B. Franklin, Printer.
New York: Holiday House, (2001), First Edition. large octavo, white boards in dust jacket. (x), 126 pp. Holiday House, A young readers biography. Illustrated. New in new dust jacket. More
Biography
Letters of James Agee to Father Flye.
New York: George Braziller, 1962, First Edition. octavo, cloth. George Braziller, More
William Sharp - "Fiona Macleod" 1855-1905.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970, First Edition. octavo, black cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (x), 261pp. Harvard University Press, The author presents a fresh perspective on Sharp's varied career that he pursued under his own name and that of his female pseudonym. Illustrated. Dust jacket lightly scuffed with a.... More
Only One Year. Translated from the Russian by Paul Chavchavadze.
New York: Harper & Row, (1969), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. viii, 444pp. Harper & Row, An autobiography by Stalin's daughter. More
William Allingham. A Diary. Edited by H. Allingham and D. Radford.
(Harmondsworth): Penguin Books, (1985), First Edition. octavo, wrappers. (xvi), (404)pp. Penguin Books, Introduction by John Julius Norwich. With a detailed index. More
Jean Rhys.
(New York): Viking, (1985), First American Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. Viking, More
Elizabeth Bowen.
New York: Twayne Publishers, (1971), First Edition. octavo, cloth. 134pp. Twayne Publishers, More
Robert Browning: A Telescopic View, 1812-1889. The Development of the Poet's Mind.
(Waco, TX): Armstrong Browning Library, (1989), First Edition. oblong 8vo, wrappers. 54pp. Armstrong Browning Library, A most interesting exhibition guide; extensively illustrated. Printed by W. Thomas Taylor. More
The Memoirs of Arthur Symons. Life and Art in the 1890s.
University Park: Pennsylvania State University, (1977), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (x), 284pp. Pennsylvania State University, In the introduction Beckson quotes Yeats as finding Symons someone with a talent for "slipping as it were into the mind of another", acknowledging that his own "thought gained in richness and... More
Dr. F. J. Furnivall. Victorian Scholar Adventurer.
Norman, OK: Pilgrim Books, (1983), First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 302pp. Pilgrim Books, With his immense energy, Furnivall was a central force behind the English literary scene in the nineteenth century, particularly in its scholarly branches, founding many literary societies, contributing to the beginnings of the... More
Eric Ravilious. Memoir of an Artist.
New York: Beil, (1983), First American Edition. large octavo, brown boards in dust jacket. (144)pp. Beil, Eric Ravilious was one of the best painters to emerge between the wars - and one of the great original wood-engravers, surpassed only by Thoms Bewick himself. His work was wide-ranging and multifaceted, and... More
Ronald Firbank.
London: Arthur Barker Ltd, (1951) , First Edition. small octavo, red boards in dust jacket. 102 pp. Arthur Barker Ltd, Part of The English Novelists Series. A fine, clean copy in a fine, clean dust jacket which is not price clipped. More
Memory Hold-the-Door.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, (1954, Reprint. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. Hodder and Stoughton, More
John S. Fass and the Hammer Creek Press. With a bibliography by Herman Cohen.
Boston: Godine, 1998, 36pp. of text and 16pp. of color plates. First Trade Edition. octavo, cloth. Godine, "John Fass and his work at the Hammer Creek Press are practically unknown today except to a small group of devoted cognoscenti. Unlike Rogers, Updike, or Dwiggins, Fass was essentially a private printer... More
A Bright Remembrance. The Diaries of Julia Cartwright 1851-1924. Edited by Angela Emanuel.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1989), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. xii, 322pp. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Cartwright was a Victorian writer and art historian whose works are primarily concerned with the Italian Renaissance. Five of her books are histories of women of the Renaissance and her friendships included the... More
Home Before Dark. A Biographical Memoir of John Cheever by His Daughter.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 243pp. Houghton Mifflin, Illustrated. A very fine copy in a very fine jacket which is not price clipped. More
Travels.
New York: Knopf, 1988, First Trade Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 377pp. Knopf, Crichton's travels in Bangkok, Ireland, London, Jamaica, New Guinea and many other exotic locals, including Los Angeles. A bright, new, clean copy in same dust jacket which is not price clipped. More
Firebrand. The Life of Horace Liveright.
New York: Random House, (1995), First Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. (xviii), (398). Random House, From the jacket: "Liveright was a man of puzzling contradictions - a self- professed socialist and a high-living Wall Street gambler, a deeply caring father and a compulsive philanderer. It was Liveright... More
Donahue. My Own Story.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1970), First Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. Simon & Schuster, Remainder mark along bottom edge, else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
A Bibliography of Richard Hurd.
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1999, First Edition. quarto, cloth. xlii, 312pp. Oak Knoll Press, Illustrated. Two lower corners lightly bumped, else fine and clean. More
Victor Gollancz. A Biography.
London: Gollancz, 1987, First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. 782 pp. Gollancz, This biography presents the power of Gollancz's commitments: he founded the Left Book Club, Save Europe Now and the Campaign against Capital Punishment. Illustrated. New. More
William Morris (1834-1896).
Koln: Taschen, (1999), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. (176)pp. Taschen, Text in English, German, and French. Starting with a biography of Morris the text follows the author/artist through interests in interior and furniture design, his public commissions, stained glass, tiles, wallpapers, printed textiles, calligraphy and the Kelmscott Press... More
Cyril Connolly. The Life and Times of England's Most Controversial Literary Critic.
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1996), First American Edition. octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. St. Martin's Press, "Revered for his intellect, feared for his acerbic wit..." Author of Enemies of Promise and The Unquiet Grave, and, perhaps most importantly, founding editor of "Horizon" literary magazine. A man of... More
Marianne Thornton 1797-1887. A Domestic Biography.
London: Edward Arnold, (1956), First Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. Edward Arnold, Spine of jacket lightly faded with some soiling but no wear or chipping to jacket. Minor offsetting to endpapers. More
Dorothy Richardson. A Biography.
Urbana: Univ of Illinois Press, (1977), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 452pp. Univ of Illinois Press, With a bibliography and appendix of Notes and Sources. Illustrated. An absorbing discussionof Richardson's special association with H. G. Wells, her unusual marital arrangement with an artist fifteen years her junior, and... More