Sauk City: Arkham House, 1981. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xii,228pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $11.95), with only a hint of sunning to spine. Sharp copy of Grant's first major collection, with a foreword..... More
New York: Gambi Publications, 1976. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm); large format, full color, glossy stapled wrappers; priced $1.00 on the upper right corner; each issue has 80pp,; cover art by Kelly Freas [vol.1] and John B. Gaughan [vol.2]. Both volumes have light browning to the pages of the text; else..... More
Cincinnati: R. W. Carroll & Co., 1866. First Edition. First printing. In original grey publisher's cloth, blindstamped on both boards, titled in gilt on spine; chocolate brown coated endpapers; 8pp of publisher's ads at rear; [i]-xv [xvi] [24]-456, [8]pp; steel-engraved frontispiece portrait. Binder's ticket of Rowell & Alexander, Cincinnati, to..... More
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2006. First Carroll & Graff Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xxiv,482,[6]pp. Spine ends gently bumped, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $25.95), with light wear to extremities. A substantial..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. First Edition. First state, with the list of works beginning with That Lass o' Lowrie's. Octavo (19cm). In white publisher's cloth stamped with green stripes, with decorated in gilt and titled in red on front and spine; plain endpapers; list of works at front..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1884. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21.5cm) in 2 vols. In original green cloth, tooled in gilt on spines; chocolate brown endpapers; vol. I: [i]-xvi, [1]-514pp; vol. ii:[i]-x, [1]-502pp; frontispiece portraits and lithographic maps by A. Meisel, 5 in vol. I and 3 in vol..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. First Thus. Octavo (21cm). In original brown cloth publisher's binding by Margaret Armstrong, stamped in grey and gold, top edge gilt, titled in gold on front and spine; plain endpapers; with 108 illustrations, including full-page plates and in-text illustrations. Bright and unfaded, though rubbed..... More
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1930. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth covered boards titled in gilt on the spine; 310pp.; faint forward lean; scuff to sizing on rear board; front hinge is lightly pulled; textblock is slightly dusty; Very Good or better, lacking the dustjacket. "Murder, fraud, theft and-..... More
New Castle: John Lane, 1912. First American Edition. Octavo (19cm); red cloth-cover boards titled in gilt on the cover and spine; 311pp.; mild rubbing to the board's sizing; spine ends are pushed; upper corners are gently rubbed; mild soil/rubbing to the spine; Very Good+ or better, laking the dustjacket. "...detailing..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1937. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20cm); blue cloth covered boards titled in dark blue on the cover and spine; red badge detective endpapers; 231pp.; sunning mostly to spine and edges of front board; minor bump to fore edge of front board; Very Good or..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1927. First Edition. First Printing. [code H-B] Octavo (19.5cm); blue cloth-coveed boards titled in light green on the title and spine; deckle edges; 278pp.; 19 illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele; spine ends are pushed with tiny tear at heel; front hinge lightly pulled; bump to..... More
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1959. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (29cm); light blue cloth covered boards titled in gilt on the spine; dustjacket; 144pp.; crown of spine lightly pushed, Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced 6/- net) with minor nicks and tiny tears to edges; minor rubbing/soil to..... More
Pawlet: Helios, 1971. Reprint. 1971 reprint of the 1864 first edition. Hb in maroon buckram, stamped in gold on front and spine; [1]-[10], [i]-xviii 19-456pp. With reproductions of the original frontispiece portrait and in-text diagrams. Clean and straight, with one or two bumps to edges, else Near Fine. Root managed..... More
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. First Edition. Faulkner's fifth novel, the story of "a moronic but heroic Mississippi family and their trek across the state with the corpse of their dead mother on a wagon. A morbid social and psychological study of family solidarity, told by use..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949. First American Edition. First Printing, one of 12,500 copies. Octavo (21.5cm); first binding in red-orange cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [vi],249,[1]pp. Hint of a lean, gentle sunning to spine ends, with some faint staining to lower..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); yellow and red paper-covered boards and blue cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in silver on spine; [x],148,[2]pp. A few tiny indentations to lower board edges, brief gift inscription to front endpaper; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $7.95)..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xvi],64pp. Base of spine gently nudged, else Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped (priced $15.95). A collection of poems refined in performance with Shange's band..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. First Edition. First Printing. [colophon on copyright page] Octavo (21cm); gray cloth-covered boards titled in red on the cover and spine; 271pp.; spine ends are pushed with tiny tear at crown; mild toning to the spine; minor spot of biopredation to upper rear board..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. First Edition. First Printing, in 2nd State jacket. Octavo (21cm); red cloth-covered boards, titled in black on the cover and spine; black topstain; dustjacket; 275,[+6]pp.; tiny bookseller's ticket inside rear cover; topstain faded; very minor spot of biopredation to rear cover; faint forward lean;..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1964. First Edition. First Printng. Octavo (21cm); blue cloth backstrip over blue paper-covered boards, titled in black on the cover and spine; black topstain; dustjacket by Bill English; 182pp.; minor bumps to lower front board, else a FIne copy. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50); short..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); brick red cloth-covered boards, titled in black; 271pp. +11 blank leaves; spine ends gently pushed; faint rubbing to lower board edges, else Fine, lacking the dustjacket. "So here in this book are two seperate Nero Wolfe cases, two..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1961. First Edition. First Printng. Octavo. (21cm); red cloth covered boards titled in blue on the cover and spine; blue topstain; dustjacket by BIll English; 182pp.; remainder copy with red streak to lower edge of textblock; top stain slightly faded at spine; Very Good+. The dustjacket..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1956. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); light blue cloth covered boards titled in blind on the cover and gilt on the spine; red topstain; dustjacket by Bill English; 185pp.; spine lightly sunned; few spots of discoloration to the lower edge of boards; topstain mildly faded;..... More
Patavii [Padua]: Typis Pauli Frambotti, 1651. Second Edition. Quarto (24cm). Bound in contemporary full brown leather, tooled in gold in six compartments on spine, all edges sprinkled red and brown; plain endpapers; [xvi], 1-522, [18] pp; engraved title page and 23 illustrations by Giovanni Georgi (fl. 1617-63), including 18 full-page..... More
London: Titan Books / Hard Case Crime, 2011. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); pale grey paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [11],12-335,[1]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. More
