Somebody In Boots
by Algren, Nelson
New York: Vanguard Press, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 322 pp. Original orange cloth with black spine lettering, reddish brown top stain. Very Good with light spine sunning, very faint scuffs, and small ink spot along front gutter; internally excellent with barely any foxing and straight binding. A very nice copy of Algren's rare first novel.
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Journal d'un substitut de campagne
by al-Hakim, Tawfiq; Tewfik el-Hakim; S.E. Hafez Afifi Pacha [Preface]; G. Wiet [Translator]; Z. M. Hassan [Translator]
Cairo, Egypt: Editions de La Revue Caire, 1939. First Edition. First French edition. Signed by Tawfiq al-Hakim on the limitation page, copy #264 of 450 thus. [viii], 154 pp. Bound in contemporary half vellum with gouache decorated boards, leather spine label lettered in gilt, top edge gilt; original wraps bound in. In French. Near Fine with light soiling and ear to vellum, fore edge shows hint of foxing. A beautifully bound, signed copy of a novel by a major... Read More
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![[The Divine Comedy]. The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri, Consisting of the Inferno - Purgatorio - and Paradiso](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/738/542/1508542738.0.l.jpg)
[The Divine Comedy]. The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri, Consisting of the Inferno - Purgatorio - and Paradiso
by Alighieri, Dante; Rev. Henry Boyd [Translator]
London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1802. First Complete Edition in English. Near Fine. First edition of the first full translation of Dante's Divine Comedy into English. Octavo. Three volumes bound in contemporary full calf with gilt stamping and raised bands to spine. Light rubbing to bindings, darkening to spines; shallow chip to head of Volume III. Tanning and light foxing to interiors, particularly the title page of Volume I, joints repaired at an early... Read More
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Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
by Alinsky, Saul
New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Saul Alinsky on the front free endpaper and inscribed" To Francine Goldberg. With gratitude: Saul Alinsky." xxvi, 196 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering, red lettering on front board. Near Fine with slight lean to binding in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with small edge tears and light rubbing to panels, not much of the usual fading to spine panel. An... Read More
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The Sporting Repository, containing Horse Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism, Pugilism, Anecdotes on Sporting Subjects
by Alken, Henry
London: Thomas McLean, 1822. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Bound in full straight-grain green morocco, stamped in blind, with raised bands and gilt tooling to spine, all edges marbled. With 19 beautiful hand-colored aquatint plates. Binding lightly scuffed, rubbed at extremities, with a 2-inch split at the top of the outer front joint, though binding remains strong. Previous owner inscription to first blank, sporadic foxing to tissue guards, and one tissue guard is lacking a corner. Contains... Read More
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The Sacred Mushroom & the Cross: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Near East
by Allegro, John Marco
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1970. First edition. First American edition, first printing. xii, 349 pp. w/ two color photos. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with faint soiling to boards in Near Fine dust jacket, worn at spine ends, a little toned, unclipped ($7.95). Uncommon. A cult classic by the archaeologist who popularized the Dead Sea Scrolls, maintaining through a complex argument rooted in linguistics that the historical Jesus never... Read More
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The Lords of Creation
by Allen, Frederick Lewis
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. xii, 483 pp. Publisher's crimson cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in Very Good unclipped ($3.00) metallic gold dust jacket, chipped along edges with a bit of wrinkling and dulling to spine panel, some scuffs. Faint stamp to front free endpaper, book may have been a review or publisher's file copy. Rare in jacket.A secret history of American finance from 1900 to the Great Depression,... Read More
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A Kentucky Cardinal: A Story
by Allen, James Lane
New York: Harpers & Brothers Publishers, 1894. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing with 13 titles on p. 152 ending in picture and text by Henry James, no signature mark on p. 9, half-title present. A presentation copy signed in the year of publication by James Lane Allen on the title page and inscribed to the former owner American physician and social reformer Albert Leffingwell (1845-1916) dated 14 April, 1895. [vi], 147, [6] pp. Bound in... Read More
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The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky and Other Kentucky Articles
by Allen, James Lane
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. First Edition. Good+. First edition, first printing. x, 322, [2] pp., illustrated with wood engravings. Bound in publisher's olive green cloth stamped in darker green and lettered in gilt. Good+ with lean to spine, moderate rubbing to cloth and spine gilt, and light dampstaining to upper front board. Light foxing to endpapers, rear hinge starting, owner signature and gift inscription dated 1931 to front free endpaper. BAL 454. A collection of... Read More
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The Oaken Heart
by Allingham, Margery
London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1941. First edition. First edition. Signed by Margery Allingham in ink on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner and dated 1956. 276 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with silver lettering. Very Good, spine lean,a little dust-soil and two small stains to back board, lacking dust jacket. An uncommon signed nonfiction book from the British detective novelist, often referred to as one of the four Queens of Crime. It describes the WWII preparation... Read More
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Sun Shine: Number 10
by Alpaugh, Lloyd
Somerville, NJ: Published by the Editor for SAPS. ca. 1952. Science fiction fanzine published for SAPS. Original side-stapled sheets. Very Good with toning and light wear. A SAPS science fiction fanzine. A nice copy.
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Sun Shine: Number 7. October, 1951
by Alpaugh, Lloyd
Somerville, NJ: Published by the Editor. Number 7. October, 1951. Science fiction fanzine. Original side-stapled sheets. Very Good with toning and light wear. Light chipping to edges.
