Yale University Press, 1976. Paperback. Association copy. Inscribed on title page: "For Felix Pollak, a brother poet- best wishes, Carolyn Forche, March, 1977" Forche is a legend in her own right, but Pollak was, in addition to being an accomplished poet, a publisher, translator, and anti-war activist of great renown. His..... More
Albert & Charles Boni, 1928. First American Edition. Hardcover. No dust jacket as issued. Some scuffing and a stain on cover and spine. This is a first American edition of the last novel in Ford's classic Parade's End sequence. More
Cleveland, OH: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1926. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Hand-pressed rag paper. Illustrated plates, including a folding map. 349 pp. Minor shelf wear, and top left corner of rear cover bumped. Ex-library, with stamp on bottom block edge, card pocket inside front..... More
Viking Press, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Missing dust jacket. First edition of Forsyth's Edgar-winning thriller that has been adapted into several feature films. More
Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010. Paperback. More
Half Letter Press, 2015. Hardcover. This is an out of print collection of essays by and interviews with Scandinavian visual artists. Cardboard cover has some scratches, dings, and edge wear. More
Copenhagen: YNKB, [2009]. Paperback. 4to. Decorative wraps. Illustrated plates and essays. 83 pp. Minor dings and scuffs to wraps, including small, circular scuff below title on front cover. Interior clean and unmarked. This is a very scarce catalog, one of 600 printed, documenting 4 exhibitions between 2006-2008 by the Library of Radiant..... More
Nonesuch Press, 1942. Oberle, Jean. First Thus. Hardcover. A fine limited edition of France's bloody novel of the French Revolution. More
New York: Putnam, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 9.25"x6.25". Red and black boards blind stamped with lettering and design. Pictorial dust jacket. 273 pp. Jacket has small white fleck on front cover and sticker residue on spine. Book is fine. This is a signed first printing of Francis' 1997 murder..... More
Chicago: The Baffler, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 128 pp. Scuffing to covers and edges. Sticker residue on front cover. This is the ninth issue of long-running cultural critique journal The Baffler. This special issue was co-published with Fantagraphic Books. More
Chicago: The Baffler, 1995. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 192 pp. Scuffing to covers and edges. Sticker residue on front cover. This is the sixth issue of long-running cultural critique journal The Baffler. More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 568 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is the first printing of Franzen's contemporary classic with the errata slip laid in. More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 517 pp. Minor shelf wear. Gift inscription in marker inside front cover. This is a first edition of the first book by Franzen, National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections and Freedom. 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
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1970. First Thus. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth board portfiolo with 11 folding maps, 16 pp. pamphlet, and slipcase. Complete as issued. Several dark scuffs to slipcase. Large horizontal dent in slipcase and front portfolio board, as if something heavy had been laid on top. Maps are perfect..... More
New York: Continuum, 1992. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 179 pp. This is an advance uncorrected proof of Friedman's critical biography of William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies and many other works. More
New York: Harper and Row, 1976. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue stained top edge. Deckle edge. 269 pp. Price-clipped. Ex-library, with a sticker on spine, stamp on title page, and paste residue from card pocket inside rear cover. Spine is slightly cocked. This is a stated..... More
New York: Knopf, 1984. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 224 pp. Price-clipped. Minor edge wear. Slight cock to spine. This is a first edition, second printing of Gardner's classic guide to fiction writing. An excellent resource. More
New York: Macmillan, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Deckle edge. Frontispiece. 539 pp. Edges scuffed and corners bumped. Rear hinge overopened. Sticker residue on spine and cover. Ex-library, with stamp on bottom block edge, card pocket inside front cover, and embossment on title page. This is a first edition memoir..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1990. First Thus. Cloth. Folio. Grey cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. Slipcase and 2 accompanying maps. 273 pp. Slipcase has some wear to extremities as well as closed tears at corners. Dust jacket has also incurred some minor edge wear, with a 1/2" closed tear at footer of jacket..... More
International Collectors Library. Hardcover. This is a limited edition reprint of the classic from International Collectors Library. Complete with insert and ribbon. ICL books were published in octavo format from the 1940s-1980s and bound in faux leather with gilt lettering and decoration, each volume based on a specific classic book..... More
New York: New American Library, 1966. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Half-cloth. Dust jacket. 304 pp. Ex-library, with sticker on spine, withdrawal stamps on top and bottom block edges, card pocket on front free endpaper, and stamp on title page. Slight lean to spine. Library tape and some specks of..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Cream quarter cloth over blue boards. Dust jacket. 288 pp. This is a signed first printing of Gass' collection of literary essays. More
New York: Knopf, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Brown cloth. Green stained top edge. 338 pp. Minor edge wear and scuffing to jacket. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first printing of Gass' landmark essay collection. One of the great books of literary criticism of the..... More
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1926. 2nd edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8"x5.5". Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and embossed black lettering on cover. Frontispiece of William James and many diagrams. 474 pp. Minor scuffing to edges. Some small stains along top edge of front cover and a lightly bent..... More