Books in their earliest published form—modern or classic.
London: Trübner & Co., 1880. First Edition. Frontispiece plus 6 plates intended to show various means of book illustration. Engraved typographic ornaments. Marbled paper over boards with leather spine and fore corners. Octavo. xvi, 110 pages. A charming and influential bibliophilic essay of the Victorian era, whose author mounts a...... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. First Edition, First State. Marbled paper over boards with leather spine and fore corners.. Sixteenmo. 483 pages. A genuine American classic. Dana was a gifted observer and writer, and his memoir paints a colorful portrait of Mexican California in the 1830s, including the ports..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], [1]-308 pages. First Edition of this beloved fairy tale parody--presented as an abridgment of an imaginary Florinese epic--and the basis of Rob Reiner's 1987 Oscar-nominated film of the same title. More
![Item #2097 Madman's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts (Signed) [Mad Man's Drum]. Lynd Ward](https://backcreekbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2097_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1773801424)
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, (1930). Limited Edition, copy #51 of 309. Woodcuts. Hardcover. Octavo. [4] pages, [128] leaves of plates. Lynd Ward's second wordless novel tells the story of a curse brought to a slave trader's household by his murder of an African man and the theft..... More