New York: Coward-McCann, 1941. Hardcover. An about Very Good copy of the first American edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original green cloth (damage to the closed page block's top edge, otherwise Fine with a tiny spot to the front board) in a Fine dust jacket which shows some minor..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good or better copy of the first edition, first printing (thin fade line to the spine head, tiny rubs to the board corners) in a Very Good + dust jacket (some edge wear, tiny tear to rear panel's upper edge..... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1915. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Very Good copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original blue cloth with the spine lettered and decorated in gilt and the front board in blind (closed page block shows some staining and foxing to the..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. No edition stated. Hardcover. A Fine copy of this Everyman's Library edition of James Boswell's great work on Samuel Johnson in the Publisher's green cloth, stated fourth printing. [This title first appeared in the Everyman's Library series of great works in 1906.] A young..... More
![What You Owe Me [Signed]. Bebe Moore Campbell](/pictures/thumb/2823.jpg?v=1582142003)
New York: G. P. Putham's and Sons, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Near Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (spine ends showing some pushing, some tiny indentations to the board bottoms and to the closed page block's bottom edge), in a Near Fine dust jacket (some..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (thin line of sunning to the spine panel's upper edge) in a Near Fine lightly spine-sunned dust jacket; John Cheever's second novel, winner of the 1965 William Dean Howells Medal..... More
![Our Phil, and Other Stories [In the Rare Dust Jacket]. Katharine Floyd Dana](/pictures/thumb/2679.jpg?v=1582400644)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1889. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Fine, Superior, tight (and apparently unread) copy of the first edition, first printing, of this collection of African-American stories by a female author, with illustrations by E. W. Kemble [who also illustrated Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", Harriet..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Wrappers. A Fine copy (some modest soiling to the rear wrapper) of the Uncorrected Proof for the first edition, first printing, of Percival Everett's Debut Book which he wrote while working on his AM degree at Brown University; a humorous..... More
Chapel Hill, NC: 1932. First Edition, First Printing. [newspaper format]. A Very Good copy of this (newspaper format) issue of Contempo, being a "Complete Issue by William Faulkner" comprised of four pages (some toning, wrinkles, faint crease lines, and short edge tears -- see images), containing the first appearance of..... More
New York: Viking, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, in a fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY JASPER FFORDE on the title page where the book has been DATED BY FFORDE "14.02.02" and where, in the title page's top margin, Fforde also..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, in a Near Fine dust jacket which shows some toning, some tiny edge tears, and a tiny pencil note at the front flap's upper left corner; the first book edition of..... More
London: Duckworth and Co., 1911. First Edition, First Printing. Wrappered First TOGETHER WITH Hardcover First. A Very Good + copy of the First Edition, first printing in the RARE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL WRAPPERS (some rubbing with loss to the spine panel, prior owner's name dated 1911 on the front free endpaper)..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1921. Hardcover. William Heinemann, London, 1921. Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good or better copy of the SCARCE first edition, first printing (small stain to the spine head, small corner rubs to each board, common toning to the leaves - no..... More
![Gretchen [Eric Quayle's copy with his bookplate and note]. W. S. Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck...](/pictures/thumb/2736.jpg?v=1569625099)
London: Newman & Co., 1879. First Edition (?). Hardcover. A Very Good copy of either the first or the second edition -- see below, (with some mild rubbing), in the Publisher's original cloth having an EXCELLENT PROVENANCE, being the copy of noted British bibliophile, collector, historian, and author Eric Quayle..... More
![Youma: The Story of a West-Indian Slave [in the RARE 19thCentury DUST JACKET]. Lafcadio Hearn,...](/pictures/thumb/2779.jpg?v=1578511067)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original decorated cloth with the title label applied to the front board and the title and author label applied to the spine panel (the spine shows some minor..... More
![Heine's Werke [HEINRICH HEINE'S WORKS] Illustrated by Wiener Künstlern. Heinrich Heine](/pictures/thumb/2760.jpg?v=1577655740)
Wein, Leipzig, Prague: Bensinger, no date (ca. 1884-88). Wiener Künstlern. Hardcover. An attractive set of Heinrich Heine's Works in the RARE dust jackets, with all six volumes present, each in its original dust jacket, with each volume being beautifully illustrated within. The volumes are in Near Fine to Fine condition..... More
![The Piano Teacher [SCARCE Uncorrected Page Proofs]; [Die Klavierspielerin]. Elfriede Jelinek](/pictures/thumb/1000.jpg?v=1557166230)
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Wrappers. A Fine copy of the SCARCE Uncorrected Page Proofs for the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original blue printed wrappers (some fading to the spine and wrapper edges). Originally published in 1983 by Rowohlt Verlag in German..... More
New York and London: The Century Co., New York Macmillan and Company, London, 1901 - 1902. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Very Good set of the St. Nicholas (Saint Nicholas) magazine containing the magazine issues from November 1901 through April, 1902 in Part I (the first volume) and the..... More
![Captain of the Sleepers [Signed by both Author and Translator]. Mayra Montero, Edith Grossman](/pictures/thumb/856.jpg?v=1540323909)
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (tiny push to the spine head and an even tinier push to the spine tail), in a Fine dust jacket, CONTEMPORARILY SIGNED AND DATED BY BOTH MAYRA MONTERO AND..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (some tiny pushes to the leading corners, tiny foxing spots to the closed page block's upper edge), in a Fine dust jacket; the seventeenth novel in O'Brian's famed Aubrey-Maturin..... More
![In the Walled City [Signed Review Copy of Debut Book]. Stewart O'Nan](/pictures/thumb/1025.jpg?v=1558791172)
Pittsburgh and London: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (mildly askew, slight fray to the front board's upper right corner), in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY STEWART O'NAN on the title page; a REVIEW COPY of..... More
[1884]. First Edition. No Binding. A Very Good RARE ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK POSTER for a stage play featuring Peck's Bad Boy. Civil War Veteran, Politician, and Author George Wilbur Peck (1840-1916), who owned a Wisconsin newspaper known as the "Sun", authored a humorous weekly newspaper column which often featured a character..... More
New York: Beech Tree Books / William Morrow, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing (tiny push to each lower edge of the spine tail -- slight toning to the leaves as is common with this book) in a Fine dust jacket..... More
Seattle, Washington: Gateway Printing, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Wrappers. A virtually Fine copy of Volume 2 Number 2 of this literary anthology in the Publisher's original stapled wrappers (prior owner's name written to th Table of Contents page's upper right corner with a small check mark next to one..... More
![Schiller's Werke [a collection-distinguishing set in original bindings and box]. Friedrich Schiller](/pictures/thumb/2824.jpg?v=1582583164)
Stuttgart und Tübingen: Verlag der J. G. Cotta schen Buchhandlung, 1822-1826. First Thus. Paper-covered boards and in the Original Box. A Very Good set of Friedrich Schiller's Works in 18 volumes, with such volumes having differing dates ranging from 1822 through 1826 inclusive. The volumes are bound in paper cover..... More