Avil Publishing Company, 1901. First Thus. Half leather. This is the complete 18 volume set of the works of Balzac, published by John D. Avil in 1901. An exceptionally affordable set, as most complete sets of this edition sell for double our price or more. Most volumes are in good... More
Limited Editions Club, 1954. Marsh, Reginald. First Thus. Boards. In original slipcase. which has some loss at corners. Numbered 1261 of 1500. This is one of very few Limited Edition Club titles that were not signed by the illustrator, and in place of the usual LEC colophon is a memorial... More
Random House, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Red cloth edition. Missing dust jacket. This is a stated first printing of Faulkner's classic reimagining of the week of passion in the trenches of World War I. Faulkner claimed that A Fable was his favorite of his own novels, and this... More
Peter Smith, 1969. Cloth. This is a very rare reprint of Guzman's cornerstone novel of the Mexican Revolution. Some soiling on endpapers, otherwise fine. Missing dust jacket. More
Haldeman-Julius Company, 1922. Pamphlet. This is a lot of 20 "Little Blue Books" published between 1922-24 by the Haldeman-Julius Company, valued individually between $10-20. Emanuel Haldeman-Julius was a prolific publisher, editor, author, and social reformer who spearheaded the socialist Appeal to Reason press from 1919 until 1978. His flagship series... More
American Sunday-School Union, 1861. Cloth. Flyleaf is inscribed to the recipient as a gift, Christmas, 1875. This is an 1861 edition of the Christian juvenile fiction novel. Curiously, the author's name does not appear in the book, though other editions of the book are attributed to the "author of 'Twenty... More
Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First Edition. Cloth. Top edge of dust jacket has some wear. This is a first American edition (published simultaneously in the UK in a different edition) of Le Carre's espionage classic. More
Longmans, Green and Co., 1873. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. This is a first printing (no errata leaf) of Mill's autobiography bound in green buckram with gilt lettering on spine. Corners are bumped, and buckram is loose at top of spine. Hinges are weak but binding is holding well. Owner's... 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
Sherbourne Press, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. This is a first edition of the scandalous cult novel of free love. Adapted to film in 1973 (starring a young Don Johnson), this is the story of an elite liberal arts school that pairs male and female students as roommates and... More
Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hutton, Clarke. First Thus. Boards. In original slipcase which has chipping at corners, especially at top above the spine. Book itself is in fine condition, befittingly bound in royal blue velvet and heavy buckram boards. Numbered 1261 and signed by the illustrator Clarke Hutton on colophon... More
Knopf, 1946. Cloth. In original slipcase, which is in poor condition and does not hold together. Books are very good, unmarred, and well cared for. Gilt lettering on spine and covers. Contain's Undset's Nobel Prize-winning trilogy about Scandinavia in the Middle Ages: The Bridal Wreath, The Mistress of Husaby, and... More
