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Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1880. First edition, First Issue, the very scarce first state of the book with “Moses” opposite the engraved portrait of Twain. Profusely illustrated throughout by Brown, Williams, Day and others and with original illlustrations by Twain himself. Thick 8vo, publisher’s deluxe binding of full sheep, one of the four bindings available to subscribers, sometime rebacked to style with raised bands gilt ruled, with the original black lettering label gilt. xvi, 631, 1pp ads. A pleasing survival, the text block and binding very sturdy and sound and in excellent order, mellowing to the paper as usual, a bit of rubbing to the binding edges. A PLEASING SURVIVAL OF THE RAREST OF THE FIRST EDITIONS. THE FIRST ISSUE IN PUBLISHER’S DELUXE BINDING. Copies of the First State of the First Edition are scarce,, and very rarely seen in anything other then the cloth binding state. It has been said of Twain’s writing in this genre, that “in (a) sense, all of (the auth…Read more

New York: The Viking Press, 1947. First Edition. 8vo, publisher's original orange-red cloth lettered in gilt with a blindstamped bus on the upper cover. 312. A very nice copy with only minor evidence of age, the jacket with just a touch of rubbing at the extremities. FIRST EDITION. Steinbeck's fiction combines realism and romance, but not always harmoniously. This novel presents a microcosm of frustrations in contemporary America through the stresses on a group of people stranded on a bus in rural California.

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1836. 2 volumes. First edition, first issue state (BAL) of both the copyright page in Volume I and the footnote on page 239 of Volume II. Volume II with a folding map of the routes of Hunt and Stuart west of the Mississippi to the Pacific, a map referred to by Wheat as “...an important milestone of Western mapping.” 8vo, bound in contemporary polished calf over marbled paper covered boards, sometime rebacked incorporating the original materials and contrasting red and black lettering labels gilt. xiii, 14-285; ix, 10-279 pp. A very good copy with expected age to the binding, the original materials expertly included in the rebacking. IMPORTANT AMERICAN EXPLORATION AND SCARCE IN FIRST EDITION. This is Washington Irving’s chronicle of the Hunt and Stuart expedition written by Irving at the request of John Jacob Astor. Astor financed the first U.S. overland expedition to the Pacific after Lewis and Clark. The “Astorians” , as the party led by Wilson P…Read more

London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832. 2 volumes. First Edition, the UK issue, the true first issue printed prior to the American issue according to BAL. 8vo, in fine and beautiful contemporary bindings of full red crushed morocco, the boards decorated with a bright and thick gilt frame of stylized morning-glories and additional gilt ruling, the spines with elaborate gilt floral compartments between gilt tooled bands, two compartments gilt lettered, additional gilt lettering at the foot, board edges gilt tooled as are the turn-ins, a.e.g. viii, 312; 295. A very fine set, richly bound. Internally near pristine and perfect, the bindings extremely well preserved, all solid and sturdy. THE TRUE FIRST EDITION AND A FINE SET IN VERY HANDSOME BINDINGS. RARE IN RED MOROCCO BINDINGS. While serving as a diplomatic attaché to Spain, Irving had access to the fabulous library of Obadiah Rich and engaged in scholarly research. This detailed description of the Alhambra, and account of the legends …Read more

Boston: J. R. Osgood and Co, 1882. First edition, first issue, with the "Franklin Press" imprint on the copyright page and the first state of the binding with rosette at 1/8” below the horizontal. With 192 illustrations. 8vo, publisher’s original dark green cloth, with pictorial decoration in gilt and black on upper board, stamped and lettered in gilt and black on the spine, a.e.g. (2), 411 pp., frontispiece, 2 blanks at rear A copy with a bit of wear from use and age, some evidence of rubbing to the edges from shelving, inner hinge starting, clean internally. THE RARE FIRST ISSUE. Twain's timeless tale of two little boys who switch places to see how the other half lives. Very scarce in unsophisticated original cloth. THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER was quite unlike anything Twain had done up till that time. It is a fine adventure with a delicate vein of “Twainian” humor running throughout. Twain took up a short domicile in Montreal in an attempt to establish residency there so that he co…Read more

