New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First edition. [vi], 305 pp. Publisher's dark navy cloth, front stamped in blind, spine in gilt. A Near Fine copy with a little rubbing to gilt, bottom tips worn, hinges a little free. An attractive copy of the American author's debut novel. More
New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1910. First edition. (Precedes the British edition by two days.) x, 326 pp. Publisher's green ribbed cloth stamped in white and gilt. Near Fine with much less rubbing to stamping than usually found, light rubbing along bottom edge of cloth, rear hinge a bit..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948. First edition. Association copy signed by Dorothy West on front free endpaper, inscribed to Adelaide M. Cromwell (whose signature is above this), under her married name, Hill: "October 1976. With so much love. Thank you for all the years of your friendship, [signed] Dorothy." Cromwell..... More
Tubingen: Cotta, 1808. 309 pp. German language. First Edition of the first segment in its complete form, though previously appeared in 1790 as a partial printing, Faust, A Fragment. In an unusual three-quarter early 20th-century art binding with brown marbled paper over metallic patterned cloth. Near Fine. Light working to..... More
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1885. First edition, first printing. First issue with proper textual errors: "Bamamgwato" for "Bamangwato" on p. 10, line 14; "to let twins to live" for "to let twins live" on p. 122, line 27; and "wrod" instead of "word" on p. 307, line 29, and..... More
Evanston, IL: Northwestern University / The Charles Deering Library, 1938. Second printing. Signed by Stefan Zweig in purple ink on the front free end paper. Publisher's patterned red paper covered boards with title labels on spine and upper board. Near Fine with light toning and shelf wear to covers. Signed..... More
New York: Gemor Press, 1945. First Edition. Deluxe edition, limited to 50 copies signed and numbered by Anais Nin at rear colophon, with five color hand-pulled woodblock prints by Ian Hugo tipped in (issued along side a regular edition with a limitation of 1,000 unsigned copies.) Publisher's pink paper covered..... More
Bolinas, CA: Tombouctou / A Lamplighter Book, 1978. First edition, first printing. 150, [4] pp. Bound in publisher's wraps with black and white author photo on the front cover taken by Rosemary Klemfuss. Very Good, rubbed along edges, creased spine, Marin Poetry Center inkless emboss on front free endpaper. The..... More
New York: Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1892. First edition. BAL's state A and binding A. [x], 211 pp. Publisher's pale green cloth stamped in crimson and black. Slightly bumped corners and typical irregular paste downs (endsheets used as paste downs as per BAL), else Fine, in very rare original dust jacket..... More
New York: The Orion Press, 1969. First edition. Signed by Jan Benes on the dedication page, inscribed to former owner with a cartoon of a cat and the Czech flag, dated October 30, 1969. [xii], 161, [3] pp. Publisher's cloth lettered in metallic purple. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket..... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1946. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in brown. Near Fine with light lean to spine, light wear to edge of front free endpaper and small indentations to several rear pages. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with several..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition, first printing, first issue lacking the disclaimer on page x. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with bronze title label printed in black to spine and upper board. Very Good+ with light staining and rubbing to cloth, pages toned, tape ghosts to..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1971. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by Tom Robbins and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's white paper-covered boards over green cloth spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with light softening to spine ends, small scuff..... More
New York: New Directions, 1951. First American trade edition, second issue with Paterson spelled correctly. Fine, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light fading to the spine and light shelf wear. A novel of spiritual discovery inspired by Indian philosophy, uncommon in an unusually nice dust jacket, designed..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First edition, first printing; first issue with "wearily" in perfect type on page 135. Bound in publisher's original vertically ribbed cloth ruled in blind and stamped in gilt, top edge gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light lean to spine, faint mottling..... More
New York: Random House, 1969. First edition, first printing, first issue. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt with publisher's imprint in metallic red; with red topstain. Near Fine, with light lean to binding, former owner name and date to front free endpaper and pages toned. In a Near..... More
London: J. Shiells & Co., 1895. First complete, uncensored edition. [x], 266 pp. with tissue-guarded photogravures by R. Easton Stuart. Green cloth with dark green stamping and gilt lettering on spine, gilt topstain. Very Good+, toned spine with a little fraying along back edge, hinges a bit free. A very..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1899. First trade edition, first printing with dated title page. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with upper board pictorially stamped in red and black, with titles lettered in gilt. Very Good or better. Lean to binding, toning to spine. Former owner's ex-libris label to front paste..... More
London: Jarrold and Sons, 1877. First edition, first printing of the classic equine novel; in Carter's variant C binding. Good. Cloth well-worn and soiled, textblock edge lightly spotted, inner hinges repaired, pencil markings to brown coated endsheets, effaced owner name to first blank sheet and owner name in pencil to..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition, first printing. An advance review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Bound in original coarse off-white cloth stamped in black and brown. Fine, with faint foxing to cloth, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning and light staining to spine..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1964. Uncorrected proof copy, issued before the first edition. [vi], 234 pp. Wraps. Very Good with lean to spine, edges rubbed, a few small stains and stray marks to wraps. Rare. More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's orange cloth stamped in black and silver. Very Good with soiling to cloth, rubbing to stamping, spine ends softened and corners bumped. Former owner inscription to front free endpaper. Hinge at title page exposed. The author's fourth..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1965. First edition, first printing, first binding. 249, [3] pp. Publisher's black cloth with red and yellow stamping, yellow topstain. Author and critic Mark Schorer's copy with his bookplate on paste down, else Fine in a Fine unclipped dust jacket with just a little rubbing..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1927. Signed by author Jakob Wassermann on the front free endpaper in blue ink, inscribed in German "fur Paul Berne herzlichst [signed] Jakob Wassermann Hollywood, [illegible] 1927." Paul Bern was the German-born film scenarist for this very novel who signed a contract with Wassermann..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1858. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original green pebbled cloth, elaborately stamped in blind on the front and rear covers with spine titles in gilt. Very Good with spine neatly rebacked and a short edge-tear to the front free endpaper. The author's first..... More