Davina or The Romance of Mesmerism
New York: Grove Press, (1983). Softcover. First Grove Press edition. Paperback. A little rubbing on the wrappers and usual page-toning, near fine. More
New York: Grove Press, (1983). Softcover. First Grove Press edition. Paperback. A little rubbing on the wrappers and usual page-toning, near fine. More
New York: Grove Press, (1968). Softcover. First Evergreen Black Cat edition. Mass market paperback. Near fine with spine creases and edge wear. More
Philadelphia: T.E. Chapman, 1837. Hardcover. Reprint. Leather bound. Gift inscription, foxing, spine worn else very good minus. More
New York: Macaulay, (1933). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a moderately worn, very good dustwrapper with several chips and tears at the extremities. Advance Review Copy with publisher's promotional material soliciting a review laid in. Trials and tribulations of a divorced and pregnant woman. Scarce. More
(New York: Midwood Enterprises, 1969). Softcover. First edition, paperback original. Else fine with a bit of light wear to lower edge of front panel. From The Collectors Classic Series. Scarce. *OCLC* locates no copies of this first edition. More
Boston: Riverton, 1910. Softcover. First edition. Wrappers detached but present else very good. More
1855. Softcover. Holograph Manuscript. Octavo. 42, (2)pp. Ribbon-tied wrappers. Foredge gilt. Beautifully written in blue ink with decorated initials rubricated. Small chips to the edges of the wrappers, a pleasing very good or better manuscript. A fairy tale in both prose and verse. Fair knight Jòan goes on a long..... More
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1863. Hardcover. First edition. Small octavo. 390pp. Green cloth decorated in gilt. Faint gift inscription dated in 1870, light shelf wear, else about fine. The poets represented include Wordsworth, Scott, Longfellow, Mrs, Hemans, Moore, Tennyson, and many others. A very nice copy, and..... More
New York: Random House, 1996. Hardcover. Later printing. Light foxing on page edges and cloth spine joints, near fine in a fine dustwrapper. "A novel of politics." More
New York: Random House, (1996). Hardcover. First edition. Near fine with a slightly tanned spine, in a fine dustwrapper. More
[No place: The Author, circa 1960s?]. Unbound. No edition stated. Introduction by the anonymous author. Slim octavo. Four folio sheets folded to make [16]pp. Measuring approximately 7" x 8½". Spirit-duplicated. Owner stamp and signature of a noted American psychologist on the cover and title inked on the spine else very..... More
[No place - possibly either Palm Springs or Laguna, California]: Palm Pub Co., (1954). Softcover. Holliday Associates edition (presumably a later edition, as it bears a copyright date of 1945). 16mo. [16]pp. titlepage vignette, diagrams. Stapled illustrated red wrappers. Gift inscription ("Florence Deinert from Helene Schell"), staples a little rusted..... More
(San Diego: Nouveau Classique Press / (Publisher's Export Co., 1969). Softcover. First edition.(Supposedly) translated from the Spanish by Manuel de Ortega. Paperback original. Illustrated green wrappers. Crease on spine, rubbing on wrappers, pages toned, but sound and very good. Purported memoir of a sexy nun from Nicaragua. Spoiler alert: Satan..... More
New York: Random House, (1952). Softcover. First edition. Very good minus in wrappers. A foreword by John Steinbeck. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1960. Hardcover. First American edition. 178pp. Near fine with slight offsetting on the endpapers, faint soiling on the spine, and slight bumping on the bottom edge in a very good dustwrapper with chips and tears along the edges, rubbing on the rear panel, and light..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1960. Hardcover. First American edition. 178pp. Wear on the board edges else near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing, creasing, and tiny tears. Supposed autobiography of a London prostitute possibly by *Lovejoy* author John Grant. More
New York: Grove Press, (1986). Hardcover. Reprint. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Hardcover. First edition. Introduction by W.E. Woodward. A tiny owner's stamp on the front fly, else fine in a modestly rubbed, near fine dustwrapper with tiny nicks and tears, and jacket art by Sugar. Epistolary and practical advice on the stock market, delivered in a...... More
New York: Hillman-Curl, (1935). Hardcover. First American edition. Fine in a very attractive, near fine dustwrapper with a tiny chip on the rear panel and barely noticeable loss at the crown. Long appreciation by Francis Iles declaring the book a masterpiece. A novel about the emotional life of a man..... More
[Zurich: circa 1942]. Softcover. Seven leaves folded to make [14]pp. 13 illustrations. Stitched with cord. Some spotting on the handwritten wrappers and final leaf, slight splitting at the spine ends, else very good or better. Handwritten and illustrated on rectos only, with cryptic dedication on first leaf. From an unidentified..... More
Buffalo: The Inter-State Publishing Association, 1909. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrations by Louis A. Plogsted. A little darkening to the front gutter, else easily fine in an attractive, very good dustwrapper with a chip at the foot of the spine. Instructive stories of immorality, both alcoholic and sexual. Scarce in jacket..... More
Pittsburgh: Freedmen's Department of Woman's Board of Home Missions, 516 Market Street, [circa 1910]. Softcover. First edition. 24mo. 11pp. Stapled white printed self-wrappers. Few sewn marks along spine where once bound with other publications, else a very good copy. More
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, (1933). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in an attractive, near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with a little tanning at the extremities, and a few very short tears. Mild-mannered do-nothing President recovers from an auto accident and suddenly grasps the reigns of power. Basis for the 1933 Gregory..... More
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall, (1971). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with tiny creases on the jacket flaps. Fictitious "diary" of a smart, 15 year-old who descends into heavy drug use and other ills, allegedly found by her parents after her death by overdose and published..... More
New York: G. Howard Watt, 1931. Hardcover. First edition. Bookplate of actor Jean Hersholt, a tiny tear at the crown, near fine in near fine dustwrapper (with art by Crary) with tiny nicks. An exotic tale of Hollywood orgies, it is not clear whether this is fact or fiction, but..... More