New York: New Directions, 1953. Hardcover. first American Edition. Brown cloth boards with gilt label in VG condition. DJ is VG. Foredge is slightly stained. Interior is otherwise clean. 192 pp. Foreign Literature. FOR/4193. Very Good. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1971. Hardcover. First Edition. Very good plus blue cloth 4to., bright silver to cover and spine. In VG purple, blue & silver d.j. (scuffing, rubbing, light chipping). Interior is clean and tightly bound, though previous owner's name to ffep. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos, theatre posters, etc. Also contains lyrics, notes, etc. 283 pp. Music. MUS/11183. Very Good +. More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1973. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. 4to. Maroon cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Minor wear to corners. Interior is clean and bright with many illustrations throughout. White illustrated dust jacket with black and brown title to front panel and to spine. Browning to jacket. Minor chipping to edges as well as rubbing to rear panel. 192 pages. Judaica. JUD/122309. Very Good + in Very Good DJ. More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. 8vo. Brown and olive green illustrated cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Small spots of discoloration to spine. Spine slightly rolled. Previous owner's name to front free end page. Minor foxing to end pages. Else is clean and bright. 276 pages plus ads in rear. Literature. LIT110100. Very Good. More
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Red cloth covered boards with blue title to spine. Beautiful interior filled with full-page black and white as well as color plates of Picasso's sketchbook work. A beautiful book in lovely condition. Narrow strip of paper w/title, originally around the book, is laid-inside. Illustrated dust jacket with dark blue and black title to front panel and white title to black spine panel. Light rubbing to rear panel of dust jacket. Catalogue Raisonne, 349 pages. Art. ART/12023. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. More
Lawrence, KS: Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, 1992. Paperback. FIRST EDITION. Thick stock paperback 4to., green illustrated cover; very good condition w/some creasing to spine. Interior is clean and bright, mostly tight (one textblock crack). Frontispiece + 159 b/w plates; decorative endpapers as well. 400 pp. Art. ART/10153. Very Good + in Wraps. More
London: Frederick Warne, 1971. Hardcover. 4to. First edition. Very good in brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Clean interior filled with full color illustrations. Very good jacket with white title to grey spine panel. A few large chips to edges of jacket, dampstain to bottom edge, and crinkling to laminate. Jacket is protected from further wear with an archival cover. 208 pages. CHILD/102909. Very good in very good jacket. More
London: Kennikat Press, [1970]. Hardcover. Illustrated by the authors. Reprint of edition first published in 1947. A romanticized account of Morris's life. Near ine condition in the original orange cloth covered boards. 175 pages. MOR/062910. Near Fine. More
Crete, NE: Best Cellar Press, 1973. Paperback. SIGNED. In green side stapled paper wraps with dark blue title to front wrap. The poet's first book, signed by him. Author's signature and a little drawing of a tree to title page. Unpaginated. POE/041910. Fine in wraps. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1925. Hardcover. Cloth Boards. No Jacket. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. In Navy Blue cloth covered boards with gilt facsimile signature to front board and gilt title stamp to slightly faded spine. minor bumping to corners and head/foot of spine. Top of page edges gilt with decal to side and bottom. Frontis portrait with tissue guard and 13 other plates inserted. Endpapers are lightly yellowed with only slight foxing to tissue guard; else a Very Good jacketless copy of one of the first works on H.L. Mencken. 388pp. MEN/022004. Very Good. More
Paris: Librarie Internationale, 1866. Hardcover. Scarce First Edition. In French. This is a collection of wry, cynical, and melancholy aphorisms and observations on life by the De Concourts. It is reminiscent of Cyril Connolly's life view in The Unquiet Grave. In very good condition. Bound in three quarter red leather with marbled red and black boards and gilt title on five paneled spine. End pages are also marbled, in a different design. Original wrappers are bound in and are peeling with tears to the rear wrapper mended with tape. Interior pages are clean with hint of aging to margins. An attractive book. 255 pages. FRE/082709. Very Good. More
