The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
London, The Folio Society, 1993 (first thus). Introduction by Colin Ward. 'The text for this edition follows that of the first edition, with a few corrections to punctuation and spelling inconsistencies'. More
London, The Folio Society, 1993 (first thus). Introduction by Colin Ward. 'The text for this edition follows that of the first edition, with a few corrections to punctuation and spelling inconsistencies'. More
Annapolis, Naval Institute Press, 2000. More
New York, The Viking Press, 1941 (ninth printing)/ 1927. 'The inspirational sermons of the old-time Negro preachers are here set down as poetry. Mr Johnson tells in his preface of hearing these same themes treated by famous preachers in his youth; some of the sermons are still current, and like..... More
East Aurora, The Roycrofters [Roycroft Press], 1905. Number 40 of only 106 copies of the deluxe issue on Japan Vellum, numbered and signed in ink by Elbert Hubbard (publisher and leader of the Roycrofters). [We have other deluxe Roycroft Press editions in stock; enquiries welcome]. More
[USA], Eastern National Park & Monument Association, 1975 (facsimile reprint)/ 1881. 'A standard reference work on the Siege of Yorktown, the climactic battle of the American Revolution' (Foreword). More
Bethesda, Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/ Topographic Center, 1995 [revised edition]/ 1958 (revised edition)/ 1802. 'The present volume retains the basic format of the revised 1958 version, but reorganizes the subjects, deletes obsolete text, and adds new material to keep pace with the extensive changes in navigation that have taken place..... More
New York, Grosset and Dunlap, 1969 [first thus]/ 1957. '50 Years of Great Marine Photographs'. More
Ipoh, Perak Academy, 2004. An exposé of the pseudohistorical claims in Gavin Menzies's book '1421: The Year China Discovered the World' (2002). More
Ocean Pines, SkipJack Press, 1999. 'This book has been inspired by the collection of James C. Sorber of West Chester, Pennsylvania. It is the culmination of a lifetime of selective collecting of wrough iron pieces with a specific focus on signed and dated items from Pennsylvania and the Northeastern states'..... More
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1950 (first US edition). With the ink ownership signature of Australian historian Professor William Arthur Ridley ('Bill') Richardson. More
New York, Hyperion, 1995 (first edition thus)/ 1981. 'Three thousand five hundred copies of the first Hyperion edition of "The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation" have been specially bound with sixteen [reproduced] drawings by the authors, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.... In addition, each copy has been numbered and individually..... More
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1938. Several chapters on herpetological matters. More
London, Hatchard and Co., 1865 (the first title); London, William White, 1856 (the second title); and Boston, Otis Clapp, 1860 (the third title). The contemporary blindstamp of the Adelaide bookseller W.C. Rigby is on the front flyleaf. More
New York, Abbeville Press Publishers, 1991. More
New York, Abrams, 2016 [first thus]. 'Through hundreds of exquisite photographs and reproductions of rare botanical art, this book celebrates NY Botanical Gardens' 125th year as a place of unparalleled beauty in New York City and as an internationally renowned leader in plant research and conservation. This revised edition includes..... More
Berkeley, Gingko Press, 2014. A monograph on the famous - and controversial - Australian street artist. More
Cambridge, The MIT Press, 1979 (second printing)/ 1978 (first thus)/ 1975 (third, revised, edition)/ 1962. More
Adelaide, Lutheran Publishing House, 1975. More
Ottowa, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, 1966. Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture Monograph Number 2. More
London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1887. Presentation copy. Inscribed ('from Grandpapa'), dated (September 1985) and signed in ink to a young Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1884-1930), biochemist and professor, with his scientific bookplate ('In Limine'). More
Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1935. More
New York, Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1963. '... a shocking account of transport ills in the world today ...' (dustwrapper). More
London, Printed by W.T. Sherwin, 1817 and 1819 [mainly first editions thus]. Seven scarce separately-published pamphlets by Thomas Paine, including some of his most influential titles, bound in one volume, as issued. The titles, with the date of publication followed by the place and date of the original publication, are..... More
Berlin, Ernst Wasmuth A.G., 1910. 'In 1910-11 the distinguished German architectural publisher Ernst Wasmuth issued a pair of elegant portfolios covering the work of Frank Lloyd Wright to date. Among the most important architectural manifestoes of the twentieth century, the "Wasmuth folios" had enormous influence on the architects of the..... More
[Colorado?], Beaux Arts, [1975?]. Edward Curtis (1868-1952) published 'The North American Indian' in 20 volumes between 1907 and 1930. Plate numbers, date of the original negatives, and captions on the items in this selection are as follows. Plate 28: Cañon de Chelly - Navaho [1904]. Plate 56: Qahátika Girl [1907]..... More