Botanica's Roses; The Encyclopedia of Roses
Königswinter: Tandem, [2005]. Hardcover. Lavishly illustrated in full color. Bound in publisher's original color illustrated vinyl. 9 1/4 x 12 inches. 704 pages. More
New Arrivals
The Ultimate Rose Book
New York: Abrams, [2007]. 1st. Hardcover. New expanded edition. Lavishly illustrated in full color. 10 x 13 1/4 inches. 488 pages. More
Sledge; The British Trans-Greenland Expedition; 1934
London: Cassell, [1935]. 1st. Hardcover. With 5 maps, 48 half-tone plates, and numerous line illustrations. Frontispiece photo portrait of the author. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Light shelf wear, otherwise fine. More
Printing Types; Their History, Forms, and Use; A Study in Survivals. In two volumes
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1937. 2nd. Hardcover. Includes illustrations of type from the fifteenth-to-twentieth centuries. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Heel of spine shows minor shelf wear, otherwise fine. Slipcase moderately worn. More
John Dillinger Slept Here; A Crook's Tour of Crime and Corruption in St. Paul, 1920-1936
St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, [1995]. 1st. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated with period photos. Includes site notes, maps, a chronology of crimes, and copious endnotes Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine stamped in red. 7 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches. 362 pages. More
Look, I Made A Hat; Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. 1st. Hardcover. Many photo illustrations of handwritten lyrics and musical scores, stage scenes, cast members, and promotional posters. Bound in publisher's original grey cloth with spine staped in red. Printed endpapers. Author's signature stamped in blind on the cover. 8 3/8 x 11 1/4..... More
Hollywood: Stars and Starlets, Tycoons and Flesh Peddlers, Movie Makers and Money Makers, Frauds and Geniuses, Hopefuls and Has-Beens, Great Lovers and Sex Symbols
New York: Viking Press, [1974]. 1st. Hardcover. Signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine stamped in silver and purple. Price-clipped dust jacket. More
The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review. Volume Twenty-One. From July to December, 1849
New York: Freeman Hunt, 1849. Hardcover. Bound in half brown polished calf and tan endpapers, with marbled paper boards. All edges gilt. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Freeman Hunt taken from a dageurreotype. 704 pages. More
Commodore Hornblower
Norwalk: Easton Press, [2001]. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's original full genuine blue leather with three raised bands on the spine and silk moire endpapers, with spine lettered and ornamented in gilt and cover elaborately ornamented in gilt. All edges gilt. More
Lieutenant Hornblower
Norwalk: Easton Press, [2001]. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's original full genuine blue leather with three raised bands on the spine and silk moire endpapers, with spine lettered and ornamented in gilt and cover elaborately ornamented in gilt. All edges gilt. More
The Rose Garden of Persia
London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1845. 1st. Hardcover. Bound in full brown calf with five raised bands on the spine, spine stamped with gilt ornaments, letters, and rules in each panel. Cover stamped iwith gilt rules and ornaments. Gilt inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. All pages..... More
Lines of History; An Atlas of Railway and Waterway History in Canada
Erin, Ont. Boston Mills Press, [1997]. 1st. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated with historic photo images. Bound in publisher's original black cloth and black endpapers, with white lettering on spine and cover. Photo illustration inset on cover. Oversized oblong book measuring 16 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches. 227 pages. Original belly band..... More
Letters from Sir Charles Grandison; Selected; with a Biograpical Introduction and Connecting Notes. In two volumes.
London: George Allen, 1895. Chris Hammond. 1st. Hardcover. Illistrated by Chris Hammond. Saintsbury has drawn upon "The History of Sir Charles Grandison" (published in1753),, a novel by Samuel Richardson. Bound in half brown leather with marbled paper on boards, spine stamped in gilt, and marbled endpapers. Gilt top edge. Two..... More
Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly
Garden City: Doubleday, 1981. 1st. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Kroch and Brentano's bookmark laid in. Author's fourth book. A novel. Bound in publisher's original quarter blue cloth and red paper with spine stamped in gilt, and blue endpapers. 327 pages. More
The Marble Faun; Or The Romance of Monte Beni. In two.volumes
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Carl Strauss. Hardcover. One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. Introduction by Herbert Gorman. Illustrated by Carl Strauss. Bound in publisher's original brown tweed with orange label stamped in gilt on the spine. Slipcase with label stamped in gilt on spine and..... More
Morning Poems
New York: HarperCollins, [1997]. 1st. Hardcover. Signed presentation drawing by the author on front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original black cloth and black paper with publisher's logo stamped in blind on the cover, and with spine stamped in silver. More
The Diary of Samuel Pepys; A new and complete transcription edited by Robert Latham and William Matthews. Eleven volumes complete.
London: Folio Society, [2003]. Hardcover. One of 1,000 sets. Copiously footnoted, with 152 pages of introductory material by the editors, including photo illustrations of original Diary pages. Frontispiece contempoary color portrait of Pepys, in 1666, by John Hayls. Bound in quarter black goatskin and marbled paper. All volumes have slipcases..... More
Specimens of Modern, Old Style, and Ornamental Type Cast on Point Bodies
Edinburgh: Miller & Richard, [1902]. Hardcover. Filled with illustrations of type, borders, brass rules, vintage book making machines, tools and accessories. Bound in publisher's green cloth with spine and cover lettered in gilt, cover stamped in gilt with publisher's logo, and front and rear covers stamped with border design and..... More
From the Heart of the Country
New York: Harper & Row, [1977]. 1st. Hardcover. Translated from the Afrikaans by the author. A novel of rural South Africa. Bound in publisher's original quarter brown cloth and orange paper with spine stamped in gilt. Publisher's logo stamped in blind on the cover. Colorfully illustrated dust jacket, designed by..... More
Wee Gillis
New York: Viking, 1938. Robert Lawson. 1st. Hardcover. Illustrated by Robert Lawson. One of 535 copies signed by the author and the illustrator. A 1939 Caldecott Honor Book. Bound in publisher's original tan burlap with green leather labels stamped in gilt on the spine and cover, and illustrated endpapers. A...... More
Classic Racing Engines; Expert technical analysis of fifty of the greatest motorsport power units
Sparkford: Haynes, [2001]. 1st. Hardcover. Foreword by Eiji Taguchi. From the 1913 Pugeot L3 3-litre four cylander to the 1994 Mercedes-Benz 5001 3.4-litre V8. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine stamped in gilt..10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches. 224 pages. More
Gift of the Commonplace
Carmel Valley: Wodrose, [1996]. 1st. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the half title page. Photographic illustrations in black-and-white on 35 plates. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt, and grey endpapers. Photo mounted on cover. 9 15/16 x 10 3/16 inches. More
Typologia; Studies in Type Design and Type Making with Comments on the Invention of Typography, The First Types, Legibility and Fine Printing
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1940. Hardcover. One of 300 numbered copies signed by the author. Bound in quarter brown leather and marbled ivory paper with spine and cover stamped in gilt and marbled endpapers. Includes photo illustrations of vintage equipment. Slipcase. More
Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving. 2 volumes.
New York: Macmillan, 1906. 1st. Hardcover. Wear at head & heel of spines. More
The Martyrs; A Study in Social Control
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1931. 1st. Hardcover. Exlibrary with no external marks. More