Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1853. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 336 pages; G; bound in 3/4 red leather, pebbled dark green cloth boards, paneled spine with gilt and no titling; hinges cracked, some rubbing to binding; reinforcement to both front and rear gutters; gift inscription to second free endpaper; page 336 with significant damage, appears to have at one point been glued to something; Significantly foxed, as usual, with finger smudges and wear to pages, some fraying to scattered fore edges; With all seven wood engravings, including frontispiece portrait; true first printing of this scarce title, with no mention of "Thousand" at top of title page; lacking four-page catalogue; LB consignment; shelved case 1. More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 325 pages; VG/none; in publisher's black cloth, yellow titling; mild rubbing; minor tape remnants to free endpapers; gutter slightly visible on half-title; lacking scarce dust jacket; no bookplates or previous ownership markings; Inscribed on dedication page by J. Edgar Hoover, Clyde Tolson, and Courtney Riley Cooper. "To Anita Sheaffer With best wishes and appreciation 2/3/38 J. Edgar Hoover", "Sincerely - Clyde A. Tolson 2/4/38", "Me too! Courtney Riley Cooper"; GM consignment; shelved case 5. More

London: William Roybould, 1660. First Edition. 12mo, 359 pages; VG; 3/4 bound in modern burgundy leather, burgundy cloth boards, paneled spine with gilt bands and gilt lettering; top edge of text block gilt; [8], 459 [i.e. 359], [1], page 359 misnumbered 459; title page in red and black; page 103/104 (leaf H4) has both corners torn out, text impacted; with frontispiece of Oliver Cromwell; JG consignment; shelved case 0. More

London: Charles Dilly, 1791. First Edition, Second Issue. Quartos, 2 volumes; VG; bound in full polished calf with gilt and black rules to boards, black ornament to corners, paneled spines with green and red labels with gilt lettering, gilt rules and black stamps, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers; bound by Birdsall, Northampton with their mark; mild rubbing, primarily to spine; all edges of text block gilt; small bookplate to front pastedown of volume 1, upside down on rear pastedown of volume 2; Volume 1, page 135, line 10 has 'give', so is in the corrected state; Plates: volume 1, Frontispiece with tissue guard. Opposite page 92, a 'Round Robin' addressed to Samuel Johnson. volume 2, opposite page 588, various facsimiles of Dr. Johnson's handwriting; volume two with misnumbered pages, pp. 229, 408, 497, 504, 555, 585, 586; MW consignment; shelved case 7. More

Cambridge, Mass: Privately Printed. University Press, 1945. First Edition, Second Issue. 8vo., 75 pages.; VG/glassine; bound in red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, black label with gilt lettering on front cover; wrapped in original glassine, with only flaws being a set of small scratches to middle of front cover, small tear along lower edge of front flap fold, slight wear to top edge; second issue, with the winged device on the title page printed in black and white, one of 250 copies; INSCRIBED by Ethel Kennedy to her Grandson, Michael LeMoyne Kennedy, Jr. Ethel Kennedy was the wife of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014.; VK consignment; shelved case 5. More

Philadelphia: James Crissy, 1834. Second Edition, Early Issue. Thick octavo, 460, 42, viii, 448, 32, v, 10 maps; VG; bound in contemporary full brown leather, flat compartmentalized spine, gilt lettering and rules; gilt roll to board edges; repair to front hinge; bumping to corners, mild shelfwear; interior clean; some gatherings have more bleeding than others, causing a variance of color in the text block; Atlas with engraved vignette title, all 10 folding maps present and in excellent condition; lacking engraved frontispiece portrait of Washington in volume one, tissue-guard present; JG consignment; shelved case 1. More

New York: Crown Publishers, 2004. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Octavo, 442 pages; VG/VG; spine white with black and red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut' $25.95'; First Printing; Signed flat by Barack Obama on title page, with ticket from the Hilton Coliseum, Iowa State University, on February 11, 2007, just one day after he announced his candidacy.; name written on rear pastedown; small bump/mark to top edge of text block; SG consignment; shelved case 5. More

Paris: Chez Rollin, Quillau, Desaint, 1726. First Edition. Quartos, 4 volumes; VG-; bound in full brown leather, paneled spines with gilt lettering to two compartments, uniform gilt tooling to the rest; marbled endpapers; general rubbing and scraping to boards, some wear to hinges, chipping to heads and tails of spines, corners; name written in ink on verso on ffeps; purple stamps of the Grand Consistory of Kentucky (Freemasons) on all title page, some other pages; wide margins, with no writing or marginalia in text; with 71 full page portraits, five folding maps, and one plan; Volume 1: 28 portraits, 3 folding maps; Volume 2: 20 portraits, 1 plan; Volume 3: 5 portraits, 2 folding maps; Volume 4: 18 portraits; text in French; shelved case 7. More

