New York: Benziger Brothers, [1878]. Hardcover. 12mo. Terra cotta spine with silver lettering and decorations and beige/pink patterned paper over boards. 180pp, (2pp ads). Very good. Binding lightly edgeworn and text block a tad age toned. A tight and nice copy of these fifteen tales "Translated from the French" of..... More
N.p. Privately printed, 1916. Hardcover. 16mo. Half burgundy leather and red cloth. 142pp. Top edge gilt. Very good. Curious and cryptic edition, limited to 750 numbered copies (this #68). Tight, clean and handsome. More
Philadelphia: T. Desilver, 1830. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff marbled wrappers. iv, 52pp. Very good. Light, even age toning; occasional spotting and foxing. Third edition. Preface is in English, as are all footnotes. Collection of brief moral tales (in French) intended for an American audience. More
London: Printed for Subscribers Only, 1901. Hardcover. Complete 15-volume set. Small 4to. Brown cloth with paper spine labels. xii, 395pp; 372pp; viii, 371pp; viii, 378pp; vii, 346pp; viii, 364pp; 335pp; viii, 355pp; 392pp; viii, 303pp; vii, 301pp; viii, 301pp; xxxi, 250pp; xxi, 297pp; vii, 297pp. Top edges gilt. Frontispieces, numerous..... More
Toronto: Published for the Trade, n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo.Black calf with gilt lettering. 74pp. Very good. Bit of age toning to preliminary leaves; large humorous bookplate on front pastedown. Tight and handsome of this well-known erotic tale first published in Brussels in 1883. Authorship is often attributed to Alexandre Dumas..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1979. Hardcover. Translated by Gregory Rabassa. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 305pp. Near fine/very good. First U.S. edition of this influential example of magical realism, first published in Ecuador in 1970. More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1979. Hardcover. Translated by Gregory Rabassa. Small 4to. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 305pp. Near fine/very good. Mild bit of jacket wear and some rubbing. First U.S. edition of this influential example of magical realism, first published in Ecuador in 1970. More
San Juan: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 1971. Paperback. Illustrations by Ruben Moreira. 4to. Stiff beige pictorial wrappers. (3pp), 87pp. Numerous line drawings. Very good. Slightest bit of mild wear to outer wrappers (only). Tight and handsome first edition of this collection of Puerto Rican folk tales by the renowned Puerto..... More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. Translation by Carlyle-Wicksteed. Introduction by C.H. Grandgent. Green cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxi, 625pp, (8pp ads). Maps, line drawings, genealogical charts, grey decorative endpapers. Near fine/near fine. A tight, handsome later printing of #208, first published in 1932 but this..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Hardcover. Translation by Magda Bogin. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth spine and tan paper over boards with gilt lettering, pictorial pictorial dust jacket. 368pp. Near fine/very good. Just a tight and handsome book club edition of this novel about a South American family over half..... More
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1994. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff blue wrappers. 325pp. Near fine. Uncorrected page proofs of Alvarez's second novel -- with a fine archival decorative-edged bookplate signed boldly by Alvarez in black fineline on half-title page. More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1985. Hardcover. Translated by Helen R. Lane. 8vo. Maroon cloth spine and black paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 274pp. Near fine/very good. First U.S. edition. More
New York: Bantam Books, [1988]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 422pp. Fine/near fine. A superb and tight first edition. More
New York: Twayne Publishers, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue paper over boards, dust jacket. 262pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket slightly edgeworn; some tiny brown speckles on bottom and outer page edges. Tight, attractive first edition. The fourth volume in the "Library of Scandinavian Literature" series. More
Garden City: Halcyon House, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by Irving Politzer.8vo. White decorated paper over boards, dust jacket. 190pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/good. Jacket (in Brodart) heavily chipped and repaired; text pages age toned, as usual; some underlined passages. Presentable reprint edition of this Russian novel. More
New York: Grove Press, [1985]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 140pp, (2pp ads). Near fine/near fine. First of this modern edition, being a tight and attractive facsimile of some unidentified scandalous erotica first published in 1857. More
New Milford, CT: Magic Carpet Inc., [2002]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blkack paper over boards with silver spine lettering, dust jacket. 189pp. Near fine/fine. Faint abrasion at upper right of front flyleaf. First of this publisher's edition of the infamously twisted erotic and masochistic tale -- part of their "Victorian Collection." Apparently..... More
New York: Hogarth Press, [1932]. Hardcover. Translation attributed to Oscar Wilde. Illustrations by Alexander King. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering. 408pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear, with spine fainrtly sunned; ownership signature on inner flyleaf. A tight, nice copy of this thick edition limited to 2500 numbered..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1918. Paperback. 12mo. Printed wrappers. Near fine. Lightly evenly age toned, as expected in a production of this era -- but overall an unheard-of superb copy of this cheaply printed text. None of the chipping or edge tears invariably that usually plagues this title..... More
New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with copper lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. Near fine/near fine. First U.S. edition. More
New York: Grove Press, 1989. Hardcover. Translated by Ann Tashi Slater and Andrew Hurley. 8vo. Green cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 106pp. Fine/fine. First U.S. edition. More
New York: Viking, 1990. Hardcover. Translated by Andrew Hurley. Small 4to. Red cloth spine and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 356pp. Near fine/near fine. Remainder slash on bottom edge. First U.S. edition. More
New York: Viking, 1987. Hardcover. Translated by Andrew Hurley. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and lavender paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 206pp. Near fine/fine. First U.S. edition of this Cuban author's first novel. More
New York: Viking, [1987]. Hardcover. Translated by Andrew Hurley. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with silver lettering and lavender paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 206pp. Near fine/fine. A tight and quite nice first U.S. edition of this Cuban author's first novel. More