A Personal Record
by Conrad, Joseph
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1912 First American edition, first printing. Publisher's navy cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt. Very good, with light toning to spine, mild dimming to spine gilt, boards slightly bowed, minor wear to spine ends and board corners, a touch of soiling to rear board, bookseller's book listing affixed to front pastedown, small pencil mark to p. 7, and text slightly damaged on pp. 52-53. Overall, a pleasing and tight copy. Housed in... Read More
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Notes on Life and Letters
by Conrad, Joseph
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921 First American edition, first printing. Publisher's navy cloth, with front board and spine stamped in gilt; in its original pale blue dust jacket, printed in green, with Paul Brown's rendering of a Conrad bust sculpted by Jo Davidson to front panel. Near fine book, with a tiny bump to bottom right corner of front board, a touch of rubbing to spine ends and corners, light offsetting to endpapers, and slightly dusty top edge... Read More
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Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
by Conrad, Joseph
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1914 First edition, second issue, with the title page as a cancel leaf pasted upon the remaining hinge left by the removed first issue title page and with eight pages of publisher's advertisements dated August 1913 bound in at the end of the text. Earliest obtainable issue; "only some fifty copies of the first edition of Chance with the genuine first title-page were issued and... the cancelled titles were destroyed by the binders" (Wise, 22).... Read More
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Twixt Land and Sea
by Conrad, Joseph
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1912 First edition, third issue with corrected "Seven" to front board. One of 3500 copies. Publisher's olive-green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered in black. Very good, with light toning to spine, small dent to right edge of front board, mild soiling to bottom edge of text block, and light thumbsoiling to front endpapers and title page. Overall, an attractive copy. Wise 21. Twixt Land & Sea is... Read More
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Baseballogy
by Cooke, Edmund Vance
Chicago: Forbes and Company, 1912 First edition. 8vo. Publisher's tan boards, titles and border in blue to front board, illustration of two hands holding a bat with green background to front board, small illustrations throughout text leaves; dust jacket with identical layout. Near fine book with previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper and a bit of offsetting from page illustrations; very good dust jacket with some shallow chipping to edges, small closed tear to top of front panel, and... Read More
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The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
by Coolidge, Calvin
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929 Illustrated with 12 black-and-white photographs, including a frontispiece of Coolidge. One of 1,000 numbered copies signed by Coolidge on the limitation page, this being number 26. Publisher's quarter navy cloth, with gray paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, laid paper; lacking publisher's slipcase. Near fine, with a touch of rubbing to spine ends, some light red staining to top of front board, moderately worn corners, and light soiling to front free endpaper. Overall, a... Read More
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Chefs-d'Oeuvre Dramatiques de P. & zt. Corneille, Avec le Jugement des Savans à la suite de chaque Pièce
by Corneille, Pierre and Thomas
London, 1783 24 mo. Five volumes. Early edition. Finely bound in contemporary tan mottled calf, boards triple-ruled in gilt and spines stamped in gilt, board edges and turn-ins gilt, text block edges gilt, red and blue marbled endpapers; green silk markers in each volume. A near fine set with just some light wear to extremities, most pronounced in Vol. II, two small holes in the leather of Vol. V, bookplate of Philibert Bruys de Gardes to front pastedown of each... Read More
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Remarks on an Article Inserted in the Papers of the Shakespeare Society
by Croker, Thomas Crofton
London: [s.n.], 1849 First edition, first printing. A very good disbound copy, with slight loss to the bottom left corner of the front page, slight chipping along the right edge of the front page, smudging across the front page, otherwise clean pages with little to no wear. A nineteenth century pamphlet published to "the attention of the Council of the Percy Society having been directed to an article on Massinger's play of 'Beleeve as You List,' inserted in the 4th... Read More
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The Book of Genesis Illustrated
by [Crumb, Robert]
New York: W. W. Norton and Compan, 2009 Illustrated by Robert Crumb. First limited edition, first printing. One of 250 copies signed and numbered by Crumb, this being number 18. Publisher’s black cloth with titles stamped in gilt to front board and spine, serpent illustration in gilt to rear board; housed in publisher’s black slipcase with illustration of Adam and Eve being expelled from Eden to front board. Fine book; fine slipcase. Includes signed print of Chapter 1 illustration of... Read More
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i: Six Nonlectures
by Cummings, E. E.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953 First limited edition. One of 350 copies numbered and signed by Cummings, this being number 208. Publisher's two-toned white and black cloth, lettered in black to spine; in its original black dust jacket, lettered in white, price-clipped as usual. Near fine book, with a touch of wear to extremities, and light toning to spine; good dust jacket, with light toning to spine, variously worn and creased with a large area of loss to top edge... Read More
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Nine Poems
by Cummings, E.E.
