The Headless Lady
New York: Putnam's, 1940. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some minor tape stains. More
[Book #12064P]
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The Dream Merchants
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author to his publisher at Knopf, “To Nat [Zecher] - Sometimes I think you’re a tougher boss than all my others. But if you keep pushing I could grow... More
[Book #22217P]
Three Pairs of Silk Stockings: A Novel of the Life on the Educated Class Under the Soviet. Translated by Leonide Zarine. Introduction by Stephen Graham
London: Ernest Benn, 1931. First English Edition. Goldstone bookplate; minor staining on the endpapers; near fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #19777P]
The Catcher In The Rye
Boston: Little, Brown, 1951. First Edition. Minor cloth stains; very good or slightly better in a very good dust jacket with some small chips at the top edge and very moderate soiling and wear. More
[Book #14800P]
Dictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier Francais de l'Epoque Carlovingienne a la Renaissance
Paris: Bance, Editeur, 1858. First Edition of the first volume in what was to become a six volume series by the French architect and theorist. Profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white. The artist John Singer Sargent’s copy with his bookplate on the front paste-down. In addition, the volume has the... More
[Book #26164P]
The Preacher of Cedar Mountain
Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1917. First Edition. Aside from a little foxing, a fine copy in the publisher’s illustrated cloth, and in the scarce dust jacket which has a number of stains and very minor wear. More
[Book #19039P]
![Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. Revised, corrected, and illustrated with a new introduction by the author [bound with Schiller's The Ghost-Seer]. MARY W. SHELLEY.](/pictures/thumb/shefrankill21818P.jpg?v=1539713414)
Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. Revised, corrected, and illustrated with a new introduction by the author [bound with Schiller's The Ghost-Seer]
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. Third edition; first illustrated edition; publisher’s cloth and spine labels; crack in the back board; some cloth wear and rubbing to the spine labels; bookplate; a clean copy and very good overall. In the introduction, Shelley related in print for the first time... More
[Book #21818P]
Letters of Tribute to William Gillette On The Occasion of His Farewell to the Stage In His Famous Creation "Sherlock Holmes"
An exceptionally large poster; 64 x 44”; backed with slightly larger linen for preservation, enabling it to be unrolled without damage. Numerous creases from folds; some small chips, tears and minor discolorations; printed in two colors. At the start of his “Farewell Tour,” in New York’s New Amsterdam Theater, November... More
[Book #24456P]
Journey's End
New York: Brentano’s, 1929. Sixth printing; printed seven months after the first. Bookplate; very good in a good dust jacket. This copy is signed by all 10 members of the cast of the original New York production (this W.W.I play was first produced in London the prior year). The actor... More
[Book #21983P]
The Moon Is Down
New York: Viking Press, 1942. First Edition; first state (printing?) of page 112. Very good in a price-clipped dust jacket. Presented by the author to the senior editor at Viking, “For Marshall Best, John Steinbeck, 1942.”. More
[Book #26292P]
The Short Reign of Pippin IV
New York: Viking Press, 1957. First Edition. Small stamp on front free endpaper erased, else very good in dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author to a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, "For Hodding Carter, with O.B.W. greetings, John Steinbeck." More
[Book #22408P]
Vanderbilt Clinic
New York: Presbyterian Hospital, 1947. First Edition. Wrappers; only minute wear; a fine copy. Written by Steinbeck in appreciation of the care shown to him and his family by the hospital. More
[Book #15979P]
Original Typescript Poem, Signed
One page; titled “MY MAIDEN”; 24 lines; signed in ink by the author, “Celia Thaxter.” Folded twice; tender and splitting at the folds, but overall very good. Undated, but likely from 1886 or 1887. Thaxter was an early user of the typewriter, even endorsing a machine in contemporary advertising. This... More
[Book #22331P]
Original Photograph Inscribed by President Truman
8 x 10”. Inscribed on a lighter area, “Best wishes, Harry S Truman.” Included is a short typed note from Truman’s secretary, dated October 8, 1945, presenting the photograph. More
[Book #16568P]
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
New York: C.H. Webb, 1867. First Edition; first printing of Twain’s first book. This copy is in the publisher’s original blue cloth, very possibly the rarest of the various binding colors that the book was issued in. A handsome copy that has had some cloth repair (but has not seemingly... More
[Book #27372P]
Life On The Mississippi
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883. First American Edition; probably issued a few days earlier in London; first state, with the “St. Louis Hotel” caption and the illustration of Mark Twain “in flames,” which was dropped due to Mrs. Clemens’s objections to its morbidity. Small name stamp on the front free... More
[Book #23170P]
Salthaven
London: Methuen, 1908. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; front hinge cracked; slight page staining; very good plus in a custom clamshell box. Presentation copy; inscribed on the half-title by Jacobs, “To Mark Twain with the author’s compliments. Oct. 1908.” With the “S.L. Clemens - 1908” signature inside the front cover. Below... More
[Book #19133P]
An Antarctic Mystery
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1899. First American Edition. Aside from minute rubbing, a fine copy. While the English edition is dated 1898, and presumed to precede, this copy has a pencil gift inscription dated “Xmas 1898.”. More
[Book #30004P]
The Castle of the Carpathians
New York: The Merriam Company, n.d. [1894]. First American Edition. Very light foxing; an exceptionally bright and fine copy. More
[Book #24268P]
Go, Get 'Em!
Boston: L.C. Page, 1918. First Edition. A very good copy; with the author’s presentation inscription on the front free endpaper, apparently to a fellow W.W. I flyer, “Sept. 12, 1918. For Joe: One of the six originals. A token of ‘niggers luck’ in the air. May it please and help... More
[Book #22463P]
Puncher Pards
New York: Phoenix Press, 1942. First Edition. Near fine in dust jacket. This publisher’s books sold primarily to libraries and are, consequently, uncommon in decent condition. More
[Book #26284P]
The Judgment of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
New York: Cameron & Kahn, 1955. First Edition. Spine cloth mended; very good in dust jacket, and in a publisher’s slipcase (cracked) with the Rockwell Kent illustrated jacket front panel on on side. We have never seen the slipcase before and presume that it was provided for author’s or publisher’s... More
[Book #26134P]
The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton: With Engravings and an Appendix
London: Printed by T. Bensley; for B. White and Son, 1789. First Edition; including the errata leaf and all plates (two folding). A classic of natural history, and, as one of the first volumes explicitly detailing birds and their habitats, a cornerstone of ornithology. A beautifully clean copy with wide... More
[Book #24450P]
The Scourge of the Gulph. Written and Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats
London: Elkin Mathews, n.d. [c. 1901]. First Edition. Presented in the style of juvenile drama (meant for the toy, miniature, theatre), but written for adults; printed wrappers with a hand-colored cover illustration and two black and white illustrations in the text; unopened; minor browning; about fine. More
[Book #26507P]