Literature
Barbary Shore.
New York: Rinehart, (1951), First Edition. octavo, black boards in printed dust jacket. Rinehart, This copy the "red" jacket variant. Rinehart logo on copyright page. Boards a bit dusty. Jacket with one very tiny chip at top and with a ver minor touch-up of restoration on verso. Jacket not price..... More
Ready for the Ha Ha & Other Satires.
New York: The Eakins Press, (1966), First Edition. octavo, buckram in printed dust jacket. (104)pp. The Eakins Press, Book and jacket designed by Editrh McKeon. Printed at The Stinehour Press. Inscribed and signed by McKeon inside the back endpaper facing the colophon noting her work on this book: "For Roley..... More
The Increasing Significance of Symbolic Resistance in Selected Fiction from "War and Peace" to Mila 18". A Dissertation...for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, 1981, First Edition. octavo, black wrappers with printed paper label on front wrapper. University Microfilms, Very fine. Reproduced from typescript. Includes a chapter on T. H. White's "The Once and Future King" More
The Windmill.
London: Heinemann, (1946), First Edition. octavo, printed paper wrappers. 144 pp. Heinemann, With contributions by A. E. Coppard, Pamela Hansford Johnson, Sylvia Townsend Warner, T. H. White, Oscar Wilde and others. Illustrated with artwork by Max Beerbohm, Ben Nicholson, Lucian Pissarro and others. Wrappers lightly dusty, upper right corner bumped..... More
Nuns and Soldiers.
New York: Viking, (1981), First American Edition Uncorrected Proof copy. octavo, printed paper wrappers. Viking, Near fine. Printed title neatly affixed to spine with clear tape. We have hundreds of Advance and Proof copies in stock. More
Autograph Letter, signed "J. Middleton Murry" and dated September 22, 1921.
A short letter on his Hampstead stationery but with Switzerland address penned on. he regrets that since he is "now a permanent resident among the Swiss mountains" he must decline her "kind invitation" and requests that she "would convey my regrets to the Committee." Wrinkled, but with no tears. More
Love and Death in a Hot Country.
New York: Viking Press, (1983), First American Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. Viking Press, More
Pitcairn's Island.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1934, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. Little, Brown, Jacket dust soiled and chipped at edges: one small chip at top of front panel, chipping to top of spine not affecting the title, 2" x 3" chip out of back panel. Top edge of pages dusty..... More
Crossing the Border.
New York: Vanguard, (1976), First Edition. octavo, cloth. Vanguard, Short story collection. Several small pieces of tape (unnecessarily) on the verso of jacket, else a very fine, clean copy. Jacket not price clipped. More
The Golden Tresury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1925, duodecimo, three-quarter brown morocco with five raised bands and brown cloth. A.e.g. 352 pp. Thomas Nelson and Sons, With indices of authors and first lines. Printed on thin paper. A handsome binding with minor scuffing at outer hinges and corners, contents clean and unmarked..... More
Fables Amusantes, avec une Table Générale et Particulière des Mots et de leur Signification en Anglois . pour en Rendre la Traduction plus Faciles à l'écolier.
Baltimore: A. Neal, 1819, First Baltimore Edition. duodecimo, full sheep, gilt rule on flat spine. 180 pp. A. Neal, First published in 1775, Perrin's Fables was in wide demand as a French primer. There is a one page Publisher's Advertisement where he descirbes the "important improvements" that have been made..... More
Lord Byron and His Circle. A Calendar of Manuscripts in The University of Texas Library.
Austin, TX: (University of Texas Library), 1947, First Edition. quarto, printed paper wrappers, stapled. 60pp. (University of Texas Library), Prefatory note by Fanny Ratchford. With 293 items catalogued. Tiny mend to front wrapper corner, a bit dusty. More
Ladies' Man.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. Houghton Mifflin, Author's third book. More
63: Dream Palace. A Novella.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1957, First English edition. octavo, maroon boards in dust jacket. Victor Gollancz, Former owner's name and 1957 date on front pastedown, edges of text block foxed, dust jacket price clipped with a few short tears. More
I Am Elijah Thrush.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1972), First English edition, Advance Proof Copy. octavo, printed wrappers with the Cape logo in dust jacket. Jonathan Cape, The back flap of the dust jacket has printed along the blank edge, "Proof Only Provisional Publication Date: Oct 19th 1972." Jacket with light shelf wear along edges..... More
Jeremy's Version.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1971), First English Edition. octavo, black boards in dust jacket. Jonathan Cape, Flaking to color of jacket at top and bottom of spine, not price clipped. Book fine. More
Horns in Velvet.
New York: The Harbor Press, 1930, First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth with printed paper label on cover, in printed dust jacket. (10), (62)pp. The Harbor Press, Winner of the Harbor Press Poetry Contest. Very fine, clean copy. Jacket slightly faded and with wear and a small chip to head..... More
Northwest Passage. Two volumes.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1937, First Edition, Limited to 1,050 numbered copies signed by the author. large octavo, brown cloth. T.e.g. Doubleday, Doran, Spines very slightly darkened, mild mottling to cloth, inner hinges offset. Contents clean and unmarked. More
War Story.
New York: Knopf, 1988, First American Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. Knopf, A very fine copy. Jacket not price clipped. More
The Old Man's Boy Grows Older.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, (1961), First Edition. octavo, brown cloth in dust jacket. Holt, Rinehart & Winston , Minor shelf wear along edges of jacket, which is not price clipped. Light sunning to edges of jacket. Binding and contents clean. More
Poor No More.
New York: Henry Holt, (1959), First Edition. octavo, black and red cloth in dust jacket. Henry Holt, Dust jacket not price clipped. Minor shelf wear along edges of jacket with one small chip at back fold. Two very small water spots to front cover and the top two corners mildly..... More
The Kit Book for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.
Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1943, First Edition, Second Issue. small octavo, red, white and blue pictorial boards, in original scarce printed mailing carton. 336 pp. Consolidated Book Publishers, Salinger's 4 1/2 pp. story, "The Hang of It," starts on p. 332. Also featuring contributions from, among others, Elbert Hubbard, Ellery..... More
The Wings of Courage.
(Sag Harbor), NY: The Bookman Press, 1997, Limited to 300 copies. octavo, marbled wrappers with printed label. 62 pp. The Bookman Press, Printed by The Stinehour Press, designed by Jerry Kelly. As new. More