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New York: The Ecco Press, (1987). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Ownership Signature of Alice Sebold, author of *The Lovely Bones* on the front fly, and dated by her in the year of publication. More
Catalog 242 contains 164 items, mostly signed and inscribed first editions, but also including broadsides, manuscripts, photographs, and more!
Download PDF of Winter MiscellanyNew York: The Ecco Press, (1987). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Ownership Signature of Alice Sebold, author of *The Lovely Bones* on the front fly, and dated by her in the year of publication. More
London: Faber and Faber, (1949). Hardcover. First edition. About fine in very good or better dustwrapper with a little age-toning and two very small chips near the crown. A handsome copy and uncommon. More
Babcock, Wisconsin: Flambeau Publishing Company, (1953). Hardcover. First edition. Crown a trifle rubbed else fine in very near fine dustwrapper with tiny nicks at the spine-ends. A tour of four seasons in a forest from the perspective of the forest animals, rather than that of humans. Winner of the 1955..... More
London: The Bodley Head, (1974). Hardcover. First edition with these illustrations. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Oblong thin octavo. Top corner a little bumped, else near fine in slightly rubbed near fine dustwrapper. Presentation copy with an original drawing by Greene, Inscribed to Yvonne Cloetta, Greene's primary love interest for the..... More
Chicago: P.F. Volland Company, (1924). Hardcover. First edition. Gift inscription, else fine in good publisher's printed cardboard box. More
Unbound. Small card engraved "Ditchingham House, Norfolk." Measuring 4½" x 3". Signed "H. Rider Haggard. 1899." Faint age-toning on the card, evidence of having been mounted on the verso, near fine. More
Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin: Perishable Press, (1976). Hardcover. First edition. Oblong 12mo. Stapled wrappers. Fine in very slightly spine-sunned, else fine dustwrapper stamped in blind. Copy number 21 of 125 copies (the entire edition) Signed by Hall. Additionally, this copy is Inscribed by Hall to fellow poet W.D. Snodgrass and his..... More
Bird's Creek, Ontario: Jahzine Publications, 1961. Softcover. Zine. p.63-88. Mimeographed quarto side-stapled sheets. Very good or better with rubbing, light horizontal crease, and canceled stamp and glue residue from missing address label on the rear wrap. This issues includes "The Development of Science Fiction" by Charles Gordon Waugh, a seven-page..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1952). Hardcover. Early reprint. Fine in very lightly rubbed about fine dustwrapper. A handsome copy. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Hardcover. First edition. Slight wear to the boards else fine in very near fine dustwrapper with some very shallow nicking at the spine and the slightest of rubbing. A much better than usual copy. Hemingway's favorite among his books, an exploration of professional bullfighting..... More
New York: Modern Age Books, (1939). Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Preface by Ernest Hemingway. Quarter vellum and decorated cloth. Spine with a little modest rubbing, else near fine in near fine publisher's cardboard slipcase with printed title label. Copy number 180 of 440 copies Signed by the artist Luis Quintanilla..... More
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1971. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. This copy with a full-page Inscription from Higgins to the actor Jack Lemmon: "Dear Jack, The nicest thing about writing a novel is giving it to people you admire. During Idiot's Delight as the second asst..... More
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1932. Hardcover. First American edition, published in England as *Contango*. Jacket illustrated by "Gene." A couple of bumps on the edge of the front board, else fine in a slightly spine-tanned, else near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with a little soiling. Hilton's second novel published..... More
(Madison): University of Wisconsin Press, (1992). Hardcover. First edition, hardcover issue. Blue cloth lettered in silver. Tiny bit of foxing on topedge, still fine, issued without dustwrapper. Author's first important collection preceded by a couple of chapbooks, the hardcover issue is very uncommon. More
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1986. Softcover. First edition. Stitched self-wrappers. Very faint sticker shadow on front flap, still easily fine. Copy number 234 Signed by the author, his second book. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1925. Hardcover. First edition. Decorated cloth. Fine in lightly rubbed, else near fine dustwrapper. Adventure romance novel. Pirates off the coast of Philadelphia propel a young man on an adventure when he chivalrously defends the honor of a pretty young French girl. Very scarce in jacket. More
[Storrs, Connecticut]: The University of Connecticut in conjunction with English Literary Renaissance (1972), (1972). Softcover. First edition. With designs for costumes by Anne Hollander and introduction by Irving Cummings. Stapled printed wrappers. A bit of age-toning on the wrappers, else near fine. Inscribed by John Hollander with his corrections in..... More
[London: Turret Books], 1968. Unbound. Manuscript. 39pp. Leaves of various sizes and weights both typed and handwritten by the author with numerous and significant holograph annotations throughout. Fine except for marks left from the oxidized staples on front and rear pages. Self-described on the first leaf by Hollo as: "Copy..... More
New York: Random House, (1972). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A very nice copy of the author's very scarce second book. More
New York: Random House, (1931). Hardcover. First edition. Vellum spine with printed paper over boards in slipcase. Fine. One of 500 numbered copies Signed by the author. More
London: George Allen & Unwin, (1955). Hardcover. First edition. About fine in attractive, very good dustwrapper with a dampstain on the rear panel. Signed by the author, her first book. Her later novel, *Heat and Dust*, won the Booker Prize and her intelligent screenplays, often in collaboration Merchant/Ivory productions, won..... More
New York: Random House, (1939). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated with stills from the New York production featuring Frederick March and Florence Eldridge. Fine in very attractive near fine dustwrapper with a little toning on the spine and two short tears on the front panel. A very nice copy. More
New York: The Dial Press, 1969. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with none of the seemingly inevitable rubbing to the black portion of the front panel, but with a small chip at the bottom of the spine. A pleasing copy of the author's first book, better..... More
New York: Mercury Press, 1959. Softcover. Digest magazine. 12mo. Perfectbound in illustrated wrappers. Near fine with some wear at the spine ends and bump at the top of the wrapper. First appearance of Daniel Keyes' Hugo Award-winning story, "Flowers for Algernon," which was later adapted into a full-length novel of..... More