New York: The Viking Press, 1930. First and Limited Edition, of which this is No. 184 out of 295 copies. Signed on limitation page. Octavo (22.5x15x3.5cm); 338pp. Fold-out map of "Boone's Trace to Kentuck as it Appeared in A.D. 1777" as frontispiece. Volume in fern-green cloth with gilt spine..... More
Shanghai: Kwang Hsueh Publishing House, 1933. "Fifteenth Thousand" printing. 16mo (14x11x1.5cm); viii + 237pp + "Radical Index" of 70pp. Brown-black pebbled leatherette with gilt spine lettering and rules. Cover shows one white paint-like spot (1 cm) and several white speckles. Joints and hinges solid; textblock unmarred and unmarked. Chauncey..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953. First U.S. Edition. Octavo (21x14x3cm); 241pp. Unclipped abstract dustjacket with author photo on back. Ivory cloth binding with black and magenta pictorial stamping on spine and front panel. The jacket art is by Leo Manso, one of the founders of the Book..... More
London: Hurst & Blackett Ltd, 1952. First Edition. Octavo. 221 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Red boards stamped in black. Unclipped dust jacket chipped along edges, heavily at top of spine with quarter-sized portion missing. Staining to verso. General rubbing. Boards worn along edges with brief exposure. Dampstaining and..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1977. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 218 pp. + publisher's advertisements. Illustrated wraps. Wraps a touch edgeworn with some creasing at corners. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Part of the Pantheon Modern Writers Original series. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. 145 pp. Printed dust jacket. Red boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges with a chip to bottom edge of rear panel. Smudging to rear panel. Boards show light shelfwear and corners slightly bumped. Binding is..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Hardcover Edition. Small square octavo. 134 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Purple boards stamped in gilt. Green topstain. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards gently rubbed at extremities. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A near fine signed copy..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1992. Advance Reading Copy. Bookplate signed by Esquivel loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 246 pp. Illustrated wraps. Wraps lightly worn along edges and curl slightly at fore edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: Doubleday, 1992. First U.S. Edition. Bookplate signed by Esquivel loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 246 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Brown boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket lightly edgeworn with a few patches of staining to verso. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and..... More
Manhasset: Channel Press, Inc., 1962. First Edition. Signed, inscribed, and dated (see text below). Tall Octavo (26x17x1cm); 64pp. Two-color illustrations on nearly every page. Illustrated three-color dustjacket with photograph of three generations of Frosts on the back. Binding itself duplicates the dustjacket presentation. Unclipped jacket tanned at edges, with..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1974. First Edition. Signed on title page. Octavo (20.5x13.5x2cm); 176pp. Photographic dustjacket. Teal boards with spine lettering in gilt. Unclipped jacket; spine has been sunned into a lighter color scheme; flap corners docked, as published. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper; textblock otherwise unmarred and unmarked..... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1875. First Edition. Small Octavo (18x11.5x1cm); 97pp. Publisher’s hunter green cloth with gilt spine and front panel stamping. Both panels with four beveled edges. Brown coated endpapers. Publisher’s botanical emblem on title page. Binding shows edge chafing at lightly bumped panel corners, and slight..... More
London: Dennis Dobson, [1962]. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 183pp. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities, corners a bit bumped, else Very Good or better. Collection of "unclassifiable" short stories, though all first appeared in the science fiction and weird tale monthlies. More
[Dallas, TX]: Texas Arts Journal, [1977]. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; [4],109pp.; illus. Long shallow crease along upper wrapper fore-edge, very light edge wear from handling including tiny chip at spine crown and small soil spot to rear cover, else Very Good and sound. Inaugural..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition (stated), First Printing. Octavo. 270 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price present. Beige boards stamped in green and blue. Dust jacket lightly chipped along edges with some moderate general rubbing. Spine toned. Boards bumped at corners with light general..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1934. First U.S. Edition, stated. Octavo. 288 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price present. Blue boards stamped in black. Dust jacket heavily chipped along edges with several closed tears. General rubbing to front and rear panels. Boards worn along extremities..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1926. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 212 pp. Purple boards stamped in orange. Lacks dust jacket. Boards lightly worn at extremities. Binding is sound. Publisher's review notice affixed to front free endpaper. Pages otherwise unmarked. Author's first novel, a locked room mystery. More
New York: Random House, 1942. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo. 227 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price present. Dark blue boards stamped in light blue and gilt. Dust jacket shows moderate chipping along edges with a few short closed tears. Boards edgeworn. Binding is sound and..... More
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co. Publishers, 1942. First Edition. Octavo. 158 pp. Black and white illustrations. Green cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards rubbed with brief exposure to extremities and spine ends nudged. Light general spotting. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1974. First Edition. Two octavo volumes. xiv, [ii], 3-368 pp.; vii, [iii], 371 - 720 pp. Black boards stamped in red. No dust jackets. Boards gently rubbed at extremities and corners slightly bumped. Bindings are sound. Spotting to top edges of text bloc, but pages..... More
London: Sir Isaac Ptman & Sons, Ltd., 1941. Fourth and Revised Edition. Octavo. 443 pp. + publisher's advertisements. Numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Dark blue cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Boards worn at extremities with exposure; general spotting and staining. Binding gives..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1943. First Edition. Octavo. 239 pp. Grey boards stamped in red. Lacks dust jacket. Boards worn along extremities with brief exposure. Toning to edges and spine and some general spotting. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942. First Edition. Octavo. 261 pp. Grey boards stamped in red. Lacks dust jacket. Boards lightly spotted and gently rubbed along edges. Slight lean to spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 315 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in red. Price-clipped dust jacket chipped along edges, with several larger chips along bottom edge, and several closed tears. Boards are worn at extremities and corners bumped..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1973. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo. 343 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. White and yellow boards stamped in purple. Orange endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket shows general rubbing and is worn along edges with some shallow slight chipping. Boards stained at spine ends and edges..... More