Collecting American First Editions

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, typed book description . tipped-in at front free endpaper.. 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 1,250 numbered copies signed by the author. Navy beveled boards with printed paper labels on front boards and spine. xviii, 221 pp. Index, 51 illustrations of various title pages, book spines and other… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930. xviii, 221p. A near fine copy, with the very faint darkening of the spine label, no d.j., in a very good slipcase which shows some wear at the corners and has the number 1203 crossed out and replaced by 923.. Signed By the Author. First Edition. No. 923 of 1250 Copies. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dj. 8vo… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930. Hardcover. First Edition: Limited to 1250 signed and numbered copies of which this is No. 824 and signed by the author on the Limitation Page. 6 x 9in. xviii. 221pp. Publisher's cloth boards with paper title labels. NEAR FINE in Very Good slipcase. The book itself shows the spine with a touch of tanning,… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Slipcase. 8vo., 221pp. Beautiful Limited First Edition, #194 of 1250 copies printed. Bound in navy cloth with titles on paper labels on front board and spine. t.e.g. Beveled edges. Illustrated. Square tight and clean throughout with a touch of wear to heel. Still quite fresh and well-preserved. Feels unread. Just about… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930. Pp. xx+222(last blank), frontispiece plus 50 plates, the title page printed in red & black, index of authors and books; navy cloth over bevelled boards, with printed paper title labels on spine and upper board, the cloth a trifle marked, both labels very slightly worn, the spine faintly creased; t.e.g., others uncut and partly… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930. Limited Edition. Leather. 221p. REBOUND. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A hardcover book that has been rebound in green cloth with a black leather spine. Staining in the gutter of the last several pages. Text unmarked and binding tight. Limited edition; #486 of 1,250 copies signed by the author. Illustrated with black and white plates… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1930. Limited ed. Hardcover. g. 8vo. xviii. 222pp. Blue cloth binding. Light wear to head and heel of spine. Top edge gilt. Slipcase with pastedown limitation notice affixe,corners bumped. .Fifty-one full page plates, some with separate tissue guards. Frontispiece. Pages untrimmed. One of 1250 numbered copies signed by the author. In slipcase with corners bumped, and… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [1930]., 1930. First edition. 8vo. 51 b/w illustrations. Bibliographical references. Index. Original dark blue cloth (top and bottom of spine slightly spotted); paper spine and upper cover labels. Very good. 221 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Number 630 of 1250 numbered copies, signed by Richard Curle on the limitation page.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930. First edition. Number 187 of 1250 signed by the author. With 51 illustrations. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Very good. First edition. Number 187 of 1250 signed by the author. With 51 illustrations. 1 vols. 8vo.

1930. CURLE, Richard. COLLECTING AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS. Its pitfalls and its pleasures. With 51 illustrations. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1930). One of 1250 signed and numbered copies. 8vo., blue cloth-covered beveled-edge boards, t.e.g. A very good copy whose binding shows light wear at edges and has a sunned paper spine label, with small pencil annotations in the index, and… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, Indiana: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930. SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Near Fine condition in a Good+ slipcase. The slipcase is intact, but moderately rubbed at the corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are creamy white, clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1930.… Read more about this item

Richard Curle. Good; Some age wear and discoloration. Paperback. 4 pages .

Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1930. No state. HC, no DJ. PC VG. Navy blue cloth, boards beveled, paper spine & front labels, light edgewear & rubbing, gilt top-edge, deckled edges, FO plate to FPEP, front hinge slightly cracked, unmarked, binding sound. 51 B/W plate illustrations. Limited to 1250 signed & numbered copies, of which this is #1177. PLEASE NOTE: We… Read more about this item

1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. From the Official Reports of Fremont and Emory; James M'Glashan, Pub., Dublin, Ireland; 1849; 1st edition; good condition; bound in original hard cover cloth; some stains to cover, and minor wear at head and base of spine; lacks Map, else a very good copy; John C. Fremont; California History

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co, [1930]. xviii,221 pages. Many halftone plates. 8.5x6'', cloth, teg. #1042 of 1250 copies, SIGNED. Edges rubbed, bit loose, VG.

Curle Press. paperback. New. 5x0x8. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing