various. Hardcover. Three EDWARD THOMAS titles. Each at least very good; variances noted. THE TRUMPET AND OTHER POEMS. London: Faber & Faber, 1943 (1940). Third impression. No dustjacket. CLOUD CASTLE AND OTHER PAPERS. London: Duckworth, 1922. First edition. Foreward by W. H. Hudson. Bue rough weave linen, gilt spine titles..... More
various. Soft cover. Lot of 8 HENRY WILLIAMSON titles, relating to World War Titles very good at least; variances noted. Anonymous. (Bell, Capt. D. H.). Williamson, Henry (introduction by). IN SPITE OF ALL REJOICING: A SOLDIER'S DIARY OF THE GREAT WAR. NY: Duffield, 1930. First US edition. Red cloth covers..... More
various. Hardcover. All at least very good or better; variances noted. COUNTER-ATTACK AND OTHER POEMS. NY: Dutton, 1919. Second printing. No dustjacket. MEMOIRS OF A FOX-HUNTING MAN. NY: Coward-McCann, 1929. First US edition. No dustjacket. VIGILS. London: Heinemann, 1935. Early printing. Purple cloth, spine lightly faded. No dustjacket. SIEGFRIED'S JOURNEY..... More
Buenos Aires: SUR, 1931. 1st Edition. Soft cover. The fourth issue printed in the first year of publication, published by Victoria Ocampo. Borges was a contributor from the first issue, years before his success as a novelist. A near fine copy, in its origial glassine which has absorbed surface soiling..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1895. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Two uniform volumes, 5th edition (apparently issued in a gift box that is missing), gold cloth decorated with peacock feather motif, decorations in the Arts& Crafts style, gte, sides untrimmed, illustrated w/ b&w photograph reproductions w/ tissue guards. Covers modestly soiled, some..... More
NY: Boni & Liveright, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Polished, aqua-blue cloth, gilt-stamped titles, decorated endpapers. Original dustjacket re-assembled but missing half of spine and corner sections. More
NY: Appleton, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid, original set, first editions. Decorations by E. C, Caswel. Original owner name dated 1924 in two of the volumes. 8vo, fine-ribbed blue cloth, pictorial label front and title label spine. Pictorial endpapers. More
NY: William Morrow, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in near fine unclipped dustjacket. Plainly signed by Chabon on title page. Chabon's first book. More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A solid copy. Blind stamped titles front cover, gilt-stamped at spine still unworn. Some light scattered foxing confined mostly to prelims and title. Clean copy - no names, inscriptions or bookplates. Eminently collectible copy. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 3 volumes, complete. 8vo, red cloth, paper spine labels. Solid bindings, spine labels browned. Internals appear unread, many sheets uncut. More
NY: Viking, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the free front endpaper to fellow authors, 1980 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Edmund Morris (for the 1979 biography "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt") and his wife Sylvia Jukes Morris: "To Edmund and Sylvia. Best ever. Don DeLillo". Dustjacket price-clipped..... More
NY: Viking, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Plainly signed by the Booker and Nobel Prize winner on the half title. A few short closed tears on the rear panel of the unclipped dustjacket. Thoroughly presentable signed copy, absent any ownership names or bookplates and desirable thus. More
NY: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very attractive first edition of Saint Expuery's second title that preceded release of "The Little Prince". Book shows signs of little use. Dusthacket has closed tears/ moderate chipping at corners and shallow loss at spine tips. No names, inscriptions., bookplates, etc. More
London: James Kennedy, 1908. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. This adult novel defies bibliography. The author is anonymous and we could find nothing about James Kennedy, the publisher doing business at 40 Fenchurch St in London, as identified by his address on title page. There is a book of the same..... More
London: (unidenitified), 1937. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. This adult novel defies bibliography. The author is, obviously, a pseudonym and the publisher is unidentified. OCLC lists no copy under any variation of its title in the time frame of its publishing date of 1937. The text suggests this could be an..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition in second issue dustjacket. Cloth spine is tanned, leaves gently toned, UNclipped ($2.50) dustjacket moderately shipped and worn about edges, Still, over all a presentable copy, no names or bookplates. 1939 Pulitzer Award for Literature. More
NY: Harcourt Brace, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, inscribed by Gertrude Stein and signed, too, by Alice B. Toklas. Copies signed by the pair are highly uncommon. Stein has inscribed the book on the free front endpaper to Dr. (indecipherable), then below her signature is Toklas's in shaky hand..... More
London: Smith, Elder, 1852. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes, original cloth, paper labels. Cloth a tad spotted, spines a wee lean, labels chipped and browned. Bindings sound, internals clean. 16-page publisher's catalog at rear of Volume III. Distinctively narrow yellow ticket for Collinson & Clarke, Stationers&c Mansfield rear pastdown Volume..... More
London: John Lane The Boley Head, 1924. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. New edition stated on copyright page, the first edition with the introduction by Shane Leslie. Book near fine, rough weave green cloth, gilt spine title, lx,421 in rare dustjacket, which is chipped about edges and moderately soiled. Solid copy..... More
Ridgewood NY: Press of the Alwil Shop, 1902. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Scarce publication printed in the Arts&Crafts studio located in the Palisades NY of the Anwil Shop (per colophon). Cream paper over boards (toned and rubbed), gilt title front, green cloth spine, unpaginated (some leaves uncut), every page decorated..... More
London: Cochrane & M'Crone, 1834. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. A lovely 8 volume set, in polished, speckled full leather, double- ruled covers front and back, floral dentelles, aeg, spine with six compartments, gilt, raised bands. Incidental spotting to the interior here and there. Solid bindings all around. More
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition with second state (p. 441 image of Twain in flames removed) and, arguably, first state St. Louis Hotel on page 443. Publisher's brown cloth decorated in black and gilt. Corners worn, loss at spine ends, front hinge revealed, front cover..... More
London: Chapman and HAll, 1840. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Rebinding copy. first edition. Three volumes, covers detached and backstrips perished. Internals quiet nice. Vol 1, 1850; Vols II and III 1841. Original wrappers absent. More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1849. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first issue with the 8-line errata: "Delight" for "joy" on page 284. All plates in first state. Publishers green blind-stamped cloth, Backstrip browned, missing pieces and fully detached: a better candidate for rebinding than recasing. Textblock intact does not include..... More
London: Published for the Author by, 1830. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Small 8vo, original paper covers, soiled, slight red stain to bottom of front cover traversing to part of bottom edge. Housed in custom-made brown linen, three panel folder in slipcase of same with leather label at spine. More