This is a unique collection of paper ephemera regarding an 1895 celebratory dinner honoring Stephen Crane, whose The Red Badge of Courage was at the time a modest success in its second printing. The event was hosted by Elbert Hubbard, the influential publisher, editor, and founder of the Roycroft arts..... More

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1884. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Contemporary custom three-quarters morocco over blue cloth. Gilt top edge. Marbled endpapers. Front board detached. Board corners bumped and leather scuffed. Interior is near fine, with its only flaw being a large tear on half title..... More

New York: Modern Library, 1950. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Shelf wear to jacket and large surface tear on jacket spine. Lists 388 titles on jacket verso. Uncommon in jacket. More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust jacket, clipped. Photographic plates. Inscribed by Fowles to William Strutz: "Bill Strutz / With my best wishes / John Fowles / 20 June 1981." Provenance: From the library of noted book collector William A. Strutz. More

New York: Atheneum, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 210 pp. Inscribed by Keillor on front free endpaper. Very minor shelf wear to jacket. An excellent copy. This is a signed stated first edition of Keillor's 1982 collection of stories and humor writing. More

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1982. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Maroon cloth. Dust jacket. Damp stain on bottom edge at left bottom edge of front cover and left bottom edge of rear cover. Both of these spots have bled through the jacket, leaving a pink-colored stain. 1/2" closed tear at..... 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

Chicago: Bolden, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Inscribed on title page. This is a signed first printing collection of columns by longtime Chicago Tribune journalist Page. More

New York: International Universities Press. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Ex-library with sticker on spine and stamp on title page. Stray pencil marks on endpapers. This is a first edition anthology of academic essays about Rorschach testing in psychology. More

London: Printed for W. Johnston, 1773/1775. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 works bound in one volume, 8vo (156 x 95 mm). Half-title in second work. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, gilt-ruled on sides; Custom cloth folding case. A rare first edition collection of the scandalous letters written by "Yorick" (Sterne's pseudonym) to..... More

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jackets. Minor shelf wear to jackets. Vol. 2 and 3 have underlining and marginal notes in pen; others are clean. More

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1975. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Grey cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 227 pp. Minor shelf wear. Price clipped. Red scuff on rear jacket cover. This is a first edition collection of critical essays about Samuel Beckett, including a selected bibliography. More