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Punk Magazine, Vol. 1 No. 2 (July 30, 1973)
by Altman, Billy [Editor]; Lester Bangs; Richard Meltzer
Buffalo, NY: Punk Magazine Inc, 1973. The second issue of Buffalo's Punk Magazine-- a predecessor of the much better-known New York City periodical with the same name by two years. 20 pp. Tabloid format newspaper. Very Good with horizontal fold, evenly toned, diagonal closed edge tear on first two leaves. Rare.An important, unjustly obscure short-lived garage/ proto-punk periodical issued by a University of Buffalo student with articles by leading rock critics Lester Bangs and Richard Meltzer. A primary source... Read More
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The Dark Frontier
by Ambler, Eric
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1936. First edition. First edition. 320 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with navy lettering. Very Good with slightly sunned spine, slight lean, rubbing and a little soiling to cloth, name on front free endpaper. Lacking dust jacket.The British novelist's uncommon first novel, which predicted the invention of the atomic bomb.
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A Coffin for Dimitrios
by Ambler, Eric
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Hardcover. First Black Widow edition. Signed by Eric Ambler on title page, inscribed to former owner. 281 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good+ with light rubbing to cloth and gilt, in a Fair dust jacket, well-worn, large chip missing from rear panel and head, panels reattached with archival mending tissue, price torn off. The classic spy novel, titled A Mask for Dimitrios in its original British edition and as a 1944... Read More
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The Mask of Dimitrios
by Ambler, Eric
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1939. First Edition. Good. First edition. 320pp. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good+ condition, sans jacket. Cloth a bit stained with wear spot on back board, spine darkened, slight lean, previous owner's bookplate on paste down, small stain on fore edge, internally clean and fairly bright. The basis of a 1944 film noir and a classic of espionage literature known as A Coffin for Dimitrios in the US; uncommon as the publisher's... Read More
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Background to Danger
by Ambler, Eric
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First American edition. First American edition, first printing. [xii], 280 pp. Bound in publisher's orange cloth with dark brown stamping. Near Fine with bookseller's stamp to front free endpaper, pages toned with age, offsetting to endpapers, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with wear spot along top edge of front panel, tiny stain, rubbing, unclipped ($2.00). A spy novel that inspired a 1943 film directed by Raoul Walsh; the British first was titled... Read More
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Cause for Alarm
by Ambler, Eric
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1938. First Edition. First edition, first impression. 320 pp. Original blue cloth with black lettering. Good only, lacking original jacket. Scratched area on spine, faint soiling to cloth. Slight lean. Some erasures and worn spots on endpapers, small ink notation "p. 17" on front paste down. An early spy novel of the British author, set in Mussolini's Italy. Rare in its original British edition.
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The Mask of Dimitrios
by Ambler, Eric
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1939. First Edition. Good. First edition. 320 pp. Red cloth with black lettering on spine; lacking the dust jacket. Good, with spine cloth faded, a few small stains and light fraying to cloth, slight cock to spine. Light pencil gift inscription to fep "In commemoration of the Great War of 1939." Light foxing to edges and endpapers. The basis of a 1944 film noir and a classic of espionage literature known as A... Read More
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A Coffin for Dimitrios
by Ambler, Eric
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First American Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Signed by Eric Ambler and inscribed to Norman Nolan on page facing title page at the Mystery Writers of America awards (Ambler won the Grand Master award) in New York, April 25, 1975. From the Otto Penzler Collection of Mystery Fiction. [xiv], 281, [1] pp. Publisher's light gray cloth stamped in crimson, crimson top edge. Fine in a very Near Fine unclipped, unfaded dust... Read More
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Journey into Fear
by Ambler, Eric
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1945. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Eric Ambler to film director Roy Ward Baker, dated August 16, 1946. Ambler was Baker's superior in the British army at the time, shortly thereafter penning the screenplay for his first feature, The October Man. They would collaborate in 1958 on the Titanic thriller A Night to Remember, Baker's best-known film. Second edition, early printing. 224 pp. Very Good in a Very Good jacket with a chipped... Read More
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Background to Danger
by Ambler, Eric
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Advance Copy. Good. Advance Reading Copy, preceding the first American edition. 280 pp. Publisher's plain wraps: "Special Advance Copy for private and confidential use only / not to be sold or offered to the public." Good with masking tape to some corners of wraps, creased concave spine, bumped corners. Wraps unevenly toned and offset (it looks like some sort of makeshift spine label was made at one time, perhaps for a reference... Read More
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Background to Danger
by Ambler, Eric
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First American edition. First American edition, first printing. [xii], 280 pp. Publisher's orange cloth binding with dark brown stamping. Very Good with light rubbing to cloth at edges, toning to pages and browning to paste downs from binder's glue. In a Good+ dust jacket with price intact, rubbing at folds, medium-sized chips to edges and fraying at the spine ends.
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Epitaph for a Spy
by Ambler, Eric
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1938. First edition. First edition, first impression. 287, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's light blue cloth with black lettering. A Very Good+, solid copy, lacking the dust jacket. Light wear, small scuff near foot, slight lean to spine. A British pre-WWII spy novel, filmed as Hotel Reserve in 1944.
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Jean Ames (Portfolio of six large prints)
by Ames, Jean Goodwin
[np]: [No Publisher], 1977. Six loose 20 3/4" x 16" black-and-white prints housed in a mustard yellow portfolio with the artist's name on the front wrap. A little scuffing and slight wear to the portfolio, bright prints in Fine condition. A collection of pencil drawings reminiscent of the illustrations of Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire by Southern California based artist Jean Goodwin Ames (1903-1986). She and her husband Arthur were both educators and artists. She taught at Scripps College... Read More
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