New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First Edition; library issue (a more durable binding); very good in dust jacket. Jacket illustration (repeating the cover) by Edward Gorey. Basis for the films of the same title. Daughter of a famous, successful father, the author did very well on her own. More
[Book #35169P]
New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First Edition. Gorey designed bookplate of “A. Regensburg” (handwritten); very good in a Gorey designed binding; Inscribed by the author, “For Alice with warmest love - Mary.” Basis for the films of the same title. More
[Book #35168P]
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1938. First Edition. 1000 copies of this story were issued in advance of its appearance in Wind, Sand and Stars the following year. Nearly fine. More
[Book #35167P]
New York: Macmillan, 1935. First Edition; American issue; comprising chapters 30-59 of Mike (1909), with some changes. Very good in a price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear and chipping. More
[Book #35166P]
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. First Edition. Bookplate on the front free endpaper; a very good copy in a dust jacket with very light wear and tear. This novelization appends a glossary of gangster vocabulary. Preceded by Little Caesar and followed by Scarface, this early talkie gangster picture still..... More
[Book #35165P]
London: Humphrey Milford, 1918. First Edition of the author’s first book. Very good plus in a very good dust jacket with a 3/4 inch chip at the foot of the spine, other minor chips and soiling; in a custom slipcase. Hopkins, a Catholic priest, saw only a few poems published..... More
[Book #35163P]
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. First American Edition. Publisher’s “library” (sheep binding with morocco labels). This is a typically mixed state copy with the following points: p. , “Him and another man” incorrectly listed as at p.88; page 57, “..with the was...” as opposed to “...with the saw...”; the..... More
[Book #35162P]
New York: New Directions, 1944. First Edition. Small address label on the front free endpaper; very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #35160P]
London: Andre Deutsch and Hamish Hamilton, 1965. First Edition. Fine in a wrinkled dust jacket. More
[Book #35159P]
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. First Edition of the author’s first book. Fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #35158P]
New York: Scribner’s, 1953. First Edition. A presentation copy of Lindbergh's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, inscribed the month before publication, "To Carl Allen, in appreciation of years of friendship, and in thanks for criticism of the manuscript of 'The Spirit of St. Louis'. Charles A. Lindbergh, Aug. 1953. Publication date is..... More
[Book #35157P]
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 least common of the various binding colors that the book was issued in. A handsome copy that has had some cloth repair (but not apparently..... More
[Book #35155P]
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1938. First American Edition; first binding. A little cloth wear; very good in a dust jacket with very moderate rubbing and soiling. More
[Book #35154P]
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, 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: 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 Unauthorized Portraits (1997). Coward is depicted in his dressing gown, casually elegant, cigarette in..... 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, which 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]