Books from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

London: Elek, 1971. Hardcover. Translation by Eveline Hart. 8vo. Salmon cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Fine/near fine. Superb, tight, bright first edition of this survey -- and with surprising autograph addition, for this copy has been extra-illustrated with a tip-in facing the title page (frontispiece, in effect) from a well-known modern… Read more about this item

New YT: The Century Co, 1902. Hardcover. 12mo. Olive green cloth with ivory lettering and ivory/blue/burgundy pictorial front board stamping. 153pp. Near fine. Most mild of binding wear, else tight and internally fine; tiny Christmas 1902 nonauthorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. Quite tight and attractive early printing of this 1901 bestseller about poverty in a Louisville neighborhood, the… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, 1969. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 228pp. Fine/near fine. Tight and handsome first edition of this two-column compendium that begins in 105 BC and ends in 1967.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1938. Hardcover. Translation by Constance Garnett. Illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 484pp. Frontispiece, full-page illustrations. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with slightly sunned spine and several miniscule edge chips. Tight, handsome "Heritage Reprints" war-date printing -- one of very few titles that… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown blind-embossed cloth over beveled boards with gilt spine lettering. xii, 398pp, (6pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Near fine. Faint wear to binding only, else tight and internally fine. Superb first edition of this biography of the Iowa Republican who served as that state;s third governor and then senator. Inner flyleaf… Read more about this item

New York: David Lewis, 1970. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue with gilt and red spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 287pp. Fine/near fine. Superb, tight 1st edition of the 1st biography of the eccentric pub-lisher (1884-1933) who founded The Modern Li-brary and Boni & Liveright in 1917 with partner Albert Boni -- first American publishers of William Faulkner, Sigmund Freud, Ernest… Read more about this item

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891. Hardcover. Illustrations by Frank D. Merrill. Small 8vo. Beige cloth with elaborate gilt lettering and extensive burgundy pictorial stamping. 74pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some full page), floral endpapers. Near fine. Stunning, tight and bright first edition of this syrupy novella about an elderly African-American who sacrifices himself for the Union cause during the Civil… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday & McClure Co, 1899. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with orange and black lettering, rules and pictorial stamping. 339pp. Very good. Binding slightly age toned and rubbed, else internally tight and fine; contemporary ownership signature on inner flyleaf. Attractive first edition of the short-lived writer's fourth book, a fictionalized account of Norris's courtship in San Francisco… Read more about this item

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc, 1969. Hardcover. Small 4to. Teal blue cloth with white spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 279pp. Near fine/near fine. Tight and attractive third printing of this first history of American magazines from 1741 on up through 1969.

London: The Batchworth Press, 1953. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with glt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 140pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn, with single edge chip. Quite tight and nice first edition.

Des Moines: F.R. Conaway, State Printer, 1896. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey blind-ruled cloth with gilt front board lettering and pictorial stamping. 85pp. Frontispiece, 5 full-page illustrations. Near fine. Faint handling to binding only, else tight and internally near fine. Handsome first edition of this "Report of the Battle Flag Committee Appointed by the Twenty=Fourth General Assembly to Provide Cases… Read more about this item

Boston: C.A. Wells, 1837. Hardcover. 16mo. Full black blind-embossed calf with gilt spine lettering; rebacked in matching black calf with original spine remounted. 504, (1p). All edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, numerous small engravings and several tissue-guarded full-page plates, decorative endpapers. Very good. Mild binding wear only; internally tight and nice, with mild age toning; ornate lady's ownership signature on… Read more about this item

Köln / London: Taschen, 2001. Hardcover. Folio. Pictorial paper over boards. 504pp. Color frontispieces, extensive color illustrations, decorative endpapers. Fine. Tight and handsome first edition of this enormous, broad and generous survey of manuscript treasures, superbly illustrated and with informative accompanying text.

Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1938. Hardcover. 16mo. Black cloth spine with silver lettering and 2-color patterned paper over boards. 111pp. Near fine. Front pastedown ownership signature and front flyleaf scuff. Tight, handsome first thus of this cute-as-a-button selection from the "Anthologia Palatina" (or simply "AP"), a collection of ancient Greek poems and epigrams ranging from 7th century BC to… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. Hardcover. 4to. Orange cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket, pasteboard slipcase. 183pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color and tipped in), map endpapers. Fine/near fine/very good. Mild slipcase wear. First edition, tight and lovely. Fascinating survey of the history, geography and people of the Sahara Desert.

New York: Hacker Art Books, 1969. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. xx, 132pp, (ca. 200pp). Extensive full-page illustrations. Near fine. Exceptionally tight 'n' bright reprint edition of the 1933 2-volume clasic, here done up in single volume.

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1889. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue blind-ruled cloth with gilt spine lettering. lviii, 480pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Very good. Tight and nice, with just the faintest binding wear. Choice first edition of this hefty compilation of speeches and writings of the Democratic representative (1883-89) from Missouri (1827-89), with a biographical sketch of Burns by its compiler,… Read more about this item

Amsterdam/Oxford/New York: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1976. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jackets. 204pp; 408pp. Near fine/very good. Both jackets faintly edgeworn, with lightly sunned spines. Surprisingly scarce first editions of BOTH volumes of these Neoplatonic critiques of Plato's famous fourth and final dialogue about Socrates' last days, also known as "On… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915. Hardcover. Illustrations by George Wright. Small 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering. white rules and gilt/white front board emblem. 370pp, (4pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 3 full-page called-for plates. Very good. Mild binding wear only; internally tight and fine; small ownership signature on front pastedown. Attractive first edition of the last novel completed by… Read more about this item

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1970. Hardcover. Small 4to. Cream cloth with black lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 159pp. Numerous illustrations (many color). Fine/fine. Superb and tight first edition of this (to cite jacket front panel) "Contemporary Survey with Examples and Commentary on the work of Seventy-Four Artists.