New York: Random House, 1930. First edition thus. Very Good+, with silver stamping lightly rubbed, cloth worn at corners and spine ends, lightly mottled at rear. Light foxing to textblock edge. Previous owner gift inscription to front free endpaper. A lovely copy of Melville's classic, illustrated by Rockwell Kent. More about Moby Dick
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900. First American edition, first printing, second state. 392 p. Light green cloth with dark green lettering. Near Fine. Light foxing to endpapers and occasionally in text, dust soiling to edges and slight bumping to corners and bit of rubbing to foot of spine... More about Lord Jim
London: Printed for J. Johnson by G. Sidney, 1804. First thus. (A reprinting with a slightly different title, different preliminary matter, and no frontispiece, of an 1803 edition. Line, Ettlinger & Gladstone: p. 21, Karamzin 2., second entry.) xii, 262 pp. with one illustrated plate. 19th century leather backstrip with... More about Tales from the Russian by Nicolai Karamsin
New York: Random House, 1930. First edition thus. Very Good+, wish silver stamping only lightly rubbed, cloth worn at corners and spine ends, faint cup rings to front cover, though rubbed on the spine. Corners and spine ends lightly worn. Previous owner names on front endsheet, front hinge slightly tender... More about Moby Dick
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. First American edition. 335 + 10 pp. of ads. Near Fine with spine cloth slightly darkened, faint rubbing at tips, previous owner name and date to front paste down and pages lightly toned. A bright copy with little wear. More about An Outcast of the Islands
London: George Allen, 1894. First edition thus. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth with gilt stamped peacock, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, all edges gilt. Very Good+ with a lean to the binding, a 1.25" split to the cloth at the top of the rear spine joint. Previous owner bookplate to... More about Pride and Prejudice
Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Co., 1877. First thus. (First printing of the de Zielinska translation, following an 1846 American edition translated by G.C. Hebbe and an 1859 British translation by F. Hollinger. Line, Ettlinger & Gladstone p. 28, 9.) 209, [1] pp. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in black with gilt... More about Marie: A Story of Russian Love (The Captain's Daughter