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1978Best.-Nr. 577290New York: Vanguard Press 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket with a couple of tiny rubbed spots. Advance Review Copy with author photo and promotional letter laid in. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1976Best.-Nr. 1417279London: Elek Books Ltd 1976. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xxii 345 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine is cream with red lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut: "£12.50." Bumping to head and tail of spine. Mild bumping to edges of dust jacket. Minor sun fading to dust jacket spine. Barcode sticker adhered to rear of dust jacket. Minor cocking to spine. Text block clean. Shelved in Archaeology. 1417279. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Elek Books Ltd hardcover books
1924Best.-Nr. 18085Paris: Shakespeare and Company 1924. First Edition Fourth Printing. Quarter Leather. Very good. The first edition fourth printing of Ulysses by James Joyce published in Paris in 1924. Octavo ii 732pp 733-736pp. Rebound in three-quarter blue morocco marbled boards title stamped in gilt on spine with decorative raised bands. Top edge gilt. Includes the half-title lacking original blue wrappers. Short closed tear through p. 1 delicate leaf ends some minor loss. New endpapers. Slocum notes that this printing was issued on "inferior quality" paper which is evident in the toning throughout this copy. Text block resown. Slocum & Cahoon A17 The text corrections noted on the original errata were largely corrected by this fourth printing but "additional corrections" were discovered and incorporated into the four-page errata on page 733-736. An attractive presentation. This copy is from the library of Oliver Marble Gale Jr. with his bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Oliver M. Gale 1910-2006 was a pioneer in corporate public relations and advertising credited with establishing a dedicated public relations department at Procter & Gamble in 1949. He left P&G to serve as a special assistant to Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy in the Eisenhower Administration. Shakespeare and Company unknown books
1939Best.-Nr. 17673London: Faber and Faber Limited 1939. First Edition First Impression. Cloth. Very good. First edition first impression of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce published in 1939. Octavo 8 628pp. Full red cloth title in gilt on spine. Yellow topstain untrimmed edges. Stated "First published in MCMXXXIX by Faber and Faber Limited" on title page no additional printings listed. Solid text block wear to cloth mostly along rear cover. Foxing to endpapers one leaf drawn on with red colored pencil. Previous ownership inscription dated 1944. Includes a "Complimentary Copy / Not for Sale" stamp on Page 628. Lacking the publisher's dust jacket. Housed in a custom red cloth chemise title in gilt on black label affixed to red morocco spine. A very good copy. Slocum & Cahoon A47. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce was published on May 4 1939 by Faber and Faber in London and Viking Press in New York. Joyce worked on the novel for over sixteen years initially publishing excerpts under the working title Work in Progress in various literary journals starting in 1924. Sections appeared in transition The Criterion and other outlets often accompanied by commentary from fellow writers. The final book a dense and experimental text was typeset and printed in France due to its complex typography and Joyce's publishing relationships. It was his last major work released just two years before his death. Faber and Faber Limited unknown books
1985Best.-Nr. 566375New York: Dutton 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Modest foxing on cloth spine and topedge very good in a near fine dust jacket with tiny scratches and a partial price sticker on the front flap. Dutton hardcover books
1985Best.-Nr. 568810New York: Dutton 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Dutton hardcover books
1933Best.-Nr. 338500New York: Burt 1933. hardcover. good. Illustrated. ix 273 pages 8vo blue cloth; spine sunned covers rubbed library stamps inside front cover. New York: A. L. Burt 1933. A worn but still good copy lacking dust wrapper. The Crescent Library. Burt unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 1406462New York: The Vanguard Press Inc 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 308 pages. In Good condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Spine black red and white with white lettering. Dust jacket has moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers and shelfwear to edges price uncut: "$5.95". Shelfwear to rear cover impacting author photo. Boards full bound in red cloth with shelfwear to edges of boards and black discoloration to head and tail of spine and upper edges of boards. Text block has mild age-toning to exterior edges mild scuffing to upper and lower edges and very minor foxing to fore edge. Flat signed by author on first free front end paper. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1406462. Special Collections - Upstairs. The Vanguard Press, Inc hardcover books
