The Woman in the Dunes
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First edition, first printing. Bound in teal cloth stamped in brown and gold. Fine, with a tiny mark to the front free endpaper, in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. A superior copy. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First edition, first printing. Bound in teal cloth stamped in brown and gold. Fine, with a tiny mark to the front free endpaper, in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. A superior copy. More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1964. First British edition, first printing. Signed in Japanese by Kobo Abe on the front pastedown and front free endpaper with an inscription to a former owner. Bound in publisher's green cloth-affect boards lettered in silver. Near Fine with lean to binding, corners slightly bumped. In..... More
Venice: Francesco Tosi, 1796. Later edition. Bound in 19th century Italian decorative paper wraps with manuscript spine label. xiv, 342, [2] pp. Near Fine with light edge wear, small patch of loss at spine label. Contents bright with minor instances of damp stain. All 41 plates present without tears. A...... More
New York: The John Day Company, 1967. First American edition, first printing. 287 pp. Bound in publisher's original magenta cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with slight black stains to top edge of covers and area of rub-through at top of rear spine joint, in a Fine unclipped dust..... More
New York: The John Day Company, 1967. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's original magenta cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with light dust-soiling and light fading to cloth at edges, pages..... More
Garden City, NY: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1975. First American edition. [xvi], 175 pp. Bound in publisher's pattrned boards with cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light wear, stray pen mark on first page of text, in Near Fine dust jacket, light wear. An uncommon collection of essays..... More
London: Heinemann / Contemporary Fiction, 1962. Reprint. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's original cloth boards. Near Fine with light bumping to corners and tanning to pages. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with soiling, tanning and..... More
[No place]: [Self published], 1975. A complete set, in six parts: "The Case of the Murdered Twerp," "Longing for Better Things," "Stop It, Ted, I Screamed," "How Love Can Lead Youngsters to Murder," "The Future," and "The Life of Johnny Rocco." Very good on average, with wraps showing toning, light..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1956. First edition. 164pp. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with ding to bottom edge of upper board, foxing to text block edge, blue marking on bottom textblock edge, pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light foxing and light wear..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1976. First edition. 159 pp. Original paper-covered boards with purple cloth backstrip, gilt and metallic blue lettering. Very Good+ with publisher's stamps and name written on front free endpaper, in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket, a little rubbed, dampstaining to verso. The author's..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1976. First edition, first printing. Signed by Diane Ackerman in the year of publication and warmly inscribed to former owners. Additionally, laid in are cards from Ackerman written to former owners. Bound in publisher's original paper-covered boards over purple cloth spine lettered in..... More
Baltimore, MD: Wavelength, 1941. Issue 1 of a collaborative scifi fanzine; previous issues were title Science Fiction Collaboration. 14 pp. Bound in publisher's side-stapled wraps, final leaf significantly smaller than the rest. Near Fine, faint penciled title on front wrap. More
Chicago & New York: Ad Hoc Committee for a Marxist-Leninist Party, USA, 1970-1971. Three issues: Vol. 8 Nos. 2 & 3, Vol. 9 No. 1. Bound in publisher's corner stapled sheets. 11; 11; 14 pp. respectively. Very Good, sheets folded in the middle, light toning, creased corners to the issues..... More
Boston: New York Graphics Society, 1977. Folio. Signed limited edition; Number 219 of 950 copies signed by Ansel Adams on the limitation page. Quarter bound tan leather over orange linen cloth, in publisher's orange linen slipcase. Near Fine, with several faint scratches to cloth and leather spine, else Fine. A...... More
London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1979. First hardcover edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light lean to binding, light wear to corners and spine ends, light toning to pages. In a Near Fine price-clipped first issue dust jacket with..... More
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original dark blue paper-covered boards over magenta spine cloth lettered in metallic blue. Near Fine with light wear and toning to pages..... More
New York: Harmony Books, 1989. Tenth anniversary edition (seventh printing). Signed by Douglas Adams on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original blue paper-covered boards over magenta spine cloth stamped in metallic green. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light traces of shelf wear, light toning and..... More
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. Fifth printing of the American edition. Signed by Douglas Adams and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original black cloth-affect boards stamped in gilt. Faint wear to corners and spine ends, else Fine in a Fine unclipped dust..... More
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams on the half-title page, directly below a red rubber stamp that reads "Always know where your towel is..." Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards over turquoise cloth spine, with titles stamped in metallic pink. Fine, in..... More
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams and inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards over turquoise cloth spine, with titles stamped in metallic pink. Near Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with..... More
New York: Harmony Books, 1985. First American edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original black cloth-affect boards stamped in metallic green. Near Fine, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a shallow chip at the crown, light rubbing, a small..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1882. First British edition, wrappered issue. (Apparently issued simultaneously with the much more common cloth issue.) 280, (4, ads) pp. Wraps. Very Good condition for a paperback of this era despite wear: loss at head and tail, some soiling, chips and creasing to fragile wraps, and..... More
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1880. First edition, BAL's State B with date of April 15, 1880, title page stating #112, no mark on p. 65; curiously, though, this seems to be printed on laid paper rather than wove. 374, (6) pp. White linen stamped in black. A Good..... More
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1880. First edition, BAL's State F with title page corrected to 111, no mark on p. 65 but other marks. 374, (6) pp.Yellow cloth stamped in black with gilt spine lettering. Very Good with a bit of light staining and dust-soiling to cloth, internally..... More
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1880. First edition. Mixed state as per BAL with front pastedown dated March 31, 1880 like BAL's A (earliest), 112 on the title page, but lacks signature mark F on p. 65. White linen stamped in black. Very Good with lean to binding, soiling..... More