325 items available at our booth at the 2023 Georgetown Rare Book Fair 5/19-5/21 at the City Tavern Club
Philadelphia: Folwell's Press, 1800. Limited Edition. Hard Cover.
1800 Folwell's Press printing, preceded only by Claypoole and Patterson editions (see Evans 17767). One of 400 copies. Includes colloquial jacket with titles handwritten in black ink. Some pages unopened. A few pages lightly foxed, 2 inch closed tear to p. 56
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Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2021. Delcan, Pablo. Limited Edition. Hard Cover.
Limited edition, #114 of 698 copies. An exceptional copy.
641 pp. The first book in the trilogy, Annihilation, inspired the film of the same name, which was directed by Alex Garland. From the publisher: Gathered together in this beautiful.....
Montgomeryshire: The Gregynog Press, 1924. Maynard, Robert Ashwin; Bray, Horace Walter. Limited Edition. Hard Cover.
Limited edition, #340 of 500 copies, hand-numbered on colophon. Boards lightly soiled, card laid in with ink gift note ('With our very best wishes for your happiness, Tom + ??? Jones, 17 Sept. 1931' [??.....
![Item #2322618 Journey to the Centre of the Earth [Center] (Fitzroy Edition). Jules Verne, I. O....](https://yesterdaysmuse.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2322618.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1684870444)
Westport, Connecticut: Associated Booksellers / Arco Publications, 1961. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus. Dime-sized spot on front jacket panel, jacket spine toned, jacket lightly rubbed.
224 pp. A story in the tradition of the Lost World novel, considered to be one of the first true works of science fiction.....
Lipsiae / Amstelodami: Apud J. Thomam Fritsch. / Ex Typographia Blaviana, 1695. Hard Cover.
Ink name and date on front flyleaf, minor pencil notes on endpapers.
[xxviii], 296, [iv], 64, 241, [6] pp. Original vellum. Latin text. Two 1695 works by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus bound together with a 1688.....
New York: Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., 1949. Soft Cover.
Slightly toned, otherwise an exceptional copy.
[28 pp.] A comic book released as part of a promotional set by Quaker Puffed Wheat and Quaker Puffed Rice cereal.
New York: Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., 1949. Soft Cover.
Slightly toned, otherwise an exceptional copy.
[28 pp.] A comic book released as part of a promotional set by Quaker Puffed Wheat and Quaker Puffed Rice cereal.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Boards lightly stained, spine a bit faded, ink name and date on front endpaper.
330 pp. 8 x 5 3/8. 8vo. Brick red cloth, gilt titles, top edge gilt, photographic frontispiece portrait of the author. "Up from.....
New York: Dana and Company, 1857. Second Edition. Hard Cover.
1857 second edition, which added a portrait (lacking here) and 20 wood engravings (one heading each chapter). Neat but amateur repair to binding using adhesive. Minor loss to spine head and spine base, quarter inch by half inch chip on.....
New York / Forge Village, Massachusetts: Schocken Books / Murray Printing, 1972. Watts, Alan. Reissue. Stapled Binding.
Reissue of trade printing, following limited edition published the same year. Single-fold sheet laid in with letter related to the book from/to unknown people (Lisa, Cory) and dated February 17, 1991.
16, [1].....
![Item #2331803 Gericault: Images of Life and Death [Theodore]. Gregor Wedekind, Max Hollein,...](https://yesterdaysmuse.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2331803.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1684868472)
Frankfurt / Munich: Schirn Kunsthalle / Hirmer Verlag, 2014. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Minor abrasion on base of front board, light smudge on rear board. Binding tight, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
223, [1] pp. A monograph released in conjunction with an exhibition of Gericault's artworks. Theodore Gericault.....
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1940. Sewell, Helen; Boyle, Mildred. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition with I-P code. No jacket. Front joint starting, edges rubbed, ink name on frontispiece recto.
vii, 325 pp. Color frontispiece and black-and-white illustrations from drawings by Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle. The.....
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1980. Tauss, Herbert. Limited Edition. Full-Leather.
Signed by author on front flyleaf, protected by original tissue guard. Publisher's Notes from the Editors pamphlet laid in. Ribbon marker a bit frayed at the end, otherwise an excellent copy.
565 pp. Brown full leather, gilt titles.....
New York: The Grolier Club, 1950. Limited Edition. Hard Cover.
One of 1250 copies. No jacket. Sticker ghost on front board.
36 pp. Founded in 1884, the Grolier Club is America’s oldest and largest society for bibliophiles and enthusiasts in the graphic arts. Named for Jean Grolier (1489/90-1565), the Renaissance.....
Richmond: The Hogarth Press, 1922. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First trade edition, one of 1200 copies, following the 40-copy Subscriber's Edition (Kirkpatrick A6a). Lacks jacket. Boards lightly soiled, though considerably less so than we generally see with this title (the yellow cloth was especially prone to becoming dirty and dingy).....
Manchester, N.H. J.H. Cate, Printer, 1843. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition (Howes W-724). Binding repaired by previous owner, corners exposed, spine label mostly absent, front free endpaper absent, a few pages stained.
iv, 310 pp. 8vo. A mid-19th century memoir by a career criminal, published after Wyman's death. "Wyman.....
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1928. Moore, Thomas Sturge (cover and jacket design). First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition, one of 2500 copies (Wade 158). Includes scarce jacket. 1/2 inch chips from jacket spine head and foot, and corner of rear panel, with minimal loss along other edges. Binding tight.....