Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Goddess: Breath in Stone

Joy, Gloria · 1994

$38.40 (€34.84 | £29.06 | ¥6,133)

West Des Moines, Iowa, The Gateway Group, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. SIGNED by the artist, the inimitable Gloria Joy, being the A/P copy, the Artist's Presentation copy, the only one such available on-line currently, thus, exceedingly rare. Boun...

Life After Life

Atkinson, Kate · 1910

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, A Reagan Arthur Book, an imprint of Little, Brown, . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked but for small black remainder mark along bottom edge. Black cloth-ov...

1979: An Allie Burns Novel

McDermid, Val · 2021

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,811)

New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound in two-tone, white cloth over boards, black cloth-backed. Bright and shiny dust...

Some Remarks on the Apparent Circumstances of the War in the Fourth Week of October 1795

Auckland, W.E. · 1795

$38.40 (€34.84 | £29.06 | ¥6,133)

London, England, J. Walter, 1795. Second Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, given that it is disbound from a larger volume. Sewn binding, housed in a stiff plastic sleeve with library reinforc...

Eighth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society

Prison Discipline Society · 1833

$48.00 (€43.55 | £36.33 | ¥7,666)

Boston, Massachusetts, Perkins and Marvin, 1833. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, and having been protected in a plastic sleeve inserted into a stiff Mylar sleeve with library tap...

A Guide to Audubon's Birds of America: A Concordance Containing Current Names of the Birds, Plate Names with Descriptions of Plate Variants, a Description of the Bien Edition, and Corresponding Indexes

Low, Susanne M. · 2002

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,027)

New Haven, Connecticut / New York, Donald Heald and William Reese Company, 2002. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear to the brilliant blue cloth over boards format, sharp and distinct...

Some Reflections on the Book Arts in Early Mexico by Lawrence Wroth

Wroth, Lawrence · 1945

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,027)

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard College Library, 1945. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Scarce in the trade, there being only three additional copies available on-line. Stiff card wraps, hand-sewn, with gilt lettering to front cover and gilt illustration ...

The Mormon Prophet's Tragedy

Whitney, Orson F., from the original by John Hay · 1905

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

Salt Lake City, Utah, The Deseret News, 1905. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A review of an article by the late John Hay, published originally in the Atlantic Monthly in December 1869, and republished in the Saints Herald of June 21, 1905. Sturdy, still tightl...

The Conquest of the Desert

Macdonald, William · 1913

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,111)

London, England, T. Werner Laurie Ltd., . . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Neither edition nor date of publcation stated, but perhaps an early reprint of the 1913 true First Edition. Bound in ...

Notes and Sketches of an Architect, Taken During a Journey in the Northwest of Europe

Narjoux, Felix; John Peto, translator · 1877

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,111)

New York, James R. Osgood, 1877. Author's Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. A good exemplar of a First Edition Thus, translated by John Peto from the original French of Felix Narjoux. Bo...

The Voyages and Cruises of Commodore Walker

Commodore Walker; H.S. Vaughan, Introduction and Commentary · 1928

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

London, England, Cassell and Company LTD., 1928. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. 1928 reprint edition of the 1760 original edition, and yet another fine contribution to the Seafarers' Library, General Editor being G.E. Manwaring. Sturdy, attractive, ti...

The History of Fort Riley

Pride, W. F. · 1926

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

, Self-published, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Dedicated to all the old timers who did their bit to make Fort Riley what it is today, this volume is respectfully dedicated. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, ligh...

Arizona in Literature: A Collection of the Best Writings of Arizona Authors from Early Spanish Days to the Present Time

Boyer, Mary G. · 1935

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,111)

Glendale, California, The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Mary G. Boyer's Arizona in Literature was and for a long time remained the definitive collection of Arizoniana and bibliography around. Bound in original red cloth over...

Daniel Boone: Contribution Toward a Bibliography of Writings Concerning Daniel Boone

Miner, William Harvey · 1901

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)

New York, The Dibdin Club, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Copy #155 of 250 copies printed for the members of the Dibdin Club of New York.Gray paper over boards, rebacked in brown paper, gilt title over black paper label to spine. Lightly toned. Very Good, ...

Ticks and Crosses: Personal Terms, 4

Raphael, Frederic · 2008

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

Manchester, England, Carcanet Press, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at title page, being also inscribed by him there to the previous owner, the noted classicist, Peter Morris Green, and his second wife, Carin Green, also a classic...

Pella: Capital of Macedonians

Siganidou, Maria and Maria Lilimpaki-Akamati · 1997

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,300)

Athens, Greece, Ministry of Culture, Archaeological Receipts Fund, 1997. Second Printing. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the illustr...

Things I'Ve Been Silent About

Nafisi, Azar · 2008

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

New York, Random House, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine memoir by the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, Reading Lolita in Tehran. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discerni...

A Lot of Two (2) Patrick O'Brian Novels: Blue at the Mizzen; the Commodore

O'Brian, Patrick · 1999

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New York, W.W. Norton & Co., . . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine-looking, structurally sound lot of two (2) Master and Commander novels by Patrick O'Brian, being Blue at the Mizzen (1999, First American Edition, 261 [1] pp.); and The Commodore (1995, First American ...

A Place of Greater Safety

Mantel, Hilary · 2006

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

London, England, Picador, 2006. Fourth Printing. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the illustrated card-stock wraps. 748 pp. plus a not...

A Man of Parts

Lodge, David · 2011

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

London, England, Harvill Secker, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Gray cloth over boards, sharp and distinct lettering to spine, slight forward cock thereto....