New York: Coward-McCann, 1956. First edition. [iv], 186 pp. Black cloth with pink spine lettering. A Near Fine copy with toned contents, bottom edge a little rubbed, in unclipped dust jacket, toned with age, a little soiled, tear along fold of back panel fore edge, basically Very Good. A Lerner..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1937. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original orange cloth lettered in black; lacking the dust jacket. Near fine with minor shelf wear to cloth, small stain to textblock bottom edge at corner not affecting margins, previous owner address label to front paste down..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1930. First edition. Inscribed by Gilmore Millen to Western and adventure writer Gordon Young on front free endpaper, signed and dated Los Angeles, July 31, 1930. Young's later inscription in pencil underneath that, a eulogy of Millen, "[A big good natured half shy man, and..... More
[New York]: Cab Calloway Inc., 1944. First thus. (The third of Calloway's dictionaries, basically a third edition of his Cat-ologue.) 16 pp. 2.75" x 4.4" Stapled wraps. A Near Fine copy with rubbing along spine, staple rusted, faint crease to back wrap upper corner. A WWII-era African American slang dictionary..... More
New York: Harmony Books, 1973. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original pictorial wraps. Very Good. Wraps rubbed. Previous owner marked several edges of the cover and rear spine joint with black marker, affecting bottom and top edge of early pages as well. Previous owner name to first page..... More
Xenia, Ohio: Aldine Publishing Company, 1937. 96 pp. First edition. Bound in publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner in the year of publication. Near Fine with lean to spine, light wear to cloth. A series..... More
New York: Random House, 1974. First edition, first printing. Signed by Angela Davis on the title page, and inscribed to a dormer owner dated the year of publication. Bound in publisher's red cloth with black spine lettering. Very Good with light wear to cloth, sunning at edges, spotting to textblock..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. Seventeenth printing. Signed by Munro Leaf and inscribed to a previous owner, with several small doodles in Leaf's hand as well. Bound in publisher's pink printed paper over beige cloth spine lettered in pink; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with light staining to..... More
[no place]: Lama Foundation, 1970. 121 pp. First edition. Bound in publisher's tan wraps printed in brown. Near Fine with light creasing and wear. A scarce cook book which originally came as a constituent of the box set of From Bindu to Ojas. More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1945. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with spine lettered in silver. Very Good, with cloth sunned at edges. Small area of abrasion to front free end paper with price written over in marker. Pages toned and gently wavy. In a Very..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Stated first American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's rust-colored cloth stamped in blue and black over flexible boards; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine, with bump and small snag to cloth at crown, offsetting to endsheets and former owner gift inscription to front..... More
Harper & Brothers, 1858. Early American Edition, (the first American edition was published in 1850). Bound in three-quarter maroon leather over marbled boards, all edges marbled. Very Good. Binding lightly rubbed, leather darkened, scratch to rear cover. Pages toned and lightly foxed. A nice copy in a charming binding. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857. First American Edition. Bound in three-quarter maroon leather over marbled boards, all edges marbled. Very Good. Binding lightly rubbed, leather darkened. Pages toned and lightly foxed. The first novel written by Charlotte Bronte, though it remained unpublished until after her death. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. First edition stated, first printing. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth. Good. Cloth marked, rubbed at the extremities and faded at the spine. Pages toned. In a Good price-clipped first issue dust jacket which is tired, edge-worn and has several tape repairs made to..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. Later printing. Signed by Dale Carnegie on the front paste down and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's green cloth-affect boards stamped in gilt. Very Good with lean to binding, rubbing to extremities and soiling to covers. Pages toned, with foxing to..... More
New York: Random House, 1957. First edition, first printing. Publisher's cloth green cloth, with gilt stamping and title blocked in black on the spine. Near Fine. Spine cloth lightly toned and text block slightly pulled. In a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped with the publisher's original price of $6.95 intact..... More
New York and London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1899. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth with elaborate gilt stamping illustrated by Althea Giles; similar in binding to the English edition and printed from duplicate plates that repeat the errors. Very Good with gilt heavily..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1916. First thus. (The first American edition of Androcles and an early edition of Pygmalion.) cxxxvii, [1], 224 pp. Original blue cloth with white paper spine label lettered in green and red. A Near Fine copy with a gift inscription on front free endpaper, a very few..... More
London: F.B. Kitto, 1869. First British edition. Inscribed by A.K. Tolstoy to "C. Heath Esq. from his sincere friend the author" on half-title, but not signed. Charles Heath was an English language and literature instructor at the Imperial Alexander Lyceum in Saint Petersburg, who later became one of the tutors..... More
New York: Street & Smith Publications, 1944. First edition. Vol. XXXII, No. 1. 178 pp. Wraps. A Very Good or better copy with no fading, binding sturdy, light shelf wear, spine slightly rolled and creased, erased pencil line on table of contents page. An uncommon issue of Astounding..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963. First British edition. 192 pp. Original red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with a little age-toning to pages, tiny stain to fore edge, in a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket, toning to spine panel and line across top edge of back panel, foot..... More
New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1963. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed "For a liberated man" by Betty Friedan on the front free endpaper just above a former owner's bookplate. Bound in publisher's gray paper-covered boards over blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. Fine, in a Very..... More
London: Macmillan & Co, 1892. First edition. xvi, 216 pp. Publisher's dark maroon cloth, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, original dark green coated endpapers. A Very Good+ copy with cloth sunned at spine and along top edge, two small stains to spine, faint stain to front board, bumped corners..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1938. First American edition. xvi, 328pp. Illustrated with fold-out map at rear. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with blind stamped front, gilt lettered spine. Near Fine with light rubbing to corners and spine ends, snag to cloth at head, pages toned. In a Near..... More
London: J. M. Dent and Sons, 1933. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original cinnamon cloth with spine titled in brown. Very Good with lean to spine. Cloth dust-soiled, stained at bottom fore edge corners, vintage bookseller ticket to rear paste down. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket..... More