Three Russian Poets: Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev
New York: New Directions, 1944. First Edition. Small address label on the front free endpaper; very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #35160P]
New Arrivals
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]
A London Life
London: Macmillan, 1889. Second edition; American issue. A very good copy. More
[Book #35145P]
Lie Down In Darkness
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]
To Have and Have Not
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]
The Wapshot Chronicle
New York: Harper, 1957. First Edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with very minor wear and a little browning. More
[Book #35142N]
Original Illustration of Noel Coward
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]
WW I Political Cartoon "Uncle Sam is Ready to Bury the Chief of the Barbarians" / "Uncle Sam E Pronto a Seppellire Il Capo Dei Barbari"
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]
Animal Farm
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]
The Confidential Agent
London: Heinemann, 1938. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with restoration, apparently primarily at the extremities. More
[Book #35138P]
Plaster Bust of Laura Ingalls Wilder
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]
Edison As I Know Him (In Collaboration with Samuel Crowther)
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]
The Doings of Raffles Haw
New York: George H. Doran, 1919. Re-issued from the 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]
Make Way For Ducklings
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, especially beloved in Boston, where the ducks are..... More
[Book #35134P]
The Dark Kingdom
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]
Sleepers Awake
New York: Padell, 1946. First Edition; regular trade issue. Inscribed in 1946 by Patchen to Bill Shank. Very good. More
[Book #35131P]
The Journal of Albion Moonlight
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]