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Fine example of Riviere and Son binding in exceptional condition (see image). Full deep red morocco with gilt rule to boards; 5 raised bands and intricate gilt detailing to spine. Gilt ruled edges; intricate inner dentelles; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 15 aquatint hors-texte plates throughout. Includes an advertisement page after title page stating this book would have been released earlier, but "impediments" and the plates delayed its release. There is also included a section for Notes and Errata. Without previous owners' names or other markings. 259 pp., [1]. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.

First American appearance of this Doyle short story. This copy in the publisher's original stapled wraps and so having been spared the spine damage and cropping of the bound and disbound copies. Casual arithmetic to margin of page 12. Thirty two pages including covers of which this issue has two: the initial by Frederic Dorr Steele for the Doyle piece and the second, Jessie Wilcox Smith's First Day at School. Also includes a Jessie Wilcox Smith full page color advertisement for Eastman Kodak cameras. Please see images and do not hesitate to ask for more. 28.5 x 40.3 cm

Limited to 990 copies, this being #295. Vibrant blue cloth boards with gilt particulars to front board and spine. Deckled edges. All 10 color sur blanc plates throughout, some with silver and majority in duo-tone printing. Previous owner's name (John Donald Hotchkiss) to front pastedown, otherwise no other names or markings. Bumping to head and tail of spine, and very light wear to boards (see image). 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail.

Dark blue cloth boards with teal debossed text and decoration to front board and spine; pictorial dust jacket protected in mylar. No previous owners' names or other markings. General wear to exterior boards, and small loss to tail of dust jacket spine (see image). 191 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 inches.

Full dark green leather with gilt detailing to boards, as well as 4 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Scarce copy. All edges gilt. Slight moisture mark to top edge affecting the gilt edges, but not the pages (see images). 296 pp. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Moire endpapers & silk ribbon. No previous owners' names or bookplates.

Professionally rebound in half calf over marbled boards with gilt rule to boards, and five raised bands, gilt particulars, and two dark green skiver labels to spine. Original endpapers. Original hand-coloring to 13 hors texte plates, and 69 black and white plates throughout text. No previous owners' names or other markings. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail.

Burgundy cloth boards with gilt title to cover and spine. Author's inscription to front fly. No previous owner's names or other markings. Pp. 2216.5 x 9.25 in

Eight consecutive uniform volumes in yellow paper wraps. Advertisements to rear covers. Vol. I No. 1-4 and Vol. II No. 1-4. Nice clean copies without previous owners' names or other markings.
6 x 9 in each

Signed by Fisher to title page. In publisher's original dustjacket, which has been placed in protective mylar. Contains note and flyer from the book signing, hosted by Book Soup. In Fine condition, with no previous owner's names or other markings. 6.5 x 9.5 inches.

Signed by Vonnegut. The Easton Press Certificate of Authenticity also signed by Vonnegut dated 5/23/01, along with a note about Breakfast of Champions. Blue leather with gilt particulars and four raised bands. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers and a silk ribbon. A nice clean copy with no previous owners' names, defacements, or affixed bookplates.
6.25 x 9.25 in

Wear to head and tail of jacket. Publisher's F&R monogram to copyright page. Owner's name stamped on front and rear pastedown. Price clipped. Otherwise nice, clean copy.

Limited edition: #2265 of only 2500 copies comprising the first Bruneschelli edition (which is larger than the later Brunelleschi editions). Paper wraps with illustration to front and spine. Wraps protected in mylar. There are 16 hors texte pochoir plates, and 23 black culs-de-lampe throughout. French text throughout. Pages bright and clean. Previous owner's name written small to top of first free page, otherwise no markings. Creases to spine (see image). 164 pp., [i]. 8 x 10 1/2 inches.

Limited to one thousand copies, in which this copy is unnumbered. As new bought from publisher. Quarter burgundy cloth over paper-covered boards; gilt particulars to boards and spine; paper label to front board. Illustrated endpapers with the "watermark of a crown from Zurich, Switzerland, ca. 1520; drawn... by Michael P. Sukys." No previous owners' names or other markings. 8 x 10 1/4 inches.

Black cloth stamped in silver, top textblock edge green, in exceptional, unclipped dust jacket. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's narration of the first chapter of One Hundred Years of Solitude in Spanish housed in its original sleeve. An apparently unplayed disc. See image. Scarce.
12.5 x 12.25 in

A complete issue of the September 26, 1903 Collier's magazine with a colored cover illustration of Sherlock Holmes by Frederic Dorr Steele featuring "The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Beginning a New Series of Detective Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle" in red. The issue fincludes The Adventure of the Empty House, which begins thirteen short stories in The Return of Sherlock Holmes collection. This issue marked the first publication of a Holmes story in Collier's with the story being published prior to The Strand Magazine (which published it in October 1903). "Public pressure forced Conan Doyle to bring the sleuth back to life, and explain his apparently miraculous survival after his deadly struggle with Professor Moriarty in "The Final Problem." This is the first Holmes story set after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, as recounted in "The Final Problem" [Wikipedia]. A total of 36 pages including cover. Seven illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele. Stapled paper wraps. A nice clean copy with no… Read More

First printing. Red cloth with an unclipped dustjacket wrapped in mylar. A clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements.
5.75 x 8.25 in

Original brass cast for the cover of the Merrill illustrated Lorna Doone. Two volumes in one. Dark green cloth over boards with gilt particulars to spine and cover. Inscription to front endpaper. No other previous owner's names or other markings.

Signed by author to half title page with drawing of a wooden barrel and dated 1967. Brown cloth boards with gilt particulars to spine. Pictorial dust jacket and decorative endpapers. Black and white illustrations throughout text. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Small closed tear to back exterior bottom edge of dust jacket as well as light soiling (see image). 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches.

Limited to 2,000 copies. First published collection of Howard's short stories. Black cloth with a gilt title to spine and an unclipped dustjacket wrapped in mylar. From the personal library of Gil Kane. Some wear to jacket at head of spine (see image). Clean with no previous owners' names or other defacements.
5.5 x 7.45 in