James and the Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First edition. Fine/Very Good +. First printing with "Bound By H. Wolff" in the five line colophon. A Fine, bright copy in Very Good+ jacket. Gift inscription dated 1966 to upper free endpaper. First issue dust jacket (without the ISBN number). Dust jacket price-clipped, with a bit of wear to head and tail of spine, a couple slight nicks to spine, and a shallow tear to front panel at fold. Still an... Read More
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The Fantastic Mr. Fox
by Dahl, Roald
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First edition. Fine/Very Good +. Published simultaneously in the United Kingdom. A Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket. A very clean copy with just a couple faint smudges to cloth. A bit of dampstaining to jacket, some minor chipping to edges, and a crease to back flap, but a bright example overall. A very appealing copy of a book that is difficult to find in collectible condition. Mr. Fox, sly... Read More
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James and the Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First edition. First printing with "Bound By H. Wolff" in the five line colophon. A Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket. Bookplate dated 1967 to upper pastedown.The correct first issue dust jacket with the $3.95 price and no ISBN number. Dust jacket with some wear and chipping to edges (mostly at tail of spine), a bit of toning at top edge of front panel, and some slight wear to edges. A very... Read More
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Dahl, Roald
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. Originally published in the US three years before being published in the UK. True first issue of this children's classic with the six line colophon on the last page of the book and no isbn number on the dust jacket. Book in Fine condition, but with a small stain on the edge of the last two leaves, otherwise a clean, fresh copy. Near Fine dust jacket a bit... Read More
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A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education in Boarding Schools
by Darwin, Erasmus
Derby: J. Drewry, 1797. First edition. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards; spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label; all edges dyed yellow. Boards and spine rubbed; some chipping along edges. Original stab holes visible in gutter margins. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown; ink signature of Mary Wolley to front free endpaper; light foxing. Quarto collates complete, with half title and engraved frontispiece: viii, [9]-128. Bound with: Fosbrooke, T.D. The Economy of Monastic Life. Glocester: Printed by... Read More
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[An Explanation of Dassier's Medals of the Sovereigns of England]
by [Dassier, Jean]
N.P., 1797. Bound in late eighteenth-century full red roan. Covers with gilt single fillet border, smooth spine ruled in gilt, board edges and turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Blank book, interleaved and with thirty-three leaves with sixty-six mounted engravings (front and back of each medal), including thirty-one medals by Jean Dassier of the Sovereigns of England from William I to George II, including Oliver Cromwell (without the medals of the medals for Richard III,... Read More
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With The "Aurora" in the Antarctic 1911-1914
by Davis, John K.
London: Andrew Melrose, 1919. First edition. Very Good. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in black ink to front free endpaper "G. Rawson with every good wish from John K. Davis, Melbourne. Nov. 17th 1924'. Original publisher's blue pictorial cloth gilt. Half-title with tissue-guard, 8 maps (1 folding at rear), 42 plates (with 83 black and white photographs), further in-text maps, plans and illustrations, a photograph of the author pasted to front pastedown. Gilt dulled to spine, boards... Read More
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Doctor Warrick's Daughters
by Davis, Rebecca Harding
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. First edition. Near Fine. Complete with fifteen plates (including frontispiece). [6], 301, [2, ads] pp. Publisher's olive cloth stamped in black and gilt. Spine toned. Contemporary ink ownership inscription (Gertrude Gilson) to upper flyleaf. A clean, Near Fine copy with just a bit of marginal toning and some dustsoiling to top edge. Rebecca Blaine Harding Davis (1831 - 1910), often labeled a "pioneer American realist," is best remembered for her story... Read More
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Democracy in America [with] Democracy in America. Part the Second (in 4 vols.)
