cover first edition over all with minor shelf wear, slight exterior soiling; binding tight, paper cream white.

Random House; NY, 1932. Early printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Without dust jacket. This is a deluxe full red leather 5 ribbed binding, 12mo size, 7 1/4" tall, 1218 pages, with gilt titles and decorations, gilt fore-edges, marbled endpapers, thin paper. A very good, clean neat original copy over all with minor rubbing at the corners, slight surface cracking to the spine leather, paper lightly yellowed. Still, a handsome volume.

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1995. First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 269 pages, gbeige quarter-cloth. A near fine, clean, sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear, binding solid, paper cream white, but slight foxing to the top fore-edge. In a near fine, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price present.

Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1953. Hardcover--cloth. Very Good/Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 253 pages, brown cloth; gilt title on front panel. A very good, clean, hardcover first edition with minor shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white with light foxing to top fore-edge. In a good, clean, moderately worn dust jacket with chipping at the folds and several short tears, and with original price.

Watsonville, CA: Papier-Mache Press, 1998. First paperback edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. Signed by the author on the title page. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 182 pages, stiff illustrated wraps. A very good+, clean, likely unread soft cover edition with light shelf wear but a tear to the bottom front cover (and with clear tape); crease along the back cover; binding tight, paper white.

New York, New York: Random House, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 193 pages, black quarter cloth. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine dust jacket, with the original price.