London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition, first issue with Boz listed as the author on all title pages, and with the Fireside plate as the final plate in Volume III. Bound in early three-quarter leather over marbled paper, all edges marbled. Spines darkened, with cracking and repairs evident on the... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. First edition, first printing; printed on laid paper, with 1895 listed on title page, perfect type on page 225, publisher's adverts on page [235] beginning with three titles under "Gilbert Parker's Best Books," lacking any mention of The Red Badge of Courage in... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. xiv, errata sheet, 624pp. First edition, first issue. (Title page dated 1850; "screamed" for "screwed" error present on p. 132, single quote mark on p. 369.) Bound 19th century three-quarter green leather binding over marbled boards. Binding rubbed, with leather spine slightly pulled at the... More
New York: Lion Books, 1952. First edition. 127 [1, ad] pp. Illustrated wraps. A Good+ copy with spine cocked, light wear and soiling to covers, slight wave to book, bottom tip of back cover has tiny chip. A surprisingly uncommon Lion paperback original. A pulp novel somewhat similar to... More
Berkeley: Sand Dollar, 1970. Signed by author on rear endpaper. Stapled wraps. First thus. (Expanded edition with three poems not in first edition published by Maya the year previously.) A Fine copy. More
New York: Random House, 1996. Inscribed to former owner by author on title page, "To Sloan- move to Oxford! Your pal, [signed] George Saunders." First edition, first printing. 179 pp. Navy cloth backstrip lettered in gilt with orangish-yellow paper covered boards. Fine in Very Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with... More
London: Sampson Low, 1951. Second impression. Signed by the author on the verso of the front free end paper. Very Good, with light fading and light rubbing to cloth at edges, and small previous owner name to front free end paper. In a Very Good dust jacket, a bit edgeworn... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1979. First British edition. Signed by James Baldwin on dedication page, inscribed to former owner. 597 pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine in Very Good+ unclipped jacket with foxing to back flap, spine a little sunned, front corner nicked. The author's sixth novel, about a.... More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the front free endpaper, additionally inscribed to former owner on second half title, dated in year of publication. First American edition. 82 pp. Black cloth with silver lettering. Small dampstain to front board, else Near Fine with tiny stain... More
Tokyo: Kasuga Boeki K.K. / Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1976. Revised edition. 143 + 7 pp. Near Fine, with light rubbing and light soiling to cloth. Pale green paper remnant to gutter of front free endpaper where the eratta slip is now lacking. An "American-Japanese bartenders guide," with recipes printed... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956. First edition stated, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth covered boards over beige cloth spine with gilt titles blocked in black. Near Fine, with previous owner bookplate to front free endpaper, offsetting from formerly laid in materials to front endsheet, pages mildly toned... More
San Francisco: Collins Publishers, 1996. First limited edition, one of 2,000 copies signed by Charles M. Schulz. Hardcover in black cloth slipcase stamped in silver, publisher's certificate of authenticity, and 3-D glasses in pocket holder at front. Light rubbing to book and slip case, rubbing to 3-D Glasses pocket holderr... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. Seventh printing. Signed by Julia Child and her husband Paul on the front free end paper, and inscribed to a previous owner. Very Good. Light toning and light soiling to cloth, spine slightly faded. Textblock edge is lightly soiled. A nice copy, signed by... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition, first printing, first issue with no legal disclaimer on page x. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Cloth scuffed and worn, spine faded. Title label on spine lightly creased. Pencil marking erased from front free endpaper, pages toned. A nice copy. More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1956. First British edition. Near Fine, with heavy foxing top edge, light dust soiling to top and bottom edges, foxing to endsheets. Otherwise a rather sharp copy, in a Near Fine dust jacket with mild edge wear, light wear to the folds, and a revised price... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. First American edition, limited issue; Copy #237 of a limited 250 signed by W. B. Yeats. Publisher's brown paper covered boards over green cloth spine with title labels on upper board and spine. Near Fine, with faint fading to spine cloth, and toning to... 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, sympathetically rebacked during the last century. Complete. Illustrated with copper engraved frontis of the author, two Shakespearean monuments, and 36 plates--one for each play. Contains prefaces by Hanmer... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1928. First American edition; Number 172 of 250 limited copies, signed by A. A. Milne and Ernest Shepard. Bound in publisher's pink cloth, stamped in gilt. Very Good, with cloth lightly soiled, faded at spine, lightly frayed at corners and spine ends. Small... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's orange cloth with title label on spine. Very Good. Heavy foxing to edge of page block, early and last pages; text pages mostly clean except for sporadic foxing; else a lovely copy. In the original... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1932. First American trade edition, first printing. Publisher's brown cloth binding decorated in gilt. Very Good. Spine faded, worn at ends, and with gilt worn and dull, corners rubbed. Pages toned, previous owner name to front free end paper and dark staining... More
Cleveland, Ohio: The Ralston Society, 1946. Reprint. Signed by Napoleon Hill on the front free end paper, inscribed to previous owner. Publisher's burgundy cloth binding decorated in gilt. Near Fine. Light foxing to endsheets, small tear to edge of front free endpaper, advert for a Napoleon Hill radio show tipped... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1932. First American edition, first printing. About Very Good, with cloth faded at the spine and edges, spine ends bruised. Front hinge exposed, previous owner details to front free endpaper, ding to edge of page block affecting margins. Lacking the scarce dust... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's orange cloth binding with titles stamped in black, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. A bit of staining to early pages, fading to spine ends, else Near Fine. A nicer copy than typically found. Orwell's first published novel. More
Estero, FL: Guiding Star Publishing House, 1905. Estero Enlarged Edition. 212 pp. with fold-out charts. Gray wraps over staples. Very Good with light wear to edges of wraps, tiny stain on fore edge, staples a bit rusted, hinge at front a little free. Internally clean, all fold-out charts in great... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1976. First edition. 159 pp. Original paper-covered boards with purple cloth backstrip, gilt and metallic blue lettering. Very Good+ with publisher's stamps and name written on front free endpaper, in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket, a little rubbed, dampstaining to verso. The author's... More