Bindings & Editions

This section includes leather bound books and other specially bound volumes, as well as alternate editions like advanced reading copies, poetry chapbooks, broadsides, miniature books and more! Narrow your results by clicking on one of the subcategories listed to the left side of the page below.

Bindings & Editions Books & Ephemera

Muerto el perro se acabo la rabia; Cuba ensangrentada

Muerto el perro se acabo la rabia; Cuba ensangrentada

by Miralejos, Carlos

Woodbridge, VA: Outer Space Press, 2003. Paperback. viii, 202p., text in Spanish, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Anti-Castro novel.
Item Price
$15.00
LES DISCOURS DU DOCTEUR O'GRADY

LES DISCOURS DU DOCTEUR O'GRADY

by MAUROIS, Andre

1922. MAUROIS, Andre. LES DISCOURS DU DOCTEUR O'GRADY. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1922. 12mo., brown quarter-calf leather & boards. First Edition. Very Good (bookplate front pastedown). $35.00.
Item Price
$35.00
Hints To Gentlemen Of Landed Property. To which are now first added, Supplementary Hints

Hints To Gentlemen Of Landed Property. To which are now first added, Supplementary Hints

by Kent, Nathaniel

London: Printed For J. Dodsley, In Pall-Mall, 1793. Third Edition. Full calf. Very good. 8º, 21 cm.; 286 pp.; armorial bookplate of Hereford Solicitor, W. J. Humfrys on pastedown; rebacked;.
Item Price
$424.00
The Last Algonquin

The Last Algonquin

by Kazimiroff, Theodore L

MA: John Curley & Associates Inc, 1983 Large print. 352 pp. Clean, well-bound pages have a few small margin stains, and pen marks used instead of a bookmark. Book block has a small stain. Wraps have mild creasing and cornertip wear. Solid copy. The biography of Joe Two Trees, an Algonquin indian. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Item Price
$11.00
Praise

Praise

by HASS, Robert

New York: Ecco Press, 1979. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Paperback issue. Spine sunned, else near fine. Inscribed by Hass to author Nicholas Delbanco.
Item Price
$65.00
Driven

Driven

by GEHMAN, Richard

New York: David McKay Company, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Slight spotting and sunning to the boards, very good in a modestly spine-sunned, very good dustwrapper. Second of the author's four mysteries, this one about a man who embezzles from the bank where he works, and sets out across the country. Nicely Inscribed by Gehman to fellow author James Jones: "Jones - don't get tied up with the girl in Chapter-whatever-it-is. Richard. NY Jan. 1957.
Item Price
$350.00
Reformirtes Gesangbuch, oder: Ein Auszug von 270 Liedern

Reformirtes Gesangbuch, oder: Ein Auszug von 270 Liedern

by Hartman, Joseph

Joseph Hartman, 1829. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Fair Leather bound hardcover. Miniature. ORIGINAL 1829 PRINTING. Text in German. Appears to be missing front end paper. Text is unmarked, though shows foxing and pages edges are soiled. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Covers show moderate shelf wear, rubbing to corners.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Item Price
$40.00
Yellow Horn

Yellow Horn

by Micheline, Jack [Harold Martin Silver] cover by Jack Geiser

San Francisco: Golden Mountain Press, 1975. Paperback. [34p] 5.5x8.5 inches, poems and a song with music notations and lyrics, lightly-used and soiled first edition paperback in yellow pictorial wraps. Likely his second book after arriving in San Francisco.
Item Price
$30.00
The Gentleman's Stable Directory; or, Modern System of Farriery... To Which is Now Added; a Supplement Containing Practical Observations Upon Thorn Wounds, Punctured Tendons, and Ligamentary Lameness...

The Gentleman's Stable Directory; or, Modern System of Farriery... To Which is Now Added; a Supplement Containing Practical Observations Upon Thorn Wounds, Punctured Tendons, and Ligamentary Lameness...

by Taplin, William

London: G. G. And J. Robinson , 1796. Hardback, full-calf, gilt title to black leather label. 22cm x 14cm. xvi, 504pp. Frontis. Thirteenth edition 1796. Binding rubbed and slightly worn. Frontis waterstained, otherwise contents in very good condition. Private ownership. (p22). Hard Cover. Good.
Item Price
£40.00
Borderliners

Borderliners

by HOEG, Peter

London: Harvill. 1995. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 251pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.
Item Price
A$12.00
The Strange Journeys of Colonel Polders

The Strange Journeys of Colonel Polders

by Dunsany, Lord (Also known as Edward Plunkett)

London: Jarrolds Publishers [1950], 1st printing. (Hardcover) 208pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Second state with green boards and black lettering. The front board is slightly splayed, there is minor offsetting on the endpapers and next inner page, the dust jacket is quite bright, is price-clipped (with new 6 / - price added near the clip), and has minor tears and edgewear. Also known as Edward Plunkett. (Fiction).
Item Price
$157.50
Catalogue of the library of the Royal Colonial institute

Catalogue of the library of the Royal Colonial institute

by ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE

London: Institute of Northumberland, 1895. Half-calf over blue cloth, title and supra libros in gilt on cover. From the library of Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford (see below), with his engraved bookplate.
Item Price
$2500.00
Akewa is a Woman

