First edition of Ambler’s second book, inscribed by the author on the title-page as follows: “To Archie Rees with best wishes from Eric Ambler.” CONDITION: Good, spine cocked, slight discoloration to edges of covers, edges of text block foxed, first few leaves foxed; in good dj with some rubbing and.....
One of 325 numbered copies, signed by the illustrator, Leonard Baskin. Copy #161. With a portrait etching of Baldwin printed on blue paper and an etching of a pomegranate printed in red. From the colophon: “Three hundred & twenty-five copies of ‘Gypsy & Other Poems’ were printed by The Gehenna.....
One of fifty special copies out of a total edition of 325, all numbered and signed by the illustrator, Leonard Baskin. With six portrait etchings of Baldwin on various papers, each signed and numbered in pencil by the artist, and an etching of a pomegranate printed in red. From the.....
First edition, limited to 333 copies signed by the author. This copy is number 96. The only collection of Cather’s essays published in her lifetime, containing six works reflecting mainly on life and literature prior to World War I. Cather believed that the essays would have “little interest for people.....
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A rare salesman’s dummy for the best-selling of Twain’s books during is lifetime, and one of the best-selling travel books ever written. With binding samples affixed to the paste-downs, representative content, and subscriber’s forms at the rear. CONDITION: Very good, worn at extremities.
First edition of this play set in a mythical ancient Egypt. Alexander Dow (d. 1779) spent much of his life serving in the British army in India. According to The Oxford Companion to English Literature in 1768 Dow “joined the fashion for Oriental Tales with Tales....of the Inatulla of Dehli.....
First American edition, first issue. BAL 5211. CONDITION: Good, lightly soiled, two small ink spots on rear cover.
First American edition, first issue. BAL 5211.
Centennial edition. Limited to 41 copies, 26 being lettered copies bound in full calf. This copy letter “K.” With two evocative photographic illustrations by Larry Hayden, one illustrating Home Burial and the other After Apple Picking. The third illustration, which appears at the head of the colophon page, reproduces an inscribed.....
First edition, limited to 110 copies, of this sequence of “stray poems” from a larger series Hughes wrote on the subject of his wife, Sylvia Plath, most of which were published in his Birthday Poems. Signed by Hughes and Baskin. From the colophon: “One hundred & ten copies of Howls.....
One of ninety-one copies signed by Huxley, this copy un-numbered; also inscribed by the binder, James Wells, as follows: “For Laurence Lee who has never known ‘an’ erratum from his friend James Wells August 15th 1933.”.
The first collection of poems by this African-American poet from Cincinnati, with illustrations of Angela Davis, Richard Nixon, scenes of violence, police, other black radicals, athletes, and more. Clay (also known as Kwame Mwanafunsi) begins this book with a dedication to his daughter Imani, and a feminist nod to all.....
First and only edition of the second collection of poetry by this African-American poet from Cincinnati, with illustrations of ancient African art and other African-American imagery throughout. Clay (also known as Kwame Mwanafunsi) dedicates this volume to several women including his daughter and mother, as well as “to all my.....
First edition, first printing of Burroughs’s first book.
First American edition, first printing. With publisher’s catalog A, as described in BAL: “On p. 11 Tales of a Wayside Inn is unpriced and described as Nearly ready.” Contains the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere and the first book printing of The Children’s Hour. BAL 12136.
First American edition of Melville’s third book. His first two books, Typee and Omoo, were a blend of fact and fiction, inspired by his experiences as a sailor in the South Seas. Mardi, on the other hand, marks Melville’s first wholesale excursion into fiction, following the protagonist, Taji, as he.....
First edition. Posthumous novel of William T. Richards published under the pseudonym Willard Rich. A murder mystery set in a laboratory just north of Boston, the story is based in part on the author’s experiences working at “Tuxedo Park,” a privately owned laboratory just north of New York City, founded.....
First edition. One of 520 copies signed by Rackham; this copy number 45. Nos. 1 to 260 were for sale in Great Britain and Ireland and Nos. 261 to 520 for sale in the U.S. REFERENCES: Latimore & Haskell, p. 61. CONDITION: Very good, slight toning to edges of covers.....
One of 160 copies signed and numbered by the artist, this is #122. With van Vliet’s presentation inscription to collector Wyman Parker “with all good wishes,” dated 15 September 1989. Includes woodcuts printed by the artist at the Janus Press in West Burke, VT.
Stated first edition, sometimes described as the first trade edition, but actually the second edition (see Edelstein), after the signed, limited first. In Edelstein’s third binding with yellow paper over boards and title label at spine. REFERENCES: Edelstein A 2.b.
Handsomely bound edition of selected letters from Stevenson’s Student Days at Edinburgh, Life in Bournemouth, Winter in the Adirondacks, Pacific Voyages, Life in Samoa, etc. Edited by Stevenson’s friend, literary critic and print curator Sidney Colvin. CONDITION: Very good, some leaves slightly toned at edges, vol. 1 lacking tissue.....
Editon limited to twenty-six lettered copies signed in pencil by the printer and the photographer, this copy letter B. Bound by Gray Parrot of Hancock, Maine, with his label affixed to the lower left corner of the rear paste-down. Consider the Lobster, a favorite essay among Wallace devotees, first appeared.....
First American trade edition. Includes such notable works as Dialogue of Self and Soul, Byzantium, and After Long Silence.