[Connecticut]: Yale University, December 1965 Designed and printed by Galen Harley. First edition thus. One of 35 numbered copies, this being number 8. Signed and inscribed by printer Galen Harley in pencil to title page: "To my very / dear friend Dave / Very best wishes / Galen." Publisher's brown wrappers, front wrapper lettered in white, text printed on handmade paper and tissue colored in varying shades of brown. About fine, with a couple of light creases to front wrapper.... Read More
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The Enormous Room
by Cummings, E. E.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922 First edition, first state with “shit” present on p. 219. Association copy, signed and inscribed by Cummings to editor Malcolm Cowley on front free endpaper: “To Malcolm Cowley / (qui?) / E. E. Cummings.” Publisher's mustard yellow cloth, lettered in black. Very good book with light toning to spine and pages, light rubbing to spine and tail edge of boards and text block, previous owner’s bookplate (book collector H. Bradley Martin) to front pastedown.... Read More
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Washington Irving: A Sketch
by Curtis, George William
New York: The Grolier Club, 1891 Illustrated with two plates. First edition. One of 344 copies printed on handmade paper. Publisher's red morocco binding, with Grolier Club insignia in gilt to front board, board edges triple-ruled in gilt, five raised bands to spine, with spine lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, and brown endpapers. Near fine, with light rubbing to spine ends, some nicks to spine bands, light rubbing to joints, a bit of ink staining to top... Read More
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Washington Irving: A Sketch
by Curtis, George William
New York: The Grolier Club, 1891 Illustrated with two plates. First edition. One of 344 copies printed on handmade paper. Publisher's red morocco binding, with Grolier Club insignia in gilt to front board, board edges triple-ruled in gilt, five raised bands to spine, with spine lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, and brown endpapers. Near fine, with bright gilt, light rubbing to spine ends, some black ink staining to spine, corners, and a tiny spot to front board,... Read More
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Dahl, Roald
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964 First edition, first issue, with a six-line colophon; first state dust jacket. Publisher's red cloth, with the title in blind to the front board, gilt lettering to spine, and black topstain; in the original dust jacket designed by Schindelman, with illustration of a chocolate candy bar, Charlie, and Willy Wonka to the front panel, illustration of Wonka dancing in front of billboards to the rear panel. Very good book, with slight dimming to spine... Read More
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The Twits
by Dahl, Roald
London: Jonathan Cape, 1980 Illustrated by Quentin Blake. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Dahl on front free endpaper: "To / Amanda / Love / Roald Dahl / 1980 / [flourish]". Publisher's original red cloth with titles in gilt to spine; original cream-colored dust jacket with Blake illustrations to front and rear panels, lettered in red and black. Two light creases to front board, else fine book; about fine unclipped dust jacket, with just some light fading to spine.... Read More
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Signed Inferno Canto 3 (Divine Comedy)
by Dalí, Salvador
1960 Original 10 ¼" x 13" wood engraving, in a 20 ¼" x 23" frame. Signed by Dalí in red, and signed again in pencil. Original color wood engraving of the boatman Charon crossing the Acheron, printed on BFK Rives paper, with a deckled bottom edge, blindstamp of the editor J. Estrade of Les Heures Claires to lower left, matted in white, and in a black frame. Fine. Overall, a striking work by the great Spanish artist. In... Read More
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Signed Inferno Canto 5 (Divine Comedy)
by Dalí, Salvador
1960 Original 10 ¼" x 13" wood engraving, in a 20 ¼" x 23" frame. Signed by Dalí in red, and signed again in pencil. Original color wood engraving of Minos judging sinners, printed on BFK Rives paper, with a deckled bottom edge, blindstamp of the editor J. Estrade of Les Heures Claires and "g.a. VIII/VIII" numbering in pencil to lower left, matted in white, and in a black frame. Fine. Overall, a memorable work by the great Spanish artist.... Read More
