Naked Lunch
by Burroughs, William S.
New York: Grove Press, 1959. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by William S. Burroughs and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Very Good with soiling and light wear to binding. Pages toned with light soiling to several early pages. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket, early issue with tiny "V" on rear panel, original $6.00 price present, and no publisher's zip code on the rear panel, which... Read More
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Scinde; or the Unhappy Valley
by Burton, Richard F.
London: Richard Bentley, 1851. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Two volumes, finely bound in full polished calf leather by Zanesdorf, with raised bands, boards triple ruled in gilt, gilt-decorated turn-ins, marbled endsheets and top edges gilt. Spines lightly faded. Bookplate and ownership label to front paste downs, and bookseller ticket to recto of rear free endsheets in both volumes. A beautifully bound set of Burton's account of what is present-day India and Pakistan, written while... Read More
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
The Anatomy of Melancholy
by Burton, Robert
Philadelphia: T. Wardle, 1836. First American Edition. Very Good. First American edition, from the thirteenth English edition, corrected. Two volumes, bound in publisher's original brown cloth decorated in blind, with titles in gilt on the spines. Very Good. Cloth faded and lightly worn at the spine ends. Pages heavily foxed, marginal tear to pp. 195 in Volume I, small rubber stamped numbers to rear free endpapers. An immensely popular book in the 17th century, Burton's work was part... Read More
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
The Anatomy of Melancholy: What It Is. With All the Kindes, Causes, Symptomes, Prognosticks, and Severall Cures of It. In Three Maine Partitions, with Their Severall Sections, Members, and Subsections. Philosophically, Medicinally, Historically Opened and Cut Up
by [Burton, Robert]; Democritus Jr. [Pseudonym]
Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624. Second Edition. Very Good. Second edition and first folio edition. [iv], 64, [4], 188, [4], 189-332, [2], 333-379, 370-382, 389-391, 385, 387-557, [7] pp. Two pages misnumbered; pagination eccentricities as issued with no break to text. Printed on laid paper. Divided into three sections flanked by 41 page preface "Democritus Junior to the Reader" and 7 page index. Each section preceded by synopsis chart. Garrison-Morton 4918.1... Read More
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Little House
by Burton, Virginia Lee
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. First Edition. About Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing with 1942 listed on the title page. About Fine with faint stain to rear cover, small bookseller ticket to front free endpaper, else a very sharp and bright copy, in a correct first printing dust jacket, Near Fine, unclipped, with edge wear, a medium-sized chip to the bottom edge of the rear panel, light staining and several tape repairs made to the blindside. A... Read More
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
The Little House
by Burton, Virginia Lee
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing with 1942 listed on the title page. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Cloth frayed and rubbed through at corners and spine ends, foxed heavily at spine and lighter so to covers, faded at spine, and with a small stain to rear cover. Previous owner name to front free end paper. Pages toned and with offsetting from images onto adjacent pages, lightly thumbed with... Read More
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Little House
by Burton, Virginia Lee
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition, first printing with 1942 listed on the title page. Good, lacking the dust jacket. Cloth frayed and rubbed through at corners and spine ends, faded at the spine and with two small stains. Pages lightly thumbed. Binding is strained and a little fragile, with several hinges exposed throughout. A nice copy of this scarce Caldecott winner.
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
How to Be Invisible
by Bush, Kate; David Mitchell [Introduction]
London: Faber & Faber, 2018. Limited Edition. Near Fine. First edition, deluxe limited issue published simultaneously with the trade edition. Number 354 of 500 copies, signed by Kate Bush. Bound in publisher's original red paper-covered boards over beige spine cloth lettered in gilt; housed in publisher's crimson paper solander case, with matching numbered facsimile of "Aerial Tal" housed in crimson sleeve. Near Fine with binding askew from damage to the inner tray of the solander box. A scarce... Read More
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Modern Arms and Free Men: A Discussion of the Role of Science in Preserving Democracy
by Bush, Vannevar
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. First edition. First edition. Signed by Vannevar Bush on the half title and warmly inscribed to former owner. [xiv], 273, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with black stamping and gilt lettering. Very Good+, lacking dust jacket, slightly sunned and rubbed spine, diagonal creases to front free endpaper. An important work that presaged the direction the US military and scientific establishments would take during the Cold War.
