Rare Fiction
Jude the Obscure
Harper & Brothers, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. First issue of the first American edition in original gilt-stamped green cloth (wear, rubbing, fraying, and spotting to cloth; text foxed; quite a few tiny ink date stamps on front endpapers). More
Jude the Obscure
Harper & Brothers, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good copy of the first American edition (also the first illustrated edition) in original green cloth stamped in gilt (some wear to cloth, nicking to spine tips; some foxing to text, smudge to foredge). More
Jude the Obscure
Harper & Brothers, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good copy of the first American edition (also the first illustrated edition) in original green cloth stamped in gilt (some wear to cloth, slight wear to spine tips). PROVENANCE: bookplate of Edward Barles. More
The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament (The Wessex Novels; 17)
[Osgood, McIlvaine and Company], 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good copy of the true first edition in original dark green cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt (minor wear; ink name on front endpaper). Wessex Novels, Volume XVII (but the true first edition). [12], 337, [2] pages + plate..... More
In Scarlet and Grey: Stories of Soldiers and Others by Florence Henniker; And The Spectre of the Real by Thomas Hardy and Florence Henniker
Roberts Bros. / John Lane, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good copy of the first American edition in original green cloth stamped in git and green (light wear; usual browning to text edges). Title and cover design by Patten Wilson (the latter signed 'PW'). More
The Return of the Native
Harper & Brothers, 1929. First Thus. Hardcover. Copy #1440 of 1500 numbered copies signed by illustrator Clare Leighton. Original half tan cloth over blue boards, paper spine label (some shelfwear, corners rubbed, some m,inor wear and a few spots to binding). Wood-engravings By Clare Leighton, including 12 tipped-in plates. More
Sutherlands
Carleton, Publisher, December 1861. Hardcover. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'. A Good copy. Book has shelfwear to covers, edgewear, severely bumped corners, a cocked spine, smudges on covers & edges of text block, toning to pages, a former owner's name in ink on the inside front cover & on..... More
Farmer
The Viking Press, August 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. A Fair copy in a Very Good dustjacket. Book is an ex-library copy, dustjacket is NOT an ex-library copy. DJ has edgewear, bumped corners, minor rubbing, a small smudge on the spine, and minor sunning. Book has a cocked spine, stains..... More
Returning to Earth: A Novel
Grove Press, November 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. A Fine copy of the first printing (complete numberline) in a Fine dust jacket. More
Wolf: A False Memoir
Simon & Schuster, November 1971. Later Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. A Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ has edgewear, bumped corners, minor rubbing, shelfwear, and a small (less than 1/2') tear on bottom of cover. Book has edgewear, bumped corners, minor smudges to edges of text block, a remainder..... More
Against the American Dream: Essays on Charles Bukowski
Black Sparrow Press, December 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Clean, tight Like New condition copy in original Very Good condition mylar jacket. 323 pages. First delux edition, signed and numbered by author. number 36 of 526 copies. 1/4 blue cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label..... More
The Hawk's Done Gone
Bobbs-Merrill, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First edition in the rare original dust jacket (book clean with two tiny snags to top of spine; jacket is complete with $2.50 price but has some chipping and tears to edges). Author's first book, the only title published..... More
Bressant: A Novel
D. Appleton & Company, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A very good+ copy in cloth (slight rubbing and fraying to cloth). Small 8vo 383 Author's rare first book. Wear chiefly to head and foot of spine and spine edges; slight cocking to corners, else..... More
True Stories from History and Biography
Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. A very good copy (new rear cover; spine rebacked). Small 8vo v[3]335[1]4+pl B AL #7655; all points of the second printing present. 4pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Expertly rebacked copy.4 Engraved Illustrations. More
Insect-Musicians & Other Stories & Sketches
The Kairyu-Do Press, 1930. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Slight creases, rubbing and browning to wrappers; small chip to the bottom of the spine, else a Very Good copy internally clean, with a tight spine. 144pp. Later issue of the English-language reprinting of 10..... More
La Nouvelle Atala: Ou, La Fille de l'Esprit: Legende Indienne / par Chahta- Ima (de la Louisiane)
Imprimerie du Propagatetr [!] Catholique, 1879. First Edition. Unknown. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. VG- in wraps (spine perished; very small chips and creases to wraps). tall 12mo vii,[1],138,[1] pages. Text in French; critiques in French and English. Notable for Lafcadio Hearn's first appearance in book format, with..... More
Good as Gold
Simon and Schuster, January 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #144 of 500 numbered copies signed by author. Original dark blue lcoth stamped in white and yellow; original mylar jacket; publisher's slipcase (book is fine, slipcase has fading and light wear). More
Winter's Tale
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, September 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Author on title page. A fine first edition, first printing hardcover in a fine jacket (with number line to A). xii, 673, [2] pages. Author's fourth book; fantasy novel involving an Irish-American second-story man and his endeavors to..... More
Death in the Afternoon
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. Reprint. Hardcover. This 1949 edition is bound in the original gilt-decorated black cloth (just like the 1932 first edition). This edition does not have the color frontispiece. A good copy (no jacket, spine lettering flaked, some general shelf and reading wear; front inner hinge starting)... More
Death in the Afternoon
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing of this classic Hemingway. Original black cloth stamped in gilt, in original jacket (jacket has a large chip to 'T' in title on spine extending to rear cover, with some other nicks and tears and tape repairs to verso;..... More
A Farewell to Arms
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. A near fine first edition, first printing, in original jacket, with bright gold foil labels and a near fine jacket (jacket has some closed tears and tiny nicks to edges. A nice copy of the true first edition of one of the great..... More
A Farewell to Arms (Travellers' Library)
Jonathan Cape, 1950. First Thus. Hardcover. First printing of the Travellers' Library edition. A near fine copy in a very near-to-fine jacket (jacket has slight wear and a couple of minor smudges; taped tear to page 225/6). More