In the Shadow of the Giant: Thomas Wolfe : Correspondence of Edward C. Aswell and Elizabeth Nowell, 1949-1958
Athens OH: Ohio Univ Press, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; xx, 256 pages. More
Literature & Poetry
The Seigneur de Beaufoy
Boston: L. C. Page & Co., 1902. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 259pp; 11pp advertisements. 8 full-page illustrations (including frontispiece with tissue guard) by A. Van Anrooy. Blue cloth with gilt and red decoration of a knight on his horse on front cover; white lettering and decoration; top edge gilt. A group..... More
Collecting Steinbeck (SIGNED)
Venice, FL: Opuscula Press, 1983. First Edition Limited to 250 numbered copies. SIGNED by Maurice Dunbar and Robert Hanson, printer. Miniature book (2 7/8 x 2 1/8"). 61 pp. Frontispiece tipped-in photograph of Steinbeck and illustration of Steinbeck's signature drawing of a flying pig. Yellow cloth with gilt lettering to..... More
Justine (SIGNED)
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1980. First Edition Thus, Limited Edition. 8vo. SIGNED by the author. Full brown leather, gilt lettering and decoration, silk moire end papers, silk ribbon, aeg. Includes 'Notes from the Editors' pamphlet. A fine copy, as new. More
My Vita, If You Will: The Uncollected Ed McClanahan (Inscribed to Stanford President Richard Lyman)
Washington DC: Counterpoint, 1998. 1st. Paperback. First Edition 12mo; xiii, 274pp. Fine copy, inscribed on title page '--for the Lymans, Jing/and Dick,with a tip of/the McClanahat!!-/-with a nod to Bill Wyman!-'. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images..... More
Seven Poems (Moon Type Edition)
Boston: Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy, ca. 1930. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Square 4to. 18 leaves, printed in Moon type. The first leaf is printed in Moon & English as a guide to the language. Printed and bound at the Braille Institute of America in Los..... More
A History Of Austrian Literature 1918-2000
Rochester NY: Camden House, 200. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; xii, 336 pages. Ex-library copy w/usual marking, o/w As New - unread. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
Le Pot De Chambre Cassé. Tragédie Pour Rire, Ou Comédie Pour Pleurer, Etc
A Ridiculomanie, : Chez Georges l'Admirateur, rue de la Raison Perdue, à l'Enseigne de l'Antithèse, [1742]. Date on spine states "1742" and "1742" handwritten in pencil at bottom of title page. 12mo. 60 pp. Text in French. Title page printed in red and black; woodcut head-pieces, tail-pieces, and initials. Early..... More
The Reflector (4 issues)
Newark, NJ: New Jersey State Normal School, 1932-1933. First Edition. Original wrappers. The issues are dated Nov. & Dec. 1932 and Jan. & April 1933. 8vo. Each issue is 16 pp. Includes business advertisements. Cover artwork by Joseph Domarecki, a student at the college. Later in his life, Domarecki was..... More
Boy Almighty
Saint Paul: Itasca Press, 1945. 1st. Hardcover. Small octavo. 338pp. Green cloth in color printed dustjacket. Early novel by Feike, who would later Americanize his name to Frederick F. Manfred; winner of the American Academy Award. A fictionalized account of Feike's time spent in a sanatorium. More
The Giant
New York: Doubleday, 1954. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo. 429pp. Grey cloth in color printed dustjacket. Book is near fine in very good dustjacket (wear to extremities; crease lower front corner; short closed tear). The third and most dramatic volume of Feikema's trilogy, 'World's Wanderer;' he would later Americanize his name to..... More
The Cat and the Cherub
Berkeley: Printed for A.M. Bender by Wilder & Ellen Bentley, 1938. 1st. Original wraps. First Edition Thus, Limited to 150 handprinted copies for Albert M. Bender by Wilder & Ellen Bentley with Vignettes by 'Hans.' 8vo. 28pp. Illustrated wrappers, stab-stitched. Spine mostly split & held together with stab stiching; wear..... More
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[LITERATURE] The Novels of Henry Fielding (5 Volumes)
London & New York: George Routledge, 1884. Two hundred and fifty copies of this Edition of Henry Fielding's Novels have been printed for sale in Europe, and one hundred and fifty for sale in the United States of America; this copy being No. 102. Complete in 5 volumes. Large 8vo..... More
The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy (Ten Volumes)
