The Book Of The American Indian Signed by Hamlin Garland - 1923

London: Faber and Faber, 1980. First editions, first prnts. Each volume is signed by Golding on the title page. CLOSE published in 1987 (ISBN:0571147798) and FIRE in 1989 (ISBN:0571152031). A digital photo of Golding with a UK bookseller at a 1992 booksigning event is laid-in RITES. RITES has two small indentations on the front pastedown upper corner with two corresponding impressions on the dustjacket flap and a small rubbed spot on the topedge which has caused a tiny nick on the topedge of a few text pages; the book is in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. CLOSE AND FIRE are both in Fine condition in a Fine dustajcket with an archival cover. RITES was the Booker winner in 1980. The three volumes comprise Golding's Sea Trilogy in its original publications.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Frankfurt: Claudius Marnius & heirs of Johann Aubrius, 1603. Hardcover. Very Good. Printer's mark of flying horse over cornucopia & hand from cloud holding caduceus to titlepage + 2 full-page portaits of six + seven kings at page 38 & 410 + head- & tail-pieces & figural or foliated initials.. Folio handsome gilt 18th century gilt sprinkled calf with red spine label and 6 raised bands, gilt spine compartments, raised bands, dentelles & reverses (minor splitting to head and foot of one board but covers well attached, tips bumped). All Edges Marbled to match endpapers, sstamp on flyleaf "bound by J. Clarke". Two armorial bookplates (see provenance below), 2 miniature crested RFG monogram stamps on titlepage, [12]pp + 898pp + [32]pp index, verso of last leaf with repeated printer's mark. Collated complete. Side notes throughout with some erudite neat comments in pencil and a list of indexed page numbers written on an extra free front endpaper. Titlepage a bit dusty, narrow faint mark of former damp… Read More

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1959. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author and inscribed to a previous owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's green cloth with spine titles in dark blue. Near Fine with light edge wear and light toning to cloth, light insecting to edge of page block. In a Near Fine dust jacket with price intact, though with a small ink notation near price on flap and faint surface indents to front panel, else a very lovely example. Scarce signed.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Hardcover, purple paper, white cloth spine, slipcase but missing glassine. Very Good in Good slipcase/No Jacket. Signed, limited edition in slipcase, presentation copy. Purple paper is faded, and there are some small ink (?) spots on back cover, as well as a small smudge on the bottom corner of the limitation page. SIGNED limitation page with 'Dorothy Parker' in blue ink, states Ôthis edition limited to 275 copies, of which 250 are for sale.Õ This copy is numbered in the same blue ink as 322, and the word ÔPresentationÕ in black ink follows. 75 pages, many unopened, printed on Boni & Liveright watermarked paper. Slipcase worn and faded, all edges rubbed, splitting at top and bottom. Label affixed to slipcase states ÔAutographed Edition. This edition is limited to 275 numbered copies. Each copy is signed by the author.Õ At the upper right corner is the number 322 in ink, mirroring the number on the limitation page of the volume. From the family of T. R. Smith, who… Read More

Catalogus van een groote verzameling … prent-kunst, door voornaame Italiansche, Fransche, Engelsche, Nederlandsche en andere Meesiers, waar by veele proefdrukken. Mitsgaders losse en gebonden prent-werken. Keurlyke optische Instrumenten, als telescopen, door J. van der Bilt, Nachtkyker, door Dollond, Brand-Spiegel en Illuminatie-kasten, kunstige geschilderde Stellen Glaasen, Toverlantaarn, met beweegende en andere Voorwerpen, Chamber-Obscura, Kunst-Stukken, door Kampman en andere magnetische Rariteiten. Laastelyk eenige fraaye Kunst-Kasten. Al het welke ... nagelaaten door wyllen den Kunst-Minaar den Heer Jan de Groot, op Maandag den 10 December 1804, en volgende dagen, zal verkocht worden, te Amsterdam, ... door de makelaars: Philipppus van der Schley, Jan de Bosch Jeronimusz, Jan Yver, Cornelis Sebille Roos, Roelof Meurs Pruyssenaar en Jacobus Vinkeles. ... Te Amsterdam, by de Wed. H. W. en C. Dronsberg, P. den Hengst en Zoon, en Jan Yver, Boekverkoopers (1804). (2), 128, (2) pages. Cont. Dutch… Read More

Messner, New York
NF Boards, VG Dust jacket
Not price clipped. Price of $3.50
NF dark grayish green boards. No dings, no bumping, clean, no marks, no p o's, no book plates, no stickers. Tight bindings.
DJ is in very good condition. Shelf wear, tiny tears along all edges.
Great B&W photo of the author on back sitting at a table in jeans and tennies with her feet propped up. "Grace Metalious is the most surprising new novelist of the year. In Peyton Place this Pandora in blue jeans lifts the lid off a small New England village, in the most explosive novel since Kings Row.Made into a motion picture and became a cult classic t.v. series.

Philadelphia: Self-Published, 1886 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Very Good with gilt lettering and decor on front board and spine; embossed design on corners of boards. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed; spine ends rubbed and slightly frayed; spine slightly mottled. PO signature on ffep; text block clean and tight.

New York: The Century Co, 1908. A finely produced publication dedicated to the magic of the pearl, rarely found in such lovely original condition. Published in New York in 1908, this work is a splendid example of fine book production. Amongst much of interest, there is a long chapter on the Australian pearling industry: "As regards areas of distribution the most extensive pearl-oyster grounds of the world are situated on the northern and western coasts of Australia" the nude divers in the Australian pearl fisheries are mostly Malays and Australian aborigines." (Chapter IX). Large octavo, colour frontispiece and numerous black & white and coloured plates throughout; a very good copy in the original gilt-decorated cloth.

(7) leaves letterpress text, 1 leaf half-title (première section) 111 numbered leaves (recte 109) ; plates numbered 10 through 111 are printed on recto only, with plate numbers 40, 63 and 92 omitted according to a printed note at the end of the index, but including an extra plate 35bis) ; 1 leaf half-title (cinquième section annexe), (8) leaves numbered I-XVII (omitting numbers XV/XVI) with text and illustrations on both sides. The plates with numerous printed black and white labels, mounted chromolithographed labels and colourful chromolithographed labels on white glazed paper. Publisher's red cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. Oblong folio (456 x 320 mm). Extremeties worn, front cover spotted. A fine example showing the wealth of French industrial and agricultural products displayed in black and white facsimiles and color mounted product labels and renderings of trademarks of producers and manufacturers. The most important part is the third section of this catalog showing agricultural… Read More

450 illustrations, by 50 graphic artists, including 5 original engravings. The original engravings are by: Alberto Beltran, Alfredo Zalce, Francisco Mora, Gabriel Fernandez Ledesma and Leopoldo Mendez. Each of the engravings is pencil signed. This is a spiral bound softcover book. The spine shows no sign of wear, all the corners are square, and the pages are clean and unmarked. A previous owners name is written in ink on the half title page; therefore, this is a near fine copy.