New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering over gold boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting the colorful Tarot card Fool, [viii] + 485 pages. Edward Paul Abbey (1927 – 1989) was an American author and..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, 1997. First New York Public Library Collector's Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 12mo, frontispiece of LMA after a photograph ca.1850s, illustrated with pictures of Louisa, family, friends, & manuscripts, striped blue and gray-blue endpapers, 369 pages. EXCEPTION ANTHOLOGY in TOP CONDITION internally..... More
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo, blue cloth with silver spine lettering, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting the Lone Ranger and Tonto wearing boxing gloves facing off in clouds above a basketball backboard with Indian crosses and hoop as a flying..... More
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, light blue boards with gilt spine lettering, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with orange & blue backgrounds with a four-panel depiction of an Indian & The New Yorker circular seal stating that the Author..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahay, 1956. First Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED PRESENTATION by the AUTHOR, 8vo, yellow quarter cloth with green lettering over blue-gray lettered boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting the author in a shadowy alley, [vi] + [1] 3-346 pages. Nelson Algren (1909 – 1981)..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney Singapore: Scribner, 2003. First U.S. Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED and dated by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over red boards, photographic dust jacket (unclipped) by Darryl Joe, protected by an archival clear plastic..... More
New York, N.Y. HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. First HarperCollins Edition / First U.S. Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the half title adding a small flower sketch, tall 8vo, tan quarter cloth with gold lettering over beige boards with a small embossed gold rosette on front cover, pictorial..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Atria Books, November 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, green quarter cloth with gold lettering over green boards, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Evan Gaffney, protected by a quality archival..... More
New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Simon & Schuster, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a little black girl standing..... More
New York: Planet Press, 1930. Marcel Arnac. First Edition Limited to 2,000 copies of which this is No.198. Cloth. 8vo, black cloth with green lettering on spine, illustrated with several B&W light-hearted drawings by the author, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) of an infant perched on a tilted yardstick against..... More
[New York]: RAZORBILL / Penguin Random House, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. SIGNED by the Author on the half title, 8vo, black boards with silver lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of a woman's eyes by Anton Muhin, 251 pages + [4] Ads. Jay..... More
New York: William Morrow / HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page, 8vo (9 1/4"" x 6 1/2"), green quarter cloth over matching green boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with art by Alan Dingman, 309 pages + [310] Credits..... More
North Liberty, Iowa: Ice Cube Books, 2009. First Edition. Cloth. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED by the AUTHOR, 8vo, pale yellow speckled cloth over boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a man and boy in swimsuits by the ocean, illustrated with several B&W half-tone photographs, 259 pages + [6]. "A story..... More
London: The Folio Society, 1984. Shirley Hughes. First Folio Society Edition / Printed by Alden Press. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. 8vo, gray pictorial cloth with gold lettering on spine & B&W images of characters, black paper over cardboard slipcase, tranalation & introduction by Walter J. Hunt, froontispiece and 11 lithographs..... More
New York: HarperFlamingo / HarperCollinsPublishers, 1998. First Edition. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR, tall 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over off-white boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a white-bearded old farmer--suggesting abolitionist John Brown-- standing outside his mountain..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 2011. First Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, black cloth over black boards with an embossed "M" on the cover, Mylar-protected black dust jacket (unclipped) with a large green eye with yellow banded "eyebrow," elaborate black & white sketches as endpapers, [vi] +..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the AUTHOR, 8vo, maroon quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over gray boards, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped) designed by David Gatti, [i-viii], ix-xx + 281 pages. John Simmons Barth (born May 27..... More
Boston New York Toronto London: Little, Brown & Company, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, tan quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over blue-gray boards, Mylar-protected color photographic dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Robert Farber, [i-vi], vii, [viii] + [1-2] 3-257 pages. John Simmons Barth (born..... More
New York, N.Y. New American Library / Penguin Random House, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, light blue cloth with gold letters on spine over light red boards, Brodart-protected dust jacket (unclipped), viii, [ix-x] + 305. Lisa Beazley is..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1921. First Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo (7 5/8" x 5 1/8"), black cloth with red lettering on spine and front cover, [xii] + 359 pages. Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 – 1943) was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is best known..... More
New York: Random House, 1994. Later printing: no number line. Boards. 8vo, black boards with silver lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting bronze girl in Bonaventure Cemetery by Jack Leigh, 388 oages + [2] Author's Note + [2] Acknowledgements / About the Author - About the..... More
New York: Random House, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author with flourish on free front endpaper, tall 8vo (9 3/8" x 6 1/2"), cinnamon quarter cloth over tan boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) of a woman's face, gold "Signed Copy" sticker on dj..... More
Paris and Bruges: Les Presses du Compagnonnage / sous le patronage de L'Académie Suédoise et de La Fondation Nobel. 1962. Kischka. First French Edition of a Limited Edition: Text completely in FRENCH. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Small 4to (7" x 9 1/4" x 1 1/2"), ivory pictorial cloth with gold..... More
New York: Redfeld, 1853. Engraved frontispiece. New Edition, Revised by the Author. Rebound in brown cloth. 12mo (7 1/4" x 4 7/8"), original text rebound in a brown "library" cloth binding, engraved frontispiece and title pages, xi, [xii: blank], [13]-391 pages. SCARCE: NEAR FINE, clean, tight copy with unform light..... More
Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, Publishers, 1893. Various artists. First "Elaborate" Edition by Burrows. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Quarto [4to] (7" x 10"), elaborate decorative & gilt-stamped cloth, Preface by Miss Katharine Hillard, illustrated full-color frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 76 in-text decorative capitals & vignettes by various artists plus..... More