THREE TALES.
Dublin, Ireland: The Cuala Press, 1941. First edition. 1 of 250 copies. 8vo. 41pp. Original cloth-backed blue boards (somewhat faded), paper spine label (edges chipped without loss). Very good. More
Dublin, Ireland: The Cuala Press, 1941. First edition. 1 of 250 copies. 8vo. 41pp. Original cloth-backed blue boards (somewhat faded), paper spine label (edges chipped without loss). Very good. More
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. Limited edition SIGNED by O'Flaherty. 8vo; 50 pp. Review copy, with some pencilled emendations (by the reviewer or publisher's staff) to one of the illustrations. Very good in brown cloth. More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. 1/2000 copies signed by the illustrator. 4to. xvi, (4), 153 pp. Plates, lithograph bound in. Bookplate tipped to verso of front endpaper, else fine. Gray boards, printed paper labels on spine and upper cover, publisher's slipcase with printed paper spine label. (#7761). More
London: Secker and Warburg, 1984. First trade edition. Small folio. xx, 381, [3] pp. Full maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, white printed dustjacket. Housed in publisher's plain card slipcase. Very good in dust jacket and slipcase. The manuscript (the only existing Orwell manuscript) originated with Orwell's..... More
(London and Aylesbury: Printed in Great Britain by Hazell, Watson & Viney), 1925. First edition in English. 8vo. 143 pp. Frontispiece from a photograph. Palamas (1859-1943) was a Greek poet and a co-founder of the New Athenian School, a central figure in the Greek literary scene of the late 19th..... More
Paris: De l'imprimerie de monsieur, 1788. Nouvelle edition, revue et corrigée. Large 8vo. 4 volumes: (4), vii, 517, (2, table and errata); (4), 528, (2, table and errata); (4), 537; (4), 525, (3, table and errata) pp. Frontispiece portrait of the author in volume one and 18 engraved plates. Palissot..... More
New York: The Purdy Press, 1926. First edition. 8vo. xxi, (2), 226 pp. Illustrated from line drawings. The 14 stories include contributions from Grace King, Katherine Sherwood Bonner, Martha Young, and Jane Screven Heyward (a text-ending poem). Original black cloth, prointed paper labels on spine and upper cover, illustrated dust..... More
NY: The review, New Series No. XXIX, Whole Number LXV, May, 1850 [this issue only]. 8vo. [443]-554 pp. Frontispiece portrait and 10-page"Memoir' of Richard Yeadon, editor of the Charleston Courier and South Carolina state legislator. Printed wrappers (worn and stained, lacking rear wrapper, spine eroded). Serviceable reading copy. More
Verona, (Italy): Limited Editions Club (Printed at the Stamperia Valdonega), 1965. First edition with the Salvadori illustrations, 1/1500 copies (this #192) signed by the illustrator and the printer Giovanni Mardersteig. 4to. xiii, (1) 369, (1) pp. Black-and-white illustrations from line drawings. With the LEC Monthly Letter tipped to a rear..... More
New York: Geo. P. Putnam, Of Late Firm of "Wiley & Putnam," 155 Broadway, 1848. First edition of the last book by Poe published in his lifetime. 12mo. 143 pp. 16-page publisher's catalogue at rear. BAL 16153. Binding A (no review of Eureka in the ads). Front endpaper replaced, faint..... More
The first of the moral essays to be published, Of Moral Taste (1731) is not included here. Each folio, bound in later marbled wrappers, the three pamphlets housed together in a folding blue cloth portfolio, gilt-stamped “Pope / Moral Essays” on the upper board All very good. a. OF THE..... More
London: E. Archer, 1927. 4to. 12 pp. Original stiff orange wrappers, paper label on upper cover. Very good. First edition, 1/100 copies signed by the author. More
Paris: Editions des Quatre Chemins, 1925. Two volumes, housed in a plain drab paper on cardboard slipcase. Facsimiles of two works by Rabelais, originally printed in Lyon in 1552, bound in vellum, gilt illustration on front cover [7 in. (40) pp.], limited edition, copy #215 of 300; ink note tipped..... More
New York: William Morrow and Co., (c1993). First edition. 8vo. 352 pp. Illustrated, line drawings, endpapers illustrated from photographs. Inscribed by Raines on the half-title in the year of publication. A native of Alabama, Raines served as reporter and political editor on newspaper staffs in Birmingham, Atlanta, and St. Petersburg..... More
New York: Philip D. Duschnes, 1945-1950. First edition. 8vo. 12 parts in nine volumes: 8vo. 420 pp. [paged continuously through the parts]. The nine volumes housed together in a homemade slipcase of marbled cardboard. Original printed wrappers (several sunned, some soiling), stapled. Very good. (#6413). More
[Salem, Mass. 1870]. Unbound sheets (some uncut), 29.5 x 22.5cm. Two preliminary leaves, printed with the series title and table of contents for the issues which follow: Nos. 1-5; Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 1870, 40pp. (8pp. each no.). Laid in between the 2 preliminary leaves is a folded sheet of music..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1942. First edition, first issue (illustrated boards and endpapers). 8vo. xxii, (2), 230 pp. Illustrated from line drawings. Original illustrated cloth, illustrated dust jacket (a little edgewear). Very good. More
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1942. First edition, first issue (illustrated boards and endpapers). 8vo. xxii, (2), 230 pp. Illustrated from line drawings. Original illustrated cloth, illustrated dust jacket (a little edgewear, small chips at corners). Very good. More
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1942. First edition, first issue (illustrated boards and endpapers). 8vo. xxii, (2), 230 pp. Illustrated from line drawings. Original illustrated cloth, portions of a badly chipped illustrated dust jacket laid in. Very good copy in a very worn jacket. More
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1942. First edition (with the price on dust jacket flap). 8vo. (8), 368 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Original silver stamped decorated green cloth, illustrated dust jacket (edges rubbed). Very good. More
Stanford University, California: Stanford University Press, 1937. First edition. 8vo. vii, 236pp. Orange cloth stamped in black. Tan dust jacket with few edge tears. Gift inscription on flyleaf. More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1903. Reprint (first published 1895). 8vo. viii, (2), 269 pp. Illustrated from Remington art work, plates. Howes R-207 (for the first edition). Graff 3458. Adams Herd 1878. Original cloth-backed illustrated boards (rubbed and soiled, corners badly bumped). Still a good solid copy. More
Philadelphia, (PA): E. L. Carey; Baltimore , (MD): Carey & Hart, 1835. First American edition (first published London, 1834). 12mo in sixes. 3 volumes: 180; 192; 192 pp. Publisher’s 24-page catalogue dated January, 1835, at rear of volume one. OCLC locates two copies (Library of Congress, Athenaeum of Philadelphia). Original..... More
Newbern, N.C. [François-Xavier Martin], 1801. First American edition.16mo. 160pp. Full brown leather with red leather title label. Spine eroded as is label, joints cracked but holding. More
Single sheet, 17 x 12 cm., creased from folding, some faint old staining to margins (not affecting text.) In a neat hand, Riley congratulates his importing tailor, A.A. Schmidt for his satisfactory work on the suit, and returns what he believes he owes him for it. He is uncertain as..... More