May SALE! All books in Literature, Humor, and Drama priced at $100 and under are 30% off for the month of May.
This sale excludes artists' books, private press, and items sold on consignment.
Due to Covid-19 "Shelter at Home" restrictions, we are currently CLOSED to the public. We are continuing to ship books and we offer limited curbside delivery options.
Blackfoot, ID: Bulletin Press, (1945). Paperback. SCARCE. Very good in grey side-stapled stiff paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Limited to 300 copies. Interior is clean and bright. 24 pages. Literature. LIT310311. Very Good. More
New York: Street and Smith, (1905). Paperback. 16mo. Good- in very edgeworn original illustrated wrappers with orange title to front wrapper and black title to spine. Heavy chipping and creasing to exterior as well as several open and closed tears. Rear wrapper is missing. Chipping to edges of first few pages. 215 pages. Literature. LIT1/4302. Good. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine in black and white dust a jacket with maroon title to spine. 653 pages. LIT/021712. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1887. Hardcover. Vg in dark blue boards with gilt lettering/decorated front board showing a balloon in flight/8vo./321 pp.+ads/lavishly illustrated (120 illus.). Literature. LIT211291. Very Good. More
Boston: Copeland and Day, 1896. Hardcover. First edition. A collection of essays on observations made in the city and country. Poet Odell Shepard's copy with his ownership signature, place, and date in both volumes. Bound in the original green cloth boards lettered in gold on the spines and front covers. Lower corners of volume two are bumped, small specks of white paint to spine of volume one, and minor foxing to endpapers. 142 pages in volume one; 126 pages in volume two. This set may require an extra shipping fee. LIT/102616. Very Good. More
Boston: Rosemary Press, 1922. Paperback. 8vo. Blue wrappers with gilt title to front wrap. Minor fading to edges. Humor. HUM111101. Very Good in Wraps. More
Boston: Copeland and Day, 1896. Hardcover. First edition. 2 volumes. A collection of essays on observations made in the city and country. Essays and fragments reprinted, with modifications, from the Boston "Transcript". Bound in the original green cloth boards lettered in gold on the spines and front covers. Minor wear to the extremities and offsetting to endpapers. Minor offsetting to endpapers, else clean interiors. 142 pages in volume one; 126 pages in volume two. This set may require an extra shipping fee. LIT/102616. Very Good. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, (1976). Hardcover. Very good+ in a very good orange and white dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Minor edgewear to dust jacket. Interior is clean and bright. Index, 247 pages. LIT/122216. Very Good+ / Very Good. More
New York: D. Appleton, 1912. Hardcover. Illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson. Very good in blue cloth covered boards with silver title to front board and very faded title to spine. Spine slightly faded. Interior is clean and bright with many illustrations Literature. LIT1/4210. Very Good. More
London: The Channing Press, 1933. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR TO ARTIST LEANDER LEITNER. Very good- in tan cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board. Damp staining to spine and edges of boards. Both interior hinges are starting. Inscription to front free end page. Minor browning to end pages. 84 pages. Literature. LIT110311. Very Good -. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, (1962). Paperback. 8vo. Very good in black illustrated paper wrappers with light green title to front wrapper and to spine. 168 pages. LIT/112918. Very Good. More
London: Whittaker & Co., 1836. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Very good in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Modern rebinding. Previous owner's writing in pencil on front free endpapers. Foxing in a couple of places, but clean overall. Literature. LIT1/6200. Very Good. More
New York: Viking Press, 1989. Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine in near fine black dust jacket with silver title to front and spine panels. Contents bright and clean. 154 pages. Literature. LIT/5202. Near Fine / Near Fine. More
London: Everyman, 2000. Hardcover. Mint. Paperback rebound in brown cloth covered boards with gilt title on spine. 292 pages. Early Literature. EARLYLIT/1233. Fine. More
New York: Harper and Row, 1964. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY JOHN CHEEVER PRESENTATION COPY. Later edition. Very good plus black cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Author's inscription and signature to front free end page. Interior is clean and bright. Very good red and black price clipped dustjacket with white title to front and spine panels. Minor edge wear to dust jacket and one small portion of a cup ring to front panel. Minor fading to edges of dust jacket. 275 pages. Literature. LIT/5213. Very Good plus / Very Good. More
Boston: The Sherrill Press, 1936. Hardcover. Limited edition, 17/300 copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Near fine in blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper boards. Title label to front board. Light sunning around board edges and to spine. Interior is clean and bright. Deckel edge pages. Literature. LIT4/5090. Near Fine. More
Detroit: Gale Research Company, (1975). Hardcover. Very good in black and blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to front and spine panels. Index, 197 pages. Literature. BOB1109211. Very Good. More
Detroit: Gale Research Company, (1977). Hardcover. 8vo. Very good+ in black and blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to front and spine panels. Index, 186 pages. Literature. BOB909211. Very Good+. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1990). Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor bumping to top right corners of boards. Pristine interior. Black and white illustrated dust jacket with white and silver title to front and spine panels. Light bump to top right corners of dust jacket. Index, 208 pages. LIT/062216. Near Fine / Near Fine. More
New York: Hurst & Co., 1884. Paperback. Title on front cover and spine reads "Spencer" but title on title page reads "Spenser." Very good in beige illustrated paper wraps with black title to front wrapper and to spine. Orange and black illustration to front wrapper. Text is clean and bright. 232 pages + ads. Literature. LIT3611301. Very Good. More
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1895. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Very good in green illustrated boards with gilt title to front and spine panels. Minor soiling to boards. Lovely illustration of trees to front board. Light foxing throughout. Includes frontispiece with intact tissue guard. Many pages upopened. Literature. LIT212211. Very Good. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown paper covered boards with black title to spine. Pristine, tight interior. Black and brown dj with white title to spine. 241 pp. LIT/080805. Fine in Near Fine dj. More
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1930. Hardcover. SCARCE. 8vo. Very good in orange cloth covered boards with black title to front board and to spine. Small spot of soiling to bottom edge of front board. Minor fading to spine. Interior is clean and bright. 300 page. Literature. LIT2/4032. Very Good. More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1928. Paperback. 8vo. Very good in red side stapled paper wrappers with black title to light green title lable on front wrapper. Chipping and minor soiling to wrappers. Interior is clean and bright with photographic illustration of Mark Twain as frontispiece. 63 pages. LIT/031618. Very Good. More
Chicago: F. Tennyson Neely. (1894). Paperback. VG- in original white paper illustrated wrappers with red and black title to front wrapper and to spine. Front wrapper is detached but present. Heavy chipping to front wrapper and spine. Interior heavily browned with minor chipping to first few pages. Paper is brittle. Text is bright. Binding tight. 213 pages + ads. In wraps. Literary Biography. LITBIO/3113. Very Good -. More