Washington, D.C. Judd & Detweiler, 1883. First edition. Signed by Alexander Crummell on the front wrap in ink, inscribed to former owner (name unclear) and initialed A.C. 36 pp. Stringbound in plain wrappers as issued. Near Fine, a little toned and foxed with age, faint crease to front wrap, small..... More

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. Plastic comb-bound wraps with trial dust jacket with rear panel and flaps both blank, folded off-center over wraps. Very Good with toning throughout, edge wear to jacket which is worn and very fragile along the front..... More

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. Signed by Neal Stephenson on the title page. Bound in publisher's original blue wraps printed in black. Very Good with soiling and soiling, fading to the spine with short splits to the top of the front joint..... More

Beverly Hills: Copley Galleries, 1948. First edition. Signed by Man Ray on the title page with the inscription playing off the title, "et les enfants / Man Ray Paris-62." French philosopher Georges Bataille's copy with his ex libris on front free endpaper; inscribed in the year of his death. Bound..... More

New York: The Viking Press, 1940. First edition, first printing. Signed by John Fante on a tipped in sheet. Publisher's coarse blue cloth binding decorated in red; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with light lean to binding, slight toning to spine, dust-soiling, spotting to plum topstain, bookseller ticket to..... More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. First edition, first printing. 443 pp. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine lettered in white. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, two tiny closed tears to top of back panel, red on spine panel a little dulled. A very attractive copy..... More

London: Peter Owen Ltd., 1978. First British edition. Signed by Yusuf Idris and inscribed in English to former owner in the year of publication. xii, 196 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with silver lettering. Near Fine in Fine unclipped dustjacket. Short stories from a major 20th century Egyptian writer..... More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. First edition. 192 pp. Bound in publisher's cream-colored cloth with dark brown lettering. Near Fine with dust-soiling to cloth, in a Good+ dust jacket with a chip to the bottom corner of the front panel, wear at extremities, unclipped ($4.95). The world..... More

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1990. Signed limited first edition. As new, still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. Bound in charcoal leather binding, stamped in gilt, with publisher's single page prospectus. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First trade illustrated edition. A wonderful association copy, signed by Willa Cather and inscribed "To George Stimson, who took a great deal of trouble for this book and, I like to think, for me." Stimson was the production manager at Alfred A. Knopf. Bound..... More

Plainfield, NJ: Published privately by Paula Grossman, 1979. Assumed first edition. Bound in original pink stapled wraps printed in black. Very Good or better with toning and soiling, small stain to rear cover. A school music teacher for over 30 years, Paula Miriam Grossman was dismissed when she returned to..... More

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1946. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's coarse cloth with gilt letters on spine blocked in brown. Near Fine with toning to spine and edges, and scuff to rear cover, foxing to textblock edge. In a Near Fine price-clipped war-time dust jacket printed on..... More

New York: Fortune and Scott, 1898. First edition, first printing of the author's second book. Bound in publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light soiling and light wear to cloth. Pages lightly toned with light foxing to endsheets. One inked bracket to the margin of quotation reading..... More