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Tales of East and West
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Good jacket, apparent later issue with 2/6 net on the spine, generally rubbed and soiled, a few chips and closed tears, old tape reinforcements on the verso. Brown buckram with black ink lettering on the spine. Square..... More
Strong Poison
New York: Brewer and Warren Inc., 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. About Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned and rubbed, tape repairs at the corners and edges. Red cloth, a strip of staining at the bottom edge, with black ink lettering and designs on the spine and..... More
Lucretia Borgia
New York: Albondocani Press, 1968. First Edition. Paperback. Limited to 150 copies. Fine. Patterned paper over plain blue wraps. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first edition of the play to faithfully produce Stein's original manuscript. More
The Long Valley
New York: Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), lightly toned and rubbed, a chip and scratch in "The" on the spine. Quarter grey cloth with orange cloth on the boards, tidemark on the front board. Square and firmly bound with an..... More
The Moon is Down
New York: Viking Press, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, clipped, generally toned, rubbed at the edges. Blue cloth, bumped at the spine, with silver gilt lettering and designs. Firmly bound with a light blue top stain and a forward lean. A change of scenery..... More
The Short Novels of John Steinbeck
New York: Viking Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Foreword by Joseph Henry Jackson. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.95), generally rubbed, bumped with some creases and tears at the top edge, tidemark at the food of the spine and back panel. Red buckram with black lettering on the..... More
Tortilla Flat
New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett. Very Good in a Very Good first-issue jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally toned, some tidemarks on the spine, chipped at the foot of the spine. Grey cloth, foxed throughout, with blue ink lines and lettering. Square and firmly..... More
The Master of Ballantrae
London: Cassell & Company, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. First Issue with the July ads at the rear. Near Fine. Original publisher's binding remarkably bright, lightly bumped at the corners, a negligible amount of fading at the spine. Square and firmly bound, a spot of toning on the front endpaper, incredibly..... More
The Awakening [The Resurrection]
New York: Street & Smith, Publishers, 1900. Hardcover. Translated by William E. Smith. Fair. Grey buckram, heavily rubbed and soiled, burgundy ink illustration with gilt lettering and designs on the front board. Square, shaken and cracked hinges, frontispiece of Tolstoy, clean text block. More
Washington Jitters
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Trumbo to his aunt Myrtle on the front endpaper. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally rubbed and soiled, a few chips, creases, and closed tears. Green boards, bumped and frayed at the edges and corners..... More
My Apprenticeship
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Webb on the front endpaper. Very Good, no jacket. Blue boards, rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners. Square, bound with some reading wear, hinges loose, some ink stains at the front matter and top edge, clean otherwise..... More
The History of Trade Unionism
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Brown buckram, lightly rubbed at the surface and edges. Square, front hinge starting, firmly bound and clean otherwise. An early study of trade unionism by two of the founders of the London School of Economics and coiners of the..... More
The Gold Bag
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Frontispiece by George W. Barratt. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Green buckram, rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners, some wear to the front pastedown. Square, bound with a bit of reading wear, former owner's name on the front endpaper, rear..... More
A House of Pomegranates
New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Ben Kutcher. Preface by H.L. Mencken. Very Good. Quarter yellow buckram, toned and soiled, with brown paper on the boards, rubbed and with a chip at the top edge. Square and firmly bound, Gotham Market bookseller ticket inside..... More