Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories from Gargoyle Books

San Diego, California, U.S.A.: Calendula Graphics, Inc., 1972. First Edition Later Printing 3rd Printing. Soft cover. Good+. Oblong. Rodriguez, Al. A intimate of 4 women in the early 1970s exploring themselves & their friendship in naturalistic settings, with sepia-toned photographs (y Al Rodriguez) interspersed with verse & line drawings. 199 pp. A FIRST EDITION, third printing, from 1972,… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hachette, 1934. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Faivre, Henri. Orig. published in 1876 & praised as one of Verne's best, if lesser known, works, this is an extraordinary 1934 illustrated edition from Librairie Hachette n the original French, with pen-and-ink drawings by Henri Faivre in the form of 26 full-page plates… Read more about this item

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Collection of 12 essays on some of the author's favorite topics, including.................Orig. published in 1870, this is the First Edition, First printing from 1875 by publisher who had now become James R. Osgood & Co. in Boston (First,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1960. Paperback Original (PBO) 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fair-Good. Collection of stories, poems, & social criticism by the legends of the Beat generation: Kerouac, Mailer, Ginsberg, Burroughs, & others. 25 contributions total, 224 pages. The 1960 First Printing of this mass market paperback original (PBO) from Fawcett Gold Medal… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, 1971. First Softcover Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Baskin, Leonard. Considered by many to be the poet's greatest work, this is a collection of poems previously published in literary magazines & collected here for the first time, reflecting "the life & songs of the crow." Orig. published in hardcover in… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1992. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Young, Ed. Coleridge's classic, haunting poem is brought to life with new images by Caldecott Award-winning artist Ed Young. Unpaginated. Tissue overlay to title page. A First Edition, First Printing in this format from Atheneum in 1992 (First, Thus), this hardcover quarto… Read more about this item

San Francisco, California: City Lights Books, 1982. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. VG+. Another in City Lights Bookstore's famed series of poetry collections by local San Franciscan beats, this one dedicated by Ginsberg to Peter Orlovsky in Paradise.". Orig. published in this format in 1961, this is the 17th printing from May 1982.… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. First Thus . Slipcased. Near Fine. Pog??ny, Willy. Hungarian artist Willy Pog??ny provides both black-and-white illustrations, endpapers, & a full-color frontispiece + 11 tipped-in plates to bring this handsome edition of the Rubaiyat to life. In 175 pages, this is the First & Fourth renderings into English Verse by… Read more about this item

Harmony Books/Crown, 1977. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Very Good+. Comprehensive overview of Blake's written & drawn art in a unique book that presents his illustrations on the same page as the poetry & Biblical passages that inspired them. In 142 pages, lavishly illustrated throughout in black-and-white & full color.A FIRST EDITION, Second Printing, from 1977,… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1979. First Softcover Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. An exploration by a literature professor of the best in children's literature in terms of books that stand the test of time & appeal to all ages, specifically, those that one read as a child that can be enjoyed anew as an adult. … Read more about this item

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Appletons, 1908. First Thus . Leather Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. Voluptuous green cloth over boards blind-stamped with an art nouveau design, lettered in bright gilt to front & spine, encases this lovely copy of Whitman's most beloved work. First published in this DAC format in 1897 by Harned & Traubel, Whitman's literary executors, this… Read more about this item

Reno, Nevada: Naiad Press, Inc., 1976. First English Language Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Orig. published in French in a small edition in 1904 as "Une femme m'apparut,'' this is the First English-language translation by J. H. Foster, who maintains both "the extraordinary style & highly wrought emotional stress of the original." A brilliant introduction to… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bramhall House, 1960. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Doré, Gustave. Coleridge's mesmerizing poem is explicated in a way you wish you'd had access to in English class, & brought to life with the stunning "romantic realist" illustrations of Gustave Doré. An Introduction by Martin Gardner & annotations by… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Rarity Press, 1931. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Bosschere, Jean de. A collection of bawdy tales "...being the story of the fair Imperia, the Venial Sin, the Merrie diversions of his most Christian majesty King Louis the Eleventh..." in 218 pages, translated into English from the original French by J. Lewis May,… Read more about this item

London/New York: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, 1898. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG-/No Jacket. Ford, H. J. [Henry Justice]. Another collection of favorite tales edited by Andrew Lang, in the tradition of his colorful Fairy book collections, with the stories (translated from the definitive French versions of Antoine Galland) once again brought to life by the… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: D. E. Cunningham & Co., 1907. First US Edition . Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. Bihn, Max. Gorgeous collection of 20 tales from Shakespeare's plays, retold in story form for all ages by British children's author Edith Nesbitt, with gorgeous pen-and-ink Victorian illustrations by Max Bihn throughout the 317 pages, along with his 4-color Frontispiece + 7… Read more about this item

New York, New York: NorthSouth Books, 2006. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Unzner, Christa. A brilliant retelling of Shakespeare's play for young readers, with lovely watercolor illustrations on each pages by Christa Unzner. Unpaginated (approx. 38 pages). Orig. published in German in 2003, this is the First English-language Edition, First Printing, from 2006. Hardcover quarto… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Modern Library, 1932. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Scarce First DJ Cover Art! Orig. published in 1931, this is the first Modern Library edition (#61) from 1932 (slightly later printing, listing 225 titles on rear DJ), with a special Introduction by the author, in 380 pages. Hardcover 12mo has flexible soft blue… Read more about this item

London, England: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1921. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The British author recalls becoming familiar with Whitman's writings while a student at Cambridge, then traveling to America to meet him in 1877 & again for a few visits in 1884. The notes from those visits were used to create this book, in which… Read more about this item

Christchurch, New Zealand: Caxton Press, 1968. Limited Numbered Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Bensemann, Leo. Stunning Limited, Numbered Edition from 1968 by New Zealand's Caxton Press of Coleridge's classic poem, with frontispiece (full-page woodcut illustration), titling, & initial letter by Leo Bensemann, who has SIGNED beneath his name on the limitation page in rear. Hand-set… Read more about this item