Keeper of the Keys
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1932. First Edition. A very good copy; inscribed by the author in 1932. More
[Book #35180P]
New Arrivals
Leaves of Grass
Boston: Thayer & Eldridge, 1860. Third Edition; printing 1 (BAL 21397- "probable sequence"); state 1 of the frontispiece portrait; binding B (no sequence established, but binding A was issued in wrappers for reviewers, and therefore those copies might have been issued prior to printed sheets being sent to the binder..... More
[Book #35179P]
The Day Of The Locust
New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. Bookplate; binder’s glue stains on the pastedowns; very nearly fine in a dust jacket with very minor wear at the extremities; in a custom morocco clamshell box. More
[Book #26993P]
H.M.S. Surprise
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1973. First American Edition. Red rubber stamp of a symbol on the title page; about fine in a lightly rubbed dust jacket. More
[Book #35178P]
The Man With The Club-Foot
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1931. First printing by this publisher. About fine in a very good dust jacket with chips and tears. More
[Book #35177P]
The Sign of Four
London: George Newnes, 1899. Bound without wrappers with other publications in a plainly bound volume, titled on the spine Reprints From The Strand Magazine, this collection includes Stories from the Diary of A Doctor, An African Millionaire, and Martin Hewitt, lacking wrappers. Vincent Starrett’s dated (1954) ownership inscription in ink..... More
[Book #35173P]
The Poorhouse Fair
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First Edition. Fine in a lightly worn first issue dust jacket with a two inch, fairly unobtrusive, tear extending from the bottom of the spine into the back panel. Signed by Updike. More
[Book #35172J]
Caesar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century by Edmund Boisgilbert, M.D
Chicago: Schulte, 1891. First published a year earlier, this utopian political novel, was one of the nineteenth-century’s great crackpot books. In Bleiler. Inscribed by the author the year before his death, "Every hour since this book was written has shown that it is prophecy. Ignatius Donnelly. Feb. 22, 1900." A...... More
[Book #35171P]
War and Peace
New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886. First Edition in English. Translated from the French by Clara Bell. Six volumes. Publisher’s decorated cloth; six volumes; an excellent set, with only very slight wear. Each pair of volumes in cloth (Before Tilsit, The Invasion, Borodino) was issued at $1.75. Like Ulysses, War..... More
[Book #35170P]
Freaky Friday
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]
Freaky Friday
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]
The Wild Garden
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]
Enter Psmith
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]
The Public Enemy. Illustrated with Scenes from the Photoplay: A First National Picture
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]
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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]
The Modern Movement: 100 Key Books From England, France and America: 1880-1950
London: Andre Deutsch and Hamish Hamilton, 1965. First Edition. Fine in a wrinkled dust jacket. More
[Book #35159P]
Lie Down In Darkness
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. First Edition of the author’s first book. Fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #35158P]
The Spirit of St. Louis
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]
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 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]
Laughter in the Dark
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]
A Visit to Morin
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]
Wise Blood
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]
Almayer's Folly
New York: Macmillan, 1895. First American Edition. Hinges cracked; a very good copy. More
[Book #35147P]
Terminations
London: Heinemann, 1895. First Edition; colonial issue. A very good copy. More
[Book #35146P]