London: William Heinemann, 1936. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. First UK and correct first edition of this early work of non-fiction by Greene. The book documents his travels through Liberia. Former owner bookplate with a neat hand-inked signature just below the plate on the half-title page. Otherwise a handsome very good..... More
Chicago: Ken, Inc., 1938 - 1939. First edition. Paperback. Tall, folios. Oversized political magazine founded by Smart and Gingrich and ran for approximately two years. An overtly political left magazine that ran afoul of the House UnAmerican Propoganda Activities investigation. With contributions by Ernest Hemingway (articles on the Spanish Civil..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 115 pp. Illustrated by Susan Perl. A fine copy in decorated hard covers in a clipped but otherwise fine photo-illustrated dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by Ms. Diller on the second front endpaper. More
London: Macmillan, 1952. Second revised. Cloth. Thick octavo in dustwrapper. Second expanded edition which includes five plays not found in the 1934 edition. 705 pp. A handsome very good clothbound copy in lightly used dustwrapper (price intact) with some darkening to spine color. Nice copy overall... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1951. First edition. Cloth. First edition of Salinger's classic tale of Holden Caufield and his boyhood angst. Book meets all requirements to be the first edition, first printing. The dustwrapper price is properly situated (i.e. not partially cut-off). A humble copy with some rubbing and..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound 8vo. 301 pp. Anthology of prose and verse by a wide variety of talented writers including a very young Jim Thompson. Covers lightly worn. A very good example. Lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. More
New York: Weidenfield & Nicolson, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine first edition in near fine plus clipped jacket. Author's celebrated first book which takes place entirely during the span of time that it takes a young man to ride an escalator. SIGNED by Baker on the front endpaper. Light..... More
London: John Murray, 2005. First UK edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First UK edition. 319 pp. Lees-Milne worked for the National Trust and was well acquainted with many of the great English writers of the 20th century including Somerset Maughm, John Betjeman and L. P. Hartley to name but a few. Prior..... More
Austin: Pemberton Press, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 120 pp. Illustrated in black and white. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. Tales of publishing and book scouting including recounting the tale of the largest single rare book purchase in history, the Eberstadt Collection... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1976. Reprint. Leather Bound. 8vo. Full leatherbound edition of this Joyce classic. 798 pp. With illustrations by Alan E. Cober. A fine example. All gilt edges. Integral silk bookmark. Part of this publisher's 100 Greatest Books of All Time series... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 319 pp. A "hilarious tour through the whacky Broadway world of double-talk, glamour and high powered fantasy". A very good copy in rather poor dustwrapper. Wrapper has the $2.75 price on the front inside flap. Spine is completely faded. The..... More
New York: Phoenix Bookshop, 1975. First edition. Paperback. 12mo. Slender chapbook published by the owner of the Phoenix Bookshop in NYC. One of 33 copies. A keepsake given away at Christmas 1975. 7 pp. A very good copy in simple printed stapled wrappers. This copy INSCRIBED by Wilson " For..... More
New York: Phoenix Bookshop, 1978. First edition. Paperback. 12mo. Slender chapbook published by the owner of the Phoenix Bookshop in NYC. A keepsake given away at Christmas 1978. 9 pp. A very good copy in simple printed stapled wrappers. This copy INSCRIBED by Wilson " For John ____, this account..... More
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892 and 1893. Second edition. Cloth. Two octavos with decorative bindings. Literature of the Civil War by Page with illustrations by W. T. Smedley. Both volumes are second printings. Both are in very clean condition. 53 and 70 pp, respectively. Published in 1892 and 1893..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. A 209 pp novel by the author of The Albany Cycle of novels. Light age spotting to edges. A very good copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. More
New York: Hanuman Press, 1992. Second printing. Paperback. Stated second printing of this diminutive artist book (measures 2.5 by 4" tall). Very good condition. Cover photograph by Edward Maxey. Frontispiece and inside photos by Linda Smith Bianucci. SIGNED by Patti on the front endpaper and quite scarce thus. More
