Boston: Taggard and Thompson, 1863. First Edition. A collection of children's fables with accompanying illustrations demonstrating how to make shadow puppets. Included is a story of a freed slave who is tempted to steal to feed his starving cow, but refuses, and his ultimately rewarded for his honesty. Very Good in wrappers. Light soiled, with a two inch spilt to...
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1874. Small quarto. First printing of this edition. First published in 1842 by Rudolph Ackerman in London. Thirty-five color illustrations by Henry Alken, all present. One page of ads at the rear. Marbled boards in half-bound red morocco leather, compartments, titles and designs all gilt, marbled endpapers, top page edges gilt, all other page edges...
Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1882. First Edition. With color illustrations by the author. Very Good in illustrated boards with gilt titles and page edges. Contemporary gift inscription to the first blank. Boards lightly soiled and rubbed, with a tide mark to the rear board. Interior pages lightly foxed.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1888. Two volumes. First German Edition, preceding the UK Edition by one year. Text in English. The final novel published during Collins' lifetime, a exploration and rejection of the idea of hereditary evil, the story of two women raised as sisters by a minister and his wife, only for it to be revealed that one of them...
New York: Cardinal Edition No. C-35 / Pocket Books, 1953. Later printing of this edition. A Dicken's classic, not often seen in the Cardinal Edition from Pocket Books. Cover design by Charles Skaggs. Production wrinkle to the spine, and light rubbing to the extremities, else Near Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Los Angeles: Selznick International, 1946. Final Draft script for an unproduced film adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1892 novel, adapted for the screen by Allan Scott for Selznick International. David O. Selznick held the movie rights to Hardy's story for many years (with Jennifer Jones in mind for Tess). Selznick's two greatest dreams had been to film "Gone With the Wind"...
Berlin: Nicolaischen Buchhandlung, 1821. First Edition. Octavo. xxvi, 355, [1, imprint], with a secondary title page, opposite the primary title page at the left, reading "Naturrecht und Staatswissenschaft im Grundrisse." Publisher's original paper-covered boards, red leather spine panel with title and rule in gilt, page edges stained red. Completely unrestored, with wear along the edges and hinges, and at the...
London: The Readers Library, 1926. First printing of the photoplay edition, originally published in 1862 by A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven and Company. Basis for the 1925 French silent film, directed, written, and produced by Henri Fescourt, and starring Gabriel Gabrio. and Paul George, as well as other versions too numerous to count. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Hinges tender...
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1856. First American Edition, and first edition in English, preceded by the 1841 French edition published by Magen et Comon. Basis for the 1950 film noir "Vendetta," written for the screen by W.R. Burnett and directed by Mel Ferrer. Scarce. Very Good plus in the original brown cloth. Small address label to the front pastedown. Slight lean...
New York: Brentano's, 1897. First American edition. Publisher's tan cloth, with titles, design and rule in gilt on the front board, rear board, and spine. Near Fine. Small article tipped in at the front endpaper, with corresponding offsetting on the front pastedown, else a bright, clean copy.
New York: Sotheby's, 2004. Just about Fine in illustrated wrappers as issued. Perfect bound, illustrated profusely in color throughout. Includes auction items from the collection of collector Maurice F. Neville, with highlights from Ernest Hemmingway, Jack Kerouac, George Orwell, and many others.
Boston: Phillips and Co., 1855, Sampson. First Edition. Large octavo. Presentation copy, INSCRIBED by the publisher on the front endpaper: "Thos L. Larish / with respects of / F. Bell." Publisher's blue cloth with gilt illustration and rule to the front board, rear board, and spine, page edges gilt. Two engraved frontis illustrations, separated by a tissue guard. 558 pages...
London: Smith, Elder and Comapny, 1858, 1867. Second Edition. Three volumes. Set belonging to US Army General, White House Staff Secretary, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Andrew Goodpaster, with a presentation bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume. Very Good plus. Rebound in full leather, with marbled endpapers, raised bands, gilt page edges, lettering, design, and rule. Light...
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1889. First Edition. Very Good, with bumps to the corners, light rubbing and soil.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. 12mo. First Edition. Bright gilt and black designs and titles, with ads at the rear. A few leaves have minor corner creases, else about Near Fine. Mostly erased pencil notation on the rear pastedown. An attractive copy.
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1872. First Edition. 12mo. Publisher's red cloth, with titles and rule in gilt on the front board, design and rule in blind on the rear board, no titles on the spine; all page edges gilt, reddish-brown coated endpapers. Very Good with some rubbing to the boards, slightly cocked. A very presentable copy overall.
New York: Pollard and Moss, 1886. First Edition. With woodcut illustrations by Gustav Dore throughout. Very Good plus in illustrated boards with gilt titles and page edges. Frontispiece and tissue guard intact. Boards lightly rubbed overall, with light fraying to the extremities.
London: Privately printed, 1806. Second edition (stated). Publisher's brown leather, with black leather spine label and gilt titles. Very Good condition overall. Two owner names on the first blank. Edgeworn. Pages foxed and occasionally water-stained at the edges.