Charlotte Bronte's Works, with Emily Bronte and Anne Bronte's Works (in 6 vols.)
by Bronte, Charlotte, Anne, and Emily
London: Robert Riviere & Son, [N.D.]. Temple Press Edition. Near Fine. Finely bound by Riviere & Son in half calf over cloth, with ornate gilt to spines. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Measuring 170 x 105mm and collating complete with frontis, half title, and full title to each volume. A Near Fine set, with some minor marks to closed text blocks of several volumes and small bump to the crown of Shirley. In all, a lovely, square example... Read More
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Villette (in 3 vols.)
by [Brontë, Charlotte] Currer Bell
London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1853. First edition. Near Fine. With the publisher's catalogue dated January 1853 at the end of volume one. A Very Good+ copy, a clean and appealing set overall. Three volumes, octavo (121 x 191 mm). Collating complete except for the half-titles: [4], 324, [12 pp., publisher's catalogue]; [4], 319, [1]; [2], 350, [2] pp. Attractively bound in late nineteenth-century half red morocco over marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Minor edgewear. Some light occasional... Read More
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Novels of the Sisters Bronte (in 12 vols)
by Bronte, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1924. Thornton Edition. Twelve octavo volumes (8 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 205 x 140 mm.) occupying approximately 17 1/2 inches (44 1/2 cm.) of shelf space. Handsomely bound ca. 1960 by [Rivière] for Henry Sotheran in three-quarter red calf over red cloth boards ruled in blind. Spines decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments, two blue and green morocco lettering labels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispieces and plates. Half-titles and title-pages printed in red and... Read More
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The Collected Poems
by Brooke, Rupert
London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, 1919. First thus. Near Fine. One of 1,000 copies printed by C.T Jacobi at the Chiswick Press and published for the Medici Society by Philip Lee Warner. Contemporary half red calf over marbled boards ruled in gilt. Quarto. x, 156, [1, colophon] pp. With a woodcut title-page and frontisportrait of Brooke by G. Raverat. Gilt-titled spine in six compartments. Some wear to edges of boards. Top edge gilt. Mid-twentieth... Read More
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Poems
by [Browning], Elizabeth B. Barrett
London: Edward Moxon, 1844. First edition. Fine. A Near Fine copy in the publisher's original cloth binding. Spines a bit toned, slight wear at the extremities and a short split in the cloth on the lower spine of volume 2. Internally clean and fresh, an excellent set overall. It appears that sheets were mostly selected and bound up at random. This copy with a publisher's catalogue tipped into vol. 1 dated Jan. 1845 and with the corrected reading... Read More
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The Poems of Robert Browning (Finely Bound)
by Browning, Robert
London: Oxford University Press, 1926. Later Edition. Finely bound by Riviere & Son in navy morocco inlaid with royal blue morocco and ornately stamped in gilt to spine and boards. All edges brightly gilt. Inner dentelles gilt. Marbled endpapers. Internally clean and unmarked. Measuring 190 x 125mm. A beautiful example of Browning's most important works. Robert Browning (1812- 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, and in particular the dramatic monologue, made him... Read More
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Dear Mr. Bukowski (Signed limited edition)
by Bukowski, Charles
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. Number 47 of 50 signed copies, with author signature on colophon. A collection 12 unbound leaves measuring 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches, numbered 1-11, with 1 unnumbered leaf contained in an envelope. Extremely clean and bright leaves silkscreened with illustrations and text, Fine in nearly Fine envelope. Orange envelope with brown ribbon and silkscreened text and artist's holograph, slight overall fading to colored paper. Artist book... Read More
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It Catches my Heart in its Hands (Signed with artwork)
by Bukowski, Charles
New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1963. First edition. Near Fine. A beautiful early production from the Loujon Press signed and with a drawing by Charles Bukowski (titled "Self Portrait," dated 2-16-64) One of 777 copies. Publisher's paper wrappers. Some slight edgewear, still a bright, Near Fine copy. Printed letterpress and hand-bound by Louise and John Webb, this poetry collection is one of the most beautiful and elaborate productions of any work by Bukowski. Krumhansl 12. Near... Read More
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Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts (Inscribed to a poet)
by Bukowski, Charles
