Search Results: Titles starting with N from Appledore Books, ABAA

New York: Random Hosue, 1930. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1930 signed/limited and 1st edition. #863 of 900 copies signed by Rockwell Kent on the limitation page. ADDITIONALLY, THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY ROCKWELL KENTon the front free endpaper. Solid, bright and VG+ in its silver-lettered and decorated blue cloth. Very mild darkening along the spine and very light, difficult-to-detect foxing at the front panel. Tall quarto, 245 pgs. Also includes a VG example (with darkening along the spine) of the publisher's printed slipcase. Signed by Author.

New York: Essential Books, 1945. Cloth. Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY WEEGEE IN HIS CUSTOMARY GREEN INK on the dedication page. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1945 true 1st edition (with the coarse covers instead of the smooth covers). Clean and Near Fine in its oatmeal cloth, with bright blue lettering to the front panel and spine. Firm and solid and, internally, immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind beyond Weegee's inscription. Octavo, tough, gritty New York scenes in rich gravure. An unusually well-preserved copy.

San Diego: Publisher's Export Co, 1966. Original wraps. Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1966 1st printing. Bright, crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Small, neat former owner stamp at the bottom of the title page. Pocketbook, PEC N-115.

New York: Grove Press, 1962. Boards. Very Good +/Very Good +. A very presentable copy of the 1962 stated 1st American printing, following the 1959 original edition issued out of Paris. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine (light scuffing along the fore-edge) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with just a bit of light creasing along the spine crown.

Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2001. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A pristine copy of the 2001 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, sumptuous color and black-and-white reproductions thruout. Dual text, in both German and English. Edited by Rolf Lauter, contributions by Jean-Christophe Ammann, Craig Hartley and Rolf lauter.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1969. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A gorgeous copy (the nicest this bookseller has seen) of the 1969 stated 1st printing of the uncommon hardback edition of this seminal collection of "poetic exploration". Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($8.50), Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light soiling to the rear panel. Thck octavo, representing some of the leading "post-War poets and literary iconoclasts" of the day, such as Kenneth Rexroth, Theodore Roethke, Kenneth Patchen, Weldon Kees, John Berryman, Robert Lowell, Denise Levertov, Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, W.S. Merwin, Galway Kinnell, Sylvia Plath, Gary Snyder, etc. From the front dustjacket flap: "The new men abandoned strict rhyme, meter and stanza form to experiment with images, rhymes and syntax. They unnerved editors, confounded critics, took poetry back into the streets and the places of confrontation, and in the process forged a new and powerful idiom in American letters.… Read More

New York: Rinehart and Co, 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A very solid copy of the 1948 1st edition (with the Rinehart circled 'R' at the copyright page). Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light creasing along the panel edges and light chipping and creasing at the spine crown. Thick octavo, an attractive, presentable copy of Norman Mailer's celebrated first book.

Joliet, IL: The P.F. Volland Co, 1929. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A solid copy of the 1929 1st edition, beautifully illustrated by Justin Gruelle. Tight and VG in its lightly-faded and soiled, gilt-decorated and lettered red cloth. Octavo, 80 pgs.

Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2002. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine. A beautiful copy of the 2002 catalogue. Bright and Fine in its pictorial laminate boards. Oblong quarto, 134 pgs., crisp color reproductions.

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1979. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very solid copy of the 1979 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 218 pgs.

Imagerie Pellerin, Epinal, 1958. Hardcover. A bright copy of the 1958 1st thus. Book 1. Reproductions of old battle scenes of epic struggle involving Napoleon. Rich hand-colored plates throughout, each with Napoleon the great hero of the specific battle scene. Captions by Commander H. Lachouque, whi gives Napoleon his generous due in each scene. A lavish, elegantly-produced album celebrating in great artisitic flair (and beautiful, rich color) the triumphs of Napoleon on the battlefield. Text in French. Oblong quarto, unpaginated.

