Rare books from The Novel Shoppe

NY: Henry Holt. Near Fine in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0805028048 . Signed: "Best wishes to Scott, Bill and Hillary". 2-inch vertical, closed slit with clean edges, barely visible on front of DJ, in mylar. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 526 pages; 15662; Signed by Biographee .

London: Hutchinson. Very Good- with no Dust Jacket. 1894. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. Translated by Edward Vizetelly and illustrated with eighty-eight wood engravings from original drawings by George Roux. Illustrated frontispiece, tissued. Dark blue boards with silver decorations, lettering, green blindstamping decoration. One of only 100 published by Hutchinson in this first English edition. Slant. ; Wood engraving; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 399 pages; 12414 .

San Antonio, TX: Mulberry Avenue Books. Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1981. Stated 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0938036009 . Collector's DeLuxe edition, #81 of 100 copies. 'Concho Country' refers to Concho County in West Texas, around San Angelo, Texas. Author-signed book plate. Also personally inscribed by author above book plate: "To Jimmy Laxton, one of my favorite people in the Concho Country. " Map endpapers. Scuffs, one tear on DJ, in mylar book jacket cover. Buckram/leather 1/4 bound. Light soil on cream buckram, one tiny snip on top edge of leather. Oversize, heavy book. ; 4to - 11" to 13" tall; 232 pages; 15195; Signed by Author .

Milwaukee, WI: Wm. K. Walthers, Inc.. Near Fine with no Dust Jacket. 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0941952533 . Small bump on front edge, a few scratches on rear board, not deep enough to go through the color ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 21808 .

London: Thomas Payne and Son, and Edward Brooke. Fair. 1785. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Brown leather boards detached, gilt paste-on label on spine. Paper paste-on label on front states: "Enclosure No. 11267 from E. W. Adams (hand-written above printed name now blacked out) , to Mr. D. C. Lannes, Gen. Pat. Attorney, Western Electric Co. , Inc. , 195 Broadway, New York, U. S. A". Laid in at page 409 is a letter addressed to D. C. , from Clarence G. Stoll, 195 Broadway, New York, who was retiring on August 22, with no year given on the letter, the handwriting being of old school. Petrie, who ran unsuccessfully against John Bristow for a seat in the House of Commons from the Borough of Cricklade, discovered that the winner purchased votes, and took Bristow to court. Petrie prevailed, and this book deals with the lawsuit, as well as other issues which came to light. An extremely rare volume in its original state. Foxing, dampstaining, extremities rubbed and frayed. Old initials in upper… Read More

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1891. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 2 Fold-out maps: Equatorial America, North East Section (frontis) and the Everglade Region of South Florida (opposite page 112) plus 21 plates. Gilt decorations, titles, still brilliant. Very minor edgewear; binding tight, extremely clean and bright. NOT a print-on-demand or facsimile. Previous owner's name. Dedication page: "To Their Excellencies Sir Henry and Lady Blake, this volume is dedicated." ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 268 pages; 24602 .

Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good+ in Poor Dust Jacket. 1929. Hardcover. From rear DJ panel: "the fragile and beautiful sequel to "skippy", this book is a collection of random letters of a small boy, Skippy, to Sooky, which, in philosophy and pathos, represent the very height of contemporary humour. All 7 tipped-in illustrations by the author are present. Very hard to find with DJ. Edgewear is minimal with the minor exception of head and heel of spine, the second page in the book has been torn out so I don't know what page it was. Title page, copyright page, frontispiece and front free endpaper still present. This torn-out page was between the ffep and illustrated frontispiece and I suspect it was a second ffep which had a signature on it (you can see the mirror image on the first ffep. DJ is chipped and torn, and has the list of other G&D children's books listed on the back. DJ was taped back together on the underside. All the 'enclosed' letters on front… Read More

Baker Book House. Very Good+ in Very Good- Dust Jacket. 1973. 1st Edition; 200th thousandth printing. Hardcover. 0801040493 . Signed by Mr. Hailey, dated May 24, 1974 in blue ink on title page. PON on fep, marginalia on page 19-20. DJ lightly chipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 428 pages; 32596; Signed by Author .