New York: The Orion Press, 1960. First American edition. xvii, [2], 233, [1] pp. Black cloth decorated in yellow, red, white, and gray. Very Good+ with bowing to boards, in Near Fine dust jacket with light wear, unclipped. An unfinished novel written in the late 18th and early 19th centuries... More about The Saragossa Manuscript: A Collection of Weird Tales
London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1891. 3 Volumes. First edition, first printing, first issue. Bound in contemporary half-leather binding over marbled paper covered boards, with all edges marbled and marbled endsheets; binder's stamp of Mudie to verso of front free endpaper. Near Fine with light rubbing to bindings... More about Tess of the D'Urbervilles
New York: Random House, 1930. First edition thus. Near Fine, wish silver stamping vivid and sharp on the upper board, though rubbed on the spine. Corners and spine ends lightly worn. Previous owner details inked to front paste down, and pages toned. A lovely copy of Melville's classic, illustrated by... More about Moby Dick
London: Chatto & Windus, 1879. First edition. Three volumes, bound in later half morocco by Riviere, red cloth sides, gilt decorations and spine lettering, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. W.A. Foyle bookplate on paste downs, tips a little rubbed, else Fine. Third volume bound without half-title, no ads in second... More about The Fallen Leaves
Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1852. 2 Volumes. First edition, early printings with Volume I being labeled Twentieth Thousand, and Volume II Twenty-Fifth Thousand. In Good condition, with shallow chipping to spine ends and rubbing to corners and bottom edges, pages show wear commensurate to age. Split starting to... More about Uncle Tom's Cabin
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1886. First American edition. Bound in publisher's mustard yellow cloth stamped in black with spine also lettered in gilt. Very Good, with lean to binding, rubbing to corners, soiling to cloth and edge of page block, age and reading wear to pages. Published in... More about The Mayor of Casterbridge
London: Reeves & Turner, [1889]. First edition. One of 250 copies in the "Superior Edition" bound in full chintz with Morris & Co. "Honeysuckle" design, printed by the Chiswick Press on large Whatman paper created especially for this work. [vii], 424 pp. Near Fine with subtle fading to spine, pastedowns... More about The Roots of the Mountains: Wherein is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale, Their...
Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett & Co., 1852. Two volumes. First edition, first printing; Hobart and Robbins listed on both copyright pages, title pages lack printing statement as called for. Finely bound in contemporary marbled paper covered boards over black leather spine with raised bands and gilt tooling. Very... More about Uncle Tom's Cabin
New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886. Six volumes. First American edition, all first printings with properly dated title pages and publisher's imprint on all copyright pages. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering and black stamping, with volumes ranging from Very Good to Near Fine. Softening to spine ends, with Volume... More about War and Peace
London: George Allen, 1894. First edition thus. Dark green cloth with gilt stamped peacock, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, all edges gilt. Very Good. Heavy lean to binding. Spine ends lightly worn, light speckles to spine cloth. Dampstain to rear cover, textblock edge and lightly affecting the last half of the... More about Pride and Prejudice