Literature
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. First edition, first printing. Signed by Edward Abbey on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with spine lettered in white and tan. Trivial edge wear to binding, else Fine, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear to..... More
Fire on the Mountain
New York: Dial Press, 1962. First edition. 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 edges, slightly chipped at head (not..... More
Fire on the Mountain
New York: Dial Press, 1962. First edition. Very Good. Light toning to boards, light dust soiling, bumped corners. In a Very Good dust jacket, lightly rubbed, lightly edge worn with several short closed tears, several small nicks to the interior and publisher's price intact. A nice copy of The Monkey..... 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
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1885. First American edition of the classic mathematical fantasy novel. Scholar and noted science fiction bibliographer Everett F. Bleiler's copy, with his inkless emboss at the top of the dedication page. Bound in publisher's original pictorial mustard cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel stamped in..... 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
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 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
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
New York: Harmony Books, 1985. First American edition, first printing. Signed by the author and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original black cloth-affect boards stamped in metallic green. Former owner inkless emboss to half-title page, faint rubbing to corners and spine ends..... 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
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
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
La Divina Commedia di Dante
Milano: G. Gnocchi. Printed by Fratelli Salmin of Padoua, 1878. First edition of what has become known as "Dantino," one of the smallest books printed in movable type and one of the most renowned miniature books. Near Fine. Finely bound in vellum elaborately stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, looped..... More
Pyromaniac
London: James Blackwood & Co., 1938. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the front free end paper, inscribed to previous owner "with compliments" and dated in the year of publication. Very Good or better with toning to spine and light wear at spine ends, top edge dust..... More
Lucky Jim
London: Victor Gollancz, 1953. First edition, first printing. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Cloth shows small white stain to cover, fading at spine and top edge of rear board. Spine lettering dulled. Light lean to spine. Foxing to pages, mostly at prelims, terminals and edge of page block. First..... More