New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 2000. William Blake Glossy B&W plates / June 2019. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto (12" x 9 1/2" x 1 1/4"), gray cloth with gold lettering on spine,profusely illustrated with 250 images of William Blake's art (240 in full color) with small frontispiece portait of..... More
Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1993. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, maroon cloth, x + 270 + [3] pages. An important selection of insightful short articles on Poe by various scholars. Exceptional Condition internally and externally. More
New York: Arbor House, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, black quarter cloth over blue-gray boards with "Anthony Burgess" blind-stamped on front cover, Mylar-protected aluminized dust jacket with faint image of DHL by Dorothy Wachtenheim (unclipped), xii + 276 pages. Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) may have been the..... More
New York London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. First Edition (2000 copies published). Cloth and boards. Small 8vo, red eighth cloth over pale gray-green boards with depiction of man shooting embossed in gold on lower edge, illustrated with 26 B&W plates including a folding map and in-text images, Mylar-protected dust jacket..... More
London: Routledge, 1947 [actually 1948]. First British Edition. Cloth. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, "Proof Copy" 8vo, red cloth with gold lettering on spine, Mylar-protected dust jacket (unclipped) with red lettering and rectangular rule surround on front cover, binder's slip stating "Owing to production delays / this book was..... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1946. First Edition. Cloth. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo, beige cloth with green lettering on spine and "JF" on cover, Preface by the Author, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with black field and scarlet polygons surrounding title and author's name, xv +..... More
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1946. First British Edition. Cloth. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo, yellow cloth with black lettering on spine, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting eight darkened men in continguous brown and white cubicles, 223 pages. PRESENTATION COPY by Author of a RARE early..... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1954. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, tan cloth with red lettering on spine & "JF" on cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with title in black against a watery dark gray image, 223 pages. UNCOMMON edition of Farrell's experiences. SUPERIOR COPY: quite tight, bright..... More
Wheaton, IL. Earth Publishing Company [Printed by members of the Dill Pickle Club of Chicago], February, 1931. First Edition. Wrappers. 4to (13" x 9 1/2"), orange wrappers with black lettering & ~ 4" by 2" logo of both hemispheres of the globe behind title "EARTH," includes poetry, essays, and "A..... More
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New York, N.Y. Viking, 2003. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over blue boards, pictorial title page with Dodo bird, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting an open book with labyrinthine double-spread pages by Viktor Keon, 399 pages..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore: Summit Books, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 4to, red quarter cloth with silver lettering over olive green boards with blind-stamped snowflakes, with an introduction and notes by Martin Gardner, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Julie Metz, profusely illustrated with..... More
New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, red quarter cloth over charcoal gray boards with "PG" on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a portrait of a woman bearing "The Sword" by Agache, Index, 192 pages. Peter..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First Edition. Cloth. Tall 8vo, gray cloth, Mylar-protected pictorial & type dust jacket (unclipped), [x] + 211 pages + [2]. A brilliant essay on Modern Life by the superb author and critic commonlly associated with The New Yorker. More
Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press, 1951. First Edition. Cloth. PRESENTATION COPY "With all good wishes" by the Author on ffe, 8vo (9" x 6"), brown cloth with black label & gilt title on spine, archival mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped), Index, xvii, [xviii] + 197, [198] pages. Harold Jantz (1907..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, light red cloth with gold lettering on spine over beige boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with view of open book and phrases flying from it, xx + 251 pp. + [1] About the Editors. For..... More
New York: Fordham Press, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, gray cloth with blue label & silver lettering on spine, illustrated with B&W frontispiece of Faulkner plus 16 glossy plates, Mylar-protected dust jacket of map for Yoknapatawpha County--duplicated as map endpapers, top edges blued against dust, [xiv] + 284 pages. Excellent..... More
New York, Hagarstown, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1976. B&W reproductions. First Edition. Cloth. Presentation Copy SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, brown cloth with gold lettering on spine, photograph of Alice as frontispiece, profusely illustrated with B&W photographs, reproductions of illustrations, and charts, Mylar-protected pictorial red dust jacket..... More
Atlanta, Georgia: Margaret Mitchell (in reaction to The Reader's Digest & The Atlanta Journal), ca. July 2, 1949. Original (3 pieces). Envelope. Autograph Letter Penned & Signed characteristically "M.M.M." [Margaret Mitchell Marsh] by the famed American Author on a Small Folio (8.5" x 14") page copied from "The Atlanta Journal,"..... More
London New York Toronto: Oxford University Press / Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1956. First Edition in English. Cloth. 8vo, black cloth, illustrated with 40 glossy B&W photographic plates, beige dust jacket with black & red printing, [viii] + 478 pages + [2] Colophon. Generally recognized as a Very important study of 19th..... More
Bath, Somerset: Adams & Dart, 1971. Period Engravings. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine, profusely illustrated with contemporary B&W reproductions of Regency caricatures and related illustrations--many by George Cruikshank--in conjunction with radical pamphlets by William Hone, Mylar-protected pictorial and colorful dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting full..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected mauve lettered dust jacket (unclipped), 248 pages. Important "first" study of the major (though too often neglected) novelist "Henry Green" (born Henry V. Yorke: 1905 - 1973). He was an English author..... More
London: J. Camden Hotten, 1864. Cruikshank. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, green original publisher's blindstamped cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with an original frontispiece oval sepia-toned photo of Thackeray from life by Ernest Edwards & a lithographed engraving by George Cruikshank, vii, [viii: blank] + [1] 2-223 pages +..... More
London: Suckling & Galloway, 1896. foldout and glossy plate. First Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo, green cloth with gold lettering on spine and cover with black scrolling, illustrated with a lengthy frontispiece foldout depicting a Mob Destroying and Setting Fire to the Kings Bench Prison and House of Correction and one..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1992. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, red cloth with silver lettering on spine, photographic dust jacket, viii + [2} + 321 + [5] pages. Exceptional Condition! Very interesting and broad range of opinions by Vidal. More
Seacaucus, N.J. Lyle Stuart, Inc., 1980. Second Printing. Cloth. 8vo, blue-green cloth with gilt stamped lettering on spine, dust jacket (mylar protected), 319 pages. Exceptional condition internally and externally! More