Bensenville, Ill: Mimeo Press / Publishers of Ole, 1965. First edition. Near Fine. One of about 500 copies of the first edition, this one elaborately inscribed by Bukowski to Los Angeles poet Jack Grapes: "For Marcus J[ack] Grapes - Who welds the sad tear to the face of it. Our songs our nothing songs ache like teeth. Tomorrow: no teeth. Boy o boy! Charles Bukowski 1-28-66." Publisher's illustrated saddle-stitched wrappers, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 24 unpaginated leaves, 2... Read More
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It Catches my Heart in its Hands (Signed twice)
by Bukowski, Charles
New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1963. First edition. Very Good +. A beautiful early production from the Loujon Press signed twice by Charles Bukowski with quotes. One of 777 copies (which were issued with just one signature). Publisher's paper wrappers. Some slight edgewear, still a bright, Very Good+ copy. With a Bukowski signature and aphorism in silver on the front free endpaper ("Almost everybody I know is a writer. All the people I know are writers. I do... Read More
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Cold Dogs in the Courtyard
by Bukowski, Charles
Chicago: Literary Times & Cyfoeth Press, 1965. First edition. Near Fine. One of five hundred copies of the first edition. Cover design by Betsy Milam. A Near Fine copy with just a bit of toning to the spine. This chapbook compiles thirteen of Charles Bukowski's poems that had been previously rejected by literary magazines and book publishers. In his "Foreward" [sic], Bukowski writes, "The poems in this book...have been overlooked (or looked-over and shunned) by those people... Read More
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Cold Dogs in the Courtyard (Inscribed to a poet)
by Bukowski, Charles
Chicago: Literary Times & Cyfoeth Press, 1965. First edition. Near Fine. One of five hundred copies of the first edition, this copy inscribed on the title-page by Charles Bukowski to poet Jack Grapes. Cover design by Betsy Milam. A Near Fine copy with just a bit of toning to the spine. This chapbook compiles thirteen of Charles Bukowski's poems that had been previously rejected by literary magazines and book publishers. In his "Foreward" [sic], Bukowski writes, "The... Read More
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Original photograph (Signed)
by [Bukowski, Charles]; [Richard Robinson (photographer)]
n.d.. Fine. Large original print on 8 x 10 kodak paper, signed by Bukowski. Assumed to be by Richard Robinson from his series of portraits of the author during the 1970s, although without artist signature or markings. Bukowski notoriously hated having his photograph taken. Fine.
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You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense
by Bukowski, Charles
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. One of 500 first trade editions. A Fine copy in nearly Fine publisher's acetate. Bound in cream boards with black cloth backstrip and maintaining paper title on spine; purple, grey, and blue title, with dark blue endpapers. Insignificant discoloration to top of closed text block, otherwise a copy that appears unread. In this poetry collection, hedonistic artist looks unflinchingly at his childhood, among other topics. A... Read More
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The Little Pilgrim's Progress
by [Bunyan, John]
Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theodore Bliss, 1855. Early edition. Apparent third edition, following those of 1845 and 1850, with all three fairly scarce institutionally. Original red publisher's cloth binding stamped in blind with gilt to spine. Buff endpapers. Measuring 95 x 110mm and complete in 96 pages. A pleasing, square copy with a bit of loss to crown of spine. Early ownership signature of Jane Brewster to front endpaper above bookseller's stamp; monogram bookplate of Albert A. Howard to... Read More
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A Clockwork Orange
by Burgess, Anthony
London: Heinemann, 1962. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. A Near Fine copy in the publisher's original black cloth, a few white scuff marks on the rear board. In a Near Fine first issue dust jacket with deeper flaps and the original price of 16s on the lower front flap. Two small punctures to the front panel and one to the front flap. A striking copy of this controversial novel that became an equally controversial film. A story... Read More
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In the Closed Room
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson. Jessie Wilcox Smith (illustrator)
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1904. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Publishers ribbed green cloth, front cover decoratively stamped in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 210 x 144 mm.). Collating [ii], iv, 130. Text printed in green and black throughout, with eight full-page color plates. Book in Near Fine condition few leaves roughly opened on fore-edge. The top 3/4 inch of the jacket spine is... Read More
