London & New York: John Lane The Bodley Head & John Lane Company, 1919. First edition, first issue, trimmed variant. xxiv, 303 pp. Original mauve cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, top edge stained gray, fore and bottom edges trimmed. Near Fine with a little soiling..... More
New York: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1994. Signed by Murray Gell-Mann, "The Top Quark," on title page in the year of publication, inscribed to former owners. First edition. xviii, 392 pp. Illustrated boards. Fine in Near Fine clear dust jacket with typical light rubbing and cloudiness. A popular work by..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1885. 1885, 1886. First edition, both volumes in deluxe bindings of half morocco over gilt-ruled cloth decorated with gilt medallions on front and back boards, six-paneled gilt-tooled spine and marbled edges. Two volumes. 584; 647, [1] pp.Frontisportait of Grant in both volumes with..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1902. Reprint of the uniform edition. Signed by Rudyard Kipling on the title page. Bound in publisher's red cloth decorated in gilt; lacking a dust jacket. Very Good with light lean to binding, fading to spine, softening to spine ends and rubbing to cloth at extremities..... More
Seattle: The Students of Lincoln High School, 1911-1914. 26 WWI-era issues staple bound and generally 24-30 pp. Published monthly during the school year, often for seven issues. Very Good+ overall with a little rubbing to wraps, contents generally clean and bright. A few notations in easily erasable pencil. By..... More
Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1743-1744. Quarto. First edition of Hanmer's six volume set; first edition thus. Bound in contemporary speckled boards ruled in gilt, spines very neatly rebacked. Binding lightly rubbed and worn, though solid; corners softened and instances of leather lifting from boards. Previous ownership bookplates and notations..... More
Chicago: Harriet Monroe, 1925. Glassine jacket signed by Countee Cullen in blue ink. His poem, "Epitaphs," is on p. 204. Two months earlier he had won a $100 award from Poetry's editor for "the general promise and quality" of his work. [2], 177-234, [4] pp. Volume XXVI, Number IV; July..... More
New York: Dial Books, 1992. Signed by Rosa Parks on the half title in blue ink. 192 pp. Quarter purple cloth and maroon paper covered boards. First edition, second printing. A Very Good copy with foxed edges in an unclipped dust jacket with some chips along top edge, slightly sunned..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence, 1990. First edition in first issue jacket with folds slightly off. Signed by Tim O'Brien on the half-title. [xiv], 273 pp. Original black paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip, lettered in gilt. Near Fine with former owner's name on front free endpaper, slight lean..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1886. First edition. xv, [1], 513, [1], [12, ads] pp. with color folding map of California at front. Original dark pebbled cloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Very Good+ with light edge-rubbing to cloth, bookplate and former owner's name on front free endpaper. A nice..... More
New York: The Birth Press, 1961, 1962. Issues 1 and 2 of the satiric poetry/literary magazine edited by poet, Fug, and provocateur Tuli Kupferberg. Near Fine with light rubbing to wraps, more so to the second issue. The anarchic spirit of the '60s is on display on this periodical its..... More
Prairie City, IL: The Press of James A. Decker, 1944. First edition. Signed by August Derleth on half-title, inscribed to former owner and dated 3/11/47. x, 235 pp. Original cloth. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket, toned with age, worn at tips. Poetry by the founder of Arkham House..... More
New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1911. First American edition, first printing; lacking Braunworth & Co. slug at bottom of the copyright page. Very Good, with general wear, dust soiling and wear to textblock top edge, toning and thumbing to pages, front and rear inner hinge exposed. All plates present. More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1974. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Richard Adams on the title page and inscribed to a former owner. Very Good with light shelf wear, foxing to spine cloth and textblock top edge. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light soiling and..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994. First edition, second printing. Signed by Allen Ginsberg and inscribed to a previous owner on the title page, additionally, on the facing page, Ginsberg has also made a full-page illustration. Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards over black cloth spine. Near Fine with light shelf..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First American edition. 495 pp. Original black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Light foxing along edges, else Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with some sunning (especially to the spine panel) and edge-rubbing. A classic, highly poetic examination of the crowd dynamic..... More
Long Beach, CA: Upton Sinclair, 1927. Signed by Upton Sinclair, inscribed to Rob Wagner (perhaps Script editor Robert Leicester Wagner) on front free endpaper. Crimson cloth lettered in black. Sinclair issue, published same year as Viking first edition but apparently slightly later as per Ahouse A41b. Very Good+ with slight..... More
Monrovia, CA: Upton Sinclair, 1946. Signed by Upton Sinclair, inscribed to Les Wagner (perhaps son of Script editor Robert Leicester Wagner) on front free endpaper. Crimson cloth, spine lettered in silver. Sinclair issue, published same year as Viking first edition but apparently slightly later as per Ahouse A75b. Near Fine..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1966. First American edition. [x], 564 pp. Red cloth with green and blue stamping. Near Fine with bumped corners, gift inscription on front free endpaper in a beautiful George Salter dust jacket with less wear than usually found and no fading. A major experimental novel from..... More
Asheville, NC: The Pelley Publishers, 1938-1939. Nine issues: April, July, September, October, & November 1938; March, May, June, & July 1939. Staplebound. 32 pp. each. Truly Fine copies, a few issues having slight rust to staples and a little associated staining, but generally crisp, bright, and in truly excellent shape..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First American edition. [viii], 312 pp. Original cloth. Slight lean to spine, else Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. An attractive, bright copy of the feminist dystopian novel that inspired the TV series by the same name. More
[no place]: [no publisher]. Late twentieth-century vernacular photo album containing 80 snapshot photographs measuring 4" x 6", with one image smaller than the rest. Images depict men dressing in drag, often on stage performing at an amateur or small event, or behind the scenes at their apartments, either partying or..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969. First edition. Signed by Eric Hoffer on half-title; bookplate of former owner, historian Arnold Krammer, on paste down. x, [2], 180 pp. Original cloth. Production error to paste down (a crease in paste down), else Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. An important..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967. Signed by Eric Hoffer on half-title; bookplate of former owner, WWII historian Arnold Krammer, on paste down. xii, [2], 111 pp. Original cloth. Second printing of the first edition. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket with toned spine, small tear to back..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1951. Signed by Eric Hoffer, inscribed by him to WWII historian and author Arnold Krammer on half-title; Krammer's bookplate is on paste down. xiii, [1], 176 pp. Original gray cloth with blue lettering. Early printing of the first edition (not the first printing, though)..... More