Scottsdale, Arizona: Camelback Gallery, 1994. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First trade hardcover edition. Signed limited edition with only 1501 copies printed. 8vo. Fine in blue cloth boards with silver title to spine. Pristine interior. Author's signature to title page. Fine illustrated jacket with green title to spine. 95 pages. LIT/110409. Fine / Fine. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984. Hardcover. Fine in very good white dust jacket with red title to front and spine panels. 8vo. First edition, signed by the author. With original drawing signed by Baltimore painter Reuben Kramer. 268 pages. Humor. HUM1/4252. Fine in Very Good DJ. More
London: Arthur Barker, 1934. Hardcover. First Edition. A masterpiece of historical fiction, ranked in some surveys as one of the best novels of the twentieth century. In very good condition in black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Light spotting to boards and light wear to edges. Previous owner’s bookplate to front pastedown and note in pencil to front free endpaper. There is offsetting from an article that is no longer present on the front endpaper and front flap of the jacket. Minor foxing to endpapers. There is a foldout family tree at the rear of the book. In blue illustrated dust jacket with white title to spine and front panel. The jacket is in three pieces with small chips to the spine ends, edges, and hinges. Browning to spine of jacket. A nice copy despite noted wear. 494 pages. LIT/052511. Very good in a good dust jacket. More
London: H. Hughs, 1775. Hardcover. SECOND EDITION. Large 8vo. The Poems include Gray's famous "Elegy Written in a Country Schoolyard." Bound in contemporary full-calf with exterior hinges expertly repaired, with original spine having five raised-bands with gilt title and designs to compartments. With faded marble endpapers. There is a frontispiece engraving of Gray. The text is browned with intermittent foxing and several pages with printing showing through to other side of page. Still quite legible. A handsome copy of Gray's works in very good condition. Memoirs in first section: 416 pages; Poems in second section: 110 pages.memoirs/110 pages. POE4/4262. Very Good. More
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1934. Hardcover. VG in bright blue buckram with orange lettering on spine and front cover. First edition; pp. 231. Education. EDU106030. Very Good. More
Boston: Copeland and Day, 1895. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. 8vo. In yellow cloth covered boards with black illustration and title stamp to spine and both boards. Slight soiling to edges else very clean and bright. Interior is also clean with laid paper and decaled edges. 123pp. LIT/070707. Very Good. More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to front board and to spine.spine. First edition. Frontis. Foxing to first few pages. Text is clean and bright. French History. FREHIS07/092899. Very Good. More
London and New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1898. Hardcover. First edition. Very good minus green cloth covered boards with gilt titling and dark green decoration on spine. Dark green title and decoration to front board. Rubbing and bumping to exterior. Fraying to cloth at hinges. Crack to both hinges but binding tight. Rolled spine. Light damp staining to last 40 or so pages. Sporadic light foxing throughout though text remains bright. John Lane's logo illustration in rear. 344 pages + 12 pages of publisher's ads. Literature. LIT/5213. Good +. More
New York: Duffield and Company 1926. Hardcover. Very good FIRST EDITION with blue cloth covering. Has a map of Corsica back of the front cover and has 16 photos Travel. ITTR1/11140. Very Good. More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. Hardcover. First Edition, First State. One page of advertisements at rear. Very Good Minus. Minor repairs have been done to exterior hinges. Ex-library, with stamps to half-title and verso of front flyleaf. Rubbing to corners. Binding solid and tight. Text is clean and bright. 398 pages. Literature. LIT1/05021. Very Good -. More
London: MacMillan and Co., 1891. Hardcover. First edition. Original blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Light bumping to spine ends. Presentation copy, inscribed to Showell Rogers Esq, M.A. LLD. with the Author's kindest regards July 21st. 1891. Fine copy of this rare title. 175 pages. Poetry. POE/4103. Near Fine. More
London: John Lane, 1895. Hardcover. 1 of 500 copies. First Edition. This is a very scarce “modern” play by the famous publisher. In a note, Heinemann writes that it was not his object to write anything that “would satisfy the usual requirements of a stage play...but simply to snatch one dramatic moment out of a story of to-day...” Bound in original grey-green boards with paper title label. Label is chipped and corners of boards slightly bumped. The interior is clean with most of the pages unopened. In very good condition. 69 pages +13 pages of ads. LIMITED/051011. Near Fine. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. Hardcover. Book of the Month Club edition. Near Fine in near fine illustrated beige dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Light foxing to dust jacket. Pristine interior. 247 pages. Literature. LIT/3043. Near Fine / Near Fine. More