Search Results: Titles starting with E from Biblioctopus

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 1st edition (page 352 misnumbered 252 and the customary cancels).  Rossetti's first conventionally published book (600 copies), a comprehensive collection, with extracts from 64 medieval poets, 59 named and 5 anonymous.  Cloth, small scars to inner paper hinge (not cracked), else near fine complete with the errata and ad leaf, and though this is not a scarce book it is so in this condition.

New York: Harpers, 1910. First Edition. good. 2 vols. 1st edition. Signed presentation copy from Edison to his personal physician, John Hammond Bradshaw, "Dr. & Mrs. Bradshaw / from / Thomas A. Edison" in black ink on the front free endpaper. Original cloth (lacking the dustjackets and slipcase), worn at spine tips, but good, sound, and unrepaired. RBH lists only 2 signed, 2 vol. sets of the 1st edition sold at auction (one from 1936), so while this is not a beautiful set, it is the cleanest shirt in the hamper. Half morocco case.

New York: European Publishing Co, 1898. First Edition. hardcover. Very good. 1st edition. Signed by Stanton, in ink, on the endpaper. Rare signed (RBH says no signed copies at auction, and logs only one signed copy sold in the trade and that was 37 years ago). Original cloth, 5 pinholes to title (whatever was pinned there is now gone), small bookplate, rubbing to the extremities else a bright, very good copy. Cloth case. Stanton was the organizer and leader of the 1848 women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, the first such convention in the U. S. and the birth of the American women's movement. Her signature is in the wavering hand of the period (she was 86), but it is undeniably authentic, and dated (in another hand) "Aug 29-‘01" a year before she died.

New York, 1926. proof. good. Long galley proofs of the 1st edition (6 1/2" X 24"), printed on thin proofing paper (rectos only) dated "Dec. 27" [1926]. The first setting in type (book was 1927) of an immortal scrap of Western literature, the transit stage linking manuscript to 1st edition. Manufactured in a handful of copies to correct misprints and mis-settings before page proofs. Split across leaves 1 (see photo) and 123 rejoined with tape, some edge tears taped, last 3 leaves missing, but the missing text is supplied with 1st edition pages, connected to vaguely correspond, else good condition. Spartan cloth case. Despite being worn and imperfect, it's such a rarity that there is some chance it will turn out to be the finest (only?) known set, and with more than 100,000 1st editions printed (20,000 in the 1st binding), it's the only form of Elmer Gantry that will ever be rare. Upon publication the book was greeted with outrage by the exposed peddlers of empty promises, who called Lewis, an… Read More

Woodland Hills, CA: Boutwell Enterprises, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1st edition, limited edition 1st printing, signed in ink on the limitation page by both Elton John and Bernie Taupin to commemorate the 5 year anniversary of his U.S. debut appearances at the Doug Weston's Troubadour in August 1970. Original cream cloth and gilt titles, with some light soiling and rubbing, else internally unread and fine. 48 pages of great photos and text.

New York: St. Martin's, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 1st edition of the first William Murdoch novel, begetting the CBC television series that began in 2008 and continues today in its 17th season.  Signed on the title page.  Fine in fine dustjacket. It's usually safe to assume that people are more subtle and less sensitive than they appear.