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2001réf. 1111175NY: W.W.Norton 2001. First edition first prnt. Signed by Junger on the title page. ISBN sticker on rear panel; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Junger's first collection of non-fiction; essays that have appeared in "Harper's" "Outside" Vanity Fair" et al. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W.W.Norton Hardcover books
2016réf. 30814New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co 2016. First edition. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Thick wide clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 383 pp. Foreword by Mary Schmidt Campbell. Spectacular volume showcasing a decades-long collection of abstract art of modern and contemporary art by artists of the African diaspora and from the continent of Africa. Lavishly illustrated. With texts by Joost Bosland Mark Godfrey Norman Lewis and many others. A fine copy in just lightly worn illustrated paper dustwrapper. A marvelous book and terrific reference. Very heavy volume additional shipping charges may apply. Gregory R. Miller & Co unknown books
1991réf. 23574Washington D. C.: Library of Congress 1991. First edition. Cloth. A fine copy and as new in a lightly soiled plain dust jacket. xxxv 427 pp. Illus. with 98 color & b/w plates. Sm. 4to. One hundred essays about The Rosenwald Collection which "constitutes the largest single gathering of rare books at the Library of Congress and . represents one of the finest collections of books formed by any individual." Essays cover Manuscripts Early Printing Typography & Writing Books Illustrated Books Eighteenth-Century French Illustrated Books William Blake Modern Illustrated Books Architecture Bindings Geography Herbals and Science. Library of Congress hardcover books
1993réf. 10768Livingston: Clark City Press 1993. First edition first prnt. Stapled wraps. No hardcover issue. Publisher's promotional booklet containing advance excerpts of then-forthcoming books including Matthiessen's Red and Blue Days: Writing on the American West which was to appear in 1993 but was not published and most likely will not be published. This copy is signed by Matthiessen on the title page. Other selections by Cutler Gilfallen and Jackson. Unread copy in Fine condition. Not commonly available signed. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. Advance Reader's Excerpt. Clark City Press Paperback books
1992réf. 10667NY: Knopf 1992. First edition first prnt. Signed by Wolff on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Blurbs by Conroy Hoagland McGuane Plimpton et al. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
1988réf. 900450Austin: Texas Monthly Press 1988. First edition first prnt. Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.Harrigan's first collection of essays. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Texas Monthly Press Hardcover books
2000réf. 900111Athens: Hill Street Press 2000. First edition limited to 100 hand-numbered copies of 126 total. This is copy #24. Edited by Jane Eskridge. Japanese linen covered boards gold foil stamping. Issued w/o dj. Slipcase. Contains short stories journal entries and a one-act play completed at age seventeen by Mitchell. Many previously unpublished photos. 200 pps. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Hill Street Press Hardcover books
1971réf. 10844NY: Harper & Row 1971. First edition first prnt. Signed by Morris on the title page. Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Row Hardcover books
2000réf. 4198Athens: Hill Street Press 2000. First edition limited to 100 hand-numbered and 26 lettered copies. This is copy #22. Full cloth with gold foil lettering on spine. Edited by Jane Eskridge. Japanese linen covered boards. Issued without dustjacket. Cloth-covered slipcase. Contains short stories journal entries and a one-act play completed at age seventeen by Mitchell. Many previously unpublished photos. 200 pp. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Hill Street Press Hardcover books
2000réf. 31965San Francisco: McSweeney's 2000. Consists of 14 chapbooks. Pictoral stapled wraps. Contributors are: Rachel Cohen Paul Collins Lydia Davis Dave Eggers Sheila Heti Jonathan Lethem Ben Miller Denis Johnson Paul Maliszewski Rick Moody Haruki Murakami George Saunders Lawrence Weschler & "various artists" in "Shorter Stories." Signed at their contributions by Bradford Collins Eggers & dated by him "5/19/01" Fusselman Lethem Moody Saunders and dated by him "2001" & Wilsey. Bradford Fusselman & Wilsey appear in the chapbook "Shorter Stories." Includes publisher's mailing card titled "Subscriber Agreement" for subscription sign-up as issued. In pictoral cardboard case. All in unread Fine condition. . Signed by Contributors. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. McSweeney's Paperback books
1996réf. 1176Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society 1996. First edition limited issue of 100 numbered copies signed by editor Jack Sanders on the limitation page as issued. Copy #68. Full cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illsutrations. Fascimile Christmas greeting from Mencken to Goodman tipped-in as issued. Issued without dustjacket. Edited with a Preface by Jack Sanders. Slipcase. Slipcase with beginning toning on some edges. The book is in Fine condition. Uncommon as such. Signed by Editor. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Maryland Historical Society Hardcover books
1954réf. 2167NY: Harper & Brothers 1954. First edition limited issue of 500 unnumbered copies signed by White as "EBW" on the tipped-in limitation page as issued. First issue dustjacket. Quarter-cloth with spine lettering and paper-covered boards. Minimal shelfwear and toning on cloth spine ends board corners lightly tapped; dustjacket with wear at corners large chip at spine topedge/rear panel topedge closed tear on front flap fold wear at folds and toning mostly on spine. Altogether a tight copy in Good condition in a Good intact dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Harper & Brothers Hardcover books
1980réf. 2222264First edition. 13" x 20". Designed by Vance Gerry. Printed in black and green on Arches paper from France. Fine. 1 page broadside. One of 150 signed by Le Guin. Northridge, California unknown books
