London: Chatto and Windus, 1919. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth. 193 pp. Shelf wear. Bookplate inside front cover. Tight and clean. This is an attractive antique copy of Stevenson's classic essay collection ("Of Maidens and Youths" in Latin). This copy is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021), major Robert Louis..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1919. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth. 193 pp. Shelf wear. Tight and clean. This is an attractive antique copy of Stevenson's classic essay collection ("Of Maidens and Youths" in Latin). This copy is from the estate of Rex Maughan (1936-2021), major Robert Louis Stevenson collector and archivist..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Pastedown on spine. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 337 pp. Minor shelf wear. Hinges overopened. Previous owner's information inside front cover. An excellent copy. This is a first edition biography of Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson written by her sister Nellie. Fanny..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Pastedown on spine. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 337 pp. Minor shelf wear. Dark mark on spine. Hinges overopened. Bookplate inside front cover. An excellent copy. This is a first edition biography of Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson written by her sister..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Pastedown on spine. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 337 pp. Shelf wear with 2 1/2" tears to cloth at front hinge. Hinges overopened. Sunning to spine. Bookplate inside front cover, and gift inscription on front free endpaper. An excellent copy. This is..... More
London: Methuen, 1906. 2nd edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Pastedown on spine. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 340 pp. plus 31 pp. ads. Minor shelf wear. Bookplate inside front cover. An excellent copy. This is a second edition collection of letters written by Robert Louis Stevenson's mother from Samoa between 1891-95. This..... More
London: Methuen, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Pastedown on spine. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 340 pp. plus 31 pp. ads. Minor shelf wear. Sunning to spine and chips to pastedown. Minor foxing throughout. Bookplate inside front cover. An excellent copy. This is a first edition collection of letters written..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1906. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Pastedown on spine. Frontispiece and photographic plates. 340 pp. Minor shelf wear. Bookplate inside front cover. An excellent copy. This is a first American edition collection of letters written by Robert Louis Stevenson's mother from Samoa between 1891-95. This period..... More
New York: New Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 301 pp. Association copy. Inscribed by Terkel on half-title to influential peace activist Kathy Kelly: "To Cathy [sic] -- There's music in you -- the music of peace, grace, and beauty. With love, Studs Terkel." Minor shelf wear..... More
New Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. In flawless condition. Inscribed by the legendary Chicago journalist: "To Craig: Here's to a world of peace, grace and beauty. Studs Terkel." This is Terkel's second memoir and his final book before passing away in 2008. Terkel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985 and..... More
New York: New Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. 301 pp. Association copy. Inscribed by Terkel on front free endpaper to influential peace activist Kathy Kelly: "For Kathy: Our hope, our hero -- in you is all that should be in us all -- your everything -- courage, gallantry..... More
New York: Roy, 1943. First American Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 247 pp. Minor shelf wear. Ex-library stamps on fore and top edge. This is a first American edition of Tetmajer's classic of Polish literature. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 211 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket. This is a stated first edition biography of influential progressive radical politician "Fighting Bob" La Follette (1855-1925). More
[London]: Printed for the author, 1788. First Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Contemporary quarter leather binding with marbled boards and speckled edges. Vol. 1: xvi, [8], 326. Vol. 2: [10], 326. Contemporary bookplate inside both covers from Cholmondeley Library which has left shadow on facing pages. Vol. 2 bears the inscription..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1902. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Green publisher's cloth with spine rebacked in black tape. Illustrated plates throughout and a folding map. 244 pp. plus advertisements. Spine rebacked and hinges repaired. Not terribly attractive, but very tight. Ex-library with sticker on spine and front cover..... More
Johnson City, TN: Watauga Press, 1927. First Thus. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge.Hand-pressed rag paper. Frontispiece plus large folding map and bibliography. 197 pp. Very minor wear to corners. Signed twice by Williams, once on front free endpaper and again on..... More
New York: Henry Holt, 1987. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 204 pp. Curl to block. Minor edge wear. This is an uncommon uncorrected proof of Tisdale's true account of life in a nursing home. More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1917. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece. 98 pp. Shelf wear. Hinges overopened. Rear endpaper torn out. Damp stain on rear cover. This is an uncommon book commemorating the erection of a statue of North Carolina politician and Confederate officer Zebulon B. Vance. More
New York: Elliott Graphics, 1985. First American Edition. Cloth. 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. Full color plates. Unpaginated. Very good book in good jacket. Jacket has a 2" closed tear and crease across top of front cover which was repaired with tape by previous owner. Some scuffing and edge wear as..... More
New York: Delacorte, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 330 pp. Minor shelf wear. Price clipped. This is a first printing of Vonnegut's classic experimental memoir. More
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Quarter cloth over decorative boards. Pastedown on spine. Hand-pressed rag paper with deckle edge. Color frontispiece and red initials. 94 pp. Minor wear to edges and corners. Hinges overopened but binding is sound. Sticker residue inside rear cover. This is..... More
London: Printed by Tho: Newcomb, for Rich: Marriott, 1670. First Edition, 2nd issue. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Contemporary morocco. No frontispiece, as issued. Collated and complete. Front board detached. Chipping to leather. Signature of "A. Burgoyne" on front free endpaper. Several pages have pencil mark in margins. Armorial bookplate of "Colonel..... More
New York: Harcourt, 1975. First Edition, 2nd printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange quarter cloth over yellow boards. Dust jacket. 241 pp. Inscribed with a full signature on half-title: "To Charley and Family [?] / With Love / Andy Warhol." Around the title, Warhol has drawn his iconic Campbell's soup can. On..... More
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Deckle fore and bottom edge. Hand-pressed paper. 9 full-page illustrations, including frontispiece and a folding map. 301 pp. plus advertisements. Much speckling to spine and covers. Sticker residue on..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 243 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is an uncommon uncorrected proof of Wideman's memoir. More