This is a selection of noteworthy past inventory and serves to illustrate the range of books that we handle.
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Paradise Lost. A Poem in...
London: Printed by S. Simons, and to be sold by S. Thomson, 1668. First edition. First edition, fourth title page (Amory 2, with Milton's name spelled out and the correct... (Item #1718)
Paradise Lost. A Poem in...
London: Jacob Tonson, 1688. Fourth edition overall, first illustrated and first folio edition. Folio (pages measure: 375 x 235 mm), collating: [4], 343, [7]. Complete with a frontispiece portrait of... (Item #1285)
Gone with the Wind (Signed...
New York: Macmillan, 1936. First edition. First printing, May 1936, in first issue jacket. A Fine copy, signed by the author on the front end paper. The book is just... (Item #1755)
The Essayes Or Morall, Politike...
London: by Val. Sims for Edward Blount, 1603. First English language edition. First English translation by John Florio. Folio (pages measure 267 x 181 mm): [20], 664 pp., bound without... (Item #885)
Anne of Green Gables
Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1908. First edition. Montgomery's scarce first book and the first in the Anne series. A Very Good copy in tan cloth (one of three... (Item #1517)
Wise Blood
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1952. First edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, exceptionally difficult to find in this condition. The book with just traces of... (Item #1184)
BURMESE DAYS
New York: Harper Brothers, 1934. First edition. First printing in rare dust jacket. A Near Fine copy of the book with previous owner's name in pencil erased from peach floral-patterned... (Item #263)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
London: Secker and Warburg, 1949. First edition. An exceptional copy of the first edition in the more fragile red dust jacket. Book Fine, unread and absolutely pristine with a small... (Item #1653)
Aesthetic Papers
Boston: THE EDITOR, 1849. First edition. First and only printing of this landmark periodical. Rebound in modern blue quarter morocco over cloth boards. With the bookplate of Maine author J.... (Item #1043)
The Bell Jar (A family...
London: Heinemann, 1963. Second printing. A unique and absolutely wonderful association copy of Plath's most famous work and only finished novel. This copy was given by Plath's husband, Ted Hughes... (Item #1642)
OPERA
Venice: Bernardinus de Choris and Simon de Luere for Andreas Torresanus, August, 13 1491. Second edition. Folio (pages measure 311 x 211 mm), collating: [4 leaves], 444 leaves, complete. Early... (Item #847)
THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO In...
Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1763. First English language edition. A Fine large-paper copy. Quarto (pages 240 x 178 mm): Title, xl (but xlii), 430, (2, publisher's advertisement);... (Item #729)
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon...
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1838. First edition. A lovely copy of the book, easily Near Fine, and likely one of the finest copies extant. Slight rubbing to the paper... (Item #1544)
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Poe's Tales of Mystery and...
London: Clarke, Beeton & Co., [1853]. First edition thus. First series originally published by Henry Vizetelly in 1852, this is the exceptionally rare first edition by Clarke & Beeton, with... (Item #683)
ETIQUETTE IN SOCIETY, IN BUSINESS...
New York and London: Funk and Wagnalls, 1922. First edition. First printing of Post's iconic treatise on proper behavior in every conceivable setting, a best seller that has been in... (Item #465)
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EUGENE ONEGUINE [ONEGIN] A Romance...
London: Macmillan and Co., 1881. First edition. First English translation (Lieut.-Col. Spalding translator). A beautiful, Near Fine copy of this rare and important work. Original green cloth with bright gilt... (Item #264)
In aureos versus Pythagorae opusculum
Padua: Bartholomaeus de Valdezoccho, April 17, 1474. First edition. Quarto (8 x 6 3/4 inches; 196 x 147 mm): 91 (of 92) leaves, unfoliated. Collation: a8-h8, [i8, k8, l6, m5)... (Item #1873)
The Fairy Tales of the...
London: Constable & Co., 1909. First edition. One of approximately thirty copies of the deluxe limited edition that were reserved for presentation. This one signed and dated November 23, 1909... (Item #1143)
ATLAS SHRUGGED (Presentation Copy)
New York: Random House, 1957. First edition. Stated first printing. Inscribed by Rand on the front free end paper prior to the October 10 release date: "To the Hon. George... (Item #671)
THE FOUNTAINHEAD (INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION)
Indianapolis And New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. True first issue boards (red cloth) in first issue jacket with other Bobbs-Merrill titles on rear panel. Inscribed by... (Item #180)
All Quiet on the Western...
London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1929. First English language edition. A Lovely copy of this highspot of WWI literature. First translation into English, preceding the more common American edition by... (Item #1415)
The Winning of the West...
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1900. First edition. The famous Daniel Boone edition with an original leaf of the author's manuscript for his chapter on St. Clair's 1791 defeat... (Item #1560)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's...
London: Bloomsbury, 1997. First edition. A Near Fine copy of the true first printing, in the original publisher's boards. Spine gently cocked and slight wear to the corners, pages a.... (Item #1786)
THE LITTLE PRINCE (Signed Ltd.)
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943. First edition. One of 525 copies of the signed first edition, this copy number 272, as numbered on the colophon and the jacket spine... (Item #1395)
The Catcher in the Rye
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1951. First edition. A virtually pristine copy of this iconic work. Book Fine, unread and unmarked in a Fine dust jacket. The jacket is bright... (Item #2191)