by De Tocqueville, Alexis; Henry Reeve (translator)
London: Saunders and Otley, 1840. First English language editions. Near Fine. This first complete English translation (with all four volumes) is extremely scarce at auction and in the trade. Four volumes, octavo (leaves 212 x 133 mm). xliv, 333, [1]; viii, 462; xvi, 333, [1]; viii, 365, [1], [2] ads pp. Volumes one and two bound without the terminal leaf of ads in each volume, but otherwise complete, with the folding map and the half-titles. Volume three lacking... Read More
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Democracy in America. Part the First
by de Tocqueville, Alexis
London: Saunders & Otley, 1836. Second edition in English. Two octavo volumes, collating xliv, 333, [2 ads]; vi [of viii], 462, [2 ads]: with the folding map to the front of volume 1; half-title in volume 1, lacking half-title in volume 2 and lacking the second leaf of the table of contents. Bound in contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, marbled end papers, rebacked but retaining the original spines. Folding map, outlined in color, with a few cracks along the... Read More
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De la Démocratie en Amérique (Presentation copy)
by de Tocqueville, Alexis
Paris: Pagnerre, 1850. Thirteenth edition. Revised, corrected and augmented with a comparative examination of democracy in the United States and Switzerland, and an appendix. Text in French. Inscribed by the author: "à M. Courbis offert par l'auteur AT." Bound in a contemporary French binding of green quarter morocco over paper boards, marbled end-papers. Two volumes bound together in one, collating: viii, 512; viii, 476. Binding with slight chipping at the head of the spine, otherwise in excellent condition. Besides... Read More
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A Tale of Two Cities
by Dickens, Charles
London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition. Very Good +. Octavo (leaves 212 x 133 mm). First edition, bound from the original monthly parts as published from June to December 1859, with the stab-holes visible; this copy with the earliest state of p. 213 misnumbered "113" and the signature "b" present on the list of plates, as preferred by collectors. Bound by Maclehose, Glasgow, in three-quarter burgundy morocco over marbled boards, marbled end papers, and marbled page edges.... Read More
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
by Dickens, Charles
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition. Near Fine. Bound in the publisher's full crushed purple morocco, all edges gilt. Stamped in gilt on the spine and with blind rules on the boards and spine. With original yellow-coated end papers. A lovely, Near Fine copy overall. One spot of offsetting on the first couple leaves, otherwise quite clean internally. The book complete and entirely unrestored. Collating [xvi], 609, [1], complete with half title and 43 inserted... Read More
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Dombey and Son
by Dickens, Charles
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition. First issue with the 'eight-line errata' (following all but a very few of the points in Smith), in book form of Dickens' seventh novel, bound from the original monthly parts, with stab-holes present in the inner margins of gatherings. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in; 222 x 138 mm). xvi, [1, errata], [1, blank], 624 pp. Engraved frontispiece, titlepage, and thirty-eight plates after Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz") including the 'dark' plate... Read More
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Dombey and Son
by Dickens, Charles
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Fine. Very early issue, with all but 5 of Smith's 'internal flaws.' Finely bound full red morocco with a portrait of Dickens on the front cover and his signatures on the rear in gilt (binding unsigned, but seems to be Bayntun). Gilt titles and decorative spine compartments on the spine, all edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Bound without half title else complete, with vignette title, eight-line errata, and all 40 engraved... Read More
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The Library of Fiction, or Family Story-Teller (in 2 vols.)
