Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1934. Edition: First edition. A collection of over 35 stories set among the American Indians of the American west. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "To Joseph E. Foster / from / Mary Austin." More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1904. Edition: First edition. Mary Austin's second book, following The Land of Little Rain by one year, a collection of 14 stories set in the Sierra Nevada mountains south of Yosemite, centering on the Paiutes Indians. Inscribed on the half-title: “Mary Austin / Written... More
London: Printed for M. Cooper, 1745. Edition: First and only edition. Bibliographical References: ESTC T20407. A satire on unscrupulous politicans - particularly those involved with the "broad bottom" collation which came to power in 1744 - with a sensational engraving by William Hogarth depicting Tory leaders with flabby bottoms, relieving... More
Edinburgh: Printed by Balfour & Smellie, 1773. Edition: First and only edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL II, 2053 (Hailes); ESTC T67787. ¶ A polite response, with some deferential corrections, to Lord Hailes and his History of Scotland, published earlier in 1773. More
London: H. Meyer, n.d. A fine engraving of the famous portrait that hangs at the Stationers' Company of the great 18th century English bookseller and publisher Thomas Cadell (1742-1802). The engraver, Henry Meyer (1782-1847), was himself a distinguished artist. See the DNB. More
(London:) Drawn, etch'd & pub.by Dighton, Charing Cross, April, 1799. Edition: The earliest recorded likeness of Thomas John Dibdin. A fine portrait of the actor and writer, Thomas John Dibdin (1771-1841), who like the other famous thespian Dibdins, was involved in the English theater from an early age. Thomas John... More
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N.p., n.d., (2006). Edition: An early draft of the novel A Perfect Visit (Northampton, 2011). A privately issued version of Stuart Bennett's first novel, a cleverly written time-travel story set in Regency England, Elizabethan England and the future year 2060. This early version was circulated among friends of the author... More
New York: Published by David Huntington, 1814. Edition: Later American edition. Bibliographical References: American Imprints 32251. Inscribed on the front blank of volume one to "Catharine (teacher) / Gibson / Presented by / Franklin Pierce / (Pupil)". Pierce (1804-1869), the fourteenth president of the US, would have given this two-volume... More
A certificate for 100 shares of common stock in the Baltimore Baseball Club, one of the last baseball organizations to be publically held and traded, albeit the vast majority of the stock was owned by one family and the voting rights of the other stockholders were limited. When this certificate... More
London, 2016. Edition: First edition, one of 200 copies. Seven years ago poet Robert Nye, commenting on QUITS, Arthur Freeman’s mini-collection of poems published by The Brick Row Book Shop (2009) wrote: “I appreciate the way you seem to write poems only when you have something to say, which might... More
New York: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, 2005. Edition: First edition, one of 250 copies, designed by Alastair Johnston and printed at the Poltroon Press. Roger Stoddard's engaging and amusing memoirs given in the form of a talk before members of the ABAA in April, 2005. More
Dallas: The Book Club of Texas, 2014. Edition: First edition, second issue; 375 copies printed. The first issue contained printer's errors and the majority of it was pulped. Fewer than ten copies of the first issue survived. Bibliographical References: Designed by David Holman at the Wind River Press. ¶ Franklin... More
Paris & Neuchatel: Attinger Frères, [1919]. Edition: First edition of the first French translation of The Mutiny of the Elsinore. Bibliographical References: OCLC records three copies, all in Europe. ¶ Translated by Fanny Guillermet. More
Paris: Mercvre de France, 1925. Edition: First edition of the first French translation of Gleanings in Buddha Fields, limited issue, number 7 of 110 numbered copies. Bibliographical References: OCLC records 16 copies, which includes some reprints. Translated by Marc Logé. More
Paris: E. Dentu, (1891). Edition: First edition of the first French translation of With the Immortals. Bibliographical References: OCLC records three copies (all at the Bibliotheque Nationale), of what it describes as a fourth edition. Translator not identified. More
Paris: Librairie Fischbacher, 1886. Edition: First edition of the first French translation of "Daisy Miller," "An International Episode," and "Four Meetings." Bibliographical References: Edel & Laurence E14; OCLC records seven copies (LC, KU, Harvard, UVa, McMaster, BL & Bibliotheque Nationale de France). More
Stamped on the edge "Palindrone England 79 AD" and " 2000 R. Shipman, Inc." An example of a Sator or Rotas Square with the words Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas written so that they can be read four different ways. From the library of David and Valerie Belch. More
(Austin, Texas:) Roger Beacham, 1975. Edition: First edition, one of 395 copies designed by William Holman and printed by David Holman. From the library of David & Valerie Belch. More
(San Francisco): The Book Club of California, 1993. Edition: First edition, one of 500 copies printed. From the library of David and Valerie Belch, longtime members of the Book Club and regulars at the Monday evening cocktail hour at the Club. Prospectus laid in. More
Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, (1980). Edition: First edition, one of 1500 copies. ¶ From the library of David & Valerie Belch. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1947. Edition: First edition. From the library of David & Valerie Belch. More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1987. Edition: First edition, one of 425 copies. ¶ The first publication of 125 Aesopic fables by Arthur Golding (1535-1606), English Elizabethan writer and translator, illustrated with reproductions of etchings by Marcus Gheeraerts (1579). The text is preceded by an interesting scholarly introduction by Richard... More
Dallas: Still Point Press, (1985). Edition: First edition, one of 300 copies designed and printed by the Wind River Press; this copy is designated "printer's copy." ¶ Prospectus and letter from the publisher laid in. ¶ From the library of David & Valerie Belch. More
[Verona:] Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, (1956). Edition: First editon of this Italian translation by Guido Errante, preceded by translations by Marta Bini and Margherita Guidacci. ¶ Text both in English and Italian. Inscribed by Guido Errante to Fernando Palazzi on the half-title. More
Lisboa: Livraria Popular de Francisco Franco, 1944. Edition: First edition of the first Portuguese translation. Bibliographical References: OCLC records three copies (Amherst, Princeton & Yale). More