Washington DC: Masonic Service Association of the United States, 1958. Pamphlet. Oblong 8vo. Staple-bound wraps. 12 pp. A little rust on staples, otherwise fine. 11 "Short Talk Bulletins" in OCLC, none of this issue. This is an informational pamphlet published by the Freemasons to debunk claims that they are a secret society..... More
Washington DC: Masonic Service Association, 1954. Wraps. 4to. Staple-bound wraps. Mimeographed type. 84 pp. Minor wear and sunning to wraps. Corners are curling slightly. 8 copies in OCLC. This is an uncommon informational book published by the Freemasons to educate the public on why they should be nicer to Freemasons. Arguments focus..... More
New York: Pantheon, 1955. Cloth. Tall 8vo. Quarter cloth over silver-stamped boards. Slipcase. Watercolor illustrations by George W. Thompson unique to this edition. Unpaginated. Book is fine with some light sunning to spine. Slipcase is solid, but has many chips to the paper covering, as if several stickers have been peeled..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 341 pp. Jacket edges have many chips and creases. Slight cock to spine. Underlining throughout and occasional marginal notes. Front hinge overopened. A fair copy. This is a first printing of Bellow's classic novel, which is unfortunately marred..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1995. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 189 pp. Ex-library with sticker on cover, stamp on title page, and card pocket inside rear cover. Hinges repaired. Pen marks on bottom block edge. A good copy, though not the most attractive. This is a first book club edition..... More
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1996. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 165 pp. Association copy. Inscribed on title page to Illinois poet Rick Holinger. Holinger's notes in pen inside front cover. Slight cock to spine. This is an inscribed first edition poetry collection by double Pushcart-winning poet Zimmer. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 445 pp. "Autographed copy" sticker on front jacket cover. Signed by Bass on title page. This is a signed second printing novel by acclaimed author and environmental activist Rick Bass. More
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Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, [1970s]. Hardcover. 8vo. Maroon and beige faux leather. This is the Nelson Doubleday complete Shakespeare set with introductions and annotations by Dowden, Clark, and Aldis. More
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Chicago: Vitalogy Association, 1915. Hardcover. Very large 8vo. Quarter morocco. Marbled endpapers. Profusely illustrated with many plates in full color. Includes several folding diagrams, all complete. 971 pp. Front board and front endpaper detached. Lacking spine covering. Covers quite worn, with scuffed edges and chips to leather. Interior is excellent, with..... More
New York: Farrar and Rhinehart, 1938. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Inscribed by Webb on half title. No jacket. Edges are scuffed and bumped. One page is loose and laid in.Stamps from Richard Rush Studio on front free endpaper. This is an uncommon collections of hillbilly cartoons by Paul..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, [1918]. reprint. Cloth. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt decoration. Frontispiece. 251 pp. plus many pages of advertisements. Minor shelf wear. Much of the gilt has rubbed off. This is an attractive book of ancient Greek fables by the author of The Scarlet Letter. An attractive and charming little..... More
New York: A.L. Burt, 1912. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. 371 pp. Minor shelf wear and spotting. Damp stain on bottom right corner of front cover. Tight and clean. This is an early reprint novel by the author of Little Women. More
Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, [1960s]. Hardcover. 8vo. Decorative boards. Slipcase. Rag paper. 2-color woodcut illustrations. 124 pp. Slipcase is quite damaged with wear along all edges, separated into two pieces. Book is very good, with only minor sunning to spine. This is a limited edition Peter Pauper printing of Steele..... More
New York: Frank F. Lovell and Co., [1886]. Cloth. 8vo. Peddbled cloth with blind-tooled decorations and gilt on spine. Deckle edge. 172 pp. Slight cock to spine. Front hinge overopened. Paper is brittle, with large, closed tears on front free endpaper and title page. Tight and clean. This is an uncommon..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. Book Club Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. 214 pp. Cock to spine. Jacket has many small chips and closed tears around edges. 3" closed tear along right edge of jacket spine and a tear that spans most of the way up front flap..... More
Chicago: Book Supply Company, 1911. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. 511 pp. No jacket. Minor edge wear. Rear hinge overopened. Tight and clean. This is a first edition of Wright's popular second novel, adapted into a film in 1926, which gave Gary Cooper his..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, [1900s]. reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Pastedown on front cover. 475 pp. Scuffing and wear to edges. Hinges overopened. Minor soiling throughout. This is a turn-of-the-century reprint of Stowe's classic novel of slavery. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966; 1970; 1976. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Vol. 1: 641 pp. Vol. 2: 744 pp. Vol. 3: 468 pp. All volumes are in very good condition with minor shelf wear. Some scuffing and closed tears are present on jacket edges. Books are..... More
This is a lot of 9 first edition poetry books by former Iowa poet laureate and North American Review editor Robert Dana. All are association copies inscribed to Dana's friend, Illinois poet Rick Holinger. All of these books are in very good condition with minor shelf wear. Some have dog-eared..... More
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
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 essay..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1976. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 389 pp. Minor shelf wear. Diagonal crease on front cover. Small bump on right spine edge. This is a first edition of Berryman's final book, a collection of his essays and literary criticism. More
New York: Fiction Collective, 1982. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 676 pp. Minor shelf wear and a few scuffs to jacket. Mild sunning to jacket spine. This is an uncommon first edition of Seide's post-modern epic novel. More
New York: Knopf, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 253 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket with a few small, closed tears around edges and a scuff on rear cover. Stamp on front free endpaper. Inscribed by Shepard on half title. This is a signed first edition of Jim Shepard's..... More
New York: Harmony Books, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 240 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket. Signed by Leyner on half title. This is a signed first edition of post-modern author Leyner's second novel. More