Rare books from Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

London: Collins / The Crime Club, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing, second state with no date listed on copyright page. Very Good with light lean to spine, a bit of dust soiling, fading to cloth corresponding to jacket chips, and bumping to page corners. In a Very Good dust jacket with front flap clipped at bottom corner and publisher's price of 4'- net printed left of the clip (assumed second issue); edge wear with chipping heavier at spine ends, rubbing to folds, faint pencil markings to front panel and fading to spine. A controversial title to say the least, published in America and filmed as And then There Were None. This book remains one of Christie's best-selling novels, as well as the world's best-selling mystery book and one of the best-selling books of all time. It is widely considered the author's masterpiece.

London: Longmans, Green & Company, 1910. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Andrew Lang's Color Fairy Books, complete in twelve volumes, all first impressions of the first edition: Blue (1889), Red (1890), Green (1892), Yellow (1894), Pink (1897), Grey (1900), Violet (1901), Crimson (1903), Brown (1904), Orange (1906), Olive (1907), Lilac (1910). The volumes average in Very Good, with fading to spines, foxing, light edge wear, soiling, or rubbing, bookplates or previous ownership markings, and toning to pages. Tear to cloth at base of spine of The Blue Fairy Book; Inner hinges tender or exposed in the Lilac, Orange and Grey; Corner clipped from front free endpaper in The Lilac Fairy Book. A lovely set Andrew Lang's Color Fairy Books, beautifully decorated in ornate gilt stamping.

New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886. First American Edition. Very Good. Six volumes. First American edition, all first printings with properly dated title pages and publisher's imprint on all copyright pages. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering and black stamping, with volumes ranging from Very Good to Near Fine. Softening to spine ends, with Volume II of Before Tilsit showing shallow loss at spine ends. Volume I of The Invasion with owner name stamp on title page; neat owner name on first page of text of volume II of The Invasion and volume II of Borodino. Bookplate in volume 1 of Before Tilsit and volume I of The Invasion. A handsome set of the first American edition of this classic of Russian literature. Translated from the French edition by Clara Bell.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1927. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. First edition, first printing, in the original dust jacket designed by Virginia Woolf's sister, Vanessa Bell. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good+ with light fading to spine cloth. Some foxing throughout, though heaviest at textblock edge, early and final pages. Previous owner name to front free endpaper and again on the half title page. The dust jacket is Very Good, with the usual toning to the spine, some soiling and foxing, chips to the corners and spine ends and a tear to the bottom edge of the front panel. A bright copy of one of the author's most enduring works. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked To the Lighthouse as number 15 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing, with "Published May, 1936" on the copyright page. Bound in publisher's grey cloth stamped in blue; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Spine ends lightly softened. Cloth toned at spine and lightly so to edges, lightly foxed. Clippings pasted to preliminary and terminal blank sheets, with associated offsetting, otherwise a pretty sharp copy.

London: Jarrold and Sons, 1877. First Edition. Good. First edition, first printing of the classic equine novel; in Carter's variant C binding. Good. Cloth well-worn and soiled, textblock edge lightly spotted, inner hinges repaired, pencil markings to brown coated endsheets, effaced owner name to first blank sheet and owner name in pencil to title page, light cigar smoke odor to pages, pages thumbed. Written by Sewell during the last years of her life, which she spent home-bound. She died five months after it's publication, living just long enough to see the book become a success. It went on to become one of the most well-known books of the Victorian era, as well as one of the best-selling books of all time. Additionally, the novel was notable for being used as a tool to advocate for more humane treatment of horses, drawing attention to a number of restrictive objects commonly in use at the time such as bearing reins and blinkers.

