Rare books from BiblioStax

Edinburgh, Scotland: The Pentland Press, 1986. Original printing of this rare material. Dark blue pebbled boards, silver spine titles, slight shelf wear. Heavy stock coated pages, near fine; no writing. Beautifully rich, full-color imagery throughout. Includes forty-five photographic plates and illustrations. Bind fine; hinges intact. Original wrapper, near fine; protected in new clear sleeve. The last book printed by the famous Pentland Press of Edinburgh, before completely burning to the ground making this book highly sought. Near fine first and only original edition of this rare material. Here is Dr. Bergrun's ultra-rare material in which he reveals that NASA's Voyager I and II space-probes captured photographs of an estimated 7,000-mile-long elliptical (cigar-shaped) craft orbiting in the rings of Saturn. This gigantic electro-magnetic vehicle appears to be streaming a chlorine-like yellowish colored cloud. From photographs first taken during this Voyager I flight to Saturn in 1980,… Read More

New York, New York: Scribner, Publishers, 2006. First printing; full number-line beginning w/1. Beautifully signed by Stephen King at title page: "Stephen King". Very attractive. Includes Global Authentication Inc. Certificate of Authenticity laminated card and label at signed page. Certification number GV 200043 may be confirmed at GAI site. Also, event postcard for the signing event sponsored by Writers Bloc bookstore on November 3, 2006 at Fine Arts Theater on Wilshire in Beverly Hills. Also, interestingly enough, is the ephemeral 'Admit One' ticket stub with auspicious 6-digit stub number of 506666 with final three digits 1/8" higher than first 3. Ornately designed smooth glossy boards of vibrant garden scene by Mark Stutzman. Pages fine; no writing. Bind fine; hinges intact. Deep red wrapper with unique cut-out design of upright shovel through to garden scene; unclipped 28.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Fine contemporaneously signed first edition of this… Read More

Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers - Charles T. Dillingham, 1891. A rare classic original, enigmatic author, cover design, and tale. 1891 at title page; 1890 at copyright. Profusely illustrated throughout with the whismical imagery of Clifton Johnson. Brown cloth boards, dk. brown embossed cover titles and design, some shelf wear, rub, discoloration, spine wear, rub. Cover and spine depict montage scenes of Little Giant Boab stepping from his time machine to club a wild boar while his raven soars from vortex above; Boab scales a castle wall at spine. Pages generally good, discoloration to top 1/4" throughout; no writing. Frontispiece illustration with very good tissue guard. Light brown floral patterned pastedown, front and back endpaper removed. Small stick-pull, residue to front pastedown. Bind intact; hinges reinforced. Solid, intact rarity. From the author of Travels and Adventures of Little Baron Trump and His Wonderful Dog Bulger, and, Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground… Read More

Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. True first edition; 1980 at title page and copyright pages without additional printings stated. One of only 2,500 of the first printing. Tan full cloth boards, black stylized spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages generally near fine, no writing; few at front with little discoloration at edge. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Dust wrapper, light shelf wear, rub; unclipped 12.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Features the classic humored wrapper illustration by Ed Lindlof. First edition wrapper, without Chicago Sun-Times blurb, and Walker Percy summmary review at rear panel. Rare near fine first edition in same wrapper. Includes original hand written signed letter and play-list by Thelma Ducoing Toole dated February 7, 1982. Mrs. Toole was the mother of John Kennedy Toole, author of "A Confederacy of Dunces." Beautifully composed message contains songs for the seasons and 'nostalgic' songs. One of which… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. Stated first American edition at copyright page. True first edition without additional lines at copyright page. Tan full cloth boards, bold red cover and spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages near fine, clean. Antiquarian signature inside cover: "7/5/49, Jean H. Youngren, 2602 Hartzell St." Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original first state dust wrapper in red, moderate shelf wear, toning; unclipped 3.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Classic mid-twentieth century wrapper in bright red with bold black titles. Caricature of Orwell at back panel by George Holland. Rare near fine first edition in very good first state wrapper. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950) utilizing his pseudonym, George Orwell, composed this narrative message in 1948 and juxtaposed the numbers to 1984 as its time and place. The novel was first published in 1949 and he would pass the following January of 1950 at the age of 46. 1984 is the year… Read More

Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company , 1920. Stated Copyright 1920 by The Penn Publishing Co. Large 9" x 11 1/4" design weighing nearly four lbs. Black cloth boards w/mounted color plate, gilt cover titles, light shelf wear, toning, some spine rub. Thick heavy stock leaves, very good, clean. Manila colored endpapers feature orange monochromatic design of castle and birds in flight. Feature fourteen color plates w/red captioned tissue guards. Also, partial-page designs, vignettes, headers and tailpieces, throughout. Bind good; hinges intact. 279 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Sterrett, Virginia Frances . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

7 John Street, Bloomsbury, London : Martin Secker & Warburg, Limited , 1951. Rare first edition, fifth impression or printing in original matching wrapper. Stated at copyright: "First published 1949... Reprinted 1951". Matches first printing in overall book and wrapper design, coloring, and size. Printed in France. Green full-cloth boards, crisp red impressed spine titles, light shelf wear, sunning to few edges. Pages generally very good, clean; some toning, fox to exterior block. Very lightly pencilled to back pastedown are few small reference page numbers. Red top-stain. Small blue antiquarian bookstore tag inside cover: "Bowes & Bowes, New & Second-hand Booksellers, Trinity Street, Cambridge". Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Dark green dust wrapper, moderate shelf wear, rub; unclipped 12s 6d net to back flap, protected in fine clear sleeve. At back flap, stated Fifth Impression, jacket design by Michael Kennard and the original summary of this… Read More

New York: Random House, 1957. Beautifully signed by Ayn Rand at half-title page: "Ayn Rand, 10/21/73." Rare flat signed trade edition from this unique period. Stated Fourteenth Printing at copyright. 1957 also at copyright page; no other dates. Circa 1973 printing matching the first in design, quality and dimensions. Fine burgundy full-cloth boards, bright gilt cover initials and spine titles on crisp black field, moderate shelf wear. Deckled pages near fine, no writing. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Moderate offset to front endpaper and half-title page; first fifty somewhat protruding at deckled edge. Beautiful pictorial dust wrapper, light shelf wear; unclipped 12.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Features the original first edition jacket design with cover painting by George Salter. Rare near very good signed early printing in near fine wrapper. In Rand's greatest achievement and last work of fiction, she dramatizes her unique philosophy through an intellectual… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. , 1974. 1974 at copyright; no other dates, indications. Early trade printing matching original first edition in design and dimensions. Maroon full-cloth boards, gilt spine titles, fine. Deckled pages, fine; no writing. White endpapers. Code Z46 at page 199. Dust wrapper, fine; unclipped 14.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Features the original first edition jacket art by Alex Gotfryd of Carrie eerily peering out from behind door. Black on white stylized spine titles wrapping around to blurb at back panel. Rare bright and crisp early trade printing in near fine original wrapper. Stephen King's monumental and highly influential first novel of psychic terror. Carrie was the odd one at school; the one whose reflexes were always off in games, whose clothes never really fit, who never got the point of a joke. And so she became the joke, the brunt of teen-aged cruelties that puzzled her as much as they wounded her. If You've Got A… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. Stated at copyright page: "first American edition". Tan full cloth boards, bold red cover and spine titles, light shelf wear, clean. Pages near fine, clean; no writing Bind fine, slight cant; hinges intact. Original first edition dust wrapper, moderate shelf wear; unclipped 3.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Classic mid-twentieth century wrapper in bright blue with bold black titles. Caricature of Orwell at back panel by George Holland. Rare near fine first edition in very good original wrapper. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950) utilizing his pseudonym, George Orwell, composed this narrative message in 1948 and juxtaposed the numbers to 1984 as its time and place. The novel was first published in 1949 and he would pass the following January of 1950 at the age of 46. 1984 is the year in which it happened! The world is divided into three great powers, Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia, each perpetually at war. Britain… Read More