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
As We May Think" in The Atlantic, July 1945
by Bush, Vannevar
Concord, NH: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1945. First Edition. Near Fine. First appearance of the foundational essay "As We May Think" by the engineering giant Vannevar Bush, in the July 1945 newsstand issue of The Atlantic magazine. 130, [4] pp. (Bush article pp. 101-108). Bound in publisher's printed wraps. Near Fine with light wear to covers, trivial foxing to covers and textblock edges, and chip to lower corner of pp. 47/48, not affecting text. Vannevar Bush's... Read More
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Modern Arms and Free Men: A Discussion of the Role of Science in Preserving Democracy
by Bush, Vannevar
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Association copy signed by Vannevar Bush on the fly-leaf and inscribed to the diplomat Philip Jessup. [xiv], 273, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth blocked in black and lettered in gilt. Near Fine with sunned spine, dulling to spine gilt, and light rubbing to extremities. Several small stains to textblock edges, light foxing to same and free endpapers. In a Very Good... Read More
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Slippery Hitch
by Butler, Gerald
New York: Rinehart and Company, Inc, 1949. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. [viii], 245 pp. Tan cloth with black and yellow lettering. Near Fine with slightly foxed cloth and edges, corners bumped, in a Near Fine dust jacket with a slightly dulled spine panel, back panel a little rubbed. A psychological thriller about two brothers with a Jekyll and Hyde relationship.
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Clay's Ark
by Butler, Octavia E.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Bound in publisher's original black cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with faint wear to spine ends, faint foxing to textblock edge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. A fantastic copy, signed by the author.
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Dawn
by Butler, Octavia E.
New York: Warner Books, 1987. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Bound in publisher's original green paper-covered boards over dark blue spine cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. The first title in the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winning author's acclaimed Xenogenesis Trilogy.
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Parable of the Talents
by Butler, Octavia E.
New York: Seven Stories Press, 1998. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's original black paper-covered boards with spine lettered in silver. Crease to pp. 339/340 else Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear. A lovely signed copy of this Nebula Award winner.
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Wild Seed
by Butler, Octavia E.
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1980. First Edition. First edition, first printing, advance review copy with publisher's slip laid. Signed by Octavia Butler on the front free endpaper and inscribed to collector Larry Verre, "Good Reading." [viii], 248 pp. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth affect boards with spine lettered in light purple. Faint foxing to top edge, else Fine in a Fine unclipped dust jacket, hint of toning to spine panel. A beautiful copy of the fourth book... Read More
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Wild Seed
by Butler, Octavia E.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1980. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Near Fine with light remainder spray to bottom textblock edge, faint toning to pages, faint shelf wear, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. Though this is the fourth published book in Butler's Patternist series, chronologically it is the earliest.
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Clay's Ark
by Butler, Octavia E.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. Book Club Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Book club edition. Signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Bound in publisher's original black paper-covered boards with titles in magenta. Very Good+ with light edge wear to binding, light crease to rear board. In a Very Good dust jacket with light edge wear, two short edge-tears, creasing to top of rear panel, light staining to blank verso.
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Patternmaster
by Butler, Octavia
New York: Warner Books, 1995. Signed by Octavia Butler on title page in ink, inscribed to former owner, "To Kathy the collector." [iv], 202, [2] pp. Wraps. Second printing. Near Fine with light wear. A signed sci-fi novel by the Hugo and Nebula-winning author.
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Clay's Ark
by Butler, Octavia E.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. Book Club Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book club edition. Signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Bound in publisher's original black paper-covered boards with titles in magenta. Near Fine with slight lean to binding. In a Near Fine dust jacket with light rubbing and light edge wear.
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Adulthood Rites
by Butler, Octavia E.
New York: Warner Books, 1988. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. Signed by Octavia E. Butler and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's original green wraps printed in black. Very Good with light wear and light soiling to wraps with marking and adhesive shadow to front cover. The second title in the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winning author's acclaimed Xenogenesis Trilogy.
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Dawn
by Butler, Octavia E.
New York: Warner Books, 1987. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Bound in publisher's original green paper-covered boards over dark blue spine cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with faint foxing and faint soiling to top edge of textblock, light worming to fore edge. In a Near fine unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and light edge wear. The first title in the multiple Hugo and... Read More
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Mind of My Mind
by Butler, Octavia E.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1977. First edition. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing; advance review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Signed by Octavia Butler and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. xviii, 169 pp. Bound in publisher's original green leatherette boards with blue titles to the spine. Fine, bright and unread with trivial rubbing along bottom edge, in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. A truly lovely copy of the second novel in... Read More
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Kindred
by Butler, Octavia E.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1979. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page and inscribed to former owners. Bound in publisher's brown paper-covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with wear to rear cover, two diagonal creases to the front free endpaper and half-title page, slight odor to pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light soiling, toning, light... Read More
Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Adulthood Rites
by Butler, Octavia E.
New York: Warner Books, 1988. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Bound in publisher's original red paper-covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in gilt. Boards lightly splayed and pages have a gentle wave to them, still Near Fine, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear. The second title in the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winning author's acclaimed Xenogenesis Trilogy. ... Read More
Offered by Burnside Rare Books