Leiden / Boston: Brill, 2011. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pictorial cloth. xviii, 708pp. Near fine. Couple of corners slightly bumped, else tight and bright with text block pristine. Superb first edition. The ancient Greek poet, scholar and librarian at Alexandria (c. 310-240 BCE) supposedly wrote some 800 works, only a fraction..... More
New York: Facts on File, [1998]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xi, 308pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine. First paperback edition of this hefty encyclopedia. Unusual to find such an oversize volume in this choice condition. More
Chapel Hill: Institute for Southern Studies, Winter 1977. Paperback. (Vol. IV, No. 4). Small 4to. Stiff tan glazed pictorial wrappers. 120pp. Illustrations. Very good. Handsome, tight early issue of this quarterly devoted to articles, fiction, poetry and photography concerning the southern U.S. From the library of noted protest poet and..... More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 212pp. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this essay gathering. Colorado College president Jill Tiefenthaler, who co-authors the essay "Economics and Affordability," inscribes and signs the title page large..... More
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth spine and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 176pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. First edition. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1933. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth, mylar cover. 397pp. Map front endpaper. Very good. First edition. Mormon fiction with an English twist. Unusual. More
Springfield: Junior League of Springfield Publications, [1990]. Hardcover. 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. 222pp. Fine. Perfectly pristine second printing of this regional cookbook with a historical agenda. More
[New York]: HarperCollins, 1993. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and cream paper over boards, dust jacket. viii, 343pp. Near fine/near fine. Slightest bit of mild jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and handsome -- and boldly inscribed and signed by the author in black fineline on the half-title page: "To..... More
New York: Harper & Row, [1988]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Off-white cloth with copper spine lettering, dust jacket. x, 402pp. Fine/fine. Superb 1st edition of this of this novel about (to cite jacket flap) an "ordinary working girl [who] emerges triumphant from the ruins of the Second World War as a...... More
Urbana: Phoenix Publishing, 1995. Hardcover. 4to. Cream cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 156pp. Color frontispiece, extensive color illustrations. Fine/near fine. Handsome, tight first edition. More
Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, [1989]. Paperback. Foreword by Phillip Lopate. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 149pp. Very good. Faint wear to wrappers. Third softbound printing, tight and nice, of this award-winning collection set in the American Southwest -- handsomely signed and inscribed by the author in blue fineline on the..... More
Ames, IA: McMillen Publishing, [2002]. Paperback. 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. x, 414pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine. A tight, handsome first softbound edition of this thick account of the lawlessness and gunfights that plagued this east central Iowa town and its vicinity in the late 1830s. More
Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company, 1972. Hardcover. Small 4to. Purple cloth, dust jacket. 330pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition. More
New York: toExcel, [1999]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazxed green pictorial wrappers. xxi, 425pp. Very good. Slightest bit of faint edgewear; "Autographed Copy" chain store sticker on half-title page. Tight, handsome first edition, signed and inscribed large and bold by Rosser in black fineline on the half-title page: "For Tiny..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1981. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth spine and blue paper over boards, dust jacket. ix, 309pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Bit of bubbling on front cover; ownership signature on front flyleaf; jacket edgeworn (mainly along the top), with several small archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears. Tight, attractive..... More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, [1976]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, dust jacket. xx, 463pp. Illustrations, maps. Very good/very good. Tight, clean and nice volume in this publisher's "Studies in Maryland History and Culture" series -- a volume similar to the Works Press Administration's admirable "American Guide Series." Mild..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1994. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine and yellow paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 300pp. Very good/very good. Tight, nice first edition of this author's first novel, set in North Dakota on a Sioux reservation -- signed boldly by her in black ballpoint on..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1994. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine and yellow paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 300pp. Near fine/near fine. Tight and handsome first edition of this author's first novel, set in North Dakota on a Sioux reservation. Boldly inscribed and signed by the author in..... More
New York: Everest House Publishers, 1978. Hardcover. 4to. Red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 116pp. Numerous color illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition of this unusual examination of (to quote the jacket front) "The Mysterious and Sometimes Capricious Way in Which Nature Uses Colors in Plants for Survival."..... More
Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Company, [1995]. Hardcover. 4to. Full red leatherette with gilt spine lettering, pictrial dust jacket. xxx, 195pp. Numerous illustrations, maps. Fine/very good. Mild bit of jacket edgewear. A tight and attractive first edition. More
New York: Hill and Wang, [1982]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xxxviii, 495pp. Fine. Absolutely pristine and perfectly tight first softbound edition. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1991]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter black cloth with gilt spine lettering and orange paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 419pp. Fine/fine. Superbly tight and pristine first edition of this fiction set in Naples in 1772, boldly signed by Sontag in black fineline on inner flyleaf..... More
New York: Pocket Books, 1989. Hardcover. Small 4to. White cloth spine and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 299pp. Fine/fine. First edition. Contemporary novel of one woman's quest to lose weight and recapture her former "perfect" life. More
Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1977. Hardcover. 4to. Blue paper over boards. 152pp. Numerous illustrations and diagrams (most color), color pictorial endpapers. Very good. Spine slightly sunned. Obliterated ownership signature on front flyleaf and rear pastedown. First U.S. edition. More