London: Caradoc Press,; George Webb & Co.,(Printers), 1905. First Edition. Octavo. Engraved frontispiece, 152pp. (6) pp. ads. nicely illustrated with etchings, wood cuts and photogravures by H. G. Webb, Derwent Wood, Baron de Meyer, and Frank Brangwyn. A "little magazine" from the early 20th century. Poems and longer prose by..... More
Boston; 1834-1837: Ball and Marshal; John L. Sibly and Benjamin H. Greene, and William D. Ticknor. Small quarto. This comprises all three volumes, each in the original monthly parts fully illustrated throughout.. Volume I: 536 pages (Sept. 1834-August 1835). Voluime II: 520 pages (Sept. 1835--Aug. 1836) and Volume III, 486..... More
Tucson: University of Arizona, 1977. Octavo. Volume 33, number 2. A collection of articles on Hemingway various writers. Hemingway's "Vulgar" ethic: Revaluating The Sun Also Rises, the search for celebration in The Sun Also Rises and The Great Garsby, Hemingways' novels: the shift in orthodoxy and symbolism, the meaning of..... More
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Public Library, 1928. Octavo. 30pp. A checklist of great writers, many of which are considered classics today. And this great time-piece lists the 'rising stars' that have all but been forgotten. staple bound in original pictorial wraps with photographs of various writers. Rear panel has crease and..... More
New York: The MacMillan Co, 1932. First Edition. Octavo. 133 pages. One of A.E.'s relatively scarce books and among his most important mystical writings. DNB notes in this work "he examined the provenance of his poetry in terms of those visons that had invaded his consciousness nearly a half century..... More
Citta Di Castello: Casa Editrice, 1913. Small Octavo. Text in Italian. 44 leave of illustrations captioned by passages from Dante's Inferno. Bound in stiff pictoial paper wraps depicting dante in red, lettered in black, some light finger soiling, small tear to foot at rear panel. A very good copy... More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1852. Large Octavo. A new and revised edition illustrated with fine steel engravings, in three volumes specially bound in full red morocco, elaborately decorated in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, with gift inscription.... given as a gift to Emma Duprey on her..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970, 1970. Very Good+/Good+. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 261pp. Illustrated with b&w plates and facsimile. Notes. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Wavy design in black cloth boards; Illustrated dust jacket (rubbed and chipped). More
New York; (1996): The Atlantic Monthly Press. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 420 pp. " A powerful book that offers a disturbing portrait of an Indian man without a tribe." He tells a gritty and compelling story that explores alienation, and the dark heart of racial hatred. A fine copy..... More
Milano: Gio Silvestri (printer), 1845. First Milano Edition. Small Octavo. Italian text. Four parts in three volumes, Inferno xvi, 472; Purgatorio viii, 452; Paradiso 464, and General index for the set with its own title page 190, (2) pp. ads. All volumes bound in contemporary 1/4 calf over blue marbled..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1987. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. Signed by the author on the title page. 350pp. A taunt, often riviting portrayal of the Vietnam war. The scarce first book by the author of "Night Dogs." Bound in back paper covered boards backed in black cloth..... More
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1928. First Edition. Octavo. 127 pages. This was Maxwell Anderson's most significant play but since it dealt with the Sacco-Vanzaetti case, it was disregarded at the time. Today is has been read as a call to social consciousness and justice. A lovely copy bound..... More
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London: Longmans Green & Co., 1892. Ocatvo. 152p. illustrated with 26 illustrations. Bound in pictorial paper covered boards backed in maroon cloth, spine lettering gilt. A good copy with upper board illustration fading and soiled, corners bumped and some chipping to spine ends, and short mend to inner front hinge..... More
New York; (1925): George H. Doren Company. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 550 copies. The present copy is #240 signed by the author. Large paper edition. 369 pages. After the Green Hat Michael Arlen dealt with the theme of the youth culture which blossomed in post-World War I London in..... More
Boston, MA; (1986): G. K. Hall & Co. First Edition. Octavo. 415pp. A large reference work pertaining to authors who have written about Willa Cather. Bound in maroon cloth, spine lettering gilt. A fine bright copy. More
New York; (1986): Random House. First Edition. Octavo. 244pp. Inscribed by the author. A romantic comedy about two widows "of a certain age" during the twenties who discover that life always offers one more treasure...if only you knew where to look. Bound in pale pink paper covered boards decorated in..... More
New York; (1999): William Morrow and Co. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 101pp. Warmly inscribed by the author " for Marjorie" on the half-title page with a drawing of a sun and bird. Illustrated by K. O. Eckland. An enchanting flight across the boundary of ordinary time -- into the..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1922. Octavo. 131 pages. Illustrated. Each writer gives a fresh interpretation of Andrew Marvell's poetry. Of particular interest is T.S. Eliot who analyzes To a Coy Mistress as a masterpiece of both wit and great imaginative power. While the youthful college student appreciates the sexual images..... More
Nendeln/Lichtenstein: Klaus Reprint, 1975. Buckram. Fine Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 391 pp. Fraktur. Orig. 1905. Essays by 19th century Austrian critic with emphasis on Austrian literature, selected and introduced by Stephen Hock. More
London: William Heinemann, 1899. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 365 pp. Moderate soiling covers, binding lightly cocked. More
Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 147pp. Uncommon cloth bound edition of this powerful staging of Glasser's "365 Days" a huge novel of a soldier's tour in the Vietnam War. Bound in black cloth boards, with illustrated dust jacket (light rubbing and..... More
Privately Printed, 1926. Limited Editioin. Octavo. 13 pages of an edition of 100 copies. Don Blanding had read his poem about a virgin who had no interest in changing her status until she was given (fiendishly) a copy of Vermillion Sin" (an unpublished novel) by Elinor Glyn who created the..... More
St. Louis: Buxton & Skinner, 1893. 23 pages of documents on 12 pages intended to form a fictional account of events along with a fictional society romance in St. Louis between Robert Sumner Howe, Dorothy Carr, and Arthur Ormsby Farnsworth leading to the Carr-Farnsworth marriage. Henry Blossom who was a...... More
New York: Vantage Press, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 117 pp. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 364pp. Selected short story by a master of the form, with a new Preface for this issue. Bound in lavender cloth boards, and printed dust jacket (boards are sunned on spine, and jacket is bright, with..... More