Cambridge, MA: Privately Printed, 1896. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Good in cloth (some stains/rubbing to cloth; sl wear/few lvs). Sm 4to 168+[ 1] First edition of the 5-act play, and the basis of the famous plagiarism suit against Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac"..... More
London: Darton & Co., 1866. Second Edition. 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
New York: The Dial Press, 1962. b/w Title vignettes; Title Pages (red/black). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 211pp. Short tear, creases to top edge of upper jacket cover (toward spine edge); slight rubbing and browning, minor nicks to jacket; slight internal browning to edges..... More
Paris: Chez Moutardier, 1827. Frontis. First Edition. Full Leather. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. This volume includes "San-iu-leou ou les trois étages consacrés — Les deux jumelles — La matrone du pays de Soung." Volume III of 3 only. Bound in period full brown speckled calf, spine with..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1958. Jacket Design By Andy Warhol. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Scarce first edition in the rare Andy Warhol jacket. Jacket has some small chips, nicks and tears to edges, creasing to back rear panel, some foxing; cloth has some discoloration..... More
New York: Vintage Books / Random House, 1987. Over 20 b/w Photographs (film stills). First Edition Thus. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boldly and legibly signed in blue ink by Woody Allen. This copy has some wear to cover and edges, some smudges to cover. [4], 187..... More
New York: Century Co., 1929. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very scarce novel, translated from the Danish. Original orange cloth stamped in black (spine faded; some wear). More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Sunning, slight fading, rubbing and browning to spine and spine label; slight rubbing and browning to covers (cloth over boards; chiefly to edges); slight bumping to corners; previous owner's bookplate on front attached..... More
New York: Liveright, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Scarce first edition, in the original red cloth stamped in black (cloth has slight fading and wear with some tape stains to boards; old gllue residue oon rear endpaper; rear inner hinge tender). More
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG/VG (sm chips/sl stains to DJ). Sm 8vo with DJ [10]+264 Dedicated to auth or/critic Paul Rosenfeld. Uncommon in jacket. More
N.Y. Boni and Liveright, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very good (spine sunned; sl rubbing to cloth). Tall 12mo 118 Series of short prose poems, dedicated to publisher Horace Liveright. In protective acetate jacket. More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. Decorative title Page (blue/black). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 230 pages. Contains 16 sections in all; notable for "Four American Impressions" (on Gertrude Stein, Paul Rosenfeld, Ring Lardner and Sinclair Lewis), the essays on George Bellows and Alfred Steiglitz..... More
New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Exceptionally rare anonymous first edition. Fictionalized account of what is represented as the true story of a young woman involuntarily committed to an insane asylum. Original dark mustard cloth stamped in gilt and black..... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1869. 1 Engraved Plate (half-title page). First Edition Thus. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (tall thin). Lacks most of illustrative material (18 plates by Alken and Rawlins; engraved half-title is present at front); slight rubbing to covers (leather; chiefly at edges);..... More
New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by author in pencil on front endpaper: "Elsie from Margaret with the compliments of the author March 25, 1939". Mystery by the famed book designer, the theme and title a...... More
Tin House Books, 2019. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed by author on half title. Slipcased first edition from Powell's Books Indiespensable Series, complete with separate pamphlet. A near fine copy (has faint wear) in very good slipcase (slipcase has general light surface wear)... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1914. Frontis Portrait. First Edition Thus. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Attractively bound in full black morocco, spine with raised bands, twin browm morocco labels, and gilt floral tooling, covers have an elaborate border of repeating floral devices enclosing three gilt rules and..... More
Berlin: Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1932. First German Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. A very good copy in cloth (slight sunning/rubbing to cloth). Small 8vo 300+[3] Text in German (translation by Siegfried Schmitz). At head of title: Schalom Asch. Signed (as "Schalom Asch") by Asch on half-title..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A rare signed Lester Atwell. Laid in on half title is an autograph note signed and inscribed by author "For... with my thanks and good wishes Lester Atwell". First edition, first printing (stated) in jacket..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First edition, first printing (stated) in jacket (cloth has some darkening and wear; text age-toned; small ink stamp and small ink # on endpapers; jacket has very large chip to front cover, plus some chipping..... More
New York: Random House, 1937. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good+ copy in very good dust jacket with small chips and slight browning to jacket. 8vo with DJ 123 Bloomfield & Mendelson A9b: contains Auden's revisions to the first English edition (also..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. b/w frontis photo; ill marg. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. A very good copy in cloth (slight fraying to head & foot of spine; slight rubbing to corners). 8vo xi[5]280[2 ]pp+ Brilliant evocation of the Owens Valley in..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A SUPERB PRESENTATION COPY, signed and inscribed by author to noted author Denise Levertov, who provided a long and positive blurb to the rear jacket cover (the only one used on the book)..... More
New York: Vintage, 1985. Reprint. Map. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author on title page: "To Mike + Cheryl J. G. Ballard." The basis for the film of the same name, "Crash's is Ballard's disturbing novel on symphorophilia (car-crash sexual fetishism). Good copy in..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" True first edition, first printing from 1934, published by Stokes. Original blue cloth (spine dampstained with dull gilt, wear and fraying to tips; shelfwear to boards; front inner hinge split). No jacket. Influential novel..... More
