Ellen Saito, bookseller
Pall-Mall, London: Pr. at Strawberry-Hill for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757. Fine Binding. 8vo (8.8 in, 22.9 cm). [15 blank leaves] 21 [1 blank leaf] [4 blank leaves] [1 blank leaf]; illus. First edition: Unique extra-illustrated first issue (with "Ilissus" at 8:19 and a comma after "Swarm" at 16:20) to..... More
London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Hardcover. 8vo (8.8 in, 22.4 cm). viii, 1-31 on every recto [3 blanks] pp. C. & p. For the first edition, 800 copies were printed on handmade paper and 30 copies on Japanese vellum. Of these, 800 handmade paper copies plus 20 Japanese vellum copies sold..... More
Venice: Plinio Pietrasanta, 1554. 1/2 Vellum. 8vo (8.3", 21.5 cm); 46, [2] pp. First edition: "Original edition of this study on marriage in antiquity, dealing with its institution, ceremonies and nuptial costumes, and the rights and duties of married women. The book is dedicated to Virginia Fieschi, who married Jacopo..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1952. Hardcover. 8vo (7.4 in, 18.8 cm). 285 pp. B. M. Mooyaart-Doubleday (translator); Eleanor Roosevelt (introduction). First English language edition: First edition stated on copyright page and $3.00 on jacket flap. Anneliese Frank's diary documents her life in hiding during the Nazi occupation of Holland beginning..... More
"[Edinburgh]: 1718. Folio (31.2 cm, 12.3"). [1] p. Dated July 30 1718, this broadside is a rebuttal of certain financial assertions made by Ruth Pollock in her ongoing legal battle against John Campbell over the estate of Sir Hugh Campbell, which included Cawdor Castle (although that legendary castle is not..... More
"[Edinburgh]: 1718. Folio (31.5 cm, 12.4"). [2] pp. Dated February 5th 1718, this broadside was part of a protracted legal struggle between Ruth Pollock and John Campbell, grandson of Sir Hugh Campbell, thane of Cawdor. Particularly in question here are the marriage articles between Sir Alexander Campbell and Elizabeth Lort..... More
"[Edinburgh]: 1717. Folio (30.5 cm, 12"). 4 pp. The battle between Ruth Pollock and the Campbells (or Calders, from their estate of Cawdor) rages on, with the Calder side strenuously denying that any legitimate marriage ever took place between her and Capt. George Campbell. Pollock, who called herself Campbell's widow..... More
New York & Toronto: Random House, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo (9.1 in, 23.2 cm). [x], 458 [2] pp. C. & p. First edition: First printing stated. Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an American-born Canadian community activist noted for her incisive observations of urban planning and design. In her landmark book, Jacobs passionately..... More
London: Faber & Faber, [1929]. First Edition. Folio (7.3 in, 18.5 cm). 4 unnumbered pp.; frontis. Signed first edition: This wrappered first edition of 9 October 1929 preceded the hardcover signed edition of 28 October 1929. Ariel Poem, No. 23. T.S. Eliot's (1888-1965) signature verified unofficially through emailed photographs by..... More
London: William Pearson for Thomas Ward, 1713. Full calf. 2 vols. 8vo (9 in, 22.9 cm). [2] [10] 23 [1] xvi, 218; [2] 221-448 [12]; copper plates: maps and plans. Map "page 305" at p.317. Vol. 1 with initial advertisement leaf, folded frontispiece, and subscribers list; Vol. 2 with index..... More
Amsterdam: Printed by Heinricum Wetstenium, 1684. Vellum. 4to (8.1", 20.6 cm). [28], 598 40 [20] pp. Latin. Francesco Guicciardini (editor). First edition: The preeminent Swiss theologian of his time (not the 20th-century philosopher), Heidegger (1633-1698) was a professor of Hebrew, philosophy, dogmatics and ecclesiastical history, moral philosophy, and theology. This is..... More
Cadiz: Imprenta Nacional, 1813. 1/4 Leather. 4to (21 cm, 8.3 in). [4], 694 pp., lacks frontis. First edition: The Spanish Inquisition was established in the 13th-century. The power of the Spanish Inquisition wavered over the centuries and was limited to the censorship of books and free speech by the early..... More
