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New York: Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition (stated), First Issue with correct date code of I-M (September 1962) on copyright page. (Reprints also state "First Edition.") Hardcover. Octavo. 8-1/2 x 6 inches. 597 pp, plus author bio. Near Fine / Good. Full contemporary publisher's red cloth over boards with publisher colophon stamped in gilt at lower right of front… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1960. First Edition, First Printing (stated). Hardcover. Octavo. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. 204 pp. Near Fine / Good. Black cloth over board, with white stamping to spine. Publisher's black topstain. Leading edge deckled. Illustrated endpapers. White dust jacket printed in black. Binding tight. Tips sharp. Slight lean. Interior clean and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket toned… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1967. First Edition, Second Printing. Flat signed by author on front free endpaper. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 550 pp. Near Fine / Very Good. Yellow-brown cloth over board, with brown and green stamping to spine. Orange endpapers. Tan dust jacket with illustration printed in brown, green, and white. Binding sound and… Read more about this item

New York: Martin, Johnson and Company Steel. Edition not stated, assumed late 1800s. Hardcover. Quarto. 11 x 8.75 inches. Complete three-volume set. Good. Blind embossed dark brown full leather on thick beveled boards, gilt double-ruled edges, blind inside dentelles, five raised fillet bands with gilt-stamped lettering in two chambers. Original owner's name (O. B. Sappington) gilt stamped at foot of… Read more about this item

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner; 1891. Leather. Sextodecimo. 6.5 x 4 inches. [2], xxvii, [ii], 308, [2] pp. Very Good. Full vellum on thin boards. Lettered direct in black and red to front board and spine. Publisher's device (arbor scientiae, arbor vitae) stamped in black at lower right corner of front board. Top edge gilt. Pages uncut and untrimmed. Engraved… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1902. Hardcover. Octavo. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. 442 pp. Very Good. No dust jacket as issued. Later printing. Original ribbed green cloth. Decorative blind stamping and title stamped in white on front board and spine. Large halftone photograph of San Francisco before the earthquake mounted on front board. Endpaper cracked at front hinge, but… Read more about this item