Hartford: American Publishing Co, 1894. First edition, first state with the sheets with the block bulking to 1 1/8” and with frontispiece facsimile signature measuring 1 and 7/16s inches wide. Title-page in red and black, frontispiece portrait of Twain from photograph above printed signature, and with delightful illustrations in the margins of nearly every page. 8vo, publisher’s original rust-colored cloth decorated extensively in gilt and black on the upper cover and spine. 432 pp. A fine and very handsome copy in the publisher's original binding state. The text-block is clean and fresh, the binding bright and beautifully preserved. A VERY PLEASING COPY IN PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL DECORATED BINDING OF THE FIRST EDITION OF TWAIN’S BITING YET COMEDIC COMMENTARY ON SLAVERY AND THE ROLE OF RACE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. It is a short novel featuring the brilliantly crafted character Roxanna, a mulatto slave who suffers dire consequences after switching her infant son with her master’s baby, and the …Read more

London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872. 2 volumes. First edition. Illustrated throughout. Volume I has a folding map, four plans and four plates. Volume II has seven plates. 8vo, contemporary three-quarter dark blue morocco over marbled boards, the spines in compartments separated by raised bands, lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. xii+503; vi+519. A very handsome set, the extremities slightly rubbed, internally very fresh. RARE FIRST EDITION. One of the most elusive of all the books in the Burton oeuvre. Copies rarely appear at auction or on the open market. Zanzibar was the setting off point for most of the travels into Africa initiated by the great explorers of the 19th century. It was on Zanzibar that stores and supplies were procured, native peoples were hired for the travels and documents obtained which permitted the explorers to make their way into the interior of the unknown regions of Africa. This comprehensive guidebook covers every aspect of Zanzibar: its geography and …Read more

London: John Murray, 1857. First Edition. Folding frontispiece, engraved portrait, 2 large folding maps including one in the rear pocket, 43 black and white illustrations, many full page. 8vo, publisher’s original brown cloth, decorated in all over designs on the covers in blind and lettered in gilt on the spine. x, 687, folding map,8 ads, folding map in rear pocket pp. A very bright and handsome copy, well preserved with very minimal wear to the fragile cloth, a much better copy than normally encountered, inner hinges can be expertly and unbtrusively strengthened and refurbished, and an endleaf restored. FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S BINDING. This is the account of Livingstone’s first great expedition (1853-56), during which he explored the Zambesi and its Victoria Falls. This first American edition is taller then its English counterpart. It retains all of the illustrations, though arranged a bit differently. AN IMPORTANT PMM ENTRY. One of the most important of all 19th cent…Read more

Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1897. First Edition, and First Issue, intermediate, with the double imprint and with signature “11” at bottom of page 161 as called for by BAL. With portrait frontispiece from a photograph of the author and 192 other illustrations by notable illustrators such as A. B. Frost, Peter Newell, Dan Beard, and others, and with some from photographs. Large 8vo, publisher’s original blue cloth gilt decorated and lettered on the spine, the upper cover with a central pictorial decoration of an elephant in India in gilt and four colours. 712 pp. A fine and bright copy, beautifully preserved. A HANDSOME AND WELL PRESERVED COPY OF THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL CLOTH. Mark Twain’s autobiographical account of his tour through Australia, New Zealand and India. He gives wonderful account of his travels, the people met along the way, the sights seen, and with a zest and spirit unique to one of America’s greatest authors and humorists. Due to…Read more

London: John Murray, 1853. First Edition. With a profusion of large folding maps and fine lithographic plates, a number tinted, and with extensive illustrations throughout the text. Thick 8vo, handsomely bound in full tan calf, the spine with raised bands gilt stopped, one compartment lettered in gilt, the covers with gilt fillet rules at the borders, enclosing an inner frame in blind, marbled endleaves and edges. xxiii, 686 pp., includes index. A very fine and handsome copy of this now scarce title rarely found in decent condition, clean and the binding in excellent condition, strong and beautifully preserved. AN IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION, NOW SCARCE, HERE OFFERED IN A FINE BINDING BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED. This is an extensive and detailed description and interpretation of Layard’s excavations at Ninevah and Babylon. In two separate trips, Layard was the first to discover and excavate the ancient city of Ninevah. Maps and engravings illustrate not only the physical site and remains, they also il…Read more

