New York: Charles Scrinber's Sons, 1927. First Edition, Second State printed on lighter stock and weighing 13.8 oz. Octavo (19.5cm); publisher's black cloth, gilt printed paper labels to upper cover and spine, pictorial endpapers; [12],232pp. Soil (paint?) to top half of spine, spine label darkened and very briefly chipped, front..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, [1966]. First UK Edition. Octavo (19cm); publisher's boards, terracotta topstain, in pictorial dust jacket featuring Max Ernst's painting "The Eye of Silence," front flap retaining original price (21s. net); 221pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins, spine panel faded as is often the case, contemporary bookseller ticket to..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); publisher's antique rose cloth lettered and ruled in gilt, this state (no priority) with the seriffed type on spine, top edge gilt; [6],428pp. Light edge wear, spine a bit sunned, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else a Very..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1899. Colonial Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; vi,414,[2]pp. Light shelf wear to cloth margins, contemporary bookseller/circulating library ticket to rear pastedown; a Very Good, bright and sound example. One of the author's most divisive novels, a portrait of two young women on the cusp..... More
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829. First UK Edition. Three 12mo volumes (19cm); contemporary green-black morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt spine in six compartments, brown endpapers. Leather rather dried and worn with Vol. I spine foot compartment starting to separate, loss at Vol. III spine crown including title..... More
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1991]. First US Edition Stated. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's full black decorative bond leather embossed in gilt, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers; [8],232pp.; halftone plates throughout. Just About Fine. Signed by the author on leaf tipped in at head of volume. Publisher's unused ex libris laid..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Carey & Lea, 1832. First Edition. Two 12mo volumes (20cm); contemporary boards recently rebacked in brown cloth spines lettered in black, new endpapers though textblocks remain untrimmed; iv,[13]-234,[2]; 236pp. (collated complete despite error in pagination at head of Vol. I); publisher's [18]pp. catalog in smaller format (16.5cm) present..... More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, [1973]. First Edition with full number line. Octavo (23cm); publisher's cloth-backed boards in white photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price ($7.95); viii,[2],309pp.; eight leaves of halftone plates. Jacket rather chipped and rubbed at margins, brief foxing to upper jacket panel along with remnants of two old..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First American Edition Stated. Octavo (22cm); publisher's cloth-backed boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; [6],211pp. Light wear and faint shallow surface scratches to dust jacket, brief white spotting to rear board, spine slightly cocked; overall Very Good, internally clean and sound. Signed by Naipaul..... More
[Washington, DC: Republican National Committee, 1960.] First Edition. Octavo (21cm); staplebound pictorial self-wrappers; [20]pp. Wrapper margins a bit toned, previous owner has unfortunately used the upper cover to scribble a ballpoint pen into flowing again; About Very Good. Quite scarce pamphlet reproducing Vice President Nixon's address accepting the..... More
New York: PublicAffairs, [2003]. First Edition with full number line. Octavo (24cm); publisher's two-toned boards in pictorial unclipped dust jacket; xxxiv,406pp.; four leaves of halftone plates. Light wear to extremities, spine a bit cocked, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed on title page in year of publication... More
[Minneapolis, MN]: Graywolf Press, [2015]. First Edition Stated. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's boards in unclipped dust jacket; [6],143pp. Light shelf wear, else Very Good or better. Inscribed and signed on title page in year of publication, "To Sherry - best wishes to you - & happy mother's day / Maggie Nelson..... More
Storrs, CT & Stockton, CA: Wormwood Review / Books & Magazines, 1960-1999. First Editions. Complete run of 146 issues in 137 octavo volumes; stapled illustrated wraps. Rubbing to edges; occasional heavier wear and staining predominantly to earlier issues; overall Very Good or better. A full run of what..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's cloth-backed boards in unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; [10],386pp.; eight leaves of halftone plates. Light shelf wear, else Very Good or better. Signed by Goodall on title page. Epistolary autobiography covering Goodall's English childhood, her first trip..... More
London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1929. First Trade Edition. Octavo; cinnamon cloth boards gilt titling to spine; 172pp. Rubbing and patchy spotting to boards; slight lean; binding sound; off-setting to endpapers; bookplate of British architect Marshall Sisson to preliminaries; overall Very Good... More
Fort Worth, TX: Center for Texas Studies at TCU / TCU Press, [2013]. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's cloth, family tree endpapers, in pictorial dust jacket; v,[1],337pp.; twenty-four leaves of halftone photographs. Light soil to dust jacket, else a Very Good or better example. Inscribed and signed on..... More
New York: Published for the Walters Art Museum by Cambridge University Press, 2011. First Edition. Two quarto volumes; illustrated dust jackets; brown cloth boards stamped in gilt; brown endpapers; 342; 344pp. Color and b&w photographs and illustrations. Mild rubbing to dust jackets, else Fine. These volumes are the product..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1999]. Second Printing. Slim oblong quarto (23.5x28.5cm); publisher's boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; [40]pp.; full color illus. throughout. Light soil to dust jacket, else a Very Good to Near Fine example. Signed by Cornwell on half title page. More
Boston: Printed by S. Kneeland & T. Green, for T. Hancock, at the Bible & Three Crowns in Ann-street, 1735. First Edition. Octavo; printed wraps sewn into modern plain wrappers; 21pp., lacking final blank, as is common. Sizeable chip to front wrap at bottom front corner; toning and inoffensive spotting;..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956. First Edition. Octavo; black cloth boards with spine lettered in gilt; original printed dust jacket with $2.50 price intact; 87pp. Light wear to boards with brief exposure at extremities; binding sound. Mild chipping and toning to dust jacket; a Very Good copy of Ashebery's..... More
Roma [Rome]: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato, Libreria Dello Stato, 1990. First Edition. Two quartos; illustrated boards; decorative endpapers; 321 & 491pp. Fold-out color maps to volume II. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Text in original Spanish with translation in English facing. Tight in binding; slipcase a bit rubbed; Near..... More
[New York]: Delacorte Press / A Seymour Lawrence Book, 1968. First Edition with "First Delacorte Printing" to copyright page. Octavo; yellow cloth-backed boards; illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price intact; 298pp. Mild shelfwear to boards; bottom corners bumped; binding sound. Light creasing and rubbing to dust jacket with a couple..... More
[Paris: Bouchet-Lakara, 1967.] First Edition. Square quarto (25cm); publisher's cloth in glossy black photo-illustrated dust jacket; 155pp.; full color tipped in frontispiece and nineteen plates (collated complete), halftone photographs throughout text. Dust jacket a bit rubbed and worn at margins with brief bubbling of lamination, creasing and shallow dog-earing to..... More
New York: Vintage Books / Random House, [1970]. First Vintage Books Edition. 12mo (18cm); publisher's white printed card wrappers; unpaginated. Light wear and dust-soil to wrapper margins, textblock rather toned due to inferior paper quality; still Very Good and sound overall. Inscribed and signed by the author on the dedication..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); publisher's green buckram in pictorial dust jacket by John Held Jr. retaining original price ($1.50); [8],145,[3]pp. Significant loss to upper jacket panel affecting half of the title and some of the illustration, additional shallow chips and closed tears to margins..... More