World Literature
The Knights of the Cape and Thirty-Seven Other Selections from the Tradiciones Peruanes.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Hardcover. Translated by Harriet de Onis. 12mo. Brown decorated cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 246pp. Very good/good plus. First U.S. edition. More
Jord Vindar Hav.
Stockholm: Bonniers, 1956. Paperback. Translation by Erik Lindegren. Smal 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. 139pp. Very good. Very slight soiling to wrappers. First edition of this Swedish translation, preceding the 1960 clothbound edition. More
The Satyricon of Petronius.
New York: The Heritage Press, [1964]. Hardcover. Translation by William Burnaby. Introduction by Gilbert Bagnani. Illustrations by Antonio Sotomayor. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, slipcase. xxiii, 246pp. Illustrations. Fine. Tight, clean, handsome copy of the mass-produced version of the Limited Editions Club publication. The ancient Roman courtier..... More
The Satyricon of Petronius.; Translation by William Burnaby. Introduction by Gilbert Bagnani. Illustrations by Antonio Sotomayor.
New York: The Heritage Press, 1964. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, slipcase. xxiii, 246pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight, clean, handsome copy of this smaller, mass-produced version of the Limited Editions Club publication -- known as the "poor man's LEC." More
Caetana's Sweet Song.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Hardcover. Translation by Helen Lane. 8vo. Red cloth spine with gilt lettering and beige speckled paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 402pp. Near fine/near fine. Handsome and tight first U.S. edition, with publicity material laid in. More
Derr Herr von Nigerl.
Vienna: Verlag von Robert Mohr, n.y. Hardcover. 24mo. Blue cloth with black and red lettering and decorations. 164pp. Decorative endpapers. Very good. Mild edgewear. Tight and nice copy of the 6th volume of Potzl's "Gesammelte Skizzen" (Collected Sketches), entirely in German. Undated but certainly early 20th century. Potzl (1851-1914) was..... More
The Roquefort Adventure.
Roquefort, France: Société Anonyme des Caves et des Producteurs Réunis de Roquefort, [1956]. Paperback. Translation by Mary Mian. Illustrations by Yves Brayer. Engravings by Gerard Angiolini. Small 4to. Stiff buff wrappers with flaps, original glassine. Color frontispiece, full-page and smaller color plates. Near fine/very good. Faint glassine wear. Superb, tight..... More
The Story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux.
New York: The Heritage Press, [1935]. Hardcover. Translation by Helen Waddell. Illustrations by Pierre Brissaud. Small 4to. Leatherette spine with gilt lettering and marbled paper over boards, slipcase. xi, 155pp. Color frontispiece and full-page color illustrations. Very good/very good. Spine sunned on otherwise near fine volume; slipcase a tad edgeworn..... More
Queda la noche.
[Barcelona, Spain]: Editorial Planeta, 1989. Hardcover. 8vo. Red paper over boards with white spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 230pp, (1p ad). Fine/near fine. Superb and tight first edition. More
Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages.
New York: Random House, [1982]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards, dust jacket. 232pp. Near fine/very good. Review slip laid in. First U.S. edition. More
Heartbreak Tango: A Serial.
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1973. Hardcover. Translated by Suzanne Jill Levine. 8vo. Red paper over boards with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Good plus/very good. Several small tape stains on binding; rear flyleaf abrasion from bookplate removal. First U.S. edition of Puig's second novel. More
Tropical Night Falling.
New York: Simon & Schuster, [1991]. Hardcover. Translation by Suzanne Jill Levine. 8vo. Purple cloth spine with gilt lettering and green paper over boards, dust jacket. 189pp. Near fine/near fine. First U.S. edition, tight and nice. More
Tropical Night Falling.
New York: Simon & Schuster, [1991]. Hardcover. Translation by Suzanne Jill Levine. 8vo. Purple cloth spine with gilt lettering and green paper over boards, dust jacket. 189pp. Fine/ine. A tight, pristine first U.S. edition. More
Rosa Par Madame E. de Pressence.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1869. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blind-embossed burgundy cloth. 285pp. Very good. Mild edgewear. First U.S. edition, quite tight and nice, of this French potboiler "With a French and English Vocabulary" (according to the title page) -- clearly intended for a collegiate audience, as attested by..... More
Johannes Knades Selbsterkenntnis. Historische Erzahlung aus der Zeit der Reformation.
St. Louis: Druck und Verlag von Louis Lange, 1882. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown pebble-grained blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. iv, 300pp. Very good. Mild edgewear; text faintly age toned, more so to endpapers. Revised American edition. A tight and nice early printing of this 1880 historical fiction, first published..... More
The Complete Works of Doctor Francois Rabelais, Abstractor of the Quintessence....
London: John Lane, [1927]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Frank C. Pape. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xxxviii, 499pp; xvii, 730pp. Frontispieces, full-page plates, line drawings. Very good overall. Bindings a bit rubbed and faintly scuffed, with heads of spines delicate. Tight, nice set of..... More
The Complete Works of Doctor Francois Rabelais, Abstractor of the Quintessence....
London: John Lane, [1927]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Frank C. Pape. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xxxviii, 499pp; xvii, 730pp. Frontispieces, full-page plates, line drawings. Very good. Faintest edgewear only. A tight and lovely set of this large edition, limited to 4300 numbered sets..... More
Gargantua & Pantagruel: The Five Books.
New York: The Heritage Press, [1942]. Hardcover. Translation by Jacques LeClercq. Illustrations by Lynd Ward. Small 4to. Tan cloth, slipcase. xxix, 146pp, 124pp, 178pp, 175pp, 141pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Very good/very good. Mild slipcase edge and corner wear; discreetly, archivally mended tear to leaf 133-34, else tight, clean..... More
The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, [1982]. Hardcover. Translation by John M. Cohen. Illustrations by Frank C. Pape. Small 4to. Full burgundy calf with gilt lettering and decoration, raised bands. 715pp. All edges gilt. Numerous illustrations, decorative endpapers. Near fine. Couple of inoffensive abrasions on front flyleaf (likely from bookplate..... More
The Complete Works of Rabelais: The Five Books of Gargantua and Pantagruel.
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. Translation by Jacques Le Clercq. 8vo. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xxxii, 841pp, (2pp ads). Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of jacket wear. Later printing (mid- to late1950s) of the 1944 Modern Library Giant edition (#G65), tight and most attractive. One of this..... More
The Travels of Baron Munchausen.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1929. Hardcover. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Engravings by John Held, Jr. 4to. Green calfskin spine with gilt lettering/decorations and decorative cloth, slipcase with paper spine label. xxx, 203pp.Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, engravings. Very good/near fine. Mild wear to spine only. Handsome, tight copy..... More
All Quiet on the Western Front.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1929. Hardcover. Translation by A.W. Wheen. Small 8vo. Light grey cloth with black and red lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 291pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and touch of rubbing, with a few edge chips -- but overall tight, clean, quite attractive. A lovely first..... More
Warrior's Rest.
New York: David McKay Company, 1959. Hardcover. Translation by Lowell Bair. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. 214pp. Near fine/good plus. Jacket a bit edgeworn and rubbed. Tight, nice first edition of this "Le Prix de la Nouvelle Vague" winner. More
Cyrano de Bergerac.
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. [1951]. Hardcover. Translation by Brian Hooker. Introduction by Clayton Hamilton. 12mo. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 300pp. Decorative endpapers. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; nonauthorial gift inscription in red ballpoint opposite half-title page. Tight, attractive later printing of Modern Library #154. More