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JOHN a Suffolk Herd Boy
The Girl Who Died of a Broken Heart
N.p.: N.p. 1941. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Burgundy cloth. 33pp. Very good. Bookplate of John Starr. Edition not ascertainable; bookplate of Lincoln writer John Starr on the front pastedown. Curious English folk tale. N.p. hardcover
Référence libraire : 536
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THURSTON Katherine Cecil
The Masquerador
New York: Harper & Brothers 1905. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth gilt. 328pp. Frontispiece 7 full-page plates. Very good. Slightest bit of edgewear. Second printing a tight and handsome copy of this potboiler by the popular Irish novelist. Harper & Brothers hardcover
Référence libraire : 20427
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BEARDSLEY Aubrey
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. Grove Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 8184
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FRANKAU Gilbert
Masterson: A Story of an English Gentleman
New York: Harper & Brothers 1926. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth. 418pp. Very good. Inscribed by Frankau. First edition inscribed by the popular English novelist 1884-1952 and dated Cleveland 7 May Front flyleaf bears the ownership signature of noted Lincoln scholar Arnold F. Gates. Harper & Brothers hardcover
Référence libraire : 545
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LAWRENCE DH. D. H.
Nettles
London: Faber & Faber Limited 1930. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff pale red wrappers. 28pp. Very good. Mild bit of faint edgewear; minor foxing. First edition of "Criterion Miscellany -- No. 11" the softbound version of this slim verse collection. Faber & Faber Limited paperback
Référence libraire : 27765
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ENGLISH Doug ? ?
Signature
This defensive tackle at the University of Texas went on to stardom with the Detroit Lions 1975-79 1981-85. Bold signature in heavy blue marker heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. 1983 October 5. Fine. With original envelope. unknown
Référence libraire : 18299
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BOWEN John
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. Harper & Row hardcover
Référence libraire : 9806
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OSBORNE John
A Bond Honoured: A Play
London: Faber & Faber 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth dust jacket. 62pp. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition. Faber & Faber hardcover
Référence libraire : 11031
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GIBBINGS Robert
Sweet Cork of Thee
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1951. Hardcover. Illustrations by author. 8vo. Green cloth pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 236pp. Frontispiece drawings map endpapers. Very good/very good. Slight jacket edgewear with chip at tail of jacket spine. First U.S. edition by the popular Irish author of "Lovely Is the Lee." E.P. Dutton & Co hardcover
Référence libraire : 8436
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MOORE George
Avowals
London: Privately Printed for Subscribers 1919. Hardcover. Small 4to. Vellum spine with paper label and grey paper over boards. 310pp. Very good. Spine a bit darkened; colorful bookplate on front pastedown. First edition limited to 1000 numbered copies this #513 signed by Moore. A tight clean copy. Privately Printed for Subscribers hardcover
Référence libraire : 2692
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CONGREVE William
The Way of the World: Comedy in Five Acts.; Illustrations by T.M. Cleland
New York: The Heritage Press 1959. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black blind-embossed cloth slipcase. xvi 108pp. Frontispiece color illustrations. Very good/very good. Spine slightly sunned. Handsome "poor man's LEC" with the appropriate "Sandglass" issue laid in. The Heritage Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 11013
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FIELDING Henry
The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams.; Introduction by Howard Mumford Jones
New York: The Modern Library 1950. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth dust jacket. xxxviii 422pp. Patterned endpapers. Very good/good plus. Mild edgewear; jacket edgeworn with a few edge chips and one large chip at head of jacket spine. Tight decent later printing of Modern Library #117. The Modern Library hardcover
Référence libraire : 31237
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SWIFT Jonathan
A New Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Being the Fifth Part of the Travels into Several Remote Parts of the World by Lemuel Gulliver
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1970. Hardcover. Edited by Matthew Hodgart. 8vo. Green paper over boards dust jacket. 91pp. Map frontispiece. Near fine/near fine. Ownership signature/address on front flyleaf. First U.S. edition of this apparent sequel to "Gulliver's Travels" written by Swift in 1744 and discovered in Dublin in 1968. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
Référence libraire : 3524
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LYTTON Edward Bulwer
Harold: The Last of the Saxon Kings
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1903. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 8vo. Brown cloth. xx 341pp; 328pp. Frontispieces illustrations. Near fine. Superb tight later printing of this historical novel with spine gilt bright. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Référence libraire : 18508
