The Happy Exile
London: John Lane, 1898. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Ocatvo. A nice decorative cloth cover with three nymphs being serenaded by flute played by satyr--an important copy. More
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Encounters and Diversions
London: Methuen & Co., LTD., 1924. First Printing. Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 194, (8)pp. Humor in small passages. Bound in green cloth, with gilt title. Laid in folded letter, signed and dated 1926. Title page inscribed and signed by the author, as well... More
Their Families
Seattle, WA: The Book Club of Washington, 2015. Limited Edition. Small Octavo. 29(1)pp. The deluxe edition limited to 75 copies signed by the artist Jennifer Kennard who designed and illustrated in color by hand-stenciling. This is the first in an anticipated series of chapbooks. This copy is out of series..... More
Contrary Pleasure
New York; (1954): Appleton-Century-Crofts. First Edition. Octavo. 291 pages. Benjamin Delevan, the oldest brother, heads the family and its textile business and at 50 is nagged by the notion that the "good years and the taut muscles" have gone- but where? Quinn, in his late thirties finds a certain rejuvenation..... More
The Quest of the Yellow Pearl
Np/(1909): Fleming H. Revell Co. First Edition. Small Octavo. 47pp., Illustrated by H.J. Turney. tipped in frontispiece. The journey taken by Eldad ben Jacob over thousands of miles in search of the "yellow pearl". Bound in white paper covered boards lettered and decorated in orange and black spine plain, some..... More
Sylvia and Michael the Later Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett
New York; (1919): Harper & Brothers. First American Edition. Octavo. 323pp. (2)pp. ads. The story of Silvia who. on a whim. throws away a big career and makes her way alone though dangers that would terrify most men Sylvia sings and dances through life and at last, finds happiness in..... More
Da. S. Tommaso a Dante. Congretture e Riscontri.
Bergamo, Italy: Istituto Italiano D'Arti Grafiche, 1901. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Italian text. 98pp. Spine ebound in brown cloth, with purple marbled paper over boards (interior clean and tight; outer boards with edge wear, scrapes, and forward portion faded). More
Leiden in Deutschland; Tagebuchblatter Aus Den Jahren 193 Und 1934
Los Angeles: Privadruck Der Pazifischen Presse, 1946. Limited Edition. Octavo. Signed by Thomas Mann. No. 114 of 250 limited copies. [4] 90, [2] pages. German text; He became an expatriate from Nazi Germany and in America was given an appointment by the Library of Congress as Consultant on German Literature..... More
The Aloe
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Limited Edition. Tall Octavo. Limited to 850 copies. The present copy is number 904. Mansfield destroyed more than 3/4 of her manuscripts. She kept only those she attached importance to, especially for future works. The greater part of the Aloe, after much reshaping was..... More
Camoniana Italica: Subsidios Bibliograficos
Coimbra, Portugal: Universidade De Coimbra, 1972. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Portuguese text. 276pp. Bibliography of Luis de Camoes, 1524-1580, most illustrious Portuguese writer of poetry and drama. Un-cut pages. Facsimile of holograph manuscript page. Index. In original paper wraps. Library bar-code sticker on last page..... More
Espanolidad Literaria De Jose Marti
Havana, Cuba: 1942. Original Paper Wrps. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 38p. stamp of seller "edition paginas; Ediciones sociales, Habana, Cuba. They distributed socialist and Marxist literature in Havana from the late 1930's to 1952, when Batista outlawed the Communist party and began an extensive program of censorship..... More
O Holoubkovi, Ktery Se Na Vsechno Ptal: Pohadky Nasi Haninky
New York: Universum Press Co., 1966. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Czech text. 8vo., 30pp. Interior clean and tight, without marks. Wrappers in white, with blue letters and figure of a dove on front panel. This copy is signed by the author on front..... More
Verse Ze Zasuvky a Verse Zapomenute
New York: Universum Sokol Publication, 1968. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Czech text. 8vo., 75pp. Poetry. This copy is signed by the author on the half-tite page. More
The Servant
London and New York: W. H. Allen, 1973. Octavo. 94pp. Signed on the title page by the author and inscribed by the author on first blank. Humorous best-seller, re-issued with new introductory essay on the writing of this short novel. Bound in dark blue cloth, spine lettering gilt, in clipped..... More
La Voce Di Dante; Massime, Invocazione Profezie e Apostrofi. Tratte Dalla Divina Commedia Annotate e Spiegate. Ad Uso Delle Scuole a Delle Persone Colte.
