The Poems of Bacchylides: From a Papyrus in the British Museum
London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1897. 1st. Cloth. 1897 1st edition. VG in its dark-purple cloth, with bright gilt-lettering to the spine. Octavo, 246 pgs. More
London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1897. 1st. Cloth. 1897 1st edition. VG in its dark-purple cloth, with bright gilt-lettering to the spine. Octavo, 246 pgs. More
Paris: Dorbon-Aine, 1922. 1st. Original Wraps. 1922 limited edition, 1 of 50 numbered copies (#21) printed on imperial Japanese paper. VG+ in its original wrappers and also including a VG example of the fragile glassine dustjacket. Folio, deckled fore-edge and bottom edge. Handsome tipped-in watercolors by Frederic Montenard. More
Leipzig: The Albatross Library, 1937. Original Wraps. The 1937 1st thus, published in a handsome paperback (with dustjacket!) by the Albatross Modern Continental Library. Clean and VG+ in its green wrappers. And in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping along the panel edges. 12mo, 248 pgs. plus publisher's..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1968. Cloth. A gorgeous copy of the 1968 stated 1st American edition of Marquez's first work translated into English. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($5.95), Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. A true collector's copy, legitimately approaching pristine. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Cloth. A crisp, very attractive copy of the 1970 1st American (and 1st English language) edition, in its 2nd issue dustjacket (with the period rather than the exclamation point at the final line of the front flap's 1st paragraph). Clean and sharp and easily..... More
London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1892. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1892 1st edition, 1st issue (stamped in black and brown on the front covers). Complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes clean and VG+. Tightly-bound and well-preserved. Octavos, 448 pgs. all told. Housed in a custom-made, quarter morocco box..... More
New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1876. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of this 1876 sequel to "Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood". Bright and VG+ in its beautiful dark-green, decorative cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and design along the spine. Light foxing at several of the preliminaries (including the title page..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1940. Cloth. SIGNED BY GEORGE ORWELL on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1940 true 1st edition of this uncommon collection of Orwell essays (consisting of 3 lengthy pieces --"Charles Dickens", "Boys' Weeklies" and "Inside the Whale"). Tight and VG in..... More
1761. 1/4 leather. Very impressive 1761 edition, with the text carefully re-written and re-deciphered from Boccaccio's original by Franco d'Amaretto Mannelli. Clean, solid and VG+, with the text (in its original Italian) crisp and eminently readable, with very milddarkening at a number of te pages. Lovely engraved portraits of Boccaccio..... More
Palermo, Italy: Edizioni "Il Vespro" 1978. Original Wraps. Handsome re-issues of the 19th century Sicilian folktales of Giuseppe Pitre. The 4 volume set, all in their original wrappers AND in their pictorial dustjackets. Light wear at several of the jacket spine ends but still clean and solid and VG. Thick..... More
Berlin: Hundertjahrs Ausgabe Im Askanischen Verlag, 1940. The 1940 1st thus, bound in full vellum and including the original printed dustjacket. Clean and solid and VG+ in a bright, VG dustjacket, with mild darkening and creasing along the spine. Thick quarto, 449 pgs., tipped-in black-and-white plates by Max Von Boehn..... More
London and New York: Academy Editions/St. Martin's Press, 1972. 1st. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1972 1st edition, published simultaneously in London and New York. Immaculate and Fine in a bright, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 101 pgs. More
Paris: Olympia Press, 1961. Gregory Corso. Original wraps. SIGNED BY GREGORY CORSO on the front free endpaper. A crisp, very presentable copy to boot of the April 1961 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its Olympia-green wrappers. And in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with light fading to the titling..... More
Paris: Bibliotheque Des Curieux, 1922. Original Wraps. 1922 1st trade edition (following a tiny printing of 15 numbered copies). Solid and VG in its pictorial wrappers, with light fraying at the spine ends and very light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 301 pgs., 15 plates (including Rubens, etc.). More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2016. Decorative Cloth. A pristine copy of this 2016 Arion Press offering, a lovely reprint of Gustav Flaubert's last novel. #88 OF 300 NUMBERED COPIES ISSUED. Clean and Fine in it duotone cloth, with immaculate gilt-titling at the panels and along the spine. Marginalia and..... More
Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1923. Three-Quarter Leather. The 1923 1st thus, #86 of 252 copies with the lavish wood engravings of Georges Le Meilleur complementing the text. Bound (and signed) by Vermorel of Paris in a 3/4 dark-green morocco over marbled boards. Matching marbled endsheets and pastedowns as well. Gilt-rule..... More
Philadelphia: J.B.Lippincott, 1889. Full-Leather. 1889 1st American edition, sumptuously bound --and signed-- in full dark-green morocco by Bradstreet's of London. Raised bands, gilt-ruled and decorated compartments. Solidly VG, with light wear at the outer hinges, light staining to the panels. Tall quarto, 170 pgs., all edges gilt. Beautiful engravings thruout..... More
Paris: Contact Editions, 1926. Original wraps. The 1926 1st American edition of H.D.'s (Hilda Doolittle's) first published novel, originally issued out of Paris by Contact Editions. An impressive copy. Crisp and VG+ to Near Fine in its beige wrappers, with very light soiling to the panels. "Printed at Dijon (France)..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. Boards. INSCRIBED BY HAROLD ROBBINS on the front free endpaper. A tight, solid copy to boot of the 1955 stated 1st edition. Clean and VG (a light band of offsetting along the top-edges, light fading along the spine) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket..... More
Philaelphia: Lippincott, 1960. Boards. The elusive 1960 stated 2nd printing, published in the same year as the July 1960 1st printing. Clean and VG+ in its duotone boards, with a tight binding and very solid hinges. And in a bright, price-clipped, VG example of the stated 2nd printing dustjacket, with..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1851. 1st. Full-Leather. The 1851 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes. Bound in a full, light-brown calf, with raised bands and bright gilt-rule and lettering along the spines. Light scuffing at the panels and very light chipping to the spine labels. Still though, solid and VG and..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1852. Full-Leather. The 1852 "new" edition, complete in 3 volumes. Each volume bound in a handsome light-brown calf, with raised bands and bright gilt-rule and lettering along the spines. Light wear and scuffing to the panels and light wear to the outer hinges but still solid and..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965. Boards. A very sharp copy of the 1965 1st American edition. Tight and Near Fine (small former owner stamp at the front free endpaper) in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light rubbing to the front panel. Octavo, translated from its..... More
Boston: Houghtonm Mifflin and Co., 1896. Amelia M. Watson. Decorative Cloth. The 1896 1st illustrated edition, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes tight and VG+ in their lovely gilt-decorated olive-green cloth (designed by Sarah Wyman Whitman), with light fading to the spines and mild offsetting along the top-edge of Vol..... More
Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1938. Original wraps. A solid copy of the September 1938 true 1st edition. Tight and VG in its original pictorial wrappers, with mild darkening along the panel edges and at the spine. Octavo, 324 pgs. Also includes the front half of the publisher's very uncommon wraparound..... More