Recent Arrivals from Ivy Ridge Books

Horace Liveright, 1931. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Dust jacket with tear on front middle, edge tears, spine sunned with tears head/tail, liquid stain rear and rear flap, price unclipped. Grey buckram boards are darkened on the top edge and spine, light liquid stain top of spine and on the rear. Both front and rear endpapers… Read more about this item

The Dial Press, 1963. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. The dust jacket has edge wear, surface rubbing, tears head/tail of spine, 1" tear bottom front flap, price unclipped, repaired tears head of spine. White cloth boards are darkened along the top edge and spine. Pen number and price half title page. 1963 first edition. All orders… Read more about this item

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1937. First American Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. 0x0x0. Inscribed "December 30, 1943, Happy Thirty! Yours for the next fifty - Rolly," a present to science fiction author Alfred Bester. Partial dust jacket includes front, flaps and part of the spine - what remains is in poor condition, tanned and chipped - now in Brodart sleeve.… Read more about this item

Archibald Constable and Co, 1908. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. No dust jacket. The green cloth boards are quite worn and soiled, bottom 3" of lower right corner is torn, bumped and worn corners, spine is tearing head/tail and there is a tear in the middle. 1" tear top edge half title page, foxed throughout. Eleven color plates,… Read more about this item

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 10x9x0. Dust jacket has heavy edge wear, 2" tear bottom edge front, wear and tears at edges of spine, chips head/tail of spine, price unclipped. Tan cloth boards with title embossed, one corner lightly bumped, spine a little browned. Bookplate inside front cover, weak front hinge. 1946 first… Read more about this item

Hastings House, 1940. Limited Signed Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed by Author. #16/55 specially bound with rag paper, signed by by Samuel Chamberlain and Donald Moffat, who wrote the introduction, also includes an original signed etching by Mr. Chamberlain, which is 54/100. No dust jacket, as issued. The grey boards with blue buckram spine are browned, spine… Read more about this item

The Viking Press, 1944. Third Printing. hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. 20x20x20. Science fiction author Alfred Bester's copy of this classic has his pen name on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is in three pieces, most of the spine is missing, very chipped, tanned and fragile. The blue buckram boards are darkened on edges, rubbed a little at… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers, 1946. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. January 1946 printing of this classic dystopian novel. Dust jacket has edge chips, darkening and scuffing, spine chipped at edges and head/tail, darkened, price unclipped, rear tanned. Blue cloth boards are lightened around the edges with rubbing corners, spine lightened as well with wear head/tail. All orders packed with… Read more about this item

American Historical Society, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. No dust jackets, possibly as issued. Three volume set. The boards are covered with green cloth and black textured cloth spine and corners. There is rubbing on the corners, spine edges and head/tail, cloth is dulled with age, spine text quite faded but still readable, some scuffs. First… Read more about this item

The Modern Library, 1941. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. 1941 edition of "Hunchback" from Modern Library has great dust jacket art by children's book author and illustrator Paul Galdone. The dust jacket has edge rubbing and shelf wear, spine sunned with chips head/tail, price unclipped. Red cloth boards are darkened on the top edge, rubbed corners and head/tail… Read more about this item

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. Federal Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Twelve volume set of the works of US President Thomas Jefferson is bound in blue ribbed cloth. This set is the Federal Collector's Edition, #455/600 printed, each volume has a nice frontis illustration of our Founding Father. The corners and head/tail of each volume are rubbed, there is… Read more about this item

Harper , 1945. Third Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. 0x0x0. Inscribed "To Rolly and Alfie from Dorian" on the front endpaper - Alfie was science fiction writer Alfred Bester. Dust jacket is quite torn, it's in three pieces, tears and chips along the edges, front flap is almost torn off, spine is sunned, very torn and fragile, rear has… Read more about this item

Intrepid Trips Information Service, 1977. paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Paperbound magazine has a pen doodle on the front over the "In This Issue" list, some scuffing, one bent corner, spine is sunned with some wear. Rippling and bend on the upper right corner, perfect binding is a little fragile. 141 pages, black and white. All orders packed with… Read more about this item

The Citadel Press, 1946. Ninth Printing. hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Dust jacket is quite worn, both the surface and edges, which are chipped and torn, price sticker removed from front, spotted on rear, price unclipped. Mustard cloth is a little rubbed at the corners and head/tail of spine. Interior is tanned, although not noted, wartime paper. Ninth printing… Read more about this item

University Books, Inc, 1968. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Dust jacket has edge and surface rubbing, some darkening on rear. Grey cloth boards are a tad rubbed at the corners, light darkening due to age. Clean interior. 1968 printing of classic work on vampires. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011

Ben Abramson, 1946. hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. 0x0x0. Boris Artzybasheff. Dust jacket is quite worn and darkened, bottom front has darkened stain which has lightly seeped through to the boards, corners chipped and tearing, upper left corner front quite chipped, spine torn down about half, spine darkened and brittle. Burgundy cloth boards are rubbed at the corners and… Read more about this item

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Early Printing. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards are rubbed and bumped on the corners, spine is sunned with wear head/tail, text is faded with time, still readable. Front hinge weak, foxed sporadically, heaviest foxing first few pages. 1934 on both title and copyright pages, no printing letter, early printing. All… Read more about this item

The Vanguard Press, 1929. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 8x5x1. Partial dust jacket includes the front and both flaps, no spine or rear. Heavy wear on existing sections of the DJ, stamped "Discussion Copy," which appears to be a publicity copy of the first edition. Violet cloth boards are quite sunned on all surfaces, spine is sunned to tan,… Read more about this item

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8x5x0. Dust jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, worn surface, spine sunned with tears and chips head/tail, soiled all around, price (2.75) unclipped. Blue cloth boards are rubbed at the corners, light scratch on front, worn at head/tail of spine. Clean interior. 1945 printing. All orders packed with care, independent… Read more about this item

Brentano's, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Front endpaper has the stamp of A&R Bester as well as Rolly Bester in pen. No dust jacket. The red cloth boards are worn heavily and bumped on the corners, gold decoration is dulled, cloth somewhat soiled, spine darkened with tear at head, text still readable, barely. Front hinge weak All… Read more about this item