1851réf. 42443New York: Harper & Brothers 1851. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original pebble-grained red cloth with gilt spine lettering and blind-embossed rules and front board publisher's device. xxiii 635pp 6pp ads. Good plus. Internally a sound "Very good" as it's internally tight and unrestored showing only mild sporadic age toning and occasional light foxing; binding is sound and decent with exposed tips; somewhat rough spine has had 1" X 1" excision archivally and discretely restored and chipped spine head and tail archivally rebuilt see images; pencilled 1852 ownership signature on inner flyleaf. A tight presentable and quite handleable first U.S. edition first issue of this giant of 19th century literature. One of only 3000 U.S. copies the American edition -- preceded by the 2-volume English version one month prior -- met with little fanfare and supposedly many unsold copies were destroyed in an 1854 warehouse fire. Original terra cotta endpapers. Despite wear this is a respectable copy appropriately priced. Housed in a handsome custom red cloth clamshell case with gilt spine lettering. BAL 13664. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1900réf. 40348Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son 1900. Hardcover. Complete 20-volume set. Translation by George Burnham Ives. 8vo. Half brown calf with compartments and gilt letterng and decorations and tan decorated paper over boards. Various paginations. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece with captioned tissue guards full-page illustrations with captioned tissue guards decorative tan endpapers. Very good overall. Bit of occasional edgewear only. A tight quite handsome custom bound full set of the "Edition de Nohant" with colophon noting the limitation to 1000 numbered sets this #83 and this set printed for Charles N. Mann likely the Philadelphia antiquarian and book collector1840-1912. Though not so marked this set hails from the library of Adlai E. Stevenson III Illinois senator and before him the library of his father Adlai E. Stevenson II 1900-65 Illinois governor and twice presidential candidate -- whose wife Ellen Borden 1907-72 likely acquired it she being the family member who read and collected fine literature and poetry. Uncommon set nice condition unusual provenance. George Barrie & Son hardcover books
1998réf. 31034NY: Random House 1998. First edition first prnt. Signed by Mailer on a tipped-in front endpage. One of an unspecified number of copies as such. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. An anthology of various Mailer works published to commemorate both his seventy-fifth birthday and the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of his first novel The Naked and the Dead. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House Hardcover books
1991réf. 60848NY: Farrar Straus Giroux 1991. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Milosz on the front free endpage. Laid-in is a 4"x6" black and white publicity portrait photo of Milosz signed by him. Spine cloth ends lightly pushed; otherwise in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed By Author with Photo. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Farrar Straus Giroux Hardcover books
1979réf. 20552NY: Random House 1979. Limited issue of the first edidtion of 500 numbered copies signed by Styron on the limitation page as issued. Copy #132. Full cloth. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Spine cloth with beginning toning; slipcase with beginning edge toning. Unread copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine slipcase. National Book Award winner and the basis for the 1982 film starring Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep who won her first Oscar for her performance of the title character. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Random House Hardcover books
réf. 2252Houston Yale University Press 2002. 4to. Paper wraps. 239pp. 76 color and 27 black and white illustrations. Second go around of an exhibition that traveled to the Royal Academy in 1988. This catalogue is double the size and more elaborate than the original. unknown books
1907réf. 2222235First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece. Original gilt and white stamped decorative cloth. No Dust jacket. Very good. 90 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Ahouse A10a. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover books
réf. 2222229N.d. ca.1910. Frontispiece portrait. Octavo. Translated by George Long. Contemporary 3/4 white vellum on brown cloth; leather label on gilt stamped spine t.e.g. marble endpapers. No dust jacket. No foxing. Very good fresh copy. 226 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Chapman & Hall, Ltd. hardcover books
1900réf. 2222223First edition. Octavo. B/W frontispiece by Thomas Fogarty 5 full page plates by Fogarty W. D. Stevens and 14 vignettes in the text. Original tan pictorial cloth with design in red green black and white of woman on fire escape hanging laundry signed S.; t.e.g. No dust jacket. Very good spine a bit faded. 254 pages. Signed and inscribed by author to his brother Charles: "This book may remind you od some places we visited together in New York. Your brother Robert Shackleton. April 25 1900." Wright III 4876. Author's first book. Born 1860 died 1923. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1932réf. 2222224First edition thus. Octavo. Original printed stamped wrappers. No dust jacket. Fine. 8 pages include wrappers. Number 91 of 100 privately printed copies signed on colophon by Harvey Taylor. Merle Johnson page 313. Harvard Press paperback books
1922réf. 2222220First edition thus. Small thin octavo. Pictorial dust jacket with portrait of Beerbohm holding a torch. Fine. 29 pages. With two bookplates : N. John Hall; Dan Francis. Beerbohm 1872-1956 controversial essay "A Defence of Cosmetics" first appeared in The Yellow Book in April 1894. It later appeared in "The Works of Max Beerbohm" in a revised version and retitled "The Pervasion of Rouge" in 1896. Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover books
1935réf. 2222217First edition. Octavo. Dust jacket price clipped. Very good. 302 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Arrow Editions hardcover books