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London: MacMillan and Co. Limited, 1911. First edition, WITH AUTOGRAPH PRESENTATION FROM THE AUTHOR. Extensively illustrated with over 200 engravings on wood. 8vo, publisher's original red cloth with a gilt vignette on the upper cover, the spine lettered and ruled in gilt, t.e.g. xii, 419, including index pp. A handsome and pleasing copy, no foxing to the text other then a hint at the prelims, the cloth clean and well preserved, the gilt bright, the spine mellowed just a tad, only very light rubbing or wear to the extremities, in collector's condition. SCARCE SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. RARE IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. AUTOGRAPHED COPIES APPEAR VERY RARELY ON THE MARKET. The author has inscribed the title-page and has signed his name above the printed author line of the page. The account of Bland-Sutton's voyage with Dr. Comyns Berkeley from Mombasa to the Victorian Nyanza and the great Rift Valley, with descriptions of the birds, mammals, reptiles and humans… Read More

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1963. First edition. 8vo, grey cloth in dustjacket. 402. Dustjacket is a bit tattered at spine ends, shows some rubbing at spine edges and corners, overall very good.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. 4 volumes. LIMITED First Edition, the MANUSCRIPT EDITION and one of only 1000 hand-numbered copies with a leaf from the original Beveridge manuscript bound in. Illustrated throughout with a profusion of plates in each volume. Tall, royal 8vo, publisher’s original binding for this special issue of half dark blue ribbed cloth with light blue labels gilt ruled and lettered over blue paper-covered boards. xxvi, 297; vi, 310; vi, 361; vi, 381 including index. A fine set well preserved, internally very fine and essentially as pristine with no spotting, toning, or evidence of use, the text-blocks all very fine, the hinges all firm and strong. The paper-covered boards with some very slight toning and a minor bit of rubbing to the corners as is normal, the cloth spines very slightly mellowed and with occasional very small unobtrusive spots from age. SCARCE FIRST EDITION AND THIS, FROM THE LIMITED ISSUE WITH A LEAF OF AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT INCLUDED.… Read More

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. First edition, second issue. A copy with fine Boston and scholarly provenance having come from the library of legal scholar and President of Harvard University (1909-1933) Abbott Lawrence Lowell, member of one of the Boston Brahmin families and with later provenance of two descendants. With frontispiece and ten plates of illustrations by E. L. Weeks. 8vo, in publisher's original green cloth, the upper cover decoratively lettered in gilt, rear cover as the front but in blind, the spine decorated and lettered within a gilt panel. ix, 170 pp. A very bright and fresh copy, internally fine and clean with little evidence of use or age, the cloth in very good order with a touch of minor mellowing from age to the spine and rear but in all a handsome and solid copy. FIRST EDITION WITH FINE PROVENANCE AND AN UNCOMMONLY BRIGHT AND FINE COPY OF THE PRIMARY WORK BY ONE OF NEW ENGLAND'S MOST NOTED NATURALISTS. Charles Johnson Maynard's NATURALIST'S GUIDE is… Read More

London: Collins, 1945. First Edition. With 8 colour plates and 21 black and white illustrations. 8vo, bound in the original publisher's illustrated boards, and with the colour dustjacket. 47 pp. A copy in very fine condition, the jacket with just a bit of age evidence. FIRST EDITION. FROM THE BRITAIN IN PICTURES SERIES. "Water colour has proved a particularly suitable medium for English painters and it is in this country that the finest water colour artists have lived and worked." Included here: Girtin, Cotman, Constable, and Turner.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940. 2 volumes. First Edition. The pictures included were judged by Edward Steichen and there are over 400 photographs printed here, including work by Cunningham, Munkacsi, Weston and many others. 4to, publisher's original red cloth lettered in gilt on the spines and with paper labels lettered in red and black on the upper covers. 256; 248 pp. Very fine, very clean copies, protected in clear plastic. FIRST EDITION AND A FINE COPY OF THE AMERICAN STORY TOLD IN PHOTOGRAPHS IN TWO VOLUMES. "This is a thrilling story, a saga more grand in performance than any of the fabled conceptions of older lands. Only in part is it captured. But surely a midwest farm is part of it; a metropolis is part of it; a young immigrant who became a great photographer because he loved this land, is part of it. So, too, is the wondrous beauty of this land; the despair of people who find it blowing away from them. War, unfortunately, is part of it; all the people who will face war to… Read More

New York: Arthur A. Irvine Books. An Imprint of Scholastic Press, 2000. First Edition, July 2000 stated with the full number line. With illustrations throughout by Mary Crandpré Thick 8vo, publisher’s original black cloth over brick-red boards, the spine lettered in gilt, in the pictorially illustrated dustjacket. (xiv), 734, (2), colophon pp. A very fine copy, as pristine and mint. FIRST EDITION. THE PIVOTAL FOURTH NOVEL IN THE SEVEN-PART TALE OF HARRY POTTER'S TRAINING AS A WIZARD AND HIS COMING OF AGE.

