[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
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: William Pickering, 1846. First edition in English. (iv), 197 pp. Late 19th Century three quarter leather over marbled paper, spine lettered in gilt. A Good or better copy with edges well-rubbed and cloth and leather mostly rubbed off or chipped there. Lacking front free endpaper. Last signature of pages..... More
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1923. First edition, first printing. Variant dust jacket is pale yellow, as mentioned in APG 010a. xiv, 347 pp. Bound in publisher's orange cloth with blindstamped front board, title label on spine. Near Fine, bookplate on front free endpaper, in a Near Fine dust jacket, slightly..... More
New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1919. First edition, first issue with unbroken title page rule; "lay" for "lie" on page 86, line 5; and broken type of the word "the" on page 251, line 3. [x], 303 pp. Bound in publisher's canary yellow cloth, paper title label to spine, yellow..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1959. First edition. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the title page, inscribed to former owner. 236 pp. Bound in publisher's bluish gray cloth with white and black lettering. Contents a little toned with age, else Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket, a...... More
London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), Ltd., [1927]. First edition. (Precedes the American edition.) 318, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with blue stamping. Very Good+ with sunning along top edge of front board and to spine (through jacket), name on front free endpaper, light foxing to edges, in correct..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1974. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in magenta and silver. Very Good with light soiling to cloth, light worming to textblock edge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, trimmed a little too tall for the book with some associated edge..... 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
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957. First Edition. 234 pp. Navy cloth with blue and white spine lettering. Near Fine with former owner's name written on front free endpaper, light wear, in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket, head worn, a few abrasions on verso from removed tape. The author's first..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957. First edition, first printing. Signed by Charles Beaumont on the front free endpaper. 234 pp. Bound in publisher's gray cloth-affect paper-covered boards with blue and white lettering to spine. Near Fine with light rubbing to extremities; binding square and firm. In a Near Fine..... More
Paris: Europa Press, 1935. First edition, the first copy of the limited issue, #I of 25 copies printed on Normandy vellum and signed by Samuel Beckett. Unpaginated (36 pp.). Bound in publisher's fawn French wraps lettered in black. Near Fine with nearly imperceptible glue repair to binding, light toning to..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. First edition, limited issue, #44 of 100 signed and numbered copies. Signed by Lucia Berlin on the limitation page at rear. 240, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's printed paper-covered boards over tan spine cloth, paper label to spine, saffron endpapers. Fine. In the original..... More
London: The Macmillan Company, 1914. First edition, British issue. Signed by Algernon Blackwood on the front free endpaper in colored pencil "S.A.B. from A." It appears that the final initial, "B," of his name may have been erased; an impression of a penciled date of 1914 below that is visible..... More
New York: New Directions, 2013. First English-language edition, first printing. x, 835 pp. Parallel text in Spanish and English. Bound in publisher's dark grey cloth over black backstrip with spine lettered in silver. Two dog-eared pages, else Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear. A...... More
London: Arco, 1956. First English-language edition, first printing. 199 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with a spots of foxing to edges, offsetting to endpapers, in a Near Fine dust jacket, spine and rear panels' orange dulled, light wear, unclipped (12s. 6d. net). The..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1964. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Jorge Luis Borges and dated 1967. Bound in publisher's black cloth with copper spine lettering. Near Fine with thin fading to cloth at top and bottom edges mostly confined to spine ends. Light foxing to top edge..... More
Buenos Aires: Emece Editores, 1961. Signed by Jorge Luis Borges, inscribed to Robert Lima, an American translator and scholar who wrote the first critical work in English on Borges. 176 pp. Bound in publisher's green wraps. In Spanish. Very Good with rubbing and light wear to wraps, spine creased, slight..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1981. First American edition. Signed by Jorge Luis Borges on the title page. 160 pp. Bound in publisher's red boards with buff cloth backstrip, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, spine a little sunned. Collaborative stories by two Argentinian..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1962. First American edition, first printing in second issue jacket with "i a" on back panel. 174 pp. Bound in publisher's two-toned boards with green spine lettering. Near Fine with wear to front free endpaper, in a Very Good unclipped ($3.50) dust jacket, rubbed, worn at..... More
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New York: New Directions, 1964. First American paperback edition. A fantastic association copy of Borges' first work translated into English, signed by Jorge Luis Borges on the title page and additionally inscribed by Borges' editor, translator and friend Donald A.Yates on the half title page, "This is the first copy..... More
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1926. First edition, first printing of the Irish author's second collection of short stories. Scottish author Fred Urquhart's copy, with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Urquhart is considered one the greatest Scottish short stories writers of the 20th century and was praised..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First edition. 145, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's illustrated boards with red cloth backstrip, paper title label. Fine in original acetate wrapper, slightly cloudy. A collection of stories by five Moroccan authors, all except Choukri's being spoken texts only. American novelist and composer Paul..... More
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929. First edition. Copy #39 of 150 copies on Hollande Van Gelder Zonen to be sold at the bookshop of Harry F. Marks in New York. [viii], 55, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's wraps in glassine, housed in gold foil chemise with ribbon ties. Near..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First edition, first printing. [viii], 313, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Fine in a bright, attractive dust jacket, a little rubbing to back panel, else Fine, unclipped ($3.00). Top corner slightly bumped. A lovely copy of the prolific..... More