London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth with spine lettered in red and red topstain; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with tanning to cloth heaviest at spine, foxing and light soiling, light wear to top edge and faint crease to..... More
New York: Random House, 1958. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's canary yellow cloth with gilt titles on spine blocked in black. Near Fine with tanning to pages and top corners bumped on first several leaves. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear, tanning and..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1966. First edition. [vi], 308 pp. Bound in publisher's gray cloth with black and red stamping. Slight lean to spine, else Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with sunning to red on spine panel, unclipped ($5.95) A very bright, clean copy of..... More
London: The Women's Press, 1986. First British hardcover edition. Signed by Alice Walker on the page following the front free endpaper [vi], 245, [5] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with silver spine lettering. Fine, with pages a bit age-toned, in Fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed. More
San Diego: Corinth Publications, 1966. First edition. 158, [2, ads] pp. Wraps. A Very Good copy with rubbed area to top left of front wrap, light shelf wear, pages toned with age. The uncommon first book in the Man from C.A.M.P. series, a spoof on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. with..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931. First edition. Signed by George Milburn on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner in Chicago and dated March 1, 1940. Bound in publisher's black cloth with orange lettering. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, bright and unfaded with a few small..... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1923. First American edition of Hesse's classic novel, first printing. Larry McMurtry's copy, signed by him and dated 1969 in pencil on the front free endpaper and with his bookplate to the front paste down. Ex-Booklover's Library copy with several inkless embosses throughout and their..... More
New York: Random House, 1930. First edition thus. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with elaborate silver stamping to upper board and spine. Near Fine with light rubbing and light wear to covers, former owner inscription to front free endpaper. Contents tanned, lightly thumbed, with offsetting from images to adjacent..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition, first printing. Signed by Shirley Jackson and warmly inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original crimson and cream-colored cloth with crimson spine lettering and topstain. Very Good+ with bumping to corners throughout, slight tannign to..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1932. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by Claude McKay and inscribed to a former owner in the year of publication on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original patterned red and blue paper over black cloth spine titled in red; lacking the dust jacket..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1969. First American edition. 222, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth and orange boards with white and red spine lettering. Offsetting from jacket onto front board, else Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with fading to red, unclipped ($5.95). This novel of..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1966. First edition. [iv], 250, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's purple boards with dark navy cloth backstrip, lettered in white and red, red topstain. Light rubbing along bottom edge and crease to rear endpaper, else Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with slight..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926. Signed limited illustrated edition; one of 325 large paper copies printed on handmade paper and signed by Thomas Hardy. Large Octavo. Bound in publisher's original marbled boards over vellum spine lettered in gilt, with 41 wood engravings by Vivien Gribble. Near Fine with marble..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First edition, first printing, with "Published May, 1936" on the copyright page. Bound in publisher's grey cloth stamped in blue; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light soiling and wear, contents tanned. A very sharp copy. More
London: William Heinemann, LTD., 1964. First edition of the author’s first book and the first English novel to be published by an East African. Signed by James Ngugi [as Ngugi wa Thiong'o] on the title page. Bound in publisher's original brick-red cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. First American edition, first printing. [viii], 302 pp. Bound in publisher's light green cloth lettered and ruled in gilt. Very Good+ with some toning to cloth and light wear. Former owner name to front paste down, evidence of small label removed from front free..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1974. First edition, first printing. Signed by Robert M. Pirsig on the front free endpaper and inscribed in the year of publication, "Dear Jeff Gould, This is really a day in a lifetime. Hope you enjoy it. [signed] Robert M. Pirsig / Apr 15..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1974. First edition, first printing. Signed by Robert M. Pirsig on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original black paper boards over black spine cloth lettered in silver. Very Good with the typical lean to the binding, light soiling and wear to boards..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's green cloth elaborately stamped in gilt, lacking the scarce dust jacket. Near Fine with light wear and light toning to cloth at spine and extremities, light soiling. Pages tanned, light staining to bottom edge of textblock..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. First edition, first printing. First issue with "Whip" on page 50, line 13. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with light rubbing and light uneven fading to cloth, endsheets lightly soiled, contents tanned..... More
Oxford, Boston & New York: Basil Blackwell & Houghton Mifflin Co., 1929. Shakespeare Head edition. Volume one with clipped and mounted sheet with five lines of manuscript in Trollope's hand from an essay on International Copyright, "shall be ready enough to welcome as additional blessings justice for literature between those..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First edition, first printing with textual errors present: page 60, line 16 "chatter"; page 119, line 22 "northern"; page 165, line 16 "it's"; page 205, lines 9-10 "sick in tired"; page 211, lines 7-8 "Union Street station." Publisher's dark green cloth binding with titles..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1938. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and upper board; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Lean to binding, cloth lightly soiled and worn, spine faded, former owner bookplate to front paste down and pages toned. More
Boston: Published for the Author [by Thayer & Eldridge], 1861. First edition. 306 pp. Bound in recent three-quarters leather over marbled boards. Very Good, page 96/97 lacking and provided in facsimile, several leaves either remargined or repaired at the gutter. Soiling, staining, creases and wear to contents throughout, contemporary former..... More
Sutton West & Santa Barbara: The Paget Press, 1986. First edition, copy #199 of 200 deluxe copies signed by Charles Bukowski on the final page. Bound in publisher's illustrated boards with cloth backstrip (yellow cloth with white polka dots) with title label. Fine in clear acetate jacket, a little clouded..... More