New York: Arthur A. Irvine Books. An Imprint of Scholastic Press, 2000. First Edition, July 2000 stated with the full number line printed. With illustrations throughout by Mary Crandpré Thick 8vo, publisher’s original black cloth over brick-red boards, the spine lettered in gilt, in the pictorially illustrated dustjacket. (xiv), 734, (2), colophon pp. A very fine copy, as pristine and mint. FIRST EDITION. THE PIVOTAL FOURTH NOVEL IN THE SEVEN-PART TALE OF HARRY POTTER'S TRAINING AS A WIZARD AND HIS COMING OF AGE.

New York: Scholastic, 2007. First Edition, first issue with the full number line and First American Edition, July 2007. With illustrations throughout by Mary Crandpré 8vo, publisher’s original cloth, in the original pictorial dustjacket. 652, [7] pp. An extremely fine copy, as mint, still in the original state of preservation. FIRST EDITION OF THE SEVENTH HARRY POTTER BOOK in the handsome binding produced for the edition. Throughout the six previous novels in the series, the main character Harry Potter has struggled with the difficulties of adolescence along with being famous as the only person ever to survive the Killing Curse. The curse was cast by Tom Riddle, better known as Lord Voldemort, a powerful evil wizard who murdered Harry's parents and attempted to kill Harry as a baby, due to a prophecy which claimed Harry would be able to stop him. The epilogue finds the main characters of the series, now grown and married, seeing their own children off to Hogwarts. One of the… Read More

London: Bloomsbury, 1999. First issue of the deluxe edition. With an illustrated titlepage and with letter reproduction at the end. 8vo, publisher’s original blue cloth lettered and with a colour pictorial pastedown on the upper cover, the spine gilt lettered, a.e.g. and with silk bookmark stitched in. This edition was issued without a dustjacket. 251, [4]. An extremely fine copy, as mint. FIRST DELUXE EDITION OF THE SECOND HARRY POTTER BOOK, in the extremely handsome binding for the edition of full powder blue cloth with a colour pictorial pastedown. The issuance of a deluxe edition so shortly after the initial publication of this, only the second title in the series, clearly shows the impact Ms. Rowling’s books have had on the modern book trade. Almost immediately after the publication of the first title, Rowling’s “Potter” books gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, and have to date sold more than 400 million copies. Rowling is nearly as famous for her rags to… Read More

New York: Arthur A. Levine Books. An Imprint of Scholastic Press., 1999. First American Edition, first printing, full number sequence and October 1999 stated on the copyright page. Illustrated throughout by Mary Grandpré. 8vo, publisher’s original purple linen over teal boards, lettered in metallic green on the spine, in the pictorially illustrated dustjacket. (ix), 435, colophon pp. An extremely fine copy, pristine and as mint. FIRST EDITION OF THE THIRD HARRY POTTER BOOK, and the only book in the series not to feature some form of the Lord Voldemort character. This novel won the 1999 Whitbread Children's Book Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the 2000 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, and was short-listed for other awards, including the Hugo.

New York: Arthur A. Irvine Books. An Imprint of Scholastic Press., 1999. First Edition, June 1999 stated and the full number line. First State of the binding and dustjacket without numbering on the spine. Illustrated throughout by Mary Grandpré. 8vo, publisher’s original green cloth over blue boards, lettered in silver on the spine, in the pictorially illustrated dustjacket. (x), 341, colophon pp. An extremely fine copy, as mint. FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND HARRY POTTER BOOK. The novel chronicles Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, during which a series of messages on the walls of the school's corridors warn that the "Chamber of Secrets" has been opened and that the "heir of Slytherin" would kill all pupils who do not come from all-magical families.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1958. First Edition. With illustrations throughout from photographs. 8vo, publisher's original navy-blue cloth, the spine with label gilt lettered, in the original pictorially illustrated dustjacket. 256 pp. A fine copy, bright and clean and with only the most minimal mellowing to the panel of the dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. Commander Bursey spent many months during the years from 1928 to 1957 in Antarctica. He had been with dog-sledges to Mount Hal Flood, the longest Antarctic journey ever made with dogs but for Amundsen's dash to the Pole some years before. He writes from a unique venue, under the command of Byrd during the first Byrd Expedition of 1928-1930 and during subsequent journeys in 1939-1941 and again from 1955-1957.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1907. First edition. With numerous illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull on colour plates and throughout the text as line drawings. 8vo, publisher’s original pictorially decorated textured light brown cloth lettered in red on the spine and upper cover, the decorations in brown and gray. 242, 4 ads pp. A handsome copy, some mild overall toning from age, the textblock clean and the binding tight and strong. A FIRST EDITION OF THIS 'DREAM BOOK OF THE HUMAN CONDITION'. An unusual Jack London approach to man's psychology.

