Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs, 1904. Hardcover. 1904 edition, pictorial green cloth, inscribed by S. Weir Mitchell, Xmas 1904. Illustrated by Clyde O. De Land. VG, white lettering on spine mostly gone, contents VG.
Boston: Baker's Plays, 1945. Paperback. Printed paper wrap, octavo, 59pp., not illustrated. Book has toning rubbing and soil to wrap, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. No DJ.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 1950, First Edition, 46 pp. hardcover, 8vo., red cloth. Illustrated in color by Cosgrave. Near Fine copy in a Good dust jacket. Covers show minor shelfwear; clean and unmarked text. DJ shows hallow tearing and chipping along edges; minor soil to the rear.....
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998. First edition. Hardback. SIGNED BY JAN BRETT. Stated First Impression with full number line. c.1998. Hardcover. 4to. Illus. Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Light shelfwear to dustjacket, "Autographed Copy" sticker on front panel, spine sunned.
Ca. 1890s, five cone-like stiff leaves bound by circular brass rivet at base, plus blue string; a ribbon at the middle connecting the five leaves has become worn and frayed, lithographed images in very good condition, light rubbing to top one, effacing the words of "Many happy returns of the.....
Ca. 1880s, 5 x 3 inches closed, folds open to twice that. VG. Nice embossed image, possibly Nister.
Ca. 1880s, 5 x 3 inches closed, folds open to twice that. VG. Nice embossed image, possibly Nister.
Measuring approx. 8.5 x 6 inches, mounted on a sheet of old tan faded craft paper.
Providence: S. Cranston & Co., 1838. Hardcover. Hardcover. c.1838. Cloth, gilt titles and edges. Small 8vo. 324pp. Frontis with tissue guard. Good. Cloth darkened, rubbing to gilt titles, some soiling to endpapers, heavy foxing to contents.
St. John's: Running the Goat Press, 2010. Second printing. Paperback. Second printing, 2010. String-bound letterpress softcover, unpaginated, illustrated, clean unmarked text, Fine copy. A rare book.
Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey and Co., 1848. First edition. Hardcover. 1848, First Edition. 160 pp. Hardcover, 12mo., original green cloth, gilt design and title, aeg. Very Good copy. Light wear to corners and spine ends; minor discoloration; strong binding. Previous owner's small gift inscription on the fly leaf. Pages are.....
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1865. Hardcover. Later Printing. c.1865. Hardcover. Red embossed cloth.12mo. 205pp. + 8pp. publisher's catalog in rear. Very Good. Moderate soiling / darkening to boards, a bit of insect damage to front outer gutter, previous owner's signature on flyleaf, light soiling to endpapers, foxing to.....
New York: Delacorte Press, 1967. Limited edition. Hardcover. Signed by Porter and Shahn! Limited edition, this no. 253 of 500 copies, hardcover with green cloth boards in slipcase, square 24mo. (5 5/8 x 5 3/4"), unpaginated, illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with hint of toning to boards, binding tight.....
Pittsburgh: Privately Printed, 1961. First printing. Paperback. First edition, 1961. Stapled red suede softcover, unpaginated, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy.
Mounted on stiff paper, now tanning, fringed with white tassel, pillowed brocade silk, topped by post-card sized Season's Greetings card, which opens up to reveal a similar sized card on the other side (In Remembrance) and a kind of shadowbox frame of a floral chromolithograph border showing a countryside cabin.....
New York: Doubleday, 1991. First printing. Hardcover. Signed and dedicated by Robert and signed with a small drawing by Daniel on the front flyleaf. First edition, 1991. Quarto, cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, unpaginated, illustrated in color, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, a bit.....
Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press, 1934. First edition thus. Hardcover. 1934, one of 300 copies. Hardcover, tan cloth, gilt title, teg. Very Good. Clean and unmarked contents. Shallow loss to the spine ends; front outer hinge starting; sound binding.
Stamford: The Overbrook Press, 1934. Hardcover. First edition thus, 1934--one of 300 unnumbered copies. Hardcover with gilt title on spine, gilt top edge, 107 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, minor ex-library treatments (bookplates on the front endpapers, small library stamps on a couple of pages), no dust jacket.....
Kensington: The Cayme Press / Philip Sainsbury, 1927. First edition thus. Hardcover. 1/350. Quarto, cloth hardbound, 68 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, owner's inscription on the front pastedown, light foxing/soil/discoloration to some pages of the text, some discoloration to the covers too (including sun-struck spine), a bit.....
New York: Limited Editions Club, Press of A. Colish, 1940. Hardcover. No. 1549 of 1950 copies, quarto, cloth-backed decorative boards, fine copy. One of the 37 volumes published between 1939-1941 of the plays, all designed by Bruce Rogers and printed at the press of A. Colish.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1971. Paperback. Paperback in Doubleday Christmas folding wrapper, 1971, octavo, 139pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of toning to wrap, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ. Folding cardboard wrap near fine with mild soil and wear.
London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1825. Hardcover. Second edition, 1825 (with additions), first to have the frontispiece by Cruikshank. 8vo, contemporary half calf and marbled boards, with very mild wear - VG plus copy. 226 pp, very humorous verse - the Irish are frequent foils.
Indianapolis: Bobbs - Merrill, C. 1922. First printing. Hardcover. Presumed first edition. 12mo, green cloth lettered in red, in dust jacket, 55 pp, book very good or better, rare dust jacket good with some general light soil and light shelfwear and loss. A classic Christmas story.
London: Ackermann, 1828. Hardcover. (1828). 12mo, original full green calf, raised bands, gilt spine rules and lettering, frontispiece, 418 pp., ads, some engraved plates. Very good, minor rubbing, owner's small namestamp to endpaper, and embossed Wedgwood style ownership page inscribed 'Miss Mary Strang' in a contemporary hand. Includes a variety.....
Hartford, CT: S. Andrus and Son, 1845. Hardcover. 1845. Hardcover, 12mo. in original full dark green leather, gilt titles, all edges gilt. 268pp. engraved title and frontis. Very good. Rubbing, surface loss to leather spine ends, corners, and along outer joints. Front inner hinge cracked but holding, ownership signature on.....