British Literature
Twelve Plays of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century.
New York: The Modern Library, 1933. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth. xxiii, 952pp. Very good. Spine and tope edge of binding sunned. Early (not first) printing, tight and clean. More
The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers.
New York: The Heritage Press, [1945]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Gordon Ross. Prefatory notes by W.M. Thackeray. Small 4to. Deep burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, decorative paper over boards slipcase. xxviii, 198pp. Color frontispiece, 10 full-page color illustrations. Fine/very good. Mild slipcase edgewear and rubbing. A pristine and tight copy of..... More
Soft Answers.
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 242pp. Near fine/very good. Bookplate on front pastedown. Reissue of this 1932 text, part of the "Crosscurrents" series edited by Harry T. Moore. More
The Hand-Reared Boy.
New York: The McCall Publishing Company, 1970. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth, dust jacket. 189pp. Near fine/very good. First edition of the first title in the Horatio Stubbs trilogy. More
The Alteration.
New York: The Viking Press, 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. Cream cloth spine and black paper over boards, dust jacket. 210pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and nice. More
The Portable Matthew Arnold.
New York: The Viking Press, 1949. Hardcover. Edited and with introduction by Lionel Trilling. 16mo. Grey cloth with brown lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 659pp, (2pp ads). Near fine/near fine. Superbly tight and bright first edition of, as jacket front panel touts, "The only one-volume edition containing a full selection..... More
The Essayes or Counsels Civill & Morall.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1944. Hardcover. Introduction by Christopher Morley and note by A.S.W. Rosenbach. 4to. Green cloth spine with gilt lettering and green/gold decorative paper over boards, green cloth-covered clamshell case with gilt spine lettering. ix, 190pp (mostly uncut). Top edge gilt. Fine/very good. Clamshell case lightly..... More
The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Francis Ld. Verulam Viscount St. Albans.
Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth spine and brown decorated paper over boards. 230pp. Near fine. Tight, handsome copy of this later printing. More
The Bottle Factory Outing.
New York: George Braziller, 1975. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 219pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket rear panel scuffed. First U.S. edition, tight and attractive. GRIER 6 (B). More
Sweet Chariot.
New York: Coward-McCann, 1943. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth, dust jacket. 335pp. Very good/very good. Ligt jacket edgewear. First U.S. edition, tight and handsome. More
Tommy and Grizel.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Hardcover. Illustrations by Bernard Partridge. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with gold, red and green pictorial stamping. vi, 509pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Minor edgewear. First U.S. edition of the "Peter Pan" playwright's novel -- tight, clean, attractive. More
The Little Minister.
New York: Street & Smith, n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and black decorations. 311pp, (7pp ads). Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Almost, but not quite, rates "Near fine," as it's tight 'n' bright, with just the faintest edgewear; contemporary ownership signature on front flyleaf. Handsome early reprint..... More
Under the Hill, or the Story of Venus and Tannh‰user....
New York: Grove Press, 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 140pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/very good. Dust jacket slightly soiled. First printing. Clever parody of the legendary wanderings of a thirteenth century German troubadour, gloriously illustrated by Beardsley. More
The Maides Tragedy.; Introduction by Christopher Morley. Wood engravings by Freda Bone.
New York: Cheshire Press, 1932. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green leather spine and marbled paper over boards. viii, 147pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Spine a bit scuffed; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight, handsome copy. Edition limited to 1200 numbered copies (this #967). More
The Feast of St. Friend: A Christmas Book.
New York: George H. Doran, 1911. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green paper over boards with green and gilt decorations, slipcase. 117pp. Very good/good plus. Spine slightly age toned, else tight and attractive; slipcase neatly, archivally strengthened along some separations. Tight, attractive first edition. More
The Old Wives' Tale.
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1944. Hardcover. 16mo. Red cloth, dust jacket. x, 518pp, 4pp, 8pp ads. Decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Some jacket edgewear; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight, handsome later printing of #919 in Ernest Rhys' lovely "Everyman's Library" series. More
The Poetry and Prose of William Blake.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1965. Hardcover. Edited by David V. Erdman. Commentary by Harold Bloom. Small 4to. Tan and black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xxiv, 906pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight and attractive first edition of what many believe to be the definitive texts. More
The Birdcage.
New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine and brown paper over boards, price-clipped dust jacket. 208pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with one edge chip and several archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears. A tight and nice first edition. YOUNG 361. More
On the Yankee Station.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1984. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth spine and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 217pp. Near fine/near fine. A superb and tight first edition of this collection of fifteen short stories by the prize-winning novelist. A bit uncommon. More
Kai Lung's Golden Hours.
New York: George H. Doran Company, [1923]. Hardcover. Preface by Hilaire Beloc. 8vo. Orange cloth spine with paper label and pictorial paper over boards. xiii, 333pp. Very good. Boards edgeworn and a bit rubbed. Tight, quite nice early printing of this fantasy tale by ancient Chinese storyteller Kai Lung --..... More
Wuthering Heights.
New York: Pocket Books, n.y. Hardcover. 16mo. Black leatherette spine with gilt lettering and decorations and beige decorative paper over boards. 408pp. Matching floral endpapers. Near fine. Small ownership signature on half-title page. A lovely, tight and handsome edition of this 1847 classic, a volume in the "Collector's Editions" imprint..... More
Salute to Adventurers.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, [1956]. Hardcover. 16mo. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering and device, dust jacket. viii, 366pp. Very good/very good. Faintest of jacket wear only. A wonderfully tight and nice later printing of this adventure fiction by the Scottish politician far better known as a novelist..... More
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable, the Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne.
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 778p, (2pp ads). Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight, handsome later printing of this Modern Library Giant, #G14, first published in 1934 and this printing..... More
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable, the Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne.
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 778p. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and attractive early printing (undated, but ca. 1940) of Modern Library Giant #G14, first published in 1934. More