Literature

Gambier, OH: The Kenyon Review, 1985. 1st publication of James Lee Burke's short story, "The Convict", later published in a collection of stories by LSU Press. SCARCE. Spine lightly faded, and faint red stain on fore edge of page block.. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Large 8vo.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1989. The true 1st edition. . SIGNED. Signed First Edition. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Privately Printed.

410 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamped rule to front cover edges in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Mr. Preemby is a dreamy, unassertive man until he is persuaded, in the months following his wife's death, that he is the incarnation of Sargon, the ancient king of Sumeria, returned to restore harmony in a disordered post-WWI world. He has long been attracted to esoterica and stories of ancient Atlantis, and is persuaded that he has a special destiny by a séance at a boarding house in Royal Tunbridge Wells. Committed to a lunatic asylum, Mr. Preemby escapes and recovers some of his sanity, but dies prematurely in the winter of 1921–1922. Chris Hossett, his wife, before her demise runs the Limpid Stream Laundry with Mr. Preemby's assistance. Her only daughter, Christina Alberta, is not Mr. Preemby's natural daughter, being the fruit of a brief liaison in the summer of 1899 in the seaside resort of Sheringham.… Read More

New York: Scribner, 2003. Signed by the author and dated 4/18/03. First edition / First Printing. Black paper spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the 2004 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. Basis for the 2005 Sam Mendes film starring Jake Gyllenhall, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, and Jamie Foxx.

American Artists Group, New York Gift Book, 1941. HBDJ, 1941, 1st Edition, SMALL Pictorial yellow paper over Boards, red and black lettering Match DJ Illustration Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good+ light edge Scuff. DJ mild soil, sun spine & edges, mild chips. DJ/Very Good+. Mild sun spine. Mild soil edges. DJ SPINE Darkened, Small 6.75 x 4.75 in. ,in Heaven as well as on earth, a group of creatures were gathered together in a green and golden glade of Paradise. A dispute arose about which had given most to bring Christmas to the world. Manuel Komroff tells how the Angel Gabriel appeared with a decision which satisfied all. It is a tale you will never forget, enriched by the author's own charming two-tone line drawings. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Manuel KOMROFF.

New York: Crown, 1980. First Printing, with complete number row 10-1. Filmed. Near Fine, tiny bottom corner bump, prior owner name stamp half-title page, some darkening to front board, in Near Fine dust jacket, light edge wear bottom edge of spine.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Bodley Head, 1967. Near Fine, slight toning to rear board, in a Near Fine dust jacket, light wear at the edges. Translated to English by Barbara Wright, jacket design by Yvonne Skargon. A rather uncommon book.. First Edition in English. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. #1546 of an edition of 1600, 1200 copies for sale by the Nonesuch Press, and 400 copies for sale in the United States by Random House. John Glanvill's translation of 1688. Designed by Francis Meynell, printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press, colour-stencil decorations by T.L. Poulton. Near Fine, gilt at spine a bit dulled yet legible, prior owner bookplate and gift inscription front end pages, rear end page toned from old paper laid in. Lacking the slipcase. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1942. Near Fine, gilt lettering a bit dulled, in Fine slipcase, SCARCE THUS, the slipcase seldom seen in such lovely condition. . Illustrated Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Oklahoma City: Lowell Matson and George Ade Davis , 1962. With 3 3/4" x 5 1/2" b&w photograph SIGNED by George Ade laid in. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author of the dedication, George Ade Davis, nephew of George Ade and heir to his literary estate. Near Fine, light soiling to boards. One of 200 unnumbered copies printed. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. Limited Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

London: Heinemann, 1972. First edition / First printing. Plum paper-covered boards. Very fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket with price increase sticker.

Bloomington, Indiana: The Raintree Press, 1981. SCARCE, WorldCat locates only 3 libraries with holdings. No copies found in current commerce. A Lockerbie Square chapbook. Published by Fredric Brewer at the Raintree Press, and SIGNED by Rensberger and initial-signed by Brewer at Colophon Page. No indication of number of copies printed, likely fewer than 100. Near Fine, slight fading to front wrapper. Printed letter in matching printed envelope in pocket on l. [12].. First Edition. String Tied. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.

Santa Barbara , CA: Lord John Press, 1978. # 29 of 275 copies handbound by Vance Gerry and SIGNED BY AUTHOR at Limitation Page. In quarter brown cloth and decorated boards, Fine. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Quarter Cloth. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Signed by the author on the title page. First U.S. edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf: 1973. First edition / First printing. Pink illustrated laminated boards. Very good. No cracking or chipping to the pink laminated cover, and uncommon thus. Some yellowing to orange to the spine. Small dark spot to the front-free endpaper, with offset to the pastedown. Some offsetting to the half-title page, and the CIP page. Gift inscription from a student / assistant to an instructor / boss on the first blank, following the front-free endpaper. An attractive copy of a book often found in poor condition. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Bob Dylan's first collection of lyrics. Published in 1973, it includes all his songs from his classic 1960's albums along with his drawings.