Structure, Verses, Agency Books

John Pitts: Ballad Printer of Seven Dials, London 1765-1844, with a Short Account of His Predecessors in the Ballad & Chapbook Trade

Shepard, Leslie · 1969

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

London, Private Libraries Association, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear, an...

The Works of Robert Burns; Illustrated by an Extensive Series of Portraits and Authentic Views. With a Complete Life of the Poet: An Essay on His Genius and Character

Wilson, Robert Burns · 1878

$88.00 (€79.84 | £66.60 | ¥14,054)

London / Glasgow / Edinburgh, Blackie & Son, 1878. . Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A perfectly serviceable set of two reference tank-like copies; nothing fancy, but near-complete (a final endpaper to Volume 2 is detached) and sturdy but for a pulled signature to Volume ...

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Fielding, Henry · 1964

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Random House, 1964. . Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Tom Jones, a foundling, the classic biography of an English orphan, told by Henry Fielding, has been rendered here in a fine, attractive edition, bound in two-tone, raspberry paper over boards, black cloth-ba...

Yellow Dog

Amis, Martin · 2003

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Miramax Books, Miramax Books, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Scarce in the trade in this state and condition. SIGNED by the author at title page, inscribed "To John." Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. By the James Tait Black Memor...

The Eugene Register-Guard; a Citizen of Its Community Volume I

Price, Warren C. · 1976

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,789)

Portland, Oregon, inford & Mort, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. The story of the newspaper and the town of Eugene ("intensely Confederate") from the paper's founding in 1867 until about 1950, this being the first volume of its memoirs. Illustrated thr...

Forgers & Fools: The Strange Career of "Baron" Weisberg and the Incredible Story of Documents Destroyed and Disburdened from the Philadelphia Custom House

Whiteman, Maxwell · 1986

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,789)

New York, The Typophiles, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. What a tale of literary sleuthing! Readable, accessible and uber-fascinating work of literary detection and discovery. Sterling condition softcover copy, bound in simple, printed softpaper wraps, wit...

Johannes Gutenberg: Sein Leben Und Sein Werk

Ruppel, Aloys · 1947

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

Berlin, Verlag Gebr. Mann, 1947. Zweite Auflage. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. German-language biography of the first printer, Johannes Gutenberg, in a stated Second Edition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, cracke...

Drumright II (and Shamrock, Pemeta, Oilton, and Olive): A Thousand Memories

D. Earl Newsom · 1987

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Perkins, Oklahoma, Evans Pubns, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at verso of first free endpaper, and embossed stamp of previous owner at title page. The sequel to the popular social history of an Oklahoma oil boomtown. Sterling con...

Fighting Rebels and Redskins: Experiences in Army Life of Colonel George B. Sanford, 1861-1892

Sanford, George B.; Hagemann, E.R., ed. · 1969

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Norman, Oklahoma, University of Oklahoma Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and engaging memoir by the American army officer George Bliss Sanford (1842-1908) and with an extensive 108-page introduction by the editor, E.R. Hagemann, quite lea...

The Annotated and Enlarged Edition of Ernst Steiger's Precentennial Bibliography: The Periodical Literature of the United States of America

Arndt, Karl J. R. ; Ernst Steiger; · 1979

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,811)

Millwood, New York, Kraus International Publications, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to t he dark green buckram...

A Record of the Proceedings at the Limited Editions Club's Dinner to Celebrate the Twenty-First Birthday of the Club & the Fiftieth Birthday of Its Founder

Macy, George · 1950

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining n...

The First Score: An Account of the Foundation and Development of the Beaumont Press and Its First Twenty Publications 1917-1927

Beaumont, Cyril W. · 1980

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Bronxville, NY, Nicholas T. Smith, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor h...

William Morris

Nordlunde, C. Volmer · 1944

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

Kjobenhavn, Nyt Nordisk Forlag, Arnold Busck, 1944. . Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Danish language biography of the English designer and book illustrator, by C. Volmer Nordlunde. Brown cloth boards, lightly half-toned at front board top, mild wear to covers, sharp gilt...

Landscape Illustrations of the Bible, Consisting of Views of the Most Remarkable Places Mentioned in the Old Testaments

Horne, Thomas Hartwell · 1836

$228.00 (€206.86 | £172.55 | ¥36,413)

London, John Murray, 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Complete in two volumes, bound most handsomely in heavy dark brown cloth in a short quarto format, measuring 9 1/2" x 7" tall and wide, respectively, with blind-stamped rulings to both front and rea...

Peter Taylor, a Descriptive Bibliography: 1934-87

Wright, Stuart · 1988

$13.60 (€12.34 | £10.29 | ¥2,172)

Charlottesville, Virginia, For the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, by the University Press of Virginia, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition hardcover copy, bound in light tan cloth cloth, with sharp and distinct b...

Robert Penn Warren: A Descriptive Bibliography 1922-79

Grimshaw, Jr., James A. ed. · 1981

$13.60 (€12.34 | £10.29 | ¥2,172)

Charlottesville, Virginia, University Press of Virginia, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sterling condition hardcover copy, bound with two-tone, vanilla and burgundy cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine and front cover, with unbruise...

Tea Burning Town: Being the Story of Ancient Greenwich on the Cohansey in West Jersey

Joseph S. Sickler · 1950

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,789)

, Abelard Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy bound in brown linen cloth over boards, sharp looking printed paper label to front cover, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very sl...

Arizona: Its People and Resources

Cross, Jack L., Elizabeth H. Shaw, and Kathleen Scheifele, eds. · 1960

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Commemorative Edition, edited by Jack L. Cross, Elizabeth H. Shaw and Kathleen Scheifele, a great contribution to Arizoniana and Western Americana...

This Is Wisconsin

Gard, Robert E. · 1969

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,789)

Spring Green, Wisconsin, Wisconsin House, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at first free endpaper. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-...

Americas in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850

Langley, Lester D. · 1996

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither under...