New York: Times Books, [1980]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 312pp. Map. Fine/very good. Ownership signature on front flyleaf; jacket faintly edgeworn, with small chip at upper right of front panel. A tight, quite attractive first U.S. edition of one of the more..... More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1964. Hardcover. Edited by Donald Jackson. 8vo. Red cloth with black spine lettering. 177pp. Map. Fine. Tight and pristine second printing of this 1955 edition (and why the lettering at spine foot notes publisher "Peter Smith" is a puzzle). Interestingly, front flyleaf bears an archival... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [1981]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 592pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/very good. Small spot at lower right of rear board, else tight and near fine; jacket mildly edgeworn. Tight and attractive..... More
London: The Bibliographical Society, [2004]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 328pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color). Fine/fine. Perfect and pristine first edition of this "volume of essays dedicated to the memory of Dr Phiroze Randeria" and examining changes in bookbinding methods over... More
New York: The McBride Company, [1953]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 71pp. Frontispiece, numerous full-page rectos-only illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket faintly age toned, else superb. Quite tight and exceptionally handsome first U.S. edition of this well-illustrated look at the British author best known..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1981. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 296pp. Fine/near fine. Tight and handsome first edition of the fourth volume in the series that began with "Crazy in Berlin." More
London: Jonathan Cape, [1968]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 241pp. Fine/near fine. A superb, bright, tight first U.K. edition of this Chicago-set fiction. More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, [1973]. Hardcover. Edited by Edwin H. Cady. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xiv, 493pp. Fine/near fine. Wonderfully tight and attractive first edition of this generous selection of the 19th century American author's critical writings -- part of "The Routledge Critics... More
Assen, Netherlands: Van Gorcum & Comp. N.V., 1972. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 294pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Handsome, tight first edition of this Dutch literary study. Front flyleaf bears ownership signature of Linda Wagner (born 1936), an academic and literary critic who... More
Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, [1994]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 195pp. Fine/fine. A pristine, tight first edition of this study of Hemingway's portrayal of writers in his works. More
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., [1980]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 192pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. Superb, tight first edition of this volume in the "Ungar Film Library." Choice autograph addition: Front flyleaf bears a fine archival decorative-edge bookplate signed boldly in black... More
Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publisher, [1971]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 47pp. Near fine. A tight and lovely first edition of this title in this publisher's "Contemporary Writers in Christian Perspective" series. More
New York: New Directions, n.y. Hardcover. Introduction by Robert M. Coates. 12mo. Yellow cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xiv, 142pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a tad edgeworn and rubbed, with several tiny edge chips, but overall still attractive. Tight and nice first of this edition, being..... More
Washington, DC: Civil War Centennial Commission, 1962. Paperback. Buff wrappers. (4pp). Fine. Handsome first edition and likely the sole separate printing of this celebratory work that appears in "New & Collected Poems." This copy handsomely inscribed and signed by the poet in black fineline on the front wrapper: "for Arnold... More
New Delhi, India: Arnold-Heinemann Publishers, [1978]. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 174pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn and rubbed, with couple of tiny edge chips. Tight, quite nice first edition of this unusual imprint, with printed review slip laid in. From... More
New York: Twayne Publishers, [1972]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 183pp. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A tight and quite nice first edition of #214 in the handy "TUSAS" (Twayne's United States Authors Series). From the library of academic and literary critic... More
New York: Pegasus, [1967]. Hardcover. 8vo. Light green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 448pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only. A tight, quite attractive first edition of this broad anthology, that (to cite front jacket flap) "offers a wide range of stories, songs, poems, and... More
Garden City: The Sun Dial Press, [1944]. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark grey cloth with yellow lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 912pp. Very good/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn and faintly spine-sunned. Handsome, tight reprint edition of this 1935 novel. Front flyleaf bears ame/address label of academic and literary critic Joseph J. Waldmeir (1923-2013). More
New York: Grove Press, [1961]. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark grey cloth spine with silver lettering and blue textured paper over boards, dust jacket. xxxiii, 318pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn. Poet Karl Shapiro provides the introduction ("The Greatest Living Author") and Anais Nin (who helped edit the book) the preface... More
Hong Kong: University Museum and Art Gallery, [2007]. Hardcover. 4to. Dark grey cloth with ivory spine lettering, dust jacket. xxxvi, 255pp. Extensive illustrations. Fine/fine. A tight and pristine first edition of this hefty exhibition catalogue celebrating in photographs and Chinese text these verses penned in a wide range of sizes... More
London: Oxford University Press, [1951]. Hardcover. Preface by Thomas Case. 16mo. Blue blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. xxiii, 298pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket quite edgeworn, with paper loss at spine foot and small chips at extrimeties. A tight and nice later printing of Volume 93 in... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, [1967]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with silver spine lettering. viii, 174pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and most attractive first edition from the library of academic and literary critic Joseph J. Waldmeir (1923-2013), who lightly pencils some margin marks and comments... More
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, [1974]. Hardcover. Preface by Harry T. Moore. 8vo. Orange cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xi, 133pp. Near fine/very good. Most minor of jacket edgewear. Quite tight and lovely first edition of this volume in general editor Moore's "Crosscurrents / Modern Critiques" series, with... More
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, [1970]. Hardcover. Preface by Harry T. Moore. 8vo. Orange cloth with gilt spine lettering. xx, 140pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with spine rather sunned. A tight and nice first edition of this volume in general editor Moore's "Crosscurrents / Modern Critiques" series... More
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, [1968]. Hardcover. Preface by Harry T. Moore. 8vo. Orange cloth with gilt spine lettering. xviii, 169pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, mainly at head of spine. A tight, attractive first edition of this volume in general editor Moore's "Crosscurrents / Modern Critiques" series. From... More