London: Printed by J. Davis for the author, 1787. 1/4 Calf. 8vo (9", 22.9 cm). [2], x, 262 pp., folded plate: map. Printed by J. Davis for the author, and sold by Payne and Son, at the Mewse Gate; Cadel, in the Strand; Sewel, in Cornhill; and Flexney, in Holborn..... More
Paris: Chez Ladvocat, Libraire de S.A.R. Monseigneur le duc de Chartres, au Palais-Royal, 1825. 1/2 Leather. 10 volume set. 12mo (7.3 in, 18.5 cm). [6] i-viii i-xviii 399 [1], xx 380, xxiii 374, xi 370, xvi 375, xi 367, xii 387, xi 368, xi 414, viii 400 pp. First edition..... More
"[Boston/]: [Tolman & White, Printers/], [1880]. Small 4to (10", 25 cm). [2] ff. (printed on rectos only). The prospectus of membership: includes a preamble, short history, aims, its constitution, and by-laws. Old folds. Else almost as issued." - D. Szewczyk. More
New York: Harbor Press, 1929. Hardcover. 4to (7.8 in, 19.7 cm). [i-xiv], [1] 2-19 [20-22] pp. First separate edition: Limited #226/485. Signed by Robert Frost in holograph at the end of his introduction. Appeared as part of an anthology in 1927. Frost "maintained a lasting wish that someday he himself..... More
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1893. Hardcover. 16mo (6.9 in, 17.5 cm). [2 blank] [viii], 1-309 [1 blank] [2 ads] [2 blank] pp. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. One of 2,000 copies. C. & p. First edition: Author and naturalist, Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) belonged to a community..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1938. Hardcover. Small 4to (9.4 in, 23.9 cm). [2], [4] 5-504 [2] pp.; frontis. Index. Tribute by Pearl Buck on jacket lower panel. First edition: Teacher, social worker, and nurse, Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) witnessed frequent pregnancies and botched abortions. Sanger founded the paper, The..... More
"[Boston?]: [Tolman & White Printers?], [1880]. 8vo (9.5", 23.5 cm). [2] ff. (printed on recto and verso). Perhaps the first printing of the association's constitution. Ex-American Antiquarian Society Copy with its embossed stamp. Top edge tattered with loss of blank paper, age-toned, some dog-earing." - D. Szewczyk. More
New York: J. B. Ford, 1869. Hardcover. 8vo (8 in, 20.3 cm). [6] xii,13-500 [12 adv.] pp.; illus. Second printing: Catharine E. Beecher (1800-1878) was the eldest of nine siblings including Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), the famous abolitionist who authored Uncle Tom's Cabin. American educator, women's rights activist, and author..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1883. Hardcover. 12mo (7.1 in, 18 cm); [2] 224 [2] pp. Second American edition: John Stuart Mill's concept of liberty justified the freedom of the individual as opposed to unlimited state control: The individual ought to be free to do as he wishes unless he harms..... More
[Leyden]: [s.n.], 1653. Full calf. 32mo (5.1", 13 cm). 536 pp. Latin. First edition: Compiled and in part translated into Latin by Dutch scholar Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn (1612-1653). “Boxhorn, as a true patriot, felt the urge to defend his country when it became the victim of new foreign aggression..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Hardcover. 12mo (7.1 in, 18.1 cm). [i-xii], [1]-232 [blank]; printer's imprint; blank leaf; leaf xi-xii excised (as issued). Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Laid paper. First edition: 3020 copies printed. Author and naturalist, Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) belonged to a community of..... More
London: Spottiswoode for Smith, Elder and Co., 1877. Hardcover. 3 vols. 8vo (19.7 cm, 7.8"). [v] vii [viii], [1] 441, [1 blank] pp.; frontis. (port.), ill; p. 235 as 225. [v] viii, [1] 510 pp.; frontis. (port.), ill. [iv], [1] 395 [1 blank] pp. Third edition stated: Harriet Martineau (1802-1876)..... More
London: A.H. Bullen for William Heinemann, 1915. Hardcover. 6 volumes. 8vo (19.3 cm, 7.6"). lxiii, 458 pp.; 442 pp.; 498 pp.; 422 pp.; 524 pp.; 452 pp. Edited by Montague Summers. First collected edition stated; limited edition #663 of 760. Aphra Behn (1640-1689) spied for Charles II in the Dutch..... More