1835Best.-Nr. 031447Worcester MA: Dorr Howland & Co. 1835. Fifth edition . Quarter Leather. Good-/No Jacket. 16mo. 144 pages plus plats and folding frontispiece chart. Leather over spine and marbled paper over boards. Frontispiece shows several misfold creases though remains otherwise intact. Wear and chipping at spine ends and general rubbing on covers. Scattered foxing. Volume remains tight. Dorr, Howland, & Co. hardcover
1835Best.-Nr. 133617Worcester MA: Dorr Howland & Co 1835. marbled paper-covered boards. Astronomy. 16mo. marbled paper-covered boards. 144 pages. Rinderknecht 35408. Fifth edition. Dedication preface table of contents introduction glossary of astronomical terms appendices. This edition "improved" by the addition of problems in practical astronomy by E. Davis. Foldout frontispiece illustration of the solar system. Charts and illustrations in text. Front cover separated. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Foxing. Dorr, Howland & Co unknown
Best.-Nr. A-1061-6598Printed for J. and J. Rivington in St. Paul's Chu. Very Good. 1752 first edition Printed for J. and J. Rivington in St. Paul's Church-Yard London newly rebound 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches tall dark grey paper-covered boards over black Milbank cloth spine white printed label to front cover with full title and bibliographic information refreshed Japanese Carlyle endpapers 4 77 3 pp. complete. ~A~ James Hervey 1714 - 1758 was an English clergyman and writer. Hervey had a lasting impact on art through William Blake who was an admirer of his. Blake painted Epitome of James Hervey's Meditations among the Tombs between 1820 and 1825. Hervey is also mentioned in Blake's work as one of the holy guards to the 'four-fold gate' and his influence on Blake's poem The Tyger has also been noted. In addition to this the sombre and sweeping tone of his Meditations Among The Tombs for example 'the dreadful pleasure inspired by gazing at fallen monuments and mouldering tombs' has led to his being placed amongst the 18th Century 'Graveyard School' of poets rendering his work an important influence on Horace Walpole's 'The Castle of Otranto' of 1764 and consequently the entire genre of Gothic Literature and the later Romanticism which the genre fueled. Printed for J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Chu hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. AN-16New York: John Wiley & Sons/ M.I.T. 1948. Comprehensive definitive work in this field contains detailed sections on Phylum Protozoa Phylum Porifera Phylum Echinoderma Conodonts Worms Phylum Brachiopoda Phylum Molluska Phylum Arthropoda Fossil Plants etc. 837 pgs. Profusely Illustrated. Gilt spine. Some rubbing to corners and edges. Prior owner's name on front endpaper. Heavy Item. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. John Wiley & Sons/ M.I.T. Hardcover
1826Best.-Nr. 015807London: Lupton Relfe 1826. 12mo. 398pp. frontispiece engraved title page and regular title page 12 other full page engravings bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards two raised black morocco spine labels gilt two other compartments gilt decorated all edges gilt coated yellow endpapers. Contains several stanzas by other known writers; A stanza by Lord Byron given to the author by Washington Irving a few unpublished poems by Thomson author of The Seasons and others. A very nice clean copy. Lupton Relfe unknown
1948Best.-Nr. 3980Rinehart 1948. Book. Illus. by Wyeth Andrew. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. A very nice copy. Rinehart Hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 467a8390Toronto: Longman's Green and Co. 1930. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 188 pages. Cute colour illustrations. Originally published in U.S. in 1924. Above-average wear. Some lean to spine. Back hinge going. School marks inside each board. Few marks to contents. Longman's, Green and Co. Hardcover
1954Best.-Nr. 002755San Francisco: Sierra Club 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ansel Adams. 1st Printing FIRST PRINTING of First Edition 1954. This is the first printing of the first edition of the popular guide that has been reprinted many times the first printing now being very scarce. Original blue cloth silver lettering and boot-prints front cover silver lettering spine. The book has faint damp mark lower outside corner of the first several pages of the text block mainly a tide-line visible in the corner of the photo plates and not visible on most other pages very clean covers old owner name and address crossed out at top of blank FFEP otherwise no other owner marks or writing on any pages solid binding no folded page corners no foxing. The book measures 189mm tall x 124mm and has 301 pages several b/w illustrations and maps 17 b/w photos including 5 by Ansel Adams. THE PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Sierra Club hardcover
1988Best.-Nr. SB553Augusta Georgia: Emily S. Cleckley 1988. Ex-library copy with usual stamps stickers and labels else very clean and tight. Light shelf and character wear. no dust jacket; 471p. including bibliography and index. Fifth Edition. Yellow Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Hard Cover. Emily S. Cleckley Hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 28225New York: Farrar Rinehart 1938. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in price-clipped very good or better dustwrapper with a few old internal repairs. A novel of the Civil War set along the border territory of Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania. Laid in is a typed letter from Allen's secretary enclosing an autograph card also present Signed by Allen meant especially to be laid in the correspondent's copy. Farrar, Rinehart hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 183759Jockey Club. Very Good. 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 293 pp; Paper spine label with some edge wear touch of edge rubbing at the corners still a very nice tight and attractive book; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books. . Jockey Club hardcover
1872Best.-Nr. 92129Hitchcock and Walden. Very Good. 1872. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 372 pp; Just a touch of edge wear at spine ends age toned foredge a couple pages with newspaper clipping tone transfer. A very nice tight clean attractive copy. . Hitchcock and Walden hardcover
