Search Results: First Editions from The Country Bookshop

Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. Foxing on front end paper and title page. Loose signatures. Spine cover gone. Stains across front cover. First state "A" of First Edition. Binding " B" Lacks ads between ii and [3].. First Edition. Hard Cover. Poor/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Random House, 1936. Red cloth over board with gilt decorations on cover. Some fading to spine. Slight rubbing on back cover. Otherwise a VG condition copy of the author's first book. Books contents are very nice and this is a newly reduced price. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1993. Signed and Inscribed by author. "For Marjorie Giovanni, & Ma Jack.. Old & very precious friends. -Eric Blau." Light soil on cover. Gilt text on cover and spine.. Clean jacket in clear plastic sleeve. 326 pp. . Signed and Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus/Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Meador Publishing Co., 1939. 202 pages; dark green cloth with gold spine title; minimal wear or signs of aging; H. Rider Haggard/Edgar Rice Burroughs-type jungle adventure novel. [loc=1sts]. Presumed 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Viking Press., 1940. First edition. 650 pp.Speckled off-white cloth cover over boards with red type and design on cover and spine. Slightly worn at extremities, but basically in good, tight condition. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1929. Blue cloth boards with decorative gilt title on front and spine. Fore-edge of page block untrimmed. -- Very top edge of boards lightly sun-faded; endpapers shadowed from dustwrappers; interior very lightly tanning. Otherwise very good, tight and clean condition. -- Very pretty decorative DJ with bird and tree design, shows edgewear and chipping (particularly at spine extremities) -- spine also somewhat soiled and dulled. Good condition Jacket overall, protected in clear plastic. 171 pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. Signed on first title page, "for Nardi - with love and deep gratitude Jim Christmas, 2000". Nardi Reeder Campion was a children's book and freelance author. Her work has appeared in New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, American Heritage, Gourmet, Sports Illustrated, and many others. Black cloth bound spine. Gilt texted title along spine. Cover and spine in very good condition as is illlustrated dust jacket and interior pages.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cincinnati: Robert Clarke Company, 1896. Worldcat locates only 12 copies of this book in libraries. It is quite rare. Dedicated to the legal fraternity of Houston, Texas it contains chapters on Motive, Weapons, Decoys, Modes of Murder, Counterfeit Presentments, Divorce, Insanity, Bigamy, Rape etc. The inner front hinge is beginning to separate but is still holding. Otherwise the book is in Good condition - a bit of wear, a bit of soil, delicate at front hinge, but generally Good, with nice flower endpapers. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge MA: The Riverside Press, 1905. Limited to 400 copies. Fading of spine. Name inside front cover. Good Condition. . Large Paper Edition, Limited. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Pennell, Joseph. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1980. First edition. 411 pp.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hartford, CT: The American Publishing Company, 1897. The First Edition with the distinctive decorative cover. Wear at corners, extremities. Darkening on spine. Name plate inside front cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Mason Brothers, 1857. Frayed at extremities. Bumped and worn corners. 1/2 inch spot on front cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

San Francisco: The Pioneer Press., 1923. Book in Good condition. Hardcover. First edition, containing signed letter from the author. 315 pp.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company., 1941. First trade edition. 432 pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Random House., 1940. Spine-sunned, top of spine worn, front hinge just beginning to go; Good condition. Hardcover. Contributors include: John L. Lewis, Franklin P. Adams, Herbert Bayard Swope, Fiorello H. LaGuardia, Carl Randau, Lewis Gannett, Edna Ferber, John Kiera n, Charles Horowitz, Karl Virag, Morris L. Ernst, Quentin Reynolds, Theodore S. Kenyon, Frank Sullivan, Gardner Jackson, Edward G. Robinson, Kenneth G. Crawford, A. J. Isserman, Edward McNamara, Father Edward Dowling, Rollin Kirby. 48 pp.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Random House., 1964. Spine-sunned. 429 pp.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1904. Inscribed on front end paper, "F. W. B. from A. B. April 20, 1904". This copy has been inscribed to Frederick Bancroft (F.W.B.) Slightly bumped and worn corners..Bright and clean green cloth over board. Gilt texted title on cover and along spine (bright on cover, faded some along spine). Golden embossed design of rose within a heart on front cover with gilt bordering cover perimeter. This is a solidly bound copy that is nice in appearance. Signed copies are scarce. . Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Erin, ON, Canada: Porcupine's Quill, Incorporated, 1997. This trade paperback is signed by Blaise to author Howard Norman and his wife poet Jane Shore as well as therir daughter Emma: "To Howard and Jane and red-hatted Emma / notes from a life I've never lived / Clark Blaise / Breadloaf / 8/99." All in Very Good tight and bright condition.. Signed and Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1901. Bumped corners. Darkened spine. 1/2 inch crease along left side of front cover. Rubbing and two small spots on spine. Slight wear at extremities.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: John C. Winston & Co,, 1952. 182 pages; green and tan cloth with brown and green title and decoration; damp-spotting to edges of boards, otherwise clean and tight. Presentation copy inscribed by the author: "For Elaine Atkins, good newspaperwoman and a real regular guy, with affection and best wishes always -- Roe Richmond (Dec. 1952)." Part of the Winston Adventure Series, this volume is the story of Francis Marion, the notorious "Swamp Fox." [loc=the south]. Signed Presentation Copy. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Donald E. Cooke. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.