New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929. First edition, first printing. Very Good. Bound in publisher's black and white art decco style paper-covered boards over white cloth spine lettered in black, with pattern repeated on end sheets. Rubbing at edges, toning and light fraying to crown. Previous owner bookplate..... More
London: George Allen, 1894. First edition thus. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth with gilt stamped peacock, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, all edges gilt. Very Good with lean to spine, light rubbing to cloth and light edge wear with several small patched neatly repaired at joints. Pages toned, heavily foxed..... More
Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1899. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth, decoratively stamped in dark green and red; top edge gilt. Very Good. Spine rebacked with remnants of original cloth laid down. Cloth toned, worn at tips. Contents toned, previous owner..... More
Rochester, Kent: Hangman Books, 1988. First edition in English. 85 pp. Stiff brown wraps. Fine. An uncommon translation of the French author's partial manuscript Casse-pipe, co-translated by Thee Headcoats frontman Childish. More
London & New York: John Lane The Bodley Head & John Lane Company, 1919. First edition, first issue, trimmed variant. xxiv, 303 pp. Original mauve cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, top edge stained gray, fore and bottom edges trimmed. Near Fine with a little soiling..... 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 ruled in gilt, spines very neatly rebacked. Binding lightly rubbed and worn, though solid; corners softened and instances of leather lifting from boards. Previous ownership bookplates and notations..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence, 1990. First edition in first issue jacket with folds slightly off. Signed by Tim O'Brien on the half-title. [xiv], 273 pp. Original black paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip, lettered in gilt. Near Fine with former owner's name on front free endpaper, slight lean..... More
New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1911. First American edition, first printing; lacking Braunworth & Co. slug at bottom of the copyright page. Very Good, with general wear, dust soiling and wear to textblock top edge, toning and thumbing to pages, front and rear inner hinge exposed. All plates present. More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1974. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Richard Adams on the title page and inscribed to a former owner. Very Good with light shelf wear, foxing to spine cloth and textblock top edge. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light soiling and..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1966. First American edition. [x], 564 pp. Red cloth with green and blue stamping. Near Fine with bumped corners, gift inscription on front free endpaper in a beautiful George Salter dust jacket with less wear than usually found and no fading. A major experimental novel from..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First American edition. [viii], 312 pp. Original cloth. Slight lean to spine, else Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. An attractive, bright copy of the feminist dystopian novel that inspired the TV series by the same name. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Special advance preview copy of the first edition in white printed wraps. Signed twice by Anne Rice, once on the first blank page and again on the half-title page. Very Good with toning, creasing, wear and soiling. Creasing to spine with several hinges over-opened..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1955. First American edition stated, first printing. Near Fine with lean to spine, light dust-soiling to top edge and toning. Previous owner names to front endsheet, with top corner of front free endpaper clipped. In a Near Fine un-clipped dust jacket with light edge wear and..... More
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. First edition, first printing, second issue with the "I" properly aligned on page 11. Very Good, with lean to binding, backstrip with multiple light creases, light soiling to cloth. A nice copy, lacking the dust jacket. More
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1961. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original charcoal-grey cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with thin strip of sunning to cloth at top edge. Light soiling to textblock edge. Previous owner rubber stamp to front free end paper, light odor..... More
San Francisco: Four Seasons, 1967. First edition, first printing, issued as "Writing 14" and preceding later editions published by Delta. Bound in publisher's printed wraps. Near Fine with light rubbing at joints. Spine with light reading creases. Foot of spine and several early pages suggest a glue repair. Several hinges..... More
New York: Random House, 1985. First edition, first printing. Publisher's crimson cloth quarter cloth over red paper covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, ruled in red. Very Good. Binding askew, foxing to top edge, no remainder mark. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and several short..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First edition stated, first printing. Bound in publisher's original orange cloth decorated in black. Very Good or better with light lean to spine, top edge dust-soiled and foxed, rear cover lightly soiled. Previous owner name in light pencil to front free end paper, paste..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1932. First edition stated, first printing. Bound in publisher's original patterned red and blue paper over black cloth spine titled in red; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with light wear to covers, shallow chipping at spine ends. Former owner name to half-title page. Contents..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First edition. Inscribed by Ruth Suckow to prolific British-born writer John Cowper Powys and his wife, signed in Claremont, California and dated May 17, 1959. Near Fine with light wear in unclipped with dust jacket, spine panel sunned, rubbing along back panel, Very Good+..... More
Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1895. First edition. 240 pp. Original crimson cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with mottling to cloth, bumped corners, edge-rubbing; private ex libris on paste down, author's real name written in easily-erasable pencil on title page. A rare Decadent short story collection described in a...... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1949. First edition, early printing lacking the publisher's colophon on the copyright page. The publisher listed on the title page is Farrar, Straus and Company and dated 1949, but the imprint at foot of spine reads Farrar, Straus & Young, perhaps denoting a later..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1915. First edition, first issue. (No colophon on copyright page, error "help" on 257 line 4 uncorrected.) [vi], 648 pp. Original green ribbed cloth lettered in gilt. A Very Good copy, lacking the jacket, with a cocked spine, wear at tips, a little faint..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1968. First edition, first printing. Near Fine with light toning to spine ends and light edge wear, previous owner name to front paste down. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning, edge wear and several short tears, creasing to flaps and a...... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. 291pp. Advance reading copy of the first edition. One of only 25 copies thus. (Krumhansl 63a.) Perfect bound in stiff brown wraps with white review slip mounted on front cover. Light biopredation to base of spine, else an excellent and Fine copy; lacking the..... More