Rare books from Glenn Books

London: Henry S. King and Company, 1876. Eleven volumes in original box. Essentially no wear to the volumes. Elaborate gilt work on front cover and spine with blind-stamp on rear cover. Cloth is age spotted and spines very slightly darkened. Green endpapers with green silk book-marks. Box is cloth-covered, with some wear and fading of the pink cloth to tan. Front flap corners torn but intact. Original red silk pulls to extract the books from the box. The books have been well-protected by the box. Three volumes of "Poems", four volumes of "Idylls of the King", single volumes of "In Memorium", "Maud", "The Princess" and "Enoch Arden". . Later Edition.. White Cloth. Minor Soiling. 5 1/4"x 3 1/4".

London: Edward Moxon, 1844. Two volumes uniformly bound. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Inner dentelles with some off-setting onto free endpapers. Covers bordered with three-line fillets and corner rosettes. Spines lettered in gilt. Covers lightly scuffed with mild corner and spine extremity wear. Spines are darkened as is the top 2" of front cover to Volume ll. Bound without half-titles and 8-page advertisement in Volume l. Book-plate of Major Bryan Palmes on front pastedown of both volumes. Palmes (1851-1930) was a member of an old English family who resided at Noburn Hall in York. He was a friend of James Conrad, retired from the Somerset Light Infantry in 1891 with rank of Major. These poems were written after the publication of "Seraphim" and with the exception of a few contributuons to English and American periodicals, are printed here for the first time. The first poem, "Drama of Exile" was the longest and considered by Miss Barrett as the most important poem… Read More

Dedham: H. Mann and Company, 1816. Title continues; "Also, an appendix, comprising a dissertation on dysentery.... and observations on thre winter epidemic 1815-16, denominated peripneumonia notha..." Rebacked with original paper labels laid-down. Label chipped with three letters (MED) missing from title. Original blue paper-covered boards, printed front and rear covers. Hinges rather crudely repaired long ago. Top of covers water-stained as well as top edge. Fore-edge untrimmed. Cover printing is readable but faded a bit. (See photos). Many pages are browned at periphery, some foxing and staining. Owner's embossed stamp at foot of front free endpaper of Ira M. Rutkow, M.D. , noted bibliographer of military history. The author was an Army surgeon during the American Revolution and also served during the War of 1812. According to Rutkow GS4, this is probably the best and most vivid picture of early 19th century American military life. Garrison and Morton 2161.1 calls it "the primary… Read More

London: Merrill and Baker TWENTY-SIX VOLUMES uniformly bound. Marbled boards with matching endpapers. Top edges gilt. Spines lettered and designed in gilt. (See photos). Top edge of spine lightly frayed in several volumes. Each volume has a hand-colored frontispiece and is EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 30-40 full-page engraved illustrations with captioned tissue-guards. This is set # 196/500 of the Edition De Grande Luxe, undated but circa 1900. General introduction by Walter Besant. Our set contains 26 of 33 volumes, missing the four-volume biography of the author by Lockhart, two volumes of poetry, and "Ivanhoe". Included are: Old Mortality, Peveril of the Peak (2 volumes), Quentin Durwood, Red Gauntlet, Guy Mannerling, The Talisman, The Fair Maid of Perth, Woodstock, Monastery, The Heart of Midlothian (2 volumes), Rob Roy, Bride of Lammermoor, Count Robert of Paris, The Pirate, The Betrothed, Waverley, Surgeon's Daughter, Fortunes of Nigel, Anne of Geierstein, The Abbot, The Black Dwarf,… Read More

London: Smith, Elder and Company, 1869. TWENTY-FOUR VOLUMES uniformly bound. Signed bindings by ZAEHNSDORF. Marbled boards and matching endpapers. The first 22 books are dated 1869, the final 2 are dated 1886. Spines are decorated with intricate gilt designs, black leather label. Top edges gilt. Front joint of Volume 1 is a bit weak, but remains attached. All other volumes are tight. Several volumes with very minor wear at spine extremities. Full-page illustrated plates and text illustrations by the author, Richard Doyle, and others. All-in-all, quite a lovely set, finely-bound by a well-respected bindery. Cited in CBEL lll, p.429. Postage will be extra for this large set. . Collected Edition. 3/4 Buttercalf Morocco. Nearly Fine/No Jacket. Demy Octavo.

Utrecht: Abraham Van Paddenburg En J. Van Schoonhoven, 1767. Corners rounded, edges worn, spine extremities frayed. Rear cover a quite worn and rubbed but intact. Spine with five bands, gilt title and designs. Internally very clean throughout with wide margins. Text is in Dutch and title can be translated as "Zoological Miscellany In Which The New Or Obscure Species of Animals Are Examined Carefully with Pictures...." Translated and comments by P. Boddaery, Med.D. The book consists of six parts printed from 1767-1770 with a total of 10 HAND-COLORED COPPERPLATES. Part VI is bound first with the other five parts following. Collated complete. Part VI printed in 1770 has 30 pages and one color plate of crested fowl; Part I, printed in 1767 has 32 pages and two color plates of "heart goats"; Part II, 1768, has 38 pages and three color plates of bats; Part III, 1769, with 35 pages has a large fold-out color plate of various worms; Part IV, 1769, with 32 pages has a color plate of sea… Read More