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. First Edition, First State. Earliest points, with the tailpiece of Twain in flames on p.441, and with caption on p.443 in the earliest state reading "The St. Louis Hotel". Profusely illustrated throughout, and with a number of interesting clippings including announcements of Twain's passing and a copy of the last photograph he posed for. Tall 8vo, publisher’s original decorated cloth with black stamped decorations and gilt pictorial vignettes on the upper cover, the spine decorated in black and with a large gilt pictorial vignette, lettered in gilt, a.e.g. 624 pp. A handsome and pleasing copy, with minor rubbing to the tips, the text-block clean, the hinges strong, ONE OF TWAIN’S BEST BOOKS AND A RARE FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH OF THIS IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. Twain writes about his home and his muse-the great Mississippi. “As a dwelling place for civilized man it is by far the first upon our globe.” (preface) In this largely autobiographical narrativ…Read more

Paris: From the Press of Robert Blanchet, ca. 1939. No. 161 of a Limited Edition of only 226 copies printed on vélin d'Arches. AN ORIGINAL GRAVURE A LA GOUGE PRINT SIGNED IN CRAYON BY PICASSO. Folio, single sheet. A fine copy of the signed engraving. A very important print, a signed impression of the original linogravure, 'Le Pigeonneau', (c. 1939), which is believed to be either Picasso's first or second effort in the technique.

Berlin: Verlag von A.Asher & Co. , 1883. First Edition. With 13 plates on strong heavy paper-board, the first 5 of which are chromo-lithographic, the following 8 with photographic illustrations and each with a sheet describing the plate illustration. Folio, (52 x 38 cm.), publisher's original half-linen portfolio folder with printed cover describing and titling the work. 2 sheets (Title and foreword by A. Bastian.), 13 pages of text, Internally, the copy is fine with very little evidence of use or of wear, the plates are all in fine condition, the text leaves with some evidence of old damp at the border not affecting the text, wear to the portfolio covers. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT ILLUSTRATED WORK ON THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA. The wonderful lithographic panels were created with the advice and assistance of Alphons Stübel and Wilhelm Reiss, who had recently published their magnificent work on the Dead Field of Ancon, also with Asher. They depict the ceremonial and ethnolo…Read more

London: Printed for T. Cadell; C.J.G. and F. Rivington; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green et al., 1830. 4 volumes. A very attractive and rare edition, the second, with the author's last corrections and improvements. With an engraved portrait of Smollett as frontispiece to Vol. I. 8vo, very handsomely bound in full tan goatskin, the covers with multiple gilt fillet borders, both wide and narrow,, the inner with ornate corner-pieces, the spines with raised bands gilt tooled and decorated, three compartments gilt decorated and framed between wide gilt tooled raised bands, and with gilt ruled board edges and triple gilt filleted turn-ins and all edges marbled, marbled end-leaves. xii, 582; xii, 554; xi, [1], 521, [1]; vii, [1], 536 pp. A very handsome and very finely bound copy, the bindings strong and sturdy and well preserved with just a touch of expected age evidence, the hinges firm, the text fine and fresh with only a little spotting at the free-flys and to the paper used for the portrait plate. A …Read more

