Search Results: Titles starting with N from Fine Editions Ltd

Wheeling: H. Hoblitzell, 1851. Decorative Cloth. Fine. Superb First Edition, in publisher's binding, of this frontier classic. Demy 8vo (226 x 142mm): 416pp, with four plates on pale pink paper, one folding facsimile, and numerous woodcut text vignettes. Original brown blind-stamped cloth, front cover with striking gilt vignette of native hoisting the scalp of a settler, spine lettered in gilt, pale pink end papers. Early pencil inscription partially erased from front fly-leaf, pages (not plates) lightly foxed, but an excellent example, tightly bound and clean throughout with rich impressions of the plates. Field 415. Howes D-223 ("Valuable compilation based on reliable sources"). Sabin 19308. Streeter 1347 (the "prime source on the area"). Eberstadt 76. Thomson 318 (a "most valuable work . . . sold by subscription and is now scarce"). An important history of native resistance to the Euro-American occupation of the Ohio Valley, principally during the settlement period of West Virginia, from the… Read More

Oxford: Printed at the Theater in Oxford and are to be had there: And in London at Mr. S. Millers, at the Star near the West-end of St. Pauls Church-yard, 1677. First Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine. Complete in folio (311 x 181mm): [12],358,[12]pp, with magnificent folding map of Oxfordshire (often wanting), bordered with images of arms of colleges, towns, landowners and gentry; large engraved title-page vignette, and 16 numbered full-page plates by Michael Burghers, of flora and fauna, rocks and minerals, and some seventy species of fossils from the Jurassic and Cretaceous, including the first known illustration of a dinosaur bone (actually, the knee-end of the thigh bone, which Plot mistakenly thought had come from an elephant taken to Britain in Roman times), each with dedication within ornate cartouche to the owner of the land where objects illustrated were found. Contemporary Cambridge-style calf, respined to style with red morocco title and author labels gilt, date in gilt to foot, end papers… Read More

London: Van Voorst, Paternoster Row, 1860. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine+. First and only hardcover edition of Gosse's finest work, marking a "major advance in natural history book illustration intended for the mass market." (ODNB). Tall 8vo: xl,362,[2],8pp (pp 7-10 are cancels), complete with 12 tissue-guarded plates (11 of which are chromolithographs) by William Dickes, woodcuts in text, erratum slip tipped in at p. 1. Publisher's original unrecorded textured green cloth binding (similar to but distinct from "Case A" in Freeman & Wertheimer), gilt lettering and seaweed decoration to covers and spine, covers elaborately paneled in blind. A superb recased copy, binding tight and secure, faint lilac stamp of Barnsley Naturalists' Society to half-title and margins of plates, mild offsetting but generally excellent, clean condition throughout. Nissen 1641. Freeman (Natural History Books) 1390. Freeman & Wertheimer 108. Bibliotheca Bibliographici 2438. First issued in 12 monthly parts, from 1858 to 1860.… Read More

Berlin: Verlag von G. Reimer, 1849. Morocco. Fine-. First and only edition of this rare treatise on fossil finds discovered in the Eocene of Alabama, in 1845, and thought to be those of a genus of the whale family. Medium folio (467 x 330mm ): iv, 38 pp. with 27 superb, multi-figure lithographic plates of fossils, many duo tone, variously signed. Text in double columns. Modern quarter black morocco over gray cloth boards, red morocco lettering piece gilt. Tight, square, virtually pristine binding; text and plates with only light scattered foxing. About Fine. Nissen 2919. Sabin 51287 (erroneously noting date of publication as 1819). In the spring of 1847, Albert Koch, a charlatan showman in the mold of P. T, Barnum, displayed in the capitals of Europe the fossil of a supposed gigantic primeval animal, a species of incongruously long (114 feet) sea serpent whose bony parts he had cobbled together at random and to which he gave the name "Hydrarchus sillimani." Koch rationalized the remains attributed… Read More

