Literature, Poetry
PATAGONIA REVISITED
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. Kyffin Williams. First US edition, first printing. Hardcover. Signed by Theroux on the title page. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. More
ANTON CHEKHOV, GREATEST PLAYS
New York: Oxford University Press/Franklin Library, 1984. Stan Hunter. Hardcover. Collects four of Chekhov's plays. Translated by Elisaveta Fen. Bound in brown quarter leather over brown cloth covered boards, with lettering, design and rule printed in gilt. Two raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Brown silk ribbon marker. All edges in gilt..... More
YOU KNOW WHO
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1964. Edward Gorey. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 63 pages with twentyseven poems by John Ciardi and full-page illustrations throughout by Gorey. (Toledano B22a). Bright orange cloth with illustration on front board by Gorey. Fine in very good plus price clipped dust jacket with wear..... More
YOU READ TO ME, I'LL READ TO YOU
Philadelphia, PA;: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1962. Edward Gorey. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. A book to be read with a child in your lap..."All the poems printed in black, you read to me. All the poems printed in blue, I'll read to you." With illustrations on almost every page by..... More
PUBLISHING IN THE WEST: ALAN SWALLOW, SOME LETTERS AND COMMENTARIES
Santa Fe, NM: Lightning Tree, Inc., Jene Lyon, Publisher, 1974. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 80 pages. Fine in fine and bright, price-clipped dust jacket. More
TO BAD GALAHAD
Canada: Coach House Press, 1972. Margaret Hathaway. First edition. Oblong softcover. Limited to 1000 copies. Bound in original plain yellow stiff paper wrappers. Fine in near fine and bright illustrated dust jacket. More
SERGEANT SHAKESPEARE
New York: Viking Press, 1950. First US edition, first printing. Hardcover. "A speculation on the hidden years of the poet's life." Corners very lightly bumped. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with two very short closed tears. More
31 xii 66, GREETINGS TO FRIENDS OF BLACK MACK, THE HANDPRESS
Stanford, CA: Black Mack, the Handpress, 1966. First edition. Wrappers. Printed 31 July, 1966. Gordon, an astronaught to the moon, recited a prayer while in the presence of the Vice President, Ambassadors, Ministers, the Chief Justice, members of the Cabinet of the President, and a joint session of Congress. The..... More
THE BLACK DOG AND OTHER STORIES
London: Jonathon Cape, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Review slip laid in. Lengthy inscriptions by Coppard on the front free endpaper; "For William Macey Stone of U.S.A., In whom kindness is instructive, & forbearance a pleasure. There is nothing so hard to repay as simple kindness & so I am still..... More
DUNKY FITLOW; TALES
London: Jonathon Cape, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Number 120 of 300 copies of the special limited edition signed by Coppard on the limitation page. Listed in Bleiler, The Checklist of Fantastic Literature [1972], pg 83. Collects fifteen of Coppard's stories. Bound in full vellum with brown leather spine label and..... More
THE FIELD OF MUSTARD; TALES
London: Jonathon Cape, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Number 55 of 85 copies of the special limited edition signed by Coppard on the limitation page. Also written by Coppard on the bottom of the limitation page is a four line quote by Schopenhauer. Listed in Bleiler, The Checklist of Fantastic Literature..... More
NIXEY'S HARLEQUIN; TALES
London: Jonathon Cape, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Number 111 of 300 copies of the special limited edition signed by Coppard on the limitation page. Listed in Bleiler, The Checklist of Fantastic Literature [1972], pg 84. Collects fifteen of Coppard's stories. Bound in full vellum with brown leather spine label and..... More
POLLY OLIVER; TALES
London: Jonathon Cape, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Number 21 of 50 copies of the special limited edition signed by Coppard on the limitation page. Listed in Bleiler, The Checklist of Fantastic Literature [1972], pg 84. Collects twelve of Coppard's stories. Bound in full vellum with brown leather spine label and..... More
SILVER CIRCUS; TALES
London: Jonathon Cape, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Number 120 of 125 copies of the special limited edition signed by Coppard on the limitation page. Listed in Bleiler, The Checklist of Fantastic Literature [1972], pg 84. Collects sixteen of Coppard's stories. Bound in full vellum over boards with brown leather spine..... More
NYEENA KLOSHE ILLAHEE (SONGS OF THE GOOD COUNTRY)
Salem, OR: Self Published/J.H. Cradlebaugh, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Poetry illustrated with photograps of Oregon. 67 pages. Bound in original light blue cloth with lettering stamped in gilt. A fine and bright copy. More
TO WHAT STRANGERS, WHAT WELCOME; A SEQUENCE OF SHORT POEMS
Denver: Alan Swallow, 1964. First edition. Printed paper covers. Limited to about 1000 copies. Collects fifteen of Cunningham's poems. Bound in the original stiff paper printed covers. The usual light toning to the spine and edges. A near fine copy. More
DAUGHTERS OF EVE
New York: Berkley Publishing Corp. 1956. First edition, first printing. Paperback. Berkley book number G-40, 35 cents. An anthology collecting ten stories by William Faulkner, Mary McCarthy, John Steinbeck, William S. Maugham, D.H. Lawrence, John Collier, Alberto Moravia, H.E. Bates, John Cheever, and Edmund Schiddel. A very good copy. More
HOWARD PYLE, HIS LIFE - HIS WORK; A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PICTORIAL RECORD OF HOWARD PYLE: ILLUSTRATOR, AUTHOR, TEACHER; VOLUMES I AND II
New Castle, DE / Wilmington, DE: Maurizio Martino Publisher / Grabhorn Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. A two volume set with a total of 872 pages. Numerous thumb nail examples of Pyle's illustrations. Extensive indexes. Both volumes fine in fine and bright dust jackets. An as new, unread set. More
MEMOIRS OF A MIDGET
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1922. First US edition, first printing. Hardcover. "Published, January, 1922" printed on the copyright page. Near fine in near fine dust jacket showing just a hint of toning. A handsome copy. More
THE VEIL AND OTHER POEMS
London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1921. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of poetry by de la Mare. An unread copy as the pages have not been opened. Fine in very good dust jacket with exceedingly long tear along the front panel which has been professionally repaired with wheat paste. No..... More
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. Phiz. First edition, second issue. Hardcover. Quarter leather with marbled boards. Frontis toned and foxed. Plates toned at edges. Rebacked and inside hinges reinforced. A very good, sturdy copy. More
THE DARKER FACE OF THE EARTH
Brownsville, OR: Story Line Press, 1994. First edition, first printing. Trade Paperback. Signed by Dove on the title page and dated by her, 18 July, 96. A fine and bright, as new copy. More
THE DARKER FACE OF THE EARTH; A VERSE PLAY IN FOURTEEN SCENES
Brownsville, OR: Story Line Press, 1994. First edition. Soft cover. Inscribed by dove on the title page; "For Melba, with warm wishes - Rita Dove, 22 Aug, '94." A fine and bright copy. Appears as new. More
SELECTED POEMS
New York: Pantheon Books / Random House, Inc., 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Dove on the title page; "for Melba, Every good thought- Rita Dove, 22 aug '94." Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. Appears as new. More