from Brenner's Books - Rare & Collectable

New York City: Grove Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.,244pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, ($24), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or creases. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "… Read more

New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Fine. 8vo.,443pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition bound in 1/4 cloth over paper-covered boards. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a tiny bump to the bottom front tip and heel. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($24.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, tears or creases. Signed by… Read more

New York CIty: The Noonday Press, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 239pp. Sharp First Edition with no other printings listed as called for. in English; translated by James Marcus. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.00), has some fairly minor wear to edges and tips. Flaps and rear… Read more

New York City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two Volumes 4to., xviii(3)326pp.; 337pp.(cumulative to p.663). Solid First Edition, #712 of an unknown limitation. Bound in full navy leather with spine titles in gilt and decorative armorial shield in gilt on front boards. Top edge gilt. Square, tight and clean text throughout. Off-setting to… Read more

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine Minus. 8vo., 268pp. Sharp stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with some very mild wear to spine ends and bottom edge. just a touch of edge-wear. Very attractive unclipped dust wrapper, ($2.0) has a 1" sliver chip at the bottom of the… Read more

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo., 193pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear or toning. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($16.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Inscribed, signed and dated in the year of publication… Read more

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 208pp. Beautiful stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear to the heel but quite insignificant. Remarkably well-preserves. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00) has some rubbing to hinges and minor. Decent clipped dust wrapper has some mild rubbing… Read more

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo., 268pp. Sharp stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of edge-wear. Spine cloth toning as is common. Small off-setting to the front end-paper opposite the bookplate of Alfred Sutro, noted collector and one-time President of the Book… Read more

New York City: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good/Very Good. Large 8vo., 338pp. Sharp Stated First Edition of this autobiography of the socialite who married into the Vanderbilt clan and best known as the mother of the fashion designer of the same name and the grandmother of Anderson Copper. Bound in black cloth with… Read more

New York CIty: HarperCollins, 2005. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 222pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, 2nd printing with number sequence to "2". Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a gentle bump to the heel. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($29.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, tears or creases. Signed by the… Read more

Boston: Boskone / The NESFA Press, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Slim 8vo., 96pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, #297 of only 500 copies printed. Square, tight and clean throughout with just some gentle bumping to the heel. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($5.95), has a touch of rubbing and the price on the front flap is faded, but is… Read more

New York CIty: Gnome Press, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Fine. 8vo., 344pp. Beautiful Re-Issue, a volume in Shasta's "Library of Classics. Bound in green cloth and titles in red. One of 500 unnumbered copies, out of a total run of 3500, signed by the author on the page opposite the half-title. Originally published by S. Collins of… Read more

Huntington Woods, MI: Phantasia Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo., 296pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Cloth Edition, this being #31 of only 175 numbered copies of the Special Boxed Edition signed on the limitation by Williamosn. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($25.00), is fresh and bright with… Read more

Niles, IL: Dark Harvest, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. Gregory Manchess. 8vo., 296pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition, this being #292 of only 300 numbered copies of the Limited Edition signed on the limitation page by all contributors including Gregory Manchess who provided the illustrations. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a… Read more

Niles, IL: Dark Harvest, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. Robert Lavoie. 8vo., 296pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition, this being #74 of only 300 numbered copies of the Limited Edition signed on the limitation page by all contributors including Robert Lavoie who provided the illustrations. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive… Read more

Chapel Hill, NC: Whispers Press, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo., 300pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition, this being #87 of only 200 numbered copies of a Special Edition signed on the limitation page in the rear by the Collins, the editor, Stephen Fabian, the artist and Stuart David Schiff, the designer. The total run was… Read more

New York City: The Crime Club - Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1954. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., 296pp. Sharp Stated First Edition, published in the same year in the UK Edition as "Not for Export". Square, tight and clean throughout with a hint of wear at the crown but quite minor. Pages toned as they invariably… Read more

New York City: Fawcett Columbine, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 385pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($18.00), has a touch of rubbing to front fold but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the… Read more

New York City: Fawcett Columbine, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 330pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($18.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Generically inscribed and signed by the author on the title page, "Best… Read more

New York City: Fawcett Columbine, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 405pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($22.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the author on the title page, A very pretty collectable… Read more