The Secret, and Other Stories (signed)
The Fountain Press/Methuen and C, 1929. Hardcover. This is copy 117 of 742, SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages show minor scattered foxing. More
The Fountain Press/Methuen and C, 1929. Hardcover. This is copy 117 of 742, SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages show minor scattered foxing. More
E. P. Dutton & Company, 1926. Hardcover. 1st American edition, first printing from Dutton. Lacking dust jacket. Bound in green cloth with gilt vignette, lettering, and ruling to the top board and spine. Minor wear to the extremities, gilt slightly rubbed. Pages are lightly tanned and clean... More
The Neale Publishing Co., 1909. Hardcover. 12-volume set, complete. SIGNED by Bierce in the prelims of volume 1, for a Mr. C. E. McLellan. This is set #12 of 250. Uniformly bound in luxury morocco with decoration in blind and gilt, covers with minor fading to the spines, rubbing. All..... More
Chapman & Hall, 1844-01-01. Hardcover. 8vo, 3/4 gilt-ruled crimson crushed morocco over crimson linen, spine lettered and decorated in gilt between gilt-ruled raised bands, t.e.g. [iii]-xv, 624 pp. Etched frontispiece, vignette title-page (Smith's State 2-a), & 38 plates after designs by Hablot K. Browne. Top of spine and one upper..... More
Chapman and Hall, 1840-01-01. Hardcover. Complete in 3 volumes, contemporary uniform binding in half-leather with marbled boards, raised bands and gilt lettering on the spines. Covers show minor rubbing and wear to the extremities. Marbled edges and endpapers. Bookplate of former owner on the front pastedowns. Pages show minor foxing..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. Paperback. 8vo, 14 x 22.5 cm. Engraved title and plates after Luke Fildes. Publisher's blue-green pictorial wraps. Moderate soiling and chipping to the wrappers, rear wrap of part 1 detached, slight loss to the spines and some curling edges, light tanning. "Price Eighteenpence" on part..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. Hardcover. Illustrated by Phiz (H.K. Browne). First edition, bound from parts. 8vo. London: Chapman & Hall. Bound in full blue leather with gilt portrait of Dickens on the top board, gilt signature on the bottom board, rasied bands and gilt decoration on the spine. All..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1838. Hardcover. Bound in green calf with raised bands and gilt, cover shows minor rubbing to the edges. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers, price sticker on the front pastedown. Pages are clean with minor foxing to the plates. More
Chiswick Press, 1812. Hardcover. 2-volume set. 392, 360 pp., 14 & 12 woodcuts. Half-leather covers with marbled boards show minor wear and rubbing. With the armorial bookplates of Arthur Augustus Tilley on the front pastedowns (Tilley was a literary critic, historian, writer, and academic of the University of Cambridge teaching..... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1905. Paperback. Bell's Indian & Colonial Library edition, 1905. Original red wraps with minor chipping, rubbing, and creasing on the spine. Small stain on the edges, pages are lightly tanned and clean. Scarce. A precursor and likely inspiration for Burrough's classic "A Princess of Mars,"..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1923. Hardcover. A Kelliegram binding, by Kelly & Sons, signed on the rear turn-in. Full green crushed morocco with gilt-decorated frame, rasied bands and gilt panels and lettering to spine, multi-colored morocco inlaid figure of a woman sitting at a table on the top board, gilt-stamped..... More
N. Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. Hardcover. First edition, second issue (with imperfect "3"). SIGNED by Hemingway on the title page. His second short story collection. Lacking dust jacket. Title label on the spine chipped and creased, cover with minor wear to the extremities. Embossed name of former owner on..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, 1988-03-12. Hardcover. Stated first American edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector. FINE condition, with faint smell of tobacco. More
London: John Murray, 1823-26. Hardcover. A beautiful set of 13 volumes, uniformly bound. Slight loss at the crown of volume 4, otherwise volumes all in Fine condition with minor rubbing and slight cracks to the spines, joints starting, discoloration. Bound in full navy-brushed calf with gilt ruling and dentelles, rasied..... More
Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1929-01-01. Hardcover. Dust jacket shows moderate wear, tear, chipping, and tanning. Cover with minor wear. Pages are lightly tanned, textblock is square. Name stamp of former owner on the title page. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. Hardcover. True first edition, stated "first published 1954" with no furhter editions mentioned on the copyright page. First edition, first state dust jacket with no credit for artist Kenneth Lewis on the front flap, price stated 10s 6d. Dust jacket with some minor chipping to the..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. Hardcover. Signed by Ian Fleming on the title page without inscription. True first edition, stated "first published in 1955" on the copyright page with no further editions mentioned. Black cloth with silver titles to front and spine, still bright. Original first state dust jacket by artist..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. Hardcover. 8vo, limited first edition, #98 of 250 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Frontispiece portrait by Amherst Villiers, title page in red and black, black cloth board with vellum spine, bright gilt lettering on the spine, white ski-track illustration on the upper..... More
London: Colburn & Bentley, 1831. Hardcover. 3-volume set, first British edition, precedes the first U.S. edition. One of Cooper's few novels written in and about Europe. Bound in half-calf with rasied bands and gilt decoration on the spines, covers show minor wear and rubbing, joints starting. Minor pencil writing and..... More
London: richard Bentley, 1833. Hardcover. 3-volume set, 1st British edition. Half-leather covers ith marlbed boards, raised bands and gilt decoration in panels on the spine, title and volume labels. Cover shows moderate wear and tear, rubbing and edgewear, cracks on the spines. Minor writing on the front endpapers, pages show..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1833. Hardcover. 3-volume set, 1st British edition. Half-calf covers with marbled boards, raised bands with titles in black calf panels, gilt ruling, blind-stamped decoration. Covers show minor wear and rubbing, discoloration, joints starting. Minor writing on the front pastedown of volume 1. Pages with minor scattered foxing..... More
London: Parry & Co., 1851. Hardcover. 3-volumes, scarce first edition, 8vo, 312, 303, 310 pages. Uniformly bound in half-leather with marbled boards, gilt on the spine, covers show minor wear and rubbing. Marbled edges and endpapers. Pages with minor scattered foxing, price sticker and name stamp of former owner in..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, 1850. Hardcover. A Kelliegram binding, by Kelly & Sons, signed on the rear turn-in. Full red crushed morocco with gilt-decorated frame, rasied bands and gilt panels and lettering to spine, multi-colored morocco inlaid figure of a man holding a snare and a hare on the top..... More
Philadelphia: J B Lippincott, 19, 1910-01-01. Hardcover. Green cloth cover with decoration in gilt shows minor wear. Top edges gilt. Pages are lightly tanned with very minor scattered foxing. Profusely illustrated with beautiful tipped-in full-color plates. More
Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1878-01-01. Hardcover. First American edition, translated by Edward Roth. Green cloth cover with black and gilt illustration/decoration, cover shows moderate wear and tear, edgewear and rubbing, loss at the foot and crown of the spine. Missing the front free endpaper, stamped front pastedown. Name of former..... More