New York: Phoenix Press, 1944. First edition. 255 pp. Original blue cloth with purple spine lettering. Very Good+ with dust-soiling and foxing to edges, in a Very Good foxed and soiled dust jacket with a penciled checkmark on the spine, unclipped. Very uncommon in collectible condition as most Phoenix Press..... More
London: Audio Arts (Eo Epso Ltd.), 1974. Cassette in case with folded J-card. Vol. 1 No. 3. NM. Contents: A1 –Margaret Henry "A Question Of James Joyce" A2 –James Joyce reading from Finnegans Wake, "Anna Livia Plurabella" B –Mark Hayman "Recollections Of C.K. Ogden And Others"; interviewer..... More
London: Audio Arts (Eo Epso Ltd.), 1974. Cassette in case with folded J-card. Vol. 1 No. 2. Some wave to tape labels, offsetting to J-card. Contents: A1 –Michael Craig-Martin An Interview With Michael Craig-Martin A2 –Noam Chomsky Interview By Dr Christopher Evans, May 1973 A3 –Unknown Artist..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1974. First edition. Signed by Marian T. Place on title page. 156, [1] pp. Publisher's green cloth with black spine lettering. Near Fine with former owner's bookplate page facing title page, tiny stain on front free endpaper, in Near Fine dust jacket with tiny..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First edition, first printing. Original gray cloth with black and blue stamping; lacking the dust jacket. Good, with toning to spine, soiling and marking to cloth. Lacking front free endpaper. Page corners creased and damaged occasionally throughout. Pages toned. An serviceable copy of the..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. First edition, copy "P" of 26 lettered copies issued with an Author and Editor's copy, signed by Bukowski on the title page. [4] pp. Cream paper covered boards. Fine in original plain paper dust jacket, lightly shelf worn. Krumhansl 131c. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1962. First edition. Signed by A. J. Liebling, inscribed to former owner on front free endpaper. 284 pp. with tipped-in erratum slip. Publisher's gray cloth lettered in dark green. About Very Good with surface-level insecting to front board, a little toning to contents, dust..... More
New York: American Technical Book Company, 1896. First edition. 196, errata, [4] pp. with frontispiece and figures 54-91 at rear (90 not included as is explained in note on p. 160). A Good+ copy with label from The Wells Book Store Readers' Library mounted to rear board and front paste..... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1964. First edition. Complete in 26 volumes plus summary report, all navy cloth stamped in gilt. First edition. Very Good with rubbing to boards, some dampstaining to spines, contents unmarked and bright. The complete Warren Commission report, as its generally referred to after Chief..... More
[Paris]: Bordas, 1953. First edition. One of 200 copies. 412, [4] pp. Wraps. In French. A Very Good+ copy with a few light stains to spine, a little sunning to it as well; internally clean and bright. A key text on theater and the avant garde by Isidore Isou, founder..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. First edition. [iv], 256 pp. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering, black endpapers. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, lightly shelf worn, faint crease to rear panel. A very bright, attractive copy of the unusual cult-classic fantasy/supernatural novel, the only novel written by a...... More
Ann Arbor, MI & Durham, CT: Burning Deck, 1962-1965. First edition. 212 pp. total. Stapled wraps. Issues 1-4, complete run. A little shelf wear, but Fine overall condition, clean and bright. The complete run of the experimental poetry journal connected with Burning Deck Press, which lasted from 1961 to 2017..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First edition. [x], 242, [2] pp. Publisher's red cloth and blue boards stamped in black, lettered in gilt. Light shelf wear, else Fine in an unclipped dust jacket with a few small tears with associated creasing, purple on spine panel a little sunned, easily..... More
New York: Stackpole Sons, 1939. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's oatmeal cloth stamped in brown; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Light lean to binding. Cloth lightly soiled and spine-toned. Thin strip of worming to gutter of front pastedown. A great novel about Los Angeles, hailed by Charles..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1926. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt. Very Good. Cloth rubbed at extremities, spine darkened and with a wrinkle to the front cover. Gilt lightly rubbed on front cover and completely so on spine. Previous owner bookplate..... More
Auburn, CA: Auburn Journal, 1922. First edition, limited to 500 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Wire-stitched and bound in publisher's original red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on the front cover. A poorly bound book which Smith was so disappointment with the production of, he..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1925. First edition, first printing of the dramatic version of a play which entered history when filmed, becoming the first "talkie." Bound in publisher's patterned paper cover boards over green spine cloth with paper title label on spine. Fine, pages lightly toned. In a Near Fine dust..... More
London: Methuen & Co. LTD., 1931. First British edition, first printing of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Near Fine with light fading to spine, a small ding to top and bottom edge of upper board. In a Near Fine dust jacket with light edge wear. More
New York: The Dial Press, 1974. First edition. [viii], 197 pp. Publisher's reddish orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket that is a little short for the book, small closed tear to back panel, small rub spot. An attractive copy of the novel by African..... More
New York: Harper Collins, 1997. First edition. Signed by Timothy Treadwell on title page, inscribed to former owner in year of publication, "Thank-You for your love of animals." [viii], 199 pp. Publisher's boards with blue cloth backstrip, stamped in silver. Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. Treadwell was profiled in..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth stamped in blue; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with fading to spine. Cloth lightly foxed and soiled, corners bumped. Previous owner notation effaced from the front paste down, and clipping from the absent..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1886. First British edition. Bound in publisher's salmon cloth stamped in black; floral endpapers. Very Good or better with toning to spine, cloth lightly soiled, lightly scratched and bubbled. Housed in a custom slipcase, with scuffing to morocco spine. A lovely copy. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First American edition, first printing; precedes the London edition by four days. Bound in publisher's greenish-gray cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. Fine, with trivial touches of wear to cloth, name erased from top of title page, pages lightly toned. A fantastic copy..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1933. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards; lacking the dust jacket. Signed by both Marjorie Flack and Kurt Weise on the title page. Near Fine with light rubbing to edges and rear cover. The story of a domesticated Chinese duck lost..... More
New York: Robert O. Ballou, 1933. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good with lean and light sunning to spine, pages toned. In a Very Good dust jacket, rubbed at the extremities with wear at the head, foxing and light staining..... More