New York: Daniel Appleton, 1832. First American Edition. First printing. 12mo (19cm). Two volumes bound as one in original full brown leather with gilt rules to spine, titled in gilt on red leather spine label; plain endpapers; [i]-xx [21]-344 [i]-iv [5]-350pp. With early manuscript library label from the Union Library..... More
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970. First Edition. Limited issue. Number 176 of 200 numbered copies, signed on colophon by editor Matthew Bruccoli. Octavo (21cm). Publisher's printed cloth boards, glassine (unprinted) dustwrapper; 66pp, folding facsimile at rear. Fine, apparently unread copy, in the original glassine dustwrapper. More
New York: Macmillan, 1932. First Edition. Late-life reminiscences by the leading literary naturalist of the American midwest. Subjects include W.D. Howells, Joseph Conrad, Zona Gale, Rudyard Kipling, and others. A nearly as-new copy, rarely seen thus. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 544pp. A very fine copy in pristine dustwrapper, corner-clipped by..... More
Oneida, NY: Office of Oneida Circular, 1875. Octavo (22cm). Stab-sewn pamphlet in printed tan paper wraps; 48pp; 3pp of publisher's ads at rear, with ad for the Oneida Circular to rear wrapper; errata slip to final page of advertisements. A remarkably fresh copy, with slight dirt to edges and minor..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1969. First Edition. First printing. Quarto (28cm). Tan cloth-covered boards; dustjacket; 165pp (chiefly illus). Tight, straight copy, Near Fine; in the original glossy pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $15.00), lightly rubbed at extremities, Very Good. Coprehensive visual survey of the Harlem photographer's work, reproducing more than 300..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1942. First Edition. First issue in cloth, with the large period between "talk" and "this" on p.112 and no mention of printer on copyright page. Octavo (19.5cm). In blue cloth, titled in silver on spine and blind on front, in pictorial dust jacket, unclipped, priced $2.00;..... More
Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1982. First, Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.93. Octavo (22.5cm); beige pictorial cloth, with titles stamped in brown on spine; [xii],29,[7]pp. A Fine copy without dustjacket, as issued. An attractive volume designed by..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 500 copies. Octavo (23cm); printed paper-covered boards and green cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; dustjacket; [8],9-81,[7]pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $7.95), with some trivial wear to extremities and a...... More
Boise: Limberlost Press, 1988. First, Limited Edition. One of 500 copies. Small quarto (26cm); letterpress printed sheets, string-tied into card wrappers; [36]pp, with the errata slip laid in. A Fine copy. Late collection of poems by the Beat Generation author, several of which first appeared in Poetry Northwest, Staten Island..... More
Stevenson, CT: Country Squires Books, 1968. First, Limited Edition. One of 150 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.51. Octavo (23.5cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on front cover; dustjacket; [4],5-15,[1]pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with a hint of..... More
London: Women's Press, 1987-1991. First Editions. First impressions. Three octavo volumes (20cm) in original pictorial publisher's wrappers (softcover); 196+195+212pp. Near Fine to Fine, with some mild toning to the texts of the two later titles (as usual); Report for Murder is signed by McDermid on title page. Hard to find..... More
London: Constable, 1909. First Edition. Second printing, in pink wrappers with "Price One Shilling / Net" on upper cover. 12mo (17cm); printed card wrappers; 39pp. A few scattered spots of foxing to contents, else a tight, Near Fine copy in the original, unrestored wrappers. According to Laurence, this is the..... More
London: Penguin, 1998. First Edition. First impression. Paperback original, in the Pocket Penguin series. 12mo (18cm). Pictorial glossy card wrappers; 55pp. Signed by the author on title page. A fine, unread copy with no evidence of use. More
New York: Grove Press, 1986. First Edition. First printing. Review copy, with publisher's material laid in. Octavo (22.5cm). Cloth-backed lavender paper-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 151pp. Fine in a fine, unclilpped dustwrapper (priced $15.95). The author's second published book, after Tongues of Flame. Most of the American..... More
Rockland, ME: Z. Pope Vose & Co., 1869. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). In brown cloth, titled in gold on spine; yellow endpapers; 312, [2]pp; errata slip at rear. Contemporary owner's name to front pastedown. An upright, tight copy, rear board gently warped, rubbed, with minor loss at head..... More
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1974. First Edition. Wrappered Issue. Octavo (17.5cm); pictorial card wrappers; [6],7-36,[2]pp; illus. A Fine copy of this short story, issued as No.21 in the Yes! Capra Chapbook Series. More
New York: Albondocani Press, 1970. First, Limited Edition. Number 66 in an edition of 180 signed, numbered copies, of which 150 copies were for sale. Octavo (21cm). Patterned, staple-bound card wrappers with printed paper title label; unpaged (6 leaves). Fine, without a blemish, in the original decoratively-printed wrappers. Publisher's prospectus..... More
New York: G. & C. Carvill & Co., 1836. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (19.5cm). Rebound in twentieth-century green and brown marbled paper-covered boards, backed in brown buckram, title in gilt on black spine label; later brown endpapers; xiv, 428pp; in-text wood engravings throughout. A sturdy copy, tightly bound; boards..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., 1945. First Edition. Macabre short novel set in the Scottish highlands, one of a handful of collaborative works done with Salvador Dalí, who the author befriended in Rome in the 1930's. Basis for the 1953 3-D film by William Cameron Menzies, starring Richard..... More
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1968. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 100 numbered copies bound in boards (from a total of 1400) and signed by the author, this being copy no.86. Octavo (25.5cm); sage green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine, and a small mirror mounted to..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 150 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.95. Octavo (24cm); full brown leather, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; publisher's slipcase; [9],10-412,[4]pp. Fine in a Fine slipcase. More
Lyme Regis: Friends of the Lyme Regis Museum, 1985. Second impression. Octavo (21cm); printed card wrappers; [12pp]. Signed by Fowles on front cover, dated 1998. A Fine, new-appearing copy. Reprint of the original 1981 edition. More
Lyme Regis: Friends of the Lyme Regis Museum, 1981. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (21cm); printed card wrappers; [12pp]. Signed by Fowles on front cover. Trivial toning to wrapper edges, else Fine. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1950. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (22cm); gray cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; 187pp. Tight and straight, but with a slight "pinch" to cloth at rear joint, apparently a binding flaw; unobtrusive, but visible. In the printed violet dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 10s. 6d.), lightly..... More
Paris: Plain Editions, 1932. First, Limited Edition. 12mo (18cm). Printed tan wrappers; 278pp. Edition of 500 copies. Tight, firm copy with moderate soiling to wrappers, mottling to paper on spine, lacking the slipcase. Contemporary ownership signature (Claire Croft / Paris) to front free endpaper. Bookseller ticket (Librarie Galignani, Rue de..... More
