Rare books from Bibliodditiques

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Very hard book to find. No other copies available for sale on the internet based on a search conducted the day of this listing. The book deals "sensitively with a young girl's companionship with animals, and how she learns to manage them while at the same time developing self-reliance during a period of delicate readjustment." Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Small bump on bottom edge of rear board. Dust jacket is relatively clean with light edgewear. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 176 pp.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887. Hardcover. Fair. Gift inscription signed by author on half-title page - dated March 2, 1888. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Boards have bumping at corners and fraying at head and tail of spine. Book is cocked. Hinges are exposed. Front board partially separated from text block. 355 pp.

London: J. Cross, 1833. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. A monument erected at St. Johns Church, Calcutta reads, "To the memory of JOHN ADAM, eldest son of the right honorable, William Adam, Lord Chief Commissioner of the jury court in Scotland. He arrived in Bengal in 1796 and passed through the highest offices in the civil service of the East India Company. Placed in the supreme council in 1819, he was again appointed to that station when the usual term of holding it had expired. From January to August 1823 he acted as Governor-General of India. Bad health compelled him to embark for England in March 1825. But he died on the 4th of June in the 47th year of his age, and his remains were committed to the ocean." This copy of John Adam's memoir is an association copy, inscribed by John Adam's mother, Katherine Adam to the Rev. James Hill, who was one of her son's closest friends in India, and who had written the letter to her describing her son's death, which is printed… Read More

London: Theodore Brun Limited, 1949. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases to pages. Limited de Luxe Edition published simultaneously with first edition - N0. 42 of 600 copies printed for the Collector's Book Club only. Signed by Robert Payne, editor on numbered copy page. Coverboards have light surface wear. Banded spine with gilt lettering. Cloth cover on boards is worn away at right front bottom corner and bottom of spine. A couple pages have light foxing, I think due to a chemical reaction from the blue book mark ribbon attached to the book. Gilt embossed design on front and lettering on spine. Endpapers have decorative, marbelized appearance. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Special Edition. 356 pp.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. Inscribed by author on title page. Dust jacket has 1.5`` chip at top of spine. Tiny chips at base of jacket spine. One-inch tear on bottom of front jacket. Previous owner`s book plate on first free endpaper. Half title and title page yellowed from newspaper clippings about author. Clippings will be included with book when purchased. In protective mylar cover. Author won Canadas Governor Generals Award for ``A Jest of God``. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 382 pp.

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1842. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes in one. Tight binding. Blue and white marblized boards with 3/4 black leather. Some wear around edges/corners of boards. Gilt lettering on banded spine. Previous owner's name and initials blind-stamped on front free endpaper. Some foxing. Dampstain on top of first few dozen pages. With dedication by author to Earl of Clarendon.Volume I contains 323 pp. Volume II contains 129 pp. Section on vocabulary at rear of book. Size: 12 mo (7" to 7.5").

London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789. First English language edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Tight binding. Marblized boards with leather-covered spine. Gilt lettering on spine. Not sure if this is the original binding or if book has been re-bound. Light edgewear to boards. Previous owner's name on title page. Some light foxing and discolouration of pages. The copper plates referred to on the title page are missing. Appendix, Index and Errata at rear of book. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 503 pp.