Literature

New York: Charles L. Webster, 1892. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+. 1st edition. 12mo, Greenish/gray cloth with gilt lettering, 205 pages with publisher ads; frontispiece of Whitman house in Camden NJ. The Fiction, Fact and Fantasy Series, edited by Arthur Stedman. VERY GOOD+ / no jacket: slight rubbing to spine extremities.

Riverside Press, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Edmondo Lucchesi. No. 630 of a limited edition of 500 copies reserved for sale outside of the U. K. Illustrated by Edmondo Lucchesi. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Edmondo Lucchesi. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Italy; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Literature & Literary. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 3840. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

J.Dodsley. London.,1782. FOURTH EDITION, corrected. 2 VOLUMES.8vo. Bound, without half titles, in contemporary full tan calf, spines ruled in gilt. Red title labels, gilt. Some rubbing and cracking to hinges( but still holding firm). A couple of old worm holes but still an attractive set. Published anonymously, this work was originally issued in 1756. Warton went on to edit an edition of Alexander Pope`s works in 1797.:

New York: Harrison of Paris, 1934. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Limited Edition, No. 475 of 895; SIGNED by Porter on title page; later issue with error corrected by a cancel; 8vo, rust cloth in green slipcase; vg (small stain on front board; faint black smudge and mark on rear board; spine sunfaded; spine ends bumped; small black mark on spine tail; eps and pages toning) in good+ slipcase (rubbed and worn; panels toned and sunned; chipping on and near foreedge; edges torn; corners bumped and worn; tears along edges). Note: this was probably signed at a much later date than publication; the signature is not on the limitation page, and it employs a light blue permanent marker-type pen, like a Flair or Pentel. Also, included is The New Mexico Quarterly Review: Volume XV, No. 3, Autumn, 1945 which includes the article 'The Art of Katherine Anne Porter' by Vernon A. Young (good only: covers heavily creased; number written on front cover; tear to front joint; spine torn and splayed;… Read More

Leiden, Netherlands: A.W. Sijthoff, 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Dutch edition, vg in green cloth, no dj. Book is slt. cocked and has a shelf-rub where the pages sag. INSCRIBED on ffep: "For Bill de Kooning with best wishes" (famous Dutch artist Willem de Kooning). 381 pp.

C. Elkin Mathews at the Sign of the Bodley Head.,1889. LIMITED EDITION, one of only 250 copies. First book to be published under the Bodley Head Imprint. The authors second book. Blue paper covered boards with cream paper spine. Degree of chipping on spine with uniform discolouration. Light foxing to some pages only. Overall a near very good copy.:

Chapel Hill: Lillabulero, Spring 1967. Signed by Russell Banks on title page. First edition / First printing. Stapled blue wrappers. Very good. Sunning and light wear to covers, short tear to top front cover, no loss. Includes Portfolio 2: The Shaker Dove, by Daniel Patterson inserted into a sleeve on inside rear cover. Also includes William Faulkner: a Story and Five Poems. Poetry by Lucius Shepard, Dabney Stuart, etc.

Gehenna Press.Northampton.Massachusetts.U.S.A.,1966. LIMITED EDITION. (11.6 x 9.2 inches). One of 1100 numbered copies, this copy out of series. Woodcut portrait of Conrad by Baskin. 79pp including 15pp facsimile reproduction of Conrad's manuscript. Original marbled paper covered boards. Some rubbing to the board edges otherwise very good in original grey board chemise and slip case.

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

1736 (date on title page, differs from spine); attractive original calf binding in excellent condition; raised bands, title and date (1735) to spine; marbled endpapers, all edges stained red - please see images; this is a compendium of four plays, each with its own title page and frontis. , as follows | 1. The Conscious Lovers (Jacob Tonson MCCCXXXV), 2. The Funeral or Grief a la Mode ( Jacob Tonson MDCCXXXV), 3. The Tender Husband (Jacob Tonson MDCCXXXV), 4. The Lying Lover ( W Feales, MDCCXXXVI) | this copy is in above average condition for a title of its age and type - clean and sound throughout, appears very little read or perhaps unread; name inside otherwise free of notes or other defacement | professional booksellers based in the UK | we package with great care and usually dispatch within 24hrs, always within two working days | please request scans or further information on any of our listings, which are all in stock and ready to be dispatched .

New York: New Directions, 1970. Signed and Inscribed by the author: With all good wishes to Alice and David Malone. Hayden Carruth. 1 December 1970. First edition / First printing. Turquoise cloth spine, teal paper-covered boards. Fine in close to fine dust jacket with one small tear.

Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1994., 1994. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. pp. 333. 303 b/w & 8 colour illus. cloth. black with silver. First Edition.

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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2014. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First Printing. Olive paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy. Winner of the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award.

New York: Harcourt, Inc. 2000. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing Gold paper spine, orange paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Winner of the Locus Award for Best Novel. Includes place card for the 2001 PNBA Lifetime Achievement Award for Ursula Le Guin.