London: Chatto and Windus, 1930. First Edition. Trade Issue, one of 5,053 copies. Octavo (18.75cm); pictorial paper-covered boards; dustjacket; [iv],59,[1]pp. Some dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, faint foxing to text edges, preliminary, and terminal leaves, with a tiny rubberstamped month and year of publication to lower rear endpaper; Near..... More

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1952. First American Edition. A historical novel set in 17th century France, involving alleged demonic possession, mass hysteria, and religious fanaticism. Basis for Ken Russell's 1971 adaptation The Devils, the most scandalous scenes of which were cut from the film. An attractive copy, notably absent..... More

New York: Curbstone Press, 1987. First English Language Edition. First printing. Octavo. Tan cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xviii,19-503pp. Inscribed on front flyleaf: "Para la camarada Kendra Alexander y adelante con la lucha solidaria con el pueblo Salvadoreño y Centroamerica," signed by Miguel Mármol, dated 1988. Mild bumps to board corners, a...... More

Oakland: Black Panther Party, [1971]. First Edition. An uncharacteristically positive poster by Emory Douglas, the long-time Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party, whose scathing depictions of politicians and members of the establishment, and images depicting or advocating the outright killing of police officers, appeared with weekly frequency in..... More

[Goole, East Yorkshire]: The Chevington Press, 2005. First, Limited Edition. An exquisitely produced edition of Thomas Gray's 1831 pamphlet The Confessions of Nat Turner, the leader of the late insurrection in Southampton VA, coupled with Wakefield's masterful and dignified portraits of those who participated in the rebellion. Exceedingly uncommon in..... More

Boston: Published at the Anti-Slavery Office / Dow & Jackson's Anti-Slavery Press, 1845. Stated Fourth Edition. Stated fourth edition of this key memoir by the father of the American Civil Rights movement. Narrative was published seven years after Douglass's escape from slavery, recounting the details of his life as a...... More

Brooklyn: [Printed for the author by Fowler and Wells], 1856. Second Edition. Only printing. 12mo (16cm). Green cloth, stamped in gilt on front and spine, edges sprinkled red-orange; pale yellow endpapers; [i]-iv [5]-384,[2]pp; leaf of printer's ads at rear; portrait frontispiece. Bookplate of Osmond Kessler Fraenkel, co-counsel of the New..... More

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1969. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 128pp. Fine copy in lightly worn, price-clipped dustwrapper, Very Good or better. Gustafson's fifth published collection. He would later win the Governor General's Award for Poetry in 1974. More

Glasgow: Caledonian Press, N.d. First Separate Edition. 12mo. Printed paper wrappers; 30pp. Text paper mildly toned; text unopened; Very Good or better. Pseudonymous article by MacDiarmid himself; originally appeared in the National Weekly (Glasgow). Undated, but most sources cite as 1952. More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1936). First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Plum cloth, titles stamped in silver on spine; 302pp. Some darkening of endpapers at gutters; erasure to front endpaper, still a tight, Near Fine copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper, price-clipped, somewhat faded on spine panel, Very Good..... More

Clifton, NJ: Bookman Publications, (1992). First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Quarter-cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards (hardcover); x,[1]-171pp; includes index. A fine, unread copy. Issued without dustwrapper. The famed book designer and pressman's autobiography, an essential source of information on the mid-20th century California fine press world, including such figures as..... More

London: Chatto and Windus, 1923. First Edition. First impression. 12mo. Tan cloth with paper spine label; dustjacket; vi,229pp. Subtle mottling to cloth; offsetting to rear endpaper, else a tight, Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, lightly soiled at flap-folds, a half-shade darkened on spine, Very Good or better. Selection of..... More

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1949. Early reprint with B-Y on copyright page (February 1949). Octavo (21cm). Green cloth in cream dust jacket; [x],[262]pp; black and white frontispiece portrait. Title page printed in two colors. Bookplate of Elizabeth Weidman Light. Slightly pushed at spine ends, gentle crack to rear hinge..... More