Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1992. Stated Second Edition. Signed twice by the author, once without inscription over his name on full title, then again on half title with inscription "For Breece (?), thanks for your kindness in Winchester [VA], and best wishes, Larry." Octavo; 71pp. Printed gray paper..... More
Denver: University of Denver, 1949. Quarto; 352pp. Photographic boards with cream cloth spine and blue embossed lettering to spine. Corners bumped and spine a bit rolled, with some light smudging to back. Opens easily and lies flat, but binding is sound. Pages unmarked. Graduation year of John Williams..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943. First Edition, First Printing with no subsequent printings listed on copyright and five-line colophon at back. Small quarto. Book in salmon cloth-covered boards with red lettering and illustration. Missing dust jacket. Boards bumped at corners, with a small dent to back at fore-edge, some..... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1907. Early Printing, with "Published February 1907" on the copyright page. Octavo; vi, [vii-xi], 13-107pp. Four plates including frontis, with marginal decorative illustrations to each page. Brown cloth with green lettering and deer head emblem to front. Boards are sturdy and square with..... More
![Bread Loaf Anthology [Signed by Robert Frost]. W. Storrs Lee Robert Frost, ed., pref](/pictures/thumb/5797.jpg?v=1575485116)
Middlebury: Middlebury College Press, 1939. First Edition. Signed by Robert Frost and dated 1939 without inscription on full title. Octavo; 174pp. Six illustrations including frontis. Green paper-covered boards with beige cloth spine and small printed paper spine label. Missing scarce original acetate jacket. Front corners lightly bumped, with faint fading..... More
[New York]: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1974. Stated First Printing. Octavo; 296pp. Printed photographic dust jacket with original $7.95 price intact; book in black cloth-covered boards with silver and fuchsia lettering. Jacket split in two parts with much of the spine section missing, large tears and chips..... More
![Quintilian's Institutes of the Orator [Institutio Oratoria] in Twelve Books. Translated from the...](/pictures/thumb/5794.jpg?v=1575486471)
London: B. Law, 1774. First Thus. Octavo; Vol I xii + 404pp; Vol II xii + 441pp + 2pp of publisher's prospectuses bound in. Contemporary tree calf with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine. Gilt filleting on all board edges, and additional trio of small gilt stamps on spine crowns..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1950. First edition, no additional printings indicated. Inscribed on front free endpaper by the author William V. Shannon to journalist and White House speechwriter William Safire: "Washington DC / May 20, 1976 / For Bill Safire --- / A promising beginner..... More
[New York]: Ariel Books / Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962. Stated First Printing. Octavo; 211pp. Marbled paper-covered boards over cloth with gray and yellow lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Color (formerly blue) almost completely faded/bleached from cloth, with some spotting at tail of spine and a couple spots of..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. First Edition. Small Octavo; xii + 212pp. Six full-page woodcuts + frontispiece woodcut with four-color overprint. Additional fifteen small woodcuts as chapter head-pieces. Black cloth with red paper inset labels on spine and front panel; front panel inset is woodcut portrait of heroine... More
Norwalk: Easton Press, 2004. Signed Limited Edition. Octavo. Full black leather with 22-kt gold lettering and emblematic stamping on both panels and spine. Textblock gilt on all edges. Silk bookmark bound in. Fine in original Easton Press shrinkwrap. Vonnegut's first novel, originally published in 1952 with the jacket..... More
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1842. Four Volumes from the Fourth (British) Edition. Octavos. Lacks maps. Full contemporary sheep; five raised bands to spine; spine titled and ruled in gilt. Bookplate of Alexander Little Page Green to front pastedowns of volumes 2, 3, and 4. Appears to have been..... More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1951. First Edition. Signed by the author with inscription "For A___ B_____ (illegible) -- With best wishes and best luck. Bill Buckley" Octavo; xix, 240pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket back panel and flap, tattered along fold and chipped along top..... More
London: The Arden Press, 1927. Small quarto (10.25" x 7.75"); 120pp. Tipped-in color illustrated frontis on gray paper plus 53 full-color plates with tissue guards, all present. Riviere & Son binding (in full blue leather with gilt borders, elaborate gilt stamping and five raised bands to spine, gilt dentelles to..... More
New York: Random House, 1931. Limited Edition of 400 copies, signed by Faulkner out of series (stated) on colophon at back. Octavo; 17pp. Red marbled paper-covered boards with white title card to front. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with paper coming up along bottom 3" of..... More
![The Plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan [Library of English Classics]. Richard Brinsley Sheridan](/pictures/thumb/5782.jpg?v=1574773148)
London: Macmillan and Co., 1900. Library of English Classics. Octavo; viii, 455pp. Rebound in textured blue leather with gilt rules and red title card with gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapers with gilt-ruled leather overlays, and gilt to all page edges. Binding unsigned. Boards bowing outward a bit at fore-edge..... More
![A Dictionary of Modern War [inscribed to William Safire]. Edward Luttwak](/pictures/thumb/5780.jpg?v=1574772793)
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Stated First U.S. Edition, 1971. Signed by the author on dedication page to journalist William Safire with inscription "To William Safire, Amicitia, Edward Luttwak, Feb 1980. Octavo; 224pp +64pp black and white photos at back. Photo-illustrated dust jacket over black cloth-covered boards with..... More
![The Dictionary of Modern War [inscribed to William Safire]. Edward Luttwak, Stuart Koehl](/pictures/thumb/5779.jpg?v=1574773746)
New York: HarperCollins, 1991. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by Edward Luttwak without named dedication on full title to journalist William Safire with inscription "Since you read dictionaries... Edward Luttwak, In witness (?), June 1991." This book obtained directly from Safire's estate. Quarto; 680pp. Apparatus printed in two..... More
Delhi: Atma Ram & Sons, 1962. Presumed First Edition in India, stated "Cheap Edition." Signed by Bowles on half title. Octavo; xxiv + 351. Royal blue leather with beveled edges and rounded corners to boards and textblock. Gold lettering on spine. Textblock continuously gilt on all edges. Bound-in ribbon bookmark..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1962. First Edition. Octavo. 335 pages. Unclipped graphic dust jacket with original $5.00 price present. Red and black boards with spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is rubbed on front panel and edges, has a few inoffensive closed tears, and light chipping at..... More
New York: Covici-Friede Publishers, 1929. "Privately Printed for Subscribers Only." "This edition is limited to thirteen hundred numbered copies of which this is copy number 1387"--a numerical impossibility which may indicate over-subscription or acknowledged over-run. Folio; Vol I xl + 515pp; Vol II extends pagination through p. 865; Vol III..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. First Edition. Octavo; 429pp. Second State dust jacket with "Author on the left" caption, mention of Catholic Press Association award on back flap, and original $1.00 price intact. Book in second state black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket chipped at spine..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 335 pages. Frontispiece; 15 black and white plates; fold-out map printed in black and red tipped in at rear. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket with original "$3.00" price present. Plum glacé boards stamped in black at spine and front board..... More
New York: Random House, 1957. Stated First Printing. Octavo; 1168pp. Original first state illustrated dust jacket with 10/57 at bottom of front flap and publisher's name and address at bottom of back; book in green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Jacket is price-clipped, with a 3" x 1" chip at..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. Book Club Edition with author's photograph to rear panel. Octavo. 277 pages. Illustrated dust jacket is slightly chipped at extremities with a few very small nicks along edges. Rubbed and a touch toned along spine. Black boards with spine in gilt. Front..... More