First Edition Society (23 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 50 pages. Illustrated. "The Stanton Press [with checklist of the Press]" by Richard Lambert; "The Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, An Account of Its Formation and Activities" by Alwyne Wheeler; "Modern English Woodcuts" by Rigby Graham; "Observations on the First Edition of Waverley" by Orde Poynton.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Full leather. Condition: Fine. First edition. 257 p. : col. ill.; 24 cm. Includes Illustrations. At head of title: The First Edition Society. Facsimile of Anderson's signature at the end of a special message. Brown cloth binding with embossed gold designs, three raised bands on spine, gilt-edged pages, silk moire end pages, and a satin ribbon placeholder. Publisher's insert laid in.…

hardcover. Condition: Text block Near Fine condition. 6 x 8 3/4", 241 pages. Spine label inked out, stamped on first page, blind stamp on first page of preface, pocket and sticker on inside rear cover. 1972 reissue of 1955 edition. Spine label inked out, stamped on page edges and first page. Part I The Personal Ideal, Part 2 The Ethical Society (illustrator).…

Full leather. Condition: Very good. No dust jacket. At head of title: The First Edition Society. "Privately printed." "Notes from the editors" ([8] p. ) inserted.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. This unread new looking Faber first edition has the Poetry Book Society bulletin loose laid in. This contains an illuminating piece by Paul Muldoon. There is one tiny fault; it has my personal blind stamp on the half title. This is quite attractive and certainly subtle.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [Limited first edition]. bound in full leather,color illustrations, gilt cover and spine, all edges gilt,4 raised bands, green moire endpapers, silk page marker, "This limited first edition of The spectator bird by Wallace Stegner has been privately printed exclusively for members of the First Edition Society"--Preliminary page. Retired literary agent Joe Allston passes through life as a spectator until he discovers the journals of a trip he took to his mother's birthplace years before Size: 8 vo, (24cm). Illustrated By John Collier (illustrator). Book.…

First Edition. NOTICE TO FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY, London, 1947, first edition vg. One page. A plea for more money by raising the fellowship subscription rate. Scarce.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. An essential for all Powysians. A wonderfully large format stiff covered paperback, loaded with pictures and all of them entirely relevant. Superb edit of these wonderful dashed off scrawled entries in this odd man's life. Tea is taken, seemingly everywhere, and the lofty speculations about this and that often become charmingly Grossmith - here is a Diary Of A Nobody who was really all the time a SOMEBODY. Far too many exclamation marks! Too many ENEMAS! This is the voice of a wonderful lost man. If you know and love Powys you must have this. If you can't bear the man you ought to read this and see if you are justified in dismissing him. I love him.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Mount Somers Tramway 1886-1943, Mid Canterbury, New Zealand BY I D Maffey. Publisher: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc. 1971. FIRST EDITION. Hardback with jacket in excellent near new condition, no inscriptions. Jacket has slight fading to top edges, minor shelf-wear. 113 pages with photos. A history of the Mount Somers Tramway. The railway was used to transport ore from the Ashburton Gorge to the Mount Somers railway station. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.…

Condition: Good. 12mo., Folded Page, Very Good+. Illustration.

pp154. New edition. n.d Preface to second edition dated 1860. early Reprint. Illustrated with upwards of two hundred engravings. Original publisher's green cloth black titles and illustration. Sightly worn and dusty, but still a very presentable example. Clean, bright and tight internally with no ink marks or writing. 14971. Locchild.…

First Edition. THE STRANDING OF THE WHITE ROSE, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, (ca. 1915), first edition, rear hinge starting, else a vg copy in pictorial cloth. A story of adventure and hunting for gold treasure in Australia. Most uncommon to be sure.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This wonderful hardback book, in red coloured cloth, with black print titles, is in fair to reasonably good condition, please see photos. Normal wear and marks apply consistent with use and age. No dust jacket. The red cloth cover is faded and worn, some fading to edges, and some shelf-life wear. Personal pen inscription on first page dated 1920. Picture of the author with his signature printed below again please images. All 268 pages intact, all text, illustrations and pages in good clean, readable order. Introduction by The Earl of Lytton, "Puck's Song" by kind permission of Mr. Rudyard Kipling. First Edition 1918. A truly wonderful book that is extremely well put together, by the author who you can see had such a passion for his field of excellence.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 319pp. Blue hardcover. Stated "first printing, March 1996" on copyright page. Appears unread. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket. With a long inscription by the author, thanking the recipient for their letter and commentary on the book. Inscription is dated 2005. A fine example. The Sibling Society deals with the question, where have all the grownups gone? "In answering that question with the same freewheeling erudition and intuitive brilliance that made Iron John a national bestseller, poet, storyteller and translator Robert Bly tells us that we live in a "sibling society, " in which adults have regressed into adolescence and adolescents refuse to grow up.". Inscribed first edition, first printing of The Sibling Society by Robert Bly. (illustrator). Signed.…

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Fine. First Folio Society Edition. Octavo, [three volumes]. Quarter green-blue cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards, each volume with a different design by Patrick Leger. Introduced by Adam Roberts, with seven color plates in each volume by Leger. No dust jackets, as issued. Housed in the publisher's illustrated slipcase, fine condition. A Folio Society collection of three of Wyndham's best-known works of British science fiction, originally published between 1951 and 1957. The first Folio Society edition of The Wyndham Collection: The Day of the Triffids, The Midwich Cuckoos, and The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. (illustrator).…

