Chicago: Fergus Printing Company, 1875. First edition. [iv], 136 pp. Bound in publisher's limp paper wraps, stab-sewn. Good only with detached front wrap, edge-chipping to spine and front wrap, crease to front wrap as well, bumped corners. Scarce. A recent OCLC search showed a single institutional copy of the physical..... More
London: Edward Arnold and Company, 1922. First edition. viii, 152pp. illustrated with 18 figures. Original navy cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good, sans jacket. Cloth has spots of foxing, light wear, former owner's name stamped on paste down, pages toned. Small slip "Printed in Great Britain" pasted on copyright page..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1963. First American edition, first printing. 287, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth and black paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, front stamped in blind, red topstain. Near Fine, a little sunned along top and bottom edges, a little foxing to endpapers, in Near Fine dust..... More
Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada S.A., 1968. Signed by Miguel Asturias on half title, warmly inscribed to former owner in Spanish and dated April 1972. 169 pp. with index and 5 pages of ads at rear. Wraps. Third edition. Very Good. Light stain to front cover, light wear. A rare signature..... More
New York: E. Weyhe, 1930. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original maroon cloth over boards lettered in gilt, top edges stained yellow; in original stapled card slipcase. Near Fine with slight fading to spine cloth, contents toned. Slipcase is toned, lightly soiled and edge-worn with a partial split..... More
London: John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd., [1911]. First edition. Very Good with gift inscription on title page dated "Xmas '10," suggesting a 1910 publication date. 320 pp. Blue cloth with pictorial paper inlay, green, black and gilt stamping; plain edges. Pictorial frontispiece and color plate at p. 240, apparently..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860. First American edition. Bound in publisher's brown cloth, decorated in blind and stamped in gilt. Very Good. Cloth rubbed at edges and worn at spine ends, faded at spine, with gilt remaining fairly bright. Corners bumped. Previous owner name to front free endpaper, and..... More
New York: Random House, 1941. First edition. Signed by W.H. Auden on title page with his printed name crossed out. Auden's hand corrections in ink on pages 17, 23, 24, 28, 67, 69, 84, 91, 114, 115, 120, 133, 157, and 180. 189 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with..... More
New York: Random House, 1937. Third printing. Signed by W. H. Auden on the title page, and additionally inscribed with a verse of poetry by Harold [Norse] to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's brick red cloth lettered in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very..... More
New York: Random House, 1950. First edition signed by Auden on the title page in black ink, crossing-out his printed name. 154 p. Seagreen cloth with white lettering. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. Slight wear at foot. Head of jacket spine panel has a thin tear, spine panel darkened..... More
New York: V.G. Audubon, 1849, 1851, 1854. First octavo edition. Complete in three volumes. 20th century leather with marbled paper, spines lettered in gilt. With all 155 beautiful hand colored plates present. Near Fine with contents generally very bright, some small scratches to spines and light wear along edges, front..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1927. First American edition. 300 pp. Original blue cloth lettered in black. Very Good + with discoloration to spine, blank ex libris design to paste down, slight wave to text, bookseller's ticket to rear paste down. In rare example of the pictorial dust jacket..... More
London: J. [John] Murray, 1816. Second edition. Three volumes bound in contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled paper. Housed in a custom close display box. Bound without half-titles. Very Good with Neat and subtle rebacking to Volume I, some fading and rubbing to paper covers and wear to edges and corners..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1837. [2], 424 pp. Frontispiece & added engraved title with vignette illustration, both engraved by Greatbatch after Pickering. Bound in period calf rebacked with later calf, spine tooled in gilt, morocco lettering piece. Very Good with some scratching and rubbing to covers, corners showing; light stain to lower..... More
London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1817. Third edition. Two volumes, with half-titles present in both. Ex libris Supreme Court Justice and early supporter of Austen, Joseph Story (1779-1845), with his signature in several places, a handwritten marginal note in light pencil on page 70 (volume one) mentions a trip to..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1837. [iii]-xv, [1], 331, [12] pp. Frontispiece & added engraved title with vignette illustration, both engraved by Greatbatch after Pickering. Bound in period calf rebacked with later calf, spine tooled in gilt, morocco lettering piece. Very Good with scratches to leather, corners showing, bookplate on paste down, very..... More
London: George Allen, 1894. First edition thus. Bound in publisher's original undecorated dark green cloth with title label to spine. Illustrated by Hugh Thomas, and edition colloqually known as "The Peacock Edition," though in a variant binding that has no elaborate gilt peacock to the front cover. Very Good with..... More
New York and London: Macmillan & Co. / George Allen, 1894. First edition thus, American issue with Macmillan imprint at base of spine. 476pp. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth stamped with an ornate gilt peacock design, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, all edges gilt. Very Good+ with lean to binding..... More
Los Angeles: Sun and Moon Press, 1986. First edition, first printing. Signed by Paul Auster on the title page. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Fine with trivial soiling to textblock edge, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and the faintest..... More
Los Angeles: Sun and Moon Press, 1985, 1986, 1986. Three volumes, all first edition, first printings, and each volume signed by Paul Auster on the title page. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt; City of Glass is in the first state dust jacket without the..... More
New York: Farar, Straus and Giroux, 1978. First Edition stated, First Printing. Signed by Richard Avedon with a large inscription to a previous owner. Near Fine, with heavy bump to tail of spine. In publisher's printed acetate jacket, Very Good+, with yellowing to the spine and rear panel, chips to..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. First edition, first printing. Signed by Richard Avedon and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's white cloth with spine lettered in gray. Fine, in Fine dust jacket, with faint wear. A fantastic copy. An oversized item..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. First American edition. [vi], 312 pp. Original orange cloth, black lettering. Near Fine in Very Good spine-sunned pictorial dust jacket, worn and a little soiled along edges, corners of front flap clipped but price of $2.00 still present. The acclaimed Spanish's novelist's first work..... More
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1971. First edition. x, 254 pp. Original navy cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with age-toned pages, foxed top edge, in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning. A series of lectures on philosophers Bertrand Russell and G.E. Moore. More
Glencoe, IL: The Free Press, 1959. First edition. xviii, 455 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, red topstain. Fine in Very Good dust jacket, rubbed and lightly worn along edges. Includes many of the first English translations of publications by philosophers in the Vienna Circle of..... More