THE ROAD [Uncorrected Proof]
Knopf, 2006. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 239pp., in blue printed wraps. A Very Good copy, bottom corners slightly bumped, with some creasing to the spine, and light dust soiling to the text block. More
Knopf, 2006. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 239pp., in blue printed wraps. A Very Good copy, bottom corners slightly bumped, with some creasing to the spine, and light dust soiling to the text block. More
University of California Press, January 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Light shelfwear; dust is Fine. Signed by Author on the title page. More
Harper & Brothers, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes, complete as issued. A very good copy of this classic Melville, in unfaded original green cloth stamped in gilt and blind (Volume II has some dampstaining to upper third of text extending from gutter, and spine has some puckering to foot..... More
The Colophon, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good copy in original color marbled cloth, black leather spine label (mnor wear). Designed by Bruce Rogers, printed by Pynson Printers. Gravure frontis portrait of Melville. More
A.A. Knopf, January 1926. First Thus. Hardcover. First Trade Edition. A Very Good copy in a Good dustjacket. Book has shelfwear, soiling to covers & edges of text block, & toning to pages; DJ has shlefwear, edgewar, severely bumped corners, chipping to edges of entire jacket, a 1' tear to..... More
Robert M. McBride, January 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 52 of a limited edition of 110. (Trade Edition preceded Limited Edition in this instance). Green & white boards. A Fair copy. Book has shelfwear, edgewear, severely bumped corners, liquid stains to covers & spine (no internal effect), toning to pages..... More
Knopf, January 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on front endpaper. Stated First Edition. A Near Fine copy in a Poor dustjacket. Book has shelfwear, edgewear, bumped corners, a former owner's sticker on the front endpaper & toning to pages; DJ has shelfwear, edgewear, bumped corners, toning, soiling, scattered..... More
The Franklin Library, 1994. First Edition. Leather Binding. Bound in full tan leather, gilt decorated spine and covers, spine with partly raised bands, all edges git, color pictorial endpapers, light brown silk bookmarker (has some slight marks to gilt edges). Fine-bound issue of the novel, concerning life in a retirement..... More
Trackaday, March 1985. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 126pp. Inscribed by the author to noted writer David Shields: For David... Who perhaps know why a ravin is like a writers desk. With regards from, (signed) Chuk Miller. Light wear to the covers, else a Very..... More
Bern Porter, 1944. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Folio - between 12" - 15" Tall. Good copy of this paperback in original jacket (jacket darkened with some chipping; upper corners of text bumped). One of 1150 copies. Miller's musings on art and the artists who influenced him. B/w Illustrations. More
NP [H. Miller?], 1973. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (tall). AN ORIGINAL HENRY MILLER MANUSCRIPT. [34] leaves (rectos only). Typed manuscript of the revised text (including preface and 'Postscriptum') as eventually published by the Capra Press (see Shifreen & Jackson A80b-d). 34 legal-sized leaves..... More
[Shinsho-sha], 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (small). Signed and inscribed in blue ink on first preliminary leaf: 'For Felix Pollak from Henry Miller, 11/17/55'. 193, [7] pages. Text in Japanese (colophon in English and Japanese). Translation of the first 8 chapters of 'Sexus'. Shifreen..... More
Capra Press, 1991. First Edition. Saddle-stapled wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Young in black ink on the verso of the front cover. [28]pp., including printed wraps, and one b/w photo. Interview of the noted publisher by Russell regarding Miller; reprinted from 'Soundings', volume 21, number..... More
George G. Harrap, 1947. First Edition. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Atrtactively bound in what appears to be a deluxe binding, blue half crushed morocco over tan cloth, spine with raised bands and gilt titling, top edge gilt (some fading to leather on spine and covers; minor..... More
G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824. First Edition. Leather Binding. A fine copy in recent 3/4 red morocco over boards (may be parchment) by Mark Valentine,, spine with raised bands, gilt floral tooling, and black morocco label, covers ruled with repeating floral devices, edges uncut. Text is nice and clean, virtually..... More
Viking, November 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" VG+/VG in jacket (few sm nicks/sl rub to jacket). 8vo with DJ [12],244pp IS BN 0-670-44437-5. First American publication of the French author's first b ook; a harrowing memoir of his being attacked and blinded by two muggers..... More
Graywolf Press, September 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed by author on special leaf. Slipcased edition from Powell's Books Indiespensable Series, complete with separate pamphlet. A near fine copy (has minor hints of creasing to jacket) in near fine slipcase. More
Archon Books, February 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Some discoloration and wear to edges of DJ, text has a few pencil markings made by a distinguished professor of Chinese literature. More
Frederick A. Stokes, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. A good copy of the first edition of the auhtor's first book in original black cloth stamped in green (some wear to cloth; inner hinges tender; jacket flap laid down on front free endpaper). Scarce first book by the co-creator of the Myers–Briggs..... More
Darton & Co., 1866. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original green cloth stamped in gilt, all edges stained red, yellow coated endpapers (heavy wear; lacks front endpaper; front inner hinge starting; binding shaken). EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE. More
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. Early printing. Hardcover. A very good copy of a later printing (the 16th) of the first American edition of the classic and controversial novel. Original black cloth over patterned boards (minor wear, slight bumping to lower corners of boards, ink names of prior owners on..... More
Editions Poetry London, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good copy in original plum cloth stamped in gilt (slight discoloration and fading to spine). 181pp Printed by The Shenval Press. More
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, January 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. A truly fine copy of the first printing of the first UK edition in a fine jacket. More