Pamphlet. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Twelvemo, [2], 11- 48pp. Original printed paper wrappers. Light soiling to wraps, internally clean. Published under the direction of the American Temperance Society. A second edition appeared later in 1830 under the title An Essay on Temperance. Inscribed on the front cover: "Mr. Saml Adams / from his [friend] / M. Nomed." (OCLC 2156839). Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864) was an American geologist, minister, and educator. In 1830, he became the first State Geologist of Massachusetts. He taught chemistry and natural history at Amherst College before serving as its president from 1845 to 1854. The first edition of An Essay on Alcoholic & Narcotic Substances by Edward Hitchcock, the prize-winning essay from the American Temperance Society. (illustrator). Signed. …

Limited first edition, first printing INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. [i-xx], 1-676 pages plus fourteen unpaged illustrated leaves. Hardcover: H 24cm x L 16.25cm. No dust jacket as issued. Full red leather decorated with vibrant gilt stamping upon spine and boards; spine additionally embellished with three raised bands; minor soiling specks to boards. All edges gilt. Sewn-in red silk page marker. Dark red silk moire endpapers. Laid-in at front endpapers is publisher's foldout prospectus "Notes from the Editors | The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty" with front cover portrait of Welty by Caroline Edwards. Author's two-line ink inscription "For Carson and Marty | Eudora Welty" upon the second front flyleaf. Interior leaves are otherwise bright and clean. Binding remains crisp. A fine copy of an elegant book. Unique to this Franklin Library edition are "A special message to members of The First Edition Society" on page [vii] with facsimile signature of Eudora Welty at bottom right margin and fourteen leaves of b/w illustrations (rectos only) by Bernard Fuchs. Also includes author's Preface on pages [xvii-xix]. Bibliographical reference: #A27 in Noel Polk's EUDORA WELTY; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HER WORK. This Franklin Library copy is the true first edition, first printing of Welty's COLLECTED STORIES and precedes the limited edition as well as the standard trade edition issued by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. Noel Polk indicates that The Franklin Library issued the book on October 10, 1980 whereas Harcourt did not "officially" release their trade edition (#A27:2) and their 500 copy limited signed edition (#A27:2c) until October 29, 1980. Polk was unable to determine the size of the Franklin print run but it was probably comparable to the Harcourt limited edition. The book's inscribees are Martha (Marty) Hollomon and Curtis Carson Holloman Jr. (1939-1991) who served on the English Department faculty at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia, Mississippi. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. Please note that this thick book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.75 pounds (1.7 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {Lit Shelf #9|CMS-00985}.…

Glossy pictorial cover. Condition: Near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Small octavo, 39pp. Publisher's original glossy boards, title printed in black on front cover. BAL binding "A" with yellow endpapers and flyleaves. Solid text block, light rubbing to corners, faint soiling to boards. A near fine example. This is State B of the first printing, with an ampersand of the printer's imprint set above the type line, and signature mark "3" listed below the "ag" of the word "fragment" on page 33. (BAL 8757) Housed in a custom half-morocco slipcase with matching cloth chemise, title in gilt on spine. "Astraea" is a poem that reflects on the changing times and Oliver Wendell Holmes' nostalgia for the past. He uses the figure of Astraea, a Greek goddess of justice, to symbolize a bygone era of innocence and purity. The poem explores themes of loss and the contrast between the idealized past and the complex realities of the present. Holmes yearns for a return to a more idyllic time, suggesting that Astraea has left the earth, leaving behind a world that has lost its moral compass. First edition, first printing of Astraea: The Balance of Illusions, A Poem Delivered Before The Phi Beta Kappa Society of Yale College, August 14, 1850 by Oliver Wendell Holmes. (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, x, [6], 368pp. Green cloth, gilt title on spine and cover. Yellow top-stain, patterned endpapers. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page. Solid text block, slight bumps to edges of spine, a near fine example. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $5.00 retail price on front flap, chipping to spine and corners, touch of shelf wear, a vibrant example. Thin dampstain along bottom edge of rear flap, faint stain to bottom edge of text block, no impact to text or stability of jacket. Housed in a custom black morocco clamshell, title in gilt on green label over spine. This copy belonged to Mr. and Mrs. James W. Eike, with his ownership stamp on the half title. Inscribed by the author on the half title: "Best Wishes / Rachel Carson." A beautiful example of a landmark work in environmental science and public health. James W. Eike (1911-1983), the recipient of this copy, began working for the U.S. Public Health Service in 1934. He went on to work for the Civil Service Commission, the U.S. State Department, and retired from the U.S. Information Agency in 1970. Eike joined the Virginia Society of Ornithology (VSO) in 1933, serving as president from 1950-1952 and again from 1969-1971. His fifty years of membership is commemorated with the James W. Eike Service Award, recognizing VSO members for their outstanding conservation efforts and service to the organization. Rachel Carson (1907-1964) was a pioneering environmentalist who raised global awareness about the dangers of synthetic pesticides like DDT, both for humans and the biosphere. Her writing and activism is credited with inspiring numerous legislative movements and the eventual creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Signed first edition of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, from the library of fellow conservationist James W. Eike, the president of the Virginia Society of Ornithology. (illustrator). Signed.…

Condition: D'occasion - Comme neuf. The Signed First Edition Society ? Franklin Library, 1987. Frontispice par John Howard. En anglais. Reliure plein cuir ? tranches dorées. Signé / Signed par l'auteur / by the author Envoi rapide et soigné.

Condition: D'occasion - Comme neuf. The Signed First Edition Society ? Franklin Library, 1986. Illustrations en noir par Douglas Smith. En anglais. Reliure plein cuir ? tranches dorées. Signé / Signed par l'auteur / by the author Envoi rapide et soigné.