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New Yyork ? Boston: John F. Fleming and Priscilla Juvelis. F/NONE. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts Boston. VG/NONE. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. VG, spine edge lightly tanned. No DJ. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 232 p. .

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. NF/NF. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. 0316200905 . 9.30 X 7.25 X 1 inches; 240 p. .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. VG+/VG. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. VG in VG DJ that has puncture to spine, minor edge wear. No markings or names. ; An essential reference work.; 4to; 661 p. .

London: The Ulysses Bookshop. VG/NONE. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookshop stamp to front and rear pastedown. Cover shown wear at corners. ; 8vo; 95 p. .

New York, NY: Duschenes Crawford, Inc.. F/NONE. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition, no names or markings. Hardcover, no DJ. ; Cover illustration on tan cloth by Fritz Kredel. One of 2500 copies printed by Peter Beilenson. Hersolt on Hans Christian Andersen's First Book, Balfour on The Hanging Judge, Fields on the Known Signatures of Button Gwinnett,… Read more about this item

Austin, TX: University of Texas. VG/No dust jacket As Issued. 1995. Softcover. VG, light brown stain to front cover. No names or markings. Softcover. ; Interesting history of the Knopf publishing house. ; Nos 1 and 2; Vol. 26; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 p. .

New York, NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries. VG/No dust jacket As Issued. 1947. Softcover. Very good, minor edge wear. No names or markings. ; Auction catalog of an important sale that featured works by Dickens (25) and Fore-Edge paintings (63). Also works by Lamb, Benjamin Franklin, Lincoln manuscripts, etc. Nice copy. WorldCat lists four copies in institutions. ; 8vo… Read more about this item

New York, NY: American Art Association. G/NONE. 1932. First Edition. Softcover. Good, edges of wrappers worn, No markings. Sticker affixed to inside front cover indicates this was the copy held by the Library of Estelle Doheny at 8 Chester Place, Los Angeles. No other markings. ; Foreword by Seymour de Ricci. With facsimile reproructions in b&w (four… Read more about this item

New York, NY: St. Martins. NF/VG. 1974. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a VG DJ with a closed tear to rear panel of DJ; Publishing history of Secker Warburg; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 p. .

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. NF/NF. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. NF, prior owner name and name stamp to front free endpaper in a VG+ DJ with light edge wear, small closed tear to DJ at flap edge. Corners lightly bumped. ; Prior owner was Francis Wheat, Wheat's signature to ffep, along with name stamp of Francis… Read more about this item

Paris, France: Librarie Aristide Quillet. G/NONE. (1925). First Edition. Hardcover. Good, Volume I with cracked hinge at title page, strongly attached but threads visible. Volume II cloth bubbling at front cover and on spine edge, hinge starting. ; Text in French. Includes facsimile letters from noted authors such as DeFoe, Lord Byron. Preface by Maxime Gorki. … Read more about this item

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library. NF/NONE. 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine; Well illustrated in b&w and in color; 9.10 X 6 X 0.80 inches; 189 p. .

Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California Press. NF/NONE. 1976. Limited Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Fine; Inscribed by the author on the ffep to Hugh Tolford. Limited edition of 500 copies printed by Lillian Marx at the Plantin Press. Includes an address by Heinrich Gomperz on the part of the Gomperz Collection commonly called by that name.… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, OH: Ye Olde Printery. 1981. 0932606024 . Near fine, very slight rub to bottom front board at corner; Lovely marbled paper covered boards with cloth binding. Includes The Iron Hand Press in America, A History of the Platen Jobber and On Making a Printing Press. Ralph Green was a noted printing historian and this collection represents… Read more about this item

Amador City, CA: Quintessence Publications. 1977. Hardcover. 0918466008 . NF, in VG+ DJ, rear free endpaper with crease at lower corner; First edition of 900 copies, unnumbered. Very nice clean copy; Limited Edition; Blue cloth; Oblong 8vo; 299 p.; DJ .

Manchester, England: The University Press. 1910. Hardcover. VG, board edges and eps lightly tanned, spine edge tanned; Note indicates publications in the series intended to be ltd to 500 copies. Facimile reproduction of incunabula - Ryland; [Ltd]; Cloth backed boards; 8vo; No DJ .

London, England: Faber and Faber. 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. VG, eps tanned from DJ offset VG DJ, price clipped, minor wear; Printed at the Curwen Press; First; Grey cloth; Tall 8vo; DJ .

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. VG in a VG DJ that is price-clipped; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the ffep. Brent's first bookshop, The Seven Stairs, opened in Chicago in 1946.; Stated First; Tan cloth; 8vo; DJ; Signed by Author .

Honolulu, HI: Printing Industries of Hawaii. 1973. First Edition. Stapled Booklet. Fine; Includes selected bibliography; First; Stapled Booklet; 8vo; No DJ .