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

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

New York: Holt Reinhart Winston, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 636 pages; VG/VG- White jacket spine with blue and red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$15.00'; mild wear and rubbing, some peeling to plastic on jacket, as is not unusual, primarily to extremities; inscribed by Johnson on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page "To Cy Vance Who gave his all, all the time. With the gratitude of his friend"; slight smearing to the 'f; of 'of'; EF consignment; shelved case 5. More

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. Advance Review Copy. Octavo, 190 pages; VG; brown paper wraps, plain spine; with original acetate jacket; Book has been SIGNED flat by Bukowski on the title page; Some minor shelf wear along the edges of the boards; stamped 'Advanced Review Copy' on ffep; Shelved case 2. More

London: William Pickering, 1849. Reprint. Octavo, 16 vols.; G+; contemporary three-quarter blue calf bindings, boards in blue cloth; spines paneled, with gilt lettering and design; mild fading to spines; mild shelf wear and scuffing; ex-library, with usual marks, as well as call numbers at lower left corner of front boards visible under raking light; damage to crown of Biographia Literaria I spine; end papers foxed; previous owner's bookplate removed from front paste downs; pages clean; shelved above Special Collections Americana. 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

London: John Murray, 1903. Third Edition. Small Quartos, 2 volumes; VG; bound in 3/4 red calf, paneled spines with gilt tooling and titling, red cloth boards, marbled endpapers; top edge gilt; bound by Riviere & Son with their mark; mild wear to boards, slight darkening to spines; profusely illustrated throughout; shelved case 9. More

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988. First Edition. Quarto, 270 pages; VG/VG-; spine dark blue with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, mild wear and rubbing; pencil notes to front and rear endpapers, scattered and sparse pencil marginalia; with a microfiche appendix in rear pockets, containing 20 sheets comprising some 1600 pages of detailed bibliographical information; shelved case 9. 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: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Edition, Third Printing. Octavo, 496 pages; VG/VG; Black jacket spine with white lettering; Book has been flat Signed by John Lewis on the title page in blue ink, slight bleed through onto following page; Jacket shows minimal wear to the edges, jacket now protected by mylar cover, price uncut '$26.00'; Boards straight, Binding tight; Text block clean; EF consignment; Shelved case 5. More

Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Large Octavo, 301 pages; VG/VG-; spine black with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut, some closed chipping and wear to edges; with thirty-three pages of full color photographs; Inscribed on ffep by Jim Whittaker (First American to summit Mt. Everest), Jim Wickwire (First American to summit K-2), Dianne Roberts (photojournalist), and Craig Anderson.; Inscribed to Ethel Kennedy, "With whom I would share any tent, in any camp, on any mountain - anywhere. Love Kisses & Bear Hugs"; Shelved case 9. More

London: Richard Bentley; John Murray, 1836; 1859. First Thus. Octavo, 3 vols.; G+; late 19th century three-quarter red calf binding, boards with red marbled paper; spines paneled, with gilt lettering and design; some shelf wear and scuffing; all corners bumped; wear to all joints; upper edges gilt; water staining to fore edges; ex-library, with usual marks; bookplate removed at all front paste downs; damage to back paste downs of vol. 1, and Memoirs; library pocket removed at all back paste downs; all frontispieces offset; upper corner of vol. 1 page 1 missing; uncut pages throughout vol. 2; mild pencil underlining in vol. 2; chip missing from Memoirs title page due to inexpert removal of library stamp; upper corner of Memoirs page xxviii missing; foxing throughout all vols.; shelved above New Age/Occult. 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

New York: The Viking Press, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 182 pages; VG/VG-; in beige dust jacket, beige spine with black and blue titling; mild rubbing and wear, particularly to spine, including creasing and closed tears; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$8.95'; Inscribed on the ffep by Saul Bellow, "To Rachel, who put as / much into this book as / I did with love / Saul"; Loose within is the program for the Anti-Defamation League's America's Democratic Legacy Award 1976, awarded to Saul Bellow. Also loose is a 1 page TLS from the ADL reminding Rachel MacKenzie about the event; JM consignment; Case 3. More