by [Dickens, Charles (contributor)]
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition. First edition in book form, first issue, with title-page to Vol. I dated 1836. Two octavo volumes (8 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 206 x 130 mm.). [iii-v]vi[vii]viii, [1]2-384; [vi], 350. Twenty-eight engraved plates by various artists including Robert Seymour and Robert William Buss. Publisher's dark green bead-grain cloth over boards, covers with arabesque design stamped in blind, spines lettered in gilt, all edges uncut, coated yellow end-papers. Covers of volume I... Read More
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Twelve original character studies from Martin Chuzzlewit
by Dickens, Charles; Kyd (pseudonym of Joseph Clayton Clark, illustrator)
[n.p., London?], 1893. Original artwork. Near Fine. Twelve fine original pen-and-ink and watercolor drawings illustrating Martin Chuzzlewit, signed by the artist. Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches; 286 x 225 mm). Done on fine laid paper. Original blue wrappers with "12 Original Character Studies from 'Oliver Twist' Drawn in colors by 'Kyd'" in ink manuscript on front wrapper. Wrappers expertly repaired. Housed in a green cloth portfolio. Manuscript list of characters. A few of the watercolors have... Read More
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Bleak House
by Dickens, Charles
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. First edition. Near Fine. Complete with all forty plates, including the frontispiece, title-page and the ten "dark plates." Has all three typographical errors associated with the first edition, first issue: P.19, line 6: "elgble"; p. 209, line 23: "chair" instead of "hair"; and p. 275, line 22: "counsinship" instead of "cousinship." In a lovely example of the publisher's full purple morocco deluxe binding. All edges gilt, yellow-coated end papers. In Near Fine, unrestored... Read More
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood; [Bound with] John Jasper's Secret
by Dickens, Charles; Henry Morford
Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition. First edition in book form. Octavo (8 3/16 x 5 1/4 inches; 208 x 133 mm.). vii, [1, "Illustrations"], 190 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens ("Engraved by J.H. Baker, from a Photograph taken in 1868, by Mason & Co."), wood-engraved vignette title by J. Brown, and twelve wood-engraved plates, two by the firm of Dalziel Brothers, ten by Charles Roberts, all after Samuel Luke Fildes. Occasional marginal staining, wood-engraved plate facing p. 98... Read More
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Dombey and Son
by Dickens, Charles
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First edition. Fine. Very early issue, with all but 3 of Smith's 'internal flaws.' Finely bound by Bayntun in full red morocco with a portrait of Dickens on the front cover and his signatures on the rear in gilt. Gilt titles and decorative spine compartments on the spine, all edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Complete, with the half title and vignette title, the eight-line errata, and 40 engraved plates (including the first example... Read More
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The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
by Dickens, Charles
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First edition. First edition in book form, first issue following all points in Smith including vignette on title-page with amount on sign post transposed to read "100£" and seven studs in the trunk. Plates facing pp. 387 and 386 transposed as per Michael Sadleir's copy at UCLA, and all of the other thirty-four first issue points. According to Smith "An earlier 13-line errata leaf exists with the same data that is found on the... Read More
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Twelve original character studies from David Copperfield
by Dickens, Charles; Kyd (pseudonym of Joseph Clayton Clark, illustrator)
[n.p., London], 1893. Original artwork. Near Fine. Twelve fine original pen-and-ink and watercolor drawings illustrating David Copperfield, signed by the artist. Quarto (11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches; 286 x 225 mm). Done on fine laid paper. Original blue wrappers with "12 Original Character Studies from 'David Copperfield' Drawn in colors by 'Kyd'" in ink manuscript on front wrapper. Wrappers expertly repaired. Housed in a green cloth portfolio. Near Fine. Kyd has faithfully recreated some of the... Read More
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Oliver Twist. By Charles Dickens (in 3 vols.)
by Dickens, Charles
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition. Near Fine. Second issue, with the title-page authorship credit to Charles Dickens instead of "Boz" and with the "Church" version of the final plate. First state of volume III with "pilaster" instead of "pier" or "pedestal" on page 164. Almost all the internal flaws according to Smith present. Three octavo volumes (7 15/16 x 4 7/8 inches; 202 x 124 mm.). Volumes I and III in twelves, volume II in eights. [iv],... Read More
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood [Bound with:] John Jasper's Secret
by Dickens, Charles; Henry Morford
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition. Fine. Octavo (8 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 222 x 140 mm). vii, [1, "Illustrations"], 190 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens ("Engraved by J.H. Baker, from a Photograph taken in 1868, by Mason & Co."), wood-engraved vignette title by J. Brown, and twelve wood-engraved plates, two by the firm of Dalziel Brothers, ten by Charles Roberts, all after Samuel Luke Fildes. Bound from the original parts with all wrappers correct and... Read More
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
by Dickens, Charles
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition. Near Fine. A handsome, Near Fine copy. Bound in publisher's full maroon morocco gilt, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers. While copies of this work in the publisher's deluxe binding usually appear in a green morocco, this example is in a much scarcer maroon morocco in much the same style. Complete with the frontisportrait (in the first state) and thirty-nine plates. Minor rubbing to extremities. The usual spotting to plates, but cleaner... Read More
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