Cambridge, MA: Privately Printed, 1896. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Good in cloth (some stains/rubbing to cloth; sl wear/few lvs). Sm 4to 168+[ 1] First edition of the 5-act play, and the basis of the famous plagiarism suit against Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac"..... More
Paris: Chez Moutardier, 1827. Frontis. First Edition. Full Leather. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. This volume includes "San-iu-leou ou les trois étages consacrés — Les deux jumelles — La matrone du pays de Soung." Volume III of 3 only. Bound in period full brown speckled calf, spine with..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Sunning, slight fading, rubbing and browning to spine and spine label; slight rubbing and browning to covers (cloth over boards; chiefly to edges); slight bumping to corners; previous owner's bookplate on front attached..... More
New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by author in pencil on front endpaper: "Elsie from Margaret with the compliments of the author March 25, 1939". Mystery by the famed book designer, the theme and title a...... More
Springfield (Mass.): Five Cent Novel Company / Springfield Publishing Company, 1893. Early American Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" This rare 19th-century novel by English author Sophy Beckett is sometimes erroneously credited to Charlotte Mary Brame (or Braeme), but it is by Sophy Beckett. Original brown printed wraps..... More
New York: Columbia University, 1973. Manuscript. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exceptionally scarce typescript of what would become the author's second book (issued the following year by The Greenfield Review Press). This copy reads on title: "Summits Move With the Tide by Mei Berssenbrugge Master of Fine..... More
New York: Viking, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed first edition, autographed by author on halftitle - reading "by Erskine Caldwell". A near fine copy in near fine jacket complete with $2.50 price (jacket has very faint flaws to edges; cloth has some minor..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed and inscribed by the author's wife - "To Peg, with love & best wishes from Dorothy Forester April, 1972". Also includes the text of "The Hornblower Companion" More
New York: The New American Library, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], 304 pages. Author's first book; novel set in a rural American town. Notable for jacket blurbs by Walker Percy and Susan Sontag. Small chip, few small nicks, creases, rubbing and price clip..... More
Los Angeles: Arundel Press, 1984. frontis By Joseph D'Ambrosio. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Copy #42 of 100 numbered copies printed letterpress on Frankfurt laid paper by Harry and Sandra Reese at Turkey Press. The frontispiece is signed and numbered by artist Joseph D'Ambrosio. This..... More
New York: Corinth Books, 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A GREAT presentation copy, signed and inscribed by editor LeRoi Jones to noted American poet and her husband, author and antiwar activist Mitchell Goodman: "For Denise & Mitch Some of these are probably good -..... More
NP: NP, 1950. 25 b/w Illustrations (chiefly diagrams); Patterned Front Endpaper (brown/black/white). First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (tall thin). Slight rubbing and browning to covers (cloth; chiefly at edges); previous owner's pencil annotations throughout (generally unaffecting text); slight internal browning to edges. [24] pages..... More
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London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1822. Illustrated with Steel Engravings After Paintings By Robert Smirke. New Edition. Leather Binding. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" An attractive 4 volume set, complete as issued. Bound in full red straight-grained morocco by Bayntun of Bath, spines with contrasting brown and green morocco..... More
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NP: NP. 7 Original Watercolors, Etc. Manuscript. Half Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" This unique hand-made book is composed of three Katherine Mansfield short stories, with text hand-typed in a small sans serif face, illustrated with seven original paintings and drawings. The short stories are "The Doll's House"..... More
![The Moon Pool [and] The Conquest of the Moon Pool [and] The Face in the Abyss by A. Merritt;...](/pictures/thumb/00537042.jpg?v=1519597397)
New York: All-Story Weekly, 1918. First Editions. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Set of two bound volumes collects the original appearances of the text of what became A. Merritt's influential first novel"The Moon Pool", as well as major works by other writers. Merritt's short story "The Moon Pool"..... More
