Edwin Paxton Hood

To study Gio Ponti’s prolific body of work is to appreciate the clear, unifying vision behind a complex creative universe. His creations expand intuitively with the Italian grandeur ...

AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. TITLE: Winnie The Pooh. PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. 1 volume, illustrated by E. H. Shephard. Bound...

This exceedingly rare hardcover first edition, first printing of E.B. White's timeless classic, "Charlotte's Web" is a literary classic and trophy for the book collector. The book ...

Presenting an extremely rare first edition hardback copy of The Seven Seas by Rudyard Kipling from 1897. This rare book is in fair to good condition for ...

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (190 x 132 mm); pp. vii + 408, printed in Old Style type on wove paper; pen and ink drawings (33 head-pieces and 35 ...

AUTHOR: WORDSWORTH, William. TITLE: The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth. PUBLISHER: London: Edward Moxon, 1842-3. DESCRIPTION: NEW EDITION. 7 vols., 6-7/8" x 4-1/2", frontis...

Dali by Romero, Luis Biography of Salvador Dali. by Luis Romero Published by Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona, 1975. 1st Edition. Decorated red cloth, to hardcover, 357p, illustrated, book is mark-free 1st english edition, Traces the life and career of the Spanish surrealist painter and shows a variety of his paintings, drawings, and sculpture "A pioneer in Surrealism, and now Hyper-Realism, Dali is one of the controversial figures of our time. Painter, author, bon-vivant, Dali is also a deeply religious man...

This is an antique copy of The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster. An English language biographical account of the Victorian author, dating to the late 19th century, published c...

'American Notes for General Circulation' by Charles Dickens. First Edition. Vol 1 and 2 London: Chapman and Hall 1842 Bradbury and Evans, Printers,...

Sherman, William T. Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Written By Himself. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. First edition. In two volumes. Rebound in quarter blue leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt titles to the spine, new marbled endpapers. New custom archival cloth slipcase with Sherman portrait inlay. Presented is a first edition printing of The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman. This two volume book set was published by D. Appleton and Company, in New York, in 1875. It is presented here, rebound in striking quarter blue leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt titles to the spine, new marbled endpapers, and a custom archival cloth slipcase to fit both books. Ten years after the end of the Civil War, Sherman became the first General to publish his memoirs of that period. He began writing his account in 1872 and the two volumes were published by D. Appleton and Company in the spring of 1875. According to the publisher’s prospectus, the two volume set was originally offered in four different bindings, including fine blue cloth, green cloth, full sheepskin, and half blue moroccan leath. Sherman explains his motivations for writing in the preface of Volume I: “Nearly ten years have passed since the close of the civil war in America, and yet no satisfactory history thereof is accessible to the public;…. What is now offered is not designed as a history of the war, or even as a complete account of all the incidents in which the writer bore a part, but merely his recollection of events, corrected by a reference to his own memoranda, which may assist the future historian when he comes to describe the whole, and account for the motives and reasons which influenced some of the actors in the grand drama of war.” His two volume account touches briefly on his early life, including his time at West Point, his life in and out of the army in Florida, California, New York, Kansas, and Louisiana. Yet the bulk of the writing is focused on the Civil War. “Written with the propulsive energy and intelligence that marked his campaigns” his memoir provides firsthand accounts of Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, the infamous Atlanta campaign, and his march to the sea through Georgia and the Carolinas. The memoir describes striking incidents and anecdotes and collects dozens of his incisive and often outspoken wartime orders and reports. Throughout it all, Sherman is quite frank in describing the rights and wrongs of the campaigns he saw, writing without much concern for the feelings or experiences of others. This complex self-portrait of an innovative and relentless American general provides for a vivid read and an exceptional Civil War account. CONDITION: Good condition. First edition. In two volumes. Beautifully restored and rebound. Quarter blue leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt titles to the spine, new marbled endpapers. Paper is okay to good, with toning as to be expected. Scattered spots and smudges. Inscribed twice by previous owner, inscription on the top of the Note page of Vol I and on the full title page of Vol II. Large "Military Map...

Edith Wharton. Ethan Frome. Published by Charles Scribner & Sons, New York 1911. First edition. This is the novel that sealed Wharton's success as a n...

Clinton, Bill. My Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First edition, first printing, 8ov. Signed by Bill Clinton on the title page. Presented in original blue boards and pictoria...