Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

Bright and Cheery Recipes: A Wine Cook Book for your Kitchen

[Bright's Wine Ltd.] · 1940

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

[Lacine, Quebec, Canada] Bright's Wine Ltd. First printing pp. 28. Small 8vo measuring 17 cm. Illustrated card covers with red background illustrated with cheese board, knife and grapes. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine. ...

Sneetches, and Other Stories

Dr. Seuss [pseud. Theodor Seuss Geisel] · 1961

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York Random House Book Club Edition Unpaginated. Quarto (8.25" x 11"). Illustrated matte paper boards. Light edgewear, text-block uniformly clean and without blemish. Overall, very good. ¶ A later Book Club Edition, bearing a later alphanumeric printing sequence [BCDEFGHIJ...

Horton Hears A Who!

Dr. Seuss [pseud. Theodor Seuss Geisel] · 1954

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York Random House Book Club Edition Unpaginated. Quarto (8.25" x 11"). Illustrated matte paper boards. Light edgewear, text-block uniformly clean and without blemish. Overall, very good. ¶ A later Book Club Edition, bearing a later alphanumeric printing sequence [CDEFGHIJK...

Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book

Dr. Seuss [pseud. Theodor Seuss Geisel] · 1962

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York Random House Book Club Edition Unpaginated. Quarto (8.25" x 11"). Illustrated matte paper boards. Light edgewear, text-block uniformly clean and without blemish. Overall, very good. ¶ A later Book Club Edition, bearing a later alphanumeric printing sequence [BCDEFGHIJ...

I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today!

Dr. Seuss [pseud. Theodor Seuss Geisel] · 1969

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,226)

New York Random House Later Printing Unpaginated. Quarto (8.25" x 11"). Illustrated matte paper boards. Light edgewear, text-block uniformly clean and without blemish. Overall, very good. ¶ Later printing bearing an ISBN to the rear board.

Bartholomew and the Oobleck

Dr. Seuss [pseud. Theodor Seuss Geisel] · 1977

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

New York The Vanguard Press Book Club Edition Unpaginated. Quarto (8.25" x 11"). Illustrated matte paper boards. Light edgewear, text-block uniformly clean and without blemish. Overall, very good. ¶ A later Book Club Edition, bearing a later alphanumeric printing sequence [BCD...

The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins

Dr. Seuss [pseud. Theodor Seuss Geisel] · 1938

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York The Vanguard Press Book Club Edition Unpaginated. Quarto (8.25" x 11"). Illustrated matte paper boards. Light edgewear, text-block uniformly clean and without blemish. Overall, very good. ¶ A later Book Club Edition, bearing a later alphanumeric printing sequence [BCD...

The King's Stilts

Dr. Seuss [pseud. Theodor Seuss Geisel] · 1967

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York Random House Book Club Edition Unpaginated. Quarto (8.25" x 11"). Illustrated matte paper boards. Light wear to head and tail of spine, and tips. Txt-block uniformly clean and without blemish. Overall, good+. ¶ A later Book Club Edition, bearing a later alphanumeric p...

I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew

Dr. Seuss [pseud. Theodor Seuss Geisel] · 1965

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

New York Random House Book Club Edition Unpaginated. Quarto (8.25" x 11"). Illustrated matte paper boards, illustrated endpapers. Trifle edgewear, text-block uniformly clean and without blemish. Overall, very good. ¶ A later Book Club Edition, bearing a later alphanumeric prin...

Sultur [Sult]; Translated from the Norwegian by Jón Sigurðsson frá Kaldaðarnesi ; Rare First Icelandic-Language Edition of Hamsun's Hunger

Hamsun, Knut (1859-1952); Jón Sigurðsson frá Kaldaðarnesi (Translator); Halldór Pétursson, 1916-1977 (Cover Illustration) · 1940

$750.00 (€680.46 | £567.69 | ¥119,727)

Reykjavík, Iceland Bókaútgáfa Menningarsjóðs sult pp. 203, [1]. Small octavo (5" x 7.5"). Publisher's original illustrated card covers featuring striking cover art and typography, designed by the renowned Icelandic artist and illustrator Halldór Pétursson (known perhaps most ...