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HAZLITT William
Character of John Bull
Staplehurst UK: The Florin Press 1978. Hardcover. Illustrations by Graham Williams. 16mo. Brown cloth spine and green paper over boards. 9pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Hazlitt's well-known essay characterizing the typical Englishman. This beautiful little edition occasioned by the bicentennial of Hazlitt's birth is limited to 200 copies signed and numbered this #12 by Williams. Printed on handmade paper. The Florin Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 16177
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MASEFIELD John
Sard Harker
New York: The Macmillan Company 1924. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Burgundy cloth. 412pp. Very good. Slight soiling to binding; ownership signature on front flyleaf. First edition of the prolific British writer's first adventure novel tight and attractive. The Macmillan Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 6432
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DAVEY Norman
The Pilgrim of a Smile
London: Chapman and Hall 1933. Hardcover. 16mo. Red paper over boards dust jacket. viii 325pp. Very good/very good. Minor staining on front jacket cover. Later printing. Humorous collection of short stories. Chapman and Hall hardcover
Référence libraire : 530
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LLEWELLYN Richard
A Few Flowers for Shiner
New York: The Macmillan Company 1950. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan buckram pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 372pp. Very good/very good. Two 1" abrasions to front jacket cover. First edition tight and attractive. The Macmillan Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 541
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LAWRENCE DH. D. H.
The Merry-Go-Round: A Play in Five Acts
Charlottesville: The Virginia Quarterly Review 1941. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff orange wrappers. 44pp. Very good. Mildly soiled with light sunning along the spine; front and rear flyleaves each show two mysterious 1�" tape stains. Supplement to this publication's Christmas Number the entire issue devoted to Lawrence's play. A tight decent copy. The Virginia Quarterly Review paperback
Référence libraire : 8116
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CIBBER Colley
Love Makes a Man: or the Fop's Fortune: A Comedy
Dublin: W. Wilson 1774. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff grey modern hand-labeled wrapper. 84pp. Very good. Early not first printing of this five-act play by this 18th century playwright. W. Wilson paperback
Référence libraire : 26248
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SHERIDAN John D.
God Made Little Apples
New York: Farrar Straus and Cudahy 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth spine and green paper over boards pictorial slipcase. 218pp. Near fine/very good. First edition by this "Irish Robert Benchley." Farrar, Straus and Cudahy hardcover
Référence libraire : 538
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THOMSON James
The Speedy Extinction of Evil and Misery: Selected Prose of James Thomson B.V.
Berkeley: University of California Press 1967. Hardcover. Edited by William David Schaefer. Small 4to. Green cloth pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 353pp. Near fine/good plus. Jacket edgeworn. First edition of this first modern compilation of the 19th century British poet's prose works. University of California Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 7388
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JOHNSON Samuel editor
The Rambler: Saturday July 14 1750
London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet 1750. Paperback. Numb. 34. 4to. Self-cover. Pp. 199-204. Near fine. Minor binding traces. Handsome decorative element at top of first page and large rubricated capital. Attractive tight issue of this weekly edited by Dr. Johnson between 1750 and 1752. Johnson's essays as editor are considered models of style language and reasoning. This particular example begins "I have been censured for having hitherto dedicated so few of my Speculations to the Ladies." J. Payne and J. Bouquet paperback
Référence libraire : 18161
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HINDE Thomas
Bird
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1970. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth pictorial dust jacket. 222pp. Very good/very good. First edition. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
Référence libraire : 1915
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MALORY Thomas
Le Morte Darthur.; Edited by A.W. Pollard. Illustrations by Robert Gibbings
New York: The Heritage Press 1955. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and cream decorated paper over boards slipcase. viii 757pp. Extensive margin illustrations. Very good/very good. Spine very slightly sunned; minor jacket wear. Tight clean handsome copy of this "poor man's LEC." The Heritage Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 24219
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TROLLOPE Anthony
Phineas Redux
Oxford: Oxford University Press 1977. Hardcover. Preface by R.W. Chapman. Illustrations by T.L.B. Huskinson. 12mo. Brown cloth dust jacket. 370pp. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good/very good. Very minor wear. Tight later printing of this first volume of two of this 1873 novel in the Palliser Novels series. From the uniform "Oxford Illustrated Trollope" series. Oxford University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 10655
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WODEHOUSE PG. P. G.
