Another Last Word
Nairobi: Heinemann Kenya, 1990. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; [vi], 177 pp. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
Literature & Poetry
Idioms of the German Language, together with the Proverbs: Compiled and Translated by Joseph Henry Lloyd
London: Williams and Norgate, 1875. 1st. Hard Cover. 12mo; (vi), 198 pages. Bound in embossed purple cloth gilt stamped on front board. More
Mathilda Savitch (SIGNED)
London: Fourth Estate, 2009. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 292pp. SIGNED and numbered (#206 of 250 copies) by Mr. Lodato on the limitation page. Black cloth with mauve lettering housed in mauve slipcase with foil block decor and titles. Fine in fine slip cover. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images..... More
Hebrew Poems and Translations
[Jerusalem]: Haberman Institute, 2010. First Edition. Tall octavo; xxii, 466pp. Library markings, else a Fine, unread copy in dust jacket.. 'This volume contains poetic translations both into and out of Hebrew, including some Latin renderings of Hebrew texts, and original compositions in Hebrew and other languages.' - dustjacket flap. More
Stranger with a Gun (Silver Star Western)
New York: Dodd Mead, 19587. 1st. Hard Cover. Octavo;214 pages. More attractive than it sounds! More
The Little Lady of the Big House
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1916. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. 392pp. Light mustard pictorial cloth in cream illustrated dustjacket replicating the image on the book (and same image as the Macmillan first edition). A fine copy (minor wear to extremities; offsetting from dustjacket flaps) in good dust jacket (wear to extremities..... More
The Call of the Wild
New York: Macmillan, September, 1903. Fourth printing. 8vo. 231 pp + 2 pp Publisher's advertisements. Illustrated color plates throughout by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull (including frontispiece with tissue guard); cover designed by Charles Edward Hooper. Publisher's green pictorial cloth with gilt lettering; tope edge gilt. Minor wear..... More
From Coast to Coast with Jack London. By the Tramp Who Traveled 500,000 Miles For $7.61
Eire, PA: The A-No. 1 Publishing Company, 1917. First Edition. Small 8vo. 136 pp. Illustrations. Orange wrappers printed in black & red in very good condition (some wear to extremities). The illustrated memoir of the hobo who accompanied Jack London as a fellow tramp while he was researching ‘The Road.’..... More
Every Man a King: The Autobiography of Huey P. Long
New Orleans, LA: National Book Co., 1933. First edition. 8vo. 343pp. Orange cloth with black & red lettering in uncommon illustrated dustjacket. A very good copy (lower corner tips lightly bumped; black price on ffep upper corner; light, general wear to covers; wear to extremities of dustjacket with some loss..... More
Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow With Extracts from his Journals and Correspondence (2 Volumes) together with Final Memorials of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1886. First Edition. "Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow..." #6 of 25 copies reserved for England (of a large paper printing limited to 300 numbered copies). 8vo. viii; 433pp.(BAL 122258) "Final Memorials..." one of 15 copies (unnumbered) reserved for England (of the large paper printing..... More
Lucians Schriften aus dem Griechischen ubersetzt (8 volumes in 4, complete)
Mannheim: [Loffler] Mit Kaiserl. und Kursachsichen Privilegien, 1783. First edition thus. 12mos; xxii, 280, 264, (4)pp; 268, 228pp; 268, 235pp; 237, 223pp. A charming set, each volume with an engraved title page text vignette. Very Good copies solidly rebound in light green buckram; each volume with gilt compartments to spine..... More
The Nowhere City (INSCRIBED by author)
London: Heinemann, 1965. 1st. Hardbound. Octavo, 276 pages. A sharp copy, INSCRIBED on ffep 'with thanks,/Alison/March 1965'. More
No Shelter For The Heart (SIGNED)
New York: M.S. Mill Co., 1940. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 312pp. INSCRIBED & dated by (Mabel) Dana Lyon. Green cloth in green, cream & tan dustjacket. Near fine (light wear to extremities; upper front corner lightly bumped) in very good dustjacket (wear to extremities with chips at spine ends; fading to..... More
Jeffers Country: The Seed Plots of Robinson Jeffers' Poetry (SIGNED)
San Francisco: Scrimshaw Press, 1971. 1st. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author in the year of publication. First Edition; Limited to 500 copies. 8vo. 78pp. Many black & white photo illustrations by Horace Lyon. A fine copy in about near fine dustjacket (faint spotting to rear cover). A unique collaboration -..... More
May
Prague: Orbis, 1949. 1st. Hardcover. 1st edition thus. Limited Edition of 2,300 copies. 8vo. 178pp. Frontispiece portrait of Macha. Rendered in English verse by Hugh Hamilton McGoverne, M.A (oxon). Green quarter leather over green cloth boards; top edge stained brown; 5 raised bands, gilt lettering & decoration to spine; housed..... More
Sails of Oak
Indio, CA: Published by Mrs. James Henry MacLafferty, 1956. 1st. Paperback. Limited to 200 copies. Set in Intertype Cornell and forms destroyed. 8vo. 72pp. Brown flexible heavy cardstock, spiral bound, cream pages. A ner fine copy (light wear). Parts One & Two include poetry written during an ocean voyage on..... More
Le Morte D'Arthur. The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of His Noble Knights of the Round Table Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures The Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte D'Arthur with the Delourous Death and Departing out of this World of All of Them.
London: 1927. Third edition. Hardcover. Limited Edition of 1600 copies. 4to. lv, 538 pp. Glossary. Embellished with Many Original Designs by Aubrey Beardsley, including full page and double-page plates, chapter initials and headings. With an Introduction by Professor John Rhys, and a Note on Aubrey Beardsley by Almer Vallance. Publisher's..... More
Mystic's Fists
Chapel Hill: World Lab, L.O.B. Press, 1994. 1st. Softcover. Octavo; Staplebound Wraps. More
The Best Plays of 1937 - 1938 and the Year Book of the Drama in America (SIGNED by John Steinbeck)
New York: Dodd Mead, 1938. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED by John Steinbeck on card affixed to ffep. 8vo. 527 pp. Index. black & white photo-illustrated plates. Black cloth in photo-illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy with a hint of wear (dustjacket flap corners clipped). 19th Annual Issue. Includes "Of Mice..... More
Of Streets and Stars
Yucca Valley: Manzanita Press, 1960. 1st. Cloth. First Edition. Small quarto. 259pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering in black dust jacket with lavender lettering; pictorial endpapers. Designed and published by Merle Armitage, this is a novel of Hollywood and film making as the core. (Merle Armitage Was Here 106). More
B.F.'s Daughter: A Novel (SIGNED)
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1946. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 439 pp. Tan cloth with blue & gilt lettering & decoration in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. Wear to extremities; some age toning; previous owner name in pencil; else a near fine copy. "This is the first novel..... More
Daniel Casper von Lohenstein: Geschichte seiner Rezeption Band I (1661-1800)
Tubingen: Max Niemeyer, 1978. First Edition. Octavo, (xv), 458 pp. Illustrated plates at rear. A fine copy in dustjacket. More
Musk and Amber
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1942. 1st. Cloth. Octavo; viii, 303 pages. More
Let it be a Dance (SIGNED)
Carmel, CA: Carmel Publishing Co., 2001. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition, Limited to 600 numbered copies; SIGNED by Ric Masten with personalized gift inscription. Large square 8vo. 224 pp. Illustrated by the author/poet. Publisher's order form laid in. Green cloth with gilt lettering in green cloth slipcase. A fine copy. Ric..... More
Then and Now: A Novel
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1946. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; 278 pages. More