Los Angeles: The Plantin Press for the Limited Editions Club , 1959. First of the edition, one of 1,500 copies only, signed by the artist. With the original letter announcing and describing the publication of the book included, and with the additional pre-announcement for the publication. Illustrated in color by Everett Gee Jackson. 8vo, in the publisher’s original woven fabric over boards, lettered in red with decorations on the spine. In the original slipcase. xiv, 428 pp. A pristine, as mint copy. FIRST EDITION WITH COLOURFUL DRAWINGS THROUGHOUT BY EVERETT JACKSON. With an introduction by J. Frank Dobie. Although at heart a romantic novel, RAMONA vividly expresses the author’s thoughts on the treatment of Native American Indians by the government. An enduring and popular work and a pearl of American history given over to literature.

France: Privately Printed, 1622-1623. First of the Edition. With a description in Italian penned to the inside wrapper and a collation and description on two pages in German for each of the plates, additional ephemeral items depicting other Callot engravings slipped into the volume. With 38 copper plates, 32 of beggars and 6 of knights in fine dress. Small Folio 215 x 167 mm. a large copy, the collection bound into old cloth covered flexible boards, hand written title to the tipped on plate at the cover. 38 pp. A very fine survival, all the plates in very pleasing condition. FIRST OF THE EDITION. The notes in Italian written at the front of the volume describe the work slightly differently, calling the engravings original figures of hunchbacks and cripples while the notes and collation done in German refer to the work as Die Bettler, the Beggars, as it has been known through history. The 38 figures in this book were copied from the originals, as can be seen below in figure 34, in which it… Read More

Stratford-on-Avon: Shakespeare Press, 1911. First edition, one of 500 copies only. 24 black and white plates, 2 vignettes. Thick 8vo, publisher's original tan buckram lettered in black on the spine, with intricate devices on red in the spine and upper cover. xxiv, 729, [3 ads]. A very fine, bright, and clean copy in excellent condition. FIRST EDITION LIMITED. An astonishingly comprehensive bibliography of appearances of and commentary on Shakespeare’s work.

Augsburg, 1750-1773. 10 parts, bound as one. FIRST EDITION, one of the greatest eighteenth-century botanical works. Ten engraved titles, heightened in red and gold, 81 (of 100) magnificent hand-colored engraved plates by Johann Jacob Haid and Johann Elias Haid after drawings by Georg Dionysius Ehret, each with the first word of the caption heightened in gold Large folio, (appr 52 by 35 cm), in contemporary boards backed in vellum and with vellum corner-pieces, the spine with brown and green morocco labels lettered in gilt. 81 plates and ten engraved titles. A very bright and finely coloured copy, beautifully preserved, the titles and colouring all richly rendered, the binding well preserved. One of the greatest eighteenth-century botanical works. Christoph Trew, a physician and amateur botanist, had for a number of years been an admirer of Ehret's work. Ehret, a brilliant botanical artist, was born in Heidelberg in 1710 and originally worked as a gardener, practicing drawing in his spare… Read More

New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1990. Advance reading copy. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers. 165. Mint as issued. The advance reading copy of Kincaid's fourth novel.

London: For Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry, 1768. The First English Edition, the second overall, in the same year as the first which was printed in Glasgow and ia essentially identical. With fine provenance, a Baskerville family copy with bookplate showing one of their crests and their motto, Spero ut Fidelis, "Illustrated with a new and accurate map of Corsica", an exceptionally well detailed, well pressed and attractive large folding engraved map bound at the front. With half-title which is frequently lacking, title-page with engraved vignette featuring the arms of Corsica. 8vo, handsomely bound in full contemporary calf, the spine with double gilt ruled raised bands, one compartment gilt lettered, the boards framed with double-fillet gilt rules, board edges hatched in blind, original endleaves. xxiii, 384 pp. A handsome copy well preserved in its original binding, with the text in fine condition, especially fresh and clean, and with strong impression, the leaves unpressed and the… Read More