1944Best.-Nr. 620305New York: Harper & Brothers 1944. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 311pp. Small dark spot on top of front board a couple scratches and spine ends with some bumping and light wear very good or better. Signed by the author. Philip Larkin described the book as "not superlative but managing to catch something of the indomitable soul of art. Really rather moving." Basis for the 1958 Ronald Neame-directed film featuring Alec Guinness and Kay Walsh.Burgess 99. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1973Best.-Nr. 274479Davis: Asian American Studies University of California Davis 1973. 139 pg. paperback 8.5x11 inches signed by Gus Lee on title page title label added to spine with tape. Coming four years after the Third World Liberation Front protests resulted in the creation of the Department of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley this conference reflects much of the early dilemmas and difficulties faced by the Asian American movement. As the title suggests even the creation of Asian American Studies was somewhat debated in terms of its utility as many worried that siloing different groups into different departments would weaken the movement. Asian American Studies, University of California, Davis unknown books
1939Best.-Nr. 49209London: Faber and Faber Limited 1939. Very Good. London: Faber and Faber Limited 1939. First Regular Edition UK. Large octavo; red cloth boards with spine stamped in gilt; yellow topstain; viii 628pp. No dust jacket. Shelfwear and general scuffing; chip with minor fraying to crown; corners bumped. Binding sound; heavy toning to endpapers and final page of text; interior else unmarked; overall a Very Good copy of Joyce's final major work published just two years before his death. Slocum A47. Faber and Faber Limited unknown books
1936Best.-Nr. 2352401New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas / Grosset & Dunlap 1936. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Anderson Harry. Appears to be an original edition married to the movie tie-in jacket Harrison Smith and Robert Haas listed on title page and spine Grosset & Dunlap on jacket but it's possible Grosset purchased unsold copies from Smith & Haas and added their own jacket so we are calling this a reissue rather than a first edition married to a reissue jacket. Board edges slightly faded jacket edges rubbed with some loss from corners. Binding tight and square text clean bright and unmarked. 1936 Hard Cover. Harry Anderson jacket art depicting a World War I soldier in a trench shown in a similar pose as a Prohibition-era gangster. Rear jacket flap advertises Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms. This novel inspired the 1937 film starring Spencer Tracy as the protagonist who struggles to return to his old life after the war and ends up turning to a life of crime informed by the skills he learned as a soldier. An interesting juxtaposition of the military novel and noir crime fiction which also examines the disconnection many veterans feel upon returning home. Cowen served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I for which he was awarded the Military Cross. Harrison Smith and Robert Haas / Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1989Best.-Nr. 574289New York: E.P. Dutton 1989. Softcover. Fine. First edition. 131pp. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. Poetry. E.P. Dutton unknown books
2007Best.-Nr. 60728NY: Ecco 2007. First edition first prnt. One of an unspecified number of copies with a tipped-in page signed by Oates issued by the publisher for promotional purposes. One corner just tapped with corresponding tiny creases on the dustjacket; unread copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ecco hardcover books
1998Best.-Nr. 627714New York: Henry Holt and Company 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Small quarto. 130pp. Illustrated. Fine in a trifle rubbed still fine dust jacket. Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 63836hardcover. 8vo cloth-backed boards d.w. New York 1990. unknown books
1925Best.-Nr. 140948862Paris: Shakespeare and Company 1925. Early Reprint. Near Fine. Seventh printing of the first edition. 736 pp. Bound in publisher's blue printed wraps lettered in white. Housed in a custom teal blue cloth clamshell case with green morocco spine label stamped in gilt. Near Fine with light toning and wear to the notoriously fragile wraps. Light creasing to spine light chipping to ends to ends small closed tear to rear joint at foot with tiny abrasion to rear cover. Light corner creases from prelims to 112 p. A nicer than usually found copy of Joyce's epic modern novel. Shakespeare and Company unknown books
1978Best.-Nr. 593798Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Elizabeth Hansell. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with some toning. Louisiana State University Press hardcover books
