Tyrnau: Typis Academicis Societatis Jesu. 1743. Small octavo. Three parts in one volume, bound in contemporary mottled calf, the spine with raised bands decorated gilt in compartments, red title label, marbled edges and endpapers. Attractive head- and tailpieces throughout, initial letters, title page vignette. 182 + 315 + 254 pp..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. n.d. [1897]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First separate edition. Octavo, original gray cloth elaborately decorated in an arts & crafts style in green and brown on front & rear covers. 52 pp + [2] pp ads at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Moderate..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1931. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth, spine panel titled in gilt. 376 pp. Ink name and bookstore stamp on front free endpaper; a bright, very good copy. More
New York: Harper & Row. [1989]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, original white cloth titled in silver on spine panel. 244 pp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ The author's second book and first short story collection. More
London: T. Nelson and Sons. 1879. Reprint, the first edition was published in 1877. Octavo, original pictorial blue cloth over bevelled boards, decoratively stamped in black and gold, all edges gilt. 454 pp., numerous full page engravings. Lacks rear endpaper, internal stains, worn at egdes and cloth a bit dull..... More
London / New York: The Bookman's Journal / James F. Drake, Inc., 1922. First Edition. First edition. Octavo, original dark grey cloth titled in gilt on spine. 111 pp + [2] pp ads at rear. Six black & white plates (including frontispiece). No. 163 of a limited edition of 450..... More
New York: Avalon Books / Thomas Bouregy and Company, Inc., [1962]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. 222 pp. Grey cloth, spine lettered in red. Fine in nice dust wrapper, the edges slightly marred from the original 'Plasti-Kleer' dust wrapper 'protector' in which these Avalon books were issued. ¶..... More
Leipzeig: J.C. Hinrichs. 1902. First edition. Octavo, bound in marbled paper boards with cloth spine, gilt titles. 140 pp. Knudtzon, Norwegian linguist and historian, who in this book recognizes the Hittite language as Indo-European on the basis of two letters (The zwei Arzawa-Br iefe) found in Egypt. he later published..... More
New York: DAW Books / The New American Library of Canada Limited, [1972]. Paperback. 1st edition, Canadian issue. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers (a paperback original). Issued as DAW Books #12 (95¢]. This is the Canadian issue, with the addition of The New American Library of Canada as publisher on the..... More
New York: Welcome. [1998]. First edition. Quarto, original red cloth stamped in gold. 240 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs and reproductions of Celtic Artwork. Light finger marks to the gold endpapers; fine in dust wrapper. More
London: The Popular Library [John Hamilton, Limited], n.d. [1931]. First British Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original orange cloth titled in black on spine panel. 318 pp. Touch of sunning to spine panel, else a fine copy in nearly fine four-color pictorial dust jacket with neat internal tape mends at spine ends..... More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. No Date [1898]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original pictorial tan cloth, titled and decorated in green, brown, white and gold. 224 pp + 16 pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard, two additional plates in the text. Browning..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1919. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original yellow cloth lettered in black on spine & front cover, small devices & rules in blind on spine and front cover. Color frontispiece by George W. Gage. Inner rear hinge neatly repaired, yellow cloth a...... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. 255 pp. + 2pp. ads. Half-cloth, marbled boards, spine and corners reddish-brown cloth, spine lettered in black. Tan end papers. Endpapers neatly renewed with matching paper, light shelf wear, a very good copy. Dedicated to H. Rider..... More
Landshut: Krüll. 1886. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. 12mon, original green paper-covered boards, cloth spine, gilt titles. 117 pp. Some pencil notes on endpapers, very good clean copy. Rare. ¶ German dictionary on the roots of Animal Names. More
Bonn: Studiengemeinschaft Deutscher Linguisten e.V., 1963 + 1974. Original Wraps. Quarto, original printed wrappers. Unpaginated (circa 50 pages). the 1963 text, with updates to 1974. From the collection of mystical philosopher Charles Muses, with a letter laid in from Klaus Scharff presenting the volume to him: "Please accept this little..... More
Berlin: Verlag fur Schriftlunde und Schriftunterricht, Heintze & Blanckertz. No Date (circa 1910). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto, bound in contemporary cloth with marbled paper boards, gilt titled leather label on spine. 36 pp. Index, plates. Slight foxing, a very good copy. ¶ The origin of the..... More
London: Williams and Norgate Ltd, Great Russell Street. [1939]. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original rough-weave brown cloth, gilt titles on spine, top page edges stained black. 291 pp., 111 + illustrations, mostly photographic but with some sketches & reproductions of handwriting by Lawrence. Very neat ink name on..... More
Chicago: H.S. Stone & Company. 1901. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial light green cloth stamped in gold and dark green, top edges gilt. 141 pp. The first edition of the author's first book. Minor bruising to spine tips; a fine, bright copy. ¶ A beautiful..... More
London: Leslie Frewin, 1975. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. First Edition of this collection. Octavo, original black boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 256 pp. Nine full-page black & white illustrations by Geoffrey Bourne-Taylor on text paper throughout and included in the pagination.Upper corners just slightly rolled, a fine..... More
London. Gollancz. 2018. First UK Edition, Deluxe Issue. Full Leather. Large thick octavo, bound in full blue leather titled and decorated in gilt, full colour endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, slipcased. 992 pp, 56 illustrations (including seven colour plates), maps. ONE OF ONLY 30 COPIES, this being copy No. 8. A...... More
London. Gollancz. 2018. First UK Edition, Deluxe Issue. Full Leather. Large thick octavo, bound in full blue leather titled and decorated in gilt, full colour endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, slipcased. 992 pp, 56 illustrations (including seven colour plates), maps. ONE OF ONLY THREE COPIES MARKED "PC" [Publisher's Copy]. A fine..... More
Hartford: S. Andrus and Son. 1844. Three volumes. Octavo, original brown cloth boards, gilt titles to spine, covers with designs in blind. 316 + 308 +304 pp; each volume with an engraved frontispiece. Offsetting from frontispieces to title leaves, cloth somewhat worn at the extremities; a very good, sound set..... More
New York: Penguin. 1993. 1st edition. 1st printing of this very controversial novel, this edition was suppressed. A novel about a love affair between two men in the late 1930's, Stephen Spender filed a lawsuit contending that the book is a salicious retelling of parts of his 1951 memoir WORLD..... More
New Castle: Cheap Street, 1984. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original dark brick-red cloth, printed paper title label on spine. Printed by hand on Gainsborough text paper, with flyleaves of antique ingre and a dust wrapper of momi paper from Japan. Issued in an edition of 115 hand-numbered copies..... More