New York: Viking, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 498 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine blue with silver and white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: '$29.95,' light shelfwear and rubbing, small tears to lower fore corners. With Thomas Hughes ownership ink to the front free endpaper. With profuse underlining and marginalia throughout in black and red ink. Inscribed poignantly by Ellsberg: "feb 2, 2003 / To Tom Hughes - With the greatest respect for your wisdom and forsight in this tragedy - if only your views had prevailed! / Dan Ellsberg." Shelved case 5. More

New York: Robert O. Ballou, 1933. Limited Edition, #229/350. Quarto, [12], 13-341 pages. Good. Bound in publisher's three quarter white linen, embossed brown paper boards, spine with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Some staining and discoloration to spine, particularly along hinges, from water. Tide-marks along upper and lower gutter throughout volume, in some cases touching the plates. Lacking publisher's slipcase. Illustrated with 90 full-page, hand-pulled copper photogravures after photographs by Ulmann depicting the formerly enslaved alongside their descendants in the Gullah coastal region of South Carolina. All plates with tissue guards, one tissue guard loose. Some offsetting from photogravures, as usual. With the additional signed photogravure loose within, a duplicate of the photogravure on page 129. Some offsetting to front pastedown and endpaper from photogravure. "When all the sisters' feet are washed, the basins and towels are handed over to the brothers, who wash each other's feet." [page 124]. WP consignment. Shelved case 3. More

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1890. Limited Edition, Author's Special Copy. Quarto, 2 volumes; VG-; bound in publisher's three quarter brown morocco and gilt-stamped vellum, paneled spine with gilt lettering; top edge gilt, others untrimmed; both volumes with some shelfwear and rubbing, cracking to hinges, rubbing and bumping to corners; volume two with vellum curling and peeling up along spine edge, small closed tear to front board vellum, two spots of damage holes to center of front board, large scratch to morocco on front board; volume one with two clusters of pinprick holes to the front board; Signed by Stanley on leaf at front noting this the "Author's Special Copy," where the limitation page usually is placed. with photogravure frontispieces on mounted India paper, three folding maps, two backed with linen and of a larger size, 6 original etched plates, each signed in pencil by artist G. Montbard, and a multitude of wood engravings on tissue paper; EH Consignment; shelved case 9. More

[London?]: [1922]. 25 sheets of the typescript for the stage play "The Better Half," composing of 24 numbered sheets plus the cover page. Measuring approximately 19x24cm, the group have been folded in half vertically. The extremities show some wear, primarily on the cover sheet and pages 23/24. Paperclip rust marks are present along the upper edge.; The sheets are housed in a cut-open envelope (never mailed) with "M.S.S. of The Better Half by Noel C" written in his hand. Notably, the "oward" is written in blue ink rather than the black of the rest, and probably in a different hand.; Two pages (8, 21) with pencil changes and eleven (11, 12, 15-23) with pen, possibly in Coward's hand. A full list of changes along with a copy of 'London’s Grand Guignol and the Theatre of Horror' By Richard J. Hand and Michael Wilson, University of Exeter Press, 2008, which provides a full script of the copy found in the British Library, will be provided.; Many of the changes are minor, either correcting grammar or punctuation, but the second half in particular has dozens of more significant changes.; This copy appears to have been based on the copy submitted to the Lord Chamberlain, but adjusted for formatting and with substantial edits. It is unknown if this version would have been resubmitted to the Lord Chamberlain or if it was ever performed in this format. It is possible these changes were considered minor enough to not need further censorship, they were done after the play was preformed, or even that it belonged to an actor.; It would benefit from further scholarly research, as its place in the creation of the play is unknown. CX consignment; shelved case 0. More

London: John Playford; Robert Ibbitson, 1649. Presumed First Edition. A Perfect Narrative of the Whole Proceedings...: Small Quarto (5.5 in. x 7 in.), [1], 4 pages, p. 6, [2]. In Good condition. Disbound pamphlet, with some residue from no longer extant wraps. Pages have moderate uneven age-toning, with faint creasing. Pagination begins on verso of title page, page 5 is mis-numbered "6", and last two pages are unpaginated. Text continuous and complete despite pagination. Largely conforms to ESTC entry, but the mis-numbering of page 5 is not identified therein. Rare. Collections of Notes Taken at the Kings Tryall...: Small Quarto, (4.6 in. x 6.8 in.), 2 pages, 6 pages. In Good condition. Disbound pamphlet. Pages show light soiling and age-toning, some minor chipping to edges of first and third leaves, and significant wear to the fourth and final leaf (several small holes impacting text). Text continuous despite pagination, and conforms to ESTC entry. Rare. Shelved case 7. More

Oxford: L. Lichfield, 1703. First English Edition. Folio, [23], 27 pages, [3], 239 pages, [1], pp. 273-400, 104, pp. 107-231, [1], pp. 143-262. In Very Good minus condition. Rebound, quarter calf with marbled boards. Spine banded with gilt lettering. Boards show very light wear to corners and light toning to calf on spine. Text-block shows uneven moderate plus age-toning to edges. Moderate foxing to title-page. Several pencil emendations to margins in opening pages (up to page 29). Name of a previous owner appears in ink on bottom edge of text-block, on the title-page, and several times throughout. With Errata Leaf, appearing opposite first page of Book One. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates.] RW consignment. Shelved Case 7. More

Wheeling [W.V.?]: Daily Intelligencer Steam Press, 1896. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 299 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in decorative green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards have light rubbing overall and light discoloration and wear to head and tail of spine. Text block shows light to light plus age toning interiorly (pages brittle), errata slip inserted preceding title-page, small dent and wear to fore edge of pages 5-78, missing first free end page, and inscription to second free end page: “With best wishes, J. McHenry Jones”. A remarkably well-preserved copy of an extremely scarce volume. Shelved in Case 3. More

Boston: C.C. Little and Jas. Brown and Hovey & Co., [1847]-1856. Quartos, Two Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in three-quarter green polished calf with marbled boards and paneled spines with gilt titling. Moderate wear and rubbing to bindings. Text block shows moderate foxing and light age toning throughout. Tissue-guards for most plates are lacking, causing some offsetting. Bound by E. Lycett, with their blind-embossed stamp to the first three endpapers of vol. I and first two endpapers of vol. II. Subscriber's list in vol. I. Title pages include wood-engraved vignettes. Frontispieces feature lithographic portraits of Hovey and William Sharp. Volumes include 96 chromolithographic plates by William Sharp & Son in addition to numerous woodcut illustrations. CONTENTS: Vol. I. (xii, [4], 100 pages [interspersed with 48 full-page color plates]) -- Vol. II. (iv, 96 pages [interspersed with 48 full-page color plates]). Shelved in Case 3. More

New London [Connecticut]: T[imothy] Green, [1775]. Small Octavo, [24] pages; VG; with some support adhered along the spine; some rubbing and wear to fore edge, lower fore edge missing from rear cover, small amount of chipping to middle of front fore edge; interior with minor blotching and wear; The cover woodcut is a crude copy of the Revere engraving "The Able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught," showing tea being forced down America's throat, with the caption "Boston Cannonaded." Also includes the patriotic poems "Thoughts on Tyranny" and "The Unnatural Parent," and a long genealogy of George III tracing back to "William the Conqueror, who was a son of a whore"; RF consignment; extremely scarce; shelved case 3. More