Orczy - The Scarlet Pimpernel, first American edition

North America, United States, New York, ca. 1915 CE. BAL 11960; Sisson & Martens, p. 7. A wonderful first edition of "The Scarlet Plague," written by Jack London (American, 1879 to 1916) and recently

Darwin (Charles) On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, first American edition, half-title, bookplate, two small contemporary press-clippings laid down to front pastedown (2 others lo

ELIOT (T.S.) For Lancelot Andrewes. Essay on Style and Order, first American edition, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO HIS COUSIN ELEANOR HINKLEY, inscribed on front free endpaper 'Eleanor Hinkley from

Waugh (Evelyn) They Were Still Dancing, first American edition, original cloth, light surface soiling to spine, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, a few short closed tears with creasing to head of sp

Title: Edward Lear. First American edition Book of Nonsense. Author: Edward Lear. A Book of Nonsense. Publishing: Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard, 1863. Edition: First American edition. Oblong 8vo; 112

NO RESERVE Christie (Agatha) Murder in Three Acts, hinge cracked, 1934; The Seven Dials Mystery, 1929; The Murder at the Vicarage, 1930, first American editions, original cloth, spines faded, chipped

Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich "Leo") Anna Karénina, first American edition, translated by Nathan Haskell Dole, 4pp. advertisements at end, floral endpapers, previous owner's ink inscriptions to

Dahl (Roald) Boy, first American edition, signed by the author on half-title, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, price label to upper flap, spine very slightly faded, near-fine

Powell (Anthony) Afternoon Men, first American edition, original cloth, light staining to upper cover, dust-jacket, very light fading to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, short vertical split to

Heading: Author: Tolkien, J.R.R. Title: The Hobbit Place Published: Boston Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Company Date Published: 1938 Description: 310 pp. Map endpapers, 4 col

Heading: Author: Spyri, Johanna Title: Heidi Place Published: Boston Publisher:Cupples, Upham & Co. Date Published: 1885 Description: 2 volumes in 1. [2], 399, [1]; [2], 26

Heading: Author: Camus, Albert Title: The Plague Place Published: New York Publisher:Alfred A. Knopf Date Published: 1948 Description: Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert.

Heading: Author: Wodehouse, P.G. Title: Hot Water Place Published: Garden City, NY Publisher:Doubleday, Doran & Company Date Published: 1932 Description: Illustrated by Rea Irvi

'Peter and Wendy' by J.M. Barrie, 1st American ed., in original publisher's green cloth with gilt decoration, with frontispiece and 11 half-tone plates by F.D. Bedford. Contemporary inscription on fro

Heading: Author: Grahame, Kenneth Title: The Wind in the Willows Place Published: New York Publisher:Charles Scribner's Sons Date Published: 1908 Description: [vi], 302 pp.

Heading: Author: Darwin, Charles Title: The Descent of Man Place Published: New York Publisher:D. Appleton and Company Date Published: 1871 Description: 2 volumes. vi, 409 + [2

Heading: Author: Heinlein, Robert A. Title: Orphans of the Sky Place Published: New York Publisher:G.P. Putnam's Sons Date Published: [1964] Description: Blue cloth stamped in y

Hospitals.- Nightingale (Florence) Notes on Nursing: What it is, and what it is not, first American edition, 4pp. advertisements at end, very light staining to lower margin of first few leaves, otherw

Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited, first American edition, one of 600 copies, original cloth, light sunning to spine, slight fraying to head of spine, dust-jacket, spine browned, browning to spine a

Waugh (Evelyn) Put Out More Flags, first edition, scattered spotting, name partially erased from front free endpaper, slight shelf-lean, jacket spine sunned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, c

A hardcover book titled THE PLAGUE. Written by Albert Camus. Interior page reads ‘Copyright 1948 by Stuart Gilbert. First American Edition. Originally published in France as La Peste. Copyright by L

Heading: Author: Dinesen, Isak Title: Out of Africa Place Published: New York Publisher:Random House Date Published: [1938] Description: Black and orange cloth, lettering and decor

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ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell. A true American First Edition, Harcourt, Brace and Company, NY, [1946], 118 pp, in a very good dust jacket. The pencil signature at the top of the flyleaf is that of Henr