A book generally or historically considered of great importance.
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1859. Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz). 1st American Edition, 1st Printing. First American edition with green cloth over boards. Cloth is similar to leather. Gilded relief of Dickens on front cover with the title and, "With 64 Illustrations," on front cover. Ungilded relief on back.....
Pleasantville: The World's Best Reaching; The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1984. Richard Lebenson. 1st Thus. Illustrations by Richard Lebenson. Afterword by Julie Erlich. Insert from the publisher inside front cover. Brown leather over boards with gilded letters and design on from and spine. Spine is a black leather. Some rubbing.....
Norwalk: Easton Press, 2015. 1st Thus. Collectors edition from the Easton Press. Uniformly bound in dark green leather with gilding to covers and spine; fore edges gilded. Books are unopened and unread; in new condition (surface 1 cm scratch in long fore edge of The Prairie). Golden silk bookmarks present.....
New York: The Viking Press, 1961. 1st Edition. First edition in sea blue covers with impression on front and silver lettering on spine with black labelling. Unclipped dust jacekt in mylar and backed by paper with chips at the corners and head and tail of spine, creases at hinges with.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1958. 3rd or later. Including "A Tale of a Tub," "The Battle of the Books," "A Modest Proposal," and selections from his letters, essays, and poems. Edited, with an introduction by Ricardo Quintana. In original, clipped, jacket with 383 titles on verso. Jacket shows general.....
Lugduni (Lyon): Simonis Vincentii, 1538. Later Edition. Fine binding. The name, “Edward White Benton,” is inscribed on the front flyleaf. Each section begins with a woodcut capital letter. Late 17th century full calf rebaked with original spine laid-down, gilt tooled in a fleur de lis seme pattern with a central.....
Lugduni (Lyon): Seb. Gryphium (Sebastianus Gryphius), 1542. Early Edition. Text in Latin, printed in italics. Edited and translated from the Greek by Nicolaus Sagundinus and others. A preface by the publisher, Sebastianus Gryphius. An early collection of Plutarch's minor works on a variety of topcis including history, religion, music, literature.....
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing from the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930. The book takes a look at an America under a dictatorship. Overall, this book is in good condition. Dust Jacket present with $2.50.....
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. 1st Ed, 2nd state. First edition, second state with February 1906 on copyright page; the "1" in 1906 is broken. Bound in green cloth over boards with the image of factories over the title and author on the front cover. Title, device, author.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1932. 2nd or later. With an introduction by Esther Cloudman Dunn. No jacket. Grey cloth over boards with gilded lettering inside red labels on front and spine; gilding rubbed, corners frayed, and some bumping. Overall binding holding tightly. Interior is lightly toned, otherwise it is.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1940. 2nd or later. Translated by J. W. Mackail, with an introduction by Charles L. Durham, Ph. D. Lacking the jacket. Blue cloth over boards with black labels and gilding on front and spine. Corners slightly ightened, including at head and tail of spine. Inscription.....