New York: Dell, 1988. Signed by Robert Anton Wilson on the title page, inscribed "To Cliff [/] Hail Eris[/] [signed] Robert Anton Wilson." Eris is the Discordian goddess of chaos. First thus. (1st printing of this second omnibus edition.) Good+ with tear at head, wear along edges, pages toned with..... More
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1916. First edition, first printing, first issue binding. Publisher's green cloth boards embossed in blind with a reproduction of a stone charm by Gaudier-Brzeska, titles stamped in gilt. Very Good. Boards lightly splayed, cloth lightly rubbed at extremities, frayed at corners, darkened at spine..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970. First edition, first printing. Signed by both William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson on the front free endpaper and inscribed to former owners. Bound in publisher's original ocher cloth boards with gilt spine titles blocked in maroon. Near Fine with slight residue to..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1966. Fourth printing. Signed by William H. Masters on the front free endpaper and inscribed to former owner, and with a typed letter from the Reproductive Biology Research Foundation signed "Bill" by William Masters. Bound in publisher's original ocher cloth boards with gilt spine titles..... More
Berlin: Im Propylaen-Verlag, 1929. First edition in book form of this iconic novel. A presentation copy signed and inscribed by Erich Maria Remarque on the front free endpaper, "This first edition copy with pleasure to Arthur W. Kelly." Kelly was a British film executive and perhaps Remarque was shopping his..... More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. Bound in publisher's tan wraps printed in black. Near Fine with light toning to spine and pages. The third book in Peake's Gormenghast Trilogy, rare in this advance format. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1992. First edition, first printing. Signed by Neal Stephenson on the title page, who has also added to vertical lines to the S in the title making it a dolalr sign. Bound in publisher's original maroon paper-covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in silver. Near..... More
Albuquerque: Alburquerque Sierra Club, 1984. First edition. Signed by both Edward Abbey and John Nichols on the front wrap. [46] pp. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Very Good+, faint curl to upper corner of front wrap, faint smudging to Nichols' signature, small stain to rear wrap. Two short pieces by..... More
London: Christian Age, 1887. Third British edition. xvi, 454, [2] pp. with twelve plates and a frontispiece. Bound in publisher's green cloth with elaborate black and gilt stamping, black coated endpapers. Very Good+, foxing and dust-soiling to edges, light wear along edges, foxing to prelims, name written on blank at..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1957. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original black cloth stamped in gilt. Near Fine with dulling to gilt and light edge wear, pages toned and former owner name erased from front free endpaper still slightly visible. In a Good unclipped dust jacket, which is..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. First edition, first printing. Publisher's black cloth binding with titles stamped in red, yellow topstain; D36 date code to rear gutter. Near fine with light edge wear, toning to pages. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning, rubbing and edge wear..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First edition, first printing in lovely example of the first issue dust jacket. Illustrated paper-covered boards with gray cloth backstrip. Near Fine with light browning and light soiling to covers, in a Near Fine dust jacket with light toning, soiling and edge wear, several..... More
Los Angeles: Rafu Shoten, 1950. First edition. [16], 559, [vi], [32] pp. Bound in publisher's illustrated pictorial boards depicting Los Angeles, front board lettered in red, spine lettered in silver. Text in Japanese. Near Fine with light rubbing along edges, toning to contents, offsetting to endpapers. Author's reply post card..... More
London: Published by R. Ackermann, 1815-1817. First editions in book form. Three volumes, with engraved title pages, 96 hand-colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson. Finely bound by Riviere & Son in full polished calf ruled in gilt, raised bands, morocco spine labels, spines tooled in gilt; all edges gilt, teal endpapers..... More
St. Louis: Phil Wagner, 1916. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth boards lettered in darker blue. Very Good with lean to binding, light soiling to cloth with light rubbing at corners and spine ends, browning to pages. A scarce title by the American socialist, political activist, trade..... More
New York: The American National Party, [1962]. Rare original broadside of a splinter-group from The American Nazi Party, The American National Party, co-founded by the disaffected right-hand man of George Lincoln Rockwell, John Patler (born John Patsalos). The group's other founder was Daniel Burros, who died (reputedly of suicide) after..... More
[np]: [No Publisher], [?]. 11" x 17" printed on plain white paper in two colors. Signed by Douglas Copeland on the bottom right margin in ink in center of his inkless emboss. Housed in unlabeled envelope. Very faint creasing to print; envelope a little creased. An uncommon print by the..... More
[np]: [No Publisher], [?]. 11" x 17" printed on plain white paper in three colors. Signed by Douglas Copeland on the bottom right margin in ink in center of artist's inkless emboss. Housed in unlabeled envelope. Light creasing to bottom edge of print; envelope a little more creased. An uncommon..... More
London: Andre Deutsch, 1961. First edition, first printing. Signed by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul on the title page. Bound in publisher's original rose paper-covered boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with a lean to the binding, light sunning and light wear at edges, and foxing heaviest at..... More
New York: Pantheon Books / Princeton University Press, 1950. First American edition, and first English language translation; first printing. Complete in two volumes, bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt, Fine, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jackets with light wear and light soiling, in Very Good publisher's original..... More
New York: The Modern Library, [1942]. Signed by Richard Wright on half title in ink at a November 18, 1945 event at Temple Emanuel in Duluth, Minnesota. Former owner included a scarce postcard she received regarding the event with penciled notes including "he signed my 'Native Son.'" x, 304, [8]..... More
Guadalajara, Mexico: Dionisio Rodriguez, 1853. 74 pp. Bound in publisher's stringbound wraps. Text in Spanish. Good+, brittle with chipping along front wrap, dampstaining to margins. Apparently a guide to the religious precepts of the order of N. Padre San Francisco. Uncommon. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First edition. [viii], 275 pp. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with red and black stamping. Fine in Very Good+ price-clipped dust jacket, light wear. The phrase "the banality of evil" entered American intellectual culture with this work, a still-controversial examination of individual culpability in..... More
Honolulu: Paradise of the Pacific Press, 1935. First edition, first printing. Signed by Tom Blake and inscribed on the front free endpaper, "Mr. Joseph Farrington - may your children some day ride the waves at Waikiki." Farrington was a journalist who later served as the delegate to the U.S. House..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1970. First trade edition. 141 pp. Bound in publisher's purple cloth gilt and metallic purple lettering. Good+ with dampstaining to top edge, small tidemark to bottom edge at foot as well; fore edge has a few spots of foxing. In Very Good dust jacket with..... More