1973. BRADBURY, Ray. THE WONDERFUL ICE CREAM SUIT AND OTHER PLAYS FOR TODAY, TOMORROW, AND BEYOND TOMORROW. London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon,(1973). First British Edition. Signed by author. 8vo., yellow cloth lettered in black to spine. Negligible wear, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. More about WONDERFUL ICE CREAM SUIT: AND OTHER PLAYS FOR TODAY, TOMORROW, AND
1727. Vertue, George. BROOME, William. POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. London: Bernard Lintot, 1727. Octavo. xiii(3)248pp. First edition. Fine frontispiece portrait engraved by George Vertue. Three pages of publisher's ads. Broome, a country clergyman, contributed the notes to Pope's Iliad (1715-20), and wrote eight of the 24 Books of "Pope's" translation... More about POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS
1940. .ELIOT, T. S. OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS. London: Faber & Faber, [1940]. First Illustrated Edition. 8vo. 50pp. Color illustrations by Nicholas Bentley. Cream cloth boards stamped with colored design to front and lettered in red to spine. Bottom edge trimmed. Small stain to rear board. Very Good... More about OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS
1887. FIELD, EUGENE. Culture's Garland, being Memoranda of the Gradual Rise of Literature, Art, Music and Society in Chicago, and other Western Ganglia. With an Introduction by Julian Hawthorne. Boston, Ticknor, 1887. Octavo. xvi, 325 (11) pp. First edition. A collection of amusing sketches and stories, with Field's own drawings... More about Culture's Garland
1937. BACON, Peggy. FITZPATRICK, Kathleen. THE WEANS OF ROWALLAN. New York: Coward-McCann, 1937. First Edition. 8vo. Introduction by Walter de la Mare. Illustrated by Peggy Bacon. Light-brown cloth, lettered in blue to spine. Top edge lightly soiled. Dustjacket lightly soiled and chipped. Very Good. [a]. More about WEANS OF ROWALLAN
1816. FOUQUE, Baron Friedrich de la Motte. SANGERLIEBE. Eine provenzalische Sage in drei Buchern. Stuttgart & Tubingen, Gotta'schen, 1816. Octavo. [ii]322pp. First edition. Original wraps minus covers. Internally fine. De la Motte Fouque wrote numerous romantic novels and stories, of which the best known today is "Undine." This one is... More about SANGERLIEBE
1898. GISSING, George. CHARLES DICKENS. A Critical Study. London: Blackie & Son, 1898. In addition, pasted to the endpaper is a holograph note from Gissing , presumably to the recipient of the book (E.L. Vrice), dated from Gissing's hotel in Rome on February 26, 1898 and suggesting a meeting over... More about CHARLES DICKENS. A Critical Study
1890. A LOVELY TRIPLE-DECKER GISSING, George. THE EMANCIPATED. A Novel. In Three Volumes. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1890. First Edition. 3 Vols. 8vo. Brown patterned paper covered boards backed with brown cloth. Stamped in gilt to spines. Blue-grey patterned endpapers. Slight rubbing to spine and extremes. Vol. II has... More about THE EMANCIPATED. A Novel. In Three Volumes
1923. "FIRST AND ONLY EDITION" GISSING, George. AN HEIRESS ON CONDITION. Philadelphia: Privately Printed for the Pennell Club, 1923. First Edition. #25 of 48 numbered copies. 4to. 33pp. Blue-gray paper-covered boards backed with blue cloth. Lettered in gilt to spine. Vignette title page by Joseph Pennell. Minimal wear to cloth... More about AN HEIRESS ON CONDITION
1888. GISSING, George. A LIFE'S MORNING. In Three Volumes. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1888. First Edition . 8vo. 3 Vols. 315pp.; 303pp.; 333pp. One of 500 sets, of which 265 went to circulating libraries, and 126 were remaindered. Pebbled reddish-brown cloth, yellow-coated endpapers. Ruled in black and blindstamped on... More about A LIFE'S MORNING. In Three Volumes
1891. GISSING, George. NEW GRUB STREET. A Novel. In Three Volumes. London: Smith Elder, & Co. Second Edition from first edition sheets. 8vo. 3 Vols. 305pp.; 316pp.; 335pp. Dark green cloth stamped in black on front and spine and stamped in gilt to spine. Rear flyleaf missing from Volume 1... More about NEW GRUB STREET. A Novel. In Three Volumes