London: John Murray, 1846. 6 volumes. Illustrated with fine large folding maps of the Western and Eastern Roman Empire, the Migrations of the Barbarians into the empire and many other maps at the end of each volume including among others, Constantinople, Environs of Rome, The Eastern Empire divided, Italy, Europe, Asia and Africa at the time of Charlemagne, the Mohammedan Empire, the Crusades and Ancient Rome, with most accented in colour. 8vo, in fine and handsome period bindings of three-quarter polished calf over marbled paper covered boards, the spines very handsomely gilt tooled within six compartments and featuring large central gilt devices surrounded by elaborate gilt tooling filling the compartments, two compartments with contrasting black and brown morocco labels gilt lettered and ruled, all separated by raised bands decorated with gilt stippling, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. xliii, [2], 600; xii, 559; xv, [1], 543, [1]; xv, [1], 524; xv,[1], 506; xv, [1], 498 pp. A very fine set, in…Read more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition, First State, in the second state dustjacket with the photographer's credit. 8vo, publisher’s original tan linen, lettered and decorated in black over red on the spine, in the illustrated dustjacket with the original $2.75 price intact. [x], 471 pp. A very good copy of the book, the text-block with minor mellowing only, the binding in good order, some cracking of the pastedown join at the rear hinge, the dustjacket handsome and very well preserved with little evidence of handling. THE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE THE ORIGINAL FIRST STATE DUSTJACKET. Hemingway’s longest work, now regarded as a masterpiece. Hemingway knew the subject matter of this tale well-- the Spanish Civil War. The tale’s universal theme-- that the loss of liberty in one place means a loss for everyone everywhere-- has never been better stated than in this great book. 'Ernest Hemingway wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls in Havana, Cuba; Key West, Florida; and Sun…Read more

Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. First Edition, First Issue with green border to title-page, 18 00 price overslip to rear cover. 8vo, publisher's original green wraps printed in black on the spine and upper cover. [226], [2] pp. A fine copy with very minimal rubbing to the extremities, the covers bright and very well preserved. FIRST EDITION. "There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing...I am a recording instrument...I do not presume to impose 'story' 'plot' 'continuity...Insofar as I succeed in Direct recording of certain areas of psychic process I may have limited function...I am not an entertainer...Certain passages of this book have been called pornographic...[T]hese sections are intended to reveal capital punishment as the obscene, barbaric and disgusting anachronism that it is..." Time Magazine named NAKED LUNCH among the “100 English Language Novels” from 1923 to 2005. The reader follows the narration of junkie William…Read more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition, First State, in the First Issue dustjacket without the photographer's credit, and with the $2.75 price. 8vo, publisher’s original tan linen, lettered and decorated in black over red on the spine, in the illustrated dustjacket. [x], 471 pp. A fine copy of the book, the text-block with minor mellowing only, the red and black of the spine panel bright and clean, the binding in good order, the dustjacket with some chips and wear at the extremities. THE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE THE ORIGINAL FIRST STATE DUSTJACKET. Hemingway’s longest work, now regarded as a masterpiece. Hemingway knew the subject matter of this tale well-- the Spanish Civil War. The tale’s universal theme-- that the loss of liberty in one place means a loss for everyone everywhere-- has never been better stated than in this great book. 'Ernest Hemingway wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls in Havana, Cuba; Key West, Florida; and Sun Valley, Idaho, in 1939. In Cuba, he…Read more

London: Chapman and Hall, 1840, 1841. 3 volumes bound in one. First Edition in book form of the the three volumes of the work. With 198 drawings by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Royal, thick 8vo, bound in handsome period three-quarter black polished calf over marbled paper covered boards, the backing and corner-pieces tooled in gilt, the spine with gilt filleted double bands with gilt stippled chain trim, diced in blind, one compartment with gilt lettering. iv, 306; 306; 426 pp. A pleasing and handsome copy, the binding strong and in good order with a bit of normal wear at the extremities, very well preserved inside and out A PLEASING AND HANDSOME COPY OF MASTER HUMPHREY’S CLOCK, which was initiated as an experiment on Dickens’ part. Originally, he intended the work to be a miscellany which would contain a continuous narrative linked by reminisces of the narrator, Master Humphrey. He outlined his goals in a preliminary letter to Chapman and Hall: “To introduce a little club or knot of ch…Read more

Edinburgh and London: Printed for Cadell and Co., and Simpkin and Marshall, 1829. 3 volumes. First Edition. Illustrated with a large folding hand-coloured map of the United Sttes and a folding chart. 8vo, bound in contemporary three quarter polished calf over gray cloth covered boards, the spines with raised bands gilt stopped, lettered in gilt in one compartment of each volume, all edges marbled. [iv], iv, ii, 421; [iv], ii, 432; vii, [1], 436 pp. A handsome and well preserved copy, the bindings tight and strong, pleasingly aged and with little wear, the text-blocks clean and crisp and unpressed, the map in good order, strengthened expertly on the verso. FIRST EDITION IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING. 'Basil Hall was a British naval officer from Scotland, a traveler, and an author. He was the son of Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, an eminent man of science. Hall served aboard many vessels involved in exploration and scientific and diplomatic missions. From the beginning of his naval career he had been en…Read more

