San Francisco: Carp Press, 1959. First edition. [16] pp. Stapled wraps. Very Good+ with toning to wrapper edges and at spine, small area of faint staining on rear wrapper. One of 500 copies. Rare first edition of Brautigan's second regularly published book. The address for Carp Press, 461 Mississippi..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1976. First edition, first printing. [viii], 276, [2] pp. Original cloth lettered in silver. Very Good with slight lean to spine, bookplate on paste down, a little wrinkling to p. 33. In correct Fine unclipped dust jacket with very faint toning to spine panel, no..... More
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, 1859. First American edition, first printing. (Follows the original French and some multi-volume British editions with ghostwritten material tacked on.) 580, [2]-12, [1] pp. Publisher's brown pebbled cloth, front stamped in blind, gilt spine lettering, yellow ad endpapers. A Very Good+ copy with cloth worn away along..... More
Boston: Published at the Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original brown cloth binding stamped in blind, with titles in gilt on upper board. Good. New spine and touch-up to corners, else cloth rubbed through at edges. Pencil notations to preliminary blanks, frontis portrait rubbed. Pages are toned..... More
New York: Everest House, 1981. Signed presentation copy of the first edition, with publisher's review slip laid in. First printing with publisher's RRD281 code. Signed by Stephen King and inscribed to former owners, "For Bob and Lydia Hale - with warm good wishes, and thanks for having me! Stephen King..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1977. Early reprint with publisher's code S3 at rear gutter. Presentation copy, signed by Stephen King on the front free end paper, with an inscription reading, "For Les [Daniels] - with great good wishes and much admiration - Stephen King October, 13, 1978."..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1980. Book club edition. Signed by Stephen King on the title page. Bound in publisher's original black paper covered boards over red spine cloth stamped in gilt and black. Fine, with light rubbing to bottom textblock edge near corner, corners lightly bumped, in a Near..... More
Champaign, IL: Wolfram Media, 2002. Signed by Stephen Wolfram on the front free endpaper, dated October 9, 2002. xiv, [2], 1197, [2] pp. with unpaginated index at rear. Publisher's illustrated boards. Third printing of the first edition. Fine in Fine dust jacket. The mammoth bestselling book on computational systems written..... More
New York: Vintage Books, 1986. First edition. Signed by Richard Ford on the title page. Near Fine with a few tiny stains on top edge, contents toned with age. The American author's acclaimed third novel, first published as a paperback original. More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1878. Three volumes. First edition, and one of 1,000 copies printed. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, without half-titles to I & II, advert leaf at rear of Volume II. Near Fine. Foxing to endsheets, contents toned. A lovely set. More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, Inc., 1944. First edition, first printing. [Johnson The Dark Page II p. 68]. [vi], 250 pp. Original navy cloth lettered in red. Near Fine with two small stains to top edge, dust-soiling to edges, in a unfaded, vividly colored Very Good+ example of the..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1943. First edition. [viii], 233 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with yellow lettering. Very Good+ with mottling, offsetting to endpapers, in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with chipping to head and tail, small tear along fore edge with associated light crease along top of front..... More
New York: Phoenix Press, 1942. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's hot-pink cloth with spine lettered in black. Very Good. Spine rolled, cloth foxed and mottled, foxing to text block edge and endsheets. In a Very Good with a chip at the foot, a nick of the rear spine..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1944. First edition. 256 pp. Publisher's red cloth with black spine lettering, black topstain. Near Fine with light foxing to endpapers, subtle lean to spine, in an unclipped, unsophisticated example of the rare dust jacket, which is a little rubbed, else Near Fine, faint pencil checkmark to..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1947. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's green cloth stamped in red. Near Fine with light wear to spine ends, light foxing and toning to pages. In a Near Fine dust jacket with price of $2.50 rubber-stamped to front flap; light chipping at crown and..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947. First edition. [vi], 218 pp. Original red cloth with black spine lettering. Near Fine with offsetting to endpapers, in Very Good+ dust jacket with a few short closed tears, rubbed and slightly darkened spine panel, a little foxing. A Bloodhound Mystery set..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. First edition. [viii], 342 pp. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt. A Good+ copy with stains to top and fore edges, cloth mottled and rubbed, spine cocked, in the rare pictorial dust jacket, Very Good+ with some rubbing and a few short closed tears..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1951. First edition, first printing. In publisher's original binding. Near Fine with some foxing to pages and covers, toning to pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, very striking, with light rubbing and toning to white portions, and foxing mostly visible to verso..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1946. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth stamped in red. Good, with mottling to cloth, light foxing to textblock edge and previous owner bookplate to front pastedown, else a very sharp copy. In a Near Fine dust jacket with some foxing, toning..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944. First edition. [vi], 201 pp. Publisher's tan cloth, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in black. Near Fine with few stains and hint of foxing along edges, in a Near Fine dust jacket, spine panel a little sunned with small rub spot along..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1943. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's salmon cloth stamped in black. Near Fine with foxing and spotting to textblock edge, prelims and terminals; pages toned; production error to front paste down and free endsheet, otherwise a pretty sharp copy. In a Very Good+..... More
Indianapolis & New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1946. New York: The Dial Press, 1943. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's deep grey cloth stamped in dark blue. Good. Lean to spine, boards slightly bowed with creasing to front board visible to cloth and front pastedown, rear pastedown visibly..... More
Indianapolis & New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1946. First edition. 234 pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good+ with slight lean to spine, a little dust-soiled, edges foxed, bumped corners, in a bright, unfaded dust jacket with a little rubbing to edges, small scrape to front panel..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. First edition. [viii], 183 pp. Original black cloth with red spine lettering. About Very Good with cocked spine, foxed edges, small stain on top edge, in Very Good dust jacket with rubbing and flaking along spine folds, spine sunned, foxed edges, crease along bottom..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1941. First edition. 287 pp. Publisher's black cloth stamped in green. Very Good+ with slightly bowed boards, dust-soiled edges, slight lean, bookplate on paste down, in a Near Fine dust jacket, bright and attractive, lightly shelf worn. A rare mystery featuring department store detective Mary Carner. More