The Engraved Gems of Classical Times with a Catalogue of the Gems in the Fitzwilliam Museum
by J. Henry Middleton
Canbridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1891. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A lovely copy of the 1891 1st edition. VG+ to Near Fine in its Cambridge dark navy-blue cloth. Bright, unflecked gilt-lettering along spine. Still tightly-bound and internally clean as could be. Quarto, 157 pgs. plus appendix and index.
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Original Handwrittren Ship Log of the Historic British Vessel H.M.S. Victory (November 21st, 1856--January 15th, 1857)
by Cecil F.W. Johnson Midshipman
Portsmouth Harbour, England, 1857. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. The 1857 original ship's log of the British vessel H.M.S. Victory, which was moored at Portsmouth Harbour in Hampshire, England during the 2 month stretch covered by the log book. An historic ship in British naval history, the H.M.S. Victory can claim 247 years of service as of this... Read More
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Japanese Colour Print: 17th and 18th Centuries (2 Vols.)
by Gaston Migeon
Albert Morance, Paris, 1923. 1st. Hardcover. Issued as part of the Documents of Art series by the Louvre Museum, this is a lovely copy of the 1923 2 vol. 1st edition. VG+ in marbled boards over brown leather spines. Bright and unflecked gilt-lettering and raised bands along spines. A beautifully-bound collection of Japanese prints, many in well-produced color. Octavos,... Read More
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The Sacred and Civil Calendar of the Athenian Year
by Jon D. Mikalson
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1975. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1975 1st edition. Solid and clean and VG in its light-brown cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along the spine. Octavo, 226 pgs. Lacking the dustjacket.
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A Fisherman's Breeze: The Log of the "Ruth M. Martin" (In Dustjacket)
by A. Graham Miles
New York: Brentano's, 1924. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good -. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR A.GRAHAM MILES on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1924 1st edition, in its uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Tight and VG+ in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Light foxing to the preliminaries (up through... Read More
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In Cuba with Shafter
by John D. Miley
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Cloth. Very Good +. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1899 1st edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark-red cloth, with bright gilt-titling at the front panel and lightly-faded titling along the spine. Octavo, includes the large fold-out map at the rear ("Santiago de Cuba and Vicinity"), which... Read More
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Joe Louis: American
by Margery Millar
New York: A.A. Wyn, Publisher, 1945. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. An unusually crisp, clean copy of the 1945 stated first edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. 12mo, 181 pgs.
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Poems (In a Lovely Riviere Binding)
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
London: Martin Secker, 1931. Full leather. Very Good +. The 1931 6th printing, bound in a lavish, dark-green full-morocco, with intricate gilt-tooling within the compartments and contrasting leather labels along the spine. Beautiful gilt-bordering to the panels and along the fore-edges and the dentelles. A bit of offsetting near the edges, very mild scuffing to the panels. Crisp... Read More
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Huntsman, What Quarry? (The Signed/Limited Edition -- In Slipcase)
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939. Boards. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1939 signed/limited AND stated 1st edition. #416 OF 550 COPIES SIGNED BY EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY at the limitation and printed on "worthy charta paper". Crisp, very sharp and Near Fine. And in a bright, clean, Near Fine example of the publisher's printed... Read More
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Second April (In Dustjacket)
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1921. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. The 1921 true 1st edition of Edna St. Vincent Millay's 3rd book of poetry, published by Mitchell Kennerley (who also published her first book of poetry, "Renascence"), not Harper & Brothers (whose original publication of this title was in 1925, as per Yost's "A Bibliography of the Works... Read More
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Three Plays AND Second April (Bound Together)
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. 1/2 leather. Very Good +. The stated 1st edition of Millay's "Three Plays", handsomely bound with an early (but not 1st) edition of "Second April". The two works published in 1926 and 1921 respectively. Here bound in a handsome 1/2 navy-blue leather over light-blue cloth. 4 compartments, fine gilt-tooling along the spine,... Read More
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Renascence and Other Poems
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. 1/2 leather. Very Good +. Lovely 1928 re-issue of "Renascence", Edna St. Vincent Millay's groundbreaking first published book of poems (1917), here offered with eighteeen other poems (including "Interim". "The Suicide", God's World", "Afternoon on a Hill", etc.). Bound in an elegant navy-blue morocco over light-blue boards, with 4 raised bands and... Read More
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Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
Japan, 1951. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The uncommon 1951 Japanese photoplay/screenplay of Columbia Pictures's version of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salsman", which starred Fredric March as Willy Loman. Clean and well-preserved and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers. Grainy stills of the film punctuate the script, which is in both English and Japanese. Octavo, 97 pgs. A... Read More
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The Rosy Crucifixion: Plexus (2 Vols.)
