New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920. First American edition. (Dated 1920 on title page with matching date on copyright page.) xiii, [1], 168 pp. Dark navy ribbed cloth with gilt lettering on front board, green on spine. Very Good+ with former owner's info on paste down, foxing to endpapers... More
Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1908. First edition, scarce author's offprint (''Uberreicht von den Verfassern''), essentially a presentation copy of the article for the authors' use. One of a small unspecified number (perhaps 25-50) of copies thus, also printed in the journal Annalen der Physik, Vierte Folge, Band 26; very few... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1945. First edition. 256 pp. Original red cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in unclipped Very Good+ dust jacket with slightly chipped head, light edge wear, spine and top edge a little sunned. An attractive copy of an uncommon collection of essays by the prolific author of Darkness at Noon. More
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1973. First edition, signed by author on title page. [8], 135 pp. Original purple cloth lettered in black. Fine in Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket, spine a little rubbed. A science fiction novel that some have compared to the much-later James Cameron film Avatar. More
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936. First edition. (Number 1 on final page of text indicates first printing.) vii, 279 pp. Original brown cloth with black spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with small tears and rubbing along edges, soiled and slightly dampstained back... More
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1885. First edition, first issue. (The first American edition in cloth. All definitive points present: p. 9 has "Decided" instead of "Decides"; p. 13 lists illustration on p. 88 "Him and another Man"; p. 57 error "with the was" 11 lines up from... More
Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1988. Signed first edition. Original crimson leather with red and gilt stamping. A Fine copy, with prospectus and letter from the publisher laid in. More
New York: Applause Books, 1999. Deluxe edition. Copy #392 of 550 copies signed by Hirschfeld on limitation page at front. 344 pp. Original blue cloth and leather spine lettered in gilt, housed in original slipcase. Fine in Fine slipcase. A collection of the renowned caricaturist's work, including his many line drawings of Broadway stars. More
New York: Covici Friede, 1933. First edition. Copy 59 of a limited 1381 numbered copies, signed by the author. Publisher's yellow cloth binding stamped in black. Very Good, with cloth moderately soiled and scuffed, spine lightly faded, tips rubbed, corners bumped. Previous owner bookplate to front paste down, and name... More
Mount Vernon: The Golden Eagle Press, 1935. First trade edition, one of 900 unnumbered copies. Oblong, bound in publisher's beige cloth with titles stamped in red, all page edges black. Near Fine with toning to cloth and pages; light soiling and previous owner name and date written to front free... More
1937: The Golden Eagle Press, Mount Vernon. The Archetype edition. Copy #317 of a limited 481, unsigned. Bound in publisher's green paper-covered boards over vellum spine lettered in dark green. Very Good, with scuffing to front cover, light dust-soiling, rubbing at tips, and light foxing to vellum. Scarce. More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940. Signed limited first edition. Copy #73 of 150, signed by E. E. Cummings. Bound in publisher's oatmeal cloth with title onlay to front cover, in like slipcase. Very Good. Cloth is lightly stained (heaviest at rear of slipcase), foxed and toned. Front inner... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. First American edition, first printing. Advance review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Near Fine, with fading to topstain in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight shelf wear. A beautiful copy of Sylvia Plath's only novel, with an advance review slip laid in. More
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1854. First American edition, and first edition in English. Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson. Bound in publisher's brown cloth, decorated in blind and stamped in gilt. Very Good, with light rubbing to cloth, shallow chipping at the spine ends and corners rubbed... More
New York: Random House, 1973. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Bound in publisher's red paper-covered boards over black cloth spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine, with light bruising and light fading to cloth at spine ends. In a Near Fine dust jacket with... More
New York: Albondocani Press, 1983. First edition, copy #172 of a limited 400 numbered copies [issued alongside 26 lettered copies], signed by Edward Gorey on the limitation page. Hand-sewn wraps. A Fine copy, with publisher's. prospectus laid in. A beautiful copy. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1968. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page, and inscribed to a former owner. Fine, in a Very Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket, with a small bit of tape residue to the spine panel on the blank verso, and a.... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943. First edition, first printing, first issue. Bound in publisher's gray cloth stamped in dark blue. Near Fine or better, with light bruising at the spine ends, toning to pages and small bookseller ticket to rear paste down. In a Very Good dust jacket with... More
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1944. First American edition, first printing. Corners a little bumped, else Fine in Very Good+ price-clipped dust jackets with rubbing and wear along edges. A philosophical masterwork first published in Danish in 1843. More
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1980. First edition. xii, 352, [1] pp. Original black cloth lettered in gilt. Very light foxing to edges, else Fine in Near Fine unclipped jacket with small tear to top of front panel, toning to spine panel and edges of flaps. An attractive copy. More
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1989. First edition, signed by John Irving. Bound in publisher's full green leather stamped in gilt, with prospectus laid in. Fine. A beautiful copy. More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First edition, first printing. Copy number 110 of 400 copies signed by Charles Bukowski. Original grey cloth spine with paper title label over paper-covered boards. Fine, in a Fine, slightly cloudy acetate jacket. More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. First edition, limited issue with a signed color print at front, and signature in black with a doodle of himself with a jug on rear colophon, numbered in red, one of only 225 such copies. (Krumhansl 129d.) Fine in unprinted acetate jacket. Light rubbing... More
New York: Feldman Gallery, 1979. Signed by Beuys on front free endpaper. First American edition. 141, (1) pp. Illustrated wraps. Near Fine with rubbed back wrap, light shelf wear. One of 1,000 copies. More