London: printed by A[ndrew]. C[larke]. for John Martyn, printer to the Royal Society, at the Bell in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1678. First Edition thus. Paneled Calf. Near Fine+. First Edition in English of "one of the most important treatises on ornithology of all time, being the first systematic classification of the birds of the world." (Wood). Translated, edited and slightly expanded by Ray from Willughby's Latin original. Crown folio (364 x 231mm): [12],53,[3],55-271,[3],273-441,[7]pp, with two full-page letterpress tables and 80 leaves of plates, most unsigned but some credited to Thomas Browne and three by F. H. van Hove, two by W. Faithorne, and one by W. Sherwin. The two engraved plates showing techniques and equipment for snaring birds, often absent, are bound in at p. 28 (as prescribed); the remaining 78 numbered plates (depicting more than 200 species) appear at the end. An excellent example, beautifully bound to style in recent quarter calf over marbled paper-covered boards, spine in seven… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1936. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine+. First Edition (so stated), collecting the title story and seventeen others, including "Major Alshuster," "Astronomer's Wife," and "Winter in Italy." Crown 8vo (186 x 125mm): [10],355,[1]pp. Publisher's French blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, top edge stained blue, fore-edge rough-trimmed; illustrated dust jacket, priced $2.50, printed in black, brown, and blue. Inscribed and dated (December 14, 1977, San Francisco) by Boyle to half title, presumably when she was on the creative writing faculty of San Francisco State College. About Near Fine (spine heavily faded but lettering crisp), the bright jacket slightly edge-worn with spine panel lightened a degree or two. Chambers A11a. "The White Horses of Vienna" was first published in Harper's magazine, in 1935, and won the O. Henry Award for best story that year. Set in the months before the Nazis consolidated control of Austria by the Anschluss, it chronicles the life… Read More

Chicago: Art Embroidery Publishing Company, 1889. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine+. First (and only) Printing, with 1889 on front cover but 1888 on title page. Demy 8vo (225 x 170): 127,[1]pp, with eight full-page tissue-guarded colored lithographs and many engraved patterns, printed on heavy stock. Publisher's black linen spine over grey beige pictorial boards (autumn leaves) lettered in black. Slight color loss to cloth spine, boards lightly toned and rubbed, but an excellent example, tightly bound and clean throughout. Not in Bennett or Reese. Ellen Galusha Smith and her husband, William, lived in one of Peoria's most historic houses, with gardens designed by Orson Galusha, Ellen's father (Orson Galusha was one of the first nursery men to bring to Illinois the scientific knowledge of nursery culture, which deeply influenced Ellen's art; see Illinois Women Artists Project online.) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully… Read More

London: Michael Joseph, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine-. First Impression of the author's second novel, basis of the audio drama Breaking Point, starring Michael Kitchen. Crown 8vo (183 x 118mm): 238pp. Publisher's forest green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; illustrated dust jacket by Trevor Denning, priced 16s. A superlative copy, tightly bound (apparently unread) and clean throughout (top and fore-edges lightly spotted); about Fine jacket (orange on spine panel lightened to yellow). Someone is trying to destroy the lives of jockeys all over England. Francis was himself a steeplechase jockey, winning more than 350 races and becoming champion jockey of the British National Hunt. In 1956, as jockey to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, he rode Devon Loch in the Grand National. On the final straight, in front of the royal box just 40 yards from the winning post and five lengths ahead, Devon Loch collapsed. Francis later retired from the turf and began writing crime novels, more than forty of… Read More

London: printed for A. Bettesworth, at the Red-Lyon, in Pater-Noster-Row ; and W. Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple-Bar, 1724. Full Calf. Fine. First Edition, in two parts, of "perhaps Defoe's best travel book," an imaginary voyage of circumnavigation, intending to discover uncharted lands in the South Pacific. (Earle) Crown 8vo (201 x 115mm): [2],208; 205,[1]pp, with frontispiece map of the globe by J. Clark and three full-page views of life ashore. Beautifully bound by Fitterer in full speckled calf to period style, spine in six compartments between gilt-ruled raised bands, covers paneled in gilt, red morocco lettering piece gilt, matching end papers renewed. Scarce in commerce. A superlative copy in a fine binding, clean throughout with good margins. Moore 469. Sabin 19291. Furbank and Owens, pp. xviii-xx. Lowndes II 620. Howgego D11. Gove, pp. 241-42. Hill 462. Goldsmiths', 6348. Landis V 724/49. Earle (The World of Defoe), pp. 54-57. Published anonymously six years after Robinson Crusoe (and… Read More

London: printed for T. N. Longman, Pater-Noster-Row [from 1771], 1794. Early Reprint. Stiff Wraps. Fine. 8vo: xxxvi,380 numbered columns,381-394pp, with double-page copper-engraved map as frontispiece; [4],216pp. ESTC Citation No. T93564 and T93553. Finely bound to style by Fitterer in stiff beige wraps, printed paper spine label. Binding and text block clean, bright and unmarked save for offsetting from engraved map. A superlative copy. Fordham (Road-Books), pp. 27 and 29. Roscoe, (John Newbery) A399/6. Not in Hodson. The tenth edition: with the addition of near ninety pages, including considerable improvements in the direct roads, many new cross roads, and a great number of noblemen's and gentlemen's seats. Tenth Edition of the first work (1794; originally published 1771) "With the Addition of near Ninety Pages, including considerable Improvements in the direct Roads, many new Cross Roads, and a great Number of Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats"; Sixth Edition (1792), improved and corrected, of the… Read More

