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Edinburgh: Longmans, Green & Co, 1900. Limited Edition; Edinburgh Edition. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good in boards. Some fading to color at spine of all volumes and minor wear to cloth exterior. Some foxing to a few volumes. Crack to hinge and tissue page partially detached in "Treasure Island." Text is clean and unmarked. Gilt top page edges. Most volumes retain spare title labels. Limited to 1,035 copies, this set hand-numbered 154 and initialed. In addition, this set includes Second Editions (with matching bindings) of "Letters to his Family and Friends" in two volumes, and "The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson" by Graham Balfour, in two volumes. Laid-in Volume One, Miscellanies, causing some toning to those end papers, is an original bumped and a bit foxed clipping containing an obiturary of Robert Louis Stevenson, dated Dec. 18, 1894, from "The Times," as well as a gift note dated 1894, saying that each subsequent volume will be delivered upon publication. Mr. Stevenson passed on Dec. 3,… Read More

The Black Sun Press, 1928. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good in original wraps; housed in a custom-made, 1/4 leather slipcase. A few weak smudges to wraps, minor wear to cellophane cover. Text is unmarked, includes one double-page facsimile letter, with a few weak creases to tissue-guard. Limited to 100 copies. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1935. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good-; with a Good dust jacket. Heavy edge wear at both spine edges and some creasing and smudging to jacket. Lean to spine. Inked number on top corner of front end page. Dust jacket is the original, though it has been attached to the pastedowns; rear flap partially pulled away at the top edge which has slightly torn some of the paper on the rear pastedown. A few stains to edges of pages 3-20. No markings to text. This is the second Nero Wolfe novel, a Haycraft Queen Cornerstone, incredibly scarce in the original jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1934. First Edition Thus; Limited Edition. Softcover. Book condition is Very Good bound in original vellum, with gilt titles on the front cover; housed in a Very Good slipcase with paper label at spine. Foxing, toning, smudge, scuff and edge wear to slipcase. Text is unmarked, decorated end papers, four color plates, black & white drawings throughout. 44 pages. Edition was limited to 410 copies. ; Signed by the illustrator, Arthur Rackham, on the limitation page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Illustrator.

New York: MacMillan Company, 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. A few small chips, scuffs and tears to jacket. Crease to jacket at front panel. Thumb-nail size chip to jacket base at spine. Corners of flaps are clipped, however original publisher price remains intact. Text is clean and unmarked. First Printing is stated. A brilliant association, inscribed "for von Quine." The inscription appropriately appears to read "van Quine," "Van" being the name Quine was known by to those close to him. Quine and Skinner were colleagues at Harvard, and this lovely inscription captures a moment in the crossing lives of these two highly influential figures. ; Signed and inscribed by the author, B. F. (Fred) Skinner, to philosopher and logician W. V. O. Quine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

New York: Viking Press, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Condition is Very Good, bound in original pictorial beige cloth and music sheet illustrated end papers; with a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. All corners of flaps are clipped, however "first edition" statement remains intact on front flap. Edge wear to jacket, including minor chipping to jacket crown at spine. A few instances of repair from jacket interior, no visible influence to jacket exterior. Subtle instance of rubbing to top corner of half title page. No markings to text. Binding is intact and tight. 8vo. Overall, a clean and solid copy of the First Edition with the original First Issue jacket in bright condition. Steinbeck's masterpiece, which also won the Pulitzer Prize.

Milan: Club Degli Editori, 1968. First Italian Edition. Hardcover. Very Good, bound in full blue cloth, with a Good to Fair dust jacket. Staining to all panels of jacket, does not affect boards or interior. A few small tears to jacket. Interior is clean and unmarked, binding intact. Ink stamp and embossed stamp to title page indicating this book was personally owned by Jack Kerouac, and passed to his estate. Book is accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity.

