By the North Gate by Oates, Joyce Carol - 1963

Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1891. Hardcover. Fine condition.. The Tauchnitz Edition published in 27 volumes over a six year period between the years 1885 -1891. This set is beautifully bound in the publisher's uncommon half tan calf with marbled boards and end papers. Condition is excellent. Occupies 21 inches (53 cm) on the shelf. Height of each volume is 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm). Picture available on request.

London: Printed for G. Strahan Et Al. Good+. 1741. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. Giving an Imperial Account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable Transactions of Europe and discovering several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1642 to the year 1682. Complete in eight volumes. Full leather. Spine has raised bands, gilt decorated panels & title. Vol. #1, 312pp with a frontispiece of Mahmud the Turkish Spy; #2, 276pp; #3, 287pp; #4, 288pp; #5, 276pp; #6, 264pp; #7, 248pp; #8, 280pp. Text blocks tight, clean and intact. Although some hinges are split or splitting, all covers are firmly attached. Spine ends have light wear. Prior owner signatures. Rare Section; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 2231 pages .

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1947 E.P. Dutton Stated TRUE FIRST EDITION of Spillane's 1st mystery with a **SIGNED** CARD of Mickey Spillane tipped in. A VeryGood+ Hardback and VeryGood+ Dustjacket: The HB is very clean and tight with the only real wear being some small chips at the spine ends and tiny bumps at the corners. It is wrapped in a Facsimile DJ also in VG+ condition with almost no wear or marks as well. A VERY RARE COLLECTIBLE! **BONUS** Also receive a Signet paperback of another early book, The Long Wait in Good condition. ***Brenbooks specializes in first edition mysteries, many signed***

MODERN LIBRARY, with 95 cents on DJ Spine BTM, 1925. ,SIGNED by William Beebe, Forward by Theodore Roosevelt, 95 Cents Inner DJ Flap ,HBDJ, 1925, STATED 1ST Modern Library EDITION,FINE-/GOOD-, VERY EARLY Dustjacket with 265 Titles on inside & Back of DJ & 95 cents & Pre ZipCode Coupon on Back DJ .DJ SPINE Foxed with Long Crease , Beautiful and very special little book. Brown Leatherette cvr with gilt Title on Spine cvr Bright condition is Fine Minus, the spine is straight and the hinge and binding are Fine-. The hinge is tight There is nice dark top stain, but with Small Stain, This has no bleed on to the pages. The leatherette is a bit dry around the edges, yet there are no cracks. Slight bowing along the ends. The endpapers are wonderful. There is a small rectangular book label on the BACK of the right side endpaper near the spine. Jacket is in Good Minus condition, toning front/spine/back and along the folds. LARGE chip at the back at the top edge at the spine. Nicks are the… Read More

First edition, first printing. Signed by McMurtry on the title page. Book is fine with a bit of minor mottling to the top brown colored paper edges. Dust jacket is bright and has very little evidence of wear or age.

314 pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth with red lettering to spine and front cover in pictorial jacket. (First's January 2003 pg 45) First American edition limited to 12,000 copies.Heavy Weather is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on July 28, 1933 by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, and in the United Kingdom on August 10, 1933 by Herbert Jenkins, London. It had been serialized in the Saturday Evening Post from 27 May to 15 July 1933. It is part of the Blandings Castle series of tales, the fourth full-length novel to be set there, and forms a direct sequel to Summer Lightning (1929), with many of the same characters remaining at the castle from the previous story. It also features the re-appearance by Lord Tilbury, who had previously appeared in Bill the Conqueror (1924) and Sam the Sudden (1925).Condition:Previous owner's name on front end paper verso. Jacket with the number .25 under the unclipped price of $2.00, edges… Read More

New York: Reynal & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1960. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed on the front endpaper by the subject, Felix Frankfurter. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and beginning chips, along with some lightish spots of rubbing to the spine ends and front cover. "Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was a jurist, who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna and immigrated to New York at the age of 12. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was active politically, helping to found the American Civil Liberties Union. He was a friend and adviser of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1939. Frankfurter served on the… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 84x9x127. Signed by author. First edition. Signed and dated by author on half-title page (March, 1994), inscription ('For Dr. Ron Rigli') appears to have been added in a separate hand. Certificate of authenticity from an auction company laid in. 1991 Hard Cover. 119 pp. 8vo.. Translated from the original Russian by Alexis Klimoff. A collection of essays on various topics by the author of Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

Orleans, MA: Parnassus Imprints, 1992. Approximately 7 1/4 x 7 1/4". LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies, this being #165. Black paper covered slipcase in fine condition. Illustrated paper wrappers, includes a signed and numbered previously unpublished print laid in which bears the same signature and number as on the colophon of the book, all in fine condition. (Toledano A104a)Edward Gorey (1925 - 2000) was an American artist and writer, best known for his eccentric imagery and stories, often set in Victorian and Edwardian settings. This book covers seven series of Dogear Wryde (an anagram of Gorey's name) postcards and includes: Scenes de Ballet, Menaced Objects, Alms for Oblivion, Interpretive Series, Neglected Murderesses, Tragedies Topiares, and Whatever Next? Some cards are captioned and some are not. A lovely example of the wide range of Gorey artwork and macabre humor

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1931. 1st. hardback. Near fine, limited & numbered edition (no 4 of 250), signed by all 17 authors: Thomas Burke, Martin Armstrong, H.R. Barbor, Elizabeth Bowen, Gerald Bullett, G.K. Chesterton, A.E. Coppard, E.M. Delafield, L.P. Hartley, Storm Jameson, Margaret Kennedy, Edward Shanks, Helen Simpson, J.C. Squire, L.A.G. Strong, Frank Swinnerton, and Rebecca West. Green leather-bound boards, gilt cover design and spine titling bright; discolouration on spine otherwise protected in mylar sleeve; text block firm, top edge gilt, pages unmarked and crisp.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). The Fothergill Omnibus 'for which Seventeen Eminent Authors have written short stories upon one and the same plot:A man gets into a correspondence with a woman whom he doesn't know and he finds romance in it. Then he sees a girl, falls in love with her in the ordinary way, marries her and drops the academic correspondence. Happiness, then friction. He writes again to the unknown woman… Read More