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 about Interpretation of Schizophrenia
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 about Operations Santa Fe: Atchison Topeka & the Santa Fe Railway System
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 about Elise
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1969. First edition. 345pp. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in Near Fine unclipped ($11.50) dust jacket with light shelf wear and small spot of rubbing to front panel. An attractive copy of an influential work about perception and cognition. More about Visual Thinking
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 about Popular Education in France: With Notices of That of Holland and Switzerland
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 about Arrian on Coursing: The Cynegeticus of the Younger Xenophon; Translated from the Greek with...
New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1987. Signed by Ashbery on title page. First edition. Review copy with laid in slip, as well as black-and-white promotional photo of poet. vi, 97 pp. Publisher's blue paper-covered boards and cloth backstrip, lettered in silver. Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket. An excellent... More about April Galleons
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 about The Double Dream of Spring
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 about The Double Dream of Spring
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 copy. More about Houseboat Days
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 about Houseboat Days
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 about Rivers and Mountains
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 about Rivers and Mountains
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 about Rivers and Mountains
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 about Some Trees
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 about The Tennis Court Oath
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 about Three Madrigals
New York: Poet's Press, Inc., 1968. First edition, designated with an asterisk (*), issued alongside 150 numbered copies. (Probably one of the 12 special author's copies.) Signed by poet on colophon. 10 pp. Purple stapled wraps. Sunning to spine, heavily to back wrap. Very Good. More about Three Madrigals
New York: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1953. First edition. Signed by John Ashbery, inscribed to previous owner. Publisher's pink and brown decorated wrappers. Very Good with toning to wraps, light chipping and cracking at fragile yapped edges, short split started at top of spine. A nice copy of the fragile... More about Turandot
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. Title page inscribed to poet Gene Frumkin by Ashbery in Alberquerque, dated 11/19/85. First trade edition, wrappered issue. (One of 750 copies thus.) 57, (1) pp. Wraps. Very Good+ with bumped corners and light edge wear. An early signed work by the award-winning poet. More about Fragment
New York: The Ecco Press, 1977. Inscribed "For William Targ [signed] John Ashbery 4/11/77" on title page. Targ was a well-known editor, best-known for publishing Mario Puzo's The Godfather, as well as the publisher of Targ Editions. Second edition. Near Fine. 63, (1, note about author) pp. Illustrated wraps. An... More about Rivers and Mountains
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1955. First Edition, First Printing. Publisher's black cloth binding with red title stamping to spine. Near Fine with light stains to cloth, offsetting to end sheets. In a Near Fine dust jacket with foxing along flap folds, light wear along the top... More about The End of Eternity
New York: Gnome Press, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. In first state binding with red binding and black nebula insignia on the front cover. Very Good, in a Good first state dust jacket with price of $2.75 intact. Pages lightly age toned. Cloth shows edge wear and wear at spine... More about Foundation and Empire
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1982. First edition, first printing. Signed by Isaac Asimov and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Near Fine with light wear to corners and spine ends, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a slight spine-fade and light foxing... More about Foundation's Edge
New York: Gnome Press, 1950. First edition, wrappered issue. Though the publishing history is murky, this is assumed to be either an example from the publisher's short foray into paperback publishing, or an Armed Services edition. Very Good. Pages toned. Wraps lightly worn with a short tear and associated creasing... More about I, Robot