Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1981. First Thus. Hardcover. 8vo. Faux leather. Dust jacket. 341 pp. Minor shelf wear and sunning to spine. Sticker for Chicago's defunct Modern Bookstore on rear jacket cover. Book is fine. This is an uncommon first English translation of Novikov's influential book of Marxist literary criticism. More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1957. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 218 pp. Mild wear to jacket edges and a few, small closed tears. Previous owner's sticker inside front cover. This is a first printing of the first English translation of Jimenez's Nobel Prize-winning novel. More
New York: Viking Press, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 341 pp. Price clipped. Light wear to jacket edges and a few chips along header and footer of jacket spine. 1/2" closed tear top edge of rear jacket cover. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. This is a...... More
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Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1983; 1987. First Thus. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Vol. 1: 960 pp. Vol. 2: 820 pp. No jackets as issued. A fine set. This is a collection of the diplomatic writings of prominent American statesman Webster. More
[Berkeley, CA]: Oyez Press, 1973. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. String-bound wraps. 4 illustrated plates. Many spots of brown discoloration to wraps. Interior is perfect. This is an uncommon chapbook written and illustrated by Japanese-American children's author Say. It was his second book. Notably, this is one of 250 copies printed by Graham..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 427 pp. Minor shelf wear and some scuffing to jacket edges. Price written on front free endpaper above small pinhole. 1/2" damp stain on fore block edge. This is a stated first printing of Berryman's..... More
New York: Knopf, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth. Dust jacket. 288 pp. Price clipped. Minor wear to jacket edges and closed tears at footer of jacket spine and by rear jacket flap. This is a stated first edition of Gass' celebrated work of literary criticism. More
New York: Viking Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 383 pp. Signed on tipped in page. "Signed copy" sticker on front cover. A fine copy. This is a signed first printing of the first volume of Fforde's Jack Spratt series. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 587 pp. Jacket has several chips and closed tears around edges and a rectangular spot on front jacket cover where a sticker has been torn away. This is a stated first edition of Haley's classic biographical and..... More
New York: Random House, 1955. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Half cloth. Dust jacket. 84 pp. "National Book Award Prizewinner" label (which is standard to the second edition) is torn on top right corner. Wear to edges and some chips to top jacket edge. Price clipped. This is a first printing..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 187 pp. Minor shelf wear and scuffing to jacket edges. Price clipped. This is a first printing of Brautigan's surreal novel. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Maroon cloth with gilt text on spine and front board. Gilt top edge. Hand-pressed paper. 116 pp. Minor edge wear. Fore edge roughly cut in some places. This is a first printing from a limited run of 2000 copies collecting two literary lectures by..... More
London: Cory, Adams & Mackay, 1965. First Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 96 pp. Minor shelf wear. Several spots of discoloration to jacket, and tearing to header and footer of jacket spine. Several pages have light pencil notation. This is an uncommon visual guide to decorative typefaces, including several in..... More
New York: Pantheon, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 439 pp. Signed on front free endpaper. Very minor shelf wear. This is a signed stated first edition of Studs' 1988 collection of oral histories. More
New York: New York Graphic Society, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. 242 pp. Book is very good and jacket is fair. Jacket has many tears and chips and is price clipped. Two spots of dark discoloration on fore block edge. This is an uncommon first edition children's..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Hand-pressed paper. 51 pp. Price clipped. Minor shelf wear and a few scuffs to jacket. This is a stated first printing of Maine poet Rosen's 1973 collection. More
Kobe, Japan: privately printed, 1956. First Edition. Large 8vo. Cream boards with title pastedown on spine and gilt device on front board. Hand-made paper. 41 pp. Signed below frontispiece portrait and numbered on colophon. Minor shelf wear with a few dark scuffs on front board. Small dent to spine. This is a...... More
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Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1991. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 173 pp. A fine copy. This is a first American edition and first English translation of Miyazawa's influential children's fantasy novel. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Black cloth. Dust jacket. 707 pp. Signed on front free endpaper. A fine copy. This is a signed stated first edition of Mailer's novel of ancient Egypt. More
New York: Random House, 2021. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 410 pp. Signed book plate laid in. A fine copy. This is a signed first edition of Saunder's exploration of Russian literature. More
New York: Scribner's, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 381 pp. Signed on title page. "Autographed copy" sticker on front jacket cover and bookstore price sticker on rear jacket cover. This is a signed first printing of Proulx's bestselling novel. More
Baden, Switzerland: Lars Muller Publishers, 2007. First Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. White silk cloth binding. White dust jacket. 467 pp. Very minor wear to upper jacket edge. A near fine copy. This is a stated first edition of Japanese graphic designer Kenya Hara's landmark text on design and aesthetics. More
New York: Modern Library, 1984. First Thus. Hardcover. 8vo. Brick-colored faux leather with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket with Stephen Alcorn woodcut illustration. 246 pp. Minor shelf wear to edges and a 1/2" closed tear on bottom of rear jacket cover. This is a stated first Modern Library edition of..... More
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. Hardcover. 8vo. Faux leather with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and covers. Gilt edges. Hubbed spine. 362 pp. This is an attractive Franklin Library printing of Faulkner's classic novel. More
