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Gerholt, Leipzig: Stuttgart, Edward Hallberger. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1870. Second Edition. Hardcover. A linen hardcover in very good condition housed in a detailed alike dust jacket. Tears are evident to outer edges as well as discoloration of jacket itself. Gold trimmed pages of this book are separating from hardback however normal aging and… Read more

Munchen: Christian Kaiser. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1867/1868. Second Edition. Hardcover. A near fine to fine copy of this remarkable work consisting of 400 colored plates showing flowering plants from the Alpine region with the plant names given both in German and in Latin, the bindings are in excellent condition (showing only light rubbing… Read more

Leipzig: Friedrich Brandstetter. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1876. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. A fine fourth edition that has an engraved title with many golden details on the front and spine, the spine hinge is starting. Volume is housed in a rare fine glassine dust jacket, placed in the rare original Publisher's box in surprisingly nice condition… Read more

Vienna: A. Hartlebens Verlag. 1879. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A fine copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original ornate green binding. There is some mild rubbing to the board corners and spine ends and some oxidation to the board and spine lettering. Volume is housed in a fine example of the RARE… Read more

New York: Feiwel and Friend. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2017. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1250076366 . A lovely first printing of the first edition with no notable blemishes in an equally impressive dust-jacket. This copy is signed by author Matthew Cordell directly on the title page along with a small doodle of a wolf ; … Read more

New York: Regan. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0061238287 . A lovely first printing of the first edition in Fine condition housed in an equally impressive dust-jacket ; Simpson's hypothetical description of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Simpson was tried and acquitted in one of the most… Read more

Schweiz, Saargebiet, et al. Very Good+. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. A first printing of the first edition collection of Micky Maus magazines from 1953 in very good+ condition. The magazines are mildly soiled and sport some foxing to the edges of the covers and pages, and are housed in original faded blue hardcover binder ;… Read more

New York: Pantheon Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. c1962. First US Edition; First Printing. Cloth. An attractive first printing of the first American edition in near fine condition, lightly sunned in dust-jacket with minor tanning to spine. Signed by author Grass on the half-title page; Grass' famous autbiography of Oskar Matzerath, the indomitable drummer,… Read more

Santa Rosa, CA: Nawakum Press. Fine. 2015. Cloth. In Encheiresin Naturae each of Muldoon's sonnets is paired opposite a Moser engraving, which has been printed directly from the block. These new non-representational images mark a major departure in the engraver's work. Moser was trained early on as an abstract painter in the halcyon days of the… Read more

Paris: Gallimard. Fine. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Paper Wraps. A handsome first printing of the first edition in Fine condition, only minor tanning to pages, in original wraps with French flaps; Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano's first novel, also winner of the Roger Nimier Prize and Fénéon Prize, is the account of Raphaël Schlemilovitch, a … Read more

Florence: Appresso Giorgio Marescotti. Very Good. 1573. First Edition; First Printing. Vellum. The first edition of the first comments on the first three books of "Meteorologica" of Aristotle in in the Italian language. Adams V714. Includes index and errata leaf, errori occorsi nello stampare. Original limp vellum, minor worming and soiling. Spine handlettered; With his commentary… Read more

New York: Pocket Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0671027352 . A beautiful, very sharp first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust jacket, this one is SIGNED and inscribed by author Dan Brown directly on the half title page. The inscription is to radio show host John Walters of… Read more

Lynbrook, NY: Charnel House. As New. 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. A beautifully crafted first edition limited to 300 numbered and 26 lettered copies (this one lettered "I") in unread As New condition in alike slipcase, signed by author Dean Koontz. With the laid-in ticket, "Prepare to be enchanted" as issued; Dean Koontz' tale of five days… Read more