Out of Africa
New York: Random House, (1938). First edition. A fine and bright copy, with the usual darkening to the inner hinges, in very good, slightly darkened dust jacket, with light edge wear. More
New York: Random House, (1938). First edition. A fine and bright copy, with the usual darkening to the inner hinges, in very good, slightly darkened dust jacket, with light edge wear. More
East Lansing, Mich. Zeitgeist, (1970). First edition. Publisher's wrappers, some stains and wear. Inscribed by the author to poet Darrell Gray "some early tokes. Iowa City, April 21, 1973. More
London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875. Third edition. Red-brown beveled cloth, blocked in gilt and black, black coated endpapers. Slight lean, a very good, bright copy. Inscribed by Dobson. Hayward 285 (cites the first edition). More
New York: Random House (1955). First edition. Cloth with title label on front cover.Includes stories by William Faulkner, Paul Horgan, Gerald Kersh, Farley Mowat, Philip Wylie, and Paul Gallico. Fine in bright dust jacket with light corner wear. First edition. More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1931. King, Alexander. Original suede, in slipcase. One of 1500 copies signed by the artist. Spine faded a bit, but a nice copy. More
Paris: Quantin, 1889. Contemporary half cloth. Copy 446 of 945 on Marias paper (total edition of 1000). Very good copy. More
Paris: Victor Lecou, 1854. First edition. Contemporary or slightly later quarter red morocco, with marbled boards, fine. Presentation copy, inscribed "à M.J. Lecomte hommage de Champfleury". Inserted autograph letter from the author. Extra-illustrated with three unsigned etchings loosely laid in, opposite the appropriate passages. Carteret, p. 156. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. First edition. Cloth. Contributors include Donald Barthelme, Bermard Malamud, Sylvia Plath, Tennessee Williams. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. (1956). Cloth spine over boards. Illustrated. Small spot of fading at base of spine, small rub at edge of top board (binding flaw), otherwise fine in good dust jacket, worn at corners and lacking a narrow half-inch chip at base of spine. First American..... More
New York: Henry Holt, 1923. Lankes, J.J. First edition. Inscribed by Frost "For Raymond / from his friend in all / and through all / R.F." The inscription is to the poet Raymond Holden. Lawrance Thompson relates the story of Frost's dealings in 1919 with Holden, a young admirer who..... More
Paris: Estienne Ganeau, 1724. First edition. Two volumes, contemporary calf, bindings rubbed, text in excellent condition. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1960. Cloth-covered boards, fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. More
New York: Burt, 1906. Davis, J. Watson. First edition. Red cloth blocked in gilt. Illustrations by J. Watson Davis. Later ads. More
Paris: Gallimard, 1967. First edition. Original wrappers, fine. One of 30 copies on Pur fil. More
Winchester, Mass. Edmund H. Garrett, 1896. Garrett, Edmund H. First edition. Original heavy vellum, slightly marked, with vellum-hinged clasp fasteners (missing one clasp), nice condition. One of 50 copies printed at the De Vinne Press on Japanese paper, signed by Garrett. Additionally inscribed by Garrett as a wedding-present to a...... More
Boston: Ticknor, 1860. First edition, second printing. Two volumes, original brown cloth, ends of spine frayed, one gathering loose in v. 2; a good set in original state. Conforms to Clark's plate variant "B" (A23.3.b). More
Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1850. First edition. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Small area of wear at the base of the spine, corners slightly rubbed, otherwise a fine copy. The gilt is bright, hinges sound, text block clean and fresh. March 1850 catalogue at front, slightly..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1852. Miller, Alfred Jacob. Second edition, second printing. Large 8vo, 5 chromolithograph plates (4 by Alfred Jacob Miller), 1 steel-engraved plate, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, covers panelled in blind. First published in 1851, that edition notable as the first..... More
New York: Noonday Press, 1956. Cloth, fine in lightly used dust jacket. First edition. More
Brunswick, Maine: Coyote Books, 2012. First edition. Wrappers. 11-3/4 in. x 8-1/4 in. Unpaginated. One of 108 copies (plus 27 deluxe). Corners slightly bumped, fine. Journal entries and calligraphy by Hyner. More
Paris: Centre de Créativité, (1967). First edition. 2 leaves, pp. 1-8, 4 leaves. 27 cm., mimeographed, side-stapled. Small dampstain affects lower corner. This appears to be a re-issue of sheets from Ur, no. 7 (1967), with new covers and title page, and a 7-page catalogue of lettrist publications. More
Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, 1914. Kokoschka. Later printing. Original green printed wrappers, some chipping to spine, very good. Literary contributions by many authors published by Wolff: Kafka, Werfel, Walser, Trakl, Lasker-Schüler, Heym, and others; illustrations by Kokoschka and others. 11-15 thousand. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. First edition. Uncorrected proof copy of Kinnell's second book. Wrappers, label, plastic spiral spine, crack in the plastic, very good. Pencil signature "Herbert Burke 1/20" and extensive pencilled notes by a critic. Rare. More
Tyler, Gillian. First edition, one of 150 copies. Signed by Kinnell. Leaflet, in original envelope, fine. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. First edition, wrappers, simultaneous paperbound issue. Inside back cover slightly foxed, else fine. More