New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853. Hardcover. Includes Melville's short story "Cock a Doodle Doo - The Crowing of the Cock Beneventano" on page 77 - 86, Charles Dickens' "School Boy Stories", and chapters 4 - 20 of Thackeray's "The Newcomes." Bound in three quarter black leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt title to spine. Rubbing to boards and minor wear to edges of boards, corners, and hinges. Foxing to interior and occasional small spots of soiling. Illustrated. Lacks four of the six fashion plates and lacks one page of cartoons. 864 pages. PER/090319. Very Good. More

Paris and Boston: The Napoleon Society, 1895. Hardcover. Edition de Grand Luxe, limited to 500 copies of which this is number 387. All volumes are bound to match in three quarter dark brown leather over marbled paper covered boards. The first sixteen volumes are titled "Napoleon" and numbered from 1 to 16 in gilt on the spines. The five volumes of Talleyrand are titled "Memoirs of Talleyrand" and numbered from 1 to 5 in gilt on the spines. Raised bands to spines of all volumes, some with small losses and chipping. Minor wear to edges, hinges, and corners of boards with some volumes having heavier wear and some cracking to leather along hinges. All boards remain firmly attached except for the front board of volume one in the Talleyrand portion. This board is present but detached. Sunning to spines and to edges of boards. Clean interiors overall with occasional small spots of browning / foxing / soiling. One volume of the Talleyrand portion has minor dampstaining to margins of a few early pages. All volumes have marbled endpapers and top edges gilt. Illustrated; each illustration has a captioned tissue guard. The pages in many volumes remain unopened. Each volume is about 300 pages. An attractive set. FRE/111319. Very Good. More

New York: D & J Sadlier and Co, (1879). Hardcover. Lacks title page. Original dark brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Large split to book cloth along front hinge. Thick black duct tape has been adhered to corners of the book. Sunning and minor staining / discoloration to boards. Ex-library. Pen inscription from previous owner on front endpaper. Clean interior overall with occasional pen / pencil markings. Browning to margins throughout. A good reading copy. 647 pages. REL/122719. very good minus. More

Baltimore: Cara Ober, 2019. Paperback. Fine in illustrated paper wrappers with black title to white spine. Filled with color photographic illustrations and articles on UMBC's special collections, Beyond Video (a Baltimore Video Store), Ten Contemporary Artists, Webster Phillips and the I. Henry Photo Archive, Preserving Black Culture at the Arch Social Club, Derrick Adams' Family archives, Heidi Daniel and the Enoch Pratt Library, Radical Books at Red Emmas, and more. 88 pages. PER/111819. Fine. More

Chicago: Loyola University Press, (1988). Hardcover. 8vo. Very good+ in near fine blue and white illustrated dust jacket with yellow title to front panel and blue title to white spine. Writing in pen to front free end page. Else is pristine. Index, 532 pages. REL/112519. Very Good+ / Near Fine. More

London: Petersburg Press, 1970. Hardcover. An interesting collaboration between the Petersburg Press and the Kasmin Gallery to publish this unexpected edition of the Grimm fairy tales illustrated from original b&w etchings by renowned artist David Hockney. The thirty-nine stark and evocative etchings are quite fitting for the dark and mysterious tales. Bound in dark blue cloth with title and artist in silver on front cover. In near fine condition. Measures 3 x 4.25 inches. MINIAT/112019. Near Fine. More

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hard Cover. Number 46 of 1500 copies. Signed by the illustrator. Bound in white parchment spine titled in black over black leatherette boards. Browning to spine and minor wear to spine ends and corners of boards. Slight browning to endpapers, else clean and bright. Housed in original blue and white paper covered slipcase with darkened gilt title to spine and front panel. Chipping, wear, and browning to paper covering the slipcase. 267 pages. LIT/011320. Very Good. More

Republic of Indonesia: The Ministry of Information, (1952). Second Edition. Paperback. 8vo. SCARCE. White side stapled paper wrappers with black title and Indonesian coat of arms to front wrapper. Minor edgewear and rubbing to exterior. Interior is clean and bright. 32 pages. ASIA/100119. Very Good. More

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2010. Hardcover. A charming book that provide a short history and description of letter press printing, followed by letterpress "portfolios" of work of many printers from the United States and Europe. Each printer has one or two pages with images of his/her work. Most produce broadsides, cards, invitations, etc. rather than books. Bound in bright yellow cloth with red title lettering on cover and spine. In near fine condition. Measures 7 x 7.5 inches. 191 pages. BOB/112119. Near Fine. More

London: Hazell Watson, and Viney, 1894. Unbound. Handcolored lithograph of four hummingbirds - including male and female. Fine condition. Suitable for framing. Size: about 11.5 x 7.5 inches. PRINT/122719. Fine. More

London: Hazell Watson, and Viney, 1894. Unbound. Handcolored lithograph of a pigeon. Fine condition. Suitable for framing. Size: about 11.5 x 7.5 inches. PRINT/122719. Fine. More

Baltimore: The Baltimore Streetcar Museum, 2018. Paperback. A History of Baltimore's Streetcar Lines - in particular the ones that relied on "jerkwater" to refill their small boilers. "Jerkwater" was obtained by throwing a bucket-on-a-rope into a stream alongside the track to gather the needed water. White paper wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Includes many photographic illustrations. Size: Quarto. 257 pages. BALT/111219. Fine. More

Paris: Bibliotheque de la Pleiade / Gallimard, (1955). Hardcover. Volume III only. Flexible green leather boards with gilt title and rules to spine. Minor wear to edges of boards. Clean. In white dust jacket with only front and rear panels, leaving leather spine visible. Light wear to edges of jacket. 1101 pages. FRE/010220. Near Fine / Near Fine. More