Rare books from William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA

Text pages 191-212 & plates 31-35 as issued in original wraps. Five exceptionally bright and clean untrimmed tissue-guarded hand-colored lithographic plates measuring 7.5 x 11 inches (19 x 28 cm). ; 22 text pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Inscribed from one Zartman to her son in 1943; about three inked notes in text. A tight clean copy.; 8vo ; xix; 432 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Nice clean copy in circa 1920 red cloth. Large folding map; 8vo 225 x 150 mm; [x], 418 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Untrimmed gatherings bound in early nineteenth century paper covered boards retaining original sewing. One folding plate. Professional restorations to edges of Title & Dedication leaves not affecting text. Restorations to Preface leaf with replacement of four letters on recto and six letters of verso. 6.5 x 9; Do not hesitate to request additional images. ; All shipments through USPS boxed & insured Priority Mail.

1 of only 250 copies. Recent green faux morocco with original wrappers bound in. Particulars in gilt to spine. Fold out map of Newfoundland. A very nice, clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xii; 492 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Slight losses to edges of Mylar protected dust jacket. Otherwise, a very nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 89 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Number 81 of only 500 copies. Publisher's full black morocco with heavy decorative blind stamping to front and rear covers and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt, others deckled. Marbled endpapers. A handsome, clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; Woodblock print; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 284, [i] pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

Engraving with etching, aquatint and hand-coloring on 1836 watermarked J. Whatman hand-made paper. Unusually wide, untrimmed margins showing the pulls from the binder's signatures on the left margin and the gilt to the top edge. "I closed my eyes, and was passing away into the world of dreaming existence, when suddenly there burst on my soul the serenade of the Rose-breasted bird, so rich, so mellow, so loud in the stillness of the night, that sleep fled from my eyelids. Never did I enjoy music more: it thrilled through my heart, and surrounded me with an atmosphere of bliss. One might easily have imagined that even the Owl, charmed by such delightful music, remained reverently silent. Long after the sounds ceased did I enjoy them, and when all had again become still, I stretched out my wearied limbs, and gave myself up to the luxury of repose." John James Audubon

25 fabric designs with fabric description on back. Blue cloth binding; gilt particulars to spine and front. Blue and yellow hanger cord. Protective plastic cover. 12.5 x 17.5 in.

Seven striking original silk-screened quarto antique Alfa Romeos in red chemise.

Signed by author and members of Glen Miller's Wartime Band. Preface by Nat Peck. Includes a day-by-day chronology spanning June 28, 1944 to July 28, 1945, and an appendix listing sound recordings by the band both for the U.S. Government and the public. Black and white photographs interspersed throughout. Brown cloth with gilt particulars to spine. Dust jacket protected in mylar. [xvi], 360 pp. [viii] 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches.

Original gouache advertising Aultman Miller & Co. Buckeye Harvesting Machine & Twine. Image: 9 1/2 x 12 inches

Half red morocco over marbled boards; four raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt. French text. 2 book plates to front paste down (Rob de Billy and de Guinzbourg). Occasional foxing. [II], 138 pp. 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches

Half grained navy morocco. Edited with Notes and Appendices by H. Buxton Forman. With an Introduction by John Masefield. Signed by both Forman & Masefield. Number 836 of only 1050 copies. ; 8vo ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

First American Edition, first issue (simultaneous with the Hodder and Stoughton London edition). The true first is distinguished by three points: 1. Scribner's seal, 2."Published October, 1911" to copyright page and 3. A "$1.50 net" price to the jacket's front cover (later issues priced at $2.50 on the front flap). As such copies without jackets (though still published October, 1911 & with seal) are of uncertain issuance, while those without the conspicuous oddly-placed price are second states. A fine copy with Peter, Mermaids & the Click-Tock Crocodile to the front and Captain Hook to the spine. First issue jacket repeats the binding images and adds the price. Jacket frayed along top with not entirely successful archival repairs from long ago. Book itself is as new: tight hinges and gutters; no owners' names, no bookplates, no sunning nor wear; gilt is bright & clean. "Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860 - 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, the child of a family of small-town weavers, and best… Read More