London: George Bell and Sons, 1884. Limited Edition, #71/104. Quartos, 18 volumes; VG; all volumes disbound; Extra-Illustrated, Five Volumes Extended to Eighteen. Originally extra-illustrated with 50 plates, this copy is extra-illustrated with over one thousand additional plates; Each title page has had "Extra-Illustrated / Five Volumes Extended to Eighteen" typewritten, followed by which Napier/Hill and Powell pages correspond within; a folder with approx. 50 loose title pages in included; Number 71 of 104 copies, the with five volumes signed by the Printer "Charles Whittingham & Co".;. More

New Delhi, India: Vision Books, 1979. First Edition. Octavo, 184 pages; G/G; purple spine with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut 'Rs. 35', some rubbing and wear, primarily with a closed tear along upper rear hinge, chipping to head and tail of spine; dust jacket slightly folding at top edges, due to it being slightly bigger than the volume; cracking at gutter at half-title; signed flat on title page by Indira Gandhi, dated '10.2.80'; shelved case 5. More

New York: Sheldon and Company, 1874. First Edition. Octavo, 256 pages; G-; bound in publisher's brown cloth, gilt and black tooling; mild rubbing and wear to boards, corners bumped; front gutter shaken and loosening; multiple old newspaper clippings pasted to endpapers, also pasted to rear of one plate, some offsetting from clippings present; one endpaper loose, but present; with portrait frontispiece; shelved case 1. More

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1965. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Octavo, 316 pages; VG/VG; spine gold with black and white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$5.95', slight chipping to head and tail of spine; bump to upper corner of rear board; signed on ffep, 'Best Regards / Ronald Reagan'; SG consignment; shelved case 5. More

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2018. Limited Edition, 1/250. Octavo, Fine; bound in fine tan genuine leather with bright gilt spine title and gilt motif on covers, housed in matching cloth slipcase, gilt motif to one side of slipcase; sealed in publisher's shrink-wrap; gilt text blocks; silk endpapers; satin ribbon; SIGNED on limitation page by President George Bush and author Jon Meacham; JH consignment; shelved Signed Easton Collection. More

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2000. Limited Edition. Octavo, 253 pages; VG; bound in fine brown genuine leather with bright gilt spine title and gilt motif on covers; gilt text blocks; silk endpapers; silk ribbon; SIGNED on limitation page by George W. Bush; JH consignment; shelved Signed Easton Collection. More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 351 pages; VG/VG-; spine black with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$12.95'; mild chipping to edges of dust jacket, including small chip missing to top of front, top of rear, head of spine; Inscribed on the ffep by Mark Felt, dated 5-20-81; RP consignment; shelved case 5. More

New York: Best Books Inc., 1965. First Trade Paperback Edition. Octavo, 286 pages; VG-: spine is white with red lettering; binding has minor wear along the edges, has a small crease at the bottom of the front cover and at the top of the back cover, has minor creasing on the spine; pages have red coloring along the text block, have minor fading along the edges and have age toning; signed by Ronald Reagan on the title page; SG Consignment; Shelved in case 5. More

New York: Harper & Row, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 199 pages; Fair/Fair; spine pictorial with yellow lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$8.95'; dust jacket with water damage, primarily along the spine, interior of spine has water-stains and mold, some wear and rubbing to remainder of jacket; binding with water damage, staining along spine, lower edge of rear board, half of front board, stain to top edge of front hinge, small dent to top edge of rear hinge; Page long inscription by Wyatt Cooper, signed by Wyatt Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt, Carter Cooper, and Anderson Cooper. Anderson Cooper's signature is in a childlike hand (he would have been between eight and eleven when this was signed). The water damage has impacted the signatures of Carter and Gloria, as well as part of the inscription, and caused bleeding on multiple pages.; Close examination of the photos is highly recommended.; shelved case 5. More

London: R. Davis, 1765. Second edition. Octavo in brown calf with six-band embossed spine and gold gilt; VG- condition; moderate soiling and shelf wear; open gutter in front; strong binding; wobbly paper, age-toned; clean text; some stained pages at the end; pp. 307; author converted from Heatherism and became a Member of the Church of England; GP consignment. Please see all five photos for details. Shelved in endcase near stairs on sales floor. More

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811. Sixth Edition. Octavos, 4 volumes; VG; all volumes bound in contemporary full mottled brown calf, gilt tooling to spines, red and brown labels with gilt titling and numbering; gilt roll to board edges; mild rubbing and wear to all volumes, including bumping and peeling to corners; some foxing to endpapers, interiors clean; [4], xxxvii, [1], 481; [2], 496; [2], 483; [2], 530; with engraved portrait frontispiece and the two required plates: the fold-out reproduction of Dr. Johnson’s handwriting in volume 1 and the famous Round Robin in volume 4; offsetting to title page of volume 1 from frontispiece; shelved above Historiography. More

