Things Fall Apart
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Crest, 1959. Paperback. Minor shelf wear. This is a nice vintage paperback of Achebe's classic novel. More
Classics
History of the United States of America During the Administrations of James Madison
New York: Library of America, 1986. Cloth. 8vo. Navy cloth. Silk ribbon attached. Fine condition. This is an attractive volume from the long-running Library of America series. More
A Death in the Family
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Navy cloth. Dust jacket. 339 pp. Price clipped. Scuffing to jacket edges. Previous owner's name inside front cover. An excellent copy. This is a first issue ("Walking" on p. 80) of Agee's landmark final novel. More
The Sand Box / The Death of Bessie Smith (With Fam and Yam)
New York: Signet, 1963. First Thus. Paperback. Minor shelf wear. This is a nice vintage paperback copy of Albee's short plays. More
Prose and Poetry
New York: Scribner's, 1927. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Minor shelfwear. Much underlining and marginal notes. This is an antique edition of Arnold's works. More
Confessions
New York: Penguin, 2006. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed by the author on title page. This is a signed first edition of Pulitzer-winner Wills' translation of Augustine's Confessions. This item previously belonged to literary agent Lydia Wills, daughter of Garry Wills, to whom it is inscribed..... More
The Story of a Passion
East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1901. 8vo. Full suede leather. Hand-illumined. Minor shelf wear. This is a leather-bound printing of Bacheller's story. Hand-illumined by Nellie Eldridge, handmade book by the Roycrofters, the celebrated arts and crafts community of East Aurora, NY. (McKenna 73). More
The Essays of Sir Francis Bacon; or Counsels Civill and Morall
Norwalk, CT: Heritage Press, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. Faux leather with gilt lettering on spine and cover. 190 pp. Sandglass Bulletin included. No slipcase. Excellent condition. This is a limited edition Heritage Press printing of Bacon's philosophical essays. More
The Forging of a Rebel: The Track
London: Flamingo, 1984. Paperback. Minor shelf wear. This is a nice vintage paperback printing of Barea's memoir of the Spanish civil war. UK import. More
The Quare Fellow
New York: Grove, 1957. First Edition, 5th Printing. Paperback. Minor shelf wear. This is a nice vintage paperback copy of Behan's classic play. More
The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter
New York: Heritage Press, 1967. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. 80 pp. Sandglass Bulletin included. No slipcase. Excellent condition. This is a limited edition Heritage Press printing of Bierce's satirical novel. More
Dragon Seed
New York: John Day, 1942. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Chips to jacket edges. This is an early book club edition of Buck's classic novel of China. With a wartime bonds ad on rear jacket cover. More
Little Lord Fauntleroy
New York: Scribner's, 1886. 1st edition, 2nd issue. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x7". Brown decorative cloth with red and gilt lettering and embossments. Illustrations by Reginald B. Birch. 209 pp. plus advertisements. Ex library. Withdrawal stamp on top block edge and inside front cover. Header and footer of spine scuffed. Corners rubbed..... More
Naked Lunch
New York: Evergreen Black Cat / Grove, 1966. First paperback edition. Paperback. 12mo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear to wraps. Chip to bottom right corner of front cover. Creases and scuffs to wraps. Evergreen subscription card bound in. This is a first mass market paperback printing of Burroughs' classic counterculture novel..... More
Death Watch
Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1953. Paperback. Minor shelf wear. This is a nice vintage Penguin paperback of Carr's classic noir mystery book. More
Death Comes for Archbishop
New York: Knopf, 1942. 6th printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with pastedown on spine and front cover. 343 pp. Lacks jacket. Excellent condition. This is an early printing of Cather's classic novel with illustrations. More
Later Novels; A Lost Lady; The Professor's House; Death Comes for the Archbishop; Shadows in the Rock; Lucy Gayheart; Sapphira and the Slave Girl
New York: Library of America, 1990. First Thus. Cloth. 8vo. Tan cloth. Silk ribbon attached. Fine condition. This is an attractive volume from the long-running Library of America series. More
And Then There Were None
New York: Berkley, 1991. Paperback. Minor shelf wear. This is a nice vintage paperback mystery book. More
Manhattan / Henry Hudson
East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Illustrated boards. Minor shelf wear. This is a hardcover printing of Clarke's poem and Hubbard's essay. Handmade book by the Roycrofters, the celebrated arts and crafts community of East Aurora, NY. (McKenna 191). More
The Red Badge of Courage
New York: Pocket, 1963. Paperback. Minor shelf wear. 3" closed tear to front hinge. Stamps on edges and on title page. A nice vintage paperback of Crane's classic book. More
The Red Badge of Courage
Mahwah, NJ: Watermill, 1981. Paperback. Minor shelf wear. A nice vintage paperback of Crane's classic book. More
Scandinavia, Ancient and Modern: Being a History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway; Vol. I
New York: Bradley, [1890s]. Hardcover. Half morocco leather. Marbled boards. Gilt top edge. Deckle edges. Illustrated plates. Minor scuffing to edges. Tight and clean. This is a finely printed edition of Crichton and Wheaton's classic history of Scaninavia. From the uniform History of Nations series. More
The Enormous Room
New York: Modern Library, 1934. First Thus. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Much underlining and marginal notes. This is a vintage Modern Library edition Cummings' classic. More
The Second Sex
New York: Vintage, 1974. Paperback. Minor shelf wear. 1" closed tear at bottom of rear cover. This is a nice vintage paperback of de Beauvoir's classic feminist book. More