AFTER THE FALL
NY: Viking Press, 1964. Limted Edition. Hardcover. Signed, limited edition of 500 copies. As new, apparently unread in rubbed slipcase. More
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TEA AND SYMPATHY
NY: Random House, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Second printing, apparently unread book in very good, moderately soiled dw. SIGNED BY ANDERSON on the ffe. More
TEA AND SYMPATHY
NY: Random House, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Apparently unread book in very good, moderately soiled dw. INSCRIBED BY ANDERSON: "For Jane and Bob Best Wishes Robert Anderson" Jane and Bob Eastman were proprietors of the Drama Book Shop located in Times Square for many years, the go-to bookshop for Broadway..... More
ON THE WATERFRONT. A SCREENPLAY
Carbondale IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Schulberg's Oscar-winning screenplay, reprinted as hardcover as part of the film series of Southern Illinois University. Book apparently unread, dustjacket gently toned about edges and spine. INSCRIBED BY SCHULBERG "For Jane and Bob. Best wishes. Budd Schulberg". Jane and Bob..... More
BEYOND THE FRINGE
NY: Random House, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First US edition of the 1961 watershed British satirical revue that launched the careers of its authors and foreran the likes of Monty Python and a new generation of political and cultural satirists. Near fine copy in dustjacket with closed tears spine foot..... More
VER BECK'S BOOK OF BEARS
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906. Ver Beck, Frank (illustrated by). 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, INSCRIBED BY BOTH VER BECK AND CO-AUTHOR RION on dedication page "To our dear Will Roberts" (in VerBeck's hand). With an ANS by Ver Beck with an original sketch of a bear on stationary of the..... More
A BOOK OF SAINTS AND WONDERS PUT DOWN HEE BY LADY GREGORY ACCORDING TO OLD WRITINGS AND THE MEMORY OF THE IRISH PEOPLE
Dundrum: The Dun Emer Press, 1906. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. 200 copies (unnumbered). SIGNED BY BOTH YEATS AND LADY GREGORY on verso last prelim across from title. Quarter linen, sides untrimmed, uncut leaves throughout. Spine label tanned and edges of covers a bit. Internals near fine, pages uncut. Uncommon Dun..... More
TOAD OF TOAD HALL: A PLAY FROM KENNETH GRAHAM'S 'THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS'
London: Metheun & Co., 1929. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Limited edition on handmade paper, this #163 of 200 copies SIGNED BY BOTH GRAHAME AND MILNE on limitation. Blue quarter cloth, title label front. Covers a wee soiled. Sides untrimmed. Apparently unread (pages uncut) internals fine. Extra title label tipped in..... More
TO THE RED ROSE (The Ariel Poem, No. 4)
London: Faber & Faber, 1931. Tennant, Stephen. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Large paper edition, limited, this 260 of 400 copies. SIGNED BY SASSOON on limitation page. Gree papebacked boads, paper over spine slit down center, interals fine. No. 4 of The Ariel Poems. Lovely illustration by Tennant. More
THE CONNOISSEUR AND OTHER STORIES
London: Collins, 1926. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Limited edition, #46 of 250 copies SIGNED BY DE LA MARE. Polished linen with gilt-pressed decoration over quarter linen, spine label. Spine tanned a bit, internals fine, apparently unread (pages uncut). More
THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK: AN AGAOINY IN EIGHT FITS
London: Macmillan, 1876. Holiday, Henry (illustrations and cover pictorials by). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's brown cloth, with different pictorials front and back stamped in black, aeg, black endpapers. Cores bumped and slightly own, spine a wee darkened. Book shop ticket lower right corner front pastedown for G. A Poynder, Second-Hand..... More
BATTLE OF THE FROGS: A DISCOERY OF THE RARE & SINGULAR DISTURBANCES OF AN HISTORIC NIGHT: WITH OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF MOMENT COMPRISING THE EPIC OF WINDHAM BY THERON BROWN
Windham CT: Hawthorn House, 1934. Holden, Ray (decorations by). First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Limited to 260 copies. Small 8vo, striped green paperbacked boards over rough linen spine, sides untrimmed. Tiny ownership initials front pastedown. A lovely production. Scarce. More
THE CRUSADER'S KEY
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. Dwiggins, W. A. (designed by). 1st Edition (US). Hardcover. Spine tanned, and neat owner name upper right corner ffe, else better than very good. More
THOSE WERE THE DAYS: The Day's Play, The Holiday Round, Once a Week, The Sunny Side
First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Limited edition on India paper, #90 of 250 copies, signed by Milne on the limitation. Red linen, spine a wee faded, gilt ruled frot, gilt titles spine, gte. Some incidental spotting to endpapers, perlims and rears, still better than very good. More
MICHAEL AND MARY
London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Large paper edition, signed by Milne on limitation, #169. Spine darkened and incidental spotting to endpapers and some prelims, else better than very good. Green linen, teg, sides untrimmed. More
THE BLUE POETRY BOOK
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1891. Ford, H. J., Lancelot Speed, et al (illustrations by). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Elaborate gilt-pressed pictorial binding on cobalt blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, aeg. Spine slightly soiled, else fine. A collectible copy. More
Alice thro' the Looking Glass, and other Fairy Plays for Children
London: W. Swan Sonnenschein. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Plays for children adapted by Freiligrath-Kroeker, and first edition thus. Blue cloth, publisher's decorated binding in black and gilt front, blind ruled w/ pub deice on rear. Spine slightly soiled, illustrated, tissue guard to forntispiece detached. viii + 202pp. Undated, c. 1870s... More
WHERE I LIVED & WHAT I LIVED FOR
Lawremce, Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1924. Gibbings, Robert (wood engravigs by). First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Limited edition, #141 of 50 copies. Slight spotting to vellum spine, interals clean. More
I LOST MY BEAR
NY: Morrow Junior Books, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second printig. INSCIBED WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWIG BY FEIFFER. On the title page " "To Nathanial - You draw real good!'" the siigned uderneath title. On verso, Feiffer has sketched what appears to be a self portait, bearded self in..... More
HELL FOR LEATHER! The Epwell Hunt The Melton Hunt Howell Wood
NY: Derrydale Press, 1928. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. #116 of 350 copies. Mustard-colored paperbacked boards, with title label, over quarter vellum. Some fading top part of front and rear boards. Vellum toned a tad. Internals fine. More
THE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIONS
NY: Viking Press, 1957. Grahame-Johnstone, Janet & Anne (illustrtaed by). 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, basis for the 1960s Disney animated feature then decades later a live-action version with Glen Close as the infamous Cruela de Ville. Dustjacket has a half-faded spine, closed tear upper rear panel and flaps very..... More
THE MARTIAN
NY: Harper& Row, 1898. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Large paper limited edition, this 226 of 250 copies. Stout 8vo, light green linen over quarter vellum, gilt spine titles, gte, sides untrimmed. Frontispiece portrait from a photograph by Barrauds, 22 illustrations, 6 with facsimiles of pencil studies. vii + 476p. Some..... More
THE DEATH OF MADAME
Paris: Harrison, 1931. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Seventh publication of Harrison of Pais, printed i Germany. Limited to 25 copies. 12 mo, vellum paper coes, aeg, 26 pp housed in black cardboard box with printed titles, as issued. Near fie copy, neat owner name on free front endpaper. More
THE OFFICIAL MIXER'S MANUAL
NY: Ray Long & Richard Smith, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Scarce mixology title. Binder with mauve colored boards with titles stamped in orange, internal spine of metal with two-ring holder, numerous tabs for all manner of cocktails. xxvi + 299 pages. Title page and pastedown stained (looks like a perfect..... More