London - Toronto : Secker & Warburg - S. J. Saunders & Co. Ltd. , 1949. Stated at copyright page: "first Canadian edition." Tan full cloth boards, bold red cover and spine titles, light shelf wear, bump. Pages near fine, clean; no writing Bind fine; hinges intact. Original first edition dust wrapper, light shelf wear; unclipped 3.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Classic mid-twentieth century wrapper in bright blue with bold black titles. Caricature of Orwell at back panel by George Holland. Rare near fine first edition in same original wrapper. 1984 is the year in which it happened! The world is divided into three great powers, Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia, each perpetually at war. Britain is part of Oceania and is known as Airstrip 1. Throughout Oceania, The Party rules through four ministries, whose power is absolute. The Ministry of Peace deals with war, the Ministry of Love, seat of the dreaded Thought Police, handles 'law and order,' the Ministry of… Read More

New York: Dingwall Rock Limited, 1925. Signed and limited first edition. From signed limitation page: "Edition limited to one thousand copies for England and one thousand copies for the United States, of which this is No. '641' of the English issue. 'Harry Clarke'". Rare edition from George G. Harrap. Large 8 1/4" x 10 5/8" design. Grey boards, cream vellum (leather) spine wrap, gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Includes eight brilliantly miasmic color plates by Harry Clarke and intriguing nouveau illustration throughout in full and partial-page designs. Highly influential renderings from the golden age of gift-book illustration in first quarter of twentieth century. Many rarities not seen elsewhere. Powerfully vivid, chiaroscuro illustrations by Harry Clarke throughout. Beautifully haunting and nighmarish renderings. Vintage rough-cut, deckled leaves, near fine; no writing. Limitation page and adjacent stuck somewhat up from gutter. Bright… Read More

New Yok: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Beautifully signed by Margaret Mitchell at front endpaper: "Margaret Mitchell". Rarity now approaching ninety years in existence in the original first printing wrapper. This signed first edition, the May 1936 printing, is very rare as are any of her signed books or other items. In a letter dated February, 1937, Margaret Mitchell wrote that she would no longer sign her book, nevermore for friends or even relatives. Butternut (greyish brown) full cloth boards, navy stamped cover and spine titles, light shelf wear, rub, spine pull. Deckled pages very good, clean; no writing. Bind fine; hinges intact. Original May first printing dust wrapper, generally good with approx. 1/3 of spine area missing; unclipped 3.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Front and back panels and flaps remain near very good. First state wrapper denoted by Charles Morgan's 'Sparkenbroke' listed at top of first column on back panel. Additionally, for preservation and… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1975. Beautifully signed on custom SK bookplate at front endpaper: "Stephen King". Rare early signature on original SK bookplate features Stephen King printed in bold capital letter font seen on early SK novels with thatched border. Very attractive. First edition stated, code Q37 at page 439. First edition dust wrapper with Father Cody error as the bad priest; a misprint, as Callahan was the "bad priest." Blood red boards, black cloth spine wrap, gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear, clean. Deckled pages very good; no writing. Light page ripple to first few pages. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original dust wrapper, some edge wear, rub, adhesive, crease; clipped, protected in fine clear sleeve. Rare very good first printing in solid first state wrapper with Cody error. One of Stephen King's true classics, where he offers an interpretation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. In SK's second published novel he… Read More

Los Angeles, California 90027: The Philosophical Research Society, 1968. 1968 date at title page; 1962 at copyright. Second title page date MCMXXVIII (1928). Signed by Manly Hall at front endpaper: "Very Sincerely, Manly P. Hall." Very dignified and attractive signature. Below this is vintage bookplate featuring classic painting of The Thinker sculpture by Rodin: "Ex Libris, Jane Silberblatt, 2, 1970." Folio oversize 9 1/4" x 13 1/4" version with full-page illustrations. Black textured leather-like cloth boards, generally moderate shelf wear. Gilt cover titles on red field with gilt border, gilt spine titles, some rub, chip to head and heel of spine. Interior coated pages, near fine. Bind good; hinges intact. Frontispiece portrait of Prince Ragoczy of Transylvania - Comte de St. -Germain. Includes the Preface to the Thirteenth Edition by Manly P. Hall. Truly rich and impressive work of informative, mysterious and archaic wisdom. Pleasingly detailed… Read More