New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005. First edition. Signed by Amartya Sen on front free endpaper. xx, 409 pp. Original crimson paper-covered boards with saffron cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine in Fine dust jacket. An essay collection by the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences..... More
Cleveland: The Reynolds Morse Foundation, 1979-1983. Second, limited edition of The Works of M.P. Shiel with a supplemental volume, Shiel's final novel The New King, copy 045. Vol. II signed by A. Reynold Morse, copy 097 of 900. Five volumes total. [viii], 157; [2], 414; [2], 415-858; [vi], 490, [1];..... More
Monrovia, CA: Upton Sinclair, 1946. Signed by Upton Sinclair, inscribed to Les Wagner (perhaps son of Script editor Robert Leicester Wagner) on front free endpaper. Crimson cloth, spine lettered in silver. Sinclair issue, published same year as Viking first edition but apparently slightly later as per Ahouse A75b. Near Fine..... More
Los Angeles: Holloway House, 1971. First edition. Signed by Iceberg Slim on the first page in red sharpie, "My best wishes to Chuck + his rib, Sandy [signed] Iceberg Slim (R. Beck." 248, [1], [7, ads] pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Very Good with creased and slightly leaning spine, light..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition. Signed by John Steinbeck on the half title, inscribed to former owner, "For Thomas." [viii], 246 pp. Original white cloth stamping in crimson and black. Very Good+ with very slight lean, hinge starting at front, ink underline and marginal note to p...... More
London / Kyoto, Japan: Luzac and Company, Published for The Eastern Buddhist Society, 1934. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original red cloth ruled in blind with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light rubbing to cloth at extremities, slight spine fading, two small spots and slight crease..... 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
London / Kyoto, Japan: Luzac and Company, Published for The Eastern Buddhist Society, 1934. First edition, first printing. Signed by D. T. Suzuki and inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page and dated in the year of publication. Bound in publisher's original green cloth ruled in blind with..... More
New York: Summit Books, 1979. First edition. [2], 602 pp. Publisher's black cloth with white lettering. Lightly foxed and dust-soiled edges, else Near Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. Pieces from the '70s by the gonzo journalist. More
New York: Summit Books, 1979. First edition. [2], 602 pp. Publisher's black cloth with white lettering. Very Good with light wear and staining, a little waviness to terminals, in a toned Very Good+ dust jacket. Pieces from the '70s by the gonzo journalist. More
[Oklahoma City]: Works Progress Administration in the State of Oklahoma, 1938. First edition. Stapled orange pictorial wraps with clear spiderweb tissue guards. Illustrated. Very Good condition overall. Small chip to upper corner of front cover and another on back cover that effects the tissue-guard. Cover worn at bottom staple. In..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. First edition, first printing in unusually nice condition. Bound in publisher's original blindstamped dark green cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Near Fine with light wear to cloth and bright spine gilt. Previous owner bookplate to front paste down and owner name to front free..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition. (BAL binding A with "Author of Excursions and a Week on the Concord River" on spine, imprint of Ticknor & Co. Borst A.6.1.a variant 4.) [viii], 229 pp. Original purple cloth with zigzag pattern, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, brown..... More
New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1964. First edition, first issue with no errata slip at p. 176. Likely review copy with date stamp on rear flap. [x], 180 pp. Fine in Very Good dust jacket, price-clipped with crease along spine panel, light wear, closed tear to top of back..... More
Northridge, CA: The Lord John Press, 1978. First edition. Signed by Updike at rear. #19 of 300 numbered copies. Original cloth and paper-covered boards, gilt lettering. Fine in Near Fine glassine wraps. More
Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1985. First edition. Signed by Updike on rear limitation page, one of 300 numbered copies. 76 pp. Gray cloth with gilt stamping. Near Fine with small rub spot to front board, in Fine slipcase. A very nice copy. More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1980. First edition. Presentation copy, issued alongside a run of 300 copies, signed by Updike. 41, (1, colophon) pp. Original cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with wear at foot, no slipcase. More
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1929. First edition. Trade issue with navy cloth lettered in silver. Very Good with rubbing to silver, edge wear, rear hinge starting. Lacking jacket. Industrial designer John Vassos' stylish black-and-white paintings of modern American life with text by his wife Ruth. The duo would..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2005. First edition, first printing. Signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Bound in publisher's original white paper-covered boards over red cloth-affect spine. Fine in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. A fantastic copy of Wallace's second collection of essays. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1997. First edition, first printing. Signed by David Faster Wallace on the title page. Near Fine with light toning, light soiling and light shelf wear to covers, light spotting to top textblock edge, small marginal stain to to pages 92 and 93. In a Near..... More
New York: Random House, 1978. First trade edition. Signed by Eudora Welty and inscribed to former owner in the year of publication on half-title. x, 355, [1] pp. Original cloth. Near Fine with faintly foxed edges, in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with sunned spine and wrinkling. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940. First edition. (vi), 509 pp. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. Very Good with sunned spine and a little foxing to edges in Good price-clipped dust jacket with some small chips missing from edges, dampstaining, and dulling to spine panel. Internally free of..... More
London: Macmillan and Company, Ltd., 1920. First British edition. ix, 275 pp. Blue paper over boards, lettered in navy at front, gilt on spine. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped with light edge wear at head and tail, very faint crease to front panel, faint scuff to back panel..... More
Aylesford: St. Albert's Press, 1961. First edition. Copy #221 of 300 signed by both editors on colophon page. xiv, 155, (1) pp. Yellowish cream colored cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with a little bit of toning to cloth, in original glassine wraps with some tears and creasing, small..... More
New York: Rimington & Hooper, 1930. Signed limited edition. Copy #469 of a limited 550 signed by Virginia Woolf in her customary purple ink. Bound in publisher's gray paper-covered boards over a red cloth spine with titles stamped in gilt; in publisher's slipcase. Fine with slight fading to the spine..... More