Catalog 225 contains 145 items, mostly signed or inscribed literary first editions, but also includes photographs, handwritten manuscripts, and more!
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Stuttgart: Verlags-Comptoir des Nueun Gesangbuchs, 1842. Hardcover. First edition. Leather ruled in giltand inset with a glass-bead decorated floral pattern on the front and rear boards. Later gift inscription in German, modest rubbing and wear at the corners, slight foxing, a very good plus copy. Apparently a songbook prepared for..... More
Edinburgh and San Francisco: AK Press, 1995. Softcover. First edition. Paperback original. Illustrated by Diane DiMassa and Freddie Baer. Corners very slightly bumped else fine. More
New York: Coward-McCann, (1961). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A beautiful copy of the author's second hardcover volume. A very uncommon title. More
New York: Atheneum, 1977. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a price-clipped and slightly rubbed, else fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Albee to the distinguished theatre critic Eliot Norton, "for understanding." Norton's blurb from his *Boston Herald American* review appears on the rear flap. A nice association. More
New York: Edward Arnold, 1897. Hardcover. First American edition. Red cloth gilt. Two small, very faint spots on the front board else very near fine. A nice copy of this important collection of short stories featuring Colonel Clay, "the first important rogue in short crime fiction who is the hero..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, (1934). Hardcover. First edition of this translation. Illustrated by Pablo Picasso with six original etchings in black, and 30 lithographs. Tall quarto. Illustrated paper over boards. Light chipping at the spine ends, wear at the corners and bottom of the front joint, mild offsetting on..... More
New York: Random House, (1967). Hardcover. First American edition, revised with a new Preface by Auden. Fine in just about fine dustwrapper with a little soiling. Nicely Inscribed by the author: "To Charles with love from Wystan." A *Connolly 100* title. More
New York: Atheneum, 1967. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Spiral bound in tall wrappers. A light crease at one corner of the front wrap and the first couple of pages, a little offsetting at the top of the front wrap, one spiral partially broken, a very good copy. The author's first novel..... More
New York: Random House, (1994). Hardcover. Eight printing. Very near fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes: "For Marian Seldes, with admiration - and delight that you will be with us on Sunday! Best wishes, John Berendt N.Y.C. 6/20/95." Laid in is a...... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1962). Hardcover. First edition. Stains along the edges of the boards, thus a sound but good copy in a good but presentable dustwrapper with a corresponding stain visible on the rear panel. The Dedication Copy Inscribed by the author to his parents: "Love, Tom II..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, (1956). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Ben Shahn. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A beautiful copy. More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, (1956). Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated by Ben Shahn. Unbound string-tied folded and gathered sheets, page edges uncut. A little soiling to the outer pages, else near fine. A very scarce early issue, presumably only a few copies were issued thus. More
[No place]: John Berryman, 1965. Unbound. First edition. One sheet folded to make four pages. A trifle age-toned, thus near fine. Issued by John and Kate Berryman as a Christmas greeting. This copy Signed on the front wrap by Jean Stafford. Stafford was at one time the wife of Robert..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1976). Hardcover. First edition. Corners very slightly bumped else fine in fine dustwrapper. Bishop's final book, Inscribed by her to another woman poet: "For -- love - from Elizabeth Bishop. Nov. 11th 1979." Laid in is the typed and hand-corrected manuscript of an introduction..... More
New York: Random House, 1952. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a very attractive, near fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing, and a couple of tiny tears. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. A nice copy of the author's increasingly scarce second novel. More
Albuquerque, New Mexico: [no publisher], 1929-1931. Softcover. First edition. Complete set, with issue four never published. Small quartos. Printed paper wrappers, some with partially unopened pages. Issue one is about fine, Two and Three are near fine with some bumping to the yapped edges, and Five is composed of loose..... More
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1947. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with shallow loss at the crown, some rubbing and tiny nicks, and one small and unnecessary tape repair. Housed in a custom slipcase. Nicely Inscribed by the author in 1981. Bradbury's first book, a collection of..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1915. Hardcover. First edition. General rubbing, hint of dampstaining to the rear board (not affecting the text), and light foxing to the pastedowns else near fine, lacking the rare dustwrapper (no jacketed copies have appeared at auction in the last quarter century). The first book..... More
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Tokyo: Dai Nippon Yuubenkai Koudansha, (1930). Hardcover. First edition. Two volumes. Octavos. Volume I: [2], 6, 462, [1]; Volume II: [6], 17, 1045, [1] pp., with in-text photo illustrations, plus 32pp. of photos depicting fighting techniques, and 15pp. of team photos and events. Folding map in one volume shows all..... More
Paris: Chez Baudouin Freres, Editeurs et Chez N. Delangle, Editeur, 1826-1828. Hardcover. Complete in 34 volumes. Octavos. Consists of 28 volumes of text, four supplementary volumes by Baron Cuvier, and two volumes containing 180 hand-colored plates. Frontispiece portrait and two folding plates. Contemporary green morocco over marbled boards with gilt..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, (1968). Hardcover. First edition. Cloth with applied printed spine label. Two tiny tears at the edge of the spine label, else fine without dustwrapper as issued. Copy number 64 of 75 hardbound copies Signed by the author and with an original painting by Bukowski tipped-in..... More
New York: Grove Press, (1964). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny tears. Publisher's File Copy stamped on the front and rear fly leaves, and the foredge: "Production Dept. Working Copy Do Not Remove – Grove Press Inc. Production Department." More
Paris: Olympia Press, (1962). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy with the red on the spine bright. More
New York: Ace, 1953. Softcover. First edition. Paperback original. Near fine with very light rubbing, and slight creasing on the spine. An attractive copy of Burroughs’s fragile pseudonymous first book, bound back-to-back with *Narcotic Agent* by Maurice Helbrant as issued. More
Verona, Italy: Stamperia Valdonega under the supervision of Martino Mardersteig, (1974). Softcover. First edition. One of 300 copies. Just about fine in printed wrappers. Letters from Sandy Campbell to Donald Wyndham, most concerning Tallulah Bankhead. This copy Inscribed by Campbell: "to Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin: this rugged path. Sandy..... More