Geneva: Fick, 1859. Gandon, A. First illustrated edition, and the first edition in French. The German edition appeared in 1856. Original brown cloth, near fine. This edition contains six fine etchings printed on india paper. Follows by three years the rare Leipzig printing; but no English edition appeared until 1942..... More
New York: Baker and Scribner, 1849. First edition. "One of the earliest lost-race novels written in America," Bleiler. Inscribed and signed "G.W. Peck" by the author in pencil, dated 1852. Original plain paper boards, lacking spine covering, mild browning and dampstaining throughout. Written to capitalize on the California Gold Rush..... More
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1927. First edition. First printing, suppressed (not all that effectively), with 276 pages. Original brown cloth, traces of removed bookplate from front pastedown, but a fine copy in a very fresh dust jacket (price clipped, and with small tape repairs at the ends of the spine). Very..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1906. Wyeth, N.C. First edition. Original red cloth, very slight lean, but a fine copy. More