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New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2001. First Edition. First Printing Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 199 pages including an index, a short title list and text. Illustrated with facsimiles of title pages.… Read more about this item

New York: The Grolier Club Of The City of New York, 1902. First Edition. Limited Edition Near fine in 1/4 vellum and blue-gray paper covered boards with vellum tips and gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 10 3/4 by 7 inches with light soiling to the vellum spineback. Without a dust jacket and lacking the… Read more about this item

Mystic, Conn: Munson Institute of American Maritime History, 1972. Fourth Revised and Expanded Edition. Near fine in heavy paper wraps. Originally published in 1951 this bibliography is considered the primary source for extensive bibliographic information on maritime and naval history. This is the fourth revised and expanded edition containing 370 pages including an index… Read more about this item

Peoria: The Spoon River Press, 1995. Third Edition. First Printing Fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stampings on the front boards and on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches.. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. The definitive source for determining publisher's methods of designating first editions.… Read more about this item

New York: Bell Publishing Company, (1966). Third Revised Edition. First Printing Very good+ in red paper covered boards with black text on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with the spine slightly cocked. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with small chips from the corners of the spine area and nicks… Read more about this item

Los Altos: The Book Nest, 1980. First Edition. First Printing Near fine in light beige cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches with dust staining to the top edge of the text block and light foxing to the other edges of the text block. In a… Read more about this item

Hartford: McBride Publishers, 1984. First Limited Edition. Fine in simulated leather covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the lower corner of the front flap. 497 pages of text and photographs. A remarkably comprehensive bibliography of Mark Twian. A… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Reprint of 2002. Fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. In a fine dust jacket. A new edition with a forward by Doris Lessing. 1,054 pages of text and illustrations.

New York: Parke-Bernett Galleries, Inc, 1970. First Editions. An exlibrary copy in near fine condition in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and on the front board and with a book plate from the Rhode Island Historical Society on the front paste down. A small quarto of 9 7/8 by 6 7/8 inches… Read more about this item

New York: Parke-Bernett Galleries, Inc, 1967. First Editions. An exlibrary copy in near fine condition in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and on the front board and with a book plate from the Rhode Island Historical Society on the front paste down. A small quarto of 9 7/8 by 6 7/8 inches… Read more about this item

New York: Parke-Bernett Galleries, Inc, 1969. First Editions. An exlibrary copy in near fine condition in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and on the front board and with a book plate from the Rhode Island Historical Society on the front paste down. A small quarto of 9 7/8 by 6 7/8 inches… Read more about this item

New York: Parke-Bernett Galleries, Inc, 1966. First Editions. An exlibrary copy in very near fine condition in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and on the front board and with a book plate from the Rhode Island Historical Society on the front paste down. A small quarto of 9 7/8 by 6 7/8… Read more about this item

New York: The Grolier Club, 2004. First Edition. Winterhouse Edition Fine in 1/2 green and blue cloth covered boards with black and white text stamped on the spine. A small quarto of 10 1/2 by 8 1/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. One of only 2,000 copies printed. 205 pages including an index… Read more about this item

Chicago: The John Calhoun Club, 1928. First Edition 1/240 copies. Good+ with the spine area tanned and cloth at the ends of the spine torn about 1/2" from the head and heel & rubbed at the corners. A folio of 19 by 13 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket. This is copy 199 of only 240 numbered… Read more about this item

Washington, Conn.: Bancroft-Parkman, Inc., 1993. Fine in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. 1084 pages of text containing the auction records for books, autographs and manuscripts for the 1992 season.

New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1929. First limited edition. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with light rubbing to the spine ends and corners with top edge gilt. Without a dust jacket. One of only 1,000 limited edition copies produced with an eight page addenda laid-in in the rear. A "Bibliographic Check Lists… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Black Archer Press, 1932. First Limited Edition. Fine in gilt decorated blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small 12mo8vo measuring 7.25" x 5.125". Without a dust jacket as issued. This is copy number 114 of only 500 copies printed. 82 pages containing an index, text and illustrations. … Read more about this item

Hartford: The Hobby Shop, 1930. First Limited Edition. Fine in decorated blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the front board. A small 8vo measuring 7.75" x 5". Without a dust jacket as issued. This is copy number 178 of only 1,000 copies printed. 24 pages of text which contain the annotations and notes… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1954. First Edition. First printing Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations stamped on the spine with light rubbing to the heel of the spine and with light shelf wear to the board edges. In a good+ dust jacket with a price clipped front flap and with 1/4"… Read more about this item

New York: Bennett Book Studios, 1941. Limited first edition. Very good+ in tan cloth covered boards with an errata slip pasted to the front end paper & light wear to the spine ends. Without a dust jacket. One of only 1,250 copies published. "With all items arranged in sequence as a Chronological Panorama of American… Read more about this item