Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Rackham, Arthur. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this specific publication (see below), octavo size, 121 pp., in original dust jacket. British illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) is credited with renewing interest in book illustration at a vital moment of advances in..... More
London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1929. Murphy, Diana. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 128 of 400 copies, octavo size, 12 pp., signed by G.K. Chesterton. No. 21 of "The Ariel Poems", a series of poems with illustrations published by Faber. The first series was comprised of thirty-eight titles published between 1927..... More
[London]: Cecil Palmer, (1927). Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 71 of 350 (250 per the bibliography) copies, quarto size, 374 pp., signed by Chesterton, with original publisher's slipcase. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was a major writer of novels, poetry, and Christian apologetics; he is perhaps best known for his series of..... More
New York: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 38 of 500 copies of the limited edition, octavo size, 215 pp., in original glassine and with slipcase. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was one of Britain's most influential Victorian novelists and poets; D. H. Lawrence wrote a study of Hardy..... More
London: MacMillan & Co. Ltd., 1920. Rackham, Arthur. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition, first printing, octavo size, 330 pp., in original dust jacket. British illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) is credited with renewing interest in book illustration at a vital moment of advances in printing technology. The subtle colours and..... More
St. Petersburg: Nikodim Press, 2019. Sayenko, Dmitry. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 12 of 20 copies, folio size, 32 pp., signed by James J. Owens and Dmitry Sayenko, in slipcase. Dmitry Sayenko (b. 1965), Russian printmaker and book artist, graduated from the Mukhina Art School in St. Petersburg in 1995. He..... More
Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant, (1991). Dameron, Ned. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition, first printing, octavo size, 512 pp. Stephen Edwin King (b. 1947) is likely the most popular author of horror and sci-fi in modern times, having authored over sixty novels (many of which have been..... More
(West Kingston, Rhode Island): Donald M. Grant, (1987). Hale, Phil. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition, first printing, octavo size, 400 pp. Stephen Edwin King (b. 1947) is likely the most popular author of horror and sci-fi in modern times, having authored over sixty novels (many of which have been..... More
Arlington Heights, Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1991. Lang, Charles; Lang, Wendy. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First hardcover (deluxe) edition with illustrations by the Langs, first printing, no. 479 of 500 copies, octavo size, 412 pp., signed by Robert McCammon, Charles Lang, and Wendy Snow Lang. Robert Rick McCammon (b. 1952)..... More
[San Francisco]: [Printed at The Greenwood Press, bound by the Schuberth Bookbindery], 1983. Quandt, Elizabeth. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 125 copies, quarto size, 96 pp., with prospectus. This lovely, elegantly understated book epitomizes the soul of a "fine press" book; poetry by an important but not widely-known author, the..... More
New York: Cassell Publishing Co., (1893). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing in book form, duodecimo size, 324 pp. Ambrose Gwinnet Bierce (1842-ca. 1914), a solider by training and profession between 1861 and 1865, serving in the Union army during the Civil War, became one of the leading literary figures of..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1919. Smith, Jessie Willcox. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing (second issue) with Jessie Willcox Smith illustrations, large octavo size, 342 pp., in original publisher's dust jacket. Scottish author and minister George MacDonald (1824-1905) wrote about diverse subjects, from fantasy to fairy tales to Christian apologetics;..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1896. Watson, Amelia M. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing with the illustrations by Amelia M. Watson, two volumes (complete), duodecimo size, 395 pp. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was a leading transcendentalist writer, poet, historian, and abolitionist, best known for his works "Walden" and "Civil Disobedience"..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1972. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), quarto size, 965 pp. Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - ca. 1726), author of "The Principia" remains one of the most influential scientists in history, an important figure in the scientific revolution and the one generally credited with having discovered the..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, [1924]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 190 copies, folio size, [5] leaves. "The Sermon on the Mount" is among the most widely quoted texts of the Canonical Gospels, most notably the Beatitudes, which exemplify the quintessential elements of mercy and compassion as taught by Jesus Christ..... More
New York: Thomas Kinnersley, 1825. Leather bound. One volume in two books (complete), quarto size, 958 pp. Oliver Goldsmith (ca. 1728-1774) spent much of his life as a wastrel - just barely earning his BA from Trinity, flitting from studying theology to law to medicine, finally finding his stride as..... More
(London): Faber and Faber, (2005). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 271 pp., signed by Kazuo Ishiguro. Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (b. 1954) is one of today's best-known and critically acclaimed authors; the recipient of four Man Booker Prize nominations and the winner of that prize in 1989 (for "Remains..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition in book form, octavo size, 55 pp., inscribed by both George Sargent and A. Edward Newton, in publisher's box. Alfred Edward Newton (1864-1940) was one of the best-known collectors of rare books in his day, and his knowledge and..... More
New York: [Privately Printed], 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 112 pp., signed by Richard Nixon, limitation slip loosely laid in. Richard Millhous Nixon (1913-1994), the 37th President of the United States, will forever be remembered for Watergate. This book was written almost ten years after his resignation..... More
Paris: Editions Narcisse [printed by Lescaret], 1928. Alastair. Limited Edition. Wraps. No. 4 of of 300 copies, quarto size, 77 pp. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) remains to this day a household name, a master of mystery and the macabre. "Most famously, Poe completely transformed the genre of the horror story..... More
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[San Francisco]: [The Greenwood Press], [1992]. Limited Edition. Wraps. "Odes" no. 10 of 250 copies, "Continuity" one of 500 unnumbered copies, the two volumes in a slipcase, folio size, 96 pp. and 32 pp., "Odes" signed by Michael Taylor and Jack Stauffacher, with a short ANS by Jack Stauffacher. Quintus..... More
Chicago [New Rochelle, New York]: Walter M. Hill [Printed at The Elston Press], 1904. [O'Kane, Helen Marguerite]. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, octavo size, 89 pp., inscribed by Charles Erskine Scott Wood twice, with MSS errata list. The first published work of literature by Charles Erskine..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, c. 1955. Knight, Hilary. Hardcover. 16th printing of the first edition, quarto size, 67 pp. "Eloise" is the little girl every woman wanted to be in the mid-1950s; daring, charming, inquisitive, and who was, according to Maurice Sendak, a "brazen loose-limbed little monster" (n.b., per..... More
New York: Random House, 1930. Kent, Rockwell. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition with Rockwell Kent illustrations, duodecimo size, 823 p., in original dust jacket. First trade edition of "Moby Dick" illustrated by Rockwell Kent, which became an instant success. The Lakeside Press published a limited edition in three volumes..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., (1928). Shepard, Ernest H. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First US edition, first printing, no. 46 of 250 copies, duodecimo size, 190 pp., signed by both A.A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard. Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956) will likely ever be remembered for having..... More