New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Maroon cloth over navy boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 215 pp. Jacket price clipped with several tears. 1/2" loss at header of jacket spine and 1" triangular loss at bottom center of rear jacket cover. Several other small closed tears..... More
New York: Broom Publishing, 1923. First Edition. Boards. 8vo. 8.25"x6.5". Blue boards with vellum spine. Gilt lettering on spine. Original dust jacket. Four woodblock illustrations by Andre Derain. Translated and with notes by Matthew Josephson. 158 pp. 1.5" chip on jacket spine header and 1/8" loss midway down jacket spine. Other..... More
![The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson [complete in 14 volumes]. Ralph Waldo EMERSON](/pictures/thumb/986.jpg?v=1567713999)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1883-1887. Full leather. 8vo. 8.25"x5.5". Burgundy morocco with gilt lettering, 6-panel hubbed spine, and gilt top edge. Marbled boards and endpapers and several illustrated plates. Occasional light foxing to endpapers and very minor scuffing to some corners. Spine header of volume 7 scuffed. Tight and clean, appears unread. This..... More
![The Works of Victor Hugo [set of 8]. Victor HUGO](/pictures/thumb/988.jpg?v=1567714048)
Philadelphia: University Library Association, [1880s]. Cloth. 8vo. 8.25"x5.75". Green cloth with pastedown on spine. Gilt top edge. Several illustrated plates. Covers have some superficial stains and scratches. Pastedowns' foxed. Minimal foxing to some endpapers. Man Who Laughs 1 and Bug-Jargal have small bored holes on bottom edge. Tight and clean. This..... More
Norfolk: New Directions, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. 8.75"x5.75". Maroon boards with pastedowns on spine and cover. Yellow dust jacket. 256 pp. Very light edge wear to jacket. Corners of flaps are clipped, but not price clipped. This is a scarce first printing of Miller's short story collection. This edition..... More
![The Dramatic Works of Moliere [complete in 6 volumes]; A New Edition with a Prefatory Memoir,...](/pictures/thumb/1093.jpg?v=1570900327)
Philadelphia: George Barrie, [1878]. Cloth. 8vo. 8.75"x6.25". Dark green pebbled cloth with spine pastedowns. Gilt top edge. Steel engravings by Horace Vernet, Desenne, Johannot, and Hersent. Hand-pressed paper. Minor edge wear and scuffing to all covers. Spine headers and footers all have a bit of tearing. Hinges overopened. Cover of Vol..... More
![How the Steel Was Tempered [complete in 2 volumes]. Nikolai OSTROVSKY, R. Prokofieva](/pictures/thumb/64.jpg?v=1576376701)
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1952. Reznichenko, A. Hardcover. Set of 2 hardcovers (parts 1 and 2 of the novel) without dust jackets, handsomely embossed. The cover of volume 1 is rather stained, and both are stamped on flyleaf: "Distributed by 'NEWS-FACTS,' 753, Bathurst St., Toronto." Both are illustrated and..... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over blue boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 355 pp. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first edition, first state of Frazier's National Book Award and Pulitzer-winning Civil War novel. This state has the "man-woman"..... More
![Schindler's Ark [Schindler's List]. SIGNED, Thomas KENEALLY](/pictures/thumb/1321.jpg?v=1580061178)
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Black cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 432 pp. Light shelf wear to jacket and some light rubbing along bottom edge. 2.5" grey scuff along top of right block edge. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first printing of..... More
New York: Tyrant Books, 2013. First Edition. Paperback. Paperback original book and 45 RPM record in unopened shrink wrap. Book is 8vo. 6.5"x5.5". 222pp. Record sleeve is 7.75"x7.75". Shrink wrap is torn in 2 places, but book and record have not been removed and are in new condition. This is a signed..... More
Norton, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. A first edition of the first Easy Rawlins mystery signed and inscribed by the author: "To Jessica, my friend and fellow writer. Here's looking forward to your first book & bright future. Love Walter, June 26, '90" More
![Bech Trilogy: Bech: A Book; Bech Is Back; Bech at Bay [3 volumes]. SIGNED, John UPDIKE](/pictures/thumb/1336.jpg?v=1580094286)
New York: Knopf. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. This is a set of three first edition John Updike books about the character Henry Bech. Bech Is Back and Bech at Bay are both signed by the author on front free endpaper. More
Viking Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket is price clipped, has a small brown stain on front cover, and slight loss at bottom left and top right of spine. Former owner wrote her name and address on inside cover and on page 97. Spine is cracked at very back..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1894. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 6"x8". Gray cloth with gilt lettering and illustrations on cover and spine. Variant binding A. Illustrated plates by Dan Beard. 219 pp. plus advertisements. 1/8" tear on left edge of spine and some minor scuffing to header and footer. Brown discoloration..... More
New York: Knopf, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Violet quarter cloth over blue boards. Dust jacket. 259 pp. Jacket has minor wear to edges and a light red scuff at top edge of front cover. Book is fine. This is a first edition of Updike's 1966 short story collection. This is the..... More
New York: Knopf, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue quarter cloth over brown boards. Dust jacket. 241 pp. Jacket has minor wear to edges, some scuffing at header and footer of spine. 1/4" closed tear at upper left of rear jacket cover. Book is fine. This is a scarce first edition of..... More
![The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier [complete in 9 volumes]. John Greenleaf WHITTIER](/pictures/thumb/985.jpg?v=1567713997)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1892-1894. Full leather. 8vo. 8.25"x5.5". Brown morocco with gilt lettering, 6-panel hubbed spine, and gilt top edge. Marbled boards and endpapers and several illustrated plates. Occasional light foxing to endpapers and very minor scuffing to some corners. Middle hub is scuffed on volume 7. Tight and clean, appears..... More