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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Buffalo: Shuffaloff, 1992. First edition. Paperback. Sewn wrappers. An unpaginated chapbook published in an impossibly slender edition of only ten copies of which this is number 9. A very good example. SIGNED as well as INSCRIBED by the author and dated in year of publication. A short story... More
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
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
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
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
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..... More
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
New York: Random House, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition of Bowles' third novel. A lovely fine crisp copy in bright price intact dustwrapper with a small triangular chip to top of rear panel. Much nicer condition than typically found. More
London: MacDonald, 1957. First UK edition. Cloth. 8vo. First UK and correct first edition of this novel by the author of Let It Come Down. 384 pp. Small scuff to front panel else a clean very good clothbound copy in lightly used price-intact dustwrapper. Nice copy overall... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Reprint. Hardcover. First Black Sparrow Press reprint edition of Bowles' 1955 novel. This copy from the clothbound trade edition. A near fine example with red cloth spine over decorated boards. The clear acetate wrapper has a small chip/tear near the base of the spine..... More
London: Peter Owen, 1989. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine first UK edition of this collection of stories. 176 pp. A gorgeous copy in clipped, but otherwise fine dustwrapper. More
