New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. 368pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Light and dark blue cloth covered boards. The extremities are moderately rubbed and bumped, and there is a bookseller's small bookplate on the rear pastedown. No dust wrapper. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. 307pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Black cloth over boards. Extremities bumped and rubbed; front hinge tender; light internal foxing. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer, John Ruyle, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. From "The Works..... More
Atlanta, GA: Reliquary Press, 2012. Paperback. SIGNED. 372pp. Octavo [23 cm in wraps]. Light soiling to textblock foot, else very light wear. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. More
New York: Desmond FitzGerald, Inc, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. 373pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Pale green cloth over boards, with a rolled spine. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer, John Ruyle. A first edition from this prolific author. More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. 297pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Orange cloth spine and boards, with the title stamped in red ink on the backstrip. The extremities are bumped and a bit stained, and the text block edges are foxed. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and..... More
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. 352pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Red cloth-effect paper over boards. The spine ends and edges of the covers are lightly bumped. There is a bookseller's stamp on the front pastedown. In a price-clipped pictorial dust jacket, with chipped edges, and a large loss..... More
London: HarperCollins, 1998. Six full-color posters with white borders on stiff stock, suitable for framing, in a glossy full-color portfolio. Posters measure 11.5" x 17.5" Beautiful images from Tolkien illustrator Ted Nasmith, whose work appears on Tolkien covers, calendars, and more. More
London: Henry and Co, 1891. Whitefriars Library edition. Hardcover. 210; [6]pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Red cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Black endpapers. Six pages of publisher's advertisements at the rear. The extremities are prominently rubbed, and the rear cover is moisture stained. The..... More
London: Henry and Co, [1892]. Third edition. Hardcover. 210; [6]pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Red cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Black endpapers. Six pages of publisher's advertisements at the rear. Extremities moderately bumped and rubbed; fore-edge of text block lightly foxed. From the collection..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1898. Later printing. Hardcover. 310pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Original bluish gray cloth over boards (heavily faded), with an ink stamped vignette on the front board (image still bright). The front free endpaper has an owner's name (twice), dated "1899," as well as a numerical ink..... More
New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. 375pp. Octavo [20 cm] Brown cloth over boards, with pictorial stamping to the front board. The extremities are rubbed and bumped, the title on the spine has faded, and the free endpapers are discolored, more so the rear. From the..... More
New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 265pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Light orange cloth over boards. Extremities lightly soiled; spine rolled. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer, John Ruyle, with his notes in pencil on the front free endsheet. In Hubin. Bleiler..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, No date. Early printing. Hardcover. 219pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Black cloth over boards, with light rubbing to the edges of the spine and boards. In a dust jacket, with darkening to the jacket's spine, subtle soiling, and occasional small chips in the edges. Ex-libris..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. Early American printing. Hardcover. 223pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Rust-colored cloth over boards, with only marginal bumping and rubbing to the extremities, and light foxing to the top edge of the text block. In a dust jacket, with periodic small open and closed tears in..... More
London: Watts & Co, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. 125pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Light blue cloth over boards, with gilt stamped titles on the backstrip and front board. Top edge gilt. The spine leans slightly forward, and the spine ends are gently bumped. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1900. First American edition. Hardcover. 492pp. Octavo [20 cm] Decorated tan cloth over boards, lettered in light brown. Illutrated frontispiece with tissue guard. Spine ends a bit bruised; owner's name on front free endpaper, dated "New York, 1901." From the collection of Berkeley book..... More
New York: Ballantine, 1973. Second printing. Paperback. SIGNED. 213pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Illustrated wraps. Fine. Signed by both authors on the title page. Volume III of "The Starchild Trilogy." More
Harper. Later printing. Paperback. 277pp Duodecimo [19cm]; illustrated wraps. Terry Pratchett's first Discworld novel, following Rincewind and Twoflower as they accompany a living case of golden luggage. More
London: The Folio Society, 2016. Omar Rayyan. Second printing. Hardcover. 221pp. Octavo [24cm]. Bound in black velvet. Title stamped in silver on spine; illustrated paper label on front board. Black velvet is mildly soiled. Previous owner's ex libris stamp on half-title, along with a small black ink notation. In a...... More
United States of America: Black Rose Writing, 2011. Paperback. 252pp 23cm. Blue wraps. More
Sydney: The Canberra Press, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. 279pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Orange cloth over boards, with black ink stamping. The rear board is lightly moisture stained, the text block edges and the pages at the beginning and rear are foxed, and the front free endpaper has a contemporary owner's..... More
New York: Yearling Books, 2017. Reprint. Paperback. 399 pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm]; in illustrated wraps. "The modern fantasy classic that Entertainment Weekly named an "All-Time Greatest Novel" and Newsweek hailed as a "Top 100 Book of All Time." Philip Pullman takes readers to a world where humans have animal familiars..... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1917. Hardcover. 335pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Bluish-gray cloth over boards with pictorial stamping. The extremities are rubbed, and the text block is cracked here and there. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer, John Ruyle. In Day, Supplemental Checklist..... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 360pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Black cloth covered boards stamped with red ink on the spine and front cover. The edges of the spine and covers are mildly bumped and rubbed, with more significant bumping to the spine. There..... More
New York: Saga Press, 2019. First Saga Press hardcover edition. Hardcover. 311pp. Octavo [24 cm] Navy blue paper over boards. The Sixth World: Book Two. Kai and Caleb Goodacre have been kidnapped just as rumors of a cult sweeping across the reservation leads Maggie and Hastiin to investigate an outpost, and..... More