New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969. First edition. x, 237 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth and green paper-covered boards,lettered in gilt, red topstain. Fine in price-clipped and lightly rubbed dust jacket, else Fine. A lovely copy of a posthumous collection of the Southern writer's essays. More
London: Searchlight Books, 1941. First edition. 127 pp. Original cloth, green spine lettering. Near Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with toning to spine panel and top edge, light wear, Very Good+. A nice copy. Three great essays by Orwell: "England Your England," "Shopkeepers at War," and "The English Revolution." More
Evansville, IN: Herbert W. Simpson, 1947. First edition. [16] pp. Stapled wraps. Subtle toning to wraps, else Fine. A very crisp, bright copy. The first book publication of an essay that first appeared in the magazines Horizons in the UK and The New Republic in the US, "Printed as a...... More
Evansville, IN: Herbert W. Simpson, 1947. First edition. [16] pp. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Very Good with a faint cup ring to the front wrap, a few other very light stains to wraps but contents in very nice shape. The first book publication of an essay that first appeared..... More
London: Secker and Warburg, 1950. First edition, first printing. [viii], 212 pp. Publisher's green cloth lettered in red. Very Good with sunning to spine cloth, light wear and a little foxing to cloth, jacket unclipped, spine panel sunned, Very Good+. A collection of essays demonstrating the acclaimed wit and insight..... More
New York: Pascal Covici, 1927. First edition, first printing. Very Good with light rubbing to cloth at tips, faint patch of discoloration to rear cover, pages lightly toned, small vintage bookseller ticket to rear paste down, in a Good but tattered dust jacket with a small interior chip to the..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1918. First edition, first printing, in first issue blue cloth with gilt lettering and blind-stamped covers. In Very Good condition, with edge wear to cloth with rubbing at spine ends, bumping to corners and edge of upper board, scratch to cloth at rear. Pages show..... More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910. [1910]. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's first binding, olive brown with publisher's device in blind on upper cover, lettered in gilt on spine, top edge gilt. Near Fine with light fading to cloth at spine and top edge of upper board..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1927. First edition. 201, [3] pp. Publisher's patterned paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip, spine label. A sharp copy with former owner's bookplate on paste down, tiny spot of wear on front board near foot, else Fine. Lacking jacket. Possible review copy with business..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1910. First edition, first printing. Very Good, with cloth lightly scratched, light rubbed at corners and spine ends, lightly and unevenly faded. Two former owner bookplates to front paste down, and name inked to front free end paper. A nice copy of this uncommon title..... More
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
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, 1988. First edition. Signed by Hunter S. Thompson on front free endpaper and paste down in gold sharpie in the year of publication, inscribed to Bill Dixon, "The Admiral," George McGovern and Gary Hart's campaign manager: "To the Admiral -- I told you it was wrong..... 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