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Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
by [Fine Binding - Cosway style] Robert Burns
Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, and sold by William Creech, 1787. Second edition. Near Fine. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, and sold by William Creech, 1787. Second edition. First Edinburgh edition (first published in Kilmarnock in 1786). First issue, with "Roxburgh" misprinted "Boxburgh" on p. xxxvii in the list of subscribers and "skinking" on p. 263, line 13 (in later issues, the word was misprinted as "stinking"). In a fine and exceptionally beautiful jeweled Cosway-style binding by Sangorski... Read More
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Scots Ballads (Signed limited edition)
by Burns, Robert (illustrator)
London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1939. First edition. Fine. One of sixty copies signed by the artist (only fifty of which were for sale). Publisher's deluxe full vellum titled in gilt. Folio. [81] ff., fully illustrated with black-and-white plates, calligraphic text, and elaborate head- and tail-pieces inspired by manuscript illumination. A lovely, Fine copy with the publisher's prospectus (reproducing two illustrations and a page of text) laid in. This elegant production was the last significant... Read More
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Naked Lunch
by Burroughs, William
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1959. First American edition. Fine/Fine. A Fine copy in like dust jacket. Publisher's black cloth over gray paper boards. Top edge stained black. First issue unclipped dust jacket without the zip code in the publisher's address on back panel. A lovely copy in a bright dust jacket with just a bit of crinkling to crown. William S. Burroughs' infamous novel meanders through the absurd and perverse in an improbable, non-linear narrative. While... Read More
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The Naked Lunch
by Burroughs, William
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. First edition. Very Good/Very Good. A Very Good copy in like dust jacket. Rear free end paper of the book excised and some splitting at the lower inside joint. Dust jacket with some overall age toning and a small chip at the base of the spine. First printing with the green border on the title page and the original publisher's price of 1500 Francs on both the rear cover of the book and... Read More
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Iracema, or Honey Lips; and Manuel de Moraes the Convert
by Burton, Isabel, trans. [J. de Alencar; J. M. Pereira da Silva]
London: Bickers & Son, 1886. First English language edition. Near Fine. Finely bound by Boundey, Root & Son in half morocco over marbled boards. Top edge brightly gilt. Marbled endpapers. Internally a pleasing copy, unmarked but for a previous ownership stamp from the Catholic University of America Library to the lower first title. Collates vii, [1, blank], 101, [1, blank]; vii,138: bound without the original paper wrappers else complete. A pleasing copy of an important work, Isabel Burton's... Read More
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Dawn (Inscribed first edition)
by Butler, Octavia E.
New York: Warner Books, 1987. First edition. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by the author on the title-page: "To Richard - Best Wishes Octavia E. Butler." A Fine copy in like dust jacket. Dawn is the first of three books in the Xenogensis series, followed by Adulthood Rites (1988) and Imago (1989), which were collected under the title Lilith's Brood in 2000. The series dwells on themes Butler established in her earlier Patternist books and would revisit again and... Read More
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Love Poems from the Portuguese of Luis de Camoens (Signed limited edition)
by [Fine Binding - Charles Meunier] Luis de Camoens
London: Pirvately reprinted, 1886. Limited edition. Fine. Number 49 of 50 copies on Japan Paper, signed by the editor, B.B. Haggin. Small quarto (8 9/16 x 6 9/16 inches; 217 x 167 mm.). [iv], [117], [3, blank] pp. Original stiff paper wrappers decorated in gold bound in, and illustrated with very attractive, engraved head and tail-pieces. Additionally inscribed on a front blank leaf "Compliments of the Editor/B.B. Haggin/March 27th, 1892." Bound ca. 1892 by Charles Meunier (stamp-signed in... Read More
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The Little Osage Captive, an Authentic Narrative
by [Captivity Narratives] Cornelius, Elias
Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1822. First edition. Very Good. Publisher's red roan over blue paper-covered boards. Sixteenmo. 108 pp. Complete with frontispiece and one other plate. Gilt-titled spine. Paper over boards chipped and dustsoiled. Contemporary ink ownership signature (Mary Ann D Parker) to front verso of frontispiece. Toning to endpapers and some foxing throughout. Still a Very Good copy of this unusual captive narrative. This captivity narrative, written for a young audience, differs from others in the... Read More
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