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.
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Hardcover. 2 vols. 8vo. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with gitlt title to spine. RLS monogram on cover. Edges sharp. Previous owner's book plate to front paste downs of both volumes and writing in pencil to front free end page of volume I. Includes frontis portraits with tissue guard in both volumes. Bright gilt top-edge, other edges untrimmed. Literary Biography. LITBIO/1153. Very Good+. More
Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1985. Hardcover. Nearly fine red cloth with black & gilt tilte lable to spine; 8vo. Pristine interior with 20 B/W illustrations and illustrated endpapers. Fine red d.j. with photographic image. 409 pp. Literary Biography. LITBIO/01074. Near Fine. 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
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997. Hardcover. 1st edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with dark blue title to off white spine. Several photographic illustrations throughout. 261 pages. Literary Biography. LITBIO/12102. Fine / Near Fine. More
Durham: Duke University Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine in very good+ beige and maroon price clipped dust jacket with title to front and spine panels. Minor edgewear and browning to dust jacket. Interior is clean and bright with frontispiece photographic illustration of Perry. 394 pages. Literary Biography. LITBIO/9172. Fine / Very Good+. More
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1913. Hardcover. Very good blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor fading to spine and a few minor chips to spine ends. Minor bumping to edges. Bookplate ito front paste down. Photogravure frontis with tissue guard. Sporadic light foxing though text remains clean and bright. Some pen writing on rear flyleaf and magazine photo of James pasted on rear free endpaper as well. 436 pages. Literary Biography. LITBIO/2103. Very Good. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952. Linen Covered Boards. 8vo. In gray linen covered boards with red title block to spine and front covers. Interiors are clean and bright. Vol I: 585 pages, Vol II: 1158 pages plus notes and index. This set may require an extra shipping fee. LITBIO/042005. Very Good. More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Copmany, (1955). Hardcover. Very good blue cloth backed grey cloth covered boards with gilt and maroon title to spine. Includes photo frontispiece;. 386 pages. Literary Biography. LITBIO/11212. Very Good. More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Very good in green cloth covered boards with brown title to front board and to spine. Fading to exterior around edges and on spine. Text clean, pages bright. White illustrated dust jacket with brown title to front and spine panels. Minor soiling and edgewear to dust jacket which is now in a protective plastic sleeve. 282 pages. Literary Biography. LITBIO/9172. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Duffield and Company. No date, circa 1910. Hardcover. Very Good- in light green clothc backed dark green cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor bumping to edges and corners. Previous owner's book plate to front paste down. Front free end page has been Inexpertly taped in but otherwise a clean, bright copy. Illustrations throughout. Index, 327 pages. LITBIO/3043. Very Good -. More
New York: Harper&Brothers, Publishers, 1879. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Very good plus black cloth binding with red title to front board and to spine. Minor wear to corners and spine ends. Minor fading to spine. In mylar cover. Former owner's label on inside front board. Interior very clean and bright, binding tight. 206 pages. Literary Biography. LITBIO/3173. Very Good. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1902. Hardcover. 12mo. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with green title to front board and to spine and lovely green and white illustration to front board. Light bumping to spine ends and corners. A few very small light spots of soiling to rear board. Interior is clean and bright. Photo frontis with tissue. Gilt top edge of text block. Several unopened advertisement pages. 189 pages + ads. Literary Biography. LITBIO/2123. Very Good +. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1971. Hardcover. Review Copy, with publisher's card laid-in, also label pasted on front pastedown. 4to. Very good plus orange cloth boards with gilt title to brown box on spine. Slight rubbing and fading to spine. Light pencil underlining in a few places. Else is clean and bright. Profusely illustrated with black and white illustrations. Literary Biography. LITBIO/12223. Very Good+. More