Rare Fiction
The Glass Key
Pocket Books Inc., 1943. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Stated First Pocket Book Edition, February 1943. 231pp. + ads (including a list of the first 211 pocket books). Cover art by Leo Manso. Light handling and shelfwear, else a Very Good copy. PB 211. More
August,
Coward-McCann, inc. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, colophon with a torch design on the copyright page. 441pp. Second volume in The August Trilogy. A touch of light wear, slight fading at the bottom of the spine, else Very Good in a Poor jacket that has edgewear, chipping at the..... More
Whither, Whither, or After Sex, What? A Symposium to End Symposiums
Macaulay Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. RARE IN ORIGINAL JACKET. Very scarce anthology, with work by James Thurber, E.B. White, E.E. Cummings, Edmund Wilson,Malcolm Cowley, et al. First edition, second printing (September, 1930), of the Macaulay sheets in the Gold Label Books remainder binding and original jacket with Gold Label..... 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
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
The Woodlanders [3 volumes]
Macmillan, 1887. First Edition. Leather Binding. 3 volumes. A beautiful set, bound in full plum crushed levant morocco by Worsfold with original cloth covers bound in, spines with raised bands, compartments bordered with scrolled gilt tooling, each enclosing 5 gilt leaf designs, covers bordered with a single gilt fillet with..... 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
The Beast God Forgot to Invent (Limited edition) : Novellas
Atlantic Monthly Pr, October 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #118 of 250 numbered copies signed by author. Original green cloth stamped in gilt; publisher's green cloth slipcase (spine and slipcase have some fading and slight wear). More
Wolf: A False Memoir
Simon & Schuster, November 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second printing (stated). 8vo. A Very 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..... 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
The House of Seven Gables
Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good copy with Salem provenance of the first edition of this landmark American novel. In the original brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind, yellow endpapers (spine a bit cocked with nicking to tops and some tears at front hinge..... 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
Cliffs Of Fall
Macmillan & Co., 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page, dated 5 January 2004. Review Copy with slip laid in Loose. First Edition of the Author's First Book. 209pp. Bringing together 10 short stories, all but one previously published in the New Yorker. Moderate soiling..... More
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Limited Editions Club, 1932. First Thus. Hardcover. Copy #1174 of 1500 numbered copies Signed by Artist. 2 of the 20 illustrations are printed from orignal woodblocks. A very good copy in the original Japanese brocarde cloth, stab-bound with silk (very slight wear; some foxing to text). Publisher's printed announcement card..... 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
Across the River and Into the Trees
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first issue (with 'A' and seal, yellow lozenge on jacket, Papadopoli on p. 21, line 26). A very good copy in the original black cloth and original first issue jacket (jacket price-clipped with nicks, tears, wear, and tape repairs to verso;..... More
Across the River and Into the Trees
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good copy of the first edition, first printing, first issue in original jacket (book has light wear and slant to spine; jacket has nicks, tears and wear to edges). [12]+308 pages. Hanneman A 23A. First edition, first issue (with 'A' and..... More
Across the River and Into the Trees
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. A good copy of the first edition, later issue in original black cloth stamped in gilt (cloth has some discoloration and wear, gilt titling on spine dull; some spotting and foxing to text). [12]+308 pages. Hanneman A 23A. First edition, early issue (with..... More