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1962. First Edition. 10mo., 121pp.; VG; in wraps, protected with a custom brown linen dust-wrapper, with maroon label and gilt lettering on spine; SIGNED on ffep by August Derleth; There is an inscription on the ffep by Nelson S. Bond, notable pulp writer and bookseller and recipient of the 1998 Nebula Author Emeritus award for lifetime achievement, that this copy might have been the last copy every inscribed by Derleth, and that it was send to him a few days before he died.; LP consignment; shelved Case 8, Dupont. More

London: J. B. Millet Company, [1908]. Limited Edition, #75/150. Octavo, 10 vols.; VG-; contemporary three-quarter bindings of red leather, boards in red marbled paper; spines with raised bands, gilt lettering and design in panels; mild shelf wear and scuffing to all vols.; upper edges gilt; previous owner's bookplate at front paste downs; vol.1 numbered 75/150; vol. 1 inscribed by publisher at limitations page; pages clean; shelved above US Politics R-Z. More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 144 pp., [50 pp.], VG-/VG-; white and black lettering to tan spine, black-and-white photograph to front cover; fading to spine, lettering legible; shelfwear to covers, chipping with material loss to head of spine, slight superficial material loss to corners; price clipped; black cloth boards, gold lettering to spine; fading to spine (lettering slightly affected yet bright and legible); wear to boards, mild spotting with gray discoloration towards hinge of spine to front board; boards shaken/cocked, no shelf lean, binding strong, casing somewhat loose, boards firmly attached to text-block; age-toning/wear to text-block, scattered foxing to top, slight foxing to fore-edge; starting hinge to back of copy between 2 unpaginated black-and-white photographic plates; recto of bfep stuck to verso of last photographic plate to top margin of leaves at gutter; very occasional mild foxing to interior, text clear and legible; "First Printing, 1965" stated to copyright page; contains unpaginated section of photographs courtesy of Sports Magazine to back of volume; INSCRIPTION to title page reads "For Don Loos / with every best wish and memories of shooting baskets together years ago / John McPhee / December 1, 1965"; LP consignment; shelved Case 5, Dupont. More

London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1853. First Edition, Extra-Illustrated. Octavo, 322 pages, [6] ads, [16] ads; VG; 'Bound by Ramage, London', with their gilt stamp, in full dark green polished calf, gilt tooling to boards, paneled spine with gilt tooling and titling, some sun-fading; mild wear and rubbing; top edge gilt; patterned endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown; with errata leaf; Extra-Illustrated with 29 plates bound in from various sources; shelved case 3. More

New York: John S. Taylor, 1842. First American edition; from the London edition. Small, thin octavo in dark brown embossed hardcovers with gold letters on spine; VG; boards show some soiling and shelf wear with fraying around spine and tiny bumps on lower corners; end pages heavily foxed; small inscription on first end page; frontispiece engraving; binding strong; edges and gutters dusty; paper generally stained or foxed, but not detrimental to reading; text clean in tight print; pp. 301; shelved in glass case near front desk. 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

New York: Messner, 1967. Third Printing. Octavo; VG; Library Binding; White spine with blue lettering; 191 pages; SIGNED by EISENHOWER on the title page; Wear to the edges of the boards, some minor bumping to the corners; Binding tight and text block clean; Shelved case 5 or window. BL Consign. More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, 508 pages; VG/VG; spine black with white and red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$6.95', price lightly crossed out, mild wear; top edge of text block black; INSCRIBED on ffep by Gerald Ford; SG consignment; shelved case 5. More

New York: Holt Reinhart Winston, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 636 pages; VG/VG- White jacket spine with blue and red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut; mild wear and rubbing, some peeling to plastic on jacket, as is not unusual, primarily to extremities; inscribed by Johnson on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page to "Frank M. (Scoop) Russell, a friend for all reasons for whom I have respect and much affection; small fingerprint smudges to ffep, half-title; EF consignment; shelved case 5. More