1765Best.-Nr. ZE17946Edinburgh: W.Gray 1765. First edition. Leather_bound. Very Good. 12mo in full polished calf raised hubs spine lined in gilt and with gilt lettered red leather spine label. 2 x Preface dated Jan. 7th 1765 advert for Brainerd biography with verso "Letter To The Public" 295 2. A tight example old ownership signature top edge ffep corner stains to the front front and rear blanks otherwise occasional foxed spots in the text. Included is Wesley's letter to Hervey "containing his observations on Therona nd Aspasio" which was the basis for the refutaion by Hervey published here. W.Gray hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 308112NY: Jockey Club. Very Good. 1937. hardcover. 293 pp; Original Cloth spine with paper covered boards with rough cut edges. Cover slightly soiled spine title block intact paste toning of endpapers pages unmarked no foxing binding tight covers lightly rubbed. A nice clean tight and attractive book. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books. . Jockey Club hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. 22685LITTLE BROWN Boston 1935. HBDJ X-LIBRARY Usual Wear STAMPS Residue on endpapers Stated 1st Edition April 1935 Dates Match 252 pgs VG/VG AS-IS Original Blue decorated Cloth with Yellow Interior relatively Nice tight clean Light Wear DJ Light wear Soil & tiny Chips Extremities 8 VO. . First Edition. Hard Cover. LITTLE BROWN, Boston, hardcover
1929Best.-Nr. 68005New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The fourth collection of verse by Allen 1889-1949 the American author best known for his novel Anthony Adverse 1936. Presentation copy inscribed by Allen to the celebrated American poet Stephen Vincent Benet 1898-1943 on the front flyleaf. Small octavo. Original black cloth binding with gilt titles. The dust jacket is browned along the spine and folds; otherwise very good. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
1959Best.-Nr. 745Milano: Longanesi & C. 1959. First Italian Edition. Hardcover. Very good. hardcover 384 pages plus index. SIGNED by Cleckley on the front endpaper. This book came out of Cleckley's library and he signed every book he owned with his name and Louise his wife. Some soiling to the covers still a very good copy with cleasn text and tight binding. Lacking the dust jacket but covered with mylar cover. Longanesi & C. hardcover
1929Best.-Nr. 18316November 1929; 1st printing of 1st edition. Good HC no DJ. Blue cloth over boards black stamped titles on front cover and spine. Lightly scuffed covers and spine; some fading along cover edges; very faint damp stain at front cover lower fore corner; very slight bow to front cover; tightly bound; clean interior with slight general age darkening; leaves remain supple. 12mo 256 pp; index. See OCLC #504559425. London: G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. 18255George H. Doran Co 1926. near very good condition in red cloth. George H. Doran Co hardcover
1872Best.-Nr. 50027Cincinnati OH: Printed for Author by Hitchcock and Walden. Very Good. 1872. Hardcover. Rust cloth binding rubbed at extremities; boards lightly scuffed and soiled; inscription in ink on front endpaper; else tight and clean. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 372 pages . Printed for Author by Hitchcock and Walden hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 26010London:Eyre and Spottiswoode Publishers. The Kings Printers 1931. First Edition Thus. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. London:Eyre and Spottiswoode Publishers. The Kings Printers. 1931. 1st edition thus limited to 900 copies of which this is No. 248. pp.lxii313; 315-648; 649-1004. Illustrated with 5 portraits. Hardcover. Blue buckram spines all sun-faded with light soiling and shelfwear. Vol. 2 has 2/88 written on front cover now faded in some sort of crayon. The other two volumes have the same numbers to the 1st free end-pages. Volume 3 has some bubbling to covers both front and rear. Top page edges gilt on all volumes. Internally all 3 volumes have a previous owners label to top of 1st free end-page and all have age-toning to end-papers. Otherwise a very good clean set. Bindings are tight with hinges intact. "Printed from a copy of the original manuscript in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle; and from the original manuscript at Ickworth.".Tp. London:(Eyre and Spottiswoode, Publishers). The Kings Printers hardcover
1792Best.-Nr. 000625Glasgow: Printed by J. and M. Robertson 1792. Leather. Very Good/No jacket as issued. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A Very Good copy. 16mo. xii 604pp. Recently rebound in quarter leather with marbled paper over boards; title on red morocco label on spine. Title page and first 10 prefatory pages wormed in the upper margins and decreasing in severity with each page. Pages 279-302 mis-numbered 179-202. Text mildly age-toned with only the occasional blemish. A Very Good copy in new attractive binding. Printed by J. and M. Robertson unknown
1765Best.-Nr. 8454Edinburgh: W. Gray 1765. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 x 6 3/4 in. x 295 pgs. Full brown calf with decorated spots 6 raised bands on spine with red calf and gilt spine label. Condition is VERY GOOD ; wear to corners and edges along the hinges. Covers somewhat sunned but clean with minor rubbing. Cracks starting at hinges though binding is very solid. Spine label very good. Signed by Horace Binney ex Philadelphia Federal era legislator. Notes in contemporary hand in numbers of ffep. Second leaf to the reader appears missing and Title page has a neat rectangle cut at the top just above the first word. No other markings. Text is toned and endpapers also. Very readable though. Religion. RGR. Edinburgh: W. Gray hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. 17829NY: MCGRAW-HILL. 1957. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near finef dust jacket. A few short edge nicks & mild traces of shelf-wear at edges of dust jacket. Couple slender chips at crest of spine on jacket. Basis for "The Three Faces of Eve" which earned actress Joanne Woodward an Oscar for her performance. . NY: MCGRAW-HILL. 1957 hardcover
1858Best.-Nr. AR25GLTBK17CLowestoft: Samuel Tymms 1858. Hardback gilt title to spine. 130pp. Complete with 12 plates. Signed by the author to top of title page. Binding a little worn. Previous owners' private labels to front pastdown. Crease down front free end-paper. Some foxing to contents. Scarce. ar25. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Good . Samuel Tymms Hardcover