Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1863, 1863, 1863, 1864, 1864, 1865, 1865,1866, 1866, First Printings of this important edition. octavo, three-quarter maroon morocco and cloth, five raised bands. T.e.g. xliv, 464; viii, 434; xii, 356; xiv, 658; xx, 648; xiv, 524; xx, 600xxxii, 672 pp. Macmillan and Co., Vol 3, Addenda..... More
Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, (1987), First Edition. octavo, grey cloth with pictorial image stamped in blue. xiv, 195 pp. Bowling Green State University Popular Press, Fine. More
London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, 1805, octavo, full mottled leather, spines stamped in gilt with maroon title label, covers with gilt roll and dentelle edges. Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, Frontispiece of Shakespeare (foxed) in Volume I, all half-titles present. This issue of the 1805 edition did..... More
8 1/2" x 11" On Bradbury's Cheviot Drive, Los Angeles, letterhead. Bradbury describes his use of the pseudonym "Brett Sterling" but points out that it was a "house name" also used by other authors writing for "Thrilling Wonder Stories". The signature and date are written in brown marker pen. With..... More
Dear Christine: We moved West so my Father could find work during the Great Depression...Best, At Christmas! Ray Bradbury." More
"For Chris Tinlin! With the Good Wishes of Ray Bradbury Oct. 1970". With original mailing envelope. More
The letterhead is a drawing of Bradbury from the chest up with Icarus wings. The printed text directs the recipient to magazines which contain articles that answer many of the questions he receives every week: writing technique, overall philosophy, biography and index of his writings and more. With original envelope..... More
New York: Scribners, 1929, First Edition. small octavo, brown boards and black cloth spine, in dust jacket. (vii), 78 pp. Scribners, Wilson's first book of poetry. Minor chipping to top of jacket spine,not price clipped. Book in fine condition. More
London: Elliot Stock, 1896, First printing of this edition. duodecimo, olive green cloth. x, 246 pp. Elliot Stock, Le Gallienne contributes a 10 page Preface which is followed by the facsimile. Cloth faded to tan, especially at spine, also with overall soiling and a faint white spot on spine. Contents..... More
Paris: Librairie Plon, [1895], First Edition, and only edition. oblong quarto, gold cloth with pictorial label on front cover, all edges stained red. (48) pp. Librairie Plon, Lovely, and amusing, circus themed drawings in pastel colors. Front endpaper has a vertical fold, front inner hinge weak but holding, Fingerprint soiling..... More
(Washington, DC): Microcard Editions, (1971), First Edition Limited to 200 numbered copies signed by Bruccoli. octavo, light and dark green cloth. (xviii), 122pp. Microcard Editions, Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles (one folding). An as new copy. More
(New York): Dell, (1962), First Edition. duodecimo, pictorial wrappers, text block edges stained green. Dell, "Never before published in book form - 73 articles by America's greatest writer." Bump to bottom center of back cover mildly affecting the last 90 pages. More
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
New York: Sotheby's, 1989-1990, large quarto, green cloth with pictorial label on front covers. Sotheby's, Nine Parts, complete: Part I, John James Audubon Magnificent Books and Manuscripts; Part II, Magnificent Color-Plate Ornithology; Part III, The Original Watercolors for Selby's Illustrations of British Ornithology; Part IV, French Literature; Part V, Highly..... More
(The Golden Eagle Press), [1949], First Edition. small octavo, rose boards stamped in yellow, in dust jacket. (The Golden Eagle Press), Variant binding both printed in rose and bound in rose boards. Firmage A22. Illustrated with drawings by Klee, Modigliani and Picasso (also printed in rose). Two small chips to..... More
Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1900, Second Edition, Limited issue of 250 copies printed. octavo, cream linen spine and corners and blue boards with printed spine label. Printed at the Riverside Press, A few minor revisions were made in the text of the second edition. The preface is new..... More
New York: Harper & Row, (1972), First Edition. small octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. Harper & Row, Author's first book. A very fine copy in a very fine dust jacket which is not price clipped. More
St. Louis, MO: The Anvil, March-April, 1935, First Edition. quarto, original printed heavy paper wrappers. (34)pp., stapled. The Anvil, No. 10. March-April, 1935. With contributions by Erskine Caldwell, Jack Conroy, Saul Levitt, and others. Wood cuts by Dan Rico. Vertical fold through center, Light wear and dust soiling to extremities..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2017, First Edition. octavo, pictorial heavy paper wrappers. (136)pp. The Grolier Club, Illustrated in color. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Grolier Club, November 16, 2017-January 13, 2018. Introduction, followed by eight chapters on American literary publishers and authors, each with detailed descriptions of..... More
New York: Harper & Row, (1980), First Edition. quarto, grey cloth in dust jacket. Harper & Row, Review copy with publisher's slip and with promotional photograph of Vonnegut and Chermayeff. A very fine, clean copy in a very fine dust jacket which is not price clipped. More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1980), First Edition. quarto, boards and cloth in dust jacket. Farrar Straus Giroux, Very fine copy in very fine dust jacket which is not price clipped. More
Westport, CT: Lawrence Hill & Company, (1979), First American Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. Lawrence Hill & Company, Minor foxing to top and bottom of text block. Minute scuffing to color at bottom of dust jacket spine, else a very fine copy in very fine jacket which..... More
Recipient's name indecipherable. Regarding the sale of a Hewlett manuscript,"I don't particularly want to sell an MS. at all, but I can let you have that of Idylls of the Huntress, published in Artemision [1909] if you please. [Indecipherable] 66 foolscap pages, and I shall want L100...no copyright is included...."..... More
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, (1986), First Edition, First Printing. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. Naval Institute Press, A novel. New, without flaw, jacket not price clipped. More