Across the River and into the Trees [First Edition, First Printing]

Hemingway, Ernest · 41950

$495.00 (€449.10 | £374.67 | ¥79,020)

London Jonathan Cape | Printed at the Alden Press and Bound by A.W. Bain & Co., Ltd., London First Edition, First Printing pp. [1-4], 5-256. Small octavo (5" x 7.5"). Bound in the publisher's original green cloth over boards with red monogram design to the centre and title sta...

Towards Discipleship ; A Series of Informal Addresses to Aspirants for Discipleship

Krishnamurti, J. · 1925

$245.00 (€222.28 | £185.45 | ¥39,111)

Adyar, Madras, India Theosophical Publishing House | Printed by J.R. Aria at the Vasanta Press (Adyar, Madras) First Edition, First Printing pp. x, 144. 12mo. Publisher's pebbled read cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece...

Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom: 1881-1888 ; with a Foreword by Annie Besant, President of the Theosophical Society

Transcribed and Compiled by C. Jinarajadasa · 1919

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

Adyar, Madras Theosophical Publishing House pp. [1-3], 4-124. Slim octavo., measuring 5" x 7.5". Publisher's light-blue cloth over boards, stmaped in gilt to the spine and front board. Boards every lightly rubbed, trifle edgewear, neat ink name to the ffep. Contents remain wit...

Thought Power: Its Control and Culture

Besant, Annie (1847-1933) · 1901

$295.00 (€267.65 | £223.29 | ¥47,093)

London and Benares The Theosophical Publishing Society First Edition, First Printing pp. 145 + four leaves of advertisements to the rear matter. Small octavo., measuring 5" x 7.5". Tan cloth over boards with black lettering to the spine, and front board. A few faint spots the ...

Dharma; or The Meaning of Right and Wrong ; Three Lectures Delivered at the Eighth Annual Convention of the Indian Section of the Theosophical Society, Held at Benares on October 25th, 26th, and 27th, 1898

Besant, Annie (1847-1933) · 1913

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

London and Benares The Theosophical Publishing Society pp. 80, [1], i-iii. 12mo., measuring 4.75" x 6". Tan cloth over boards with white lettering to the centre of the front board. Trifle edgewear, else, clean and unmarked; very good+.

I Talked to the Captain Today: Stories

Stevens, John Douglas Clifford · 200

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,822)

N.D. [Selkirk, Manitoba?] Privately Printed First Edition, First Printing Unpaginated [pp. 54]. Octavo (8.5" x 11"). Illustrated laminated card covers held with black plastic spiral binding. Illustrated with various in-text black-and-white photographs, illustrations, etc. Brig...

A Journey Together: St. Catherine Anglican Church, Bird's Hill, Manitoba, 1914-1989

[St. Catherine's Anglican Church History Book Committee] · 1991

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Bird's Hill, Manitoba, Canada [St. Catherine's Anglican Church History Book Committee] First Edition, First Printing pp. 48. Slim quarto. Publisher's illustrated navy-blue cloth over boards with silver lettering to the spine. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photog...

Training Servant Leaders: A History of Steinbach Bible College

Hildebrand, Jerry; Ed Reimer (Foreword) · 1997

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada Derksen Printers Ltd. First Edition pp. 160. Oblong 4to. Black and white photographs. Bright, clean, and unmarked; as new. ¶ "a carefully researched narrative of the ways God led in the building of a school to train young people for ministry. Contai...

Sacred Feather: The Reverend Peter Jones (Kahkewquonaby) & the Mississauga Indians [SIGNED]

Smith, Donald B. · 1995

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,822)

Toronto & London University of Toronto Press First Edition, First Printing pp. xix, 372. Octavo. Black-and-white maps, photographs, illustrations, etc. Publisher's light-blue cloth over boards w/gilt lettering to spine. Lightly rubbed, contents without blemish with bright, cle...

Zhinochnyi svit [Žìno iy svìt] | Woman's World ; Nineteen, Bound, Annual Volumes Encompassing: 1950, 1952-1969; Comprising 228 Issues in Total

Bubniuk, Stepahnia (Ed.); Halia Hawryluk (Ed); [Multiplte Contributors], et al.

$3,495.00 (€3,170.93 | £2,645.43 | ¥557,929)

Winnipeg, Manitoba Ukrainian Women's Organization of Canada [Vydai e Orhanizatsii a Ukrainok kanady] | Printed by the New Pathway Publishers Ltd. [Novy shli akh] First Edition, First Printings Irregular pagination; each issue comprising of 24-32 pages. Small 4to's, uniforml...