THOMAS AND BEULAH
Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie-Mellon University Prass, 1986. First edition. Soft cover. Inscribed by Dove on the title page; "For Melba- These poems from the heart- Rita Dove, 22 Aug, '94." A fine and bright copy. Appears as new. More
Literature, Poetry
THE BEST SUPERNATURAL TALES OF ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
New York: Dover Publications, 1979. Later edition. Trade Paperback. Collects fifteen of Doyles supernatural stories. A fine, as new copy. More
ANNA HASTINGS; THE STORY OF A WASHINGTON NEWSPERSON! A.H.
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1977. Uldis Klavins. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. The First Edition Society issue. Bound in full burgandy leather with three raised bands, red silk moire endpapers, the design and lettering stamped in gilt, and gilt edging to the text block. Notes From The Editors pamphlet..... More
ANNA HASTINGS; THE STORY OF A WASHINGTON NEWSPERSON! A.H.
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1977. Uldis Klavins. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. The First Edition Society issue. Bound in full burgandy leather with three raised bands, red silk moire endpapers, the design and lettering stamped in gilt, and gilt edging to the text block. Fine and bright, issued without..... More
DAPHNE DU MAURIER'S CLASSICS OF THE MACABRE
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1987. Foreman, Michael. First edition thus. Hardcover. Six masterpieces of the imagination by the author of REBECCA: DON'T LOOK NOW, THE APPLE TREE, THE BLUE LENSES, THE BIRDS, THE ALIBI, and NOT AFTER MIDNIGHT. Gray paper-covered boards, illustrated endpapers. A fine copy in finr..... More
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED NUMBER SEVEN
New York: Berkley Publishing Group/First Publishing, Inc., 1990. Dan Spiegle. First edition, first printing. Soft cover. A graphic novel adapted by Steven Grant. Illustrator Dan Spiegle. Color artist, Les Dorscheid. Letterer, Carrie Spiegle. Cover artist, Pat Boyette. 46 pages. Published April, 1990. A fine and bright, as new copy. More
THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCHOPENHAUER
New York: Modern Library/Random House, Inc. [1940s ?]. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Modern Library 52. Introduction by the editor. Price on the rear panel of the dust jacket is 95¢. Bound in green cloth with lettering in gilt with black background. Top edge of the text block dyed in green..... More
THE NEVERENDING STORY
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1983. Quadflieg, Roswitha. First US edition, first printing. Hardcover. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. More
SPECIMEN SHEET AND PRICE LIST OF THE WORLD'S FINEST PRINTING INKS FOR ALL FINE LETTERPRESS WORK, MANUFACTURED BY JÄNECKE-SCHNEEMANN, K.G., OF HANNOVER, GERMANY
San Francisco: Peregrine Press / Henry Evans, 1957. Folded sheet. Large folded sheet, 12.5 x 19 inches, with seven printed color examples of the nine inks offered. One of only 250 copies issued of this broadside. A fine and bright copy. More
OLD BALLADS, HISTORICAL AND NARRATIVE WITH SOME OF MODERN DATE, COLLECTED FROM RARE COPIES AND MSS.. A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND CONSIDERABLY ENLARGED FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, BY HIS SON, R.H. EVANS, IN FOUR VOLUMES
Pall Mall, London: R.H. Evans, 1810. Hardcover. Four volumes. Pages untrimmed. Bound in light tan paper covered boards. Professionally rebacked with new title labels. Worn at the corners and edges. A few spots of foxing at the initial and final pages of volume I. A very good set. More
THE SHORT STORIES OF HENRY JAMES
New York: Modern Library/Random House [about 1948]. Hardcover. Modern Library Giant G11. Collects seventeen of James's stories plus introduction by Clifton Fadiman. Large "H" stamped on the front free endpaper, else fine in very good dust jacket with two inch tear to the front flap fold. The dust jacket with..... More
YOUNG LONIGAN
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. Mitchell Hooks. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Farrell on the second blank page with tissue guard laid over. A book from the Franklin Library 60 Signed leather bound Limited Edition series published between 1977 and 1982. Bound in olive green full leather with design..... More
GO DOWN, MOSES
New York [1942]: Modern Library. Hardcover. A very good copy. No dust jacket. More
DARKNESS AND THE DEEP
Caldwell, ID/New York, NY: Caxton Printers/Vanguard Press, 1943. First edition, deluxe issue. Hardcover. Number 86 of 100 numbered copies signed by Fisher on the limitation page. Also inscribed by Fisher on the front endpaper, "For William B. Thoreau, of that rare genus homo, the dedicted man, with great admiration and..... More
DARKNESS AND THE DEEP
Caldwell, ID/New York, NY: Caxton Printers/Vanguard Press, 1943. First edition, deluxe issue. Hardcover. Number 71 of 100 numbered copies signed by Fisher on the limitation page. The first book in "The Testament of Man" series. Bleiler: Checklist of Fantastic Literature, page 115. Bound in full very dark green leather with..... More
TO ONE FROM ARCADY AND OTHER POEMS
Boston, MA: Sherman, French & Company, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed in blind by Fitz Simons on the front free endpaper, "With the best wishes of the author, Theodore Lynch Fitz Simons". 55 pages. Bound in original paper covered boards with green cloth spine, lettered and illustrated in gilt. A...... More
THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN
Garden City, New York [1969]: International Collectors Library. Hardcover. Green paper covered boards with decoration in gilt. Ribbon marker attached. A near fine copy with light wear to spine head and tail. More
THE WILL JAMES BOOKS; A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR ENTHUSIASTS AND COLLECTORS
Long Valley, NJ: Dark Horse Associates, 1998. First edition. first printing. Hardcover. Inscribed to me on the front endpaper, "To Bob Gavora, Happy Trails, Don Frazier '98." 180 pages with books listed by year, plus eleven page center section color photographs of James' books. Black and white illustrations throughout. Limited..... More
BRET HARTE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND BIOGRAPHICAL DATA. SERA MONOGRAPH #10
California Literary Research/SERA, 1935. First edition. Paper covers. SERA [State Emergency Relief Administration] Project 2-F2-132 3-F2-197. Monograph #10. 189 pages printed rectos only. Bound in original dark gray paper covers. Book is three hole punched, bound together with a black ribbon tie. Edge wear to the covers. An about very..... More
NICKEL MOUNTAIN
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1973. Thomas O'Donohue. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. More
KINGSLEY AMIS, A CHECKLIST
Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1976. First edition. first printing. Hardcover. The serif Series: Number 34. Unpublished materials, published materials, secondary materials, and indexes. Bound in maroon cloth. A fine copy, issued without dust jacket. Appears as new and unused. More
THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
New York/Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company [no date, about 1910]. Hardcover. Includes four illustrations. Bound in original olive cloth lettered, bordered and illustrated in black and gilt. Bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper and neat signature on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy. A perfect copy for the..... More
THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
London: Macmillan & Co., 1892. Hugh Thomson. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Preface by Austin Dobson. Illustrated throughout by Thomson. Illustrated frontis with tissue guard. Bound in original dark green cloth lettered and beautifully illustrated in gilt. All edges in gilt. Dark green endpapers. Small area of damp dulling to the cloth..... More
THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
New York: Heritage Press, 1939. John Austin. Early Heritage edition. Hardcover. Nicely illustrated throughout. Bound in original salmon colored cloth with lettering in gilt and border design in dark brown. A fine copy in original very good plus tissue dust protector within a very good plus example of the publisher's..... More