London: Macdonald & Co., 1969. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); orange paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-296pp. Spine ends gently nudged, hint of offsetting to endpapers, with upper rear board corner gently tapped (though still sharp); Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £1.75)..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. First American Edition. First Printing. 12mo. Publisher's beveled-cloth boards, titled in gilt on spine; ewer device in gilt to front board; brown clay-coated endpapers; [1-9],10-232pp. Cloth on spine a half-shade faded, with spine ends just starting to fray; else a very fresh, tight copy, Near..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1840. First Edition. Octavo. 3/4 dark green morocco by Riviere; spine in six compartments, blank compartments decorated with gilt florets; marbled endpapers, matching the marbled boards; xvi;[1]-439; engraved frontis + [39] inserted leaves of engraved illustrations by Cruikshank, not reckoned in pagination; 58 additional woodcut illustrations in-text..... More
![The Bear Comes Home [Signed]. Rafi ZABOR](/pictures/medium/51325.jpg?v=1604460784)
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1997. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); black and orange paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-480pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Spine ends gently nudged, else Fine in a Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $25.00), showing some..... More
![The Bonesetter's Daughter [Limited Edition, Signed]. Amy TAN](/pictures/medium/51324.jpg?v=1604381884)
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 200 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author. Octavo (23.5cm); brown cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; publisher's matching cloth slipcase. Fine and unread, still sealed in the publisher's..... More
![Poets of America [Large Paper Issue]. Edmund Clarence STEDMAN](/pictures/medium/51321.jpg?v=1604549524)
Cambridge: Riverside Press (for the Author), 1885. First Edition. Large-paper issue; no.66 of 150 thus. Two octavo volumes; publisher's original gray cloth-covered boards; paper spine labels printed in black and red; pp. xxii,[1]-272; [273]-516. Engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume. Bump to upper fore-corner of rear board, v.2; slight fading..... More
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1927. First Edition. First Printing. Small octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's maroon gilt-lettered cloth; 224pp. A clean, straight, Very Good copy, lacking the dustwrapper; minor bumps to board corners; text clean, tight and unmarked. FITZPATRICK A12a. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938. First Edition. Travel narrative detailing the Lindbergh's 1933 trans-Atlantic flight from Africa to South America. Winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); red cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; blue..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. First Edition. Travel narrative detailing the flight taken by the Lindbergh's during the summer of 1931, from the United States to Japan and China, by the Great Circle Route. With maps by Charles Lindbergh. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); navy blue cloth, with titling..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1967. First Edition. First impression. Small octavo; cloth boards; dustjacket; 217pp. Fine copy in a crisp, attractive dustwrapper, price-clipped on front flap with a few age-spots on rear panel, Near Fine. Nobel laureate's sixth novel, following The Spire (1964). Jacket illustration by Leonard Rosoman. 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
![The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson [Six Volumes]. EMERSON, Ralph L. RUSK](/pictures/medium/51280.jpg?v=1604549524)
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
[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
![The Lebanon Story [Children's Bureau Publication no. 395-1961]. SECONDARY EDUCATION - TENNESSEE,...](/pictures/medium/51263.jpg?v=1604381883)
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
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
![The Rifles [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]. William T. VOLLMANN](/pictures/medium/51229.jpg?v=1603774685)
London: Andre Deutsch, 1994. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (23.5cm); gray paper and black cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; [xiv],[4],5-411,[7]pp; illus. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced £16.99 net). The sixth volume in Vollmann's..... More
![The Ice-Shirt [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]. William T. VOLLMANN](/pictures/medium/51228.jpg?v=1603774685)
London: Andre Deutsch, 1990. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xvi],[7],8-404pp; illus. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Just a hint of tanning to the text edges, else Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced £14.95 net)..... More
![Thirteen Stories and Thirteen Epitaphs [Signed]. William T. VOLLMANN](/pictures/medium/51227.jpg?v=1603774685)
London: Andre Deutsch, 1991. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); tan paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[6],7-318,[2]pp. Elaborately signed and doodled in an early hand across the half-title page. Spine ends gently nudged, two tiny impressions on lower board edges, else Near Fine in a...... More
![The Rainbow Stories [Signed]. William T. VOLLMANN](/pictures/medium/51226.jpg?v=1603774685)
London: Andre Deutsch, 1989. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); full black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xii],541,[7]pp. Signed by the author in an early hand on the half-titlge page. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced £12.95), with only some trivial external wear to note..... More
![You Bright and Risen Angels: A Cartoon [Signed with an Original Drawing]. William T. VOLLMANN](/pictures/medium/51225.jpg?v=1603774685)
London: Andre Deutsch, 1987. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (23.5cm); dark blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xvi,640pp; illus. Signed by the author on the half-title page, beneath a large drawing of a vacuum cleaner. Hint of toning to upper edge of textblock, else Fine..... More
San Lorenzo, CA: Shameless Hussy Press, 1975. First Edition. The late author's first book, a series of 20 "choreopoems" - poetic monologues designed to be accompanied by dance and music. Uncommon in the first printing, which was published my a small, feminist California press. Basis for her Obie Award-winning play..... More
San Francisco: Momo's Press, 1984. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (23cm); photo-illustrated card wrappers; [12],13-72pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, tiny diagonal crease to lower right corner of front wrapper, else Near Fine. A volume which brings together Shange's pieces "on the history of her plays, lively accounts..... More
![Ridin' the Moon in Texas: Word Paintings [Signed]. Ntozake SHANGE](/pictures/medium/51218.jpg?v=1603774685)
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. First Edition. A series of call-and-response poetic exchanges between Shange and various works of visual art. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); teal and cream paper-covered boards and purple cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in black on spine and author's name embossed to front cover; dustjacket;..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. First Edition. Shange's fourth novel, set in St. Louis, MO during the late 1950's, and centered around the first generation of Black students intergrated into the public school system. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); green and blue paper-covered boards and brick red cloth backstrip, with..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); navy blue and green paper-covered boards with red cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in silver on spine and decorative elements embossed on front cover; dustjacket; [xii],224,[4]pp. Light wear to lower board edges, upper board edges gently sunned, with..... More
