LITERATURE
IMMORTALITY.
Grove Weidenfeld: NY, 1991. 9.5 x 6.25, gilt lettered maroon cloth, aeg, one corner bumped, hinges a little loose else a nice copy in translucent dust jacket (a bit edge worn) and lightly used cloth slipcase. FIRST AMERICAN ED, FIRST PRINTING, LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. More
IMMORTALITY.
Grove Weidenfeld: NY, 1991. 9.5 x 6.25, gilt lettered maroon cloth, aeg, in a translucent dust jacket and slipcase. STILL IN THE ORIGINAL (but torn) SHRINK WRAP! FIRST AMERICAN ED, FIRST PRINTING, LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. More
THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, Commonly Called In England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainment [three volumes]
Charles Knight: London, 1839. Hardcover. Illustrated by many hundred engravings on wood, from original designs by William Harvey, 9.5 x 6". Marbled boards, blindstamped green leather, slightly raised bands, highly gilt dec spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, 618, 643, 763. Covers rubbed, scuffed/scraped, edgewear, corners bumped and worn, wear..... More
LES AMOURS PASTORALES DE DAPHNIS ET CHLOE
Societe Typographique: Bouillon, 1776. Hardcover. Frontis; 29 engraved plates (many folding), 6 x 3.75", leather backed boards, 207pp, covers rubbed, extremities worn, spine a little abraded but still nicely gilt-dec, pp foxed, old bookplate from former owner partly covered by the newer bookplate of Claudius Edmund Delbos, "Tonnancour". Delbos was..... More
LUCANIS PHARSALIA; Translated Into English by Nicholas Rowe
Jacob Tonson, 1718. Hardcover. Frontis; folding map, 15.25 x 10", rebacked old calf, 446 + 55pp plus Notes and "Errata", some worming, lacks rep, cover extremities worn and chipped. FIRST EDITION. List of subscribers. More
BUDDENBROOKS
Alfred A. Knopf: NY, 1938. Hardcover. 8.5 x 5.75", embossed black cloth, tiny bookstore label (Hudson's in Detroit) inside rear cover, textblock cracking at first blank, but still a good copy of this one volume edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR THOMAS MANN, ON FFEP. More
BELLS IN WINTER
The Ecco Press: NY, (1978). Hardcover. 8.5 x 6.5", black cloth, 71pp, covers a little rubbed, pp toned, ink name of former owner (Eva Burch), in an edge-worn dustjacket with some water staining inside at the spine ends. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER CZESLAW MILOSZ..... More
VISIONS FROM SAN FRANCISCO BAY.
Farrar Straus Giroux: NY, 1982. 8.5 x 5.5, cloth backed boards, 226 pp, covers a bit rubbed (I guess), hinges a little loose, ink name of former owner on front fly, text block edges a little soiled, date circled on copyright page, in rubbed and sunned and chipped dust jacket..... More
THE PRAYING MANTISES
Simon and Schuster: NY, 1962. Hardcover. 8 x 5.25", black cloth, 159pp, spine ends bumped else a nice copy in a rubbed, lightly-extremity-worn dustjacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. SCARCE. More
THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE
Viking: NY, 1954. Hardcover. Frontis, 10 x 6", cloth, 342pp with index. Spine sunned, minor wear else very good condition. FIRST EDITION THUS. LIMITED TO 400 NUMBERED COPIES. AUTOGRAPHED BY THE TRANSLATOR, OF WHICH THREE HUNDRED ARE FOR SALE. THIS IS COPY NUMBER 150. PRESENTATON COPY, WARMLY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED..... More
THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES [two volumes, first American edition].
Coward-McCann Inc: NY, 1954. 2 volumes. 8.5 x 5.75, red and blue cloth, 365 pp, 454 pp, covers very worn and stained, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, ink name of former owner in first volume, stains to foredge of text block of first volume, SWAF. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. More
SERIOUS POEMS.