Firenze: R. Bemporad, 1918. Soft Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Text in Italian. 12mo., 248pp. The Divine Comedy. Light foxing on outer pages. In green papers wrappers, printed black, with red border stripe (lightly soiled, with 1" chip on upper spine). Fragile and scarce... More
LAMENT OF THE NIBELUNGEN (DIV CHLAGE)
Columbia, SC: Camden House, 1994. Cloth - gold spine/cov Titles. As New 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Studies in German literature, linguistics, and Culture (Unnumbered) Medieval Texts and Translations. Translator's introduction, Glossar y of personal names, Bibliography, pp 219. More
Until Your Heart Stops
New York: Villard Books/Random House, 1993. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. Authors first novel, signed and inscribed by him. Winner of the prestigious Flannery O'Connor Award for short fiction. 321pp. The story is set in Phoenix, Arizona. The story of a high school student's suicide and its aftermath which reaches..... More
ERNST MORITZ ARNDT - EIN LEBENSBILD IN BRIEFEN
Berlin: Verlag Von Georg Reimer, 1898. First Edition. Original Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 561 pp. German text. Uncut. Letters from Arndt from the 1790s through the end of his life. More
The Young Mencken. The Best of His Work, Collected By Carl Bode
New York: The Dial Press, 1973. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 576pp. Collected essays and poems, stories as a yearling reporter, a fledgling man of letters. Bound in black simulated leather decoratively stamped in copper, spine lettering gilt, previous owner's small name plate, fine in fine unclipped dust jacket... More
Menckeniana, A Schimpflexicon
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Limited Edition. Octavo. 1 of 230 copies signed by Mencken, unopened, 132(1)pp., bound in red paper covered boards backed in yellow cloth, paper label to spine and upper board, spine and label faded, a lovely copy housed in black paper covered slipcase with red..... More
Lettere Amorose di Ugo Foscola ad Antonietta Fagnani
Firenze: G. Barbera, 1884. 2 1/2" X 4 1/4" xcii, 356pp, (7)pp. ads at rear, text in Italian, pubblicate per cura di Giovanni Mestica, bound in full maroon leather, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. The love letters of poet Ugo Foscolo to Antonietta Fagnani Arese, a woman of high..... More
Poesie.... (Poems of Mr. Abbot Peter Metastasio)
Parigi (Paris), 1755-1769: Presso La Vedova Quillau/Presso G.C. Molin. Small Octavo. Complete in 10 volumes, text in Italian. Each volume has engraved title page. Vol. 1 has frontispiece by D. Sornique after C. Eisen, and vignette headpiece by N. Le Mire after C.N. Cochin. Vol. 1-9, 1755; Vol.. 10, Parigi..... More
Tales of the South Pacific
New York: The Macmillan Co., 1950. Limited Edition. Octavo. The golden anniversary of the American Booksellers Association. Limited to 1500 copies signed by the author. 326pp., bound in pictorial gilt blue cloth, spine gilt but gilt faded, minor wear to corners joints rubbed and a scratch to rear board. A...... More
The Happy Rock: a Book About Henry Miller
(Bern Porter / The Packard Press, Berkeley, 1947). Limited Edition. Small Quarto. 2nd issue. Presentation copy inscribed by Miller to friend and French poet Théophile Briant dated 1/20/48. 157pp. printed on various colored paper. page 152 is an interesting chronology and bibliography of his life and works: His marriage, daughter..... More
Sexus. The Rosy Crucifixion (two volumes)
Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1949. Limited Edition. Small Octavo. Limited to 3000 copies, this is set #288. Five books in two volumes, 368pp., and 326pp., bound in light green cloth, spine labels dark green lettered in gilt, two corners very slightly bumps, some faint fading to cloth, some off-setting to..... More