Ken - The Insider's World; Volume 1 Number 1
Ken Inc., April 7, 1938. Wraps. Magazine. 138pp. Number 1. Article by Ernest Hemingway - The Time Now, The Place Spain. Bottom corner edge a littled rolled. More
Literature/Fiction
Letterio Di Francia Fiabe E. Novelle Calabresi.
Biblioteca Donzelli. Hardcover. Boxed two volume set in slipcase. In shrinkwrap.Italian text. edizione integrale in dialetto calabrese con testo italiano a fronte traduzione e cura di bianca lazzaro con us saggio introduttivo di vito teti. (complete edition in Calabrian dialect with Italian text, translation and edited by bianca lazzaro with..... More
Res Publiica Litterarum; Studies in Classical Tradition IX
University of Kansas, 1986. Paperback. Stiff wrappers. Journal. 279pp. Italian/English text. More
Shakespeare's England; An Account of the Life & Manners of his Age. TWO VOLUME SET
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1916. Hardcover. Two volumes. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. 546pp. & 610pp. Bookplates of former owner on front paste-downs. Stamp of "Yale review' on front endpapers. Bindings tight. A very nice set. More
The Symbolist Movement in the Literature of European Languages (Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages).
John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1984. Second Edition. hardcover. Quarto. 732pp. A very nice copy in dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper. "this second volume of the series, edited by Anna Balakian, marks the first attempt to discuss Symbolism in all literatureswritten in the European languages, the overseas literatures included."..... More
Dante in America The First Two Centuries.
Binghamton, New York: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1983. Hardcover. 24 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 412pp. Navy cloth. Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies Volume 23. Corners are bumped. There is a crease to the front endpaper. More
The Avon and Shakespeare's Country.
New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1910. Hardcover. octavo.. 365pp. (9" x 6") Bound in 3/4 brown leather with brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Four raised bands. Gilt lettering to spine. With 30 illustrations in colour by A.R. Quinton. Some light rubbing at head of spine and bottom corner..... More
Pan Tadeusz; Czyli Ostatni Zajazd Na Litwie
Ksiazka i Wiedza, 1950. Hard Cover. Quarto 405pp Many color illustrations including pull-out folded illustrations. A near fine copy in dust jacket. Polish language. More
Night Fall.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. First Amer. Hard Cover. 8vo, 116 pp. Price clipped on inside jacket flap, bookplate on ffep, mild fading along dj spine, First American Edition. More
Fuzz Against Junk & The Hero Maker.
The Olympia Press, August 1966. Wraps. Wrappers. Collages by Norman Rubington. Small red mark on bottom fore-edges. Traveller's Companin Series No. 106. More
Through the Shadows with O. Henry.
New York: H.K. Fly Co., 1921. Advance review copy. Wraps. Pictorial softcover. (8 x 5 1/2") 320pp. Wear to edges and spine. Stamped on rear cover "advance editorial copy not to be sold). More
Asmodeus; or, the Devil on Two Sticks.
London: Joseph Thomas, 1841. 3/4 Leather. 26 x 16 cm. Sm 4to. 401 pages. Bound in green 3/4 leather circa 1900. In text illustrations by Tony Johannot. Translated and with preface by Joseph Thomas. First printing of this translated illustrated edition. Extensive sun fading to the spine, fading it to..... More
The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane.
Oxford: The Limited Editions Club, 1937. Limited ed. Hardcover. 29.5 x 20 cm. Quarto. 660 pages. Two volume grey and blue cloth set in dust jackets and decorative slipcase. Limited to 1500 sets signed by the artist, John Austen, in volume 2 this being set number 31. Toning to the..... More
Brief Candles.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1930. First edition. Hard Cover. /octavo.324pp. Gift inscription of former owner on front free endpaper. A beautiful copy in dust jacket. The tan dust jacket shows some light soiling. Light tanning to endpapers. A very nice copy. In a brodart protective wrapper... More
Brief Candles.
New York: The Fountain Press, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 320 pages. Limited to 842 copies SIGNED by the author, Aldous Huxley, on the half-title this being copy 77. Black boards. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. 1 cm gouge to the spine as well as..... More
The Captain's Daughter & Other Stories.
Westerham Press: The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. 32.5 x 21.5 cm. Quarto. 227 pages. 1/4 green leather and green cloth boards in green slipcase. Limited to 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, Charles Mozley, this being copy 1342. Fading to the edges of the slipcase. More
Marguerite de Valois.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1969. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. 24.5 x 17 cm. 337 pages. Red boards in gold slipcase. Limited to 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, Edy Legrand, this being copy number 1342. Slipcase shows rubbing. More
My Memoirs in six volumes.
London: Methuen & Co., 1907, 1908, 1909. Hardcover. 19.5 x 13 cm. Small octavo. Complete six volume set bound in red cloth with gilt lettering and design to the spines. Translated by E. M. Waller. With an introduction by Andrew Lang. Frontispieces in each volume with tissue guards. Light sunning..... More
The Three Musketeers Translated by William Robson with a letter from Alexandre Dumas Fils and 250 illustrations by Maurice Leloir engraved on wood by J. Huyot in 2 volumes.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Two volume set. 23 x 16 cm. Octavo. 358pp and 357pp.Bound in half red buckram and tan boards. This edition originally published in 1894, this set printed in 1899. A few small closed tears to the spines. Previous owner's bookplate..... More
YAMA (The Pit) A Novel in Three Parts.
Privately Printed, 1922. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Blue paper over gray boards. Paper title label to spine. 406pp. English Text. This is #370 of 1225 copies. Binding tight. Some edge rubbing to the paper title label. A novel of prostituion. The translator, Bernard Guerney, owned the Blue Fawn Bookshop in Manhatten..... More
The Wave; An Egyptian Aftermath
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. 380 pages. Brown cloth black lettering. Persumed first edition with no additional printings noted. Some fading to spine. Previous owner's small stamp inside back cover. Some speckeling on front and rear endpapers. More
Friend of My Youth.
New York: Knopf, 1990. Wraps. Blue/green wrappers. 277pp. Uncorrected proof copy. Stapled pages of reviews to front endpaper. A fine copy. More
The Visions of the Great Remember.
Mass. Mulch Press, 1974. second printing. Hardcover. With Letters by Neal Cassady and drawings by Basil King. A very nice copy in dust jacket. Jacket has some light sunning to spine and some edge wear. In a brodart protectiv wrapper. More
La Imagen del Quijote En El Mundo.
Barcelona: Cec Publisher, 2004. Hardcover. Quarto. 258pp A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. Spanish/English text. Lavishly illustrated. More
D. H. Lawrence; An Unprofessional Study
Denver: Alan Swallow, 1964. Second Printing. Hardcover. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 110 pages. Dark purple cloth in dust jacket. Originally published in Paris in 1932, this is the first US publication of Nin's first book. Stated second printing. Toning to the spine of the cloth and spine and back..... More