Pittsburgh: Univ of Pittsburgh Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xxiii, 369 with index; illustrations from title-pages, dust jackets, etc. Bound in black and blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover, blue endpapers, top edges stained blue. 9.5" x 6.5" More
Salt Lake City: Univ of Utah Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xii, 208. Bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover. 11.25" x 8.5" More
Salt Lake City: Univ of Utah Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xii, 413. Bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover. 11.25" x 8.5" More
Salt Lake City: Univ of Utah Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xxxi, 825 with index. Bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover. 11.25" x 8.5" Contains 10,145 entries and 56 addenda. More
Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1954. First Edition. Original Wraps. 45pp, colophon; 5 full-page duotone illustrations, one page of "variations in press marks"; deckled edges, tops unopened. Very slight discoloration of fuschia-colored wraps; small bookplate of collector inside front cover. 8" x 5.25" This is Forgue's readable account of how he..... More
Sharon, MA: Kendall Whaling Museum, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xv, 157. Bound in gray cloth, black lettering on spine and cover, endpaper maps. 10.25" x 6.75" Contains 893 annotated entries on 19th-century historical, literary and artistic material relating to whaling in the Pacific Ocean. More
Philadelphia: Bingham Co. & Alliance Printing Co., 1955. First edition thus. Hardcover. pp: xxv, 16; frontispiece and two other woodcut illustrations. Bound in brown cloth and marbled boards, gilt spine lettering, printed label on cover. 7.25" x 4.5" Issued on the 250th anniversary of Franklin's birthday. More
London: Crosby Lockwood & Son, (1947). First Edition. Hardcover. pp: (v), 141 with title and author indices; 16 full-page illustrations. Bound in green cloth, gilt-stamped spine, pictorial dust wrapper. 8.75" x 5.75" More
Boston & NY: Mariner Books, (2009). First paperback edition. Softcover. pp: (xi), 282; occasional illustrations from photographs. Bound in pictorial wrappers. 9" x 5.25" More
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: x, 271; facsimiles of Mark Hoffman's forgeries and related correspondence. Bound in black cloth, gilt spine lettering, illustrated dust wrapper. 10.25" x 7" More
London: Allison & Busby, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. 232pp with index. Bound in brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, pictorial dust wrapper. 9.5" x 6.25" George Smith founded the Victorian publishing house, Smith & Elder. More
Folkstone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1969-1973. First Edition. Cloth. Seven fascicles in printed gray wrappers as issued, bound into two volumes in gray buckram over heavy boards, gilt lettering on spines. Withdrawn from Princeton U Lilbrary, probably about 20 years ago: shelf numbers in gilt, small bookplates and withdrawn stamps..... More
New York: The Typophiles, 1945. First Edition. Softcover. (4)pp, printed in black and orange. 7.25" x 4.75". The occasion featured Paul A. Bennett as Master of Ceremonies, an address by Carl Purington Rollins, a quiz by Ben Grauer, and a menu of Goudy's favorite foods. More
New York: Continental Typefounders Association, circa 1930. First Edition. Decorated Wrappers. (16)pp, illustrated throughout by text in various typefaces, Goudy fleurons, and monograms. Bound in decorated blue wrappers. 10.5" x 7.5" The final two pages show Goudy fleurons available at $1.00 each. Also, "Mr. Goudy is prepared to design and..... More
Berkeley: Univ of California Press, 1967. First US Edition. Original Cloth. pp: x, 286; 4pp illustrations. 8.75" x 5.5" Explores Monro's contributions to the London literary scene, 1912 to 1932. Signature of anthropologist Ashley Montagu on front endpaper. More
New York: Grolier Club, 1908. First Edition. Original Wrappers. 100pp; frontispiece portrait. Bound in decorated tan wrappers; two tips chipped from rear cover. 7" x 4.25" More
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1968. Second printing. Original Cloth. Two volumes, quarto. pp: xlvii, (i), 265 with index, 124 illustrations; xv, 178 with index, 51 illustrations. Bound in brown buckram, gilt lettering on spine and decorated title on cover. 11.25" x 8.5" Volumes I and II are dated..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ Press, 1967 (1969). Second printing, with corrections. Hardcover. pp: (xiv), 568 with index; 4pp illustrations from title-pages and manuscripts. Bound in black cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 9.5" x 6.25" More
New York: Burt Franklin, (1970). Reprint. Hardcover. pp: xi, (i), 152; frontispiece and full-page view of the Park Theater, New York. Bound in brown cloth, gilt spine lettering. 7.25" x 5" Contains 347 entries, some annotated. This bibliography was first published by Lenox Hill in 1934... More
Gettysburg, PA: Brethren Heritage Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 205pp; illustrations in the text. Bound in tan hopsacking, red lettering on spine and cover. One of a limited edition of 2,000 copies. 9" x 9" More
London: Stationers' Hall, 1957. First Edition. Softcover. 19pp; color frontispiece, 7pp illus from photographs. Bound in printed green wrappers, 8.5" x 5.5". Prior owner's initials at top of cover. Outlines the Company's history and personnel, including Samuel Richardson and the executed plotter, Stephen Collidge... More
Detroit: Wayne State Univ Press, (1998). Second printing. Hardcover. pp: xii, 149 with index, (2) publisher's ads. Bound in pictorial blue cloth, copper lettering on spine and cover. 11.25" x 8.5" First publshed in 1961, and here reissued with a foreword by John C. Dann, Director of the Clements Library..... More
Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1972. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. pp: xiii, 273, index; frontispiece portrait of Langston Hughes. 8.75" x 5.5" Tipped in is a "checklist update," dated March 1992. More
Somerville, New Jersey: Mary Hyde, 1967. First Editions. Cloth-backed boards. Two volumes. pp: xxii, 135, colophon; (viii), 113, colophon. Both volumes illustrated from photographs. Bound in black cloth and gray boards, gilt spine lettering. In the original slipcase of marbled paper over boards. 9.75" x 6.5" Four Oaks Library is..... More
Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, (1966). First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xxv, 601. Bound in brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, printed dust wrapper. 10.5" x 7.5" Contains 3,089 annotated entries and an index. More