Fire Station by Bukowski, Charles - 1970

True First Edition with 1934 on Main Title Page and on the copyright page with no other printings listed. No Markings, beautiful green stained top page ends, other page ends are a touch off(light age toning) inside covers front ok but back is showing some browning, not much. NO WEAR, Sharp Corners, unread tightness and very square, light bruising to spine ends, did I mention No Visible WEAR. BUT the brown cloth covers are cloudy (only way I know to describe it), it is not all the same shade, its 2 shades of brown and no distinct pattern like a cloud...DJ: is ligthly faded because red fades with tim, it is slightly soiled keeping it from being as bright as new, light rubbing and light edgewear, a very very small chip just above the W in Now not effecting the letters. With light edgewear a long the edges and the corners, it is 99.90 complete except it does not have the fold out Reviews from inside front flap (my other one listed does). And there is a aged sticker on the front top corner "Recommended by… Read More

Amsterdam: Chez Zacharie Chatelain, 1728. Complete in 5 parts (various paginations) with frontispiece and 242 half-page engravings by Henri Cause, many based on those of François Chauveau. There also are attractiveengraved tailpieces following many of the fables. The 5th part of the Fables is not included in many editions; so this more complete edition is quite desirable. Recently and sympathetically rebound in full leather with the original spine and front & rear panels laid down. Internally clean with only an occasional hint of foxing; small chips out of margins of 5 leaves, not affecting text or images. In all, a very nice example of this scarce book, an early, delightfully illustrated French-language presentation of La Fontaine's fables.. Early Printing. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Henri Cause. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. -/Fine. First Printing ("First American Edition" on copyright page) of the first single-volume edition of Eliot's wartime masterpiece (preceding the British edition by more than a year), in the first-issue dust jacket (with nine titles to back panel). Tall, slim 8vo: [8],39,[1]pp. Original black cloth, spine titled in gold; jacket printed in gray and black, priced $2. About Fine (lettering to spine occasionally rubbed); slight toning to jacket's spine panel, crown of spine nicked, else exceptionally well-preserved. Gallup A43. A total of 4,165 copies were printed, but 3,777 destroyed because the margins were incorrectly set, because of unskilled wartime labor. The remaining 788 copies, of which this is one, were issued as review copies and to preserve copyright. Collects four interrelated poems published separately over the previous three years. East Coker is the village in Somerset from which Eliot's ancestors departed for the New World, in… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 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 sunning, most notably to the spine label due to the dust jacket cut out -- see below, and the boards show some minor corner rubs; multiple pages are unopened, or are only partially opened, on their leading fold, showing the book to have been only partially read -- or possibly entirely unread); in a Very Good + example of the EXCEEDINGLY RARE UNSOPHISTICATED dust jacket -- original to this copy of the book -- with scattered small tears and chips and with the arc over the spine label split on one side and nearly so on the other. The viewer will notice, of course, that the dust jacket is plain as it is from the period when jackets were used not to sell the book but only to keep the book clean… Read More

HARDBACK NODustjacket, VG/GOOD, Condition, AS-IS, NOJACKET ,1st Ediition, 3RD PRINTING, AUGUST 1924 of the American edition, 1924 on TITLE PG & Copyright Pg, Hardcover. Very Good-/GOOD-, NO Jacket. FRONT BK COVER VERY LOOSE & Crack at Inner Hinge. authors Magnus Opus-- WITH INNER HINGES STARTING SOME WEAR, RUB and one of the most enduring and meaningful books every printed. This copy is from the early third printing (1924)--published one year after the first printing of 1923. Moderate edgewear to the tips and head and heel of the black spine. Gold gilt lettering and design to the front board--with the gilt being faded from "The Prophet". The lettering on the spine is completely faded. There is also an original owner's name and date on the front free pastedown. A nice collectible copy. 107 pg ,Including Frontispiece reproduced from original drawings by Gibran (Lebanese-born mystic poet, 1883-1931, Moderate Classic poetic meditation on the redemptive power of love. Early Editions Near… Read More

Printed By W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's, for the Author; and Sold By G. And W. Nicol, Booksellers to His Majesty, Pall-Mall; and Messrs. J. And J. Boydell, Cheapside, 1800 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. COMPLETE with 8 engraved plates, 5 of which are hand coloured. Title continues: Exemplified by Suitable Sketches and More Finished Paintings. As This Work is Chiefly Intended for the Mere Beginner, The Rules Are Both Familiar and Progressive. To Which Are Added, Instructions For Executing Transparencies, In a Style Both Novel and Easy. [4], 36pp, bound in paper vellum and marbled paper over boards, deckled page edges, with binding and hinges tight. Covers show edge/corner wear, small paper label on front cover, some pages uncut, offsetting from plates, occasional light foxing on prelims. SCARCE.

Saint-Petersbourg, 1899 Covers in Poor Condition, INTERIORS IN VERY GOOD++ CONDITION. 60pp, complete with 189 silhouettes, letter-press plates, each with a tissue guard and biographical notes, depicting Catherine the Great's Court, Entourage and Collaborators. Text in Russian and French. In original stiff paper covers, lacking 3 of the leather covers and most of the backstrips, with an occasional edge chip to page [not affecting the silhouettes], occasional exit stamp (ink) dated October 25, 1941. BINDINGS TIGHT, PLATES BRIGHT.

True First Edition with 1934 on the Main Title Page and the copyright page with no other printings listed. And directly signed on the 1st leaf by the AUTHOR "Josephine W. Johnson September 1934" in black ink HER FULL Signature(as full as I've ever seen her signature) just 2 months after the publishing date...And there is a later issue Dustjacket too, with the fold-out flap. BOOK details first: Brown cloth covers with paper labels, the spine label is 95-97% gone but I have an answer for it at the end of the description, one on the front nice, light rubbing, light shelf wear, all corners touch of wear or rounding, the spine ends are worn to the point of fraying(but not bumped) and a very slight lean. But inside is beautiful, no markings other than the Signature, inside the covers are beginning to age tone but that's it, unread tightness...The Dustjacket has a few problems too, there is soiling, rubbing, and chips, the worst chip is the top of the spine taking out the Now and 1/2 of in of the… Read More

New York: Felicie, Inc., 1973 OVERSIZED. 322pp, printed on fine glossy paper, bound in color illustrated cloth, with binding and hinges tight. The dust jacket is in a protective mylar cover, and is NOT price clipped. Illustrated with color photographs and Dali's art throughout. THREE ORIGINAL 8 X 10" PHOTOGRAPHS LAID-IN. 1) b/w photo of the book with its dust jacket [has small edge stain]. 2) b/w photo of Dali standing above a spread of food, photo used in the book. 3) b/w photo of Dali and a woman, both seated and relaxed, with the woman holding a striped cat (Dali's wife Gala?), photo not used in the book. COOKBOOK WITH RECIPES THROUGHOUT.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1854 viii, [2], 274pp, with the armorial frontis-piece with tissue-guard intact, and folding linen-backed Genealogical Table, bound in 3/4 maroon leather and red cloth, raised bands on spine, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, binding and hinges tight. Small ownership label of A.B.W. MacEwen, the author and genealogist. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title page, with that persons signature on the title page, appears to be "G.H.F.Stuart, 1898". The linen-backed, folding Genealogical Table shows light foxing and a few closed tears, the book shows occasional light foxing, covers show occasional edge nick, with small stain.