Burnside Rare Books

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1886. First American edition, first state ads at rear. 456, (1, ad) pp. Original dark yellow cloth lettered in maroon and gilt, floral endpapers. Very Good with spine lettering dulled, cloth at head and tail chipped, small stain and scratch to spine, a bit of...

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1936. First edition, first printing. Very Good. Publisher's pinkish-red cloth binding stamped in gilt. Very Good+ with light fading and light foxing to spine cloth, else a sharp and clean copy. In a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's price of $2.00 intact on the...

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Boston: The Colored Co-Operative Publishing Company, 1900. First edition. 402 pp. Red cloth decorated in pink, yellow and black, lettered in gilt on spine. A Very Good+ copy with very slight lean, a little bit of fraying to foot, back board with a few small stains, rear hinge split, a....

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Sauk City: Arkham House, 1939. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Staining from the remnants of clipping pasted to title page and associated offsetting to the adjacent pages, else Fine, with sharp gilt and bright, clean cloth. In a fantastic example...

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. Advance reading copy of the first edition. Self-bound in the iconic black and white dust jacket. Very Good. Reading creases to spine, light rubbing to wraps and several small dots of red ink to the bottom edge of the front wrapper, name and...

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Buenos Aires: Editorial Sur, 1944. 203 pp. First edition, first printing; in the original Spanish language. Publisher's stiff wraps in self-bound aquamarine dust jacket, stamped in dark blue with white titles. Very Good, with light soiling and light rubbing to wraps, with heavier rubbing to bottom of spine and a....

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New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1974. First edition. Inscribed, "Too Jim[,] your visit was very neo boa * Love * [signed] Eve Babitz XOXOXO p.s. you forgot your book" on half title. xix, (2), 297, (1) pp. Black cloth lettered in pink. Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket...

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New York: Tibor De Nagy Editions, 1965. First edition, first printing. Publisher's purple and white striped wraps with titles in red, with the usual offsetting to the title page from the purple stripes. Very Good, with light toning, light staining to the rear cover near the spine. A scarce work...

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London: Mark Perry, 1976. Complete run of issues 1 through 12. Includes Alternative T.V.'s "Love Lies Limp" flexi 7" with #12 on SG Records. No supplements. Mimeograph stapled magazines, mostly single-sided. Very Good to Near Fine. Scarce issue #1 folded, a little toned, with a few small stains on wraps...

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Baddeck, Nova Scotia: Published by the Author, 1909. 19 pp. printed on rectos only. Carbon typescript brad-bound in "Carter's Ideal Manuscript Cover," gray wraps with typed title. Inscribed to biologist Charles Davenport at the top of the front cover, signed "compliments of Alexander Graham Bell." One of an unspecified but...

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New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition. 214 pp. Publisher's crimson and white cloth, lettered in crimson. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a bit of sunning to the spine panel, line of rubbing to back panel and light shelf wear. A lovely copy.

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. Signed "Elizabeth Bishop - Poetry Forum - February 1st, 1978" on title page. First edition, first printing. (viii), 54 pp. Original blue cloth lettered in silver. Near Fine in an edge-chipped about Very Good dust jacket, a hint of restoration along verso top edge, spine...

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