New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1987. Advance uncorrected proof of David Foster Wallace's first book. A very uncommon format, preceding the first edition which was simultaneously published in hardcover and paperback, as well as the advance reading copy. Bound in publisher's blue wraps printed in black. Near Fine with fading..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1957. Signed by Gunnar Myrdal on half title. lix, [1], 1483 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. Later printing of the single volume edition first published in 1944. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket, lightly worn and soiled, price-clipped..... More
London: George Allen, 1894. First edition thus. Bound in publisher's original undecorated dark green cloth with title label to spine. Illustrated by Hugh Thomas, and edition colloqually known as "The Peacock Edition," though in a variant binding that has no elaborate gilt peacock to the front cover. Very Good with..... More
New York: Published by the Author, [1931]. First edition. Signed by H.T. Tsiang on dedication page, interestingly inscribed "To friend Robert H. Thayer [signed in English and Chinese characters] H.T. Tsiang c/o M. Rosener Troika N.Y. City Feb. 2nd, 1932." Thayer is very likely the lawyer who assisted in the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934. First edition, first issue with 1934 listed on the title page and "bob-pumper" listed in the index. Variant with "l" in "loose" missing on p. 67. xxi, [iii], 167 pp. with 36 plates. Bound in publisher's pebbled cloth stamped in silver, lacking the dust jacket..... More
Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, S.A., 1951. First Spanish language edition, complete in three volumes. All three volumes signed by Arturo Barea on their front free endpapers, dated 1952. The first volume has a brief inscription in Spanish to the former owner. Bound in publishers' wraps with dust jackets. Near Fine..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce - Little, Brown & Company, 1952. First edition. Signed by Merle Armitage on paste down, inscribed to former owner. 318, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's blue and red cloth, spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with slightly bumped corners, in a Very Good+ dust..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. First edition. [x], 193 pp. Original red cloth, spine lettered in yellow. Near Fine with small stain to half title, in a Very Good dust jacket, worn at tips, spine sunned, price-clipped. A novel composed of sketches of family life, some first published..... More
New York: Grass Roots Defense Committee, [1970]. First edition. 6 pp. Folded unbound sheets. Near Fine, a little toned with age. Uncommon: two copies in OCLC. An obscure pamphlet from 1970 calling for a radical leftwing/rightwing alliance to "go underground" (presumably together) and battle The Establishment. This grouping would take..... More
New York: An H.A.Product (A Division of Theoretical Productions), printed by Montanaprinners, an M.H.I. Enterprise, 1981. No. 1 March 81, and No. 2 April 81 May 81.14, [2] pp. and 16, [2] pp. Bound in original pictorial self-wrappers, stapled. Very Good+ or better with light wear at corners of both..... More
New York: Open City, 2003. Fifth printing of the first softcover edition. Signed by David Berman and inscribed to a former owner on the dedication page. "Barbara, thank you hope you like Tanglewood Numbers." Very Good with light wear and light staining to covers, former owner name penned to textblock..... More
Buffalo, NY: SUNY/AB Department of English, 1967. First edition. Signed by Anselm Hollo on back wrap, inscribed to Black Mountain School poet Larry Eigner, "in admiration of his work," in year of publication. 4 pp. Single sheet folded in half. Very Good, lightly worn. More
New York: William Morrow, 2001. First edition, signed limited issue. One of 5000 unnumbered copies signed by Neil Gaiman on page at front. [xii], 465 pp. Original navy and black boards, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in Fine dust jacket. The basis of the Starz TV series. More
New York: John Goldstein, 1952-1955. Apparently a complete run in 47 issues. Vol. 1 #1-17, vol. 2 #1-18, and vol. 3 #1-12. Tabloid format. Very Good, paper toned, generally with neat horizontal fold crease; a few issues with closed edge tears or a split beginning along the fold. Tiny pencil..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. First edition. x, 501 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with silver spine lettering. Very Good+ with former owner's name on front free endpaper, tiny stain to fore edge, in Very Good+ dust jacket with slightly sunned spine panel, tiny chip to rear panel. The..... More
New York: Random House, 1980. First edition, first printing. Signed by Carl Sagan on the title page, dated October 9, 1985. xvi, 365 pp. Bound in publisher's black boards with black cloth backstrip, white and crimson spine lettering. Gift inscription on paste down blacked out with marker, else Fine in..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by Julia Child and Simone Beck on the first blank page. Bound in publisher's original white cloth with red and blue Fleur-de-lees pattern and red topstain. Good. Cloth is soiled and toned, front and rear inner hinges crudely..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1967. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine lettered in red. Near fine with light rubbing to lettering, in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with a 1.5 closed tear to the top of the front panel near the spine..... More
New York: Wynwood Press, 1989. First edition, first printing. Signed by John Grisham on the half title page. Bound in publisher's ocher paper-covered boards over maroon spine cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light soiling to textblock edges, former owner name to front free endpaper and short crease to..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. First edition stated, first printing. Publisher's black cloth binding, lacking the dust jacket. Good. Titles rubbed and barely legible on spine, wear to corners and shallow chipping and fraying to head of spine, light staining to cloth visible in raking light. A few small..... More
New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. First edition, first printing with statement of "First Edition" on the copyright page (all other issue points are irrelevant). Bound in publisher's original first state red cloth with titles on spine and upper board stamped in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with light..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1915. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's canary cloth with blue paper title label to upper board and spine lettered in blue. Very Good with soiling to cloth and wear to fore edge of upper board. Pages toned and with a faint cigar..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth ruled and decorated in blind, with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slight fading to spine cloth and slight stains to covers, in a Near Fine dust jacket with toning to spine..... More
Paris: Printed for the Author, and Sold by Edward W. Titus, 1928. First edition, copy number 850 of 1050 copies, privately printed for the author. Very Good with light toning, foxing and light general wear. Faint crease to the front cover, short split to the top of the front spine..... More
[Fresno, CA]: Academy Guild Press, 1964. Deluxe edition. Presentation copy signed by Merle Armitage on page near front in red marker, inscribed to former owner Dave Bohm and dated 1976. [30], 99, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's cloth with red and black lettering. Fine in an attractive dust jacket with..... More