Great Britain from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1831. First American Edition. 16mo (14.5cm). Calf-backed marbled boards; 216pp. A strong, Very Good copy, lightly worn and with a private shelf label at base of spine. Pencil subject index added on front free endpaper. Ownership signature of Henry W. Tovey (Harvard historian) to flyleaf. A noted anti-labor tract by the British author… Ler mais sobre este item

Cambridge: Harvard Advocate, [1948]. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); original pale grey printed staplebound wrappers; 7,(1)pp. Gentle toning to wrapper margins, else Fine. Collection of poems published in the Advocate while Eliot was a student at Harvard. While approximately 1000 copies were published, 750 were eventually pulled from circulation, though some appear to have made their way back into the… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Columbia University Press, 2004. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xviii,170pp. Fine, unread copy in crisp, unworn dustwrapper; appears new. Essays by the noted British cultural historian, founding Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Race and Racism at University College London.

Lunenburg, VT: The Limited Editions Club, 1968. First Thus. No. 411 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. Large octavo (27cm). Olive cloth over marbled boards with gilt spine decorations; xiii,[5],383pp; color plates by David Gentleman. Bookplate of the distinguished American zoologist James G. Mead to front pastedown, with his dated ownership signature on front free endpaper. A fine… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.d., 2010. Limited edition broadside. One of 250 copies, signed by both King and Lukens. 20" x 14", printed in colors on cream stock. Tiny crease at upper left corner and right margin, else Fine. Prints the entire short story "Birth of a Green Man," with color illustration by Jean Lukens. Apparently, from King's website, a… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1927. First Thus. Volume One (only) of the Hitchcock Edition of Somerville and Ross, no. 255 of 500 numbered copies. Boldly signed in black ink by Edith Somerville to half-title. Octavo. Green cloth hardcover with gilt-lettered spine labels; xxv,212pp; illus. Very Good copy, with some chipping to spine labels and a bit of rubbing… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Greenberg: Publisher, 1925. First Edition. First printing, limited to 2000 numbered copies of which this is no. 492. Octavo (24cm). Sized brown buckram over beveled boards; top edge gilt; dustjacket; 140pp. Fine copy in the scarce dustwrapper, complete but with losses at spine ends and flap-folds, with old paper reinforcements to verso; Good or better and not… Ler mais sobre este item

[Indianapolis]: The Liberty Fund, 1983. Second printing of the Liberty Classics edition. Six octavo volumes. Brown cloth spines over gray linen-covered boards, with integral ribbon bookmarks. Spine cloth faintly creased at crown of Volume III, else a fine, unmarked set.

London: Enitharmon Press, 1978. First Edition. First impression. Cloth issue. Octavo; green cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 50pp. Fine, tight, unmarked copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced £2.85 at base of front flap), very Near Fine. An uncommon late collection by the noted British painter, illustrator, and poet; many of the poems in this collection are on the subject of… Ler mais sobre este item

Doncaster: Brynmill Press, 1990. First Edition. First impression. Limited issue; no. 40 of 190 signed copies (of which 150 were for sale). Octavo; black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 60pp. Tight, clean, Very Good or better copy in the original printed, laminated dustwrapper. The limitation statement is tipped-on to the copyright page, as usual. Final published collection by the noted… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Faber & Faber, [1931]. First edition. 12mo. Sewn illustrated wrappers; [4 pp]; illus. Single poem, issued as Ariel Poems No. 35; one of 2000 copies so issued. Not issued separately in the US. Drawing by E. McKnight Kauffer. Printed at the Curwen Press. A clean, unworn copy, minimally toned on text; Near Fine. Gallup A19.

London: Grant Richards, 1900. First Edition. First impression. Edition of 4000 copies. 12mo (18cm). Printed blue wrappers; 101pp. Mild crease and a small chip to front wrapper; internally quite fresh, clean and unmarked; Very Good or better. The Fabian Society's Manifesto for the 1900 elections. Shaw's role as editor is clarified in Laurence, quoting Pease History of… Ler mais sobre este item

Cleveland: The Helman-Taylor Company, 1900. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Deep green cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; 459pp; illus. A tight, clean and unmarked copy, page margins slightly age-toned else close to Fine but with the final gathering of leaves darkened as usual. An attractive copy. An important source for the history of… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Grove Press, 1966. First Thus. First Grove Press printing. Two large, heavy octavo volumes. Cloth hardcovers in dustjackets and publisher's slipcase; lxviv,[1]-1291; 1292-2259pp. Some waviness to cloth on spines, else minimal signs of use, with texts clean, tight and unmarked in the original dustwrappers, unclipped (priced $30 on front flaps), Near Fine. In the original publisher's slipcase,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1935. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (22cm). Blue cloth gilt; dustjacket; [vi],[14]-404,[4]pp; folding map inserted between end of text and index. Tight, clean and unmarked, Near Fine; in the original printed dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 16s. at base of front flap); jacket lightly worn, still Very Good or better. An attractive copy. Rigby… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Viking Press, 1983. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); gray paper boards over black cloth spine, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 249pp. Fine copy. In the original dustjacket, price clipped but free of toning or soil; Near Fine. Winner of the Whitbread Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1982). Basis for… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1962. First Thus. First American hardcover printing. Octavo (21cm). Original blue cloth, titled in orange; plain endpapers; 266pp; publisher's ads to jacket rear panel and rear flap. Straight and bright, free of notable wear and very Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $6.95 at base of front flap), lightly rubbed… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: James Miller, 1866. Edition and printing unstated; likely the second U.S. printing.12mo (18cm). Publisher's embossed cloth gilt; engraved extra-title and frontispiece; 300 pp, [8 pp ads]. Bright copy, with just mild rubbing to cloth at spine head and heel; foxing within, mostly on prelims; Very Good. OCLC notes an 1865 printing by the same publisher. … Ler mais sobre este item

[New York]: New Directions Book, [1971]. First American Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's reddish-brown cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; xix,[1],291pp. Neat ownership signature to front free endpaper; touch of rubbing to bottom board edges, else a tight, Near Fine copy, free of markings or notable wear. Errata slip laid in. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $6.00 at base of… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1867. First Edition. First impression. 12mo. Publisher's green linen, titled in gilt on spine with gilt decorations to front board; 296,(2)pp. Scattered mild foxing within, but still a crisp, handsome copy, minimally worn in the original binding. Neat ownership signature ("Lewis W. Frances"[?]) at head of title page.