Rain Taxi: Minneapolis. 2000. 8.25 x 5.25, glossy wraps, 35 pp, a nice, fresh, clean copy; with a printed announcement for the book. Rain Taxi Brainstorm Series #5. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES. More
PLUTONIA
Criterion Books: NY, (1961). Hardcover. Illus. by G. Nikolsky, 8.5 x 5.5", red/orange pict cloth, 253pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, hinges loose, spine a little cocked else a good copy (without the dustjacket) of the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Russian Geologist and Science Fiction writer. More
THE FACE AND THE WIND/LA CARA Y EL VIENTO [framed broadside]
Ken Botnick: np, 1989. Paperback. Illus. with photo by Nina Subin; photogravure printied by Sally Sturman and glazed, 19.25 x 13.25", nice condition. LIMITED TO 50 NUMBERED COPIES (this is #40), SIGNED BY OCTAVIO PAZ AND ELIOT WEINBERGER. This will cost a fortune if shipping is necessary, beware! More
GOD SPEAKS, Religious Poetry
Pantheon: (NY), (1945). 8 x 5.5", gilt-lettered blue cloth, 83pp, covers rubbed, extremities fraying, hinges loose, bookplate of former owner plus other ink inscriptions and an ink stamp on front fly, pp toned, in a rather well worn, edge-torn, stained dustjacket with cello-tape repairs to back panel. "FIRST PRINTING JULY..... More
PLUTARCH'S LIVES, Translated from the Original Greek with Notes Critical and Historical, and a New Life of Plutarch [six volume set]
Edward and Charles Dilly: London, 1770. Hardcover. 6 vols. 8 x 5", full polished calf, vp, covers worn, extremities bumped and chipping, outer hinges cracking, spines quite creased horizontally. SWAF. More
SELECTED POEMS OF PIERRE DE RONSARD, Being Translations Made in Memory of the Fourth Centenary of this Birth by Charles Graves.
The Porpoise Press: Edinburgh, nd (1924). 9 x 7, string tied wraps, 8 pp, covers a bit worn and soiled. Broadsheet Number 11. More
SELECTED POEMS OF PIERRE DE RONSARD, Being Translations Made in Memory of the Fourth Centenary of this Birth by Charles Graves.
The Porpoise Press: Edinburgh, nd (1924). 9 x 7, string tied wraps, 8 pp, covers a bit worn and soiled, small abrasion on rear cover. Broadsheet Number 11. More
THE ABANDONED WOOD
Harcourt, Brace: NY, 91936). Hardcover. 8 x 5.5", cloth, 334pp, covers rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, pp (especially feps) toned, some soiling to textblock edges, in a well-worn, edge-chipped/torn/creased dustjacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. SCARCE. More
THE POEMS OF SAPPHO
Williams and Norgate: London, 1924. Hardcover. 9 x 7", vellum backed boards, 154pp, covers quite worn and soiled, forecorners bumped, top edge of front cover bashed, edges toned, scattered finger soiling. SWAF. LIMITED TO 400 NUMBERED COPIES (ON PAPER) (this is copy #260), SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR, E.M. COX. More
THE GOLDEN FRUITS, A Novel by...
George Braziller: NY, (1964). Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.25", black cloth, 177pp, extremities lightly bumped, former owner's ink name at top of front fly else a nice copy in a rubbed, edge-worn/torn/creased and price clipped (with new "$4,95" price inkstamped) dustjacket which. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION (NAP). SCARCE US Edition. More
EVENING EDGED IN GOLD, A FairytaleArse, 55 Scenes from the Cou/untryside for Patrons of Erra/ota
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: NY, (1980). Hardcover. 17.25 x 13", blue cloth, 213pp, minor shelf wear else a very nice copy in a worn/torn/chipped and tape-repaired slipcase. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. More
Imaginary Lives
Boni and Liveright: NY, (1924). 8.25 x 5.5", rough cloth-backed patterned boards, 256pp, covers worn and darkened, spine browned, extremities bumped and beginning to fray, hinges loose, pp a bit loose, textblock edges toned, some old finger soiling, an old, browned newspaper review for the book affixed inside rear cover..... More
FIRE IN THE STEPPE.
Copernicus Society of America/Hippocrene Books NY, 1992. 9.25 x 6, blue cloth, 717 pp, minor shelf wear else a very nice copy in lightly used dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. THUS. More