New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First edition stated, first printing. Bound in publisher's buff cloth stamped in red. Near Fine. Cloth toned along top edge, lightly foxed along rear joint, lightly bruised at head. Previous owner bookplate to front paste down. Else a lovely copy in a Very Good..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1943. First edition. Review copy, as stamped on ffep, with publication info. 409 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Fine condition. No jacket. Clean text, sturdy binding, and sharp gilt. An excellent copy of the best-known work of the blacklisted Communist historian, based on his..... More
New York: Humanities Press, 1965. First edition. Signed by Aptheker on the front free endpaper. viii, 150 pp. Original navy cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, just a little toned. Reprints the text of the third and final edition of David Walker's Appeal to..... More
New York: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1902. First edition. viii, 565, 10 (ads) pp. Original ribbed blue cloth decorated in gilt, gilt topstain. Very Good with slightly soiled and scratched cloth, spine gilt dulled, hinges starting, offsetting and foxing to prelims, name on paste down and a few pencil..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. First British edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 287 pp. Gray cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in Very Good dust jacket with crease down spine panel, a little toned, small tear near head. Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas' second novel, a reimagining of the..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First edition. 275 pp. Tan cloth with red and black lettering. Near Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, slightly chipped at head and toned just a bit along fore edge. A few small spots of foxing to fore edge and slight offsetting to..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1958. First edition. vi, 333pp. Original cloth and blue paper covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine in Very Good spine-sunned, unclipped dust jacket with clear tape along top edge of back panel and head. One of the German-born philosopher's major works... More
New York: Basic Books, 1974. Signed by author on front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner and dated November 1979. Second edition, second printing. xvii, 756 pp. Navy cloth lettered in gilt. Very Good+ with a little foxing to top edge and mustiness, in a rubbed dust jacket with a...... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948. First edition. Signed by Armitage on title page. [xviii], 263 pp. Original cloth and paper covered boards, front stamped in blue and red, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket that's a little small for book (presumably as issued)..... More
New York: E.H. Weyhe, 1934. First Edition. No. 172 of 200 copies. Unpaginated. Rigid card covers with attached wrappers; housed in custom silk cloth chemise with marbled boards, matching slipcase. About Very Good with edge-chipped wrappers with a few scratches and light soiling, small light dampstain to inner margins near..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931. First edition. 357 pp. Original cloth with navy lettering. Near Fine with slight mottling to cloth, dust-soiled edges, in About Very Good dust jacket with darkened spine panel, soiling, faint dampstaining along top edge of front panel wear at head and tail. A collection of..... More
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts Co., 1861. First separate edition. Presentation copy with the ink inscription in the publisher’s hand “With the Author’s Compliments” at the head of the half-title. Above and below that is a much later dedication to Lionel Trilling and another person. A very nice association between..... More
London: B. Fellowes, 1849. First edition. viii, 128 pp. Original ribbed dark green cloth elaborately block in blind with gilt spine lettering, pale yellow endpapers. Near Fine with a little wear at tips, hint of rubbing to cloth, front paste down slightly foxed, name written on front free endpaper. Lettering..... More
London: J. Bohn, 1831. Limited edition, one of 250 copies printed. Finely bound in somewhat contemporary full green leather, with five raised bands, ornate gilt stamping, marbled endsheets and inner gilt dentelles; top edge gilt. Bookplate of F. P. Williamson to front paste down, former owner name to first blank..... More
Atlanta, GA: A. B. Caldwell Publishing Co., 1922. 126 pp. First edition. Bound in publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Staples visible at front and rear inner hinges. Former owner notation to front paste down, crease and wear to front free end paper. Hinge at final page of text is..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1970. First edition, first printing. Signed by John Ashbery on the title page and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's black cloth spine over green paper-covered boards. Near Fine with slight fading at edges, in a Near Fine dust jacket with..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1970. First edition, first printing. Signed by John Ashbery on the title page and inscribed to a former owner, dated 1/7/70, pre-publication. Advance copy, with publisher's card with compliments of the author laid in Bound in publisher's black cloth spine over green paper-covered..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1977. Uncorrected proof of the first edition. 88 pp. Red printed wraps. Signed by the author, inscribed to a previous owner in 1980. In Near Fine condition, with faint edge wear and a few minute stains. Light scuffing to top of page block. A lovely..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1977. First edition, first printing. Signed by John Ashbery on the title page. Bound in publisher's magenta cloth spine over grey paper cover boards with titles lettered in gilt and black on the spine. Near Fine with bumped corners and slight foxing to textblock edge..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by John Ashbery on the front free endpaper, inscribed to a former owner and dated in the year of publication. In publisher's beige cloth covered boards with titles printed in black on the spine. Very Good, with..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. First edition, cloth issue. Signed by Ashbery on the title page. 63, [1] pp. Publisher's tan cloth lettered in black, marigold endpapers. Tiny scuff to front board, else Fine in Near Fine rubbed and very slightly spine sunned unclipped jacket. An early collection..... More
New York: The Ecco Press, 1977. Second edition. Inscribed by author on title page, signed and dated February 4, 1979. 63, [1, note about author] pp. Illustrated wraps. An About Very Good copy with light dampstaining to last ten pages or so, slightly shelf worn. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956. 87 pp. First edition, first printing of the author's first book. Signed by John Ashbery on the title page, inscribed to former owner in 1992. Publisher's black cloth binding stamped in gilt on spine. Near Fine with slight musty odor to pages, pages toned..... More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1962. First edition stated. Publisher's grey cloth over boards with titles on spine. Signed by John Ashbery on the title page, inscribed to former owner. Grolier Book Shop ticket to front free end paper, rubbing to poet's name on spine, else Fine. In a Near..... More
New York: Poet's Press, Inc., 1968. First edition, #17 of 150 numbered copies. Signed by poet on colophon.10 pp. Purple stapled wraps. Typical sunning to spine, else Near Fine. More