Rare books from Second Story Books, ABAA

Privately Printed: [London], n.d. [1949]. First Editions. Hardcover. Small Octavo, 58, 38, 38, 32, 30, 24, 32 pages; VG; rebound in full blue leather, gilt lettering to spine; marbled endpapers; with seperate title and half-title for each part; lacking wraps; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1308156. Special Collections.

New York: Viking, 1994. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 286 pages; VG/VG; Spine maroon with yellow and white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; inscribed on title page by Gibson; partially-removed ex libris sticker on front free end paper; pages clean; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1333353. FP New Rockville Stock.

London: Christophers, 1921. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 12mo., 32 pages; G+; Cream cloth spine with black lettering; Some discoloration has developed along the edge of the front cover and along the cloth of the spine; there is a small dent on the bottom of the boards near the spine, and a small pock near the top edge of the front cover; Marks from a pink pen appear in three locations (each less than an inch in length)and there is uneven age-toning on the front and back free end papers; Two ex libri appear on the front pastedown, one belonging to Archibald Henderson is accompanied by the same's signature; CX consignment; shelved in Room G. Archibald Henderson [1877 - 1963] was a professor of mathematics at the University of North Carolina, and was a close personal friend of George Bernard Shaw. 1346172. Special Collections.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1920. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 347 pages; VG-/VG; Faded yellow spine with red lettering; Dustjacket has fading and single crease along spine, and minor soiling to front cover; Some edgewear to head/tail of spine, shelfwear to printed labels on cover and spine, and cornerwear to top corners; Textblock has minimal foxing to deckled bottom and fore-edge; Several pages remain uncut; CX consignment; Shelved in Room G. 1346217. Special Collections.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1906. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Large 12mo., v, 273 pages; G-; Dark blue cloth spine with abstract graphic and slightly faded white lettering; Moderate soiling to front cover, slight fading to lettering, rubbing along hinges of spine and edgewear to head/tail, moderate edgewear along bottom of covers, and minor bowing to boards; Dampstain on top edge of textblock visible on interior pages and some shelfwear to bottom textblock edge; Previous owner's signature appears on ffep; t.e.g.; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. One of only 8400 copies from first printing. 1346272. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 286 pages; VG-; contemporary full tan cloth binding; spine with light blue lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; small stain to upper left corner of front board; three small stains at upper right corner of back board; upper edge of textblock dyed navy; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1346324. Special Collections.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xv pages, 159 page; VG-; contemporary full mustard publisher's cloth binding; spine with gilt lettering and rubbed blue design; mild shelf wear; corners bumped and slightly shredded; faint stains to front board; wear to joints; mild wear to crown and tail of spine; scuffing to back board; inscribed by Lindsay at front free endpaper; previous owner's name at front free endpaper; mild foxing and age-toning to textblock; pages clean; CX consignment; shelved Case 0. 1346331. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 243 pages; VG/VG-; spine red, with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; small chips missing at corners of flap folds; small closed tear at upper edge of jacket front; front jacket joint separated; small chips missing at crown and tail of spine; inch-long closed tear at upper right corner of jacket back; bookseller's sticker at back pastedown; pages clean; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1347976. FP New Rockville Stock.

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1871-1883. Centenary Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 25 vols.; VG-; bound in 3/4 unsigned calf, boards in marbled brown paper; spines paneled, with blue and red labels with gilt lettering and design; mild shelf wear and soiling; corners slightly bumped; mild wear to crowns and tails of spines; all edges marbled; previous owner's bookplate at front pastedowns; contains black and white illustrations; WM consignment; shelved above WWII. 1348117. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

London: [s.n.], 1769. Hardcover. Octavos, 5 volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in contemporary calf, rebacked with paneled spines and two labels with gilt. Some wear and rubbing to binding. Name in ink to front free endpaper of volumes 2-4 (volume 5 lacking front free endpaper). Signs of removed bookplate from front pastedown of volume 1. Library pencil numbers to versos of half-titles and rectos of title pages. Volume 5 R1-5 with scraps of paper attached via adhesive to top edge of rectos. Shelved above Science. Volumes 1 and 2 are a reissue of "The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, .. The third edition..." Volumes 3 and 4, of "The sermons of Mr. Yorick..." and volume 5, of "A sentimental journey ..", "Yorick's sentimental journey continued ... By Engenius, i.e. John Hall Stevenson," and "A political romance...". Volumes 2-5 are numbered 2-5 on their half-titles, but the titlepages bear the volume numbers of the original editions, i.e. V, I, II, and I respectively. This edition was… Read More

New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1919. First Edition, First issue. Hardcover. Octavo, 303 pages; VG-/Poor; contemporary full yellow cloth binding; spine with age toned paper label with black lettering; tattered original jacket present, with significant wear, including lacking spine, all edges tattered and chipped, soiling; mild shelf wear and soiling to binding; corners bumped; mild fading to spine; upper edge of textblock dyed yellow; newspaper clipping between pages 22/23, some toning to pages from paper; Vincent Starrett's copy, with his name on the half-title; First Issue with line 5 of page 86 reading "lay" and broken type in the word "the" in line 3 of page 251; extremely scarce with a jacket in any condition; shelved Case 2. Starrett and Anderson occupied many of the same circles, contributing to many of the same publications, including The Double Dealer, and both were in the same literary scene in Chicago.;. 1351623. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 349 pages; VG/VG-; spine is pictorial with black and red lettering; dust jacket is in a mylar covering, price uncut '$8.95', has minor wear and rubbing; signed flat on the ffep by both Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein; First Edition, Second Printing; scarce signed by both; shelved case 5. 1355537. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Oxford: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press, 1991-1998. Second Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Quartos, 20 volumes. In Near Fine condition with Near Fine dust jackets. Spines navy blue with white lettering. Volume One opened and in a mylar covering, all other nineteen volumes still sealed in the publisher's shrink-wrap. Shelved above China. PLEASE NOTE! This set is extremely heavy, weighing in at 135lbs total. It would need to be split into five boxes in order to ship, with each box being around 35-36lbs. Domestic shipping rates will be expensive, Expedited and International rates will be *very* expensive. Fair warning. 1370843. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1884. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, viii, 292, [8] pages. In Very Good minus condition. Full binding of red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Minor shelfwear. Chipping and rubbing along spine. Bumping to corners. Age-toning and foxing to text block. Bookplate on front pastedown. Some repair done to front and rear pastedowns. With 8 uncut pages of advertisements in rear, dated '5R-12.83'. Shelved in Case 13. 1371276. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Paris: Eugène Renduel, 1836. Second Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Octavos, 3 volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in full green unsigned leather with gilt rule to edges and covers elaborately embossed in blind. Spines with gilt and black label with gilt lettering. All spines, lower edges of both boards of volume 1, and upper edge of rear board of volume 2 faded. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. With 11 plates and 1 engraved title page after Louis Boulanger, Alfred and Tony Johannot, Raffet, Rogier and Rouargue. Text in French. Shelved in Case 2. The Second Illustrated Edition was published the same year as the first illustrated edition in one volume. The first edition of the Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) appeared in 1831 and is one of the great works of French literature. An early example of the Imperial Arming Press, also called an embossing or stamping press, first used in 1832. 1373285. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.