First Edition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003. First Edition. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"); [xii], 204p. Illustrated dustjacket over mauve paper- and black cloth-covered boards with bronze lettering to spine. Jacket is clean and crisp with very light edgewear but no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square. Moderate... More about Mother Tongues: Sexuality, Trials, Motherhood, Translation
First Edition. Hardcover. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2001. Stated First Edition. Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"); xvi, 209p. Printed dustjacket over black cloth-covered boards. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and barcodes to book, but no card pocket. Jacket crisp but with remnants of mostly-removed laminate, now in a.... More about Donald Barthelme: The Genesis of a Cool Sound
First Edition. Hardcover. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003. First Edition with full numberline. SIGNED by the author with brief inscription on full title. Octavo (8.75" x 5.75"); xviii, 104p. Photo-illustrated dustjacket over gray paper-covered boards with black lettering to spine. Jacket is clean and crisp with no chips, tears... More about Deep Gossip
First Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on front free endpaper. Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"); xxiii, 900pp. Peach topstain. In photographic dust jacket with original $35.00 price. Bronze textured cloth boards with spine and front cover stamped in silver and gilt... More about More Matter: Essays and Criticism
First Edition. Buenos Aires: Editorial Troquel, 1955. First Edition. Small Octavo; 99 pages. Black and orange printed wraps. Text in Spanish. An introduction to the Argentinian poet, novelist, and politician Leopoldo Lugones, whose work was an influence on authors Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Horacio Quiroga, among others... More about Leopoldo Lugones
First Edition. Reseda: Mojave Books, 1974. First Edition. Octavo; 81pp. Red leatherette with gilt lettering. Covers very lightly shelfworn with a bit of a roll to spine. Pencil erasures visible on copyright page, else pages unmarked. Binding is sound. A study of Hay's literary writing, often overshadowed by... More about John Hay as a Man of Letters
First U.S. Edition. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1996. First U.S. Edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6"); xx, 408p. Blue and green dustjacket over black buckram with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket is clean and crisp with light edgewear but no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are square with a small bump... More about The Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field
Hardcover. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1961. Octavo; 231pp. Black, white and orange dust jacket with clipped price. Black cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine. Dust jacket has some edge wear including chipped front top corners and a closed tear (>1 inch) about halfway down... More about Metaphor in Hopkins
Paperback. [Paris]: Editiones du Seuil, 2002. Octavo (10" x 7"); 244p. French-language. Covers lightly shelfworn but with no chips, tears, or marks. Spine straight and unbroken. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not ex-library. More about Comment Vivre Ensemble: Cours et Seminaires au College de France (1976-1977
[Paris]: Editiones du Seuil, 2003. Octavo (10" x 7"); 476p. French-language. Front cover and first few pages creased along fore-edge, else lightly shelfworn but with no chips, tears, or marks. Spine straight and unbroken. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not ex-library. More about La Preparation du Roman I et II: Cours et Seminaires au College de France (1978-1979 et 1979-1980
[Paris]: Editiones du Seuil, 2002. Octavo (10" x 7"); 265p +6p index. French-language. Covers lightly shelfworn with a small scuff at top edge. Spine straight and unbroken. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not ex-library. More about Le Neutre: Cours au College de France (1977-1978
[Paris]: Editions du Seuil, 2002. Mass market paperback; 1177p. Covers show a bump and crease at very bottom front corner, also affecting the first 60 or so pages, but with no chips, tears, or marks. Spine straight and unbroken. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not ex-library. More about Oeuvres Completes I: Livres, Textes, Entretiens, 1942-1961
[Paris]: Editions du Seuil, 2002. Mass market paperback; 1350p. Covers lightly bumped at corners but with no chips, tears, or marks. Spine straight and unbroken. Corner-creasing to 50 or so pages near back, not involving text. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not ex-library. More about Oeuvres Completes II: Livres, Textes, Entretiens, 1962-1967
[Paris]: Editions du Seuil, 2002. Mass market paperback; 1074p. Front cover creased at bottom front, but with no chips, tears, or marks. Spine straight and unbroken. Corner-creasing to first 30 or so pages, not involving text. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not ex-library. More about Oeuvres Completes III: Livres, Textes, Entretiens, 1968-1971
[Paris]: Editions du Seuil, 2002. Mass market paperback; 1046p. Covers lightly shelfworn but with no chips, tears, or marks. Spine straight and unbroken. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not ex-library. More about Oeuvres Completes IV: Livres, Textes, Entretiens, 1972-1976
[Paris]: Editions du Seuil, 2002. Mass market paperback; 1046p. Covers lightly shelfworn but with no chips, tears, or marks. Spine straight and unbroken. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Not ex-library. More about Oeuvres Completes V: Livres, Textes, Entretiens, 1977-1980
First Grove Press Edition. Hardcover. New York: Grove Press, 2006. Stated First Grove Press Edition with full numberline. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"); I Novels: xvi, 478p; II Novels: xiv, 521p; III Dramatic Works: x, 509p; IV Poems, Short Fiction, Criticism: xiv, 569p. Illustrated blue paper-covered boards with black cloth spines... More about Samuel Beckett: The Grove Centenary Edition (4 Volumes
First Edition. New York: New York University Press, 1997. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author on front free endpaper to writer and columnist William Safire and his wife with inscription "For Bill and Helene, these Paris pages in all friendship - Tom. NY 3/97." Octavo; 298pp... More about From the Left Bank: Reflections on the Modern French Theater and Novel
First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Oxford: Blackwell, 1995. First English Language Edition. SIGNED by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"); [xii], 385pp. Blue dustjacket with Tower of Babel illustration; book in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket very lightly bumped at top corner... More about The Search for the Perfect Language
Farnham: Ashgate, 2013. Octavo; 248pp. Illustrated blue and black paper-covered boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Covers nudged at spine ends with a few light smudges. Light pencil erasure at top of front free endpaper, else pages unmarked. Binding is sound. More about Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass: A Publishing...