London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. An absolutely superlative copy of the first British edition, first printing of Orwell's iconic novel. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth with maroon lettering to spine. Trace erased pencil to front free endpaper and rear pastedown, still easily Fine with bright cloth and stamping, vivid.....
London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1936. An exceedingly scarce presentation copy of the first English edition printed in England, limited issue signed by James Joyce. One of 100 copies (from a total edition of 1000 copies, this copy unnumbered) printed on mould-made paper and bound in full calf vellum.....
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. First edition, first printing. 357 [1, blank] pp. with title page vignette of Thoreau's hut at Walden and map facing p. 307 with S.W. Chandler imprint. Bound without ads (no priority), in publisher's ribbed brown cloth decorated in blind with titles in gilt on spine.....
Boston: Published for the Author, 1861. First edition. A remarkable family presentation copy of this landmark African American autobiography, given by the author's daughter to friends and abolitionist allies, accompanied by extraordinary first-hand documentation of Jacobs's funeral. [4, blank] [2] 5–306 [4, blank] pp. 12mo. Bound in publisher's original light.....
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. Uncorrected galley proofs of the first edition. 136 unbound sheets printed on rectos only plus one final blank sheet; without illustrations. Textual pages dated 23.11.87 at tops; question marks in the heading of the Contents page indicate no printer had been appointed yet; chapter pages on.....
New York: Robert O. Ballou, 1934. First edition, first printing. vi, 599 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with navy stamping on spine, lettered in gilt, black topstain. Near Fine with slight sunning to spine, pages toned with age; author and bookseller Larry McMurtry's copy with his bookplate on paste.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. First American edition, first printing with a handwritten inscription by Alice B. Toklas of her legendary "Haschich Fudge" recipe written across one and a quarter blank pages at the rear of the book. Pretty rad indeed. Bound in publisher's original orange cloth boards over.....
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873. Extremely scarce first American trade edition, previously published by Osgood via subscription only. viii, 303 pp., profusely illustrated with wood engravings. Bound in publisher's salmon-colored moire with blindstamped rear board and delicate pictorial stamping in black and gilt to spine and front board.....
London: Printed [by Samuel Simons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker [...] Robert Boulter [...] and Matthias Walker, 1667. First edition, first issue, Amory's state 1(b) of the title page (the traditional first state), dated 1667 and with Milton's name spelled in full and in larger type than.....
London: Spencer Blackett, 1890. First edition, second issue with typo "13" for "138" in contents and "w shed" for "wished" on page 56, line 16; "Griffith Farran & Cos. Standard Library" on spine. [Green & Gibson A7 a.i.]. [4], 283, [1] pp. sans ads at rear, as was the case.....
[New York]: [Dead Language Press], [1962]. First edition. Signed by Jack Smith on verso of front wrap, inscribed to poet Kirby Congdon "To Kirby with choked up strangled emotions...... Jack." [20] pp. Illustrated with 19 gelatin silver contact prints, comprising 18 photographs by Smith mounted on yellow pages, and one.....
New York: The John Day Publishing Company, 1931. First edition, first printing, first issue with "The John Day Publishing Company, Inc." on copyright page. Error "flees" that was present in the first three printings on p. 100, line 17. [vi], 375, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt.....