![The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. A New Edition [Six Volumes]. Laurence STERNE](/images/noimage.png)
London: Printed for J. Dodsley [vols I-III]; Printed for T. Becket [vols IV-VI], 1777. Six small octavo volumes (16cm). Contemporary mottled calf, front and rear boards ruled in gilt; spines in six compartments with gilt rules and morocco spine labels; marbled endpapers. Frontispiece to v.I after Hogarth. Half-title to v.III..... More
Boston: Sever, Francis, & Co., 1869. The uncommon Third American edition, following editions of 1833 and 1845 (Philadelphia and New York, respectively). Includes Shelley's "Preface to the Last London Edition," originally written for the 1831 Bentley's series of Standard Novels. Quite well-preserved copy of a rather fragile book; about two..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. First American Edition. "A tour de force on the following trapeze: invitations go out to a group of people, all of whom have been responsible for the death of someone by negligence or intent. The island on which the party is gathered is..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1966. Second printing (following the first of 1939). Six octavo volumes. Salmon cloth with black-and-gilt stamped title panels on spines; pink top-stains; pp 458+471+462+541+546+633. Some trivial thumb-soil to bindings and text block edges, still a most attractive, tight and unmarked set, Near Fine, lacking the..... More
New York: Harper Collins, 1995. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 150 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author. Octavo (22cm); hunter green cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in copper on spine and front cover; publisher's original pictorial slipcase. A Fine copy, still sealed in the..... More
Kenilworth, IL: by the Author, 1936. Solid copy of Dilling's oft-reprinted manual for red-baiters. SEIDMAN D200: "...lists 450 organizations and 1,300 individuals under the communist label, applying this term indiscriminately to all types of social reform as well as to radical groups." Later printing. Octavo (21cm). Original red cloth boards..... More
New York: Brentano's: Publishers, 1928. First Edition. A pleasing copy of Powell's second book, following her autobiographical debut Whither (1925), which she disavowed. "Two sisters of dissimilar temperaments have different views of life in a railroad boarding house in a small midwestern town" (HANNA 2925). First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); yellow..... More
New York: The Citadel Press, 1949. First Citadel Edition. Attractive edition of March's classic 1928 long verse narrative poem, a violent story about a vaudeville dancer who throws a booze and sex-filled party, eventually coming to a bad end. With an introduction by Louis Untermeyer, and black & white illustrations..... More
[Madison, WI]: YIP & Madison Dealer Association, [n.d. but ca.1970's]. First Edition. Broadside advertising a "Smoke-In" at the Capitol building in Madison. The Yippie-sponsored event was held in conjunction with a special state committee hearing on local marijuana laws; the smoke-in was organized in response to the committee's request "...that..... More
New York: The Kitchen, 1980. Exhibition announcement. Single sheet, ca. 6" x 28", printed on both sides of sheet, folded to make ca. 6" x 7" brochure. Announces three new video works by the avant-garde multimedia artist: "Liege 12.9.77 (1977); On Subjectivity: About TV (1978); and Between the Lines (1979)..... More
[Amherst]: Friends of the Jones Library, 1980. First, Limited Edition. Number 11 of 250 numbered copies. 12mo; staple-bound printed card wrappers; 7pp. Mild creasing to forecorners; wrappers lightly soiled; ownership signature in ink at upper margin of front wrapper; Very Good. Ephemeral late-career publication by the highly-regarded Massachusetts poet (1901-1987)..... More
Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius, 1946. First Edition. Mildly racy novella set in liberated Paris, with a theatre-world setting. The Romanian-born American writer Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) was one of the more prolific authors in the Haldeman-Julius stable, producing more than 75 volumes of prose and poetry over his long career (including four..... More
New York: Harlem Section of the Communist Party, [1934]. First Edition. 16mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial self-wrappers; 16pp. Paper mildly tanned (but not brittle); small triangular chip to bottom margin of rear wrapper (away from text); Very Good. Small marginal note in pencil to rear wrapper: "red [sic] through / Nov..... More
Washington DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare - Children's Division, [1961]. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial card wrappers; 12pp. Faint vertical crease; staple puncture to upper front wrapper; Very Good. Description of Kennedy-era programs for at-risk youth in Lebanon, Tennessee, including vocational education, reform of delinquents, after-school programs, etc...... More
Los Angeles: Freedom Clubs, 1952. Offprint. Quarto (11" x 8-1/2"); bifolium; 4pp. Two horizontal mailing folds (as issued), else Fine. Reprinted from the December, 1952 issue of the National Republic. Right-wing attack on attempts to block passage of the McCarran-Walter Immigration Act, which established immigration restrictions in order to "....... More
Kennett Square PA: by the Author, 1976. First Edition. Signed by author on title page. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed thick paper wrappers; 36pp; illus. Includes bibliography. Faint foxing to title page, else Fine. Brief, illustrated historical guide to Chester County landmarks on the Underground Railroad. More
New York: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1958. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 100pp; illus. Small scuff to rear cover, else Near Fine. Highly important NAACP Annual Report, documenting in words and pictures the turbulent events of 1957, including passage of the..... More
![Graustark. The Story of a Love Behind the Throne [Inscribed Presentation Copy]. G. B. McCUTCHEON,...](/pictures/medium/51258.jpg?v=1603774686)
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone, 1901. First Edition. Distinguished copy of McCutcheon's first book, the first volume in his Graustark series of fantasy romances and one of the first blockbuster novels of the 20th century, selling over 100,000 copies in its first year of publication. The recipient, James F. Drake, was..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publisher's pictorial cloth boards, titled in gilt on spine, blocked in orange and black on front cover; 313pp; 4pp publisher's catalog. Tiny nick to foredge of front free endpaper; still a tight, Near Fine copy with gilt and..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth boards, decoratively titled in gilt on spine and front cover; viii,[1]-301pp; 4pp publisher's catalog. Page edges untrimmed; top edge gilt. A tight, Near Fine copy with just a hint of sunning to spine, lacking the..... More
New York: McClure Company, 1908. Second printing (per Blanck). 12mo. Publishers ribbed red cloth boards, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; 243pp; [1]p ads. In publisher's first binding. Owner's pencil signature to front endpaper, dated Christmas 1908. A tight, straight, and unmarked copy, Near Fine. The author's fourth..... More
London: Andre Deutsch, 1963. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.25cm); russet cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; mauve topstain; dustjacket; [4],5-159,[1]pp. Spine gilt just a touch dulled, else Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped (priced 16s net), with light wear to extremities, gentle sunning to spine, a...... More
![Joseph Anton: A Memoir [Signed]. Salman RUSHDIE](/pictures/medium/51240.jpg?v=1603774686)
London: Jonathan Cape, 2012. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); purple boards, with titles stamped in white on spine; dustjacket; x,[3],4-636,[10]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced £25.00), with a faint trace of circular sticker removal from upper right..... More
New York: International Publishers, 1967. First Edition. PBO. 12mo; pictorial card wrappers; 159pp. Mild reading crease to spine; light rubbing; Very Good overall. Examination of CIA infiltration of the AFL-CIO during the cold war, revealing "how the foreign affairs department of the AFL-CIO acted as a clearing house for intervention..... More
New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1979. First Trade Edition. Attractive copy of Harrison's novel following the lives of one family living in the Montana wilderness in the early 20th century. Basis for Edward Zwick's Oscar-winning film adaptation, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Aidan Quinn. First Printing. Octavo..... More
