Tarzan the Magnificent (Tarzan Series Book 25)
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1939. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Burroughs, John Coleman. 1948 printing (Heins TaM-2). Jacket edges and flaps wrinkled, with adhesive residue on edges of reverse, ink name stamp on front endpaper, small sticker on rear endpaper. 1939 Hard Cover. 318 pp. Grey cloth, blue titles. Jacket art and black-and-white frontispiece by John Coleman... Read More
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Jungle Tales of Tarzan (Tarzan Series Book 7)
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1919. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7x5x1. St. John, J. Allen. 1920s reissue. Heins JT-4. Unrecorded variant of Lukes JT-3, with dark red cloth. No jacket. Ink name on front paste-down endpaper, general wear. 1919 Hard Cover. 319 pp. The seventh in the Tarzan series, originally serialized in Blue Book Magazine from... Read More
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The Outlaw of Torn
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Reissue. Heins OT-3, Lukes OT-3. Lacks jacket. Front hinge just beginning to weaken, front free endpaper absent, ink name on front paste-down. 1928 Hard Cover. 298, [12] pp. 8vo. Red cloth, black titles. 'An historical novel of a lost Prince of England in the Barons'... Read More
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Rex Lee's Mysterious Flight (Rex Lee Series, Book 7)
by Burtis, Thomson
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Reprint. No jacket. Boards lightly soiled, ink name and address label on front endpaper. 1930 Hard Cover. 247 pp. 3 pages of publisher ads follow text. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Henry Thomson Burtis (1896–1971) was an American writer. Burtis was born in New York. After serving... Read More
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Rex Lee, Night Flyer (Rex Lee Series Book 5)
by Burtis, Thomson
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 7x5x1. Alexander, B.B. First edition (terminal ads list through Night Flyer). Lacks jacket. Edges foxed, boards lightly soiled. 1929 Hard Cover. 239, [9] pp. Book five in the series. Black-and-white frontispiece by B.B. Alexander. Henry Thomson Burtis (1896 - 1971) was an American writer. Burtis was... Read More
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![Essays on Some of the First Principles of Metaphysicks, Ethicks, and Theology. [Metaphysics, Ethics]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/459/842/1530842459.0.m.jpg)
Essays on Some of the First Principles of Metaphysicks, Ethicks, and Theology. [Metaphysics, Ethics]
by Burton, Asa
Portland, [Maine]: Arthur Shirley, 1824. First Edition. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. First edition. Boards rubbed with some loss from spine, faint pencil name and date on front endpaper, pages toned. 1824 Full-Leather. 414 pp. A work on metaphysical and ethical theory by the American minister and theologian who studied at Dartmouth and Middlebury College. Burton argues that people have... Read More
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![The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, in Twelve Volumes (Library Edition) [A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with Introduction, Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men, and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the Nights]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/700/756/1680756700.0.m.jpg)
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, in Twelve Volumes (Library Edition) [A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with Introduction, Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men, and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the Nights]
by Burton, R.F. [Richard Francis]; Smithers, Leonard C
London: H.S. Nichols & Co, 1894. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First Smithers edition, also called the Library Edition (Penzer p. 117-123). Sixth volume appears to be supplied, and from a slightly different format (it is slightly shorter, and the fore edge is not deckled, but the design is otherwise the same). Minor cosmetic wear,... Read More
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Selections from The Arabian Nights, Sir Richard Burton's Famous Translation of The Thousand Nights and a Night, with Modernized Spelling and Punctuation. (International Collectors Library)
by Burton, Richard
Garden City, New York: International Collectors Library, 1970. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8x5x1. Savage, Steele. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1970 Hard Cover. 472 pp. Dark blue leatherette, gilt titles and decorations, purple ribbon marker bound in. "One Thousand and One Nights is a collection of Middle Eastern and... Read More
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You, My Brother: A Novel Based on the Lives of Edmund and William Shakespeare
by Burton, Philip
