Melville House, 2008. Paperback. This is a scarce reprint of Adairs 1992 meta novella. More

Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Olive cloth. Dust jacket. 210 pp. Price-clipped. Minor shelf wear. This is a first American edition critical biography of William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies and many other works. More

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1944. First Edition. Boards. 8vo. 8.75"x5.75". Green decorative boards over black quarter cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. 165 pp. No jacket. Edges and corners of boards scuffed. Light pencil underlining on several pages. This is a critical study of French poet Charles Baudelaire. More

Pisa, Italy: Edizioni ETS, 2016/2017. First Edition. Paperback. In French and English. 8vo. Wraps. Color photographic plates. Distillé: 96 pp. Cahiers de Distillé: unpaginated. Very minor edge wear to wraps. Superficial crease top front cover of Distillé. Artist's card laid in. Distillé not listed in OCLC, and Cahiers is found in 2..... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x5.75". Beige cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 205 pp. Edge wear to jacket, including 1/2" chip at footer of jacket spine. Price clipped. Signed on front free endpaper. This is a signed first edition of legendary Chicago bookseller Brent's memoir. Brent was the proprietor..... More

New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1987. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Black cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 191 pp. Minor shelf wear. Red mark on bottom block edge. This is a first American edition critical biography of William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies and many other works..... More

Chicago: Chicago Literary Club, 1912. First Edition. Pamphlet. 7"x4 3/4". Grey wraps. 41 pp. Wrap edges overhang text block, resulting in some curling and closed tears. Stains on spine. Pages unopened. This is a paper printed for members of the Chicago Literary Club, limited to 660 copies. The decorations on the cover..... More

Chicago: Chicago Literary Club, 1902. First Edition. Pamphlet. 7"x4 3/4". Grey wraps. Facsimile historical charter fold-out pasted in. 86 pp. Wrap edges overhang text block, resulting in some curling and chipping. Chip to top left corner of front cover. Stains on spine. Pages unopened. Bookplate on front free endpaper of F.W...... More

Chicago: Chicago Medical Book Co., 1923. Pamphlet. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet. 15 pp. including a tearaway order blank. Mild edge wear. In excellent condition. This is a promotional pamphlet by the Chicago Medical Book Co., a defunct academic bookstore formerly located at Congress and Honore in Chicago, promoting new titles by the..... More

Chicago: Academy Chicago, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Black boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 331 pp. Edge wear to jacket, some small tears at header and footer of jacket spine. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To Alice, A successful fugitive from the journalistic profession (Professionz) - Dornfeld." Owner's name on..... 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: 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: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Maroon cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 320 pp. Price-clipped. Minor shelf wear This is a first American edition, first printing of Greene's second memoir. More