A Son of the Circus
Random House, August 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed By Author on half title page. A fine copy of the first edition (with complete number line) in original jacket. More
Random House, August 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed By Author on half title page. A fine copy of the first edition (with complete number line) in original jacket. More
Alfred A. Knopf, January 1998. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Advance Reader's Edition. Signed by author on title page. A very good copy (slight wear). More
New Directions, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. From the library of poet/academic William Matchett with his signature and date to the ffep (February 1946) Original grey cloth, spine blocked in light brown with black stamped titles. 207pp. Light wear to the boards, and newspaper offsetting to the front endpapers..... More
Methuen & Company Ltd., 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv, [1], 194, [2] pages + plates. Record of a 6-month journey throughout South America by the author in the company of the photographer, September 1947 - February 1948. Coverage of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia..... More
Roberts Brothers, January 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. A nice copy of the First Edition, 1884, in the original brick-red cloth, with gilt stamped spine title, gilt decorations to front board, with black title underneath, and green floral patterned endpapers. This copy is from the library of noted American poet and..... More
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. 261pp., in original brown cloth, with gilt titles and a ruled front cover. Light shelfwear to boards, top of spine slightly frayed, with some spotting to the cloth, and fading to the spine; previous owner's name and date on the ffep, else a...... More
Harper & Brothers, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A very good copy in cloth (slight fading and rubbing to cloth). Small 8vo [4]+232+[4] BAL #10604; unrecorded variant binding (probably a remainder binding; light olive-green cloth, spine and upper cover stamped red and blind, plain..... More
James R. Osgood and Co., 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first issue, of the author's first book. A very good copy in the original plum cloth stamped in gilt (spine faded, light wear to cloth, text block a trifle shaken; some light marginal dampstaining; front free endpaper rumpled). Bookplate..... More
Avon, July 1985. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" The true first edition, first printing of the author's first book ('first printing' stated with complete number line). A near fine copy with square, tight spine (slight wear). More
Published by D. Longworth at the Dramatic Repository, Shakspeare-Gallery, et al. 1805, 1806. First Thus. Leather Binding. 8 very scarce early American editions (published in New York and Boston, 1805-1806) of popular farce and musical farces, bound together in 1 volume. Period boards, expertly and attractively rebacked in brown calf..... More
[William Stansby and Richard Meighen], 1640. First Thus. Leather Binding. A. EDWARD NEWTON'S COPY, with his bookplate. 2 of the constituent works from the celebrated 1640 Folio edition of Ben Jonson's Workes. pp 1-84 (includes subsidiary title pages). Attractively bound in 3/4 rose-colored crushed levant morocco by Root & Son..... More
Atheneum, July 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. A fine first edition, first printing (with complete number line) in jacket. Winner of the National Book Award. More
Knopf, September 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾' in. More
Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book. First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #723 of 1346 numbered copies signed by author. A fine first edition in a fine jacket, with stencilled edges. More
Duckworth, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in full green crushed levant morocco (signed 'CS..1913.', the C surrounding the S) on inner rear dentelle, spine with raised bands and gilt ruling, author's name and date in gilt at goot, covers ruled in gilt, all..... More
Viking, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Few small chips and nicks, slight rubbing and browning, price clip to jacket; slight rubbing to upper right corner of front free endpaper; previous bookseller's printed paper label on inside (blank) of rear free endpaper; slight internal browning..... More
Gallimard, 1966. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall (square small). 63, [1] pages. Text in French. First French-language appearance of Joyce's letter to his grandson Stephen, August 10, 1936, containing the simple and short tale of the 'cats of Beaugency' and how they became that..... More
Limited Editions Club, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #1365 of 1500 numbered copies, one of the 250 copies signed by both James Joyce and Henri Matisse. A fine copy in the original gilt-stamped brown cloth, entirely unfaded with tight hinges; in a solid and intact copy of publisher's slipcase (the..... More
Jonathan Cape, 1956. Hardcover. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall. Revised edition, with new material published here for the first time. From the library of poet William Dunlp with his signature on endpaper, a few light scattered pencil marks to text, and his light pencil notes on rear jacket..... More
Published on behalf of the subscribers by William MacLellan, 1955. First Edition. Leather Binding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exceptionally scarce deluxe version of the rare subscriber's edition, privately issued in 1955 (in an edition of approx. 150 copies). Bound in full green morocco stamped in gilt, top..... More
F.A. Bassette Co, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. SUPERB PRESENTATION COPY, signed and inscribed by auhtor Alice Morgan Wright under his real name - (A. Morgan Tyler-Washburn) on opening blank, to his daughter on her college graduation, 1904. A very good copy in original decorative green cloth stamped in black with..... More
NP, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (tall thin). Text of the 1887 Kabuki adaptation of the Noh play (generally transliterated as 'Momijigari Kuse', and rendered in English as 'Autumn Leaves Viewing' or 'The Maple Viewing'), written in the Latin alphabet (romaji) transcription; followed by..... More
Bruno Cassirer, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. A good copy of the first edition in original tan cloth, in a good copy of the original dust jacket (jacket has long tear to rear cover with some browning, nicks and wear; book has minor wear, ink name on front free endpaper). More
Viking Adult, August 2007. First Thus. Hardcover. A fine copy of the first printing of this 50th Anniversary edition, in a fine jacket. Pristine interior. 320 pp. More
Macmillan, 1899. Unknown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Bound in 3/4 green morocco over matching cloth by Bumpus, spine with raised bands and elaborate Art Nouveau gilt floral tooling, 1899 date at foot, covers bordered with a singlegilt rule, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers (some fading and rubbing to..... More