New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. First edition. Small tears to jacket edges, jacket price clipped, jacket flaps creased, edges foxed. 1973 Hard Cover. 561 pp. ...filled with exciting episodes out of the public events of the Elizabethan period as well as the reconstructed lives of its many characters, such as Ben Jonson,... Read More
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![The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, in Twelve Volumes (Library Edition) [A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with Introduction, Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men, and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the Nights]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/828/707/1581707828.0.m.jpg)
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, in Twelve Volumes (Library Edition) [A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, with Introduction, Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men, and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the Nights]
by Burton, R.F. [Richard Francis]; Smithers, Leonard C
London: H.S. Nichols & Co, 1897. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 1897 reissue of Smithers edition (first released in 1894, also by Nichols) (Penzer p. 117-123). Edges rubbed and faintly foxed, a few pages lightly foxed. Bindings tight and square. Black leather spines and corners, gilt titles and rules, olive cloth boards, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Complete in... Read More
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More Stories from the Arabian Nights
by Burton, Richard; Franklyn, Julian; Partridge, Eric
Westport, Connecticut: Associated Booksellers, 1957. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Sinclair, McDonald. Jacket edges rubbed with a few small closed tears and minor loss from corners. 1957 Hard Cover. 286 pp. A collection of lesser-known stories from Burton's translation of One Thousand and One Nights. Edited and arranged with an introduction by Julian Franklyn, glossary by Eric Partridge,... Read More
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First Footsteps in East Africa (Everyman's Library)
by Burton, Richard F. [Sir Richard Francis]; Nevinson, Henry W
London / New York: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E.P. Dutton & Co, 1910. Reissue. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Spine faded, minor wear to corners and 1 inch closed tear to spine head, binding a bit shaken, pencil name on front endpaper. 1910 Hard Cover. xx, 363 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Introduction by... Read More
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The Anatomy of Melancholy, What It Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms, Prognostics, and Several Cures of It. in Three Partitions. with Their Several Sections, Members, and Subsections, Philosophically, Medicinally, Historically Opened and Cut Up, with a Satyrical Preface Conducing to the Following Discourse (New York Review Books Classics)
by Burton, Robert; Jackson, Holbrook; Gass, William H
New York: New York Review Books (nyrb), 2001. Trade Paperback. Fine. 4x2x7. Brand new from publisher. Minimal wear to corners. An excellent copy. 2001 Trade Paperback. xxx, 523, 312, 547 pp. A facsimile of the third edition, edited with an introduction by Holbrook Jackson, and with a new introduction by William H. Gass. The Anatomy of Melancholy is... Read More
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King Vikran and the Vampire (Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance)
by Burton, Sir, Richard F. [Francis]; Burton, Isabel
Rochester, Vermont: Park Street Press, 1992. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Griset, Ernest; Letchford, Albert. First printing. Edge wear. 1992 Trade Paperback. xxi, 243 pp. Edited by author's wife Isabel Burton. 33 illustrations by Ernest Griset; photogravure frontispiece by Albert Letchford. Translated from the original Sanskrit by the noted Victorian Orientalist, Sir Richard Burton, these ancient... Read More
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments, in Four Volumes: Containing Sixty-Five Stories Told by Shahrazade the Sultaness to Divert Shahryar the Sultan from the Execution of a Vow He Had Made to Avenge the Disloyalty of His First Sultaness; and Containing a Better Account of the Customs, Manners and Religion of the Eastern Nations Than is to Be Met with in Any Edition Hereto Published; Because the Text is One Which Sir Richard Burton Himself Desired to Own: the Definitive and All-Inclusive Burton Translation with the Addition of the Notes upon the Text Prepared by Those Scholars Who Had Previously Translated the Text into English from the Arabic, Notably Henry Torrens & Edward Lane & John Payne; and It Is Embellished with Miniature Paintings Made by Arthur Szyk
by Burton, Sir Richard; Torrens, Henry; Lane, Edward; Payne, John
Ipswich / Great Britain: The Limited Editions Club / W.S. Cowell, Ltd, 1954. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Szyk, Arthur. Limited edition, #1160 of 1500 copies. Small surface tear on base panel of one slipcase. Boards of volume one lightly soiled. Gilt on spine of all volumes lightly rubbed. 1954 Hard Cover. Four volume set in two... Read More
