A Book of Prefaces
New York: Knopf, 1917. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Paperclip rustmarks affect title page, but a very good copy, with the bookplate of poet Louis Untermeyer. Schrader A 16.1.a, binding a. More
New York: Knopf, 1917. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Paperclip rustmarks affect title page, but a very good copy, with the bookplate of poet Louis Untermeyer. Schrader A 16.1.a, binding a. More
Boston: John W. Luce, 1910. First edition. Original maroon cloth, paper spine and cover labels, not issued in printed dust jacket. Spine label chipped, darkened. Schrader A 6.1.a. More
New York: Knopf, 1940. First edition. Review copy, bound in the dust jacket as wrappers, attached at the spine. Stamped "Sample Copy" on the top edge, review slip laid in. Very good. Schrader A 49.1.a. More
New York: Knopf, 1928. 1928. First edition. First trade printing. Original orange cloth, a fine copy in the scarce printed cellophane dust jacket (missing about half of the sides and most of the spine (both unprinted); the printed inner flaps are intact, although lacking a small chip. Schrader A37.1.c. More
Tokyo: Kenkyusha, (1973). First edition. Original wrappers and dust jacket. Fine. Signed by Cinna, and inscribed in Japanese. Schrader AA10. More
New York: Knopf, 1920. First edition. Original blue cloth, spine dulled as usual. Very good. One of a very small number of copies (Merle Johnson says "a few," Schrader suggests 25) issued with all edges untrimmed and signed by Mencken on the front endpaper. This collection contains Mencken's famous critique..... More
New York: Knopf, 1934. First edition. Dark blue cloth, name on front pastedown, otherwise a fine copy in lightly used dust jacket (slightly tanned on the spine). Schrader A 44.1.a. More
New York: Knopf, 1925. First American edition. Original black cloth, gilt, binding dull and spotted, copy in chipped dust jacket. Schrader A 30.2.a, binding B. More
New York: Knopf, 1925. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt, fine in faded and lightly chipped dust jacket. Schrader A 32.1.a.ii., binding A. More
Boulder, Co. Roberts Rinehart, (1988). First edition. One of 250 numbered and signed by Bode, specially bound, with slipcase. Fine. More
Boston: John W. Luce, (1909). First edition. Original red cloth, gilt, small rub affecting lower border on title page, otherwise fine. Schrader A 4.1.a. More
Boston: John W. Luce, (1909). First edition. Original red cloth, gilt, fine. Schrader A 4.1.a. More
Boston: John W. Luce, (1909). First edition. Original red cloth, gilt, spine faded otherwise a fine copy. Schrader A 5.1.a. More
New York: Knopf, 1920. First edition, Schrader's "presumed third printing" (i.e the first trade edition). Black cloth, gilt, rear inner hinge cracked; very good otherwise, in dust jacket (darkened and slightly chipped). One of 2000 numbered copies. Schrader A 21.1.c. More
New York: Knopf, 1920. First edition, Schrader's "presumed third printing" (i.e the first trade edition). Black cloth, gilt, very good, bright copy in a lightly worn and darkened dust jacket. One of 2000 numbered copies. Schrader A 21.1.c. More
New York: Atheneum, 1965. First edition. Cloth backed boards, fine copy in fine dust jacket. More
Pawlet, Vermont: The Banyan Press, 1977. First edition. Quarto. Original printed wrappers, slightly marked. One of 440 copies, on Arches paper. Inscribed "An Easter Egg from a bird of Paradise? with love to Frank & Bill / Jimmy 1977". The inscription is to Frank Peschka and Bill Murdock, proprietors of..... More
San Francisco: Five Trees Press, (1979). First edition, one of 350 copies. Wrappers,fine. More
München: Der Monats, [1951]. First German edition of Milosz's of the essay that would become the first chapter in "The Captive Mind", this pamphlet is also the first separate work of Milosz to appear in German. Offprint from The Twentieth Century, July, 1951. Wrappers, near-fine. More
Paris: Instytut Literacki, 1969. First edition. Original printed wrappers, near fine. More
Helskini: Eurographica, 1990. First edition. Wrappers, as new. One of 350 copies, signed and dated by the author. More
New York: Knopf, (1934). First edition. Brown cloth, fine in dust jacket. The date on the title page is 1935, the copyright notice is dated 1934, but the paper supplier is indicated as Glatfelter, making this presumably a later issue or printing. More
Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Ercilla, 1938. Second edition, one of 2000 copies. Original wrappers, spine worn, light diagonal crease; browning owing to paper quality; a very good copy of a fragile item. The second edition of Neruda's poems written in response to the Civil War in Spain. Both the first..... More