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 275 pages; VG/Fair; spine beige with red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '15s. net'; dust jacket missing the middle third of the spine, small chips to other parts of spine, tape to head and tail; spine of boards slightly age-toned; spine cocked; top edge of text block red; INSCRIBED on ffep to Don-Tudor Wilkinson, Paris 1954, with his bookplate a the bottom of the page; shelved case 9. More

London: Richard Bentley, 1856. Extra-Illustrated Edition. Octavo, 202 pages; VG; bound in polished calf, triple gilt rules to board edges, paneled spine with two labels with gilt titling, gilt tooling to remainder; marbled endpapers; gilt roll turn-in; Bound by Root & Son, London with their mark; mild chipping and wear, primarily to head of spine, corners; bookplate to front pastedown; top edge of test block gilt; Extra-illustrated with 34 plates, 12 of which are colored, inlaid to size; MW consignment; shelved case 7. More

College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press, 1997. Limited Edition, 1/1250. Square Quarto, 147 pages; VG; bound in publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, housed in a VG blue cloth slipcase, with seal of the US on front cover; SIGNED by both Bush and Valdez on two separate limitation pages, additionally inscribed on the title page by Valdez; shelved case 5. More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1874/1885/1887. Mixed Editions. Octavos, 8 volumes; VG; bound in uniform three quarters brown calf with marbled boards and endpapers, paneled spines two two panels having lettering, date on tail; bound by Roger de Coverly & Sons; top edge of text block gilt; bookplates to front pastedowns; mild rubbing and wear; Series One: Second Edition 1874; Series Two: 1885; Series Three: 1887; shelved above Vietnam War. More

London, England: Various, 1787-1796. EARLY EDITIONS (Mixed Set). Octavos, 14 volumes, VG-; full leather acid washed boards: boards recased, with signs of repair to hinges and gutters of endpapers; six compartments (no panels) to spine, black title blocks age-toned green, gilt lettering to title blocks, gilt illustrations to three compartments, gilt motif to spine; gilt decorative single-ruled borders to edges of boards, board edges and turn-ins; brown and green marbled text-blocks: mild-to-moderate rubbing to backs, gilt lettering and gilt tooling somewhat affected yet legible/clear; mild rubbing/light scratching to most boards; mild bumping to head, tail, and corners; with slight chipping/material loss to most boards (see additional notes to each volume); mild wear/fading to text-blocks; labels from previous owner to front paste-downs; mild age-toning/light scattered foxing to interiors, text somewhat faded clear yet legible; thin moiré ribbons to interiors, Stanford University bookmarks to most volumes; each volume housed in its own VG- maroon slipcase; frontispieces to Vols. 1-12; Vols. 1-12 printed for T. Longman, et al.; VOL. 1 [LIFE OF JOHNSON; POEMS & PLAYS; sticker from previous bookseller to verso of ffep]; VOL. 2 [PHILOLOGICAL TRACTS, POLITICAL ESSAYS & MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS: corners of boards bumped more so than other volumes]; VOL. 3 [GREEK COMEDY, et cetera: small moderate scratch to front board, diagonal scratch to back board]; VOL. 4 [THE RAMBLER, PART 1]; VOL. 5 [THE RAMBLER, PART 2]; VOL. 6 [THE RAMBLER, PART 3: front board beginning to detach from hinge, mild soiling to top margin of title page and verso of ffep, small dark brown imperfection to front board; VOL. 7 [THE IDLER]; VOL. 8 [MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS, et cetera; small dark moderate scratches to front and back boards, small area of dark residue to back board]; VOL. 9 [LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS, PART 1]; VOL. 10 [LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS, PART 2: small spot of residue to front board]; VOL. 11 [LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS, PART 3]; VOL. 12 [LIVES OF EMINENT PERSONS, et cetera: dent and small dark scratches to back board]; VOL. 13 [DEBATES 1740-1741: part of an early edition of 13 volumes, pub. 1787, printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, London: light scratches to front board; originally "VOL. XII" to title page, changed by previous owner in ink to "VOL. XIII"]; VOL. 14 [DEBATES 1741-1742: part of earlier edition of 13 volumes, pub. 1787 (same set as VOL. 13), printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, London: originally "VOL. XIII" to title page, changed by previous owner in ink to "VOL. XIV"; shelved above oversized Art Books, end of aisle B. More

London: Humphrey Moseley, 1654. Quarto, [20], 190, [1] pages; VG; bound in full contemporary brown leather, rebacked with a later spine with gilt lettering and tooling; boards have moderate scarring, rubbing, and scuffing; engraved title as frontispiece and eleven full-page engraved plates; frontispiece with archival backing, slight trimming to the fore edge; some intermittent archival repair; with order to print in rear; translated from the French; shelved case 4. More