London: Bradbury & Evans, 1852. 1852, 1853, 1854 [but 1851-1853]. Three volumes. First edition in book form. Bound without ads in half crushed red morocco over marbled boards. Very Good. Bindings lightly rubbed, spines faded, owner names and bookplates at front. Dickens' anti-aristocratic and anti-monarchical history of England, written for..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First edition, limited issue, #307 of 400 numbered copies signed by Bukowski with a small self-caricature. 280, [4] pp. Original paper-covered boards with blue cloth backstrip with paper spine label. Near Fine with tiny stain to bottom tip of front board in acetate jacket..... More
New York: The Falcon Press, 1968. First edition. Stapled wraps. Fine with typical slight toning along fold. An excellent copy of the American poet's rare first book inspired by the Holocaust and Anne Frank's famous diary. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962. First edition. (Letter "A" on copyright page signifying a first printing.) xxiv, 160, 6 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Very Good+ with light wear and a little lean to spine, faint foxing to top edge, in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. First edition. Signed by Kate Douglas Wiggin, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "P.S. This is the last of Penelope, Francesca, and Salemina! [signed] Kate Douglas Wiggin." Beneath that "Helen Ingersoll [illegible] this book. I did nothing but write it. K.D.W." [[viii], 217 pp. Publisher's..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1858. First edition. 352, 6 (ads) pp. Publisher's brown cloth, front blindstamped in a hexagonal pattern, yellow endpapers. About Very Good with chipped head and tail, small horizontal tear to spine cloth, tips worn, former owner's name written on title page, light penciled notations..... More
Graz, Austria: Pfirsich, 1975. Oversize wrappers. Text mostly in German. Very Good with light wear and toning. A survey of the "body art" movement in the early mid 1970s, covering Vito Acconci, Trisha Brown, Arnulf Rainer, Wilfried Skreiner, the Cockettes, Bruce Nauman and many other artists, with many black-and-white photos..... More
St. Louis, MO: [self published] Printed by A. C. Clayton Printing Co, 1931. First edition, first printing. Signed by Irma S. Rombauer on the front free endpaper and inscribed, "To Helen, my 'best seller' / affectionately, Irma S. Rombauer / May - 1933," and with a color snapshot of Rombauer..... More
Milan: Giampaolo Prearo Editore, 1974. First edition. Unpaginated. Plain black wraps in black and white pictorial dust jacket. Text in Italian. Near Fine. Many black and white photos and biographical information about various artists working in the "body art" genre that was very hip in the 1970s such as Arnulf..... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1974. 176pp. Stated first edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Shel Silverstein on the front free endpaper to Dorothy Pfeiffer, the sister of actress Michelle Pfeiffer, with inscription reading "For Dorothy Margueritha Theresa Mullen Pfeiffer; A Name That is German and Catholic and Irish..... More
London: John Murray, 1868. First edition, first issue; one of 1,500 copies. Two volumes, bound in publisher's original green cloth decoratively ruled in blind with spine lettered in gilt. viii, 411 pp. + 32pp [first issue ads, dated April, 1867]; viii, 486 pp. + [2]pp [first issue ads, dated February..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Signed. First edition, second printing with "Published October 16, 1961" on copyright page. Signed by Simone Beck on the half-title page, and by Julia Child and her husband Paul on the second half-title page. Bound in publisher's white cloth with red Fleur-de-lis and blue..... More
Hartford, CT: Park Publishing Co., 1882. Early reprint (the first was 1881) with an introduction by Mr. George L. Ruffin, of Boston. 8vo., 518pp. Bound in publisher's original terra cotta cloth with gilt decoration on cover and gilt title to spine and covers decorated in blind; all edges gilt. Near..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983. First edition. Signed by Dr. Thomas Noguchi on front free endpaper in ink. 253 pp. Publisher's paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip lettered in pale brown. Near Fine with remainder mark to bottom edge, subtle lean to spine, a few pages' bottom corners creased..... More
Los Angeles: National Psychological Institute, 1924. First edition. 390 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Former owner's bookplate on paste down, else Fine. In the rare dust jacket, chipped at the head with a circular tear in the spine, a few other small tears. A spiritualist work on the..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1947. First edition. Signed by Lionel Trilling on on the front free endpaper, inscribed to British critic and editor Raymond Mortimer, dated September 30, 1947. [viii], 310 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in orange. Very Good+ with bump to front board, light wear, bookseller..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's green cloth elaborately stamped in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with light lean to spine, mottling to cloth, dulling to gilt, dust-soiling to top of textblock, foxing to textblock edges. Front and rear inner hinge..... More
New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Publishing, 1953. First edition stated, first printing with D-C letter code. Very Good with lean to spine, former owner notation to front free endpaper, pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing at extremities and some short edge-tears. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1901. First edition. Signed by Frances Kellor, warmly inscribed to former owners on front free endpaper. xvi, 316, [1] pp. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt lettering and ruling to spine, top edge gilt. Near Fine, cloth worn and a little frayed at head and bottom..... More
New York: HarperBusiness, 1991. First edition, second printing. Bound in publisher's blue paper covered boards of cloth spine with silver lettering; in unclipped dust jacket. Very Good with lean to spine, toning to pages, shelf wear to book and dust jacket. More
Kyoto, Japan: The Eastern Buddhist Society, 1934. First edition, first printing. Signed by D. T. Suzuki and inscribed to a former owner on the title page, dated in the year of publication. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with spine lettered in gilt; corrigenda slip at rear. Very Good.Spine faded..... More
London: Rider & Company for The Buddhist Society, 1948. Reprint; first edition thus. Signed by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki on the front free endpaper and dated 1953. Bound in publisher's brick red cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with faint lean to spine, light foxing to textblock edge and..... More
London / Kyoto, Japan: Luzac and Company, Published for The Eastern Buddhist Society, 1933. First edition, first printing. Signed by D. T. Suzuki and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's original red cloth ruled in blind with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good. Bumping..... More
Guildford, UK: Genesis Publications Limited, 1993. Signed by George Harrison on limitation at front, one of 3,500 copies. 274 pp. Publisher's black morocco stamped in gilt and red, housed in morocco slipcase with CD wallet containing both discs a facsimile backstage passes and guitar picks in unopened envelope. Fine, both..... More
