Bibliomania, a tale
PA: Rodale Press, 1954. Hardcover. Illustrated by Arthur Wragg. Good. Hardcover, thin book 42 pages, rubbed at spine ends and lightly bumped corners, writing on half title page, pages lightly browned. More
PA: Rodale Press, 1954. Hardcover. Illustrated by Arthur Wragg. Good. Hardcover, thin book 42 pages, rubbed at spine ends and lightly bumped corners, writing on half title page, pages lightly browned. More
London and Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press, (1954). Hardcover. First by this publisher. 42pp. Illustrated by Arthur Wragg. Small chip at the foot of the spine, near fine, lacking the glassine dust jacket. More
[Norfolk or New York]: New Directions, 1953. Softcover. Christmas keepsake and publisher's advertisement. Translated by Jacques Barzun. Square 32mo. Measuring 4" x 4¼". [11]pp. Stapled self-wrappers. Wrappers soiled with a light crease on the lower wrap, several terms with marginal inked tick marks and one leaf with a small stain..... More
London: Rodale, 1954. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine. A Compendium of Conversational Cliches, Blind Beliefs, Fashionable Misconceptions, and Fixed Ideas. More
New York: Book of the Month Club, 1992. Hardcover. Book club. Fine in fine dust jacket. Silver stamped lettering on cloth spine, text clean, dust jacket slightly soiled on fore edge. More
New York: Modern, 1957. Hardcover. Later. Fine in very good dust jacket. Dustwrapper small tear. More
New York: Heritage, 1950. Illustrated by Illustrations by Pierre Brissaud and Theo Schmied. Very good Translated by J. Lewis May. More
New York: Random, 1957. Hardcover. Second edition. Very good or better in very good dust jacket. Edges of spine faded. Otherwise nice red cloth cover. Dustwrapper brown and shelf rubbed. Minor tears on edges of dust jacket spine. More
New York: Random House, 1957. Hardcover. Book club. Very good or better in very good dust jacket. Hardcover has lightly soiled foredges. Dustwrapper rubbed and lightly chipped at spine ends and corners, soiled. More
New York: Modern Library, 1957. Softcover. Later. Paperback About very good in wrappers. Browned with underlining. Cover rubbed, crased with some wear. More
New York: Modern Library, 1927. Hardcover. First edition. RC, book has fraying of spine, edges and corners of cover, fading of cover, front bottom corner cover loose from board, separation of front hinge, yellowing pages, staining bottom foredge. More
New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, (1957). Softcover. Reprint. Trade paperback. Slight toning else near fine. More
New York: Random House, 1957. Hardcover. Book club edition. Tiny nicks on the foredge of boards, very good in a very good dust jacket with a chip on the rear flap fold and a one and a half inch chip on the front flap fold, a toned spine, and an..... More
New York: Grolier, (1978). Hardcover. Reprint (large print). Octavo. 451pp. Translated from the French by Eleanor Marx-Aveling; with a critical biographical profile of the author. Black cloth, silver stamping on front board and spine. Spine title lightly worn, light dampstains on page edges (not affecting text), still very good. More
New York: Privately, c1930. Hardcover. Later. Good hardcover. Pages brown. Corners worn and bent. Edges of spine frayed. Edges of cover rubbed. Stamp on rear endpaper. More
New York: The Modern Library, (1957). Hardcover. 12mo. Translated by Francis Steegmuller. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with spine a touch sunned, price sticker on rear flap. More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, (2016). Unbound. Publisher's prospectus. One folio sheet folded to make four pages, along with one quarto sheet reproducing a leaf of the publication. Horizontal fold for mailing else fine. In the roughly opened mailing envelope with a generic publisher's letter and order form. More
(London): The Pushkin Press, (1947). Hardcover. First edition thus. Translated by E. Powys Mathers. Small octavo. Fine in a very good example of the rather delicate jacket with edgewear, soil on the spine and rear panel, and a couple of light spots on the spine. A presentable copy. More
London: Saxon and Company, 1886. Hardcover. First English edition (a different English translation was published by Vizetelly in the same year). Translated (here described as "Englished") by M. French Sheldon. Some scattered foxing to the text, a very near fine copy. An exotic novel of ancient Carthage that belongs in..... More
London: Saxon and Company, 1886. Hardcover. First English edition (a different English translation was published by Vizetelly in the same year). Translated (here described as "Englished") by M. French Sheldon. Small, contemporary owner name on the title page, some scattered foxing to the text, else a fine copy. An exotic..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1932). Hardcover. First thus with these illustrations. Translated by Lafcadio Hearn. Wood cuts by Harry Cimino. Sunned spine else near fine in a poor condition slipcase with a tear along the edge and dark stains. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [circa 1925]. Hardcover. Reprint. Translated by Lafcadio Hearn. Fine in very slightly worn, about fine dust jacket. Issued as a part of the Universal Library. More