THE BAR OF OTHER DAYS
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Sides slightly foxed, internals clean. Dw spine soiled, a few chips at bottom and top edge. Inscribed by Auerbach and dated 1940 on ffe. More
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Shining Clarity: God and Man in the Works of Robinson Jeffers
Quintessence Publications, 1977. Kenneth Jack, Lumir Sindelar. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Special edition limited of 100 copies, this number 22. In blue velvet box with bronze medallion of Jeffers' profile. Contains a facsimile of the working 1st draft manuscript of "The Broken Balance" (1929) with accompanying manuscript transcription and..... More
SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1945. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, matching endpapers, gte, gilt to spine, (xii), 26. Errata statement printed at bottom of xii. Top edge slightly darkened/soiled, and marbled boards a wee dulled. Internals fine. No names or bookplates and desirable thus..... More
The Ghost in the Attic
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Cloth Spine/Paper Boards. Green plaid boards with very gently rubbed corners. Christmas bookplate "To Florence Mansfield" pasted in above author's signature at ffe. Rough-cut pages, clean text. Dj with minor chipping at corners and spine ends, very small piece missing top spine..... More
THE GOOD EARTH
NY: The John Day Company, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first issue with "flees" for "fleas" on page 100, line 17. Very nice copy lacking dustjacket. No names, inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus. More
NOTE-BOOK OF ANTON CHEKHOV
NY: B. W. Huenbsch, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ownership copy of Dr.Louis Aronson and his wife Dr. Emma Aronson, he a prominent neurologist and psychiatrist, with their bookplate on the front pastedown and with Louis' name and NYC address on the front cover. 8vo, 146pp, blue paper over boards, black..... More
Year Book Dutch Treat Club Annual 1926
(New York): Privately Printed, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial covers, endpapers and copiously illustrated in color throughout with comedic vignettes that accompany the wit and humor of Manhattan swells in the 1920s. List of membership in rear is a Who's Who of all of 'em. Unnumbered copy of 800 published..... More
NEW ESSAYS BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH NOW FIRST COLLECTED AND EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Polished, black cloth, blind ruled covers, gilt to spine, xli, 147. Neat PON ffe and notes rear pastedown. Spine a wee sunned. More
Stevenson, Robert Louis, Celia Thaxter et al.
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Vol V No 4. 2. Includes a ashort poemn by Thaxter called "Crowned" and an artiecle on mountain climbing by William Williams, plus an installment of Stevenson's "Master of Ballantrae" and other articles. More
LIFE AND DEATH OF RICH MRS. DUCK (and) KING TURKEY"S GRAND FEAST (and) LIFE & ADVENTURES OF POOR PUSSY (3 items)
London: Read & Co 0, 1850. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Three uniform issues of "Read's New Enlarged Toy Books", each nd, circa 1850, presumed first or early printings, part of "Read's New Enlarged Toy Books." stated at the top of the front cover, and each with a rear cover that..... More
Faulkner's County: Yoknapatawpha
NY: Random House, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Neat gift inscription half title, and price-slipped dj, otherwise an apparently unused copy. More
Commercial Glasshouse Crops
London: The Nurseryman & Seedsman, 1934. First Edition. Red Cloth. Spine ends and cover corners gently bumped. Very small closed tear at center of spine. Binding tight, text clean. Solid copy. More
The American Wonderland: The Pacific Northwest
Chicago: The Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR; The Northern Pacific Ry.; The Great Northern Ry. First Edition. Soft cover. Scarce. Covers lightly toned, a few smudges at spine and cover edges. Previous owner signature lower right corner front cover. Black & white photographs throughout. More
COLLECTED POEMS OF T. S. ELIOT
NY: Harcourt Brace, 1947. Later Printing. Hardcover. Later printing, 1947, after the first of 1936. Copy owned by author Thomas Berger (1924 - 2014), best known for the novel Little Big Man, with his ownership signature on the ffe and "Cinti '48" referring to Cincinnati, where he was biorn and..... More
Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F.H. Bradley
London: Faber & Faber, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. More
Songs of Yale: A New Collection of College Songs
New Haven: H. G. Phillips, 1876. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged from Elliot's origoinal work by Howe of the Yale Glee Club. 12mo, gilt titles and stamped decorations front and spine to pub brown cloth, beveled edges. 173pages. Spine cocked, corners and spine ends worn, internals show..... More
Stevenson, Robert Louis et al.
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Vol VI No 2. Two interesting articles on lawn tennis and fishing in Florida, plus an installment of Stevenson's "Master of Ballantrae" and other articles. More
Collected Poems, 1942-1977
London: Faber & Faber, 1979. Hardcover. More
ANTAEUS (Numbers 1-22)
Tangier: Antaeus, 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Run of the first issues, some double issues. Near fine copies. More
HELLZAPOPPIN
Privately published, 1938. Ole (original illustration). 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, presentation copy. Two copies with printed wrappers bound- in of HELLZAPOPPIN - one copyrighted 1938, the other copyrighted 1940 - custom-bound in full, crushed moroccan leather, gilt ruled, dentelles, heavy marbelized endpapers, with gilt titles front cover - First..... More
W Eugene Smith Master of the Photographic Essay
NY: APERTURE, 1981. Smith, Eugene R. (photography of). First Edition (Liimited). Hardcover. Collector's edition, an apparently unused copy, as new, full cloth, in moderately solied cloth slipcase. Limited edition, this #310/1000 copies signed by John G. Morris for the Estate of W. Eugene Smith. This copy lacking the original gravure..... More
The Princess and Curdie
NY: The Macmillan Company, 1964. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. MacDonald's 1883 fantasy published as part of MacMillan's New Children Classics series with illustrations by Nora Unwin, and first edition thus. Front gutter partially revealed, else better than very good in unclipped, moderately worn dustjacket with a slightly sunned spine and..... More
CRINMSONED PRAIRIE: THE INDIAN WARS ON THE GREAT PLAINS
NY: Scribners, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Warmly inscribed by the author on the ffe and dated 14 Feb 73, to Bill Hopanki, likely Native American, "For my good friend and host, Bill Hoponaki, who has known wars as badly messed up as these with many thanks and all good wishes..... More
The German Single-leaf Woodcut 1500-1550 (complete set)
NY: Hacker Art Books, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Four volumes, each near fine - apparently unused. No PON, bookplates, etc. More
CHANGES Vol. 1 Number 1. July 1963
NY: Change Publications, 1963. 1st Edition. Soft cover. CHANGES, about which little information is available aside from its contributors, was apparently a short-lived literary journal of the avant-garde printed in the lower East Side community in the early 1960s, which featured the early work of poets, philosophers and composers some..... More