New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. First State. Near Fine in an about Near Fine first issue jacket, unclipped ($3.95), bumped to creasing at the corners, lightly rubbed, toned on the back panel. Blue cloth, faded at the edges, with silver and green gilt on the spine and..... More
New York: John Day Company, 1942. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. Good. Quarter black buckram with green paper wraps, heavily rubbed at the edges, label pasted onto the back wrap. Square and firmly bound, a few creased corners toward the beginning of the book, clean otherwise. Buck's novel of life in..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($4.95), lightly rubbed at the edges. Brown buckram with a brown ink panel on the spine with white ink lettering. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean and a brown top stain, clean internally..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($13.95). Quarter grey buckram with grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of twelve Carver stories that "constitude a kind of grammar of that feathery language only the hearts..... More
Northamptonshire: The Sceptre Press, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Limited to 50 copies signed by Creeley. Fine. Pink wraps. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Consisting entirely of Creeley's poem written about his then recently deceased mother. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Creeley on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($4.95). Yellow buckram with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A unified collection of poetry from Creeley, one with "more flexibility and..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's and Sons, 1912. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good plain dust jacket. Red buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, clean internally. An early printing, scarce in the dust jacket. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, roughly clipped with some text affected, bumped at the edges. Quarter yellow buckram with blue paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The true first printing of Diamond's Pulitzer Prize-winning..... More
New York: The Poets Press, 1965. Jess Collins. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good in the stapled binding, toned on the wraps and first few pages, clean and bright for the Wieners poems. Included here are three versions of "Procrastination," the first from Signal Volume 1, the second from Wiener's Ace..... More
New York: Arbor House, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Block on the rear endpaper. Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($7.95), faded at the spine, generally rubbed and with a few small stains throughout. Quarter white cloth with yellow paper on the boards, stained on the boards. Square..... More
Menomonee Falls: Shadow Mountain, 2005. Dan Farr. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Dick Van Dyke on the Introduction with additional signatures from Farr, Chris Creek, and Chad Smith on the title page. Fine in an about fine jacket with a closed tear in the "G" of "Giving." The story of..... More
New York: Random House, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Edward Shenton. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally toned, a few small chips at the edges and corners. Grey cloth with black and red ink lettering and decorations. Square and firmly bound with a red top..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Seventh Printing. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally toned and soiled, chips and creases to the edges. Brown cloth, pushed at the corners, with grey ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, former owner's signature..... More
London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. True first edition, preceeding the separate edition by one day. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped (8'6 net), toned at the spine, chipped at the top edge, large tear on the top of the front panel wit tape repairs on the..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.00), faded a shade at the spine, rubbed at the gutters and edges. Orange buckram with black ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with an..... More
New York: Modern Library, [1936]. Hardcover. Early Printing. Binding style 7 in jacket style f. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (95 cents), generally toned, a few shallow chips at the edges. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound..... More
Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, the first and second issues of the first printing. The first issue is about Near Fine, the second Very Good. Green publisher's binding, some rubbing at the edges and corners, with gilt lettering on the spine and blind tooling..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Second State. Very Good in a Very Good second issue jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned and rubbed, two circular dampstains on the front panel, a few small closed tears and minor chips. Black buckram, lightly bumped at the corners and faded at the..... More
New York: Random House, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), rubbed at the edges and panels. Grey buckram, toned at the edges. Square and firmly bound with a dark top stain, clean internally. Inge's debut play set in the Midwest with characters dealing..... More
Lincoln: The Prairie Schooner, 1935. First Edition. Paperback. About Very Good. Wraps generally toned and rubbed, a few small and faint creases at the corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A scarce Midwestern literary magazine with this issue featuring the first appearance of Weldon Kees' short story "Summer Morning..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, clipped, lightly rubbed at the edges. Blue boards, pushed at the corners, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square, bound with some reading wear, clean internally. One of Le Carre's novels that see George..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Leilani on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($26.00). Black paper on the boards with red gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Leilani's Kirkus Prize-winning novel of a young Black..... More
Norfolk: New Directions, 1939. First Edition. Paperback. Translated by Gilbert Neiman. Very Good. Orange wraps, generally toned, about one-inch splits at the head and foot of the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An English translation of Lorca's play of Spanish peasant life Bodas de sangre. More
Privately Printed, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Siegel. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (no price), faded at the spine, a few chips and closed tears at the edges and corners. Half purple cloth with white paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection..... More
New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Grey cloth, generally toned, with red ink lettering on the spine and front panel. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, clean internally. Lowry's acclaimed novel about a drunken Day of the Dead in a small..... More
