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
New York: The Modern Library, [1965]. Hardcover. Translation by Philip Thody. 12mo. Dark green blind-embossed cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 224pp, (1p). Fine/near fine. Small front pastedown ownership signature. Handsome and tight and attractive first Modern Library edition (so marked) of #349. Rather uncommon and exceptionally..... More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. Translation by Justin O'Brien. Small 8vo. Burgundy cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 274pp, (3pp ads). Blue decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Quite minor jacket wear; small faint ownership signature on front pastedown. Quite tight and attractive copy of ML #394..... More
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
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
New York: Vanguard Press, 1960. Hardcover. Translation by Irene Nicholson. 8vo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 272pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket spine slightly sunned, with couple of archivally closed (on verso) edge tears. A tight and quite attractive first U.S. edition of the first novel by the Mexican poet and..... More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. Introduction by Herschel Brickell. Illustrations by Gustave Dore. 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xxiv, 936pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and single archivally-closed (on verso) tear. Exceptionally tight and lovely undated (1939) early printing of number 15 in the "Modern..... More
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
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
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. Hardcover. Illustrations by David McCall Johnston. 8vo. Full burgundy calf with gilt lettering and extensive decorations. 438pp. All edges gilt. Sewn-in tan satin page marker. Illustrations, tan watered silk endpapers. Fine. A tight and handsome leatherbound edition of these 1944 novellas -- with..... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[Norfolk, CT]: New Directions, [1956]. Hardcover. Translation by Donald Keene. 8vo. Brown cloth with red and gilt spine lettering, price-punched (that's right, not price-clipped) pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 189pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with large chip along width of rear panel (roughly 5" X 1"); nonauthorial gift..... More
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
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
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
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