New York: E. Weyhe, 1935. 1st. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1935 signed/limited. #136 OF 212 COPIES "HAND PRINTED FROM STONE AND SIGNED FOR INCLUSION IN THIS BOOK" BY GIOVANNI NAPOLITANO. A well-preserved copy to boot: VG in its full vellum, with rubbing at the rear pastedown. And in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light soiling at the front panel and light chipping along the panel edges. Octavo, frontispiece portrait of Giovanni Napolitano by Brett Weston. Former museum bookplate to front free endpaper.

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1840. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1840 1st edition, complete in 2 Vols. Both volumes clean and solid and VG in their original dark-brown cloth, with decorative blindstamping to the panels and bright gilt-lettering to the spines. Thick 12mos, 690 pgs. all told plus publisher's ads. Very light, inoffensive foxing--and the tiniest of contained soiling--to the endsheets, small, neat former owner stamp to the pastedowns. Vol. I lacking the fold-out map, all other maps and engravings present and very clean. A handsome set.

London: J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, 1809. Boards. Very Good. The 1809 4th edition, including its 2 large fold-out maps ("The Action Near Coruna Jan. 16th, 1809" and "Spain & Portugal with the March of the British Columns"). Re-bound (with new endsheets as well) in late 19th/early 20th century dark green boards, with the original leather title lable at the spine. Solid and VG, with light foxing along the text. A well-preserved, presentable copy, in its stated 4th edition.

London: J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1804. 1st. Hardcover. Good. The very uncommon 1804 1st edition. 1/4 calf over marbled boards. A VG, well-preserved copy of this important narrative-at-sea. A degree of wear along the spine and the tips and minor fading to the spine. 6 gilt-bordered compartments, spine label. Still very tightly-bound and internally quite clean with only light, minor foxing. The 2 fold-out maps and all plates and engravings called for are present and in sharp condition. Octavo, 156 pgs. of narrative plus Appendix of short abstracts of similar cases at sea and, finally, a 15 pg. "List of a Number of Accidents, Shipwrecks, and Escapes Where Great Hardships and Difficulties Have Been Encountered, and Which Many Have Survived by Perseverance." Handsome bookplate and crest of the Llanover Library affixed to the inside cover. The renowned Llanover collection, catalogued in 1914, focused on books and manuscripts of Welsh interest and was brought into the National Library of Wales in 1916.

Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company, 1906. Cloth. Near Fine. A tight, sharp copy of the 1906 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along the spine and blindstamped device and bordering at the front panel. Octavo, "illustrated with 67 full-page half-tone and colored plates, including nearly 100 figures"

Florida: Boco Raton Museum of Art, 1993. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The catalogue based on the March-April 1993 exhibition at the Boco Raton Museum of Art. Solid and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers. Blindstamp of New York's Hirschl & Adler Gallery at the half-title.

Natchez: Myrtle Bank Press, 1981. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1981 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket. Tall quarto, 216 pgs. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise clean and well-preserved.

Richmond, Virginia: James Lyon, 1799. Original wraps. Good +. The June 1st, 1799 maiden issue of "National Magazine", which represents the first magazine ever published in Virginia, the first magazine printing of the Virginia Constitution and Kentucky Resolutions, and "an extraordinary contemporary resource for the anti-Federalist, Jeffersonian, Strict Constructionist philosophy of the Virginia School, a philosophy that Virginians developed to oppose the policies of Alexander Hamilton and the Washington-Adams administrations " (from "The Remnant Trust"). This, the "first National Magazine", was issued in Richmond by its young publisher and editor, James Lyon, and was printed semi-quarterly. Six issues all told were published in Richmond, "after which Lyon removed to the new seat of the Federal government". This orginal issue has been beautifully and skillfully re-bound (in 1998) by the Thistle Bindery of Florence, MA and has had both its original light-brown wrappers seemlessly bound-in. The… Read More

Philadelphia: George W. Childs, 1864. Cloth. Near Fine. A tight, very well-preserved copy of the 1864 edition. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark pebbled boards, with just a touch of light soiling to the panels. The neat signature of G.A Churchill (apparently of Savannah, GA) at tghe front pastedown. As one would expect of an Almanac, hundreds of tables throughout.