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Boston: Frederic S. Hill, 1831. First US Edition. Hardcover. 285pp. Original green cloth with paper label affixed to spine panel. Engraved title and three inserted plates with etchings. Wear to cloth, chips to label. Contemporary owner's name on front free endpaper, pencil markings on endpapers, scattered foxing throughout. A good+ copy.; 12mo.

Boston: William C. Brown, 1846. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Two issues in the original wrappers. Laid in is a receipt signed by the publisher and editor William C. Brown for a 3 year subscription. Subscriber's name and address on one of the covers (Mrs. Stover of Schuylerville, NY). Light overall wear and a couple of faint spots. Very good+.… Read more

Loudon, NH, 1968. Stapled wraps. With b&w illustrations. Light wear to covers. A very good+ copy. ; Quarto.

Venice, CA: Webco, Inc, 1968. Stapled wraps. 88pp. Nice vintage catalog of motorcycle accessories. Features engine components, fuels, pipes, tires, gear and more. Three holes punched along the spine. A very good copy. ; Quarto.

Thompson, CT, 1969. Stapled wraps. With color and b&w illustrations. Light wear to covers. A very good copy. ; Quarto.

Madrid: Por D. Antonio Espinosa, 1788. First Spanish Edition. Hardcover. 93pp. Contemporary quarter leather over boards. The defense by Cagliostro in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace that landed him nine months in the Bastille and for which he was subsequently acquitted. Text in Spanish. Translated from the French. Very old annotations in Spanish on the margins of some… Read more

Providence, RI: John Carter, 1787. First Edition. Self-wraps. iv, 60pp. Contemporary plain wrappers. Early landmark legal case establishing judicial review. Lacks pages 51-54. Heavy foxing to the first four leaves, pages 3 and 4 are pasted together, some annotations in pencil throughout, heavy wear and stains to covers. A poor copy. Comes with an original invoice from the Charles… Read more

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes in slipcase. Cloth. With an introduction and commentaries by Joe DiMaggio. A fine set in slipcase. ; Quarto.

Vimodrone (MI): Giorgio Nada Editore, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. The history of Donnino Rumi and his "artist's" motorcycles. Profusely illustrated with roughly 300 contemporary photographs of Rumi's production and racing history, numerous technical drawings and detailed specifications for each model. A bright fine copy. ; Square octavo.

New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1870. Hardcover. 186pp. Bordeaux cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine. Translated by J. Durand. Spine panel and edges of boards faded. A very good copy. ; 12mo.

Philadelphia: Elliott & Beezley, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 416pp. Brown pictorial cloth stamped in black and gold on the front and the spine, color illustration affixed to front panel, all edges gilt. Floral endpapers. With several portrait illustrations. Light wear to spine ends, mild fading to spine. A bright near fine copy. ; Quarto.

London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 245pp. Cloth. A fine copy in very good dustjacket with light fading to spine panel, fading to rear panel, and mild edge wear.; Octavo.

Firenze: Glittering Images, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 172pp. Pictorial boards, issued without dustjacket. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of b&w and color illustrations by Alberto Vargas, Robert Patterson, Al Moore, George Petty, Don Lewis, Ernest Chiriaka, Fritz Willis, and others. Includes an article on paperback cover art and a bibliography. Some toning to spine but with titles perfectly readable. A… Read more

Roma: Il Veltro Editrice, 2000. Second Edition. Softcover. Second Italian edition enlarged with an essay on Aldine studies. Light toning to covers, price marked out on the back cover. A very good+ copy. Text in Italian. ; Octavo.

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Second state dustjacket. 147pp. Gray cloth lettered in black, decorated endpapers. Collects several short essays. A bright fine copy in near fine dustjacket with light rippling. ; Octavo.

New York: Biblo and Tannen, 1968. First Edition; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Newly enlarged edition with notes on additions to a cornerstone library. 409pp. Cloth. "The first book about the detective story as a literary form to be brought out in this country. Published on the one hundredth anniversary of the detective story, it is an account of the milestones… Read more

Martinez, CA: Offspring Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 682pp + [26]pp of color photographs. Cloth. The most complete guide to the Crime Club series of mysteries published by Doubleday. Illustrated with color photographs of dustjackets. A hint of foxing to edges. Internally very clean. A bright near fine copy. ; Quarto.

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. 478pp + 2 pp of advertisements. Brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and in gold on the spine. The author was professor of Gastronomy and founder of the New York Cooking Academy. Private library number on front pastedown endpaper, name on front free endpaper and flyleaf. Two… Read more

New York: United States Lawn Tennis Association, 1923. First Edition. Stapled wraps. 48pp. Original wrappers. A manual to encourage the development of tennis in the public parks and playgrounds of the country. With b&w photos and diagrams. Corner crease to one leaf. A fine copy. Uncommon.; Octavo.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Special edition reserved for the friends of the auhtor and Little, Brown and Company. 155pp. Cloth. Signed by Hellman on the limitation page. Spine panel faded but with lettering perfectly readable, upper corner tip bruised. A near fine copy in the original acetate dustjacket. ; Octavo; Signed by Author.