London: George Bell & Sons, 1908. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 316 + 4 pp advertisements. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. A very good copy (wear to extremities; slight bumping to corners; light staining to covers). The author's first book. As with many of her novels, this is set in the..... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1894. 1st. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 137pp. In-text illustrations. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Minor wear to extremities; slight darkening to spine; light soiling else a near fine copy. First published in the New York Post, the leaflets recount a New England spinster's adventures in raising a...... More
Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk: Jardine Press, 1990. 1st. Paperback. 1st edition thus. Square 8vo. [28] pp. Wood & linocuts by James Dodds. INSCRIBED by Dodds. Stiff grey staplebound wrappers with illustrated dustjacket of same paper in fine condition. The second part of 'The Truthful Song', first published in 1910 in..... More
New York: Poets of America Publishing Co., 1964. 1st. Hardcover. SIGNED & dated by the poet; additionally SIGNED by the illustrator, Kay Kirkland. 8vo. 44 pp. blue cloth with gilt lettering in fine condition. "The poems in this, her first volume, consist mainly of her experiences in her town as..... More
New York: Vantage Preess, 1984-1989. 1st. Hard Cover. Octavos. Four copies warmly inscribed by the author. More
Oslo: Norsk historisk kjeldeskrift-institutt, 1982. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; 28pp. Fine copy in stapled wraps. More
Pfullingen: Verlag Gunther Neske, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Lengthy inscription from Korn to Stanford Professor Gordon A. Craig on ffep (Korn's address label in Bad Homburg laid in. Small 8vo; 184pp. Text in German. Occasional marginal pencil mark (Craig's) else a Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. More
New York: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only, 1922. 1st. Hardcover. Limited #206 of 1225 copies. 8vo. 406pp. Translated from the original Russian by Bernard Guilbert Guerney. Green leather spine and corner tips over lighter green paper boards; 5 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine; marbled endpapers. Fine condition. Originally..... More
Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink Press, 1986. First Kitchen Sink Press Edition. INSCRIBED "Pretty Wild Stuff for Stanley Simon. H. Kurtz [with a little drawing of a stick person]". Tall 8vo. 140 pp. Introduction by Art Spiegelman. Color illustrated glossy boards in fine condition, as issued without dustjacket. Listed #26 on..... More
Geneva: Librairie Droz, 2013. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo; 391pp. Index. Cream wrappers with color illustration to front cover. A Fine copy. This work, the result of an international symposium held in Dijon in March 2012, reflects on the theme of the native region among the writers of the Renaissance, whether..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. New Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xlii, 262pp. Black & white frontispiece portrait illustration of the author. Memorial by William Hayes Ward. Green cloth covered boards; author's name in gilt inside gilt wreath illustration to front board; gilt titles to the spine; TEG. Slight bump to..... More
1978. Draft script for what became the pilot for the television series 'Battlestar Galactica.' Pale green titled wrappers. Undated (last revisions dated on the front wrapper 5/8/78). Title page present, undated, with credits for Exec. Producer: Glen A. Larson; Supv. Producer: Leslie Stevens; Producer: John Dykstra. 200 leaves, with last..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First American Edition. 8vo. 222 pp. Red cloth spine over purple cloth boards in publisher's dustjacket. The book is in very good condition; the dustjacket is fair only (front flap separated and corners are clipped; rear cover separated at spine with rear flap missing;..... More
New York: Vanguard Press, 1957. First Edition of a new play based on the novel by Patrick Dennis. Presentation inscription "For Mom, one of the wonderful people of the world. Happy Birthday. Love, Jerry. 1962". Our research reveals "Mom" to be the mother of Lon McCallister (popular movie star in..... More
New York: Hill & Wang, 1972. First Edition. SIGNED PRESENTATION "To the Incomparable True and Kathleen. Affection always, Jerome [&} Bob". Small 8vo. 84 pp. A near fine copy in dustjacket. Comprising "trips beyond reality," inspired by the writings of the great Edwardian theater critic, Sir Max Beerbohm. Here are..... More
New York and London: John Lane, Bodley Head; Toronto: Bell & Cockburn, 1914. First Canadian Edition. 8vo. 310 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering in scarce publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in very good dustjacket (spotting along the spine and flap folds; light wear to extremities, more so..... More
London: Printed by Thomas Ratcliffe and Nathaniel Thompson for James Magnus and Richard Bentley, 1675. First Edition. Small 8vo. [6], 54, [1] pp. Original printed wrappers bound in marbled paper. A near fine copy. The author's first play is dedicated to his early patron and supporter John Willmot, Earl of..... More
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 267pp. 22 illustrations by Jo Mora. Red cloth with black lettering and Jo Mora design to front cover in like dustjacket. A fine copy in very good plus dustjacket (darkening to spine and edges; wear to extremities; short..... More
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1932. First Edition. Small octavo. 267pp. 22 illustrations by Jo Mora. Red cloth with black lettering and Jo Mora design to front cover in like dustjacket. Minor dampstaining to upper and lower page edges else fine in very good dustjacket (fading & spotting to..... More
Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, 1895. Hard Cover. Six small 8mo volumes in original red cloth stamped in very attractive and intricate gilt and black. More
New York: Green Circle Books, 1937. First Edition. 8vo. 255 pp. Red cloth with black lettering in color illustrated dustjacket. Robert Leitfred (1891–1968) American author of pulp fiction. A prolific writer, here is the story of a San Francisco playboy, Ned Anderson, swindled out of his fortune while on a...... More
New York: The John Day Company, 1930. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo; 212 pages. A Very Good to Near Fine copy in original orange cloth (with gilt lettering at spine and gilt device to front board) in good illustrated dust jacket with several large chips and wear, especially along folds..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1922. 1st. Hardcover. First edition; first issue. 8vo. 401pp, [vii]pp of publisher's advertisements. Blue cloth covered boards; orange titles and border illustration to front board; orange titles to spine. Light wear to extremities, more so to spine ends; original obituary for Lewis laid in; offsetting; previous..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1971. 1st. Hardcover. Limited Edition of 500 copies. 4to. 86pp. Designed and printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem. Illustrated with a matched pair of original leaves from A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, A.M. (1755), and An American Dictionary of the English Language..... More