Modern First Editions
Paneros; Some words on aphrodisiacs and the like
Florence: Privately printed for subscribers by G. Orioli, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's decorative cloth. 166 pp. Signed twice by Douglas. Signed and numbered on limitation page and inscribed on half-title. Spine covering is removed and laid in. Binding is tight. This is a twice-signed limited edition..... More
The Settlers
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 8.75"x5.75". Grey boards and white spine. Pictorial dust jacket. 832 pp. Jacket quite worn around edges, including a 1/2" loss at header of spine. Price clipped, and both jacket flaps are bent. Inscription on front free endpaper. This..... More
Figures of Thought; Speculations on the meaning of poetry & other essays
Boston: David R. Godine, 1978. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 198 pp. Signed by Nemerov on title page. Jacket is price-clipped. A few instances of underlining. This is a signed first edition of Nemerov's critical essay collection. More
Journal of the Fictive Life
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1965. First Edition. 8vo. Quarter cloth over marbled boards. Dust jacket. 189 pp. Inscribed by Nemerov on half-title to Chicago-area poet Rick Holinger. Jacket is price-clipped and has scuffing and several closed tears to edges. This is a signed first edition of Nemerov's critical..... More
Running in the Family
London: Gollancz, 1983. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Navy cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 207 pp. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first UK edition of Ondaatje's memoir of growing up in Sri Lanka, by the author of The English Patient. More
Hostiles and Friendlies; Selected short writings
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's illustrated cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. Several illustrated plates and a map. 250 pp. Signed by Sandoz on front free endpaper. A fine copy in very good jacket. Jacket has some mild scuffing and a 1/2" closed tear at..... More
Presumed Innocent
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 431 pp. Inscribed on half-title. Minor shelf wear to jacket. Binding to pp. 317-348 is weak and beginning to come loose. This is a signed stated first edition of Turow's most popular..... More
The Afterlife; And other stories
New York: Knopf, 1994. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Blue cloth. Dust jacket. 316 pp. Signed on title page. Minor shelf wear to jacket. This is a signed stated first edition of Updike's story collection. More