Literature from Eric James

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1976. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 237 pages; just a hint of shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips, but very gently read, if at all, very clean and unmarked throughout; DJ has tiny traces of bumping and rubbing along edges, but no chips or tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good ++.… Read more

Stromness, Orkney, Scotland : Orkney Press, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket, 168 pages including illustrations throughout; book spine slightly slanted but gilt spine lettering as bright and clear as new, tight in binding, otherwise very gently used, clean and unmarked; DJ has one tiny chip to spine top, but bright and… Read more

Franklin Center, PA, USA: The Franklin Library First Edition Society, 1977. Hardcover without dust jacket, 365 pages including chapter heading drawings and full page illustrations;---brown leather covers with gilt lettering and decoration to both covers and spine, gilt lettering and raised bands on spine, gilt to all edges, brown silk… Read more

Franklin Center, PA, USA: The Franklin Library First Edition Society, 1977. Hardcover without dust jacket, 243 pages including full page full colour illustrations;---dark blue leather covers with gilt lettering and decoration to both covers and spine, gilt lettering and raised bands on spine, gilt to all edges, light gray silk ribbon page marker sewn in;---very gently read, if at… Read more

Franklin Center, PA, USA: The Franklin Library First Edition Society, 1977. Oversized hardcover without dust jacket, 535 pages including full page illustrations;---black leather covers with gilt lettering and decoration to both covers and spine, gilt lettering and raised bands on spine, gilt to all edges, blue silk ribbon page marker sewn in;---very gently read, if at… Read more

London: Secker & Warburg, 1992. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 182 pages; very gently used, not a trace of shelf wear other than light bumps to spine ends, ink signature, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout; DJ gently bumped at spine and hinge ends, one very tiny tear to front hinge top.. First Edition.… Read more

Toronto: HarperCollins, 1991. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 184 pages; very gently read, very clean and unmarked; DJ now in new mylar protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Grove Press, 1959. Trade paperback, later printing thus (c1969/70), 245 pages; age toned, showing the shelf wear of five decades, tiny crease and a couple of tiny chips to back cover, but spine flat/uncreased, tight in binding, very gently read, if at all, all pages toned but very clean and… Read more

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Trade paperback Advance Reader's Edition Uncorrected Proof, 382 pages; very gently used, tiny traces of shelf wear, traces of faded soiling and/or rubbing to pale cream-coloured covers, several pages with tiny corner creases, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout.. Soft Cover. Very Good ++. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Penguin Canada, 2003. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, viii + 341 pages; very gently read, if at all, other than a barely perceptible bump to spine top; DJ has visible bump and 2 cm tear to spine top and an ugly price sticker on front.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good… Read more

London: Alfred A Knopf, 1926. Hardcover without dust jacket, 286 pages including "Glossary of Negro Words and Phrases"; overall gently used, tight in binding, plain brown covers with bright and clear gilt spine lettering, light bumps to spine ends and corners, tiny traces of shelf wear to bottom cover edges, edges age toned,… Read more

New York: Grove Press, 1994. Trade paperback advance reading copy, 287 pages; very clean and unmarked unread condition.. Soft Cover. Fine. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1984. Hardcover with dust jacket, 132 pages; very gently read, if at all, very clean and unmarked throughout, flawed only by bumps to spine bottom and both bottom corners; DJ has several very tiny chips, one tiny tear, one tiny faded spot stain to back, now in new mylar protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read more

Toronto: Little Brown Canada, 1996. Oversized hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 666 pages; book very gently used, not a trace of shelf wear to covers, tight in binding, one very pale splatter stain to top edge without page penetration, two tiny faded (coffee?) drop stains to bottom edge with just a hint of penetration to bottom… Read more

London, United Kingdom: Hamish Hamilton, 1954. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket (price "10s. 6d. net"), 271 pages; book gently used, only very light traces of shelf wear, traces of pale faded white stains barely visible on front cover, slightly more so at top of back cover, spine slightly slanted but still tight in binding, silver gilt… Read more

New York: Poseidon Press, 1989. Trade paperback, 158 pages; tiny traces of shelf wear, rubber stamped as "REVIEW COPY" on first page, otherwise very clean and unmarked, appears unread.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good ++.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Viking Penguin Canada, 1991. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 222 pages; very clean and unmarked unread condition. See also our listing for Thomas' Coming Down from Wa (buy both and save on postage!).. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more

San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1989. Trade paperback, 152 pages; very gently read, if at all, tiny crease to top corner of front corner, spine and back cover flat/uncreased very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good ++.

Toronto: Stoddart, 1992. Trade paperback, 291 pages; the back cover has a very gentle indentation due to poor storage and a very tiny bump/crease to the bottom corner, otherwise in very clean and unmarked unread condition.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good ++.

Toronto, ON, Canada: HarperFlamingoCanada, 2003. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 181 pages; one immeasurably tiny chip to DJ spine top, but in very clean and unmarked unread condition, essentially as new.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good ++.