Endicott: Castalio Press, 1987. First edition. Cloth. Thick clothbound 8vo. 658 pp. Includes an introductory essay by Herbert Warren Wind. Some light handling wear else a near fine copy in green cloth binding in a very good unclipped dustwrapper. Superb golf reference book. Illustrated with some pictures... More
Endicott: Castalio Press, 1988. First edition. Leather Bound. Full green leatherbound book illustrated and printed in gilt. 8vo. 658 pp. Includes an introductory essay by Herbert Warren Wind. Some light handling wear else a near fine copy. Superb golf reference book. Illustrated with some pictures. This is one of only..... More
New York: Broadway Books, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. A 246 pp memoir by the famous and imfamous cyclist (with an assist by Sally Jenkins.) The book has some odd indentations to the front panel, but do not affect any of the res of the book. The dustwrapper is..... More
Cambridge: Harvard Cooperative Society, 1940. First edition. Cloth. Cloth octavo in dustwrapper. 335 pp. Biography of this Harvard educator. A near fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper. Illustrated with photographs. More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1941. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 300 pp plus index. Stated first edition. A very good clothbound copy in lightly used dustwrapper. Biography of the late 19th century - early 20th century American editor, author, lecturer and his associates as told by his son..... More
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
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
Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1976. First edition. Leather Bound. Full decorated leatherbound first edition. 594 pp. Selected letters of Faulkner edited by Joseph Blotner. A handsome near fine example in full leather binding with silk endpapers, integral silk bookmark and all gilt page edges. Includes the Notes From The..... 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
Buenos Aires: Emece Editores, 1966. Later printing. Paperback. Bound wrappers. 197 pp. Text in Spanish. Septima Impresion of the Argentinian author's most famous book, a collection of fantastic stories. A very good copy in bound printed wrappers. This copy notable as it has been SIGNED on the title page. Signed..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1972. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Originally published in Latin America in 1935, this is the first US edition of the author's collection of factual accounts of noted scoundrels. Translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni. 146 pp. A fine clothbound book in fine unclipped and unfaded..... 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
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
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