1880. RARE FIRST EDITION IN A PUBLISHER'S REMAINDER BINDING GISSING, George. WORKERS IN THE DAWN. A Novel. In Three Volumes. London: Remington and Co., 1880. First Edition the three volumes bound in one, in what is a publisher's remainder binding of blue cloth with green-coated endpapers. Blindstamped to front and... More about WORKERS IN THE DAWN. A Novel. In Three Volumes
1894. HOYER, Maria A. GOOD DAME FORTUNE. London: Hurst and Blackett, Ltd., 1894. 3 Vols. 8vo. 5"x 7 5/8". 292pp,292pp & 308pp.+ 8pp. ads undated. Blue cloth, stamped and lettered in black on front and stamped in black and lettered in gilt on spine. Cloth is worn. Light foxing to... More about GOOD DAME FORTUNE
1924. SAPHIER, William. KNOWLES, Vernon THE STREET OF QUEER HOUSES AND OTHER STORIES. New York:Boullion-Biggs, 1924. 156pp. 8vo. First Edition. Illustrated by William Saphier. Black cloth stamped in gilt to front and spine. Cloth lightly worn. Pages slightly toned. Includes two copies of publisher's brochure for this title. Near Fine. More about STREET OF QUEER HOUSES AND OTHER STORIES
193. ORWELL, George. BURMESE DAYS. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. First edition, published a year before the London edition. [vi, 1]-371 pp. 8vo., 8 1/4" x 5 3/3", publisher's orange cloth with black lettering to to upper board and spine, pale patterned endpapers, but without the dust jacket. A.... More about BURMESE DAYS
1911. POUND, Ezra. CANZONI OF EZRA POUND. London: Elkin Mathews, 1911. First Edition, second issue (without the author's name on the spine) . 8vo. 51pp. + 4pp. ads. Brown paper covered boards stamped in gilt to front and spine. Front and bottom edges untrimmed. No dust jacket, as issued. Bookplate... More about CANZONI OF EZRA POUND
1981. POUND, Ezra. FROM SYRIA: THE WORKSHEETS, PROOFS, AND TEXT. [Port Townsend, WA]: Copper Canyon Press, 1981. First Separate Edition. 8vo. 8pp. 28 fascsimiles on 14 plates. Black cloth with tan paper paper label printed in black to spine. Issued without dust jacket. Fine. (Gallup A106.). More about FROM SYRIA: THE WORKSHEETS, PROOFS, AND TEXT
1950. POUND, Ezra. PATRIA MIA: A DISCUSSION OF THE ARTS, THEIR USE AND FUTURE IN AMERICA. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, (1950). Inscribed First Edition. 8vo. 97pp. Light Brown cloth, lettered with dark brown background to front and spine and lettered in dark brown to back. Inscribed in ink by Pound... More about PATRIA MIA: A DISCUSSION OF THE ARTS, THEIR USE AND FUTURE IN AMERICA
1910. POUND, Ezra. PROVENCA. Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, (1910). First Edition, first issue. One of about 200 copies printed. Small 8vo. 84pp. Tan paper covered boards lettered in dark brown to spine. Edges untrimmed. Head tail of spine chipped, otherwise minimal wear. (Gallup A6). More about PROVENCA
1955. POUND, Ezra. SECTION: ROCK-DRILL 85-95 de los cantares.Milano: All'Insegna del Pesce d'oro, 1955. 8vo. 107pp. First Edition. Grey paper covered boards. #434 of 500 copies designed and printed by Stamperia Valdonega in Verona. In publisher's blank acetate dust jacket. Fine. More about SECTION: ROCK-DRILL 85-95 de los cantares
1978. SARTRE, Jean-Paul. FIVE PLAYS. Frankin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. 484pp. Red Leather stamped in gilt to front, back and spine. Limited edition collection of plays, sigend by the author. More about FIVE PLAYS
1940. POPINI, Alexander. STEPHANSSON, Vilhjalmur. ULTIMA THULE: Further Mysteries of the Arctic. New York: Macmillan, 1940. First edition, limited #37 of 100 copies signed by the author and illustrator for the members of the Explorers Club. 8vo., 383 pp. Blue cloth lettered in silver to front and spine. Cloth lightly... More about ULTIMA THULE: Further Mysteries of the Arctic
1945. WILLIAMS, Wightman. STEVENS, Wallace. ESTHETIQUE DU MAL. Cummington, MA: The Cummington Press, 1945. First Edition. Number 167 of a limited edition of 300 copies. 8vo., unpaginated. One quarter leather with green "Natsume " straw-paper-covered boards. Stamped in gold on front. Illustrations by Wightman Williams. Leather is moderately rubbed. Lacks... More about ESTHETIQUE DU MAL
1990. STRAND, Mark. THE CONTINUOUS LIFE. Iowa City: Windhover Press, 1990. Limited First Edition. Folio. Unpaginated. Stitched, heavy grey cloth wraps with bone clasp closures. Letter 'E' of 26 lettered copies on Umbria (there were also 225 numbered trade copies on Windhover). Signed by author and by the artist, Neil... More about THE CONTINUOUS LIFE
