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London: The Ulysses Bookshop, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo., 95pp. First edition, third impression. Light surface and edge-wear. Some fading to spine with a minor pull at the top. Scattered foxing but mostly to prelims. Inscribed by the author on the FFEP. A solid collectable copy.

New York: Viking, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Fine. 8vo., 289op. Beautiful First US Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of bumping to the spine ends. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($25.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. A very pretty collectable copy.

New York: Summit Books, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 160pp. Beautiful First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear at the spine ends but quite minor. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($10.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy.

London: Werner Shaw, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 307pp. Beautiful First Edition, Bound in blue cloth with titles and decoration in gilt on front board and spine. Illustrated. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (£30), is clean and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A very pretty collectable copy.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Fine. 8vo., 368pp. Beautiful First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with mild shelf-wear ans some spotting along the top edges. Sharp unclipped dust-jacket, (£4.95 net), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy.

Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo., 148pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear at the spine ends but quite minor. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($4.95), has some rubbing to edges and folds. A small scrape on rear panel. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A quite sharp collectable copy.

New York: Nan A. Talese - Doubleday, 2003. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 524pp. Beautiful First US Edition. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($40.00), is fresh and bright with no creasing, chipping or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy.

San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1948. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original blue cloth in a beautiful unclipped wrapper. Also included are two typed letters, from 1946, from the author to the books recipient who had communicated some information, (two typed letters from him to the author also included), pertinent to the completion of the revised edition yet to be published. Inscribed by the author on the ffep, "To Kirke Bryan, With sincere thanks for your many kindnesses in the preparation of this edition. Lyle H. Wright. 12/20/48". Kirke Bryan was a printer in the mid 20th century and a past President of the Montgomery County, (PA), Historical Sociiety. Also included is the box from the Huntington Library that the book was shipped in.

New York: D. Appleton, G.H.Doran, Doubleday, Page & Co. and Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo., 414pp. Sharp Stated First Printing, September, 1923. Bound in green cloth with titles on printed paper labels on front baord and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout save some mild spotting on the end-papers. Fairly minor rubbing to edges, spine ends and hinges, Lacking dust-jacket. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Henry Holt, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 250pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save some gentle bumping to the heel. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($25.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, tears or creases. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.

New York: Farrar Straus & and Company, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo., 668pp. Solid re-issue of Jackson's classic on the obsessive love and desire for books. Square, tight and generally clean throughout. A small patch of staining to the fore-edge. Boards edges and tips rubbed. Presentable clipped dust-jacket has splits at the folds with some tape repairs on the reverse. Chipping to edges and tips. Edges and spine toned. Not perfect but complete. A respectable collectable copy at a great price.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 293pp. Beautiful First Edition, bound in black cloth with spine titles in gold. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Small sticker ghost on front paste-down and small, neat written date on front end-paper. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket is fresh and bright with no creases, tears or chipping. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Slim 8vo.63pp. Sharp stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.75), has some minor toning to edges but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.

Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 424pp. Beautiful First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Spine ends with just a touch of gentle bumping but barely. Small date on front end-paper. Very attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, has some fairly minor edge-wear. Fresh and bright with no tears or creases. A sharp collectable copy.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 618pp. Beautiful Unread True First Edition, tight, solid and clean throughout with little or no war. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, (£16.99), has a touch of rubbing but is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the title page, A gorgeous collectable copy.

New York: Krause Publications, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Small 8vo., 190(2)pp. Beautiful First Edition bound in illustrated paper-covered boards. Loaded with illustrations of vintage paperbacks. No dust-jacket as published. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear, toning or foxing. Signed by the author on the title page. A gorgeous collectable copy.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1967. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., 212pp. Beautiful Second, Revised Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (£3:3:0 net), has a touch of toning to edges but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Laid in is a card from Oak Knoll Books and Michael Laird Rare Books stating this copy is from the reference library of Dorothy Sloan, an extraordinary antiquarian bookseller who recently passed. A gorgeous collectable copy.

London: Printed for the Author by W. Bulmer & W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, 1821. 1st Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/Near Fine. Three Volumes, 4to., xxv(v)462, lxxix - Bibliographical indices, (i), corrections; (2) 555; (ii)622, (lxii) supplement. Gorgeous First Edition, beautifully bound in contemporary long-grained tanned morocco, four raised bands, elaborate spine decorations and dentelles in gilt; titles in gilt. gilt borders on all boards. a.e.g. Complete with 83 plates without text and 63 plates with text. Remarkably well-preserved set. Square, tight and generally clean throughout save a few light and scattered spots. As is usual, off-setting to page opposite plates, even some of those with tissue guards. Some quite mild rubbing and edge-wear. A tiny scuff here and there. Laid in is the printed Grolier Club announcement of its December, 1935 meeting, "...devoted to Thomas Frognall Dibdin, the bibliographer and bibliophile, 1776-1847". The pamphlet includes an engraved portrait of Dibdin. A… Leer más

Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1968. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Slim 8vo., 79pp. Sharp Facsimile of the work originally published in 1922. Square, tight and clean throughout with some fairly minor wear to edges and surface. No dust-jacket as issued. A very pretty collectable copy of an early Dial Press title and uncommon title in any condition.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. Tall, thick 8vo., 503pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of bumping to the spine ends but minor. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($12.50) has some fairly minor wear to edges and tips. Light rubbing to folds. Spine panel just starting to tone. Still fresh and bright with no tears or creases. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.