Rare books from BRYAN BUNCH BOOKS

New York: Knopf, 1993. First edition. hardcover. Very Good/very good. One of Le Carre's best, concerning a rich arms dealer and his beautiful mistress and the man who unmasks the secrets.Previous owner has signed the front endpaper.

New York: Viking Press, 2010. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A post-Cold War novel involving the Russian Mafia and the British Secret Service as a young British couple is pulled into a web of intrigue.

This version of The Tales of Chekhov featuring the famous story "The Lady with the Dog" is extremely rare. The original story was published in 1899 and there was an English translation as early as 1903, but this version was among the first Chekhov translations by the famous Russian-to-English translator Constance Garnett. The book is ex-library, but from a retirement community library with few readers--although it is stamped on the endpapers and title page. Two previous owners inscribed the front endpaper in ink: "Gordon Steward Crawford, July 19, 1933" and "Raymond Cunningham, March 18, 1940"

Archimedes [287 - 212 BC] as an adult was the greatest mathematician and inventor of antiquity, best known in popular culture for running naked from his bath shouting "Eureka" after solving a difficult problem. This highly praised novel invents his life as a child. experiencing adventures that prepare him for his famous discoveries. The adventures involve kidnapping, threats of death, fights at sea, and athletic contests. Throughout his if aided by his good friend Phyllis and perhaps by her goddess, Artemis.

Gray boards with the title and author printed in black on the front panel. Light soiling to the title and contents pages, but none to the art, which is brightly colored. Hoegger-Laveter retells the story of the 14th-century folk hero William Tell entirely through fourteen shapes and symbols. The contents page reveals the meaning of the symbols. This is one of 2000 copies, although not one of the 33 that the author signed. It is more of a serious work of art than an actual book, although boxed like a book. Warja Honegger-Lavater (28 September 1913 – 3 May 2007) was a Swiss artist and illustrator noted primarily for working in the artist's books genre by creating accordion-fold books that retell classic tales using symbols rather than words.

The best compendium of facts and information about cooking and kitchenware and ingredients, all presented in convenient alphabetical form.

Despite the title change, this is Letter One" of Cleland's "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure." Stated as an edition of 35 copied privately printed on handmade paper, this copy is not numbered. Included are a half-dozen full-page illustrations by Edouard-Henri Avril tinted in a pinkish red and a couple of small illustrations that are duplicated in b&w and the tinted version.