Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" An exceptional copy of the first edition in jacket (has some foxing to edges; jacket is clean, bright, and almost without flaw). Thirteen stories, some criminous, mostly set in contemporary London. Elsie is a character from..... More
Harcourt, Brace, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing of one of the greatest baseball novels of all time, basis of the celebrated film starring Robert Redford. A Very Good copy in a Very Good original jacket, complete with $3.00 price on flap (jacket has two closed tears, and..... More
Columbia University, 1973. Trade 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 Arts School..... More
Henry Holt and Company, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6] 279pp. Short tears, few small chips, slight rubbing and browning to jacket; slight internal browning to edges and endpapers. Second book of the author; ' ... a warm, sunny novel of California which is..... More
Arbor House, 1975. Book Club. Hardcover. Signed By Author with his real name (Lawrence Block) on title page. A good copy of the book club edition in original white boards (minor wear; some smudging to boards, small faint dampstain to front endpaper). No jacket. More
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original light red cloth stamped in gilt (some fading and wear to cloth). Text is clean and unmarked. First printing of this edition, text in English and Italian on opposing pages. More
Alfred A . Knopf, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed by Elizabeth Bowen on front endpaper. First American Edition, Second Printing, 1949. A near fine copy in a very good copy of the original jacket (jacket has minor nicks and wear). PROVENANCE: From the library..... More
NewYork University Press, January 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Emily Dickinson, crazed housewives, and dogs people the pages of this acclaimed first novel, sometimes described as belonging in the detective genre. Winner of the Elmer Holmes Bobst prize. Slight fading to edges of cloth;..... More
The Viking Press, October 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" SIGNED BY AUTHOR. [2], xvii, [1], 456 pages. Author's fifth book and third novel; adventure spanning three centuries (though centered in the 20th century). Boldly signed (in full) and inscribed by Boyle in black ink on..... More
Tompkins Square Press, January 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. One of 1000 copies printed. 62pp., with cover and drawings by Renie Perkins and a photograph of Bremser by Bob Ellison. A Near Fine copy with the original glassine jacket that has a closed tear to the front; internally clean, tight binding..... More
Knopf, September 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on title page. Stated First Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket. Interior is tight, clean, and unmarked. 8vo. [10], 596, [2] pages. Contains 18 short stories in all (chiefly from The New Yorker magazine), plus a concluding bibliographical note..... More
The Macmillan Company, January 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Rare classic Fantasy title in the scarce vintage jacket. Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction #283. Original green cloth stamped in gilt-gilt still bright and fresh (slight wear to cloth; slight foxing; previous owner's ink inscription on..... More
Doubleday, April 2003. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Signed by author on title page (no inscription). First edition, first printing, first state (with complete number line through 1 and misspelling of 'skitoma' on p. 243). A fine copy in a fine jacket ('autographed copy' sticker on front jacket cover). More
Random House, 1973. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Fictional three-way conversation between Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico, James Joyce, and Norman O. Brown. 81 pages. Uncorrected Proof issued as Advanced Reading Copy (ARC), in red wraps with taped-on cover label (some fading and wear; minor..... More
Hearse Press, 1960. First Thus. Unknown. Signed by author Charles Bukowski at bottom in black ink. This is a rare copy of the 1969 reduced-format facsimile edition, which was bound in as a frontispiece in Dorbin's 'A Bibliography of Charles Bukowski'. This example is one a handful never bound in..... More
HarperCollins, October 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean, tight copy in Like New condition in Mylar dust jacket. First edition, one of 1000 trade hardcover copies. 1/4 black cloth, paper boards, paper spine label. More
City Lights, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. The scarce first hardcover trade edition (of which only 300 copies were printed). A very good copy in a good jacket (jacket has cup ring and some coffee staining, nicks and tears to edges). Account of Bukowski's epic trip to Germany, documented by Montfort..... More
ABYSS Publications [1969], 0000. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First edition,. A good copy in the original mustard wraps (spine bumped with tears; some edge wear). Fully annotated chronological (year-by-year) bibliography, with numerous quotations from the works themselves and autobiographical interpolations. Scarce. 1 b/w photo (upper wrap). [2 ],121 pages... More
Second Coming Press, 1977. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" The is the 'special Charles Bukowski, A. D. Winans, Ed 'Foots' Lipman issue dedicated to the memory of the late Ed Lipman'.' A near fine copy in the original wraps.1 b/w Photograph (upper wrapper; portrait); Advertising..... More
Harper & Row, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Early American issue of 'the daring novel which is the most talked-about literary work in Russia today' (jacket upper cover). Translated by Michael Glenny. With Harper code 'M-R' (i.e. December, 1967) on title page verso. As the first printing was '-R' - or..... More
Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy of the first American edition (stated) in original jacket, complete with $3.95 price. The book is tight and crisp, appearing never read, the jacket has slight wear and one cllosed tear to edges; bookplate on front pastedown, almost..... More
Chapman & Hall, 1850. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Bound in 3/4 period brown calf over marbled boards, spine with gilt-decorated raised bands and contrasting red and green morocco labels (spine tips and joints rubbed; boards rubbed; bookplate; some foxing).Frontis By Hablot K. Browne. More
Louisiana State Univ Pr, January 1986. Later Printing. Hardcover. Signed by author on half title and signed and inscibed by author on title page. Second Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket. Book has a touch of shelfwear; DJ has a touch of..... More
Ticknor & Fields, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A nice association copy, signed and inscribed by author to noted American writer David Shields: '8/18/91 To David, a fine writer & a good pal - all my best wishes, as ever - Fred.' Shields has given..... More
Charles & Henry Baldwin / Joseph Booker, 1819. First Thus. Leather. This beautiful set of 4 finely bound volumes (which can be described as 'extra-illustrated'). Uniformly bound in full crimson 19th-century morocco for Estes & Lauriat of Boston (with their tiny blindstamp), spines with raised bands and elaborate gilt floral..... More
