Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1987. Boards. SIGNED BY KENT ANDERSON on the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 1987 stated 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1952 true 1st edition (the letter 'A' and Scribner seal on the copyrght page) of Kurt Vonnegut's first published book. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing at the panels and just..... More

New York: Delacorte Press, 1968. The 1968 stated 1st printing of this early collection of Kurt Vonnegut short works. Clean and Near Fine in a Good only dustjacket, with chipping at the spine ends and tips, and the lower 25% of the dustjacket's front flap neatly excised. Octavo, still very..... More

Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., 1916. 1st. Decorative Cloth. An exceptionally bright and clean copy of the 1916 1st edition, 1st issue of the 10th title in the Oz series. All issue points conform to the first edition requirements as laid down by Hanff/Greene, including the 12 full-page color plates..... More

Berlin: Im Transmare Verlag, 1930. Cloth. 1927 German edition of Tolstoy's "The Master and His Slave", with 14 striking woodcuts by the great Frans Masereel. VG- in its beige boards, with light chipping at the spine crown and very light soiling to the front panel. 16mo, in the Gothic script..... More

Crosby Gaige, New York, 1927. 1st. Hardcover. 1927 1st American ed., 1 OF 1,190 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. THIS COPY ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER CROSBY GAIGE on the limitation page. A solid copy to boot: VG in its shamrock-decorated boards and clean spine label. 16mo, 58 mostly uncut..... More

London: John Murray, 1832-33. Full leather. An impressive example of this original compilation of the works of Byron, complete in 17 volumes and bound --and signed-- in a full, mid to late 19th century red morocco by Root & Son of London. Each uniform volume has bright gilt-rule at the..... More

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1932. Cloth. The 1932 stated 1st American edition, translated from its original Italian --and with an Introduction-- by Samuel Putnam. Solid and VG+ in a crisp, VG- dustjacket, with several small closed tears and creases --and tape to reinforce them-- along the rear panel's..... More

London: J.M. Dent, 1893. Decorative Cloth. Handsome example of this 1893 collection of the novels of Maria Edgeworth, complete in 12 volumes. All of the volumes solid and VG in their lime-green, four leaf clover-decorated cloth. Uniformly bright gilt at the front panels and lightly-faded gilt along the spines. 12mos..... More

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1882. 1st. Half-Leather. The 1892 1st American edition (with the imprint of the Franklin Press on the coyright page). In the Publisher's Deluxe binding (half-morocco over marbled boards). Clean, solid and well-preserved. VG, with light wear at the tips and along the outer hinges. Small abrading..... More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1871. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1871 1st edition. Solid and VG in its chocolate-brown cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and rule at the front panel and somewhat rubbed lettering along the darkened spine. Internally solid and clean, save for a touch of..... More

Denver: Alan Swallow, 1959. Cloth. The 1959 1st American edition, WARMLY INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper BY THE AUTHOR TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent mid-20th century American literary critic. VG (with light soiling to the pastedowns and endpapers) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light rubbing to the..... More

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1950. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to GW Cottrell of the Houghton Library at Harvard. A sharp copy to boot of the 1950 1st edition, a book which among other things includes Edward Gorey's very first illustrations (on the front and rear endpapers) in book..... More