The Notebooks of Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Volume 2 1804-1808; Bollingen Series L
New York: Pantheon, 1961. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Fine condition. This is the second published volume of Coleridge's annotated notebooks. More
New York: Pantheon, 1961. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Fine condition. This is the second published volume of Coleridge's annotated notebooks. More
Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, 1922. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and front cover. Gilt top edge. Many photos, illustrations, and facsimiles throughout. Minor shelf wear. This is an uncommon reference book about bookmaking by Chicago's historic W.B. Conkey Company. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 220 pp. Minor shelf wear. Impression and discoloration from a paperclip on front cover. This is an uncommon uncorrected proof of Cook's biography of Bertolt Brecht. More
New York: Random House, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo.. Boards. Dust jacket. Many illustrations throughout. Minor shelf wear. Includes a promotional photograph of the author to be used in reviews of this book. This is a a first edition book of journalist Cott's reflections on classic children's literature. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. This is a first edition book about the history of women characters and writers in mystery fiction. More
New York: Gallery Books, 1991. Hardcover. 4to. Boards. Dust jacket. Over 150 illustrated plates in both color and black and white. Minor shelf wear. This is a richly decorated book profiling illustrators of children's books from the 1860s-1930s. More
Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1991. First American Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Boards. Dust jacket. Over 150 illustrated plates in both color and black and white. Minor shelf wear. Small tear at footer of jacket spine. This is a richly decorated book profiling illustrators of children's books from the 1860s-1930s. More
London: British Library / Oak Knoll Press, 1999. 3rd edition. Hardcover. 4to. Boards. Dust jacket. Over 150 illustrated plates in both color and black and white. Minor shelf wear. This is the third edition of the classic reference text about English children's literature. More
Philadelphia: Frederick-Mazie Company, 1916. Renaissance Edition De Duxe. Hardcover. 8vos. Cloth. Gilt top edge and gilt lettering on spine. Deckle edges. Profusely illustrated. This is a hand-numbered limited edition (no. 70 of 1000 sets printed) complete set of the Bibliophile Library of Literature, Art, and Rare Manuscripts. It is a...... More
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1977. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece portrait. 110 pp. Attractive bookplate of James M. Goode inside front cover. A fine copy. This is a limited edition, finely printed statement of purpose by the legendary Chicago printers R.R. Donnelley and Sons. More
London: Hutchinson, 1946. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. Cloth. Minor shelf wear. This is a critical interpretation of the works of Dostoevsky. More
Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1976. Hardcover. In English with introduction and endnotes in Russian. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Superficial scuffing to jacket. This is an uncommon Russian printing of Dreiser's critical memoir. More
Harcourt Brace, 1954. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. This is a first American edition of Eliot's classic study of literary theory. In protective overwrap. Stamped inside back cover. More
Lansing, MI: Michigan State College Press, 1951. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 280 pp. Jacket has scuffs and small tears to edges and a damp stain on front cover. Sunning to jacket spine. Book is excellent. This is a collection of literary criticism of the works of Faulkner..... More
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. Boards. Dust jacket. Black and white portraits photography. 208 pp. Minor shelf wear. Price-clipped. An excellent copy. This is a collection of portrait photography by Felver, best known as a photographer of Beat artists and poets. More
San Francisco: City Lights / Harper and Row, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Cloth. Dust jacket. Many photographs throughout. 254 pp. Minor shelf wear and several small chips to jacket edges. Price clipped. Remainder stamp on bottom edge. This is a stated first edition book of San Francisco's literary history..... More
New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1911. First Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Full leather. Gilt lettering on spine and gilt top edge. Embossments made to look like hinges on covers. 33 tipped in plates. 171 pp. Scuffing to leather. This is a finely printed first edition book of essays about the..... More
New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1911. First Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Special fine binding by R.R. Donnelley, with tipped in slip detailing binding standards. Half leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering on spine and gilt top edge. 6-panel hubbed spine. 33 tipped in plates. 171 pp. Light scuffing to hubs..... More
Chicago: American Library Association, 1981. 2nd edition. Paperback. Large 4to. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. This is an uncommon bibliographic reference book of mid-century science fiction. More
New York: Continuum, 1992. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 179 pp. This is an advance uncorrected proof of Friedman's critical biography of William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies and many other works. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Cream quarter cloth over blue boards. Dust jacket. 288 pp. This is a signed first printing of Gass' collection of literary essays. More
New York: Knopf, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Brown cloth. Green stained top edge. 338 pp. Minor edge wear and scuffing to jacket. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first printing of Gass' landmark essay collection. One of the great books of literary criticism..... More
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Color illustrasted endpapers. Numerous text illustrations and facsimiles. 413 pp. Scuffing to edges. Ex-library, with mark on spine, stamps to top and bottom block edges, and card pocket inside front cover. Hinges are overopened. Block is attached, but becoming loosened..... More
Baltimore: Penguin, 1959. Paperback. Minor shelf wear. This is an early printing of Graves' classic study of Greek mythology. More
New York: Random House, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Good+ book in fair jacket. Jacket has many chips and tears around edges including 2" loss at header of jacket spine. Some specks of discoloration to book spine and front board, and front hinge a bit..... More