Sigi and I Our Journey to Christians Behind the Iron Curtain by Schmidt, Gwen - 1973

Biographien der Dichter nebst Erläuterungen und Inhaltsangaben ihrer Hauptwerke. 516 S. Hilfs- und Vorbereitungsbuch zu den Prüfungen an Seminaren und höheren Schulen, sowie zum Selbststudium

Ottawa: Borealis Press, 1972. First edition / First printing. A paperback original. Orange and purple perfect-bound wrappers. Near fine with very slight fading to the orange paper spine. Sharp copy. The author's first book. Winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Stone Diaries. Born in the U. S. She lived in Canada most of her adult life. This title was not published in the U.S.

Scribner - Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1941,1969. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 190 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on blue cloth; lettered in black on the front panel and decorated in gilt on the spine; no dust jacket. no interior markings.Original ¼ black and blue cloth covers, blind stamped, flat spine with gilt title.

The William Dean Howells Memorial Committee, 1987. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 43 pages. "A publication of the William Dean Howells Curatorship Fund established at Harvard University in 1978 by John N. M. Howells '34." One of "One hundred and fifty copies printed by Michael and Winifred Bixler and bound by Werner Mueller after designs by Greer Allen." Author's note explains that this small edition "basically reproduces the original version" of the talk he gave in Emerson Lecture Hall, at Harvard, May 1, 1987 as part of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Howells' birth; a "somewhat amplified and altered" version subsequently appeared in The New Yorker. 5" x 8-1/4" in white wraps, encased in gray French-fold DJ with red and black lettering on the front. The DJ is very slightly sunned along the spine and its front flap has a vertical crease along the edge (7/16" at top, 1/4" at bottom). Three tiny… Read More

New York: Partisan Review, 1935. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. Rare early issue, includes writing by Nelson Algren, Muriel Rukeyser, et al. Unmarked copy, chip at lead of spine, a bit of wear to lap edges, last two leaves have some edge tearing.

New York: Random House (1967).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Black cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xvi, 428 pp. Dust jacket has a short tear and a lightly faded spine. The price is intact. An attractive copy of this Pulitzer Prize winning novel.

Modern Library [Boni & Liveright], New York,, 1920 The indication for the first printing of this title listed in the Toledano Guide is the Type 2 binding used from 1920-1923, which is present here, HBDJ, 1920. 1st Edition, VG/VG-, First Modern Library Edition , with 1916 on copyright pg for orig. publ of bk. MLBook No. 89.1, , Small 4 1/4 X 6 3/4 IN. Book Condition: overall condition - very good.. EARLY DUSTJACKET with 246 Titles on DJ Verso & on Back of DJ 7 95 cents on back of Dj with Pre zipCode Coupon with some pencil mrks is VG-,. DJ SLIGHT RUB, WEAR & TINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS, 289 pg. + 7 pg. of ads includes a 2 pg description of Boni & Liveright ADS include COMPLETE List of Titles starts with Modern Book of Criticisms & ends with Irish Fairy & Folk Tales by Yeats . minor edge wear spine and boards, Book is bound in DARK BLACK leatherette cloth; , otherwise, tightly bound with clean pages throughout. Nice copy,NO TOP STAIN , The spine matches MLs that… Read More

New York: The Modern Library., 1940. HBDJ, STATED First Modern Library Giant Edition, 1940. NF/GOOD+, ML#54. 274 TITLES ON VERSO OF BACK OF DJ with the highest Giant being G54, Tom Jones, A NF copy in blue cloth with light wear FOX, in a bright, unfaded, red, blue and gold dustwrapper GOOD+, with tiny Tears Wear & end chips to Spine DJ. . Very scarce in this condition. Toledano 54.1. 861 pgs NO ADS IN BACK, The book has Toledano G4 cover, A or blank endpapers and a c jacket. These pointers indicate this is a First Modern Library Edition with a fall 1940 jacket. book is in about NF condition with a decent RED top stain. It has no writing, underlining, or missing pages. The jacket has a ¼? per side triangular chip at the top of the spine, crimping at the bottom of the spine, wear at the flap folds and light soil ,Follow Tom from his humble beginnings; experience his forbidden passion for the beautiful Sophie; and ride along with him on his colorful journey to London - where he finally… Read More

Cairo: Dar ul Kutub al- Misriyya, 1932 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Arabic text, 2 parts in one volume, 108 p introduction by the editor, the proffesor in the Egyptian University, Abd ul Wahhab Azzam, 389, 343 p with several fine illustration plates of miniatures. Limited edition to 1200 copies. The Shahnama was originally written by the Persian poet, Abu al Qasim al Firdawsi. This important Arabic edition was translated by al- Fatih b. 'Ali al- Bindari (al- Bundari?) D. 643 AH- 1245 AD. Compaired with the original persian text, translation is partly completed, corrected, annotated and introduced by A. Azzam. Contamporary hard cover binding. Inventory no. 000441 for the Persian work Printed by the name of Abu al Fatih Shah Qajar..

Chicago / Seattle: Acme Novelty Library / Fantagraphics, 1994. Signed by Chris Ware. First edition / First printing. Oversize illustrated stapled cardstock covers. 11" x 13.75 Fine. Issued without dust jacket, Mylar jacket supplied.