London: Heinemann, 1959. First Edition; one of 250 copies; fine. Presentation copy; inscribed by Greene, “For Mercia, Happy Christmas, from Graham.” The recipient, Mercia Ryhiner, Mrs. Rex Harrison, was a one-time lover and friend of the author. More
[Book #35151P]
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1946. First Edition. Very good in a price-clipped dust jacket with moderate chipping, wear and soiling; minor interior tape mends. The exceptional film starred Broderick Crawford as Willie Stark, a character based on Huey Long of Louisiana. More
[Book #35150P]
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1952. First Edition of the author’s first book. A fine copy in a dust jacket with some tiny chips and light wear and tear. More
[Book #35149P]
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. First American Edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear. More
[Book #35148P]
New York: Macmillan, 1895. First American Edition. Hinges cracked; a very good copy. More
[Book #35147P]
London: Heinemann, 1895. First Edition; colonial issue. A very good copy. More
[Book #35146P]
London: Macmillan, 1889. Second edition; American issue. A very good copy. More
[Book #35145P]
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. First Edition of the author’s first book. Aside from a small tear in the front free endpaper, a nearly fine copy in a dust jacket with minor wear and soiling. More
[Book #35144P]
New York: Scribner’s, 1937. First Edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a number of small tears and very moderate wear. More
[Book #35143P]
New York: Harper, 1957. First Edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with very minor wear and a little browning. More
[Book #35142N]
New York: [GQ], 1996. Approximately 24 x 18”, crayon and pastel on paper, appearing in slightly different form in the December, 1996 issue of GQ for “Fashion Plates.” Many of this series were collected in Sorel’s 1997 Unauthorized Portraits. Coward is depicted in his dressing gown, casual but elegant, cigarette..... More
[Book #35141P]
New York: Societa Libraria Italiana, 1918. Cartoon on silk, printed in color, approximately 14 1/2” square. While the Italian title is printed at the bottom, suggesting that this was primarily marketed to Italian-Americans, this is made even more likely as Garibaldi and the Italian king are sketched alongside the likenesses..... More
[Book #35140P]
London: Secker & Warburg, 1945. First Edition. Slight fading and foxing; very nearly fine in a dust jacket with minor wear and a short tear in the front panel. More
[Book #35139N]
London: Heinemann, 1938. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with restoration, apparently primarily at the extremities. More
[Book #35138P]
An older Wilder holds a copy of The Little House on the Prairie. Her name is inscribed on the integral base, and “Kroll” is cast on its back. Undated, but likely from the 1950s -1970s; an Ohio high school library’s name is marked on the bottom of the base, confirming..... More
[Book #35137P]
New York: Cosmopolitan, 1930. First Edition. Fine in a dust jacket with minor wear and tiny chips. These days it would likely be issued “...as told to Samuel Crowther” or similar. More
[Book #35136P]
New York: George H. Doran, 1919. Re-issued from the earlier 1892 first American edition. As in that publication, it prints 'The Red-Headed League" and "Boscombe Valley." Very good in a worn and chipped dust jacket. More
[Book #35135P]
New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First Edition. Some soiling, spotting and staining; a good copy in a price-clipped, worn dust jacket. Caldecott Award winner for 1942. A remarkably uncommon book in a first edition, read to death by or to children, and especially beloved in Boston, where the ducks..... More
[Book #35134P]
New York: Harriss & Givens, 1942. First Edition; regular trade issue. Inscribed by Patchen to Bill Shank. Very good in a rough dust jacket; in a custom cloth clamshell box. More
[Book #35132P]
New York: Padell, 1946. First Edition; regular trade issue. Inscribed in 1946 by Patchen to Bill Shank. Very good. More
[Book #35131P]
New York: United Book Guild, 1944. First Trade Edition. Presentation copy; inscribed to a fellow poet and conscientious objector in 1945. Very good in a torn and chipped dust jacket. More
[Book #35129P]
New York: New Directions, 1949. First Edition. While this copy has the hand-painted cover of his limited issue, it lacks the limitation leaf. Very good. More
[Book #35126P]
New York: New Directions, 1945. First Edition. Presentation copy; inscribed to fellow poet and conscientious objector Bill Shank the month prior to publication. Front hinge started, a little cloth wear and fading; about very good. More
[Book #35124P]
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943. First Edition. Presentation copy; inscribed to fellow poet and conscientious objector Bill Shank in 1944. Very good in a custom cloth clamshell box. More
[Book #35123P]
Waldport, Oregon: Unitide Press, 1945. First Edition. Presentation copy; inscribed in 1945 to fellow poet Bill Shank, also interned at a camp for conscientious objectors near Waldport. Publisher’s wrappers; wrinkling and wear; good. More
[Book #35121P]