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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 Brass Butterfly; A Play in Three Acts
London: Faber and Faber, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Orange cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 80 pp. Price-clipped. Touch of wear to top jacket edge. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Book is fine. This is a first printing of Golding's only play, a limited printing of 2000 copies. By the..... More
The Niche Narrows; New and selected poems
Jersey City, NJ: Talisman House, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. 118 pp. No jacket as issued. Errata leaf laid in. 1/8" white scuff at top edge of front cover. This is a first edition poetry collection by Menashe. The hardcover first issue is..... 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
The Moon Is Down
Viking Press, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second state (no period between "talk" and 'this" on line 11 page 112). Dust jacket is price clipped and has slight rubbing around corners. There is a small stain on dust jacket cover over second "o" in "Moon." Lean to spine. This..... More
The Same Door
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..... More