THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY
New York: Privately Published, 1942. Hardcover. A collection of 18 letters from The American Weekly. Bound in original dark blue cloth with border and lettering stamped in gilt. Gilt mildly dulled. A near fine copy. More
Literature, Poetry
PARADISE LOST. A POEM IN TWELVE BOOKS: VOLUME I, with PARADISE REGAIN'D. A POEM, IN FOUR BOOKS. TO WHICH IS ADDED SAMSON AGONISTES: AND POEMS UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS: VOLUME II
Birmingham/London: Printed by John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson in London, 1760. Hardcover. Printed by John Baskerville, Birmingham. A two volume set. 416 and 390 pages. Bound in full calf with gilt borders to the covers, and gilt decorations between the six raised bands. All edges and endpapers marbled..... More
MY OLD SWEETHEART
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. The author's first book, winner of both the PEN Hemingway Award and the Sue Kaufman Prize of First Fiction. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. More
THE DAYNIGHT LAMP AND OTHER POEMS
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. H[ans] A[ugusto] Rey. First US edition, first printing. Hardcover. The poems are truly humorous, though at times spiced with feighned horror. Twenty full-page lithographs by H.A. Rey, best known for his Curious George illustrated books. Fine in very good dust jacket with chips to the..... More
THE HARP AND THE BLADE
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Ltd., 1941. First edition. Hardcover. By the author of Silverlock. Near fine with light offsetting to the endpapers, in near fine dust jacket with tiny tear to the rear panel. More
UNDER WATER WITH OGDEN NASH
Boston: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown and Company, 1997. Lee, Kathy. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of twenty seven of Nash's poems, each illustrated by botanical and zoologic illustrator, Kathy Lee. A fine and bright copy in fine and bright dust jacket. An as new copy. More
LITERARY ANECDOTES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A LITERARY HISTORY OF THE PERIOD, VOLUME II
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Never read as the pages are unopened. Bound in original red cloth with lettering in gilt. A very good copy. More
D.H. LWARENCE, AN UNPROFESSIONAL STUDY
London: Neville Spearman, 1961. First UK edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine and bright price-clipped dust jacket. More
THE PANIC BUTTON, CANADA'S MAGAZINE OF CEREBRAL FLATULENCE; NO. 16, FINAL ISSUE
Islington, Ontario: Les Nirenberg, 1964. Stapled sheets. 32 pages. A fine and bright copy. More
GOING AFTER CACCIATO
New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1978. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Winner of the 1979 National Book Award. Very good plus in very good dust jacket with several tiny tears and tiny damp stain to the reverse at the base of the spine panel, not affecting the front. Publisher's price..... More
NATIONAL LAMPOON, JUNE 1977, VOL. 1, NO. 87
New York: National Lampoon, Inc., 1977. Magazine. The job and employment issue. A fine and brght copy. More
MIRACLE PLAY
Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Number 194 of 350 numbered copies signed by Oates on the colophon. Orange cloth spine with paper covered boards. Fine in poor original clear acetate dust jacket. More
SEVEN FAMOUS GREEK PLAYS
New York: Modern Library/Random House, Inc. [about 1950]. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Modern Library 158. Bound in green cloth with lettering in gilt with green background. Very good plus in very good plus price-clipped dust jacket listing 370 books on the reverse. Cut out coupon present on the rear panel..... More
THE ZENITH OF DESIRE: CONTEMPORARY LESBIAN POEMS ABOUT SEX
New York: Crown Publishers, 1996. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. An as new, unread copy. More
PASSAGES FROM THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS
New York: Modern Library/Random House, Inc. [about 1943]. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Modern Library 103. Two pages of Modern Library Giant ads in the rear. Bound in red cloth with lettering in gilt over dark green backing. Top of the textblock dyed green. Fine in near fine dust jacket. 292..... More
NATIONAL LAMPOON, FEBRUARY 1983, VOL. 2, NO. 55
New York: N.L. Communications, Inc/National Lampoon, Inc., 1983. Magazine. A fine and brght copy. More
NATIONAL LAMPOON, JUNE 1983, VOL. 2, NO. 59
New York: N.L. Communications, Inc/National Lampoon, Inc., 1983. Magazine. A near fine, brght copy. More
NATIONAL LAMPOON, OCTOBER 1983, VOL. 2, NO. 63
New York: N.L. Communications, Inc/National Lampoon, Inc., 1983. Magazine. A near fine, brght copy. More
CRITICAL MASS
New York: Bantam Books, Inc., 1977. Eddie Jones. First paperback edition, first printing. Paperback. Cover price $1.75. Cover art by Eddie Jones. Collects eleven of the authors' stories. A hint of toning to the pages. A fine and bright copy. Appears unread. More
BABUSHKA'S MOTHER GOOSE
New York, N.Y. Philomel Books, 1995. Polacco, Patricia. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Rhymes and stories by Polacco, some new and some that she heard from her own Russian grndmother. Bright and colorful illustrations by Polacco throughout. Glossy illustrated boards. Fine and bright in fine and bright dust jacket. More
A CATALOGUE OF RARE AND VALUABLE WORKS ON THE FINE ARTS OFFERED FOR SALE BY BERNARD QUARICH, 1909 - 1910
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1909. Hardcover. 349 pages listing 4401 items in six catagories; Painting & Ingraving, Architecture, Christian Art, Classical Art & Architecture, Decorative & Industrial Art, and The Practical Arts, plus addenda and supplement. plus 23 pages of ads bound in the rear and four more on the front..... More
ROSES ARE RED
Oakland, CA: Rather Press, 1970. First edition, first printing. Wrappers. Limited to 100 copies. Sentimental and charming, this is a booklet of The Language of Flowers naming flowers with their meaning with red linocut illustrations by the author. For example, "Jonquils bring a message begging for true love's return. Thus..... More
NIGHT FREIGHT
Portland, OR: Breitenbush Books, 1987. Second printing. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. More
THE SHORT STORIES OF SAKI
New York: Modern Library, 1958. Hardcover. Number 280. Bound in original blue cloth. A very good copy in like dust jacket. More