Literature
Fire on the Mountain
New York: Dial Press, 1962. First edition. 211 pp. Bound in publisher's cloth. Very Good+ in Very Good unclipped original dust jacket. Light foxing to cloth and top edge, heavier on front paste down next to bookplate with former owner's name crossed out in ink. Jacket presents well, foxed along..... More
Fire on the Mountain
New York: Dial Press, 1962. First edition, first printing. Signed by Edward Abbey on the front free endpaper and inscribed to former owners. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth-affect boards over red spine cloth lettered in black. Near Fine with light soiling and light wear, in a Very Good+ unclipped dust..... More
Jonathan Troy
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1954. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the front free end paper, inscribed to former owner in "Glen Canyon 1981". Very Good with light rubbing at tips, small indent to spine near bottom, light lean to spine, previous owner book plate..... More
Alien Souls
New York: The James A. McCann Company, 1922. First edition. [viii], 248 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with navy lettering. Near Fine with tiny closed tear in Table of Contents, slight lean to spine, small stain to rear gutter, in Very Good+ dust jacket with rubbing along edges, light..... More
Memory of Departure
New York: Grove Press, 1988. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Abdulrazak Gurnah on the title page. Bound in publisher's blue paper boards over black spine cloth lettered in silver. Very Good with toning to edges, bumping to corners, several pages creased and soiling to copyright page. In a...... More
No Longer at Ease
London: Heinemann / Contemporary Fiction, 1962. Reprint. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's original cloth boards. Near Fine with light bumping to corners and tanning to pages. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with soiling, tanning and..... More
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1979. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light lean to binding, light wear to corners and spine ends, light toning to pages. In a Near Fine price-clipped first issue dust jacket with the..... More
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. Advance uncorrected proof of the first American edition. Bound in publisher's original blue wraps pritned in black. Near Fine with light towning to wraps, light foxing to textblock edge and pages toned. A rare format of the humorous sci-fi cult classic. More
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original dark blue paper-covered boards over magenta spine cloth lettered in metallic blue. Near Fine with light wear and toning to pages..... More
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams on the half-title page, directly below a red rubber stamp that reads "Always know where your towel is..." Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards over turquoise cloth spine, with titles stamped in metallic pink. Fine, in..... More
Democracy: An American Novel
London: Macmillan and Co., 1882. First British edition, wrappered issue. (Apparently issued simultaneously with the much more common cloth issue.) 280, (4, ads) pp. Wraps. Very Good condition for a paperback of this era despite wear: loss at head and tail, some soiling, chips and creasing to fragile wraps, and..... More
Democracy: An American Novel
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1880. First edition, BAL's State B with date of April 15, 1880, title page stating #112, no mark on p. 65; curiously, though, this seems to be printed on laid paper rather than wove. 374, (6) pp. White linen stamped in black. A Good..... More
Democracy: An American Novel
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1880. First edition. Mixed state as per BAL with front pastedown dated March 31, 1880 like BAL's A (earliest), 112 on the title page, but lacks signature mark F on p. 65. White linen stamped in black. Very Good with lean to binding, soiling..... More
Watership Down
London: Rex Collings, 1972. Signed. First edition, first printing. Warmly inscribed by the author "To dear Janet, with much love, Richard Adams, December 1974." Very Good, lean and reading crease to spine, bumping to foot, light rubbing to cloth at extremities, endpapers foxed, previous owner name (Janet Vernon Hall) to..... More
Watership Down
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1974. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Richard Adams on the title page. Bound in publisher's tan paper-covered over tan spine cloth lettered in gilt. Very Good with light general wear, significant lean to binding, former owner name to front free endpaper. In a...... More
Watership Down
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1974. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Richard Adams on the title page in the year of publication. Bound in publisher's tan paper-covered over tan spine cloth lettered in gilt. Very Good with textblock sunken, boards lightly soiled and nicked along the top and..... More
Watership Down
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1974. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Richard Adams on the title page and inscribed to former owners. Bound in publisher's tan paper-covered over tan spine cloth lettered in gilt. Good with lean to binding, soiling to covers and textblock edge, textblock sunken. In..... More
Knocking the Neighbors
New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1912. First edition. (Russo p. 79-80.)229 pp. Original brown cloth with cream lettering, blue and green floral design on front board. Very Good, small tear in top edge of cloth of back board, rubbed spine lettering, front hinge starting. An uncommon illustrated story collection..... More
More Fables
Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone, 1900. First edition. (Title page dated 1900, issue without ads like LOC copy noted in Russo p. 36) Original buckram. [viii], 218, [1] pp. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, else Fine. No jacket. A great copy. A follow-up to the author's popular..... More
Journal d'un substitut de campagne
Cairo, Egypt: Editions de La Revue Caire, 1939. First French edition. Signed by Tawfiq al-Hakim on the limitation page, copy #264 of 450 thus. [viii], 154 pp. Bound in contemporary half vellum with gouache decorated boards, leather spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; original wraps bound in. In..... More
Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag, Vol. V: Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore etc.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879. First edition. Variant with laid paper, no priority as per BAL 191. [iv], 208, 16 pp. Publisher's green cloth ruled in blind, spine lettered in gilt, floral endpapers. Near Fine, a little worn at extremities, slight lean. A nice copy of the penultimate novel in the..... More
Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First American edition, first issue with ad for Pink and White Tyranny at front stating "Nearly Ready." Sig. mark 1 present, no priority. BAL 167. [iv, ads], [vi], 376 pp. Publisher's terra-cotta cloth with gilt stamping, brown endpapers. Very Good with lean to spine, cloth worn..... More
Somebody In Boots
New York: Vanguard Press, 1935. First edition. 322 pp. Original orange cloth with black spine lettering, reddish brown top stain. Very Good with light spine sunning, very faint scuffs, and small ink spot along front gutter; internally excellent with barely any foxing and straight binding. A very nice copy of..... More
A Walk On The Wild Side
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956. First edition. Signed by Algren, inscribed to former owners on front endpaper in the year of publication. Very Good+ with toning to top of cloth, "X" stamp on half-title (review copy?), hinge at page 24 a little free. Near Fine dust jacket is..... More