New York: Random House, n.y. Hardcover. Foreword by Morris L. Ernst. 8vo. Grey cloth with black and gilt lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. xvii, 768pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket edgeworn and rubbed. Just a book club edition of the 1946 edition, but bright and tight and bearing a choice autograph addition..... More
New York: The Viking Press, [1967]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 183pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with tiny chip at spine head. An attractive and tight first edition of this collection of a dozen short stories --..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, [1983]. Hardcover. New preface by author. Illustrations by Janusz Kapusta. 4to. Beige cloth with black lettering, slipcase. xi, 172pp. Original laid-in frontispiece lithograph, 9 full-page color plates, 2 line drawings. Fine/very good. Mild slipcase wear only. A lovely and tight LEC edition of this..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1979. Hardcover. Introduction by Robert Louis Stevenson. Edited by Leonie Adams. 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering, slipcase. 145pp. Decorative endpapers. Fine/near fine. Sharp, bright, tight LEC edition of this selection of the colorful 15th century French poet's verse, featuring side-by-side French/English versions using..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1980. Hardcover. Introduction by Elaine Kerrigan. Illustrations by Paul Hogarth. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with gilt lettering and decorative paper over boards, slipcase. xx, 144pp. 8 color double-page illustrations. Fine/fine. Wonderfully tight and bright LEC edition of the British writer and man of..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1983. Hardcover. Translation by Enid McLeody. Illustrations by Françoise Gilot. Introduction by Robert Phelps. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, slipcase. xiii, 138pp. Three original tissue-guarded silkscreens, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint slipcase wear. Bright and tight LEC edition of this 1928 novel, with..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. Hardcover. Introduction by Edward Hoagland. Relief etchings by Claire Van Vliet. 4to. Decorative brick cloth, brick cloth over boards slipcase. 123pp. Numerous illustrations Fine/fine. A fresh, bright and tight LEC edition of this 1935 fantasy, with colophon at rear noting limitation of 2000..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, [1982]. Hardcover. Translation by Desmond Vesey. Lyrics and introduction by Eric Bentley. Illustrations by Jack Levine. 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, slipcase. 155pp. Original lithograph frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/near fine. Superbly bright and tight LEC edition of this musical play loosely based on..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, [1982]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Fred Meyer. Introduction by Charles Scribner III. 4to. Decorative cloth with paper spine label, slipcase. xvii, 319pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Spine is typically rather sunned, else tight and near pristine; mild slipcase wear and scuffing. Handsome LEC edition..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. Hardcover. Drawings and lithograph by Leonard Baskin. Introduction by Irma Jaffe. 4to. Grey paper over boards with paper labels, slipcase. xvi, 153pp. Full-page plates, original tissue-guarded lithograph. Near fine/very good. Mild wear and faintly sunned spine to tight and sound slipcase. Handsome LEC..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1983. Hardcover. Illustrations by William Bailey. Introduction by John Hollander. Small 4to. Quarter burgundy aniline calf with gilt lettering and decorative burgundy cloth, slipcase. xi, 103pp. All edges gilt. Original etching tissue-guarded frontispiece, 4 tissue-guarded plates. Near fine/very good. Mild wear and faintly sunned..... More
Warsaw: Niezalezna Oficyna Wydawnicza, 1990. Paperback. Edited by Mario M. Cuomo and Harold Holzer. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 459pp. Very good. Faintest of edgewear, else overall tight and attractive. First Polish edition, entirely in Polish, of this anthology of Lincoln's writings, accompanied by commentary from well-known Lincoln and Civil..... More
New York: The American News Company, n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Orange cloth with elaborate gilt and black lettering and pictorial stamping. 631pp. All edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, full-page plates, all text pages ruled in red, floral endpapers. Very good. Spine faintly dulled, else tight and internally near fine. Thomas Wright..... More
This Kentucky poet (1954 Kentucky poet laureate), short story writer, novelist and educator -- often unfairly relegated to the rank of "regional writer" -- is often remembered for his 1943 novel "Taps for Private Tussie" and his 1949 memoir "The Thread That Runs So True." Superb content ALS, 1p, 8½"..... More
Chicago: Breeder's Gazette Print, 1914. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Quarter brown calf with gilt spine lettering and green cloth. 1087pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good. Very faintest of mild edgewear only -- overall tight, bright, lovely. Handsome first edition of this scarce breed chronicle -- and not the green cloth with..... More
N.p. Wisconsin State Prison, 1939. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. 36pp. Small graphics. Very good. Lightly, evenly age toned as usual. Unusual jailhouse publication, the February 1939 issue (Vol. 5, No. 2) of this "monthly magazine, written, edited and printed by inmates of the Wisconsin State Prison...." Filled with..... More
N.p. Wisconsin State Prison, 1938. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. 32pp. Small graphics. Very good. Lightly, evenly age toned as usual. Unusual jailhouse publication, the October 1938 issue (Vol. 4, No. 10) of this "monthly magazine, written, edited and printed by inmates of the Wisconsin State Prison...." Filled with..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, [1956]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth spine with gilt lettering and brown pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. vi, 359pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Faint floral mustiness. Tight and nice first edition of this hefty history of the fabled Remington Arms Company. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1966. Hardcover. Edited by Julian Huxley. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 175pp. Frontispiece, 3 illustrations. Fine/near fine. Faint age toning to spine of otherwise-superb jacket. Aldous' famed brother Julian edited this tight, attractive reprint edition of this 1965 gathering of essays by..... More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1952. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxi, 336pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket remarkably free of edge chips and edge tears, with spine just lightly age toned. Wonderfully bright and tight first edition of this sequel to her..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pale green cloth with dark green lettering and orange rules. x, 255pp. Decorative endpapers. Very good. Quite tight and internally bright and near fine, with mildest of binding edgewear and faintly sunned spine; front flyleaf ownership signature. Attractive first edition..... More
Tours, France: Alfred Mame et Fils, Editeurs, 1873. Hardcover. 8vo. Green calf spine with gilt lettering and rules and marbled paper over boards. 381pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece + engraved title page, 2 full-page tissue-guarded plates, marbled endpapers. Very good. Internally tight and near fine, with preliminary leaves a bit age toned..... More
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., [1941]. Hardcover. Preface by Donald Culross Peattie. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. xxix, 886pp. Near fine/very good. Endpapers age toned per usual; jacket a tad edgeworn, with spine faintly sunned; bookplate on front pastedown. A tight, quite..... More
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, [1882]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Dark blue cloth with white lettering and front board red and black pictorial stamping. 288pp. Frontispiece, iIlustrations. Very good. Spine lettering quite rubbed, else binding bright and nice, internally tight and near fine; front pastedown nonauthorial gift inscription. Attractive and tight..... More
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., [1937]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. x, 1030pp. Near fine/very good. Endpapers age toned per usual; jacket a tad edgeworn, with spine faintly sunned; bookplate on front pastedown. A tight and handsome copy of this "Authorized..... More