New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1908. First edition. Cloth. Handome two volume hardbound set of books on the life of actor Henry Irving. 381 and 364 pp, respectively. Each volume with photo frontispiece protected by a sheer piece of cello. Both volumes with illustrations. Volume I with twelve collotype... More about The Life of Henry Irving (Two Volume Set
London: Chatto & Windus, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 528 pp biography on the renowned British playwright. Illustrated with photographs. A very good copy in dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by Heilpern on the title page. Intriguing loose photograph laid in to this copy. Provenance unknown. More about John Osborne A Patriot For Us (Inscribed by John Heilpern
New York: Random House, 1988. First American edition. Hardcover. Sold here together are the first three volumes of Michael Holroyd's monumental biography of one of the greatest playrights in English from the last century. All volumes in clean very good condition. Volume three's front flap is clipped, otherwise are are... More about The Search For Love / The Pursuit of Power (Signed) / The Lure of Fantasy 1918 - 1951 A Biography...
London: Weifenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Handsome first British edition of this 467 pp biography of the great actor and director Kenneth Tynan. With 24 pages of illustrations. A clean near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by Ms. Tynan on the title page. More about The Life of Kenneth Tynan (Signed by Author
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1942. First edition. Cloth. Hardbound octavo. 376 pp. With 24 illustrations. Bookplate of Margaret Hallberg Rankin afixed to the front endpaper. A very good copy in rough green cloth binding. Spine lettering a bit dulled with age. More about Crusader in Crinoline; The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe
Paris: Points, 1950. First edition. Paperback. The rare 8th issue of this literary magazine edited by Bisiaux and Vail. Notable for the inclusion of "Shades of Darkness (Three Impressions)" by a young Canadian writer named Mordecai Richler. His first published work. This magazine in good condition. Paper is toned with... More about Points the "magazine of young writers" #8
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1928. First edition. Paperback. Wide 4to. Paper wrappers with cello cover. First edition, one of only 100 copies, this being number 76. Small amounts of expected wear to delicate cello wrapper, else near fine. Scarce. More about Letters of Henry James to Walter Berry
Knoxville, TN: Darkpool Press, 1972. First edition. Cloth. Small quarto. Limited edition volume pairing the florid prose of William Blake with the imaginative drawings of Clark Stewart. One of only one hundred copies printed. As far as we can tell, the only book ever published by this press. A very... More about The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell
Barrytown: Station Hill Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Translated into English by Lydia Davis. A fine clothbound copy in very good unclipped dustwrapper. There is no mention of a dustwrapper for this book in the colophon and we have seen no other instances of this book with one. More about Death Sentence
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition. 189 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Quarter cloth over boards. Light staining to board edges. A very good copy in lightly used (price-intact) dustwrapper. Somewhat uncommon in the hardbound edition. More about Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris; The full story of Off-Broadway's fabulous...
New York: Henry Holt, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. An illustrated novel. Stated first edition. With a handsome bookplate afixed to the inside front pastedown. Otherwise a sound clean very good copy in dustwrapper. Wrapper has closed tears and a few small chips. In good condition. More about The Juggler of Our Lady; A Medieval Legend
Baltimore: Apathay Press Poets, 1992. First edition. Paperback. 8 pp chapbook by the enigmatic Ms. Blowdryer. Contains three short prose pieces. A very good example in stapled illustrated wrappers. Uncommon little book. More about Don't Call Before Noon
New York: Theatre Communications Group, 2014. First edition. Paperback. Thick trade paperbound volume. 321 pp. A fine, as-new copy. Includes 100 short monologues from the author's off-Broadway solo shows. Briefly INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. More about 100 (Monologues) Bogosian (Inscribed
New York: HarperCollins, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 123 pp. Dust soiled topstain else a fine copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED by Bogosian on the title page. Review Copy with author photo and publisher's promo sheet laid in. More about Sex Drugs Rock & Roll (Signed Review Copy
North Pomfret, VT: Asphodel Editions, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto. One of 300 hand-numbered copies. 140 pp. Binding is hand-sewn, brown paper boards, with a one-quarter linen spine. The book reproduces catalogues produced by the bookseller Michael DeHartington who specialized in homosexual literature. Minor handling wear. A very good... More about The Book Catalogues of Michael DeHartington 1972 - 1974 (A Facsimile Edition
London: Private Libraries Association, 1970. First edition. Cloth. Cloth-covered octavo. 242 pp. A collection of informative essays on book collecting. SIGNED by Carter on the title page. Book is in good to very good condition in dark green cloth covers. Hinges starting to loosen. Otherwise an unmarked copy. Lacks any dustwrapper. More about Taste & Technique In Book Collecting (Signed
London: Bertram Rota Ltd, 1974. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound book. 154 pp. Catalogue No. 192 from the esteemed antiquarian Bertram Rota. Not dated, but from 1974. Stiil considered a superb reference work on the printed book. Light soiling to covers. A very good example. Some enterprising collector had a cloth... More about The Printer and The Artist; A catalogue of Private Press Books & Illustrated Books from the...
Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada S.A., 1952. Second edition. Paperback. Paperbound octavo. Stated segundo edicion of this seminal work by Borges. 157 pp. Text in Spanish. Some tearing and chipping near spine crown. A worn, but still solid copy of this collection of fictions that adds four new tales not included... More about El Aleph
Paris: Julliard, 1953. First edition. Paperback. Tall pocket paperbound book. A novel in French by the author of The Planet of the Apes. 257 pp. A good to very good copy in bound wrappers, ruled in green. More about La face
New York: The Dial Press, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. First printing stated. 518 pp. A novel by the author of Confessions of a Spent Youth. A handsome very good hardbound copy in lightly used dustwrapper. This copy has been INSCRIBED in year of publication. More about Now Playing At Canterbury (Inscribed
New York: Random House, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition in dustwrapper. A memoir by the former Secretary General to the United Nations. 352 pp. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Boutros-Ghali and dated in year of publication. More about Unvanquished A U.S. - U.N. Saga (Inscribed
Austin: University of Texas, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's first book, a study of water resources in the American Southwest. A bright near fine clothbound book in very good price clipped dustwrapper with typical rubbing to rear panel. More about Killing The Hidden Waters
Austin: University of Texas, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's first book, a study of the southwestern United States, the deserts and the water culture. A near fine copy in light blue cloth with mild bumping to corners in near fine unclipped dustwrapper with minimal rubbing to... More about Killing the Hidden Waters
New York: Random House, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing of the author's second novel. A square, clean very good copy. Half grey cloth covered boards with small photo inset to front panel. The price intact dustwrapper is worn and rubbed, but still presentable. A novel set in Tangier. More about Let It Come Down
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. One of a thousand cloth trade copies. A collection of stories by the author of The Sheltering Sky. Fine condition in fine acetate wrapper. Minor shelfwear to bottom edge. More about Midnight Mass
