London: Cassell & Co., 1956. 1st. Cloth. The 1956 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends. Thick octavo, 552 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, full-leather box, with full-leather chemise. More
Paris: Librairie Ancienne et Moderne Edouard Rouveyre, 1878. First Edition. Bound in a handsome 1/4 morocco over russet cloth. #41 of 500 copies issued. New endsheets and pastedowns, bright gilt-lettering at the spine. Tight and VG, with the margins to a number of the pages professionally lengthened. Octavo, wonderful frontispiece..... More
Monte Carlo: Editions Du Livre, 1948. Original Wraps. The 1948 publication of Alfred Jarry's "Oeuvres Completes". This is the first 4 volumes only of the complete 8 volume set. All volumes bright and VG+ in their original wrappers AND in their glassine dustjackets. Octavos, also includes publisher's (?) original cardboard..... More
London: Henry S. King & Co., 1877. 1st. Cloth. The 1877 1st edition. Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering to the front panel and very light bubbling along the panels. 12mo, 161 pgs. plus "Tennyson Extracts for Schools and Recitations". Housed in a custom-made quarter-morocco box..... More
New York: Appleton-Century, 1934. 1st. Cloth. A lovely copy of the 1934 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. 12mo, 327 pgs. Very attractive. More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. 1st. Cloth. A crisp copy of the 1973 stated 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. Internally, very clean as well, free of any markings or writing. Octavo, 138 pgs. A nice copy of this early Alice Walker collection of stories, the..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970. 1st. Hardcover. An unusually nice copy of the 1970 1st edition. VG+ to Near Fine in a bright, sparkling, Near Fine dustjacket. This copy has 2 identical dustjackets and the outer jacket absorbed all the soiling, etc., leaving the inner dustjacket immaculate and virtually..... More
Madras, India: Kalakshetra Publications Press, 1984. 1st. Cloth. 1984 1st edition, #3 of 1,111 numbered copies issued. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition of Francesco Clemente at the Kunsthalle, Basel, May 13th to June 24th, 1984". Elegant fusion of Clemente oils and pastels with Ginsberg text. Large Folio, unpaginated..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. Cloth. SIGNED BY AMY LOWELL ON THE TITLE PAGE ABOVE HER PRINTED NAME. A solid copy to boot of the April 1917 3rd printing. Tight and VG- in its duotone cloth, with light soiling at the rear panel. Thick 12mo, 245 pgs. plus publisher's..... More
Paris: Les Editions du Sagittaire, 1953. Original wraps. A nice Association copy, WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ANDRE BRETON TO PRE-EMINENT LITERARY SCHOLAR AND YALE PROFESSOR HENRI PEYRE on the half-title. A solid, very presentable copy to boot of the 1953 1st edition. Tight and VG in its off-white wrappers, with light..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1971. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1971 1st thus, edited by D.I.B. Smith. Tight and Near Fine (small, tasteful bookplate at the front pastedown) in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of creasing at the spine base and light soiling to the..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Boards. INSCRIBED BY ANNE RICE IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION (at Minerva's Owl in San Francisco) on the front free endpaper. A crisp, very attractive copy to boot of the 1976 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (one small chip at the second blank endpaper) in..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1867. Hardcover. The 1867 true 1st edition, in 2 volumes. Both volumes tight and VG in a contermporary-to-the-period half-calf over chocolate-brown boards. Light wear at the tips and along the hinges, light scuffing to the spine and wear at the spine ends. Intermittent foxing as..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867. George H. Thomas. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1867 1st American edition. Tight and VG in its bevelled brown cloth, with light wear at the spine crown and very light foxing to the preliminaries and a bit of the text. Octavo, 362 pgs...... More
New York: G.P. Putnam, 1958. Cloth. A crisp copy of this handsome 1958 compilation of some of the best writing from Esquire Magazine over the years. Including Salinger, Fitzgerald, Cummings, Pound, Hemingway, etc. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping at the panel..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1926 1st American edition. Tight and VG+ in a crisp, price-intact ("$2.50"), VG dustjacket, with fading along the spine, a 1" chip at the rear panel's top-edge and very light chipping to its bottom-edge. 12mo, 308 pgs. More
Florence: The Olive Press, 1910. Original Wraps. Wonderful 1910 re-issue (and Christmas keepsake) of 3 letters of Gemma Donati, wife of Dante Alighieri. Published by the Olive Press of Florence. Bright and VG+ in its lovely checkered wrappers, with small former owner stamp at the front free endpaper. 12mo, 6..... More
London: Duckworth and Co., 1903. A wonderful Association copy, INSCRIBED BY ARTHUR SYMONS TO THOMAS HARDY on the front free endpaper. Also includes Hardy's personal bookplate from Max Gate on the front pastedown. A solid copy to boot of the 1903 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its green cloth..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1982. 1st. Cloth. INSCRIBED BYBOBBIE ANN MASON on the title page. A handsome copy to boot of the 1982 stated 1st edition. Solid and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 247 pgs. Signed by Author. More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1900. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A nice copy of the 1900 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine, with bright gilt-lettering and design at the front panel and spine. Former owner name and date at front blank endpaper, otherwise clean as could be. Octavo, 128 pgs..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1918. Three-Quarter Leather. A handsome example of the 1918 "Autograph Edition" of "The Works of Booth Tarkington", complete in 18 volumes. #478 of 565 copies issued and SIGNED BY BOOTH TARKINGTON on the limitation page of Vol. 1. Bound in an elegant 3/4..... More
London: Rider & Co. Cloth. A very presentable copy of this early re-issue, circa 1925. Solid and VG (tender but still sturdy front inner hinge) in a crisp, VG example of the yellow and black-lettered dustjacket, with decorative red bordering along the panel edges. Very light creasing at the edges..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1905. Arthur L. Keller. Decorative Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR ARTHUR L. KELLER IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATON. A well-preserved copy to boot of the 1905 1st illustrated edition. Solid and VG (with light rubbing to the spine and rear panel) in a bright, VG example of..... More
London: Peter Davies, 1925. Cloth. 1925 limited edition, #711 of 750 copies issued. Solid and VG in publisher's original light-brown cloth, with lightly-chipped, gilt-lettered spine label. Quarto, 326 pgs., deckled fore-edge and bottom-edge. Wonderfully illustrated in woodcut by Andrew Johnson. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. 1st. Cloth. A lovely, pristine copy of the 1977 1st edition of Bruce Chatwin's first published book. Tight and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 204 pgs. More
