New York: The John Day Publishing Company, 1931. First edition, first printing, first issue with "The John Day Publishing Company, Inc." on copyright page. Error "flees" that was present in the first three printings on p. 100, line 17. [vi], 375, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with gilt..... More
New York: Random House, 1958. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's canary yellow cloth with gilt titles on spine blocked in black. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, bump to top corner and top edge of upper board, pages tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. First edition, first printing of Rachel Carson's extremely influential work, which is credited with creating a worldwide awareness of the dangers of man-made environmental pollution. An important and fantastic association copy, signed and inscribed by Carson on the half title page dated one week before..... More
![Item #140944247 Voyage au bout de la nuit [Journey to the End of the Night]. Louis-Ferdinand Celine](https://burnsiderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/140944247.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1667192177)
Paris: Editions Denoël et Steele, 1932. First edition, one of 200 copies intended for the press marked "service de Presse." Bound in publisher's original cream wraps printed in red and black. Near Fine with light creasing and light stains to the spine, several light indentations to wraps, toning to pages..... More
Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1899. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth, decoratively stamped in dark green and red; top edge gilt. Near fine with light darkening to the spine and pages toned. One of the first novels to focus on women's..... More
London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. First British edition, first printing; first state with page 187 numbered as 871 and final page correctly numbered. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in light blue, with titles in gilt on the spine. About Fine with slight dulling to spine, slight rippling to..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition, first printing. "Stave I" on page [1] and every single textual point uncorrected as per Calhoun and Heaney. Todd's first impression, first issue with 15mm between wreath and left blindstamping, unbroken "D." Title page printed in preferred red and blue, dated 1843 in..... More
London: John Macrone, 1836. First edition. viii, 348; [iv], 342 pp. with all 16 illustrated plates by Cruikshank. Two volumes bound in publisher's green leaf-patterned morocco cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pale yellow coated endpapers. Near Fine, unsophisticated copies with contemporary gift inscriptions on paste downs alongside armorial bookplates and..... More
![Item #140944851 Poems: First Series, Second Series [and] Third Series. Emily Dickinson, Mabel...](https://burnsiderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/140944851.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1681065645)
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890, 1891, 1896. First edition. Three volumes: the first, second and third series; first printings of each. Bound in publisher's cloth bindings with gilt and silver stamping. First issue, Myerson's Binding B of the first series; Binding B of the second series (priority undetermined); Binding A of..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. First edition, first printing stated. Original cloth and paper-covered boards. Fine with an About Fine unclipped dust jacket with a tiny red spot to the rear panel appearing to have occurred during production. A fantastic copy of a book not normally seen in..... More
St. Petersburg, Russia: Pateleevyi Brothers, 1881 [but December 1880]. First edition in book form. Two volumes, rare with the half-titles present. 509; 699 pp. Text in the original Russian. Near-contemporary quarter calf, pebble-grain black cloth sides, spines with gilt lettering in Cyrillic, initials to foot of spines. Very Good, a...... More
New York: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1903. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original black cloth ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Near Fine with a large but faint stain to the front cover visible in raking light, light fading to spine and light wear to cloth..... More
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. First edition, first printing, first issue text with "I" misaligned on page 11. Bound in publisher's original beige cloth stamped in brown. Fine with faint darkening to cloth at gutters, light soiling to textblock edge and rear endsheet. In a Near Fine..... More
New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932. First edition, first printing, first state. 480 p. Bound in publisher's original coarse cloth stamped in yellow and dark blue. Near Fine with a faint crease to the backstrip in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with trivial edge wear and a...... More
New York: Random House. First edition, first printing; Number 194 of 500 copies of the signed limited edition. Bound in publisher's original black cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine or better with faint wear, in original acetate jacket which is lightly rubbed. A fantastic copy of the third volume of..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. First edition, first printing, first issue, second state. Signed by Ian Fleming on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's black cloth-affect boards with skull motif embossed on upper board, with gilt stamped coins in eye sockets and spine titles in gilt; in the second state..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1956. First edition, first issue with Lucien Carr listed on the dedication page and a period after Harlem on the rear cover. Publisher's black wraps printed in blue with white wraparound printed in black. Near Fine with toning, light lifting to bottom corner of..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1955. First American edition stated, first printing. Fine, with a small indent to the bottom the textblock edge in a Very Fine unclipped dust jacket. An unbelievably fantastic and fresh copy, virtually as new. More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1958. First edition, first impression. Signed by Graham Greene, inscribed "For [name crossed out] David Posner from Graham Greene." Greene did this on a number of copies of different books inscribed to Posner for reasons unknown. [vi], 273 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered..... More
Paris: Contact Editions, 1926. First edition, first printing. Signed by H.D. and inscribed on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's wraps printed in black. Near Fine with soiling and light edge wear to wraps, light foxing to textblock edge. More
![Item #140944575 Rocket Ship Galileo [Dedication Copy]. Robert A. Heinlein](https://burnsiderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/140944575.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1673327439)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First edition, first printing. The dedication copy of the author's first published novel, signed and inscribed by Robert A. Heinlein in the year of publication "with best wishes to my nephew Lawrence Lewis 'Buddy' Heinlein [signed] Robert Heinlein Nov. 1947" with an arrow pointing..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition, limited issue. Copy #398 of a limited 510, signed by Ernest Hemingway on the limitation page. Publisher's pale green paper covered boards over vellum spine, black leather title label to spine stamped in gilt, in publisher's leaf-patterned slip case with red title..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in black on the upper board with gilt spine titles blocked in black. Near Fine with tanning to pages in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning, fading to the spine, light general..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's buff cloth, stamped in black and red. Near Fine with offsetting and tape ghosts to endsheets, pages tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped first issue dust jacket without the photographer's name listed on the rear panel, with..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First edition, first printing with the publisher's colophon and an "A" on the copyright page. Near Fine with slight spine lean, slight softening to corners and spine ends, former owner name and date inked to front free endpaper, pages tanned and textblock edge faintly..... More