New York: St Martins Press, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" PRESENTATION COPY: Signed and inscribed by author Elliott Roosevelt (son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor) to his son: "For David: - With lots of love from Mom & myself - Hope you... More about The Hyde Park Murder
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 about The Merchant Prince of Cornville: A Comedy [with Original photograph
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 about Smart Sayings of Great Personages: a repertory of wit, anecdote, apothegm, and repartee of...
London: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Clean, unmarked copy in pristine condition in original dust jacket. More about Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside
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 about Fire on the Mountain
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 about Contes chinois, traduits par mm. Davis, Thoms, le P.'Entracolles, etc. Tome Troisieme [volume III
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper: "To Dave, Best wishes Douglas Adams". Scarce early book club edition in jacket (has minor wear to edges of book and jacket). Originally published in... More about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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 about Hannah and Her Sisters
New York: Atheneum, 1990. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Saddle-stapled wraps. [32]pp. Signed with a small drawing by the author. Light wear else Near Fine. More about The Stories of Eva Luna: Chapbook
New York: Century Co., 1929. First American Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very scarce novel, translated from the Danish. Original orange cloth stamped in black (spine faded; some wear). More about The Brand of the Sea
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 about Three American Plays
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 about Death in the Woods
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 about Many Marriages
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 about A New Testament
Philadelphia: Centaur Press, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good to fine (sl rubbing to cloth). Sm 8vo ix+[1]+130 Contains 17 essa ys in all (on Margaret Anderson, George Borrow, Ring Lardner, Paul Rosenfel d, Gertrude Stein, et al). One of 1000 copies; in protective acetate jacket. More about No Swank
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 about Sherwood Anderson's Notebook : Containing Articles Written During the Author's Life as a Story...
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. Title Vignette (brown/white). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good- (worn slipcase; sl rubbing/stains to spine). Limited Edition, signed by Author. 8vo xviii+346 One of 350 numbered copies (325 for sale), signed by Anderson on limitation page. Bound in... More about Tar: A Midwest Childhood
KNOPF. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Clean tight copy in Very good condition in jacket. Signed by author. More about MEMNOCH THE DEVIL
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 about A Palace-Prison; Or, the Past and the Present
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 about Murder in Stained Glass
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 about Die Gefangene Gottes
London: Peter Owen Limited, 1963. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 304 pages. "A masterpiece of sorcery and superstition by South America's greatest writer" (jacket upper cover), set in the author's native Guatemala. Originally published in Argentina in 1963 under title: Mulata de Tal. Translated... More about The Mulatta and Mr Fly
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 about Life with Its Sorrow, Life with Its Tear
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 about Love is Just Around the Corner
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Rare signed first edition of Atwood's first novel (the true first edition). Signed and inscribed by author on title page: "For Christiine with best wishes Margaret Atwood." A very good copy in very good jacket... More about The Edible Woman
