Titles starting with A from Charles Agvent, ABAA

New York: Grove Press, (1968). First Edition. cloth. Near Fine in Very Good or better dustwrapper. Warhol's first novel, transcribed from tapes. Bump to upper front cover. Dustwrapper complete with ink alteration to price, some light soiling, and a few closed tears to the rear. ... more information

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1939). wraps. Very Good. Printed wraps. Second Printing. From the library of poet Theodore Roethke SIGNED by him as "Roethke" in black ink on the front cover. There a few marginal checks next to words in either pencil or green ink: credible, demean, feature, mortician, and a few others. Circular stain to front cover slightly affecting the signature. ... more information

Toronto: Ganglia, [1967]. First Edition. wraps. Fine. Single 3-1/4" x 4-1/4" sheet of blue paper folded once. Apparently one of approximately 50 copies printed. Author's second publication. ... more information

New York: B. W. Dodge & Co., 1909. hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Livingston 328. Pirated Edition, preceding the first edition of this collection of stories. This is one of the last copies to be bound with the front cover lettered in red rather than gold. Hinge cracked at rear but very tight; covers bright and fresh. The scarce dustwrapper is complete with only minor chipping at the spine tips and corners. ... more information

[London]: Faber & Faber, n.d [1942]. First Edition. wraps. Fine in original envelope. Scarce. A small (1-1/2" x 5") 32-page ABC book in pictorial wraps housed in a large envelope (3" x 5-1/4") with a similar design to the cover. Charming color illustrations. OCLC locates only one library with a copy. ... more information

[Waltham Saint Lawrence]: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. First Edition. cloth/boards. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Paul Nash. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Title-page and three full-page wood engravings by Paul Nash. Copy #389 of 400. The First English Translation (by Brian Rhys) of this tale about a man who must choose between Christian and Muslim heavens. Boards slightly bowed with mild sunning to the spine. ... more information

Frankfort: P. H. Perrenon, 1783. First Edition. 1/2 calf. Moderate foxing, plates generally clean. Spine very worn.. 5 folding plates & 6 maps. Quarto, xxii [2] 160 pages. The large folding maps with hand-coloring depict Turkey, Russia, Poland, and other European countries. ... more information

London: S&J, 1918. First Edition. Spine a bit worn, label partly lacking. In later slipcase. G. ... more information

New York: House of Books, 1962. First Edition. Fine in original glassine, as issued. One of 300 SIGNED copies, this out-of-series & not numbered. ... more information

New York: Knopf, 1985. First Edition. Cream wraps. A little soiled & worn. Very Good & uncommon in this 1st state.. Uncorrected Proof. ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. Foxing to top bulked edge of text. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Basis for the acclaimed Lawrence Kasdan film starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Oscar-winner Geena Davis. ... more information

New York: Ranney, 1849. First Edition. Original printed wraps. Covers soiled, tear at rear; marginal stains. Decent copy.. Frontis. of riot scene. 32 pages. Sensational & detailed account of the riot that had as its origin a petty quarrel between Edwin Forrest, thought by many to be the first great American actor, & the British actor William Macready. The result was the "sudden death or mutilation of more than fifty citizens," many of whom were innocent bystanders. The riot scene frontis. repeated at the ... more information

Troy: Parker and Bliss, 1812. First Edition. leather. Moderate foxing. Very Good to Near Fine in an attractive binding. Full recent calf incorporating the original rear calf board and the original spine label; 372 pages. Complete with appendix and the list of subscribers including William G. Taylor who has written his name in several places in this book and dated it August 1812 in Albany. ... more information

New York: Phoenix Book Shop, 1969. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. One of only 100 numbered and SIGNED copies. ... more information

At sea: Hillacre, September, 1917. First Edition. Manuscript. Occasional staining, some aging to paper, normal folds from mailing. Very Good. Nine pages typed on four 8-1/2" x 11" leaves of Hotel Brevoort letterhead and Scandinavian-American Line letterhead with Reed's name typed at the top right corner of the first page, and pages numbered at the tops of the following pages. With the original envelope addressed in Reed's hand, postmarked twice and stamped "Opened by Censor." Reed's important unpublished ... more information

Richmond, VA: William F. Ritchie, 1862; 1863. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Moderate soiling to covers. Very Good or better. Contemporary cloth-backed boards with a paper spine label; 36, 154, 29 pages. Includes much pertaining to the Civil War. ... more information

Burlington, NJ: Isaac Collins, 1776. First Edition. 3/4 leather. Light to moderate foxing, typical for American paper of this period. Near Fine in an attractive binding. Folio (8-3/4" x 13-1/8") bound by Brentano's in twentieth century 3/4 polished calf with a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers; viii, 493, [1], 6, 4, 4, 3, [1], 15, [1] pages (appears to lack a 6-page appendix). Covers the period from 1702 to 14 January 1776 with an appendix, three alphabetical tables, and ... more information

Philadelphia: Francis Childs & John Swain, [1793]. First Edition. sheep. Mild, scattered foxing. Slight loss of leather along joints and the heel of the spine, but the covers are tight and the binding is very presentable. Very Good. Octavo bound in contemporary full sheep with a gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine label; 175, iii, [176]-291, i-[iii], [24] pages. Evans 26295. This is the First Edition to include both sessions of Congress; the 1792 edition by the same publisher contained only the first ses... more information

Kansas City: Privately Printed, 1939/1937/1937. First Edition. The first is copy #15 of only 30 copies SIGNED on the colophon by Earle Bernheimer, the publisher. The other two are each #52 of only 60 copies. All are thin quartos (8" x 10-1/2") and are about Fine in the original parchment- backed green printed boards. The three are housed in a clamshell linen box with three leather labels. ... more information

New York: Harcourt Brace, (1959). First Edition. Some sunning to covers. Near Fine in original glassine.. One of 750 numbered copies on rag paper issued to celebrate the publishing house's 40th anniversary, with a printed note from the publisher to this effect laid in. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Sandburg beneath the limitation: "Dick + Florence/ever + always/Carl. ... more information