Mythology of the Heart
Owings Mills, MD: The International Library of Poetry, 2002. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 251pp. Index. Part of the 'Letters From the Soul' series by The International Library of Poetry. More
Literature & Poetry
One Flesh: Being a Comedy with a Prologue
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. 1st. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 327pp. Tan cloth with brown lettering in near fine condition (light soiling to covers). More
Stories About Dogs
Concord, N.H. Rufus Merrill, ca. 1840s. 12mo. 16 pp. 8 woodcuts (including front cover). Title page stating "Part III. Stories About Dogs," with no imprint statement. Advertising for Rufus Merrill Toy and Juvenile Books on rear cover.Printed tan wrappers, stab-stitched. Light wear else a fine copy. Sections titled: The Dog;..... More
Zane Grey's Western Magazine (Jo Mora story & illustrations)
New York: Dell Publishing, October, 1951. Paperback. Vol. 5 No. 8: Cowboy of the Plains; 2pp with 2 illustrations. More
MASSINISSA ET SOPHONISBE
Algerie: APIC, 2005. 1st. Paperback. Quarto; 175 pages. More
Careless Love (SIGNED)
New York: New American Library, 1966. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page; additionally INSCRIBED in the year of publication "For Mig, with love from Alice June, 1966." SIGNED bookplate laid in. 8vo. 183 pp. Cream cloth in publisher's dustjacket. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. The..... More
Poems of Endre Ady
Buffalo, NY: Hungarian Cultural Foundation, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 491pp. A Fine copy in publisher's burgundy cloth lettered in gold; illustrated dust jacket is Near Fine with minor edgewear; lovely copy. Prepared for publication by Joseph M. Ertavy-Barath and illustrated with photographs. Published on the 50th anniversary of the..... More
Do and Dare
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, n.d. ca. 1900. Early reprint. Hardcover. 12mo. 69pp. Mustard cloth with black lettering and design; color plate adhered to front board in color printed dustjacket. A near fine copy (gift inscription in pencil; light foxing inside covers) in very good dustjacket (wear to extremities; light..... More
Shifting for Himself or Gilbert Greyson's Fortune
Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing, n.d. 1st. Hardcover. 12mo. 185pp. Blue-grey paper boards withred lettering and color illustration to front board in color printed dustjacket. Near fine in near fine dustjacket. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. More
Action at Aquila
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; (xii), 369 pages. '... a romance of the Civil War.'. More
The Echo; and other poems
(New York): Printed at the Porcupine Press by Pasquin Petronius, 1807. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition 8vo. xv, [1], 331, [11] pp. Illustrated with 8 engraved plates, including frontispiece and title page. Contemporary brown leather with gilt decoration & lettering on red label to spine. Wear to extremities; rubbing to..... More
The Time of the Gringo (SIGNED)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. viii, 613pp, [5]pp. Black & white map. SIGNED by the author. Orange cloth covered boards; blind stamped illustration to front board; gilt titles and illustration to the spine; original dust jacket illustrated by George Salter. Minor bumping to lower..... More
Bug Rogers (INSCRIBED, with original photograph)
Concord, CA: Nitty Gritty Productions, 1972. First Edition. Original wrappers. INSCRIBED "For Fletch, all good wishes, Gus". Original color photograph showing Gus signing the book. Oblong 12mo. Color cartoon drawings with text. Stiff color illustrated wrappers in near fine condition (minor wear to extremities; light creasing to lower edge). Gustavo..... More
Before the Gringo Came
New York: J. Selwin Tait & Sons, 1894. Hardcover. First Edition. Small octavo; [6]; 306, [1]pp. First Edition in later brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine. Near fine (owner name to ffep). "Revised in 1902 as 'The Splendid Idle Forties.' q.v. adding two more stories." - Baird & Greenwood..... More
A Daughter of the Vine
London and New York: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1899. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. 8vo. 300 pp. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Blue-grey cloth with white lettering & ruling; deckled page edges; top edge gilt. A very good copy (light wear to extremities, moreso to spine ends; some rubbing..... More
Selected Poems
Cottonwood, AZ: Wayside Press, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. First edition; limited to 25 copies. 8vo. 114pp. Small black & white leaf illustration to the bottom of each page; color hand painted title page. Completely handmade at the Wayside Press. Beige cloth covered boards; illustration and titles to front board; black titles..... More
Novels & Letters of Jane Austen (The Chawton Edition, 12 volumes)
New York: Frank S. Holby, 1906. Hardcover. Chawton Edition #897 of 1250 copies. 8vo. 12 volumes, complete. Separately paginated. Edited by R. Brimley Johnson with an introduction by Professor William Lyon Phelps, Ph. D. Colored illustrations with tissue guards with captions by C.E. and H.M. Brock (different color frontispiece in..... More
Children Sing in the Far West: Poems for Children
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 8vo. 188 pp. Drawings by Gerald Cassidy. Red pictorial boards with black imprint in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Near fine (short closed tear to spine head) in good dustjacket (tears & splitting to spine; price-clipped). In her preface to..... More
Across the Prairie
New York: Appleton-Century Company, 1941. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. [iv], 267pp. Blue cloth covered boards; gilt titles to front board and spine; original illustrated dust jacket. Book is in near fine condition (light wear to spine ends) in very good dust jacket (light wear to extremities, more so to..... More
Cage
New York: Marvel Comics, 2002. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 128 pp. Color illustrations. A fine copy in find color illustrated dustjacket; as new. The smash-hit series from the Marvel MAX line intended for mature readers. "Cage is urban action at its street-level best." - dustjacket flap. All domestic orders are fully..... More
Al Mawrid Dictionary (English-Arabic/ Arabic-English)
[Beirut]: Dar El Ilm Lilmalayin, [2004]. Later printing. Hardcover. Large octavo. 1118, 1255pp. Illustrations (some in color). Blue leatherette with gilt and red lettering. NOTE: This is a heavy volume and will require additional shipping. More
In Pensive Mood (SIGNED)
Chicago: Privately Printed, 1934. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 12mo. 40 pp. Tan printed wrappers in near fine condition (light wear to extremties; slight fading to spine). Uncommon collection of 40 poems, many of Chicago, Lake Michegan and White Lake. More
By His Own Labor: The Biography of Dard Hunter
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 4to. xxv, 332pp, including appendices, notes, and index, plus 68pp of plates. Full color and black & white illustrations; photographs; woodblock frontispiece illustration. Blue cloth covered boards; gilt titles to spine; original glossy illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy..... More
Prochronisms: Poems
Np: Published by the author, Nd. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. 99pp. TLS by Bale laid in. Beige cloth covered boards; gilt titles to brown leather label on spine; errata and table of contents laid in; typewritten bound manuscript. A fine copy. Unusual book with poems inspired by student life..... More
Five Pieces of Jade (SIGNED)
London: Michael Joseph, 1972. 1st. Hardcover. First UK Edition. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 223, [1] pp. Brown cloth in turquoise dustjacket with yellow & white lettering. Slight fading along upper board edges; bump to upper rear corner; else a fine copy. The fourth Virgil Tibbs detective novel by the..... More