London: printed for T. N. Longman, Pater-Noster-Row, 1794. Early Reprint. Wraps. Very Good+. Small 8vo: xxxvi,380 numbered columns,381-394 [Index to the County Seats]pp, with folding copper-engraved map frontispiece. Recently bound to style by Fitterer in drab wraps, printed paper spine label, end papers renewed. A Very Good or better copy (map and title page lightly browned, browning and creases to some early page margins only), in a Fine binding. Lowndes 1798. Fordham (Road-Books), p. 27. Not in Hodson. Tenth edition (originally published 1771), with "addition of nearly ninety pages, including considerable improvements in the direct roads, many new cross roads, and a great number of noblemen's and gentlemen's seats." Although Paterson contributed no significant innovations to the compilation of road books, relying on the advances of Norden, Ogilby, and others, he "made improvements in style and presentation and added factual detail—so much so that his name was for many years an indicator of… Read More

London: Alec Tiranti, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine+/Near Fine+. First edition.  Slim foolscap 8vo (179 x 124mm): 38pp and 56 full-page plates. Publisher's original pictorial paper-covered boards, dust jacket repeating cover design by William Scott (one of the nine artists), priced 7s / 6d. Neat ownership inscription and date on fly-leaf. Jacket's spine panel folds lightly rubbed, caps skillfully restored (not involving lettering or design), else a Near Fine or better copy, tightly bound and crisp and clean throughout. An excellent example of a scarce book. Third volume in the publisher's Contemporary Art series. The nine artists of the title are: Robert Adams, Terry Frost, Adrian Heath, Anthony Hill, Roger Hilton, Kenneth Martin, Mary Martin, Victor Pasmore, and William Scott. In the 1950s, Alloway was a leading member of the Independent Group in the United Kingdom. He later worked as a critic and curator in the United States. He coined the term "mass popular art" in the mid-1950s, later shortened… Read More

London: William Heinemann, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First Impression of this early collection. Small 8vo (183 x 119mm): [6],231,[1]pp. Publisher's navy blue cloth, spine stamped in silver, cream-colored typographic dust jacket printed in red and grey and priced 8s/6d. About Fine (few spots to fore-edge, ink inscription to first blank), square and tight with clean pages throughout; about Fine jacket (several light smudges) without loss. A cheaply produced postwar production often encountered in deplorable condition. Wobbe A20a. Miller 24. Eight of the stories originally appeared in an earlier collection (1935) entitled The Basement Room. Among those new to this collection are "A Drive in the Country," "The Lottery Ticket," and "The Other Side of the Border," the latter two of which were excised from later collections. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1968. First Edition, as stated. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition (so stated) of the author's first book published in English translation, a novella and eight short stories. 8vo: [4],170pp. Publisher's quarter-bound brick-red cloth stamped in burgundy, mustard paper-covered boards, fore-edge untrimmed, boldly patterned end papers, illustrated dust jacket priced $5.95. Virtually pristine, an exemplary example, apparently unread, showing all first-issue points ('H-S' code on copyright page, without number line on terminal leaf), in a bright, nearly flawless first-issue jacket (Jerry Bauer credited for photograph of the author on the back panel, date code 0968 on front flap), with just mild toning to top of back panel and minute, nearly unnoticeable rub at the front spine-panel fold. Truly a collector's copy. Written between 1956 and 1957 and first published in 1961, the title novella (the book also includes a second, longer novella, Big Mama's Funeral) tells the story of an… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine+. First Impression of the Nobelist's third work of fiction, after Leaf Storm. 8vo: [6],170pp. Publisher's steel-grey finely woven cloth, spine stamped in silver gilt, top edge stained red, illustrated dust jacket printed in green, yellow, and red, priced £1.50. A superb example, virtually As New (and probably unread), in a brilliant jacket marred only by a minute closed tear to top of back panel and hint of rubbing to spine panel's tip. Yet another example of the value to be found in the graphically superior designs of most UK editions of American authors's works. "Written between 1956 and 1957 and first published in 1961, the title novella (the book also includes a second, longer novella, Big Mama's Funeral) tells the story of an impoverished, retired colonel, a veteran of the Thousand Days' War, who still hopes to receive the pension he was promised some fifteen years earlier. The colonel lives with his asthmatic wife in a… Read More

