Black and white photographic headshot of Bradbury with a white label applied at lower left-hand corner for his presentation and signature.
"For Chris Tinlin! With the Good Wishes of Ray Bradbury Oct. 1970". With original mailing envelope. More
Literature
The Song of the Lark.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1915), First Edition, second printing. octavo, blue cloth stamped in gilt. Houghton Mifflin, With "moments" corrected on page 8 and three prior novels listed on page facing half-title. Gilt stamping on spine is faded, top of text block dusty, a near fine copy. More
Sunny Stories.
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, no date (circa 1910), large octavo, pictorial boards with red cloth spine. 72 pp. Raphael Tuck & Sons, Illustrated by T. Noyes Lewis, Hilda Cowham, M. F. Taylor, Mabel Lucie Attwell, and others. An anthology of children's stories, No. 808 in Father Tuck's Golden Gift"..... More
Transatlantic Sketches.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875, First Edition. octavo, purple cloth over bevelled boards, brown coated endpapers. James R. Osgood and Company, Primary binding with "J. R. Osgood & Co." at bottom of spine. BAL 10530; Edel & Laurence A2. Spine faded with scuffing to cloth color along outer..... More
Transatlantic Sketches.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875, First Edition. octavo, purple cloth over bevelled boards, brown coated endpapers. James R. Osgood and Company, Primary binding with "J. R. Osgood & Co." at bottom of spine. BAL 10530; Edel & Laurence A2. Spine faded with two bookworm holes at front outher..... 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
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
Bible Stories for Young People.
Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, no date (circa 1890), large octavo, pictorial boards. 94 pp. Peter G. Thomson, With twenty illustrations by the Dalziel Brothers. A good portion of the paper covering the spine is gone, corners scuffed and rounded. More
The Stickit Minister and Some Common Men.
New York: Macmillan, 1894, Illustrated Edition Limited to 350 copies, of which only 100 were for sale in America, signed by Crockett. quarto, brown cloth with pictorial image gilt stamped on front cover. T.e.g. (xxvi), 290 pp. Macmillan, With a prefatory poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. "Stickit Minister: a probationer..... More
Confidence.
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880, First American Edition. octavo, red-brown cloth over bevelled boards. Houghton, Osgood and Company, First State binding with Houghton, Osgood & Co. stamped at foot of spine. Edel & Laurence A11b; BAL 10549. Wear to top and bottom of spine, cloth soiled, corners scuffed. Good..... More
Confidence.
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880, First American Edition. octavo, red-brown cloth over bevelled boards. Houghton, Osgood and Company, First State binding with Houghton, Osgood & Co. stamped at foot of spine. Edel & Laurence A11b; BAL 10549. Wear to top and bottom of spine, cloth soiled, corners scuffed. Good..... More
Stories Revived. First Series. [With] Stories Revived. Second Series. Two volumes.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1885, Times Book Club edition. octavo, biscuit cloth stamped in black. Macmillan and Co., Brown coated endpapers. See Edel & Laurence A27b. Cloth soiled, contents clean. More
Soliloquies of a Hermit.
London: Andrew Melrose Ltd., 1918, First Edition. small octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. 158pp. Andrew Melrose Ltd., First book by the author. Essay by Powys on his thoughts of religion and questioning life around him. Book fine, dust jacket slightly soiled but without wear or chipping and not..... More
The Europeans. A Sketch.
London: Macmillan, 1879, Second English Edition, binding state A, first one volume issue. octavo, blue cloth stamped in black and gilt, brown coated endpapers. Macmillan, Supino 7.4.0. Cloth to outer hinge worn, wear to top and bottom of spine, inner hinges weak. Bookplate removed from front pastedown, damp stain to..... More
Prater Violet.
London: Methuen, (1946), First English edition. small octavo, purple boards stamped in green, in dust jacket. Methuen, Book fine and clean, Dust jacket lightly dust soiled with minimal wear at top and bottom of jacket spine. More
Theatricals. Second Series. The Album. The Reprobate.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895, First American Edition. octavo, yellow-green buckram with gilt stamping on cover and spine. Harper & Brothers, Edel and Laurence A44b; BAL 10611. English issue consisted of 1,010 copies of which 550 were exported for the American issue. Both plays in this volume were unproduced;..... More
Theatricals. Two Comedies. Tenants. Disengaged.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1894, First American Edition. octavo, yellow-green buckram with gilt stamping on cover and spine. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Edel and Laurence A42b; BAL 10608. English edition consisted of 1,010 copies of which 550 were exported for the American issue. Both plays in this volume..... 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
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
Henry James.
London: Nisbet & Co., (1916), First Edition. small octavo, blue cloth with front cover stamped in black and spine stamped in gilt. (128) pp. Nisbet & Co.,, West's first book. Former owner's name and date (Nov 1917) on front endpaper. Front endpapers offset from glue used in binding, fore-edge of..... More
Confidence.
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1880, First American Edition. octavo, red-brown cloth over bevelled boards. Houghton, Osgood and Company, First State binding with Houghton, Osgood & Co. stamped at foot of spine. Edel & Laurence A11b; BAL 10549. Both front and back pastedown endpapers have been vertically slit, front pastedown..... More
From a Troubled Heart: T. H. White & Women in "The Once and Future King." Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Texas at Austin in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, May, 1978, First Edition. octavo, black wrappers with printed paper label on front wrapper. 474 pp. printed recto only; followed by (iv) Vitae. University Microfilms, Very fine. Reproduced from typescript. More
A Joy Proposed.
Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, (1983), First American Edition. quarto, printed wrappers with plastic comb binding. University of Georgia Press, Introduction, Afterword, and Notes by Kurth Sprague. Advance, promotional copy with two printed promotional letters laid in. Very fine. More
The Scandalmonger.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1952), First American Edition. octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. G. P. Putnam's Sons, A fine, clean copy of the book with no markings in an exceptionally clean, fine dust jacket. No printed price on dust jacket flap and with the rubber stamp, "Printed..... More
Arthur and Others: The Literary Career of T. H. White. A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsymania...
Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, 1973, First Edition. octavo, black wrappers with printed paper label on front wrapper. 277 pp. printed recto only. University Microfilms, Very fine. Reproduced from typescript. More