Titles starting with N from Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.

New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1977. First American Edition (the first edition with this preface). Owner’s signature; near fine in dust jacket. Inscribed by Crisp. ... more information

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. First American Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with a thumb-nail sized chip at the bottom of the spine. The author was an Egyptian who wrote in French. ... more information

Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. First Edition; publisher’s wrappers. A few small stains; very good in a like dust jacket. ... more information

Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. First Edition; publisher’s wrappers. Fine in a dust jacket with a tiny tear at the top of the spine; in a custom cloth clamshell box. ... more information

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1948. First Edition of Mailer’s first book. Bookplate on the front free endpaper; some edge rubbing; very good in dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Bantam, 1955. First Edition. Original wrappers; a very good copy of this paperback original. ... more information

New York: Scribner, 1996. First Edition. About fine in dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author to Artie Shaw, “To Artie, You touched my life. Alan.” ... more information

London: John Murray, 1846. First Edition of the author’s first book; BAL 13652; Second Issue, Binding Variant B; noting that “No satisfactory publishing sequence has been established for the London issues of this book.” Publisher’s red cloth; rebacked; 19th century church library blind stamp on the title page and a leaf of text; release stamp inside the back cover; one inch tear at the top of one leaf; only good. Not an attractive copy, but usually seen rebound. ... more information

New York: Boxing Writer’s Association, 1941. “1941 Edition.” Publisher’s cloth (waterstained on the spine, extending onto the covers), else very good. Formerly the property of a trainer, this copy has been signed in ink and in pencil by some 50 figures from the boxing world and elsewhere. Among the boxers are Jim Braddock, Joe Louis and Ray Robinson. Cartoonist Ham Fisher signed the book with a drawing of “Joe Palooka.” Additionally signed by Joe DiMaggio, Toots Shor, and J. Edgar Hoover. ... more information

London: Chatto & Windus, 1885. First English Edition. Contemporary 3/4 leather and marbled boards; bookplates; very good. ... more information

London: Heinemann, 1935. First Edition. Very good to fine in a very good dust jacket with some chipping and wear. ... more information

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First Edition; first printing of the wrappers. BAL 21857, noting the new book material in this publication. Some chips, tears, and stains; a good copy. ... more information

New York: Johnson, Fry, 1867. Two volumes; contemporary half-morocco; very good. The subjects are pictured in steel engravings. ... more information

New York: Scribner’s, 1926. Twenty volumes; publisher’s cloth and paper spine labels. Generally in fine condition; all in the original dust jackets, some of which have minor chipping and some splitting at the folds. ... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. First edition; first binding; small bookplate; some foxing; else a near fine copy in a first issue dust jacket with some foxing and minor wear and tear. ... more information

Cincinnati: Looker & Wallace, 1815. First Edition. Contemporary calf with morocco spine label (chipped); some binding wear and spots; lacks front free endpaper; foxing and page staining; complete with the two maps. Overall, very good. ... more information

London: Printed by T. Bensley; for B. White and Son, 1789. First Edition; including the errata leaf and all plates (two folding). A classic of natural history, and, as one of the first volumes explicitly detailing birds and their habitats, a cornerstone of ornithology. A beautifully clean copy with wide margins; bound in full contemporary tree calf; corners renewed and rebacked, probably late in the 19th century. The spine has a red morocco title label and substantial gilt spine decoration. ... more information

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1925. One of 125 numbered copies; with an extra woodcut signed by the artist (”The Snipe”); publisher’s vellum spine and cloth; partially opened; spine a little spotted; near fine in a very good publisher’s slipcase. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday, 1958. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. ... more information

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, n.d. [1936]. First Edition of this juvenile. A very good copy. Inscribed by the author in his elderly hand, probably in the 1960s. ... more information