New York: Murray Hill Records, 1979. 3 LPs. 315 x 315 mm. Original illustrated record box. Small portion of lower cover faintly sunned, else a fine copy. Contains The Blackmailer, The Norwood builder, The red headed league, The disappearance of Silver Blaze, The mystery of the second stain, The solitary..... More
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Ltd., [1926]. Two volumes. 8vo. xiii, [i], 342; vii, [i], 342, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION. Each volume with half-title, frontispiece and 7 plates. Original blue publisher’s cloth, sunned and lightly worn at spines, with some small tears in cloth at extremities..... More
London: George Newnes, Limited, [1903]. 8vo. vii, [iii], 374 pp. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece and 15 plates. Original blue publisher’s cloth. First edition of this sequel to The exploits of Brigadier Gerard. The eight separate stories were all first published in The Strand Magazine from 1900-03, though some were printed..... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1896. 8vo. [viii], 334, [2] pp., including half-title, plus 8 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece and 23 plates. Original publisher’s cloth, lightly spotted; interior with light scattered foxing. An uncut copy with a small bookseller’s label to front paste-down and a contemporary ownership inscription..... More
Bristol; London: J.W. Arrowsmith; Simpkin, Marshall, Kent & Co., Limited, [c.1893]. 8vo. 320 pp. First combined edition. With 4 plates and numerous text illustrations. Original decorated publisher’s cloth, spine worn; interior with some very light scattered spotting and a small damp-stain. Ownership inscription to title, small bookseller’s label to front..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1900. 8vo. [vi], 348 pp., plus 4 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece. Rebound in red cloth, original upper cover laid down, sunned at spine and edges of lower cover. Ownership inscription to recto of frontispiece, small bookseller’s label to front paste-down. First edition of..... More
New York: R.F. Fenno & Company, [1896]. 8vo. 250 pp., plus 4 pages publisher’s advertisements. Original blue and white decorated publisher’s cloth, a bit worn. Later American edition of this semi-spiritual tale of a recluse, an interesting take on British colonialism as well as gothic novels. More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1896. 8vo. [viii], 366 pp., plus 10 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece and 7 plates. Original pebbled publisher’s cloth, spine sunned and slightly bumped with a few small chips, front cover a bit loose. Small bookseller’s label to front paste-down. First edition of..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1895. 8vo. [vi], 346, [1] pp., plus 24 pages publisher’s advertisements. First edition in book form. With frontispiece. Original green beveled publisher’s cloth with black end-papers. A fine copy, with a small bookseller’s label to front paste-down. First edition in book form, first published in..... More
New York: R.F. Fenno & Company, [1895]. 12mo. 287 pp. First American edition. Title is a cancel. Original decorated publisher’s cloth, soiled and worn. GHOST STORIES. First American edition of this collection of ghost stories. Titles include The Spectre Hand, A Coachful of Ghosts, and Why new houses are haunted..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1898. 8vo. xii, 333 pp., plus 6 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece and 39 plates. Original red publisher’s cloth, sunned and worn at spine; first gathering slightly loose. Small embossed bookseller’s stamp to fly-leaf, small bookseller’s label to front paste-down, ownership inscription to..... More
Cambridge: University Press, 1946. 4to. viii, 292 pp. Original cloth, dust-jacket. Fine condition. More
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1903. 8vo. xvi, 405 pp., plus 2 pages of publisher's advertisements. FIRST EDITION. With 16 colored plates plus numerous illustrations and black and white plates throughout text. Publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine. An excellent, partially uncut copy with the stamp of the..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1891. 8vo. xv, [i], 354 pp. SECOND EDITION. With frontispiece plus 12 full-page plates, 1 folding map, and text illustrations. Publisher’s blindstamped red cloth, title in gilt on spine, corners and head of spine worn; text very clean. Second edition. Leared (1822-1878), an..... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1907. 8vo. xv, [i], 230 pp., including half-title, plus leaf of publisher’s advertisements listing other published works by Lodge. SECOND EDITION. Original publisher’s cloth, author and title in gilt on spine. From the library of the Mount Wilson Observatory with a small presentation bookplate from..... More
London: John Murray, 1827. two volumes. 8vo. xvi, 278; iv, 281 pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary polished calf, boards with gilt-stamped border over a blind-stamped border, rebacked with the original backstrip laid down; an excellent copy. First edition of Malcolm’s travels through Persia. “Malcolm (1769-1833) visited Persia three times on diplomatic..... More
London: Henry Woodfall, 1736. 4to. iv, ix-xxiv, 339, [3] pp. FIRST EDITION. With engraved frontispiece, interpolated leaf [143-144], and leaf containing errata on the recto, publisher’s advertisements on the verso. Paneled sprinkled calf in a contemporary style; a large paper copy with very wide margins, a few contemporary annotations. More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1886. 8vo. [viii], 325, [3], 43, [3] pp., including half-title and 43 pages publisher’s advertisements. With frontispiece and 20 plates. Original publisher’s cloth, top edges uncut. Second edition. Thompson (1820-1904) was an English surgeon and professor at the Royal College of Physicians, specializing in..... More
Oxford: For the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press, 1923. 4to. xi, [i], 140 pp. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Title in red and black, frontispiece portrait and 16 plates. Original cloth-backed boards; covers very lightly soiled, still an excellent copy. First edition in book form, originally issued as..... More
(1). Annotated answers to the 1902 examination of Osler's Principles. . . . Annals of Internal Medicine, September 1973, pp. 460-72; (2). JAMA. William Osler commemorative issue. Vol. 210, No. 12, December 22, 1969. pp. 2213-69. Wrappers; (3). Sir William Osler Memorial Number, Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol. 84, no..... More
London: Harrison and Sons, Ltd., 1931. 8vo. xii, 80 pp. Second edition. Complete with the errata slip. Pebbled cloth. Inscribed and dated [19]31 to Arthur Keith from the author. INSCRIBED BY ROSS TO ARTHUR KEITH. Second edition. “These verses were written in India between the years 1881 and 1889, mostly..... More
London: John Murray, 1910. 8vo. viii, 56 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original stiff printed wrappers, small tear at foot of spine; some faint scattered spotting. Gilbert Murray’s copy, with his signature to title. First edition of this collection of verse, written by Ross while he was conducting his research on malaria..... More
London: John Murray, 1919. 8vo. 69, [3] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 1 page publisher’s advertisements. Original blue publisher’s cloth, in the original dust-jacket; some browning to end-papers. First edition of this collection of five short single-scene plays. “These five studies are parts of a series of which I hope to..... More
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1894. Two volumes. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Each volume with half-title and engraved vignette title. Volume I with frontispiece portrait and large folding colour map. Half-calf and marbled boards with morocco spine labels, spines and corners lightly rubbed. First edition of this set, which contains much of Sir..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, [1921]. 8vo. xi, [i], 307 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original maroon publisher’s cloth, some light wear to head and foot of spine; fly-leaves lightly browned. First edition of this extraordinary study of the relationship between medicine and literature and art. “There are questions whose medical bearing..... More