1927Best.-Nr. 13715Paris: Shakespeare and Company 1927. Very Good. Paris: Shakespeare and Company 1927. Ninth printing. Large octavo; publisher's "Greek flag blue" wrappers lettered in white housed in half morocco slipcase lettered in gilt inner cloth chemise; 735pp. Wraps worn at extremities with very slight chipping to base of spine; spine creases with slight lean else sound. Overall Very Good. Extra leaf tipped in at front and signed "James Joyce Paris 2-6-28." The bound in leaf inserted by an unknown previous party coincides with Joyce living in Paris while Finnegan's Wake was being published serially under the title "fragments from Work in Progress." Slocum 17. Shakespeare and Company unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 49376Austin TX: University of Texas Press 1976. Very Good/Very Good-. Austin TX: University of Texas Press 1976. First Edition. Slim octavo 22cm; publisher's boards in dust jacket; vi2150pp.; map in text. Some light soil and scattered paper scarring to jacket chiefly at rear panel small remainder mark at bottom textblock edge remnants of old price sticker to front pastedown. About Very Good internally clean and sound. University of Texas Press unknown books
2016Best.-Nr. 1405251New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2016. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 369 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering price uncut: "U.S.A. $27.99/CANADA $34.99". Quarter bound in light blue paper with dark blue paper boards. Flat signed by author on title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1405251. Special Collections - Downstairs. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover books
2014Best.-Nr. 1405298New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2014. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 481 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Pictorial spine with white lettering. Dust jacket with mild shelf wear to back cover protected in mylar covering price uncut: "USA $26.99". Quarter bound with gray cloth and green cloth to boards with mild shelfwear on top and bottom edges of boards. Text block has mild age-toning to top and deckled fore edges. Flat signed by author on title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1405298. Special Collections - Downstairs. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover books
1983Best.-Nr. 63362Worcester: American Antiquarian Society 1983. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. xii 322 pages. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. These essays have been written by leading scholars on early bookselling reading habits and the impact of printing in early America. Printing history in its broadest context may be viewed as a distinct form of cultural history a synthesis combining the attention to ideas that is central to intellectual history with the emphasis on patterns of behavior and organization characteristic of social history. This work encourages new approaches to the study of early printing including the fusion of bibliographical analysis and the broadly cultural approach of the French historians of books and society. Together the essays demonstrate how the world of print changed between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - both shaping and reflecting the larger American culture. Titles of the papers presented here include "The Uses of Literacy in New England 1600-1850" "The Anglo-American Book Trade before 1776" "The Wages of Piety: The Boston Book Trade of Jeremy Condy" "The Colonial Retail Book Trade: Availability and Affordability of Reading Material in Mid-Eighteenth Century" Virginia" "Bibliography and the Cultural Historian: Notes on the Eighteenth-Century Novel" "Early Music Printing and Publishing" Books and the Social Authority of Learning: The Case of Mid-Eighteenth-Century Virginia" "Elias Smith and the Rise of Religious Journalism in the Early Republic" and "Print and the Public Lecture System 1840-1860." Most of the essays were originally prepared for an October 1980 conference of the same title sponsored by the American Antiquarian Society. Small embossed private ownership stamp on first blank page. American Antiquarian Society unknown books
1957Best.-Nr. 2352280New York: The Viking Press 1957. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x1. Woods Miriam. 1957 3rd printing. Rear wrapper toned owner bookplate on front flyleaf. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 253 pp. Miriam Woods cover design. The first novel of Irish writer James Joyce best known for Ulysses who also wrote Finnegan's Wake and Dubliners. It traces the intellectual and religio-philosophical awakening of young Stephen Dedalus a fictional alter ego of Joyce and an allusion to Daedalus the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology. Stephen questions and rebels against the Catholic and Irish conventions under which he has grown and culminates with his self-exile from Ireland in Europe. The Viking Press paperback books
1990Best.-Nr. 2350823New York: Dutton 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 20x20x20. First edition. Board edges slightly toned otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1990 Hard Cover. 276 pp. 8vo. A novel by National Book Award winning author Joyce Carol Oates who has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize multiple times. Published under the pseudonym Rosamond Smith. "Maggie teaches piano at the Conservatory. Beneath the surface of the academic community sinister passions are stirring. Suddenly with a savage act of rape Maggie's civilized and sophisticated way of life is shattered and she is drawn into a horrifying world of sexual exploitation and violence. Dutton hardcover books
