New York: E.P. Dutton, (1924). First edition. Hardcover. viii [4], 274 pp., frontispiece photo of the author, 37 illustrations in the text; small octavo, original red cloth with cover titles in black. Elon Jessop (1885-1958) was a journalist and author of books and articles on outdoor activities. More
London / New York: J. M. Dent / E. P. Dutton, 1909. Revised edition. Hardcover. xv, 291 pp, 12 tipped-in color plates by Arthur Rackham; octavo, pale blue cloth with gilt title and ornaments, tip edge gilt. Dent published another Rackham-illustrated edition of this title in 1900 in their "Temple..... More
Philadelphia / London: J. B. Lippincott / William Heinemann, no date (circa 1920). US edition. Hardcover. 110 pp, tipped in full-color plate opposite first page of text, 3 double page illustrations printed in 3 colors, many monochrome full-page and text illustrations; small quarto, pink cloth and pictorial paper over boards..... More
Philadelphia / London: J. B. Lippincott / William Heinemann, no date (circa 1919). US edition. Hardcover. 110 pp, tipped in full-color frontispiece, 3 double page illustrations printed in 3 colors, many monochrome full-page and text illustrations; small quarto, orange cloth and pictorial paper over boards. A different sort of Rackham..... More
Garden City: DouDoubleday, Doran & Co., 1928. First edition. Hardcover. xviii, 260 pp., illustrations; octavo, original green cloth with title and cover ornament in orange. More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1954). First edition. Hardcover. 340 pp., frontispiece and 4 full-page plates, 3 illustrations in the text, folding map; octavo, original green cloth, jacket. Impressions of Ireland gathered from travelers from Britain and the continent in the 16th to the 19th centuries. Including literary figures, adventurers, soldiers, royals..... More
n.p. n.p., no date [1974]. Second edition. Paperback. 2 volumes, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, pictorial wrappers, [3], 89; [3], 107 pp. A pirated collection of 23 short stories originally published in magazines: 17 in the first volume and 6 in the second volume. The 2-volume collection originally published circa 1967..... More
London: Methuen, (1943). First edition. Hardcover. 331 pp., octavo, original green cloth with gilt spine title, jacket. Transcripts and excerpts from historical documents relating to Ireland. From the 1172 "Bull Laudabiliter" whereby Pope Adrian IV granted Ireland to King Henry II to the Articles of Agreement drawn in 1921 for..... More
Santa Barbara: J. F. Rowney Press, 1942. First edition. 411 pp., frontispiece; octavo, blue leatherette spine and blue cloth boards, pictorial jacket. A hollow-earth adventure fantasy with a utopian vision of solving the problems plaguing human societies. More
Boston: William E. Smythe Co., 1888. First edition. xxiii, 583 pp., frontispiece and 56 full-page portrait plates, 4 color plates, 4 diagrams, 1 folding map (9 x 21 inches); octavo, green cloth with cover title and decoration in gilt and maroon. Explores the negative effects of alcohol on the individual..... More
New York / London: Doubleday, Page & Co. / William Heinemann, 1905. First US edition thus. Hardcover. xii, (62) pp. + frontispiece and 50 tipped-in color plates mounted on heavy cardstock, captioned tissue guards; small quarto, original green cloth with cover design blocked in gilt, top edge gilt. A lavishly..... More
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, (1974). Second printing of the Third Revised Edition. Original black cloth, large octavo (7.25 x 10.5 inches), pp xxi, 416. Color frontispiece map, 4 b/w maps. The standard reference to California place names. More
London: Elliot Stock, (1894). First edition thus. Paperback. Octavo textured brown wrappers printed in black, bound with tied black cord, 5 pp. introduction followed by 16 pp. facsimile. A selection of Bible verses intended to guide and comfort Oliver Cromwell''s soldiers during the Englsih Civil War. The introduction to this..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1948. First US edition. Hardcover. 164 pp., small octavo, original gray cloth with cover title and ornament in green, jacket. A satire on life and mores in Hollywood. The author, in "A Warning" on the page following the dedication to Nancy Mitford, cautions the reader..... More
New York: Thomas Selzer, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo, original ribbed blue cloth with gilt cover titles, xv, 297 pp. A continuation of the earlier work "Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious." More
Boston: New York Graphic Society / Little, Brown and Co., (1988). Second edition. Hardcover. (320) pp., 240 color and black and white illustrations, quarto, original blue boards with gilt spine title, jacket. Originally published in 1963, this new edition adds many more illustrations. More
London: The Ulysses Bookshop, 1931. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. [10], 73 pp. + 8 blanks with header "For Future Collections"; octavo, plain linen and red boards, paper spine label. Bibliography covers the author's book publications through the 1931 "The Hundredth Story of A. E. Coppard" followed by anthologized works..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. First edition thus. Original blue cloth and green boards with printed paper spine and cover title labels, quarto, [12], 286 pp., frontispiece, color plates, many black and white plates and illustrations. Provocative, dynamic, colorful illustrations! Text is the translation by R. Farquharson Sharp..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1928. First edition thus. Hardcover. 124 pp. Illustrated with 16 tiddue-guarded monochrome plates by John Vassos; quarto, original black cloth and blue decorative boards, jacket. Vassos' art-deco illustrations (they are called "Conceptions" ) are "Knudsen Process" lithographs. More
New York: Brentano's (Printed at the Complete Press West Norwood, England), nd [1916]. First US trade edition. Hardcover. 320 pp., frontispiece and 15 tipped in color plates with captioned tissue guards, 28 black and white illustrations including 24 full-page; quarto, original gray cloth with cover title and ornaments in black..... More
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. 465 pp., 23 illustrations; octavo, original ribbed blue cloth with gilt spine title, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. More
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volume set, original 3/4 brown morocco leather and mahogany cloth, gilt titles and medallion cover ornaments, octavos, 584; 647 pp. Illustrated with maps, facsimile documents, etc. Marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. An important military memoir focusing primarily on Grant's..... More
New York / London: Hodder & Stoughton, nd [1912]. First US edition. Quarto, dark blue decorative cloth stamped in gilt and black, unpaginated text, 28 tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards. Lovely copy of this lavishly illustrated work uniting two distinct romantic and macabre imaginations. More
New York / London: Doubleday, Page & Co. / William Heinemann, 1908. First US trade edition. Original moss-green cloth and decorative boards with embossed gilt title and design, quarto (7.5 x 10 inches), 134 pp. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; 40 tipped-in color plates with tissue guards, 34 line drawings. Top..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, nd (circa 1936). Early reprint. Original red cloth with color pictorial pastedown label on front board, 5.75 x 4.25 inches; frontispiece, ii-iv, [1], 56 pp., text and illustrations printed on both sides of the leaf, color pictorial jacket. This printing not described in Barton, though..... More