Holy Smoke.
New York: Harper & Row, 1985. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 329pp. Near fine/near fine. First U.S. edition. A fictional chronicle of cigars. Uncommon. More
World Literature
Don Juan's Bar.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Hardcover. Translation by Barbara Shelby. 8vo. Black cloth with brown lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 271pp. Near fine/very good. Tight, handsome first edition of this fiction set in Brazil in the 1960s. More
The Fall & Exile and the Kingdom.
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. Translation by Justin O'Brien. 12mo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 361pp, (10pp ads). Grey decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn, with couple of archivally closed (on verso) edge tears; small ownership signature on front pastedown. A tight, most..... More
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death.
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. Translation by Justin O'Brien. 12mo. Red blind-embossed cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 209pp, (2pp ads). Grey decorative endpapers. Fine/near fine. Small front pastedown ownership signature. Handsome, tight early (mid-1960s) printing of #339, first published 1963. Bright and quite attractive..... More
Casanova's Memoirs.
New York: Willey Book Company, 1946. Hardcover. Edited by Joseph Monet. Illustrations by Vincente Minnelli. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 290pp. Frontispiece, full-page line drawings. Very good/good plus. Endpapers a bit age toned; jacket edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with spine sunned. Scarce first trade..... More
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.
Haarlem, Holland: The Limited Editions Club, 1972. Hardcover. Translation by Arthur Machen. Edited by J. Rives Childs. Illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan. 4to. Orange decorative cloth with spine label, slipcase with paper label. xviii, 502pp. Line drawings, full-page color plates. Fine/very good. Slightest of slipcase edgewear. Lovely and tight copy..... More
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940. Hardcover. Introduction by Havelock Ellis. Translation by Arthur Machen. Complete 8-volume set. Tall 4to. Pale red cloth spines with gilt lettering and decorative paper over boards, 2 paper-covered slipcases. lxix, 369pp; v, 381pp; v, 391pp; iv, 383pp; iv, 351pp; iv, 341pp; iv, 359pp;..... More
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha.
Barcelona: The Limited Editions Club, 1933. Hardcover. Translation and introduction by John Ormsby. Illustrations by Enric C. Ricart. Complete 2-volume set. 4to. Burgundy cloth spines with gilt lettering and decorative paper over boards. xxxvi, 506pp; 527pp. Tissue-guarded frontispieces, full-page tissue-guarded illustrations. Near fine. Spines lightly sunned, though gilt lettering bright;..... More
The Short Stories of Anton Chekhov.
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. Edited by Robert N. Linscott. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 448pp, (6pp ads). Very good/very good. Faintest of edgewear, with slight abrasion on front pastedown; jacket edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with several tiny edge chips. A tight..... More
The White Paper.
New York: The Macaulay Company, [1958]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Cocteau. 12mo. Black blind-embossed cloth with white spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 88pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Very good/very good. Bit of age toning to endpapers; mild jacket edgewear. Tight, handsome first American edition of this supposedly "Anonymous" but not really classic..... More
A True Hidalgo: Translated from the Spanish Novel "Boy."
London: B. Herder, 1911. Hardcover. Translation by Harold Binns. 12mo. Tan cloth with green lettering and red and white pictorial stamping. 323pp. Very good. Very slightest bit of mild edgewear. Tight, clean, handsome "Copyright Edition" (so printed on title page) of this novel by the little-known Spanish novelist and Jesuit..... More
Lord Jim.
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. Introduction by J. Donald Adams. 12mo. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. vii, 417pp. Grey decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with single chip at head of spine. Tight, handsome later printing of #186, first published in..... More
The Nigger of the Narcissus.
New York: The Heritage Press, 1965. Hardcover. Illustrations by Millard Sheets. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine and green pictorial paper over boards, slipcase. xix, 162pp. Illustrations (some color). Very good/very good. Spine slightly sunned. Tight, attractive copy of this "poor man's LEC," with the appropriate "Sandglass" issue laid in. More
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard.
New York: The Heritage Press, 1961. Hardcover. Illustrations by Lima de Freitas. Small 4to. Blue cloth, slipcase. xxiii, 376pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Near fine/very good. Bookplate on front pastedown. Tight, attractive copy of this "poor man's LEC. More
Victory.
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Red blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering, price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 385pp, (10pp ads). Tan decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with several tiny chips at corners. Tight, attractive later printing of #34, first published in 1932 but..... More
We Love Glenda So Much and Other Tales.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1983]. Hardcover. Translation by Gregory Rabassa. 8vo. Tan cloth spine and lavender paper over boards with silver lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 145pp. Near fine/near fine. Tight and attractive first U.S. edition. More
Bewitched Lands.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Hardcover. Translation by Stuart Edgar Grummon. Small 8vo. Green cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 204pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight and attractive first U.S. edition. More
The Gods, the Little Guys and the Police.
New York: Harper & Row, [1984]. Hardcover. Translation by Toby Talbot. 8vo. Blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. vi, 230pp. Near fine/near fine. First U.S. edition, tight and handsome. More
Eve Triumphant.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1902. Hardcover. Translation by Alys Hallard. Small 8vo. Grey pictorial cloth. 419pp, (4pp ads). Very good. Spine slightly darkened. Tight, nice first edition. More
Spleen and Other Stories.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1928. Hardcover. Translated from the French by H.B.V. With an introduction by Havelock Ellis. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine with gilt lettering and decorated paper over boards, decorative dust jacket with paper front panel label. xxvi, 178pp. Top edge gilt. Very good/very good. Slight chipping along..... More
The Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel.
Haarlem: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. Hardcover. Translation by Allan Ross MaDougall. Introduction by Roman Rolland. Illustrations by Richard Floethe. 4to. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration. xv, 278pp. Color illustrations, decorative endpapers. Near fine. Lacks slipcase. Handsome and tight LEC production of the 19th century Belgian novelist's..... More
The Lamb's War.
New York: Harper & Row/Atheneum, 1980. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 443pp. Very good/near fine. First edition, tight and attractive, of this novel that begins in Nazi Europe and moves to the American Southwest. More
Bed 29 and Other Stories.
London: The Folio Society, 1993. Hardcover. Translation by Donald Adamson. Illustrations by Helen Smithson. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt lettering and brown pictorial stamping, slipcase. xviii, 221pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/fine. Circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on title page. First thus, tight and handsome and as always housed in this publisher's nifty..... More
Bel-Ami.
New York: The Heritage Press, [1968]. Hardcover. Introduction by Alec Waugh. Illustrations by Bernard LaMotte. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and green decorated paper over boards, slipcase. x, 266pp. Color frontispiece, color illustrations. Near fine/very good. Circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on page v and small abrasion on..... More
Bel-Ami.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Introduction by Alec Waugh. Illustrations by Bernard Lamotte. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and white pictorial stamping, slipcase. x, 266pp. Color frontispiece, 11 full-page color plates. Fine/near fine. Bright and tight copy of this LEC production of De Maupassant's second novel..... More