London: Bickers and Son, 1871. New Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Portrait frontispiece of the author in Vol. 1. Full tree calf with gilt ruling & floral corners to boards; five gilt edged raised bands to spine & gilt floral decoration within panels; spine labels in red & black with gilt lettering;..... More
Spirits of the Valley (SIGNED)
Targ Editions, 1985. First Edition Limited to 250 copies hand bound at the Grenfel Press. SIGNED by the author. Tall 4to. 21 pp. Printed on all-rag Fabriano paper by Four Hands Design Studio. Hald line spine over green paper coverd boards; in publisher's glassine dustjacket. A fine copy. "There are..... More
Midnight Talks at the Club
New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1890. 1st. Cloth. Octavo. (vi) 298pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettering to spine; top edge gilt. Most of these essays originally appeared as a series in the Sunday issues of the New York Times. More
Emotional Manuscript Letter from Henry Fonda to James Stewart, Hollywood legends and life-long friends
New York: September 22, [1978]. 2-page ALS penned just two weeks before the successful Broadway opening of First Monday in October (Fonda's last live stage appearance). Written on letterhead from The Wyndham hotel in New York along with envelope addressed to James Stewart at his Beverly Hills, CA address. Housed..... More
A Piece of my Heart (SIGNED)
New York: Harper & Row, (1976). First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 297 pp. Brown cloth spine over light brown paper covered boards; in publisher's color illustrated wraparound dustjacket. A fine copy. In Richard Ford's first novel, he tells the violent, comic, and deeply moving story of two men..... More
Rifleman Dodd and the Gun
New York: The Sun Dial Press, 1944. 1st. Hardcover. First edition thus. 12mo. 340pp. Contains two novels of the peninsular campaigns. Minor wear to board edges; decorative owner bookplate else fine in very good dust jacket (corners clipped; wear to extremities; age toning to rear cover; light fading to spine)..... More
The Basic Formulas of Fiction (SIGNED)
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1944. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 153pp. SIGNED by the author on ffep. Red clot with silver lettering in near fine condition (owner stamp inside rear board; light wear). Foster-Harris, a 1950s writing instructor, presents his formulas for writing fiction stated in "...the baldest, simplest form..... More
This Open Zoo: A Bestiary (Signed)
Carmel, CA: Salamander Press, 1971. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 44pp. Illustrations & Calligraphy by Lagorio. 21 poems by Francis. INSCRIBED "To Irene Lagorio/Your kindness and understanding/help me immeasurably./Dear friend - I will always/hold you in my heart./Dennis Francis/2-6-71." Francis has noted in his hand that this is Book #1. Stiff wrappers..... More
A Daughter of the Soil
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. 1st. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 301pp. Original green cloth with dark green decoration and lettering. The scarce first printing of a sad tale of bigamy in Lancashire. More
My Tahiti (SIGNED by William S. Hart)
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1937. W. Alister Macdonald. First Edition. Hardcover. Warmly INSCRIBED by William S. Hart Sr. to his son. Hart was an American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is remembered for having "imbued all of his characters with honor and integrity." - Wiki. 8vo..... More
Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary
Massachsetts: G. & C. Merriam Co., Publishers, 1953. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 1174pp. Thin paper edition. Illustrations. Tan peppled leather with gilt lettering, all edges gilt in near fine condition (light wear to extremities; small area of gilt worn on bottom page edges). More
The Compact Edition: The Forsyte Saga, A Modern Comedy, Caravan, Three Novels of Society, Three Novels of Love, and Plays (SIGNED)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. 1st. Hardcover. 1st edition thus. Limited Edition #102 of 500 copies. 8vo. 6 volumes. Original green leather-grained cloth with gilt lettering and decoration in like dustjackets. Housed in scarce publisher's green leather-grained bookshelf. SIGNED by the author on the limitation page in Volume 1..... More