Austin: Wind River Press, (1979). Edition: First edition, number 37 of 50 numbered copies, signed by David Holman. ¶ A handsome work on the evolution of frontier clothing in 19th century Texas in its deluxe issue with the cloth samples. Prospectus laid in. ¶ From the library of David & Valerie Belch. More

(Boston:) Printed for the Commission (by D. B. Updike, the Merrymount Press), 1930. Edition: The first of this edition, one of 500 copies printed. ¶ One of the great monuments of the career of printer Daniel Berkeley Updike and considered one of the finest examples of 20th century American book... More

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1920. Edition: Second edition, one of 350 copies printed by Taylor & Taylor. Bibliographical References: Mattila A20; BAL 18791. This is first edition of Lilith as finely produced by Taylor & Taylor for the Book Club of California. More

New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1958). Edition: First American edition. More

Garden City: Doubleday, 1946. Edition: First edition. ¶ Edmund Wilson's second work of fiction published in book form, a series of stories about the imaginary Hecate County in Upstate, New York, that begins with the memorable story of Asa M. Stryker, the narrator's neighbor who shot snapping turtles. More

San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1990. Edition: First edition, one of 400 copies. ¶ The first scholarly work on this famous French garden and its creator Monsieur de Monville. Prospectus laid in. ¶ From the library of David & Valerie Belch. More

Atchison, Kas.: Howe & Co., 1883. Edition: First edition, binding variant with the binder's name stamped in black at the foot of the spine. Bibliographical References: Wright III, 2802. ¶ Howe's first book and a landmark in the development of American realistic fiction. Initially Howe couldn't find a publisher and... More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1881. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Sadleir, Trollope, 59; Wolff 6773: NCBEL III, 884. ¶ One of Trollope's last and least common novels, a story partly set in St. Louis, Texas and Mexico, about an unintentionally bigamous marriage. More

London: Printed for T. Wotton and J. Shuckburgh, 1729. Edition: First octavo edition, preceded the same year by a quarto edition. Bibliographical References: Rothschild 1214. ¶ An eccentric but successful light opera by an eccentric author and dancing master from Cheshire, originally preformed at the Haymarket Theatre as Hurlothrumbo, or... More

Bath: Printed by Richard Cruttwell and Sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1817. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Fleeman 88.3L/6; Courtney, page 169. ¶ An interesting collection of correspondence, compiled and edited by Rebecca Warner of Bath, an author of one novel, Herbert-Lodge, (1808), and another similar... More

London: [Printed by William Clowes for Maurice Buxton Forman], 1909. Edition: First edition, number 14 of one of 25 numbered copies. Bibliographical References: Collie 55; and see John Collins, The Two Forgers, page 197; and Collins and Nicolas Barker, A Sequel to an Inquiry, page 187; OCLC records 21 copies... More

London: John Miller, 1823. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 15781. ¶ A short opera written for the actor Charles Kemble and best remembered for its theme song “Home Sweet Home” which is sung by Clari early in the first act. This is the first appearance of Payne’s famous song... More

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1884. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 19780. A substantial biographical treatment of one of the great American travelers, travel writers and poets, Bayard Taylor (1825-1878). More