Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1888. W. St. John Harper. Decorative Cloth. A solid, very presentable copy of this 1888 1st US edition (?), published out of Boston by Estes and Lauriat. Tight and VG in its lavishly gilt-decorated front panel and spine. Light, forgiveable wear along the tips and the..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1970. Cloth. A one-of-a-kind copy of the 1970 1st edition, having belonged to the legendary bookseller Burt BrItton (1933-2018), co-founder of New York's much-loved "Books & Company" on Madison Avenue. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED TO BRITTON BY 2 OF THE BOOK'S CONTRIBUTORS (JOHN ASHBERY AND MURIEL..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1917 1st edition, IN THE PUBLISHER'S UNCOMMON PRINTED DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ (with light offsetting at the title page) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 53 pgs. More
London: J. and R. Tonson (Printed by John Baskerville), 1758. Full leather. A very impressive example of the 1758 1st John Baskerville edition, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes tight and VG+ in their handsome late 18th-early 19th century full calf. 5 raised bands along each spine, fine gilt-tooling within..... More
Riverside, CT: Hillacre, 1913. Hardcover. A lovely, near-pristine copy of the 1913 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its light-brown boards, with bright, completely unflecked or unrubbed gilt-lettering to the front panel and spine. Octavo, frontispiece portrait of Lincoln Steffens. A poem "made into a book for..... More
Riverside, CT: Hillacre, 1917. Hardcover. The 1917 1st edition, IN ITS UNCOMMON GLASSINE DUSTJACKET. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a Near Fine example of the fragile jacket, with a tiny amount of chipping along the spine and at the spine crown, and light chipping to the rear panel's..... More
London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1927. 1st. Cloth. The 1927 1st edition, limited to 375 copies. Solid and VG, with very light soiling at the panels. Octavo, 32 pgs. With very nice hand-coloured engravings on wood by Hester Sainsbury. More
Highlands, North Carolina: Jargon Books/The Nantahala Foundation, 1962. Single sheet. #217 OF 300 COPIES ISSUED SIGNED BY JONATHAN WILLIAMS at the foot of the poem. Folded single sheet, clean and Near Fine. "Written and published by Jonathan Williams at the Winter Solstice, 1962 for his friends". An impressive broadside, "printed..... More
Jordan Davies, 1983. 1st. Cloth. An immaculate copy of the 1983 1st edition. Bright and Fine in its duotone cloth. 1 OF 75 COPIES PRINTED ON OPALE DE RIVES AND SIGNED BY JONATHAN WILLIAMS. Signed by Author. More
Sci-Art Publishers, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA, 1939. Hardcover. 1939 stated first impression. VG in a bright, VG dustjacket with a bit of darkening along the spine and a minor amount of soiling along the back panel. Thick octavo, 910 pgs. An exhaustive compilation of Yiddish poetry translated into English verse..... More
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1945. 1st. Cloth. The 1945 1st edition of this Joyce Cary poem. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light soiling to the panels. Thin 12mo, 28 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box. More
Madison, N.J. 1927. Lee Thayer. Decorative Cloth. THIS COPY (#71 OF ONLY 100 ISSUED) "WAS PRINTED AND BOUND AS A GIFT FOR WE. RUDGE" (THE PRE-EMINENT PUBLISHER AND PRINTER WILLIAM EDWIN RUDGE) AND IS FURTHERMORE INSCRIBED BY THE BOOK'S PRINTER ARTHUR W. RUSHMORE. A clean, very solid copy to boot..... More
Lausanne, France: Edition des Freres Gonin, 1935. Jean Berque. Original wraps. #40 OF ONLY 150 COPIES ISSUED SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR JEAN BERQUE at the limitation. A bright, crisp copy to boot in its cream-colored wrappers. Clean and Near Fine, with lovely color prints complementing the text. Attractive layout and..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1935. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1935 stated 1st edition, WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. Solid and VG in its duotone cloth, with bright gilt-design and lettering at the front panel and spine. Octavo, 120 pgs. An even part of..... More
New York: New Directions, 1984. 1st. Cloth. SIGNED BY LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI on the title page. An immaculate copy to boot of the 1984 1st edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 122 pgs. Signed by Author. More
San Francisco: Inferno Press Editions, 1960. 1st. Hardcover. The 1960 1st edition. Solid and VG in its dark laminate boards, with pasted-on wraparound band. Octavo, 42 pgs. More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855. Edward Finden (Henry Warren). Full leather. Handsome 1855 edition of Byron's "Tales and Poems", complete in 2 volumes and published by Henry Bohn of London. Sumptuously bound in a full red morocco, with 5 raised bands along each spine, fine-tooled gilt-design at the compartments and..... More
Algiers: Editions Baconnier Freres, 1926. 1st. Original Wraps. The 1926 1st edition, #995 of 1,000 copies issued. Solid and VG in its pictorial wrappers, with very light soiling to the panels. ALSO INCLUDES A LIGHTLY-CHIPPED EXAMPLE OF THE PUBLISHER'S UNCOMMON WRAPAROUND BAND.Octavo, 44 pgs., wondefully illustrated thruout by Mrcel Gille..... More
The Fine Editions Press, New York, 1949. 1st. Original Wraps. INSCRIBED BY LOUIS SIMPSON on front free endpaper. 1949 1st edition of the author's 1st book, 1 of 500 copies issued. A solid, VG copy in original wraps. Octavo, 93 pgs. Signed by Author(s). More
London: Frederick Muller, 1946. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1946 1st edition. Solid and VG (with light offsetting at the front and rear endpapers) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping to the spine crown. Octavo, over a dozen original lithographs by the great Edward Bawden..... More
New York: Vantage Press, 1966. Boards. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR MAEVE O. FINLEY on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1966 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (light soilig to the pastedowns) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling to the..... More
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 1994. 1st. Original Wraps. A pristine copy of the uncommon 1994 1st edition. Fine in its hand-sewn wrappers. Miniature (64mo), one of only 130 copies issued. INSCRIBED BY MARK JARMAN IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION at the colophon. Signed by Author. More
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 1993. Original Wraps. The Printer's Proof copy, containing several typos and misprints and INSCRIBED BY THE PRINTER (Michael Peich) at the colophon. An immaculate copy in its hand-sewn, dark gray wrappers. Miniature (64mo), housed in a plain white envelope, on the back of which is..... 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