London: Published by John Chamberlaine, the Keeper of the King's Drawings and Medals. Printed by William Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Printing Office, 1812. 2 volumes. First Edition of the century, First Issue, the second edition overall. A RARE EXAMPLE WITH THE PLATES BOTH IN COLOURED AND UNCOLOURED STATE, THUS WITH DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF PLATES NORMALLY ENCOUNTERED. With 84 hand-coloured plates and 84 plates uncoloured, all separately printed on India paper and tipped onto full-page leaves, each facing the other, the plates with protective leaf separating the two, each image with two variations, mezzotint portraits of Holbein and his wife, a total of 168 illustrations on full-page plates, four plates dated from the first printing in 1792, the other 164 dated 1812 as with the publishing date. The plates are printed on a variety of papers, slightly different from one another--grey, buff, white, lavender and pink. Folio, 34.5 x 2, beautifully bound in full red morocco gilt extra, the spines with gilt tool…Read more

London: J. Cooke, at Shakespear's Head in Pater-Noster-Row, [ca. 1760]. First Edition. With an engraved frontispiece of a "chace" in the field, showing dogs, keepers, men on horseback and a country scene. Large 12mo, handsomely bound in contemporary antique mottled calf, the covers with double gilt fillet lines at the borders, the spine with raised bands gilt ruled, the compartments elaborately decorated with fully gilt decorative tooling, two contrasting red and green morocco lettering labels gilt, elaborate gilt rolled turnovers, marbled end-leaves, all edges gilt. vi, [7] - 240 pp. A handsome copy, the text-block in excellent condition, clean and crisp, the binding with some light rubbing and age evidence, but without loss or significant wear. FIRST EDITION. A complete work for the sportsman, written at a time when field sports, hunting and angling were a gentleman's recreations and a socially important pastime. The preface states that the author has 'advanced nothing but what he knows to be c…Read more

Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1980. First Edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO FELLOW AUTHOR DAN WAKEFIELD. 8vo, publisher's original half-green cloth over tan paper-covered boards, lettered in gilt on the spine, in the dustjacket. 248 pp. A pristine copy, near as mint. FIRST EDITION AND A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION COPY TO FELLOW AUTHOR DAN WAKEFIELD, FAMOUS FOR HIS WRITINGS IN BOTH FICTION AND NON-FICTION. James Carroll's book followed his very successful MADONNA RED and MORTAL FRIENDS and is a work “Rich in theme, broad in moral vision, FAULT LINES is a deeply invoking tale of two men and a woman seeking to redeem the present by atoning for the past, and of the child who stands at dead center of their desperately sincere attempts” (publisher). In 1976 the author published his first novel, Madonna Red, which was followed by many others. He has also published eleven major works of non-fiction. He has written for numerous publications, including The New Yorker and The Atlantic. His op-ed col…Read more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First Edition, American Issue, formated and designed identical to the English first but for the cloth colour change to an attractive forest green. Illustrated with numerous black and white drawings, a fold-out map, and a photographic frontis of the author, as well as a large fold-out copy of the Mahdi's Letter to Emin Pasha in Arabic demanding his surrender. 8vo, bound in publisher’s original green cloth, lettered in gilt and pictorially decorated in black and gilt on the spine and upper cover. xxiv, 490, pp. A well-preserved and handsome copy with minor age-mellowing to the spine, the gilt and pictorial decorations in good order, textblock clean and fresh, the hinges sound. SCARCE TRUE FIRST EDITION. An engrossing account of Mounteney-Jephson’s travels and harrowing experiences in the Equatorial Province from 1888-89 with Emin Pasha. He recounts in riveting detail the harsh and unfair treatment he received while in Emin’s territory and indeed of hi…Read more