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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
by [Dalí, Salvador]; Cellini, Benvenuto
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1948 Translated by John Addington Symonds. Illustrated by Salvador Dalí with full-page color plates and black-and-white drawings. First trade edition. Signed by Dalí with an original drawing of a horse on verso of half-title page. Publisher's red cloth, with horse illustration in gilt to front board, and black label lettered in gilt to spine. Very good, with some fading to spine, some rubbing to spine label and dimming to spine gilt, front board gilt bright,... Read More
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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
by Darwin, Charles
London: John Murray, 1868 Two volumes. First edition, first issue. One of 1500 copies. Bound in three-quarter contemporary brown calf over red marbled boards, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. A very good set with some wear and rubbing along edges and spines, former owner bookplate to front pastedowns, some foxing to the first few leaves, otherwise clean. Freeman 878.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.
by Darwin, Charles
London: John Murray, 1872 First edition, second issue with "htat" misprint on the first line of page 208. One of 7000 copies. Publisher's green cloth with decorative borders in blind to front and rear boards, titles and decorations in gilt to spine, green endpapers, seven Heliotype Plates numbered in Arabic. Very good or better with light wear to spine hinges and corners, a bit of toning to spine, some spotting to the plates on pages 180 and 264, a few... Read More
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Punk
by Davis, Julie (Editor)
London: Millington, Davison Publishing, 1977 First edition, first impression. Publisher's black and white pictorial wrappers, lettered in red. Very good, with light toning to spine, light edgewear, a tiny spot of soiling to front wrapper, colophon page detached but present, and some spotting to title page. Overall, a great copy of this contemporary collection of punk fanzine articles. This book captures the raw explosion of punk through reviews, interviews, and editorials by leading fanzine writers like... Read More
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Account of a New Hygrometer
by Deluc, Jean Andre
London: Printed By W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1774 Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to noted British astronomer and mathematician Thomas Hornsby to front pastedown: "Pour Mons. Hornsby de la part d l'Auteur". Small 4to. [2], 57, [1] pp. First separate edition, originally published in the periodical Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in the previous year. Containing one engraved fold-out plate by James Basire. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers. A very good copy with rubbing and toning to wrappers,... Read More
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Bleak House
by Dickens, Charles
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853 Illustrated with 40 plates by H.K. Browne ("Phiz"), including a frontispiece and vignette title page. First edition, with all of the textual first issue points called for by Smith; in later issue binding, bound in the same color, cloth pattern, and blind stampings as Dombey and Son, with undated vignette title page. Publisher's olive green fine-diaper cloth, boards stamped in blind with triple-ruled borders and chain-like frames with floral decoration in each corner, spine stamped... Read More
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Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress.
by Dickens, Charles
London: Richard Bentley, 1838 Three volumes. Illustrated with twenty-four steel-engraved plates by George Cruikshank. First edition, mixed issue, with many first issue points to the text, early "Boz" on the title pages, and the later "Church" plate in Volume III. Lacking half-titles and advertisements. Finely bound in late 19th century half black morocco, marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands to spines, lettered, decorated and ruled in gilt, and marbled endpapers. Near fine, with some mild flaking to spine ends and... Read More
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