Nauvoo, IL: Printed by Robinson and Smith, Stereotyped by Shepard and Stearns, 1840. Third Edition. Very Good. [iv], [7]-571, [2] pp. 8vo. Third edition, first state with unbroken "e" in "spake" on page 9, line 23, with testimony of the three witnesses on page [572], and testimony of the eight witnesses on page [573]. Bound in contemporary calf with morocco title label to spine lettered in gilt, spine ruled in gilt. Shallow wear to crown, front joint expertly repaired, faint stray graphite marks to top textblock edge; modern ownership rubber stamp to front free endpaper; ownership of "Jacob Chandler, Book, 4th month 11th, 1841, Price 1.25" on verso of preface page, and Chandler's name inked again on the verso of the "Testimony of Eight Witnesses" page. Contents toned and browned throughout. Chandler is likely a member of the Quaker family prominent in Chester County, Pennsylvania. One of about 2,000 copies (of 4,000 total) of the last edition to be edited by Joseph Smith. Published by Ebenezer… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. First edition, first printing, first issue with 3 p's in "stoppped" on page 181. 259 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with bronze title labels. Good+ with chipping and wear to labels, cloth a bit softened and edge-worn, sunned spine, two former owners' names on paste down, binding a little shaken but holding. The first appearance of the classic modernist novel.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1936. First edition, second printing. Good. First edition, second printing. Bound in publisher's light red cloth stamped in gilt, lacking the dust jacket. Good. Cloth foxed and lightly marked, spine faded and frayed at the ends. Pages toned, with some corner creasing and sporadic light stains. A phenomenal bestseller, early printings are uncommon.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing, with "Published May, 1936" on the copyright page. Bound in publisher's grey cloth stamped in blue; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Rubbing and wear to cloth at extremities, scratches to rear cover, scuff to top textblock edge. Former owner gift inscription and evidence of bookplate removal to front pastedown, small red spot to front free endpaper, and pages toned.

London: Gerald Howe LTD, 1934. First Edition. Good. First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth stamped in dark blue, lacking the dust jacket. Good, significant slant to binding, cloth soiled and with a short split at the top f the rear spine joint. Former owner name to front free endpaper, several pink lines to the contents page and pages thumbed. The first British edition of this classic is scarce.

Meriden, CT: The Ralston Society, 1937. First Edition. Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt, lacking the dust jacket. Good, with cloth stained and gilt stamping partially worn, reading creased to spine. Former owner name and address to front pastedown, hinge at title page slightly over-opened, pages toned and several instances of underlining to text. A scarce first printing of a book Hill claimed was inspired by a suggestion from Andrew Carnegie.

New York: Arthur A Levine Books / Scholastic Press, 1998. Advance Reader's Edition. Very Good. Advance Reader's Edition issued to reviewers and book industry figures prior to the publication of the first American edition. Bound in publisher's original illustrated wraps. Very Good with light wear and light creasing to covers, a few small stains. The first book in the fantastically popular series, rare in the advance format.

Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren, 1962. First Tove Jansson Illustrated Edition. Good. First Tove Jansson illustrated edition, text in Swedish. Bound in publisher's illustrated paper covered boards over green cloth spine lettered in gilt. Good with lean to binding, staining to spine cloth and fading and soiling to covers, wear to corners and spine ends. Former owner name to front free endpaper and repaired tear to rear pastedown. Illustrated by the creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson, perfectly pairing a dream-like Nordic influence with Tolkien's iconic fantasy.

[Multiple locations]: [Various Publishers], 1968. 17 issues of four different American Tolkien fanzines sold as a lot. All staplebound. Very Good or better condition overall. Numerous illustrations. Entmoot. Crystal City, MO: Entmoot, [1965-1966]. Three issues. Issue #2, 3, & 4. Issues 2 & 3 folded vertically for mailing with mailing label and postmark on rear cover. Tolkien fanzine published by Greg Shaw, who would go on to start the music fanzine Bomp! and its record label. Niekas. Livermore, CA / Center Harbor, NH: Niekas Publications / Tolkien Society, 1962-1968. Ten issues. Issue #9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20. Issue #11 has the Philip K. Dick piece "Schizophrenia and the Book of Changes." Issue #20 includes a one-page piece by Philip K. Dick & Vaughn Bode illustrations. Palantir. Los Angeles: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1966. Issue #4. Tolkien Journal. Brooklyn, NY: Tolkien Society of America, 1966. Three issues. Vol. II, Nos. 3 & 4; Vol. III, No. 2. Horizontal fold to two issues in… Read More