[No place]: [Self published], 1975. A complete set, in six parts: "The Case of the Murdered Twerp," "Longing for Better Things," "Stop It, Ted, I Screamed," "How Love Can Lead Youngsters to Murder," "The Future," and "The Life of Johnny Rocco." Very good on average, with wraps showing toning, light..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1976. First edition, first printing. 159 pp. Original paper-covered boards with purple cloth backstrip, gilt and metallic blue lettering. Very Good+ with publisher's stamps and name written on front free endpaper, in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket, a little rubbed, dampstaining to verso..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1976. First edition, first printing. Signed by Diane Ackerman in the year of publication and warmly inscribed to former owners. Additionally, laid in are cards from Ackerman written to former owners. Bound in publisher's original paper-covered boards over purple cloth spine lettered in..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First edition, first printing. Signed by Joan Aiken and inscribed "Best wishes from the author" on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's black cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with slight lean to binding and small stain to fore edge of textblock..... More
Moscow: State Publishing House of Fiction, 1958. First edition of Anna Akhmatova's 1958 poetry collection. Association copy signed by Anna Akhmatova on the title page and inscribed to Ilya Ehrenburg's literary secretary, Natalya Ivanovna Stolyarova, and dated October 1959. 131, [1] pp. with errata slip tipped to final leaf. Bound..... More
New York: M.S. Mill Co. Inc., 1945. First American edition. (Published in the UK earlier under the title Masked Murder.) [iv], 188 pp. Publisher's gray cloth with green lettering. Near Fine with light foxing to edges and endpapers, former owner's bookplate on paste down, in a Near Fine unclipped dust..... More
Boston: George W. Briggs & Co., 1855. First edition, first printing. [ii], 182 pp., complete with 6 wood engraved plates including frontispiece. Bound in publisher's brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt, yellow endpapers. Very Good with sunned and moderately rubbed cloth and slightly bumped corners; overopened with stitches showing..... More
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1941. First edition. Signed by Margery Allingham in ink on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner and dated 1956. 276 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with silver lettering. Very Good, spine lean,a little dust-soil and two small stains to back board, lacking dust..... More
[np]: [No Publisher], 1977. Six loose 20 3/4" x 16" black-and-white prints housed in a mustard yellow portfolio with the artist's name on the front wrap. A little scuffing and slight wear to the portfolio, bright prints in Fine condition. A collection of pencil drawings reminiscent of the illustrations of..... More
New York: Random House, 1969. First edition, first printing with red topstain. Signed by Maya Angelou on the dedication page and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt and red foil. Very Good+ with slight lean to binding, light roiling to cloth and rubbing..... More
New York: Random House, 1969. First edition, first printing, first state with red topstain. Signed by Maya Angelou on the half-title page and inscribed: "Dexter Love, Your brother Darryl wishes you Joy. So do I" with date 6/8/2012. [vi], 282, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt..... More
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Winston-Salem, NC: [No publisher], ca. 1980s. Photo album containing candid snapshots of Maya Angelou and her friends and associates. Fifty-seven photos, of which 23 are in color and 34 in black and white, under glassine on sticky album pages. Bound in padded red and gold paper-covered boards, handlettered label sticker..... More
London: Aurum Press, 1978. First edition. 96 pp. Publisher's neon pink wraps. A Near Fine copy with bright wraps, lightly shelf worn with very faint soiling. An attractive copy of a rare early book on punk music and fashion, chock full of photos and quotes from musicians and scenesters... More
Hartford, CT: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Printers, 1871. 4 pp. Self-wrappers. First edition. Fine. An announcement by famous feminist Susan B. Anthony and five other suffragettes of the formation of a National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee, and their intent to pursue recognition of voting rights for women under the..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1969. Second printing of revised paperback edition. Association copy signed by Hannah Arendt on the first page; Hans Morgenthau's copy from his family estate, although unmarked. [x], 306 pp. Bound in publisher's purple wraps. Very Good+ with moderate wear to covers, light soiling to textblock..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1951. First British edition. (Published in the United States as The Origins of Totalitarianism the same year.) xvi, 477 pp. Bound in publisher's light blue cloth with spine lettered in black. Near Fine with tiny tear to crown, a little wear and a few tiny stains..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First edition, first printing. Hans Morgenthau's review copy, publisher's slip inscribed to Morgenthau laid in. [viii], 275 pp. Bound in publisher's tan cloth stamped in red and black, black topstain. Near Fine with light toning and soiling to cloth and several small stains to..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1958. First edition, first printing. 333 pp. Bound in publisher's blue paper-covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with rubbing to spine lettering, light wear to spine ends, uneven fading to boards. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1963. First edition, first printing. Signed by Hannah Arendt on the title page. [viii], 343 pp. Bound in publisher's bi-color blocked cloth stamped in red and black; black topstain. Fine in a Fine unclipped dust jacket with trivial wear at spine ends. One of the..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1948. [iv], 220 pp. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in darker brown. First edition. Near Fine with a little foxing to edges, in Very Good+ dust jacket with tear at foot, and a little rubbed, stained, edge worn, and foxed. A suspenseful early mystery by the Edgar-winning..... More
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1985. First Canadian edition, first printing. Signed by Margaret Atwood on half title and inscribed to the former owner. 324 pp. Bound in publisher's two-toned beige and red cloth-affect with spine lettered in white. Very Good with wear to spine ends, bumping to top corner of..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1833. Second edition (the first was published in 1816). Bound in period-style full tree calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spine and boards, red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers. Near Fine with short tear repaired at base of title page, trivial foxing to contents throughout. A beautiful copy of the..... More
London: John Murray, 1816. First edition, first printing of Austen's beloved fourth novel and the last to be published during her short lifetime. [vi], 322; [ii], 351, [1, printer's imprint]; [iv], 363, [1, publisher's adverts]. Three volumes uniformly bound in emerald green straight-grain morocco finely tooled and lettered in gilt..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1837. [2], 424 pp. Frontispiece & added engraved title with vignette illustration, both engraved by Greatbatch after Pickering. Bound in period calf rebacked with later calf, spine tooled in gilt, morocco lettering piece. Very Good with some scratching and rubbing to covers, corners showing; light stain to lower..... More
London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1817. Third edition. Two volumes, with half-titles present in both. Ex libris Supreme Court Justice and early supporter of Austen, Joseph Story (1779-1845), with his signature in several places, a handwritten marginal note in light pencil on page 70 (volume one) mentions a trip to..... More