Rare books from Honest Dog Books

Boston: Phillips, Samson, and Company, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Good -. Boston; Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1856. Hardcover. First Edition. Vol. 2 only. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age, lettering faded. Tear at bottom and top of spine. Spine rounded. Binding fairly tight. Pages clean and undamaged with foxing throughout. Shelf 2

New York: University Alliance, 1911. Hardcover. Good. Complete 12 volume set. 1911. New York; University Alliance. Set 23 of 750 printed Cambridge Edition sets. Volumes 1-6 in red leather, 7-12 in blue. No dust jackets, as issued. Overall good condition. Gilt engravings on each front cover, engravings to back covers. Spines are also engraved and gilded. Marbled end pages. Pages are rough cut. Some wear to edges, spines are sun faded with some small tears. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bindings are loose but intact, save volume one which has a broken binding. Volumes 5, 7, and 8 have more wear to the boards or spines than the others. Volume 12’s front cover is partially sun faded. Shelf 1

New York: D. Appleton and Co. Publishers, 1875. Hardcover. Good +. New York; D. Appleton and Co. Publishers. 1875, 1878, 1879. Complete three volume set. Good+ Condition. Three quarter red leather bindings with red morocco paper covered boards. The gilt lettering and decoration on the spine and covers is fully intact. The edges are gilded all the way around and the endpapers are marbled. There is some staining and wear to the covers/spines, but the pages are clean and unmarked with slight yellowing. Each front end paper is stamped with a previous owner's name. 20 engravings on steel per volume, plus engravings on wood on most pages. Around 450-500 pages per volume. Shelf 1

Oxford: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Oxford, E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1949 and 1953. First Editions. Two volume set. Good in Fair dust jackets. Dust Jackets are faded gray paper with black text. Some nicks and chips to edges and corners. Volume one has a larger tear on the back lower corner. Dust Jackets have some staining. Bound in red cloth with minimal wear and gilt lettering and decoration to the spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. There may be staining to the edges. Text in Latin and Greek. Shelf 1

1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor. 1912 First Edition. Very scarce used book. Poor condition. Gray cloth boards with some staining. Front cover and spine are mostly detached at endpage. Pages are yellowed but unmarked save the front endpages, which have two previous owners' addresses, one crossed out. The Preface reads: "Near the headwaters of the beautiful Chesapeake Bay in My Maryland stands "Beech-Holm," the scene of the true incident related in this simple story. The illustrations are reproductions of recent photographs of the house and surroundings." Shelf 2

E. R. DuMont, 1901. Verite Edition, Set #24. Hardcover. Fair. Paris, London, New York, Chicago: E. R. DuMont. 1901. Complete 42 volume set of the Verite Edition, set #24 of 700. 3/4 dark leather bindings with marbled paper. Gilt decoration and lettering to covers and spine. Covers have some shelfwear, especially to edges and leather. Spines have little to no fading, but are worn and some may have cracks. Covers are detached from some volumes. Top edge gilt, others rough cut. Endpapers are marbled to match covers. Interiors are clean and completely unmarked with surprisingly little yellowing for the age. Large multivolume set, will require extra shipping and ship in multiple boxes. Above Bathroom

Chicago: The Dixon-Hanson Company, 1910. Hardcover. Good. Chicago. The Dixon-Hanson Company. 1910. Volumes I, II, and III of 8. ½ brown leather binding with tan cloth. Gilt lettering and decoration to spines, which are very sunfaded to a light brown. Some sun fading also to the back covers of volumes I and II. Marbled edges and fully illustrated endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked save minimal yellowing and ex-library stamps to each front endpaper. Volume I also has the previous owner's signature. The spine of Volume I is cracked along the front cover. Each volume includes halftones, color plates, and etchings, as well as fold out maps. Titles include: Ancient History (Two vols) and Medieval and Modern History. Shelf 1

London: Dennis Dobson LTD, 1950. First English Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good -. London. Dennis Dobson LTD. 1950. Presumed first english edition. Good/Good- dust jacket. Dustjacket has some chips and staining, especially to spine. Price clipped. Gray cloth boards is very good condition. Pages have minimal yellowing. Any markings limited to endpages only. Very scarce book. Shelf 2

New York: John Day Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The John Day Company, New York. 1941. First edition, sixth impression. Contemporary copies of Burnham's seminal work on capitalism in this condition are very scarce. Hardcover. 285pp. VG+/no dust jacket. Orange cloth boards in very good condition with minor discoloration and rounding at edges. Spine is strong, binding is tight. Pages are square, crisp, unmarked, with some toning at the edges. No evidence of foxing. Inside cover was signed by the owner, then covered by a bookplate. Shelf 1

Acton, MA: Rose Bank Press, 1996. First. Paperback. Near Fine. Wayne Hogan. Extremely rare, SIGNED copy of an obscure collection of poetry. "A Compilation of Work-Related Experiences from the Machine Shop to the Board Room. (Bored Room?)" edited by Joan Jobe Smith. Stapled paper wraps with the sheets folded in the middle. Pages extrude slightly from the covers. Appears to have been bound that way. Contains illustrations and a center fold-out by Wayne Hogan. This collection appears to have been distributed by request. Tucked into the pages is a letter from Michael Estabrook to the previous owners thanking them for their order and a sheet of outtake poems. In the letter, Estabrook writes: "As far as other stuff Rose Bank Press publishes, it's just poetry I write & usually in cahoots with other poets". Poetry section of store

SkiraRizzoli. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Skira Rizzoli. New. 2015. Hardcover. Brand new, still wrapped in protective plastic. Never been opened. February 2024

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1943. First (American) Edition as stated Good/Good. DJ now in protective mylar. Front corner slightly clipped. Price of $3.50 still visible. This is a book of war reportage by the French-American journalist and writer Ève Curie, first published in 1943, in which the author described her experiences during her trip to Africa, the Near East, Soviet Union, China, Burma and India, where she traveled from November 1941 to April 1942 February 2024

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1948. First. Hardcover. Good. Georg Salter. Hardcover. First American Edition. Sixth Printing (1948) 297 pages. Interior in very good condition. No underlines, no marks. Scarce blue/gray boards with front and spine pictorial with blue and black lettering. Boards have slight staining. Pictorial front board of the trial in blue and black. Owner's name crossed out in front end paper. Also, on front end papers: Pen marks from previous bookseller. Pencil mark from another bookseller. Illustrated by Georg Salter. Tough not to be excited about this find. Featured, fiction, first edition

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. First printing of the first American edition. Rear flap states "First American Printing 100,000 copies.” Gray boards, with black and red titles. Light pencil pricing of 2.50 on front free endpaper. Dust jacket is bright but has a few 1/4-inch tears at edges, tiny corner chips & creases. Wrapped in mylar (after photo was taken). February 2024

Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/Good. First Edition. 1958. Doubleday. Good+/Good. Dust jacket has wrinkles and light shelf wear with small tear at top. DJ is in protective mylar. Rare, out of print book about an extraordinary person in US history. Interior is clean and tight. Possible it was not read. The bottom has a remainder mark. The book features exquisite illustrations by Ernest Crichlow. February 2024