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
Poems of Endre Ady
Buffalo, NY: Hungarian Cultural Foundation, 1969. First Edition. 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 author's..... More
Little Women - Parts One & Two (SIGNED)
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1893. Clipped signature "L. M. Alcott" affixed to ffep. 8vo. 532, [12 pp publisher's advertisements] pp. Frontispiece and 3 plates plus illustrations of Alcott book's in advertisements. Publisher's brown cloth with black & gilt stamping and lettering; floral endpapers. Previous owner name; front hinge cracked; center signature..... More
Point Counter Point
London: Chatto & Windus, 1928. First Edition Limited #189 of 256 copies. SIGNED by the author on limitation page. 8vo. 206, [1] pp. Previous owner name in pencil. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine; top edges gilt. Sunning to spine; ffep loose; paper at front and rear hinges..... More
Action at Aquila
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. Stated First Edition. Octavo; (xii), 369 pp. A fine bright copy in like dustjacket. "... a romance of the Civil War...taken from word-of-mouth reminiscences by Civil War veterans, both Union and Confederate, and from people who lived in the towns, cities, and the country..... 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
Desert Patterns (SIGNED)
Hermosa Beach CA: Bombshelter Press, 2007. First Digital Edition Limited #11 of 97 copies. SIGNED and numbered by the poet. 12mo; unpaginated poems and color photographs. A Fine copy bound in scarlet silk, brown spine labe lettered in gree. "This book was set with Goudy Old Style & Dylan typefaces..... More
All the Light We Cannot See (SIGNED)
New York: Scribner's, 2014. First Edition, (Slipcased edition from Powell's Books Indiespensable Series). SIGNED by the author. Large 8vo. 531 pp. Orginal quarter light blue spine with dark blue paper covered boards in publisher's color illustrated dust jacket; housed in light blue cloth covered slipcase. A fine copy, as new..... 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
4321 (INSCRIBED)
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2017. First Edition. INSCRIBED "Barbara / Paul Auster". Discreet notation in pencil lower half-title "Barbara Volkmer de Ruiz, Bangor Bookstore (Imprint Event), 12 de febrero 2018". Large 8vo. 866 pp. A fine copy in find dust jacket. In '4321', the author presents four alternate..... 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
A Man Called Ove (SIGNED)
New York: Atria Books, 2017. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 337 pp. A fine copy in publisher's color illustrated dust jacket, as new. Backman's debut novel, adapted into a hit Swedish film (2015) and a 2022 American remake starring Tom Hanks. 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
The Steep Approach to Garbadale (Review Copy)
San Francisco: MacAdam Cage, 2007. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; 390 pages. More
Jane Barker: Printed Writings, 1641-1700 Part 4 (Volume I)
England: Ashgate Publishing, 2009. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 287 pp. Ex-libris else a fine copy. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. More
James Cope: The Confessions of a United States District Attorney
New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, 1899. First Edition. 8vo. 329 pp. Two illusrated plates by Powell Chase (including frontispiece with tissue guard). Dark green pictorial cloth in very good condition (light wear to extremities; front hinge cracked; softening of spine ends). A fictional account of the life of James..... More
Lovely Sacajawea
Boise: The author, 1973. 1st. Hard Cover. Octavo; 47 pages. More
Jade: A Novel of China (Promotional Copy)
New York: St. Martins's Press, 1982. 1st. Softcover. Octavo. 588pp. Color printed wraps in fine condition (minor wear to extremities). More