New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's olive green cloth with elaborate gilt stamping; lacking the scarce dust jacket. Near Fine with light rubbing to cloth and slight toning to spine and edges. Pages lightly toned. A lovely copy. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's olive green cloth with elaborate gilt stamping; lacking the scarce dust jacket. Very Good or better with light lean to binding, toning and light wear to cloth, light fraying at corners and spine ends. Related clippings..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. First British edition, first printing; undated on the verso of the title page. Bound in publisher's original olive green cloth with upper board and spine elaborately decorated in gilt. Very Good with light lean to binding, cloth mottled, and lightly worn at extremities. Foxing to..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's green cloth elaborately stamped in gilt. Near Fine with slight toning to spine, extremities lightly bumped and small ink spot to lower joint. Bookseller ticket to front pastedown. In a Very Good original dust jacket with..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1950. First edition. 262 pp. Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine stamping. A little offsetting and foxing to endpapers, else Fine in a dust jacket that is corner-clipped but has price intact ($3.00), generally bright and attractive, with some wear spots to front..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1939. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth decorated in white, with blue topstain. Near Fine with some sunning to spine and edges, light dust-soiling to cloth. A rather pleasing former owner bookplate to front pastedown, pages toned, evidence of small bookseller..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. In Very Good condition. Small spot to side edge of page block. Light shelf lean, light rubbing and edge wear. The jacket shows edge wear and wear along the folds, sunning, and a few small spots to the rear panel. More
New York: Appleton Century Crofts, 1956. First Edition, First Printing, in a price-clipped dust jacket. Very Good. Previous owner name to front free end paper, and inkless emboss to the half-title and title page. Cloth shows light wear. The dust jacket shows sunning, edge wear, light staining, light creasing, rubbing..... More
London: Secker and Warburg, 1968. Signed first British edition. (Follows two American editions.) 247 p. Crimson cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Inscribe dby author on title page to former owners. Light bumping to corners. Chip at foot of jacket, laminate bubble at edge of..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. First edition. Signed by Barthelme, inscribed to Celia Simon and her partner on half title. [viii], 183 pp. Original purple cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine with former owner's on front free endpaper, scratch to that page, in an unclipped dust jacket with small..... More
London: Eyre & Spottiswood, 1966. First British edition. Signed by Donald Barthleme on bookplate mounted on front free endpaper. [viii], 183 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in Fine dust jacket. The author's first collection of stories. More
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1978. First edition. Copy 272 of 275 copies signed by Barthleme on colophon at rear. 52, (1) pp. Cream-colored cloth spine and green paper covered boards, gilt spine lettering. Fine. More
New York: Atheneum, 1967. First edition, advance review copy with publisher's slip laid. Signed by Donald Barthelme on half title in blue ink. [viii], 181, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's off-white cloth with gray and red lettering. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with a bit of soiling to rear..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1904. First edition, first printing. A presentation copy signed by Clara Barton on the front free endpaper with a lengthy and warm inscription, "Will Mrs. Wersfall [?] accept this little volume as a sometimes reminder if the days we passed together and which to..... More
Geneva: Comite International de la Croix-Rouge, 1885. First edition of this early annual report of the International Red Cross. A presentation copy, signed by Clara Barton and warmly inscribed "To Senator Preston U. Plumb of Kansas, from a friend who honors him, Clara Barton, President of the American National Red..... More
Cambridge: The University Press, 1915. First edition. viii, 159, [1], [2, ads] pp. w/ additions and corrections sheet. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with gilt spine lettering. About Very Good with sunned spine, rubbed along edges of spine, lettering mostly gone, frayed head, contents toned with age. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1954. First American edition. Signed by H.E. Bates on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner in Paris, 1959. [vi], 217 pp. Publisher's slick navy cloth, spine lettered in white. Fine in Very Good dust jacket with rubbing, a little foxing, small closed tear..... More
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Paris: Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1857. First edition, first printing containing the six suppressed poems: "Les Bijoux", "Le Léthé", "A celle qui est trop gaie", "Lesbos", "Femmes damnées", and "Les Métamorphoses du vampire." With the following issue points: "Feurs" in the headline on pp. 31 and 108; with p. 45..... More
Tournai, Belgium: Casterman, 1973. First edition. Signed by Jean Baudrillard on the front free endpaper, inscribed to J.P. Mayer (1903-1992) Professor Emeritus at Reading University, "Pour Peter Mayer, tres cordialement, J. Baudrillard. 148 pp. Wraps. In French. Near Fine with light reading wear. The French postmodern philosopher's critique of Karl..... More
Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1983. First edition. Signed by Jean Baudrillard on the front free endpaper, warmly inscribed to prolific French author and politician Max Gallo. 273, [13] pp. Illustrated wraps. In French. Very Good with creased spine, light wear. A turning point in the famous postmodern philosopher's oeuvre, in which..... More
Chicago: Reilly & Britton Co., 1911. First edition, binding state A. Signed by L. Frank Baum and briefly inscribed on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's ribbed blue cloth with pictorial stamping. Near Fine with light lean to spine, light wear to corners and spine ends. Light evidence of erased..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1906. First edition, first printing. (Bienvenue and Schmidt p. 288.) 62 pp. Original tan cloth with red endpapers. Very Good with former owner's info on front free endpaper, front and rear hinges reinforced, light wear, some tiny pinholes to first six pages or so..... More
Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900. First edition, first state of plates and text. (Bienvenue pp. 4-5.) Bound in publisher's full green cloth, boards and spine decoratively stamped in green and red; "B" binding with publisher's name in red at foot, full "O" in as last letter. This is the..... More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1930. First British edition. iv, 315 pp. Publisher's light blue cloth with navy lettering. Cloth very faintly stained, foxing to edges and prelims, still a clean, straight Very Good+ copy in very nice shape. Lacking the dust jacket. The basis of the 1932 film with a dynamite..... More
London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1915. First edition. xx, 850, 24 (ads) pp. Illustrated. Publisher's crimson cloth with black lettering to front board, gilt spine lettering. Very Good with small scratch to spine, faint stain to front board, pencil mark to rear board, foxing to edges, bookplate on paste down..... More