Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed twice by the author. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($13.95). Grey boards with black ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of eleven love stories from the O. Henry Prize-winning author..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($12.95), rubbed at the edges. Quarter black cloth with dark grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of prize-winning short stories, including work from Cynthia Ozick, John Irving, Kay Boyle..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($18.95), faded at the spine, bumped at the head of the spine. Quarter teal cloth with black paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of prize-winning short stories, including work from..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($6.95), lightly toned at the edges. Red buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of poetry from the Fulbright professor that "profits from his classical studies."..... More
New York: Crown Business, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($30.00), lightly rubbed at the top edge. Pale blue boards, some rubbing. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A selection of case studies that "conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that..... More
London: Heinemann, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Inscribed by Achebe on the title page. About Fine. Faintly rubbed and faded at the spine and edges. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of stories written since 1942 and gathered from all across Africa, including works from Achebe, Owoyele, Gurnah, Ngugi..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. Hardcover. Fourth Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($23.00), lightly soiled and rubbed. Mustard yellow buckram, lightly bumped, with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The source material for the 2017 film starring Timothee..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by John Lawrence. Inscribed by Adams and Lawrence on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($15.95). Black buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. As the title suggests, this is an account..... More
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictures by John T. McCutcheon. Good. Blue cloth, generally faded and stained, rubbed and bumped at the corners, fraying at the edges. Square, bound with some reading wear, gilt top edge, clean internally. An early work of Ade's slang-filled accounts..... More
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1903. Hardcover. Illustrated by Clyde J. Newman. Good. Tan buckram, heavily toned and soiled, frayed at the edges. Square, bound with some reading wear, gilt top edge, clean internally. A collection of Ade's fables about life in Chicago. More
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Clyde J. Newman. Near Fine. Tan buckram, bumped at the corners. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, gilt top edge, clean internally. A collection of Ade's fables about life in Chicago. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Adichie on the title page. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($24.95). Quarter green buckram with yellow paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Adichie's novelization of her award-winning short story of the same name..... More
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Adichie on the title page. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($23.95). Quarter purple paper with beige paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, brief notes with Adichie's email written on the rear endpaper, clean otherwise. Adichie's debut..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Introduction by Theodore T. Puck. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($7.95), rubbed at the edges. Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Adler's work in which he "constructs a logic of..... More
London: David Nutt, 1889. First Edition. Paperback. Limited to 550 copies. Complete in two volumes, housed in a custom clamshell box. Presentation copy stamped "With the Author's and Publisher's Compliments" on the front endpaper of each volume. Very Good. Wraps toned, bumped at the corners and edges. Square and firmly..... More
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
West Branch: The Cummington Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Collected by Elena Harap. Illustrated by Keith Achepohl. Limited to 285 copies. Near Fine, lacking the plain dust jacket. Quarter black buckram with patterned paper on the boards, lightly rubbed. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of four stories..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1935. Hardcover. Foreword by Archibald MacLeish. Second Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned, chipped and rubbed throughout, some loss at the head of the spine. Green buckram, toned at the edges, with black ink lettering on the spine. Square..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. Hardcover. Second Edition. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($8.95), rubbed at the surface and edges, toned a shade on the spine, a closed tear at the top of the front panel. Black buckram with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1993. Hardcover. Inscribed by Arlene and Alan Alda on the title page. Third Printing. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($13.50), creased at the front flap, bumped at the head of the spine. Glossy pictorial boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A photo-illustrated bedtime book..... More
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($6.95), rubbed at the surface and edges, soiled at the back panel. Purple cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, soiled at the top..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. Good in an about very good jacket, clipped, chipped to loss at pints along the edges. Blue boards, toned along the top with a dampstain at the bottom. Square and firmly bound. Winner of the Latin-American Prize Novel Contest..... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($22), faded at the spine, rubbed at the edges. Black paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, some stains at the edges, clean internally. The third..... More
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Preface by Louis I. Szathmary II. Foreword by David E. Schoonover. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), faded at the spine and back panel. Red buckram with white ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($4.50), lightly rubbed at the back panel. Quarter yellow paper with blue paper on the boards, faded at the edges. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, a few faint stains at..... More