London: Trubner & Co, 1883. First English Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good, bound in original full light blue cloth with gilt titles, and emblem on front panel. Ex-library from the Bangor Theological Seminary, Washburn Fund, with typical markings throughout volumes. Hinge started in all volumes. Rubbing and edge wear to exterior. 8vo, 8 1/2"h x 6"w. A scarce first English language edition of this classic of German Idealism.

New York: Broude Publishers, 1966. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good+ in boards. Minimal wear to exterior. Owner name and date to title page of all volumes except Volume Eight. Text is unmarked in all volumes, bindings intact and strong. 8vo, 9 1/4"h x 6 1/2"w. Volume I: The Art-Work of the Future, xviii, 422 pp; Volume II: Opera and Drama, xx, 416 pp; Volume III: The Theatre, xii, 432 pp; xii, 432 pp; Volume IV: Art and Politics, xx, 415 pp; Volume V: Actors and Singers, xviii, 383 pp; Volume VI: Religion and Art, xxxii, 376 pp; Volume VII: In Paris and Dresden, xxi, 396 pp; Volume VIII: Posthumous, xxi, 430 pp.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Rubbing and edge wear to jacket, including a few tears. Sunning to jacket at spine. Text is clean and unmarked, binding intact. Now quite scarce First Printing ,with the "First Edition" statement and the "H-H" code on copyright page. 8vo, 8 1/4"h x 5 1/2"w.

[ No date ]. Scarce, signed photograph of C. G. Jung, the psychoanalyst with perhaps the broadest influence across the humanities, and an influence that remains active, broad and deep across psychology. Matte silver gelatin photograph, signed in black fountain pen by Jung. Photo and matte are a bit bowed, foxing and stain to matte, silvering to photo. Photo measures 6 7/8"h x 4 5/8"w, matte measures 9"h x 6 3/8"w. Photograph taken by Eranos Foundation photographer Margarita (Margarethe) Fellerer, circa 1940s, also signed in pencil by Fellerer. Photo accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity.

London: Elkin Matthews & John Lane, 1897. Later Issues. Hardcover. Very Good+, bound in original pictorial boards. Toning to end papers. Smudging and a few bumps to boards. Texts are clean and unmarked. Illustrated with over 200 plates. 8vo, 8 1/4"h x 6 1/2"w. Complete, clean set of the celebrated art-nouveau quarterly magazine.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1951. First Edition, Early Printing. Hardcover. Condition is Very Good, bound in full blue cloth, with a Fair price clipped dust jacket. Staining, tape repair, chips and tears to jacket. Owner bookplate inside front panel. Faint stain to front end page, faint stain to corners of a few pages. Toning to interior. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight and solid. Large 8vo, 9 1/2"h x 6 1/2"w.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Good, bound in original publisher blue cloth, with gilt titles on spines, gilt emblems on front covers. Rubbing, a few stains and edge wear to boards. Foxing to interior of both volumes, some rubbing to pages, owner inscription to second front end page of Second Book. Volume One (The Jungle Book) appears to have had the spine repaired at some point in its history, significant lean to spine as well. Both volumes illustrated throughout. No markings to text. 8vo, 7 1/2"h x 5 1/4"w. pagination: Vi, 212; 238 + two pages of ads at end of volume.

Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Complete in 27 Volumes, Very Good, bound in full blue cloth with gilt titles and gilt emblem on front panel of each volume. Minor wear to exterior of a few volumes, including some rubbing and a few scuffs. Fading to color at spine. Ownership stamp to page edges of all volumes, "Declan P. Ford." All hinges strong and intact with the exception of final "Report" volume, webbing exposed at front and rear gutter. Text is clean and unmarked in all volumes, set illustrated throughout with photographs of evidence, diagrams and facsimile documents. All volumes Large 8vo, 9 3/8"h x 6 1/4"w. Assuredly unique, quite a peculiar and perhaps haunting, personalized set owned by important Hearing testifier Declan P. Ford, friend of the Oswalds. This set is signed by Lee Harvey Oswald's wife, Marina/Marnina Oswald, 26 times and inscribed to the Fords in 10 of the volumes. The extensive testimony of Declan and his wife,… Read More