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
New York: Viking Penguin, 1987. Cloth. SIGNED BY BRUCE CHATWIN on the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 1987 stated 1st American edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 293 pgs. Signed by Author. More
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1941. 1st. Cloth. The 1941 true 1st edition. Solid and VG in its canary-yellow cloth, 12mo, 324 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1926. 1st. Three-Quarter Leather. 1926 1st edition, bound in handsome 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands, bright gilt-lettering to spine, top-edge gilt. A tight, VG- copy, missing flyleaf, otherwise clean and well-preserved. 12mo, 102 pgs. Caresse Crosby's 2nd book of poetry. More
San Francisco: The Pterodactyl Press, 1980. Original Wraps. A wonderful, beautifully-printed 1980 collection of dustjacket blurbs and advertising squibs written by Carl Van Vechten himself for his own books pubished by Alfred A. Knopf between 1916 and 1932. #8 of only 100 copies issued by the Pterodactyl Press of San..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Decorative Cloth. The 1928 1st trade edition. Solid and tight and VG (with mild soiling at the spine) in a bright, price-intact, G+ dustjacket, with chipping at the panel edges and most notably, at the spine ends (2" loss at the foot), and light..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1940. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1940 2nd printing (lacking the date on the title page). Clean and solid and VG+, with light offsetting at the preliminaries. Octavo, 356 pgs. More
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1994. Decorative Boards. A bright, attractive copy of the 1994 1st trade edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its wonderful pictorial covers, which were designed by the publisher's wife, Barbara Martin. Lacking the publisher's acetate dustjacket. Handsome and very presentable. More
New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1930. W.A. Dwiggins. Full leather. A very interesting copy of the 1930 re-issue by the Press of the Wooly Whale of New York. Re-bound in a full chocolate-brown leather, with bright git-titling along the spine and the W.A. Dwiggins-designed door-knocker from the title..... More
Troy, NY: Nims and Knight, 1890. I.M. Gaugengigl and T.V. Chominski. Decorative Cloth. Handsome 1890 edition of the Dickens classic, issued in a larger (Quarto) format and lavishly illustrated thruout in full-page black-and-white and copper etchings by I.M. Gaugengigl and T.V. Chominski. All etchings in pristine condition and all including..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1846 1st edition, 2nd state (including "New Edition of Oliver Twist", followed by 3 lines in italics, at the rear). Well-preserved and VG in its red cloth, with bright gilt-design and lettering at the front panel and bright, decorative gilt-flourishes and..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. George Cruikshank. Full leather. The 1838 true 1st edition (with no border to "The Last Song"), in a sumptuous, light-blue, full-leather binding. 5 raised bands, highly-decorative, gilt-ornamented compartments along the spine. Clean, tight and Near Fine and, internally, bordering on immaculate, with no writing or markings..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1890. R. Seymour and "Phiz" Full leather. A wonderful Presentation copy of this 1890 re-issue, bound (and signed by the binder) in full calf by Morrell of London. Included with this copy are 26 mounted photographs (most of them signed by the actors) of characters from..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1935. Cloth. The elusive 1935 1st American edition, a book which eventually would be paired with 1939's "Goodbye to Berlin" to make up "The Berlin Stories". Solid and VG in its oatmeal cloth, with light offsetting at the pastedowns, very light soiling to the..... More
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. Cloth. 1930 1st American edition, in its magnificent deco-designed dustjacket. VG in a bright, crisp, VG+ dustjacket. 12mo, 285 pgs. More
New York: Random House, 1965. Cloth. The 1965 stated 1st printing of Cormac McCarthy's first book. Solid and VG (very light foxing at the endpapers and pastedowns, light bowing to the front board) in a bright, price-intact, Good only dustjacket, with significant creasing and offsetting along the panels, chipping to..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1903. Three-Quarter Leather. A handsome example of the 1903 "Autograph edition" of "The Writings and Speeches of Daniel Webster". 1 of only 30 sets issued bound in the publisher's 3/4 red morocco AND INCLUDING A 3 PG. HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM DANIEL WEBSTER (in this case..... More
Garden City, NYT: Hanover House, 1954. Cloth. A lovely copy of the 1954 1st thus, a handsome re-issue "condensed and simplified for quick reading by Lee Wyndham". Solid and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 189 pgs...... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A serviceable copy of the 1931 1st edition of Hammett's 4th book. VG- in its decorative beige cloth, with light staining at the panels and small split at the front inner hinge (which is still perfectly sturdy). 12mo, 282 pgs. More
New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1968. 1st. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY DIANE JOHNSON on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1968 stated 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing at the panel edges and spine ends. Octavo, 232 pgs..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1928. 1st. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1928 stated 1st edition. VG in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light soiling along the spine and rear panel. 12mo, 309 pgs. More
New York: New Directions, 1945. Cloth. A nice Association copy: INSCRIBED BY JAMES JONES ("From Here to Eternity", "The Thin Red Line", etc.) TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent mid 20th century literary critic and biographer. ("For Max--to justify the avant-garde--Jack Jones"). The 1945 "New Classics" edition, published by New Directions. VG..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1953. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY DONALD GALLUP on front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1953 stated 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 177 pgs. This exhaustive bibliography also "includes contributions to..... More
