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Brave Mardi Gras
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1946. First Edition. A very good copy in dust jacket. More
[Book #36965P]
New Arrivals
A Rabbit in the Air: Notes from a Diary Kept While Learning to Handle an Aeroplane
New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932. First Edition; American issue (printed in England). A very good copy; presented by the author to Lincoln Kirstein, “Lincoln with love from David Garnett.”. More
[Book #36964P]
Trending Into Maine
Boston: Little, Brown, 1938. First Edition; “Arundel Edition”; one of 1075 numbered copies signed by Roberts and Wyeth. From the estate of Roberts’s Doubleday editor, Malcolm Johnson. Bound in full red morocco by the French Binders, Garden City. The extra suite of plates is bound in at the back. There..... More
[Book #36963P]
A Net For Venus
London: Longmans, Green, 1959. First Edition; uncorrected proof in publisher’s wrappers. Very good. More
[Book #36962P]
England Your England
London: Secker & Warburg, 1953. First Edition. Spine faded; very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #36961P]
Every Frenchman Has One
London: Elek, 1963. Second printing. Foxed; very good. Inscribed by the author, “To Gloria and Jim [Jones] Warm best - Olivia.”. More
[Book #36960P]
My Lady's Garter
Chicago: Rand-McNally, 1912. First Edition. Waterstaining, almost entirely to the cloth, barely affecting any pages; still very good in dust jacket. Published posthumously; the author was last seen smoking a cigarette next to Astor on the Titanic. Apparently, he didn’t die from smoking. More
[Book #36958P]
Angels Can't Do Better
New York: Coward-McCann, 1944. First Edition. Pages yellowed; very good in a good dust jacket. Agent’s stamp; presented by the author to his wife: “To Katinka, With love - Peter.”. More
[Book #36957P]
A Further Range
New York: Henry Holt, 1936. First Trade Edition. A couple of minor page spots; bound in 3/4 morocco by Lauriat; raised bands; gilt. More
[Book #36956P]
Better Times Than These
New York: Summit Books, 1978. First Edition; advance reading copy in wrappers. Near fine. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author to Gloria Jones, widow of the co-dedicatee, James Jones, “To Gloria, You get the nice copy later, but I wanted you to have this one now. It’s special and so..... More
[Book #36955P]
The Three Students
London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket; both the jacket and book are foxed. Knopf’s London imprint was not successful, and nearly any books issued there are very uncommon, especially in dust jacket. More
[Book #36954P]
European Experiences: Volume Two of Intimate Memories
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1935. First Edition. A good copy. Pasted onto the copyright page is a telegram from Luhan to her husband, Edwin (the dedicatee), dated September 23, 1935, “Dear Edwin How dramatic the villa sold the day before its book comes out I dont believe you will mind..... More
[Book #36953P]
The King's Threshold: A Play in Verse
New York: privately printed, 1904. First Edition. One hundred numbered copies were printed for John Quinn. This is number 17 and is signed by the author. A fine copy in the publisher’s slipcase (also numbered 17), and torn (apparently original) glassine dust jacket. In a custom clamshell box. More
[Book #36952P]
Doctor Martino and Other Stories
New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1934. First Edition. One of 360 numbered copies, signed by Faulkner. Spine a little faded, else near fine. More
[Book #36950P]
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
New York: Heritage Press, 1944. Minor cloth staining; very good in the publisher’s slipcase. Inscribed by the illustrator, “To Pong, with love, Reginald, 5th March 1944.” Below he has drawn a variant of the illustration appearing on page 31 of this edition (so noted and captioned by the artist), taking..... More
[Book #36949P]
A Group of Noble Dames
London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1896. A re-issue as vol. XV of The Wessex Novels; with a new preface by the author. Very nearly fine; signed by Hardy on the half-title. More
[Book #36948P]
The Walt Disney Annual
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1937. First Edition. Publisher’s boards (lightly worn). Previous owner’s inscription; pages a little aged, overall a nearly fine copy in the rare dust jacket, which has minor chips and wear. More
[Book #36947P]
Bambi. Adapted from the Novel by Felix Salten
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941. First Edition. A near fine copy in a dust jacket with minor wear and tear, lacking the bottom inch and a half of the spine. More
[Book #36946P]
Donald Duck and the Hidden Gold
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951. First Edition. A near fine copy in a lightly used dust jacket. More
[Book #36945P]
Mickey Mouse and the Boy Thursday
Racine: Whitman, 1948. First Edition. A near fine copy in publisher's stiff wrappers. Boy Thursday is a big-lipped African native; don't expect Disney to reissue this one. More
[Book #36944P]
Walt Disney's Circus
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1944. First Edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket with light wear and tear. An unusual production; the jacket, cover and some illustrations utilize a fuzzy cloth decoration. More
[Book #36943P]
The First Business of the World and other Addresses and Papers
New York: privately printed, 1903. First Edition. Bound in 3/4 morocco by Stikeman (presumably for the publisher); with a long presentation from the author. On insurance; the author was apparently associated with New York Life; a colorful insurance credo is the frontispiece. More
[Book #36940P]
The Evolution of Sinn Fein
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1918. First American Edition. Very good. More
[Book #36939P]