Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1914. First edition. One of only 595 copies printed and bound at the University Press, Cambridge, MA. xxvi, 151 pp. Original cream-colored paper over boards and white cloth lettered in black; lacking the unprinted dust jacket. Good, with toning and heavy rubbing to covers. Light..... More
London: Leonard Smithers and Co, 1899. Signed limited first edition. [xii], 152 pp. Bound in publisher's original pale lavender cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations by Charles Shannon. Copy number 82 of 100 large paper copies signed by Oscar Wilde with a flourish. Near Fine with subtle sunning, several..... More
New York: Simulations Publications, Inc., 1977. First edition. [vi], 186 pp. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver, brown endpapers. Fine in Very Good dust jacket with spine panel red lettering mostly gone, wear at extremities, rubbed. A rare history and explanation of wargaming published by the magazine Strategy & Tactics..... More
Boston: J.E. Tilton, 1864. First American Edition. 208 pp. Publisher's green pebbled cloth with gilt spine lettering, brown endpapers. About Very Good with slightly shaken binding, front hinge a little free, rear hinge starting, slight cock to spine and lifting to cloth at front board. Former owner's name neatly written..... More
[Portland?]: [Unknown], [1974]. Volume 2 only. [iv], 107 pp. Wraps. Second edition with title page, typeset pages. [Ahearn APG, Salinger 005c]. Very Good with small stain to front cover. Nice shape overall. An unauthorized reprinting of five of Salinger's short stories published in magazines but never collected. More
London: Collins, 1960. First edition. (Ahearn APG, Christie 105a). 255 pp. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with tiny nick to fore edge, small closed tear to top of back panel with a little associated creasing. A selection of six stories by the..... More
Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited edition, signed by Simone de Beauvoir on page at front. xxxvii, [1], 715 pp. Black leather with gilt stamping, all edges gilt. A Fine copy. A classic examination of women in history. More
New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931. First edition, trade issue. [iv], 589 pp. Publisher's red and black cloth with gilt stamping. A Fine copy, sharp and bright, in unclipped dust jacket with rubbing along folds and a few scuffs to spine, basically Near Fine. An attractive copy of the writer's..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition. [viii], 246 pp. Original white cloth stamping in crimson and black. Fine in Near Fine unclipped ($4.95) dust jacket with toned and dulled spine panel, lightly shelf worn. A bright, attractive copy of Steinbeck's bestselling American travelogue with his dog. More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. First edition. x, 117 pp. Original gray cloth with white stamping. Near Fine with former owner's name on paste down, pages toned with age, in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket, chipped at head and tail, lightly worn. The acclaimed food writer on the..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. Uncorrected page proof, issued before the first edition to publishing industry figures and book reviewers. [iv], xiv, 566, [2] pp. Yellow wraps. Very Good+ with bumped corners, a little soiling and light shelf wear to wraps. The rare advance issue of the influential..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First American edition. x, 494, [4] pp. Original green cloth stamped in green with red and gilt lettering on spine, red topstain. Fine in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with some insecting along fore edge of front panel and at foot, spine panel..... More
Mayavati, India: Advaita Ashrama, 1937. First edition. [vi], 217, [1], IV, III pp. with tissue-guarded portrait of the author at front. Publisher's navy blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with tiny tear to one page repaired with old cellophane tape, in a Near Fine jacket with light foxing..... More
New York: George Putnam's Sons, 1961. First edition. 249 pp. Original black cloth with gilt spine lettering, greenish metallic stamping to front board. Top corners bumped, else Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with tiny closed tear to bottom o front panel, light edge wear. Uncommon in such..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1926. First edition. x, 686 pp. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering on black title band. A Near Fine copy with light shelf wear and dust-soiling, bumping to edges, a few tiny ink flecks to front free endpaper. A textbook on advertising from 1926..... More
[Portland?]: [no publisher]. [Late 1960s]. Single-sheet white cardstock measuring 14"x14", with original black painted design covering a 12"x12" area, signed on the back in pencil by Judi Biandel. Appears to an original artist's mockup for the 1960s Portland rock band The New Tweedy Bros., with a nearly-identical image of the..... More
Philadelphia: John B. Thayer, 1940. First edition; number 411 of a limited 500 copies. Bound in original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Near Fine with light lean to spine, previous owner name to front free endpaper, pages toned. This was privately printed for family and friends of the author, and..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. Early reprint of the first edition with copyright page dates 1894 but title page dated 1895. Bound in publisher's original green cloth stamped in gilt. Good. Cloth grubby, spine-toned and worn. Former owner ex-libris bookplate to front paste down. Fraying to fore edge of..... More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910. [1910]. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's first binding, olive brown with publisher's device in blind on upper cover, lettered in gilt on spine, top edge gilt. Near Fine with light fading to cloth at spine and top edge of upper board..... More
London: Elkin Mathews, 1911. First edition, first printing. First binding, and one of less than 500 bound as such, from a total edition of 1,000 copies. Bound in publisher's streaked grey cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good or better. Spine lightly toned, several small spots to rear board. Remnants of..... More
London: Elkin Mathews, 1909. First edition, first printing. First issue with "of" on the upper board. Bound in publisher's burgundy paper-covered boards stamped in gilt. Very Good or better, with some rubbing to covers, previous owner bookplate to front paste down, name and date to front free endpaper partially removed..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original grey cloth with spine lettered in red and black. Small number written on front free endpaper and light soiling to top edge of text block, else Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with light shelf..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1980. First edition. Signed by Edward Ruscha on the first blank page and inscribed to a former owner in the year of publication. Bound in publisher's printed wraps, with French flaps. Very Good with sunning to spine extending onto front cover. Corners bumped. More
Boston: Ben Burk, 1935. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth stamped in black and gilt. Very Good with cloth a bit worn, gilt dulled. Boards lightly curved. Pages toned with light sporadic staining. The recipe guide which would become known as the "Bible of Booze," issued by..... More
