London: MacGibbon & Kee Limited, 1968. First U.K. Edition. First Impression, one of 1,500 copies, bound from American sheets. Octavo (22.25cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [7],8-252,[4]pp. Faint foxing to text edges, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 30s net), with light wear..... More

Charleston, WV: Mountain State Press, 1981. First, Limited Edition. Cloth Issue, one of 50 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.18. Octavo (21.75cm); dark brown leatherette, with titles stamped in gilt on front cover; dustjacket; [xiv],12,[6]pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with light..... More

Philadelphia: Centaur Press, 1934. First Edition. First printing; trade issue. Small octavo (19.5cm.); original black cloth, dustjacket; ix,[1],130pp. Light offsetting to endpapers, a Near Fine copy. The jacket is clipped, with nicks and short tears to the extremities; VG. Collection of literary essays, including "Meeting Ring Lardner," "Prize Fighters and..... More

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling and decoration stamped in gilt on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 242pp. Inscribed by author on front endpaper: "For Alice and David Halliday with affection and esteem from their friend Guillaume / June 1976". Signed..... More

[Auckland: Sagittarius Press, 1980]. First, Limited Edition. No. 851 of 1000 signed copies. Small quarto; die-cut, decorated paper over boards (hardcover); 64pp. Fine. An inventively designed book, combining Millett's text – a melange of poetry and prose pieces against nuclear proliferation – with illustrations by Sylvia Siddell, Denys Watkins, Dennis..... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1950. Abridged version, with photographs by Ansel Adams (preceeds 1974 illustrated edition). Octavo (26cm); yellow cloth-covered boards, with titling and blocking stamped in orange on spine and front cover; illustrated map endpapers; 132pp; black-and-white photographic (halftones) illustrations. All plates present and complete..... More

Northridge: Lord John Press, 1978. First Edition. First Printing. Signed, Limited #135 of 275 copies; Octavo (22cm.); white cloth spine over green paper covered boards; stamped in gilt on spine; yellow slipcase; acetate dustjacket; 52pp.; Fine copy in Fine acetete jacket. Slipcase is Near Fine or better. Originally written for..... More

Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1947. First French Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's pale orange wraps titled in black. 180pp.; [2]. Lightly sunned to spine panel, with a little wear and soiling to extremities; internally clean and fresh, pages unifomrly toned due to cheap paper stock. A very good, neat copy. A...... More

London: John Calder, 1965. First Calder Edition (and First Trade Edition collecting both titles). First Impression, one of 3,000 copies. Octavo (21cm); mauve imitation cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-126pp. Crown slightly nudged, one lower corner gently tapped (though still sharp), with a faint, tiny stain..... More

Brussels: I'nstitut Belge des Hautes Etudes Chinoises, [1932-1936]. Four volumes, all softcovers. Four Octavos (25cm); tan paper wrappers; edges untrimmed; glassine dustwrappers to vols. 2 and 4; 424pp; 389pp; 407pp; 392pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations. Text in French. Some pages of text unopened. While not explicitly marked as such..... More

[London]: Privately Published, 1895. First Edition. First Impression. 250 copies, this being #94. Octavo (18.5cm). Maroon cloth covered boards titled in gilt on spine; tissue guarded portrait frontispiece; top edge gilt; deckle edges; 97pp. Mild rubbing to boards; spine cloth sunned a shade lighter, but gilt titling still perfectly legible;..... More

Berlin: Schocken Verlag, 1936. First Edition. Octavo (19cm); brown cloth-covered boards with paper title label to spine; yellow topstain; 181pp. Text in German. From the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024) with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Previous owner's name (Ruth-Marianne Freud?) inked to front..... More

Paris: Les Editions de Minuit, [1960, 1964, 1968]. First Edition. Two Volumes, softcovers. Three Octavos (22.5cm); white paper wrappers; vol. 2 has untrimmed fore- and lower- edges; 274pp; 301pp; 407pp; black-and-white photographic halftone illustrations. Butor's inscription to Michael Mendelson with 1963 date inked to half-title page of vol. 1. Mendelson's..... More