![Item #59618] Cry, the Beloved Country [Signed]. Alan PATON](/images/noimage.png)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968. First Scribner's School Paperbacks Edition. First Printing, with A-1.68 code on copyright page. Octavo (20.5cm); original pictorial card wrappers; xxii,442,[16]pp. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Tiny splash mark affecting lower right corners of first few leaves, else Fine, appearing unread. Uncommon..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Cream cloth in patterned red, blue, and black dust jacket; [xx],203,[1]pp. Lengthy inscription on f.f.f.e.p. to Charles Dunn, dated 1956. Lightly bumped and rubbed at edges, minor smudge to cloth over front board: Near Fine. Jacket rubbed at..... More
New York: New Directions Books, 1984. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue. Octavo (21.25cm); blue cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [vi],122pp. Gentle sunning to spine and upper board edges, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $12.00), with some light wear to extremities and one tiny..... More
New York: New Directions Books, 1967. First Expanded Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [4],5-64pp. Some trivial wear to extremities, else Fine. Sharp copy of this enlarged edition of Ferlinghetti's third collection of poetry, first published in 1961. LEPPER, p.198. More
Washington DC: Howard University Press, 1981. First Paperback Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22.75cm); glossy pictorial wrappers; xiv,273,[1]pp. Nicely inscribed by the author on the title page in 1982 to a former professor at UNC Charlotte and Chapel Hill: "For Julian Mason, Teacher and Scholar – Sincerely, Therman B. O'Daniel." Light..... More
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2003. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xiv],279,[3]pp; illus. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Collects four key North Carolina slave narratives, with a long general introduction by Andrews, and extensive notes for..... More
Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1983. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); red cloth, with titling and authors initials stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xiv,548,[4]pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with some light external wear, and a vertical scuff to rear panel. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1905. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Green cloth stamped in yellow, white, gilt, and pale green; [iv],[224]pp. Ownership stamp to f.f.e.p. Sound and bright, very lightly rubbed, small stain to front cloth, minor spots to textblock edges, else Very Good. A handsome publisher's binding..... More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.75cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [ii],[8],9-234,[2]pp. Three corners gently tapped (though still sharp), else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 25s net), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny tears;..... More
Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1926. First, Limited Edition. No. 9 of 500 copies in the first edition. Large octavo; printed thick-paper wrappers in unprinted glassine dustwrapper; 434pp. Mild vertical crease to spine, but a very fresh, unopened copy in the original publisher's wrappers. The glassine protector is still present (removed..... More
Stuttgart: Spemann, 1881. First Edition. Two large octavo volumes (25cm). Quarter-bound in maroon levant over green textured-paper boards; page edges dyed indigo; xvi,506; viii,563pp. Some scuffing, fading and soil to the bindings; text clean, fresh, and unmarked. A solidly Very Good set in an attractive contemporary binding; binder's mark (unidentified)..... More
London: Rider and Company, (1955). First English Language Edition. First impression. Octavo; black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 239pp. Neat ink ownership signature to first blank; single stray ink mark to Contents page, else a tight, clean, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, lightly rubbed at extremities and with some..... More
New York: Praeger, (1960). First American Edition. First printing, from British sheets. Octavo; red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 607pp. Neat ink ownership signature to first blank, else a tight, unmarked, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped and with a mended tear on rear panel, still a clean, Very Good..... More
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd., 1938. First Edition. First printing. Small octavo. Orange cloth hardcover, titled in black on spine and front cover; 284,(4)pp. Hint of darkening to spine; very mild external rubbing and soil, internally clean, tight and unmarked. A solidly Very Good copy, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. A future..... More
Leipzig: Weidmann, 1851. First Edition. Octavo. Contemporary paste-paper boards with holograph spine label; viii,636pp. Evidence of spine label removal, and remnants of a card pocket on rear endpaper; bookplate and stamp of Washington & Jefferson College to front pastedown. Text mildly toned, but still supple and unmarked. Complete and good..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. First Edition. First Printing, one of 2,000 copies. Octavo (22cm); dark blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind to front cover; yellow topstain; dustjacket; [2],xxii,205,[3]pp. A Fine copy, with the topstain bright and unfaded. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.00)..... More
Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1874. Sixth edition. Three octavo volumes. Contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards, titles in gilt on applied morocco spine labels; xlv,371; 442; 563pp. Small pit to leather spine of v.1, light rubbing and external wear; internally quite fresh, tight, and clean. A solidly Very Good and quite..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1962. First Edition. First Printing, one of 4,500 copies. Octavo (21cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and author's name in blind to front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; [2],viii,211,[3]pp. Some trivial rubbing to upper rear board edges, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is..... More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1974. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; patterned paper-covered boards (hardcover); 28pp. Issued without dustwrapper; priced $2.50 at upper fore-corner of front free endpaper. A fresh, fine copy, free of markings or wear. Momaday's fourth published collection, issued as No. 5 in the First Godine Poetry Chapbook..... More
![Item #59577] The Seven-League Crutches. Randall JARRELL](/pictures/medium/59577.jpg?v=1665095530)
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1951. First Edition. First Printing, one of 2,000 copies. Octavo (21cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-94,[2]pp. A few faint foxed spots to text edges and front endpaper, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.75), with some light..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1965. First Edition. First Printing, one of 4,000 copies. Octavo (22cm); brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; [x],69,[1]pp. Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dustjacket, with a few spots of dust-soil on recto, and some faint foxing on verso..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1987. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue. Octavo (23.5cm); dark blue-green cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; xx,411,[1]pp; illus. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, with some trivial wear to extremities. Scholarly biography on the noted Harlem Renaissance author of Cane..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1984. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (20.25cm); glossy pictorial wrappers; [x],54,[6]pp. Inscribed by the author in March, 1985 on the preliminary blank. Pencil underlining throughout the text, else sharp; Very Good+. Poems written by Walcott during a summer in Trinidad, centered around the..... More
![Item #59573] Aria Da Capo: A Play in One Act. Edna St. Vincent MILLAY](/pictures/medium/59573.jpg?v=1665095530)
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1921. First Edition in Book Form. First Printing, preceded by the play's appearance in The Chapbook (London: Harold Munro, 1920). Octavo (20.25cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [vi],[4],5-55,[3]pp. Early owner's ink name to front endpaper, some trivial dust-soil..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1943). First American Edition. First printing. Octavo; black cloth hardcover, titled in gilt on spine; 39pp. Slight external wear, with spine lettering somewhat dulled; old stain to upper margin of p.17; previous owner's ink pressure-stamps to verso of final leaf. A respectable, VG copy..... More
