Burnside Rare Books

London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1847. First edition. 8vo. Late 20th-century dark green crushed morocco by Bayntun (Rieviere), ruled and lettered in gilt, raised bands, gilt top stain, wide turn-ins decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers. Three volumes housed in green cloth slipcase. Half-titles present, lacking ads. pp.[iv], 304; [iv], 304;...

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First American edition, first state (or printing) with bowing hobbit on title page, maps at endsheets in opposite order as per list of illustrations, and Chapter VII heading on page 118 incorrectly listed as Chapter VI. 310pp. Original tan cloth lettered in blue and illustrated...

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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. Advance reading copy of the first edition, signed by Bukowski on the title page. One of only 25 copies thus. (Krumhansl 63a.) Perfect bound in stiff brown wraps with white review slip mounted on front cover. 291pp. An excellent Fine unread copy in clear...

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Sauk City: Arkham House, 1959. First edition, board issue. (One of only 80 such copies for libraries, issued alongside 735 wrappered copies. Joshi 54.) 54pp. Near Fine with a few light stains to boards. Ex libris bookplate of author and Arkham House co-founder Donald Wandrei laid in. Includes handmade plain...

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Albuquerque: Loujon Press, 1970. First edition, memorial issue. xii, [1]-45 [46-50]. Folio. Quarto spiralbound book in dazzling unprinted foil wrapper, with twelve lithographed broadside reproductions of watercolors, plus frontis and special colophon/title leaf, enclosed in orange publisher's folding cloth clamshell box. While printed in 1970, this is one of only...

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition, limited issue. Copy #392 of a limited 510, signed by Ernest Hemingway on the limitation page. Publisher's pale green paper covered boards over vellum spine, black leather title label to spine stamped in gilt, in publisher's leaf-patterned slip case with red title...

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New York: Dot Books, 1973. First edition. Signed by Richard Hell on fake author bio at front: "March 15 1996 For Marlene to improve her library (heh heh) xxx Theresa Stern + Richard." 32pp. with one page publisher list at rear. Illustrated black stiff wraps. An unread copy, Fine with...

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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First edition. Copy #108 in Author's Autograph Edition of only 150 copies, signed by the famous aviator on limitation page in black ink. Above that publishers' name is handwritten by someone, possibly her husband George Putnam, who worked with her in writing the book...

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First edition, first printing. 216pp. Original black cloth ruled in red with silver lettering. Near Fine with publisher's name at foot rubbed, slightly bumped bottom front corner, pages toned with age. No jacket. A single page (211) opened incorrectly by printer. A very neat...

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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1939. First edition, first printing with no additional printing stated. Near Fine or better, with light bruising to spine ends, light toning to pages. In a Near Fine dust jacket, with light rubbing, soiling to rear panel, light edge wear with shallow chipping at spine...

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Montreal: Published for McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press, 1956. First edition, first printing. 79 pp. Original black cloth with silver lettering. One of approximately 400 copies. Signed by Leonard Cohen on the front free endpaper, warmly inscribed to his aunt Marion, dated June 1956. Laid in print-out of email...

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London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1954. First edition, first printing in first state jacket priced at 12s 6d net. 248pp. Original red cloth with white spine lettering. Very Good with stains and slight bowing to boards, light foxing to edges, in original dust jacket with some offsetting from tape on...

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