Leave It to Psmith
New York: George H. Doran Company 1924. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue decorated cloth. 347pp. Good minus. George H. Doran Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 873
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SWIFT Jonathan
A New Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Being the Fifth Part of the Travels into Several Remote Parts of the World by Lemuel Gulliver
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1970. Hardcover. Edited by Matthew Hodgart. 8vo. Green paper over boards dust jacket. 91pp. Map frontispiece. Near fine/near fine. Second printing of the first U.S. edition of this apparent sequel to "Gulliver's Travels" written by Swift in 1744 and discovered in Dublin in 1968. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
Référence libraire : 3518
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LLEWELLYN Richard
The Flame of Hercules: The Story of a Fugitive Galley Slave
Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1955. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and green cloth pictorial dust jacket. Map endpapers. 254pp. Very good/very good. Minor chipping at foot of spine. First edition tight and nice. Doubleday & Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 534
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GALLICO Paul
Mrs. 'arris Goes to New York
New York: Doubleday & Company 1960. Hardcover. Illustrations by Mircea Vasiliu. 16mo. Black and grey paper over boards pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. First edition tight and attractive. Doubleday & Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 12600
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LAWRENCE DH. D. H.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
New York: Penguin Books 1946. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff tan pictorial wrappers. 260pp. Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear. First Penguin paperback edition #610 tight and clean and attractive. Clear new mylar wrapper added. Penguin Books paperback
Référence libraire : 6651
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STEVENSON Robert Louis and OSBOURNE Lloyd
The Wrong Box
New York: Dover Publications 1985. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed brown pictorial wrappers. 118pp 15pp ads. Near fine. First of this facsimile of the 1889 first American edition. Dover Publications paperback
Référence libraire : 16838
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THACKERAY William Makepeace
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family edited by Arthur Pendennis Esq
Cambridge: The Limited Editions Club 1954. Hardcover. Introduction by Angea Thirkell. Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Two-volume set. Small 4to. Black cloth spines and decorated paper over boards slipcase with paper spine label. xxii 352pp; vi pp. 353-742. Color frontispieces color illustrations. Fine/near fine. Interesting and unusual bibliophile's bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. A tight and handsome copy limited to 1500 numbered copies this #553 signed by Ardizzone. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
Référence libraire : 14408
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MacKENZIE Compton
Thin Ice
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1957. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue paper over boards dust jacket. 224pp. Very good/very good. Couple of archivally-closed on verso tears to otherwise attractive jacket. First U.S. edition tight and nice. YOUNG 2433. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
Référence libraire : 10039
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FIELDING Henry
Joseph Andrews
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1940. Hardcover. 16mo. Red cloth dust jacket. xxxvi 280pp 4pp. Decorative endpapers. Very good/good plus. Bit of jacket edgewear with small edge chips at corners and single large chip at head of jacket spine. Tight handsome later printing of #467 in editor Ernest Rhys's lovely "Everyman's Library" series. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd hardcover
Référence libraire : 31120
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LLEWELLYN Richard
Sweet Morn of Judas' Day
Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1964. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and green cloth dust jacket. 472pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket scuffed and edgeworn -- but overall a tight decent first edition of this "Novel of Modern Brazil." YOUNG 2368. Doubleday & Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 9587
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SHAKESPEARE William MACBETH POSTER. WALL Bud 1939 2005
Out damned spot! Out I say!!
Platteville WI: Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival 1982. Glossy poster. Folio 23" X 33". Very good. Quite minor bit of wear to upper and lower edge discreet and inoffensive. Annual poster for this professional company that performs at the Center for the Arts at the University of Wisconsin at Platteville in southwestern Wisconsin. Titled "Shakespeare shooting pigeons in the Globe Theatre" at the lower margin this is a glossy reproduction image size 22" X 24" of a dramatic charcoal depiction of the Globe Theatre stage the bottom of the image extending well below the stage floor and the top of the image displaying the theatre's rafters. The stage itself shows a backdrop of a Renaissance cityscape. Center stage stands a male figure aiming upward towards the rafters with a crossbow. Just below the image Wisconsin artist BUD WALL 1939-2005 signs large and bold in pencil dating it 1982. A superb piece in handsome condition. unknown
Référence libraire : 29166
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LAWRENCE DH. D. H.