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![The Thousand and One Nights Commonly Called The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, in Three Volumes [Lane's Arabian Nights]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/271/501/1547501271.0.m.jpg)
The Thousand and One Nights Commonly Called The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, in Three Volumes [Lane's Arabian Nights]
by Burton, Sir Richard Francis; Lane, Edward William; Poole Edward Stanley; Lane-Pool, Stanley
London: Chatto & Windus, 1912. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Harvey, William. Loss from spine ends, pages lightly foxed, ink name on front endpaper. 1912 Hard Cover. xxx, 555; xii, 578; xii, 701 pp. Three volume set. Green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine; top edge gilt. Translated from the Arabic, with copious notes, by Edward William... Read More
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (20th Anniversary Edition)
by Burton, Tim
New York: Disney Press, 2013. Large Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 10x0x8. Burton, Tim. New. 20th anniversary edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket. 2013 Large Hardcover. Unpaginated. Jack is bored of "the scaring, the terror, the fright....tired of being something that goes bump in the night". And so, in an effort to bring to joy to his town, Jack... Read More
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Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
by Burton, Virginia Lee
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. Reprint. Large Softcover. Fine. 9x0x8. Burton, Virginia Lee. New. Reprint. An exceptional copy. 1977 Large Softcover. 44 pp. A modern classic that no child should miss. Since it was first published in 1939, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel has delighted generations of children. Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Mary Anne, dig deep... Read More
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Philadelphia: Holy Experiment
by Burt, Struthers
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1945. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 9x5x1. First edition. Large chip to bottom edge of front jacket panel, chips and tears to jacket edges. 1945 Hard Cover. xiii, 396 pp. Black-and-white plates from historical illustrations and photographs. A biography of one of the world's greatest cities.
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Closing Arguments
by Busch, Frederick
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1991. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. 3rd printing. Faint edge wear. 1991 Hard Cover. 288 pp. Mark Brennan, a former Marine pilot and escaped POW, struggles to cope with his civilian life as a lawyer, a tension-filled marriage, and a court case involving a woman accused of murdering her lover.... Read More
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These Honored Dead: The Union Casualties at Gettysburg
by Busey, John W
Hightstown, N.J: Longstreet House, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1x6x9. First edition, one of 1000 copies. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1988 Hard Cover. xiv, 404 pp. Includes: List of Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Generals and Staff; Connecticut; Delaware; Illinois; Indiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan;... Read More
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Goose Creek Folks: A Story of the Kentucky Mountains
by Bush, Isabel Graham and Florence Lilian
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1912. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Corners lightly rubbed. 1912 Hard Cover. 224 pp. Novel set in Kentucky, includes frontispiece of mountain schoolhouse.
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The Goddess, the Grail, and the Lodge: Tracing the Origins of Religion
by Butler, Alan; Picknett, Lynn; Prince, Clive
New York: O Books, 2004. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 7x0x8. An excellent copy. 2004 Trade Paperback. 356 pp. Examines the theory that the Grail is a symbol replete with feminine overtones and that its central place in modern religion suggests the survival of age-old religious beliefs focusing around a Great Goddess.
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Bible Stories for Children, Consisting of "In the Beginning" and "The Promised King" (Two Volumes in One)
by Butler, Annie R
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No publisher date. Ink stamps and pencil name on front endpapers. 320; 320 pp. Woodcut illustrations. Two Bible stories for children: Stories from the book of Genesis and stories of Jesus Christ.
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Pigs is Pigs
by Butler, Ellis Parker
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1906. 6th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7x5x1. Crawford, Will. Sixth printing. No jacket. Top page ridge foxed, ink name on front endpaper. 1906 Hard Cover. 37 pp. Illustrated by Will Crawford. "Pigs Is Pigs" is a story by American writer Ellis Parker Butler. First published as a short story in... Read More
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