New York: Penguin, 1989. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 307 pp. Signed by Auster on title page. Vertical crease on front cover. Notes by owner inside front and rear covers and underlining and marginal notes throughout. This is a signed paperback reprint of Paul Auster's novel. More
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New York: Penguin, 1987. Paperback. This is a signed set of Paul Auster's acclaimed New York Trilogy novels. All three are signed, matching paperbacks from the Penguin Contemporary American Fiction series. These belonged to Chicago-area poet and literature professor Rick Holinger and contain notes by him in the endpapers and..... More
Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Olive cloth. Dust jacket. 210 pp. Price-clipped. Minor shelf wear. This is a first American edition critical biography of William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies and many other works. More
New York: Putnam, 1907. 3rd printing. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover plus illustrated pastedown. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Title in red and black, numerous full-page illustrations. 590 pp. plus advertisements. Lacking the map. Minor shelf wear, Ex-library with mark on spine, bookplate inside..... More
Norwalk, CT: Heritage Press, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. Faux leather with gilt lettering on spine and cover. 190 pp. Sandglass Bulletin included. No slipcase. Excellent condition. This is a limited edition Heritage Press printing of Bacon's philosophical essays. More
Baha'i Publishing Trust. Hardcover. This is the 2nd printing of the 4th edition of religious writings by Abdu'l-Baha, son of the founder of the Baha'i religion, Baha'u'llah. Binding is tight and pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket has a fair amount of loss at edges and a large piece..... More
London: Caxton, 1899. Cloth. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt publisher's device on cover. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Illustrated plates. 512 pp. Minor shelf wear. Soiling to endpapers. Tight and clean. This is a handsome reprint of Balzac's humorous novel. Part of the larger 13-volume Caxton Edition..... More
International Collectors Library. Hardcover. This is a limited edition reprint of the classic from International Collectors Library. Complete with insert and ribbon. ICL books were published in octavo format from the 1940s-1980s and bound in faux leather with gilt lettering and decoration, each volume based on a specific classic book..... More
University of California, 1984. First Edition. Cloth. Association copy. Inscribed on title page: "For Victor Cassidy -- I'm glad this introduced us. Mary Barnard, September 26, 1987." Barnard was a celebrated poet, biographer, and translator. Her tutelage under Ezra Pound and friendship with William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, and other..... More
New York: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1907. 2nd edition. Cloth. 4to. Publisher's decorated cloth with gilt and silver on spine and cover. Profusely illustrated with 300+ engravings. 502 pp. Minor edge wear. 1" closed tear to cloth at header of spine. Minor soiling to cloth edges and a few spots of discoloration..... More
New York: Quokka, 1978. Mass market paperback. 12mo. Wraps. 220 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is an uncommon early paperback printing of Barthelme's second novel. More
New York: Pocket, 1980. Mass market paperback. 12mo. Wraps. 172 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is an uncommon early paperback printing of Barthelme's story collection. More
New York: Putnam, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 457 pp. Several chips and closed tears around jacket edges. Binding is broken but attached at p. 285 and 310, making that section stick out a bit from the rest of the block. Previous owner marked favorite stories in..... More
New York: Bantam, 1971. Mass market paperback. 12mo. Wraps. 180 pp. Shelf wear with some scuffs and bumps to edges. Chip and crease on top right corner of front cover. Pen notes by previous owner inside front cover and pen underlining throughout. This is an uncommon early paperback printing of Barthelme's first..... More
New York: John B. Alden, 1891. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 7.5"x5.25". Olive cloth with gilt lettering and embossed black decorations on spine and cover. 268 pp. Several small stains on covers. Hinges overopened. Foxing to endpapers. Occasional foxing throughout. The is a first edition of Elder David Bartley's allegorical religious novel about..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 445 pp. "Autographed copy" sticker on front jacket cover. Signed by Bass on title page. This is a signed second printing novel by acclaimed author and environmental activist Rick Bass. More
West Concord, MA: Hadley Press, [1929]. 2nd Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x6". Purple cloth. Gilt lettering to front cover. Frontispiece. [13], 12-70, [2]. Minor edge wear. Several superficial stains to front cloth. Additional notes pasted on recto and verso of title page, as issued by publisher. This is a scarce case study meant..... More
Harper and Brothers, 1914. Gibson, Charles Dana. Cloth. Missing dust jacket. Cracked hinge inside front cover. Someone has cheekily traced the frontispiece in pencil on the facing tissue paper. Gilt lettering on cover and spine has partially rubbed off. Red stain on the bottom right corner of many pages near..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, [1931]. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Grey cloth with illustrated pastedown on spine. Red stained top edge. Bentley's pen illustrations throughout. 390 pp. No jacket. Minor scuffing to cloth and pastedown. Tight and clean. This is a scarce first American edition story collection by English humorist..... More
Philadelphia: National Publishing Company, 1873. Leather bound. Large 8vo. Original blind-stamped leather. 244 illustrations, both full-page and in text. 823 pp. plus advertisements. Spine rebacked in tape, and first few leaves also repaired. Leather quite scuffed, rubbed away at corners and top edge. Card pocket on front free endpaper. Some foxing..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue quarter cloth over gray boards. Dust jacket. 280 pp. Minor jacket wear. This is a first printing of Ann Beattie's first novel. More
Portland, OR: Champoeg Press, 1959. Cloth. 4to. Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Finely printed on hand-pressed rag paper. Deckle edge. Title in red and black. Frontispiece view of Fort Vancouver in 1833. 148 pp. plus appendices. Minor shelf wear and bumped corners. Ex-library, with mark on spine, bookplate inside..... More
