Washington, D.C. Guild Press, Ltd., 1966. First edition, first printing. Signed by Phil Andros on the front free endpaper and inscribed to the recipient: "en souvenir d'une nuit chaude a Milwaukee." [viii], 295 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth-affect paper over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Near Fine with slight..... More
Boston: Perineum Press, 1992. First Alyson edition, first printing. Signed by Phil Andros on the front free endpaper and inscribed to the recipient "in souvenir of a hot night at St Tropez." xii, 128, [4] pp. with three advertising pages at rear. Bound in publisher's printed wraps with cover art..... More
Boston: Perineum Press, 1982. First Alyson edition, fourth printing. Signed by Phil Andros on the front free endpaper and inscribed to the recipient "in souvenir of a hot night in a cave on Capri." 212, [4] pp. with four advertising pages at rear. Bound in publisher's printed wraps with cover..... More
Paris: Europa Press, 1935. First edition, the first copy of the limited issue, #I of 25 copies printed on Normandy vellum and signed by Samuel Beckett. Unpaginated (36 pp.). Bound in publisher's fawn French wraps lettered in black. Near Fine with nearly imperceptible glue repair to binding, light toning to..... More
Paris: Les Editions de Minuit, 1952. First trade edition, first printing, in the original French. Approaching Near Fine, with toning to pages, spine and lightly to wraps, light soiling and light wear to wraps, with light wear to base of spine. Beckett's masterpiece was first composed and published in French..... More
Paris: Les Editions de Minuit, 1952. First trade edition, first printing, text in French. Bound in publisher's white wraps printed in black and blue. Near Fine with slight lean and light creasing to spine, light edge wear and light soiling to covers, name effased from first blank sheet, toning throughout..... More
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1958. First American trade edition, hardcover issue. Signed by Samuel Beckett on the title page, though not called for. Bound in publisher's coarse linen lettered in brown. Very Good with toning and foxing to cloth predominantly along top edge. Contents tanned, bookseller ticket to rear..... More
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Paris: Les Editions de Minuit, 1957. First edition, first printing, trade issue of one of the Nobel laureate's most enduring works, Endgame, with text in the original French. Signed by Samuel Beckett on the half-title page and inscribed to a former owner in the year of publication. Bound in publisher's..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1957. First American edition, clothbound issue. Signed by Samuel Beckett on the title page, though not called for. [iv], 282, [2; ads] pp. Bound in publisher's linen with spine lettered in dark brown. Near Fine with foxing to top edge of textblock and boards. In a...... More
New York: Grove Press, 1955, 1956, 1958. Three volumes, all first American trade edition, first printings. All signed by Samuel Beckett on the title pages. [vii], 241, [vi], 120, [2; ads], [x], 179 pp. Malloy is bound in publisher's charcoal grey cloth with spine lettered in gilt, Malone Dies is..... More
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1959. First American trade edition, first printing. Signed by Samuel Beckett on the title page. [vi], 254 pp. Bound in publisher's dark grey cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light foxing to top edge of text block, light soiling and erased price..... More
Paris: The Hours Press, 1930. First edition, copy 41 of a limited 100 copies signed by Samuel Beckett (from a total edition of 300). Staplebound in publisher's original printed wraps. Near Fine with creasing to corners, light soiling and faint sunning to wraps. Pages foxed and staples rusted. The author's..... More
New York: Gunnar A. Kaldewey, 1986. First edition. One of fifty limited copies signed by artist Bun-Ching Lam. Bound in publisher's grey laid-paper covered boards with spine stamped in blind, housed in the original black paper solander case. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with scuffing and light scratching to..... More
London: George Harrap, 1910. Limited edition of 525 copies, hand-numbered 91 in blue, signed by illustrator Willy Pogany. Quarto. Original full tan calf decorated in gilt, illustrated with 20 beautiful tipped-in color plates, top edge gilt. Unpaginated. Very Good with scratch in front cover, wear along edges of leather, internally..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967. First British edition and first hardcover edition, first printing. An association copy signed by Samuel R. Delany on the title page and inscribed, "For David Hartwell all the best N.Y.C. '75." Hartwell (1941-2016) was an American literary critic and sci-fi editor who was best known..... More
Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1940. First edition. Complimentary copy inscribed on behalf of Samuel Herrick Jr. and the Los Angeles Astronomical Department on front free endpaper; could be in Herrick's hand or a secretarial inscription. [iv], 56 pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Near Fine with light..... More
Roxbury, MA: Printed for Elliot Woodward, 1865. First thus, limited issue in two volumes. Large paper edition, #42 of 50 copies. xxxi, [1], 292; 303 pp., black and white foldout map inserted before title page. Quarto, bound in later half morocco over red marbled paper-covered boards, gilt stamping to spines..... More
London: Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar; and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755. First edition, first printing. Two volumes, unpaginated. Folio, bound in period-style mottled calf with raised bands and morocco title labels to spines and..... More
Athol, MA: Published by W. Paul CookThe Recluse Press, 1926. First edition. A nice presenation copy signed by Frank Belknap Long and inscribed to small press publisher Gerry de la Ree on the front free endpaper, "For Gerry, With the cordial regards of Frank Belknap Long." Bound in publisher's blue..... More
London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey, & Co., 1887. First British and first English-language edition of this world-changing Socialist text. xxxi, [1], 363; [ii], 365-816 pp. with appendix at rear of second volume, most pages unopened. Bound by the Dragonfly Bindery in quarter calf with layered stain over marbled boards, morocco title..... More
[np]: [no publisher], (1922)-1923. Original handwritten manuscript of the 1923 novel. 3 single page manuscript letters by Merwin, including two original envelopes, 125 numbered manuscript pages, tipped-in on larger blank pages. Rectos only. Folio, finely bound in red calf with gilt borders, gilt design on top board, spine with raised..... More
Hollywood, CA: Published for the Author for FAPA, 1947. Issue #1. An early science fiction fanzine published for distribution in a FAPA mailing. Side-stapled sheets. Near Fine with tanning and light general wear. The name no doubt refers to the FAPA requirement for each member to contribute 8 pages per..... More
Hollywood, CA: Published by the Editor for FAPA, 1947. Issue 1. January, 1947. An early sci-fi fanzine with a title nodding to FAPA's 8-page publication requirement for members. Published for FAPA. Original side-stapled sheets. Very Good with toning and light wear. More
Dover, UK: The International Flat Earth Research Society, ca. 1967. Mailer for the Flat Earth "Plane" Truth pamphlet sent circa 1967 to Vivien Greene, dollhouse expert and estranged wife of the famous English novelist Graham Greene. Seven mimeographed leaves stapled at upper left corner, folded twice. Very Good with light..... More
London: John Murray, 1859. First edition. xii, 343, [5] pp. with four advertising pages at rear. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth with boards stamped in blind and spine stamped in gilt, tan coated endpapers. Very Good+, recased, sunned spine, moderate rubbing to covers and endpapers. Nineteenth century bookseller deboss to..... More