Kansas City, Missouri: Pearl Publishing Company, 1893. Spine lettered in gilt. "Powell" on spine denoting second issue. Some light wrinkling of the cloth at top and bottom of spine. See photo. Slight fraying of spine extremities. Front free endpaper loosened and laid-in. A clean and crisp copy. Chapters on the packing industry, various animal in the stock yards, Biographicala sketches and photographs of many of the early traders. A very scarce book on the history of the Kansas City stockyards and its inhabitants, man and animal. 340pp. + 5 pages of adverts at conclusion. Cited in Howes P-523 and Herd 1827.. First Edition, Second Issue. Black Blind-stamped Cloth.. Light Wear/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2004. FOUR VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. All edges gilt, sewn-in silk bookmarks, Covers and spine lettered and designed in gilt. Covers all show the same robot. See photos. Color frontispieces in each volume by Stephen Youll. "I, Robot" in green leather, "The Robot of Dawn" in brown leather; "The Naked Sun" in rust leather, and "The Caves of Steel" in blue leather. One small dark mark near top of front cover of "The Robots of Dawn", otherwise a pristine set. 253, 419, 187, 224pp.. Collected Edition. Full Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Stephen Youll. Large Octavo.

New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1938. Minor bump front top edge. Prior owner's script stamp front and back endpapers. Crisp and clean throuighout. Numerous plates and figures through the text. Lindbergh was an inventor, among his many other attributes. He, of course, is best known for winning the Orteig prize in 1927 by being the first aviator to fly non-stop from New York City to Paris. He became interested in keeping organs alive outside the body when his sister-in-law developed a fatal heart condition in 1930. He worked with Nobel-prize winning Alexis Carrel in the study of organ perfusion. He invented the "Model T" pump, a glass perfusion pump, that is credited with making future heart surgery possible. He and Carrel described an artificial heart in the book and their work with perfusion eventually led to the construction of the first heart-lung machine decades later. 221pp.. First Edition. Black Cloth. Very Mild Edgewear /No Dust Jacket as Issued. Medium Demi Octavo.

London: R.S. Kirby, 1820. FIVE VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Marbled boards and endpapers. Gilt-panelled spine with red and brown spine labels. Top edge gilt. Each volume with multiple full-page engravings of the unusual personages presented as biographies. Armorial book-plates on front pastdowns and free endpapers. Some off-setting of engravings onto adjacent pages. Some occasional foxing but generally quitew clean copies. This set of oddities was first published in parts from 1803-1820. There were a total of six volumes published under this title. Each volume is complete in itself, and we have seen sets of four or five offered for sale. They do not come up for sale often and rarely as six volumes. Please note this this set is Volumes 1-5. Please see photos.. First Edition. 1/2 Brown Morocco. Lighty Edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Crown Octavo.

Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1835. SIX VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. These are Volumes 1-6 of the Ichthyology series. They date from 1835-1843. Spines are lettered in gilt. Volumes 4 and 6 have 1 and II in ink on spine (The two volumes of the British Fishes). Volume 5 has been rebacked with the original spine laid-down. There are a total of 202 plates in the six volumes, including a frontispiece and vignette title-page in each volume. Title-page vignette in Volume 1 is hand-colored, others are not. We have collated the fish plates as complete, and ALL ARE HAND-COLOURED! Volume 1 is "The Perch Family" by William Jardine; Volume II is "Treating of the Nature, Structure, and Economical Uses of Fishes", byJ.S. Bushnan; Volumes III and V are "Fishes of Guiana" by Robert Schomburgk; Volumes IV and VI are"British Fishes" by Robert Hamilton. All have the previous owner's signature at top of front free endpaper. A complete set of the fishes. All plates are found at the end of… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Spine sunned just a bit. Embossed "Presentation Copy" on title-page. A very clean copy throughout. Chapters on the record of the government, social organisation, and the budget. 414pp. See Woods A15. . First English Edition. Red Cloth. Minor Edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Octavo.

London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green and Company, 1900. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Forward edge of front cover shows some a bit of rubbing of the green cloth, one small area front joint as well. Original black endpapers, intact. Some light foxong of half-title and title-pages, with occasional foxing through the text, usually peripheral. This novel was Churchill's only endeavor into fiction. 345pp. + 2 pages of adverts. Woods !3(b). Please see photos.. First English Editiion. Green Cloth. Light edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Crown Octav.

New York, London, Bombay: Longmans, Green and Company, 1900. Front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Gilt rule front cover. Armorial book-plate signed in neat old hand, front free endpaper. Spine extremities very lightly frayed. Evidence of old newspaper off-setting rear endpapers. 1" x 1/2" tear top of pages 243-245. The true first edition of Churchill's only novel, preceding the Englisg edition by 3 1/2 months. 345pp. + 24-page catalogue at the end. A very clean copy through the text. Woods A3(a).. First American Edition. Blue Cloth. Light edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Crown Octavo.

Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1852. SIX VOLUMES UNIFORMLY-BOUND.Spines decorated and lettered in gilt.Top edges gilt. Yellow endpapers. Various dates from 1852-1854. Top of spines chipped, with 1/2 " piece missing top of spine Volume 3. Occasional old water-stains sparing plates. Collated complete with 197 full-page hand-colored plates with tissue guards, six portraits and six vignette title-pages. Several plates are loosened. Each volume has a biographical memoir at front with portrait frontispiece of the featured natural historian. Volumes 35-40 of the larger series. Volume 1, "Fishes", Volume 2, "British Fishes, Part 1", Volume 3, "British Fishes, Part 2"; Volume 4, "Fishes of the Perch Family"; Volume 5, "Fishes of British Guiana, Part 1"; and Volume 6, "Fishes of British Guiana, Part 2". See photos. . Later Bantam Reprint. Red Cloth. General Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jackets. Small Octavo.