Assorted Articles
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1930. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Orange cloth. 258pp. Very good. Tight clean attractive first edition. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Référence libraire : 7860
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HARDY Thomas
The Mayor of Casterbridge.; Illustrations by Agnes Miller Parker. Introduction by Frank Swinnerton
New York: The Heritage Press 1964. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan decorated cloth slipcase. xvi 318pp. Illustrations wood engravings. Near fine/very good. Mild slipcase edgewear. Tight clean handsome copy of this smaller mass-produced version of the Limited Editions Club publication -- known as the "poor man's LEC." Appropriate "Sandglass" issue discussing this volume laid in. The Heritage Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 22945
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CORELLI Marie
The Mighty Atom
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1896. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with silver gilt. 310pp 6pp ads. Near fine. Nonauthorial 1896 gift inscription on front flyleaf. Handsome tight first U.S. edition of this British novel. J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 14658
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SWINBURNE Algernon Charles
Locrine: A Tragedy
New York: Worthington Company 1888. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Dark green cloth on beveled boards. viii 138pp. Decorative endpapers. Very good. Early not first U.S. edition tight and decent with smal chipping at head and tai of spine. Worthington Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 11469
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HUME Cyril
Myself and the Young Bowman and Other Fantasies
Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Company 1932. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and lavender paper over boards dust jacket. viii 166pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket somewhat age toned and edgeworn with spine lightly sunned. First edition of this short story and verse collection limited to 1500 numbered copies this #649 signed boldly by Hume. Tight and attractive. American novelist screenwriter and prolific scribbler Hume 1900-66 is perhaps best remembered for the cult sci-fi film classic "Forbidden Planet" 1956 as well as "Tarzan the Ape Man" 1932 "Tarzan Escapes" 1936 and "The Great Gatsby" 1949 among others. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 19266
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MOORE George
Memoirs of My Dead Life of Galanteries Meditations and Remembrances.
London: William Heinemann 1921. Hardcover. Small 4to. Ivory and pale green paper over boards. xviii 290pp. Tinted frontispiece. Very good. Couple of small slight cracks in the otherwise-sound spine; overall quite attractive. Edition limited to 1030 signed numbered copies this #778. William Heinemann hardcover
Référence libraire : 2743
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HENDERSON Philip editor
Shorter Novels: Eighteenth Century
London: Dent 1963. Hardcover. 12mo. Red cloth pictorial dust jacket. xi 278pp 8pp. Decorative endpapers. Very good/very good. Mild bit of jacket edgewear; margin comments inked on several pages. Tight handsome later printing of #856 in the lovely "Everyman's Library" series. Dent hardcover
Référence libraire : 31116
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Laddie
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company 1903. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Grey cloth with red and blue pictorial front cover stamping. 123pp. Color frontispiece 7 full-page color plates. Very good. Early not first priting a tight and attractive copy of this sentimental bestseller. Henry Altemus Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 17836
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DRINKWATER John
Robert E. Lee: A Play
London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1923. Hardcover. 12mo. Red cloth with paper spine label. 94pp. Near fine. Tight nice first edition. Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
Référence libraire : 11011
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LAWRENCE DH. D. H.
Mr. Noon
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1984. Hardcover. Edited by Lindeth Vasey. 8vo. Red cloth. xliv 370pp. 3 maps. Near fine. Handsome volume from "The Works of D.H. Lawrence" set tight and attractive. Cambridge University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 19939
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FRY Christopher
A Phoenix Too Frequent: A Comedy
London: Oxford University Press 1951. Hardcover. 12mo. Green cloth pictorial dust jacket. 43pp. Very good/very good. Non-authorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. Later 4th printing tight and attractive in the lovely jacket. Oxford University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 11008
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LLEWELLYN Richard
Chez Pavan
London: Michael Joseph 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Purple cloth pictorial dust jacket. 416pp. Very good/very good. Bit of slight shelfwear and couple small tape stains on front and rear flyleaves; jacket shows minor edgewear. Tight and attractive first edition. YOUNG 2366. Michael Joseph hardcover
Référence libraire : 9584
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BUTLER Samuel
The Way of All Flesh
New York: The Modern Library n.y. Hardcover. 12mo. Red cloth pictorial dust jacket. 562pp 6pp ads. Decorative endpapers. Very good/very good. Mild bit of jacket edgewear. Tight attractive later printing of Modern Library #13. The Modern Library hardcover
Référence libraire : 31121
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