London: Fortune Press, 1965. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second (unauthorized) Edition, originally published by the Fortune Press in 1945. Tall, slim 8vo: [4],36pp. Publisher's smooth maroon buckram (some copies bound in brownish-orange buckram, no priority known), spine lettered in gilt, bottom edge untrimmed; beige dust jacket (Bloomfield calls it pale orange, but to my eye there is very little, if any, orange in it) printed in black, priced 21s. Possibly run off from the same plates as the first edition, with the copyright page still reading "First Published 1945," though this edition appeared in a larger format than the original (9 1/8'' x 5 5/8'' vs. 7 1/8" x 5"). A virtually pristine, unread copy, completely free of foxing and wear, in Fine jacket. Bloomfield A1(b). This pirated edition, limited to 500 copies, was issued in advance of the authorized Faber & Faber release (on Sepember 15,1966), but was swiftly withdrawn when Larkin discovered its existence. By 1972, according to… Read More

Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, Publisher, 1914. Cloth. Fine. A complete two-volume set (each volume issued separately) of early editions for the traveler wanting a handy panoramic survey of the entire country, in matching bindings. Foolscap 8vo (158 x 99mm): xxxvi,454pp, with 16 maps and 55 plans (some folding); xxvi,648pp, with 42 maps, 63 plans, and a panorama. Publisher's red flexible cloth stamped in blind and gilt, all edges marbled, red and green silk page-makers. Northern: Fifth (and final) Edition. Southern: Sixth Revised Edition. Both volumes fine, all but unused (and scarce thus), bindings square and tight, richly marbled edges, pages and plans fresh and bright, maps properly folded and generally free of tears. A superb set. (Guide books were bought to be used, and as such their condition is rarely pristine.) Hinrichsen E119a and E126. "The Romantic movement in Germany had given a new impetus to travel . . . In 1828 Baedeker bought the rights to J. A. Klein's Rheinreise von Mainz bis Köln and,… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday, 1951. First Edition, as stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition (so stated). 8vo: 222pp. Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in black; cream-colored pictorial dust jacket, priced $2.50 Near Fine (thin line of sunning to top cover, dusty top edge, neat gift inscription to front fly-leaf); Very Good or better jacket with two closed tears and associated creasing to front panel and light rubbing to toe of spine, but no chips or losses. McIlvaine A70b. Jasen 69a. Diverse collection of short stories featuring assorted Drones, The Oldest Member and Ukridge, and including "Bramley Is So Bracing," the final story Wodehouse published in the Strand, first collected in the American edition of Eggs, Beans and Crumpets. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine… Read More

London: Turret Books, 1967. Limited Edition. Card Covers. As New/As New. First publication in the series Contemporary Poetry Set to Music, a six-line poem by Durrell, set to music for "high voice" by Southam. Limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by the poet and the composer, this being no. 25. Unpaginated: [8]pp, with proof sheet, reproducing title page, illustration, poem, and colophon loosely laid in. Publisher's illustrated string-bound stiff card wrappers, title page printed in brown, poem surprinted on uncredited illustration, double-page musical score on thick paper, green illustrated dust jacket titled in red, repeating design (by Pip Benveniste) on wrappers, One corner of proof sheet lightly creased, with paperclip imprint on top edge. The eight-page publication, including wrapper and dust jacket, is As New. There were only seven titles in this series, each in a limited edition of 100, the final one published in 1970. "Nothing is lost," in its entirety, reads: "Nothing is lost, sweet self,… Read More

London: Frederick Warne, n.d. / n.d. / n.d.. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Fine. A beautifully preserved set of the so-called Triplets, three separately issued companion volumes, one of the most charming collections of children's songs and nursery rhymes set to music. Early issues (but see Unglow and Engen), all engraved and printed by Edmund Evans and uncommon in original dust jackets. Square crown 8vos (176 x 187mm): [2],4-55; [8],9-56; [8],9-55,[1]pp, beautifully patterned and illustrated throughout with intricate border designs and full-page plates in woodblock colors, influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, Japanese prints, and the incipient arts and crafts movement. Opera: Publisher's cream cloth-backed terracotta pictorial boards, spine lettered in black; matching dust jacket. With sheet music to a host of favorite nursery rhymes (including "My Lady's Garden," "I Saw Three Ships," "Three Blind Mice," "Baa! Baa! Black Sheep," and "London Bridge"), selected and arranged by Lucy Crane, Walter Crane's… Read More