London: Methuen & Co, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. 151; 8pp. Sextodecimo [17 cm] Red paper over boards, with a black ink stamped vignette on the front board. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer, John Ruyle. Parodies of H. G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1849. First American edition. Hardcover. Volume 2 only. 387pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Green embossed boards, with darkening to the backstrip. There is a large closed tear in the backstrip, the underlying boards are exposed occasionally along the edges, and the endsheets are discolored. Ex-libris... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. 121pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 parchment vellum with brown paper over boards. The extremities are a bit dinged. In a dust jacket, with toning, and periodic small closed and open tears in the edges. This copy is inscribed by the author's... More
Boston: Mayhew Publishing Company, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 231pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Red cloth over boards, with lettering and decorative embossed designs on the backstrip and front board. Uncut pages. There is a gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Inscribed by the author to her daughter on the front flyleaf. More
New York: A. L. Burt Company, Circa 1920. Reprint. Hardcover. 311pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Olive green cloth over boards. Lightly rubbed at the spine ends and corners of the covers. In a worn dust jacket, with tears (backed with tape), and a loss from the center of the jacket's spine... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903. First American edition. Hardcover. 361pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Olive green cloth over boards with lettering and decorative stamping on the backstrip and front board. The covers are cocked, and the backstrip and board edges are a bit darkened. There is a contemporary owner's... 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
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 232pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Brown paper over boards. Extremities moderately bumped and rubbed; foxing to the top edge of the text block; previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press... 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
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1947. First edition. Hardcover. 223pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Red cloth over boards. Spine rolled; spine ends bumped; free endpapers darkened. In the pictorial dust jacket, with a number of small closed and open tears in the edges. The largest tear is to the paper at... 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
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1996. Collector Edition. Leather bound. 599pp. Octavo [24 cm] in decorative gilt-stamped full navy leather, with raised spine bands, moiré endpapers, bound-in pagemarker ribbon, all edges gilt. With unused bookplate laid in. More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1993. Collector Edition. Leather bound. 390pp. Octavo [24 cm] in decorative gilt-stamped full navy leather, with raised spine bands, moiré endpapers, bound-in pagemarker ribbon, all edges gilt. With unused bookplate laid in. More
San Francisco: High Speed Productions, 1998. Original issue. Paperback. SIGNED. Quarto [27.5] in glossy magazine wraps. Shelfwear, including a 2cm crease in corner of front wrap. Signed by Mark Ryden on front cover. With cover art and illustrated interview by Mark Ryden. More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2001. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. 559pp. Octavo [24cm]. Bound in full black leather, with raised bands, and elaborate gilt ornamentation on the spine and boards. All edges gilt, with a few scratches. Faint scuff to rear board, approximately 9cm. Sable-colored moire endpapers and satin-ribbon page marker... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. 386pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Illustrated tan cloth over boards. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer, John Ruyle, with his notes in pencil on the front free endsheet. Bleiler Checklist. Twelve stories. "Biological sci-fi, with alien humanoid... 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: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. 370pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Blue cloth over boards. The spine is rolled. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer, John Ruyle. A novel with a talking painting. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 255pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Dark blue cloth over boards, with subtle fading to the backstrip, a previous owner's ink stamp on the front pastedown, and a crack to the text block at the title page. The book is still very sturdy... More
London: John Murray, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. 332pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Rebound in plain brown cloth, with new endpapers, lacking the ads, and with the title page reattached. Some restoration work to the two terminal leaves, in the margins. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer... More
New York, Chicago, and Toronto: Fleming H. Revell Company, Circa 1896. Hardcover. 160pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Brown cloth over boards, lettered and pictorially stamped. Floral endpapers. Illustrated. No date, and no additional printings listed. The extremities are moderately rubbed and bumped, and the rear board is mildly soiled. There is... More
Orem, UT: Grandin Book Company, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 276pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Red cloth with gilt stamped titles on the front board and backstrip. Minimal shelf wear with chipping to edges and corners of jacket. There is a small, faded price sticker on the front flap of the dust-jacket... 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: 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
San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Company, Printers, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. 349pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Original maroon cloth, with gold lettering and ornamental blind stamping. Cloth at the spine ends slightly frayed; boards exposed at the bottom fore-edge corners of the covers; solid text block. From the collection of... More
