New York: Putnam & Co., 1856. First American Edition. Publisher’s cloth (minor spotting); very moderate foxing; an excellent copy of Burton’s account of his disguised penetration of Islam’s holiest shrine.
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1943. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with a faded spine. The author is best known for his hardboiled detective novels.
London: T. Bensley, 1813. Second Edition. With an introductory poem by Blake entitled “To the Queen”; bound in contemporary half-morocco and marbled boards; minor rubbing and wear; Blake portrait and vignette title page substantially foxed; only light foxing elsewhere; an attractive copy. The first edition (1808) used the same Blake.....
New York: Robert M. McBride, 1935. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author to another artist, “Much love to Isabel [Bishop] from her admiring friend, P.B.” Below the inscription is a detailed, half-page pen and ink drawing of a girl rummaging through a trash.....
New York: Macmillan, 1931. First Edition. Previous owner’s signature; inscribed by the author, “Inscribed for eleanor Alter who makes me proud by liking one of my best books best. With affectionate regards/ Robert P. Tristram Coffin.”.
Boston: John P. Jewett, 1859. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; very minor foxing and spotting; a near fine copy. Well-illustrated; the frontispiece is a two page color lithograph suggesting a plan for 60 acres.
New York: Irving Berlin, Inc., 1938. Publisher’s printed stiff wrappers; printing three new songs from the 1938 RKO musical, along with 25 older songs, each with a reproduction of its sheet music cover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Berlin to a Hollywood publicist and reviewer, “To Jerry [Hoffman] who saw all.....