Coward-McCann, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. A very good copy in very good- dust jacket with small chips and nicks to jacket; previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. 8vo with DJ [8],18 1pp Author's very scarce third book; novel involving a young professor's..... More
Scribner, November 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. A Fine signed copy in a Fine dust jacket. More
Knopf, January 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. A nice clean copy, tight binding, about Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket that has a touch of light wear (now in mylar protector) 437pp. Author's fourth book. More
Knopf, August 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Delillo on the ffep. A nice clean copy of the First Edition, with a tight binding (unread) Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket (in a mylar protector). More
Scribner, October 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on publisher's special leaf. First Edition w/ complete numberline. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket. Book has a touch of edgewear; DJ has a touch of edgewear. Interior is tight, clean, and unmarked. 8vo. - over 7¾' in..... More
Viking Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing. A nice clean copy, with a touch of fading along the top of the boards, else Near Fine (spine is exceptionally clean, binding tight); dust jacket has a touch of very light wear, but is not chipped or torn, else Near Fine..... More
Rinehart & Company, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. A very good copy in very good dust jacket with slight staining and a few nicks to jacket. 8vo with DJ 223 Author's first book (American edition preceded only by the original publication in Milan, in..... More
The Franklin Library, 1995. First Edition. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (tall). Slight rubbing to covers; else a near fine copy as issued. [14], 307, [4] pages + plate. Fine-bound issue of the author's first book; notable for the color frontispiece. Dated 1994 on title page recto..... More
Chapman and Hall, 1844. First Edition. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in period brown polished calf over textured matching cloth, spine with black leather label and raised bands, spine and extremities rubbed, some nicking to spine tips; front cover detttached, rear hinge entirely split with board..... More
Chapman and Hall, 1844. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Bound in 19th-century 3/4 brown calf, spine with raised bands, red morocco label, and gilt tooling, over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers Podeschi A72. Engraved illustrations by 'Phiz' (H.K. Browne).40 Engraved Plates. More
Chapman and Hall, 1839. First Edition. Leather Binding. A very good copy in period full brown calf, spine with raised bands, black morocco label, and elaborate interlocking gilt tooling covering the entire spine, covers bordered with a single gilt fillet, speckled edges (binding rubbed; plates have usual browning and foxing)..... More
Chapman and Hall, 1837. First Edition. Leather Binding. First book edition with the first state of issue (including two different 'E' signatures at foot of pages 25 and 27; errata note on page [xvi] with 6 lines of corrections; etc). plus the engraved title page with 'Veller' (later altered to..... More
Lea and Blanchard, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. small 8vo 203,[5],192pp Contains 21 pieces in all (including 2 short novels , 18 short stories and 1 sonnet) by 'various hands'; the American edition d oes not include 'Charcoal Sketches' by Joseph C. Neal. Podeschi..... More
Chapman and Hall, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes, complete as issued. Attractively bound in late 19th-century 3/4 brown morocco over brown cloth, spines with raised bands and elaborate gilt floral tooling, covers sectioned with a single gilt fillet, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers (some rubbing to spines and boards..... More
Houghton Mifflin, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Boldly signed by author with his distinctive signature on title page. A fine copy of the first edition, printing (stated) in a near fine jacket complete with $5.95 price (jacket has slight surface and edge wear). First novel of the American poet; basis of..... More
Random House, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. First American issue of the author's most famous book; uncredited English translation. A very good copy in original black and red cloth (minor fading to cloth, light overall wear to cloth; bookplate). Decorative Title Page (green/black). ix, [1], 389 pages. More
Little, Brown and Company, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The first edition, 1st state, signed by Dobie on special inserted leaf. First edition hardcover in jacket (jacket has minor spotting and wear; front inner hinge tender; ink name). McVicker A12a(1).Illustrated By Olaus J. Murie..... More
Random House, April 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on title page. First Edition w/ proper numberline. A near fine first edition in jacket (slight spotting to cloth; slight toning and edge wear to jacket). Interior is otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾'..... More
Dove & Courtney, January 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very scarce - extremely rare novel set during the Yukon's Skagway Gold Rush. Original brown cloth binding, color pictorial label on front cover (cloth chipped and worn, paper label rubbed; author's ink stamp on front..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Slight rubbing and browning to jacket; slight internal browning to edges. [8], 177, [3] pages. Second book of the Chilean author to be published in the US; novel concerning 'the enervating, pointless lives of the old..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight rubbing and browning to jacket; slight internal browning to edges. [8], 262, [2] pages. 'A novel of modern Chile awarded The William Faulkner Foundation Prize in 1962' (jacket upper cover); originally published in Chile in..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Slight rubbing and browning to jacket; slight brown ink mark on lower edges (remainder mark?); slight stain to upper right corner of half-title page (label mark); slight internal browning to edges. [8], 262, [2] pages. 'A..... More
Alta California Publishing House, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Early 'yellow peril' anti-Chinese novel is classed as a science fiction title. The lithograph plates are brilliant examples of the genre. Original brown cloth decorated in gilt (some chipping to spiner tips; some staining and wear..... More
Houghton Mifflin Co., 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed and inscribed by author John Dos Passos on front endpaper' For Bud Clifton cordially John Passos.' Bound in the original red and light gray cloth (some wear and staining to cloth). More
Dodd, Mead, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. A good copy in original brown cloth stamped in gilt and black, pictorial label on front cover (binding rubbed; front inner hingle split with some tape and nicks to endpaper). [10]+263+plates. Contains 12 short stories in all. Illustrated by E.W. Kemble. BAL #4921.1 color..... More