by Henry Miller
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1953. Collectible; Very Good. The 1953 1st edition, in 2 volumes. #1,261 of 2,000 copies issued. Both volumes clean and VG+ in a full dark-brown leatherette, with bright gilt-lettering and raised bands along the spines. Thick 12mos, top-edges gilt, new marbled endpapers. Matching armorial bookplates at each front pastedown. The 2nd volume of Henry... Read More
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Max and the White Phagocytes
by Henry Miller
Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1938. Original wraps. Very Good. A solid copy of the September 1938 true 1st edition. Tight and VG in its original pictorial wrappers, with mild darkening along the panel edges and at the spine. Octavo, 324 pgs. Also includes the front half of the publisher's very uncommon wraparound band, which declares this title "cannot... Read More
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Reflexiones Sobre la Muerte de Mishima
by Henry Miller
Mexico: Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, 1983. A clean, solid copy of the 1983 stated 2nd edition. Bright and VG in its pictorial wrappers, with very light chipping at the foot of the spine and light creasing to the rear panel's lower-tip. Translated from its original English by Jose Vicente Anaya, who also contributed Notes and the Appendix.... Read More
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The Rosy Crucifixion: Sexus
by Henry Miller
Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1950. Collectible; Very Good. The 1950 1st trade edition, re-bound in a full brown leatherette, with bright gilt-lettering and raised bands along the spine. Tight and VG+, with light soiling to the endpapers. Former owner monogram in gilt and armorial bookplate at the front pastedown. 12mo, 634 pgs. The first volume in Henry Miller's... Read More
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The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
by Henry Miller
New York: New Directions, 1945. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. A solid, presentable copy of the 1945 1st edition. Tight and VG (very light offsetting along the pastedowns and the inner hinges) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with ,ild soiling to the panels and a touch of wear at the spien ends. Octavo, Henry Miller's dystopian masterpiece about... Read More
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Tropic of Capricorn
by Henry Miller
Paris: The Obelisk Press. Collectible; Very Good. An attractive copy of this early, 1938 reprint. Solid and VG in its dark-brown leatherette, with bright gilt-lettering and raised bands along the spine. 12mo, top-edge gilt, marbled endsheets. Former owner monogram in gilt and armorial bookplate at the front pastedown. Includes publisher's original tipped-in errata sheet.
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Johnson/Burgee: Architecture -- The Buildings and Projects of Philip Johnson and John Burgee
by Nory Miller
New York: Random House, 1979. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY BOTH PHILIP JOHNSON AND JOHN BURGEE on the half-title. A sharp copy to boot of the 1979 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of light wear --and several very small closed tears-- along the... Read More
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5 Ways to Build Investment Capital Today
by A.T. Miller
New York: The Magazine of Wall Street (Ticker Publishing Co. Inc.), 1941. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Very Good. The 1941 1st edition of this uncommon look at Wall Street. Clean and VG+ in its black leatherette, with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel. 12mo, 128 pgs.
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Drops and Bubbles in Interfacial Research
by Edited by D. Mobius and R. Miller
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1998. Laminate boards. Near Fine. A clean copy of the 1998 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (with a very slight lean at the spine) in its blue and black laminate boards. Thick, dense octavo, 715 pgs. Part of Elsevier's first-rate "Studies in Interface Science" series.
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The Isthmian Highway
by Hugh Gordon Miller
New York: The Mcmillan Company, 1929. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. An impressive association copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE SERVING SECRETARY-OF-STATE (under Herbert Hoover) and Governor General of the Phillipines Henry L. Stimson. A well-preserved copy to boot of the 1929 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its navy-blue cloth. Bright gilt-design and lettering... Read More
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Karaite Separatism in Nineteenth-Century Russia: Joseph Solomon Lutski's Epistle of Israel's Deliverance
by Philip E. Miller
Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1993. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. The 1993 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light soiling at the panels. Octavo, 252 pgs.
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Nonlinear Volterra Integral Equations
by Richard K. Miller
Menlo Park, CA: W.A. Benjamin, Inc, 1971. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A bright, clean copy of the 1971 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with very light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 468 pgs.
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