Akewa is a Woman

by Badikian, Beatriz, Carlos Cumpián, editor, illustrated by Lonnie Poco, introduction by Sandra Cisneros

Chicago: March/Abrazo, 1982. Pamphlet. 16p., 5.25x8.25 inches, bilingual texts in Spanish and English, illustrated with woodcuts, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial yellow wraps. Includes a one-page introduction by Sandra Cisneros. Poetry. The poet/educator was born in Buenos Aires and lives and teaches in Chicago.
Item Price
$20.00
An Inquiry into the Principles of Beauty in Grecian Architecture;

An Inquiry into the Principles of Beauty in Grecian Architecture;

by GORDON, George Hamilton, 4th Earl of ABERDEEN

8vo (192 x 116mm), pp. [4 (title, imprint, 'Advertisement', blank)], 217, [1 (blank)]; roman and greek types; very occasional light spotting, heavier on title, bound without final blank P6; 19th-century British half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece in one, others with central flower tools enclosed by leafy sprays, lettered directly with the date at the foot of the spine, grey-green endpapers, all edges sprinkled red; endpapers and flyleaves slightly... Read more about this item
Item Price
£475.00
Joseph Conrad: The Man / A Burial in Kent

Joseph Conrad: The Man / A Burial in Kent

by Adams. Elbridge L. / John Sheridan Zelie

New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1925. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. a nearly fine bright copy in original marbled paper over boards with linen spine with printed paper label. slipcase is relatively clean and bright. see scans. one of 485 unnumbered copies. teg.
Item Price
$22.50
Julian Symons: A Bibliography With Commentaries & A Personal Memoir by Julian Symons & A Preface by H.R.F. Keating (Winchester Bibliographies of 20th Century Writers)

Julian Symons: A Bibliography With Commentaries & A Personal Memoir by Julian Symons & A Preface by H.R.F. Keating (Winchester Bibliographies of 20th Century Writers)

by John J. Walsdorf

FIRST EDITION in blue linen boards - no dust jacket as issued. AS NEW. With Commentaries & A Personal Memoir by Julian Symons & A Preface by H.R.F. Keating.
Item Price
$17.99
Etrennes Spirituelles, Dédiées Aux Dames, Contenant L'office Latin et Français, Suivant Le Nouveau Breviaire & Missel De Paris, & De Rome

Etrennes Spirituelles, Dédiées Aux Dames, Contenant L'office Latin et Français, Suivant Le Nouveau Breviaire & Missel De Paris, & De Rome

by Anon

Paris: Theodore De Hansy, 1758. Hardback, full-calf. Decorative end-papers. Text in French. 12.5cm x 7cm. 288pp. Frontis. Title vignette & 14 illustrations within the text. Binding is slightly rubbed and darkened. Some water marking to fore edges of first roughtly 25 pages. Small loss to fore margin on page 51, text not affected. Page 57 torn with slight loss. Scarce. Private ownership. (r8) [AB]. Hard Cover. Good.
Item Price
£120.00
Comedies et Proverbes

Comedies et Proverbes

by Musset, Alfred De

Paris: Charpentier Libraire-Editeur, 1867. Two volume leather bound hardcover set (no jackets) in good condition. French language. Minor wear to the exterior boards, with the leading corners a little frayed. One or two faint marks to the spine face of volume two. Traces of foxing on the pages throughout. Small piece of tape repair to page 206 on volume one. The contents are sound and clear in both. CM. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.
Item Price
£21.85
DOC SAVAGE: October, Oct. 1946 ("Death in the Little Houses")

DOC SAVAGE: October, Oct. 1946 ("Death in the Little Houses")

by Doc Savage (Kenneth Robeson; Tom Marvin; Giles A. Lutz; John D. MacDonald; John Scott Douglas; Willis Lindquist)

NY: Street & Smith, 1946. Vol. XXVIII, No. 2. Digest-sized. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Death in Little Houses" (novel) by Kenneth Robeson; "Every Day Is Saturday" (novelette) by Tom Marvin; "Size makes No Difference" by Giles A. Lutz; "Justice in the Sun" by John D. MacDonald; "Frozen Judgment" by John Scott Douglas; "Tough Old Terror" by Willis Lindquist. Illustrations are uncredited. Both covers glued on at hinges with small... Read more about this item
Item Price
$20.00
Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced To Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature (Eleventh Edition)

Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced To Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature (Eleventh Edition)

by John Bartlett

In very good condition, wear at spine and edges. Previously owned by linguist William Labov with his signature on front end page.
Item Price
$50.00
Madame de Montespan

Madame de Montespan

by Williams; H Noel

London: Harper & Brothers, 1903. Hardcover. F Cover has leather peeling, discoloration, staining, damage along cover hinge, damage to top/bottom of spine. Bookblock has age toning some damage to page edges.. Blue leather boards with gilt highlights. Gilt lettering and design elements on 5 raised band spine. xii, 383 pages portrait. Includes index.
Item Price
$50.00
The Pornographer

The Pornographer

by McGahern, John

Harper and Row, 1979. the uncorrected proof in light gray wrappers. Hardcover. wrinkle to front cover [and paper clip mark] else a very good copy..
Item Price
$6.00
Not Your Typical Large-Print Crosswords #6 - Variety Pack: Rebus, Diagramless, a
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£14.74