Great Contemporary Poems
Sacramento: Little Pegasus Press (World of Poetry Press), 1978. 1st. Hardcover. 4to; 174pp. Fine copy in original gilt-stamped black leatherette in dust jacket. More
Sacramento: Little Pegasus Press (World of Poetry Press), 1978. 1st. Hardcover. 4to; 174pp. Fine copy in original gilt-stamped black leatherette in dust jacket. More
Paris: Editions Mornay, 1929. 1st. Paperback. First Edition Thus, Limited Edition #650 of 1000 copies. 8vo. 270pp. Text in French. Color illustrations by Dignimont (some with tissue guards). Printed on Papier de Rives. Color illustrated wrappers in original glassine covered dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine glassine (darkening to..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1905. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. viii, 312pp. Green cloth covered boards; gilt titles and illustration to front board and spine. Light wear to spine ends and corners; previous owner's book plate to front paste-down end paper; front hinge cracked; very good. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1906. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. viii, 313pp. Green cloth covered boards; cream stamped illustration to front board & cream letter to spine. Light wear to extremities; more so to spine ends; some loss of cream coloring to lettering on spine; light spotting to..... More
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1844. Revised edition. Paperback. 16mo. 48 pp. Woodcut illustrations. Cream wrappers with black lettering & design. A near fine copy (minor wear & spotting; owner name). Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available..... More
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1922. 1st. Paperback. (5 1/2" x 4 1/4"). [21pp]. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Tan staplebound wrappers with red & black lettering and black decoration to front cover. A fine copy in somewhat torn tan envelope. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship..... More
Woodside, CA: Heyeck Press, 1978. 1st. Paperback. Limited Edition to 400 copies. 8vo. 11pp. INSCRIBED by the author to noted artist, Irene Laborio. Printed by Robin Heyeck. Rust stiff wrappers with black lettering in fine condition. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery..... More
New York: Orbitt, 2011-2022. Complete in 9 volumes. Volumes 1 - 8 are softcovers in mixed printings; Volume 9 and 'Memory's Legion' in hardcover with dustjackets, in first printings. All volumes are in fine condition. The Expanse is a series of science fiction novels (and related novellas and short stories)..... More
Milan: Cisalpino, 2007. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; 446 pages. In Italian. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 115pp. SIGNED by Coward on ffep. Tan cloth in cream color printed dustjacket designed by Emil Antonucci. A near fine copy (dampstaining lower front edge; light wear; small bookseller stamp to lower corner inside rear board) in very good plus..... More
New York: Macaulay, 1927. 1st. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 251pp. Green cloth with black lettering. Author's first book. A story of romantic attraction and tragedy set in Oklahoma. More
London: Printed for G. Riley, Bookseller, at the City Circulating Library, St. Paul's-Church-Yard, 1781. First Edition. 8vo. 3 preliminary leaves, [v]-viii, [2], [9]-87, [1 Publisher advertisement] pp. Contemporary calf, neatly re-backed; five raised bands & gilt lettered red leather label on spine. Early bookseller label at rear states "A fine..... More
New York: G.W. Dillingham, 1913. Hardbound. Octavo, 320 pages. 'Adapted from the French of Michel Corday and Andre Courveur'. More
Firenze: G.C. Sansoni, 1914. Hardbound. Octavo, 19 pp + 4pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Bears bookplate 'The Italian Book Exhibition San Francisco CA MCMXXIX ' ... Discorso del Ministro della Pubblica Istruzione Benedetto Croce Letto nella Sala Dante di Ravenna'b. More
New York: L.B. Fischer, 1945. 1st. Hardbound. Octavo. 219 pages. Dark blue boards in decorative dust jacket. The author's first novel provides an "orignal approach to the immemorial theme of love between white and Negro, and touches upon the special fears and prejudices by which the race problem may be..... More
San Anselmo, CA: Feathered Serpent Press, 1976. 1st. Hardcover. 1st edition thus. Limited #104 of 275 copies. Miniature (2 3/8" x 1 3/4"). (26)pp. Hand-colored illustrations. Blue marbled papered boards; printed title label. Designed and printed by Susan Acker and SIGNED (initials) by her at the colophon. The first miniature..... More
New York: William Morrow, 1942. 1st. Hardbound. Octavo, 306 pages. Collectible copy, warmly INSCRIBED "6 August 1942/as exemplified/by Lt. J. G. Harrington,/whom the author was privileged/to have known at the Acadamy./R.W. Daly/New London, Conn." Near fine in dust jacket (mild edgewear and rubbing, small chip missing top, rear jacket spine)..... More
New York: Little Brown and Company, 1983. First Edition. Full calf. A personal & heartfelt authorial INSCRIPTION to former Stanford University President Wallace Sterling. 8vo. 178 pp. Light brown paper boards in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy. Darby, award winning Hollywood musical director and composer-lyricist, was one of Wolfe's..... More
Pebble Beach: The author, 1992. 1st. Single typed sheet of ~ 150 words. Addressed to a local bookseller, Ms. Davenport with much good humor asks how she can 'get rid of' 'a mass of back copies of GOURMET magazine...' and 'an equal mass of back numbers of CATS magazine-- somebody..... More
Prague: Trigon, 2007. 1st. Hardcover. 12mo; 168 pages. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1949. Early reprint. Hardcover. INSCRIBED to the Ansel Adams family "Especially for/the Adams Family/with my war/greeting/Marguerite de Angeli/1950." Additionally signed by Ansel's daughter, Anne. 8vo. 111, (1) pp. 3 color plates; black & white illustrations. Green lcoth with silver lettering in color illustrated dustjacket..... More
Sherbrooke, Canada: Les Editions de l'Universite de Sherbrooke, 1996. First Edition. Large octavo; 840pp. Index des livres interdits 10. French text. Near Fine copy (faint staining to rear board); appears unread, in publisher's gilt-lettered red cloth. More
Amsterdam: Pegasus, 2008. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. 1-491; 494-959pp. Most articles in English; some in Russian. Grey printed wraps. Light water spotting on upper page edges else fine condition. An extensive work to honour Weststeijn upon his retirement as Professor of Slavic Literature at the University of Amsterdam. Contributors representing..... More
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1906. 1st. Small 12 mo. 33 pp. Printed on Van Gelder paper in old-style roman type, enclosed in rules, after an approved Chiswick format. Gilt decorated green wrappers, publisher's titled acetate dustjacket, housed in publishers titled green slipcase. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket..... More
Paris: Nelson, 1937. 1st. Hardcover. The personal copy of historian Gordon A. Criag, with his signature to ffep. First edition thus. 12mo. 281pp. Beige cloth covered boards; green and purple illustrations and titles to front board and spine; original color illustrated dust jacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (minor..... More