London: J.M. Dent & Co., Aldine House, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. VIII, 251pp. Uncut. Top edge gilt. Original red cloth with gold lettering on front board and spine, and gilt angel on front board. Title-page in red and black lettering. "The Wonderful Visit" tells the story of a fallen..... More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1934. Softcover. 4to. 18pp. Original maroon wraps bound with golden decoration string. Cover label pasted on front wrapper, as issued. Deckled fore- and bottom page edges. Twelve poems by Tania Crocker Whitman. Rare work, printed by John Henry Nash (1871-1947) who was famous for publishing..... More
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. 1/500. Octavo. xxii (i), 102 (1)pp. Original light blue paper-covered boards with black lettering on paper label of spine, red decor; in original plain dustjacket with black lettering and ruling on spine. Two frontispieces, facsimile endorsement and portrait of Walt Whitman..... More
London: Hugh Cunningham; Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1841. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 342pp., 18 (of 22) plates, including frontispiece. Rebound in modern three-quarter blue leather over marbled boards with gilt ruling on covers, gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Gilt top edge. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece engraving. With eighteen of..... More
![Geron der Adelige [SIGNED BY ARTIST]. Christoph Martin Wieland](/pictures/thumb/36859.jpg?v=1434442303)
Berlin: Brandussche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1919. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 136/300 Signed by Alois Kolb on the full page etching with title engraved. Unpaginated. Original brown Morocco with gilt ruling and lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spine; raised bands. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated title page, etching. Printed in a "one-time edition of 300..... More
![Cuestionario [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR]. Gabriel Zaid](/pictures/thumb/29359.jpg?v=1434441895)
México, D.F. Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 277, [3]pp. Original decorative wrappers over cloth with silver lettering and printer's device on spine. First page inscribed and signed by Gabriel Zaid. Beautiful poetry work by Gabriel Zaid, the celebrated Mexican writer, poet and intellectual whose essays have..... More
Moscow, Leningrad: Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the U.S.S.R., 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 278 (1)pp. Original red cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Red top edge. Reports and speeches from the first All-Union of Soviet writers in August 1934. Essay by the "great proletarian author"..... More
London: Ackermann And Co., 1844. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xii.360pp. Full vellum with gilt stamping and tooling. Spine with elaborate gold motif, and gilt lettering over a brown leather label. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Spine sunned. Boards slightly bowed. Some discoloration and staining to boards. Frontispiece. Laid-in ribbon marker. All..... More
![Colloquial Language in Ulysses. A Reference Tool [INSCRIBED]. Robert William Dent](/pictures/thumb/45861.jpg?v=1569010089)
Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed "To Jack Kolb - In memory of earlier stages of the Joyce project - Bob" on front free endpaper. Original anthracite cloth with gilt lettering on spine, in original dustjacket, white lettering on spine. Publisher's device on title page. "For..... More
Berlin: Otto Stollberg G.m.b.H., (1928). Hardcover. Large 8vo. 138 pp. Illus. This edition scarce. Yellow cloth binding. Some wear to cover and one water stain on front. Pages not affected. Good+ condition. More
Lincoln, Massachusetts: Penmaen Press, (1977). First English language edition. Hardcover. 4to. 34pp. Black half clothed binding over b/w illustrated boards in black cloth covered slipcase. Some wear and rubbing to slipcase. Half Title. Frontispiece. Pages uncut. "Translated into English by Anthony Hecht with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward and..... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1918. Limited ed. Hardcover. 1/250. 13pp. Illustrated paper covered boards with black lettering to spine. Head and tail of spine bumped and chipped. Some scuffing and discoloration to boards. Wear to corners. Fore- and bottom page edges untrimmed. Some age yellowing to pages not affecting text..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890. Hardcover. 12mo. xiii, 206pp. 3/4 brown leather over marbled boads. With matching marbled endpapers. Ex-libris designed by W.T. Hopson. Pages untrimmed. Corners bumped. Fading to spine, with six compartments. Large paper edition. 1/150 numbered copies. In very good condition. More
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. X, 414pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. "The Cambridge Ritualists were pioneers in applying anthropological methods to the study of classical Greece. They are noted as well for their theories about the origins..... More
Chicago: Argus Books, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 374pp. Original pictorial dustjacket over cloth with decorative front board. Free front endpaper inscribed and signed by the author. Fascinating biographical fiction depicting the life of one of the greatest American poets. Some edge wear on dustjacket with edges chipped and..... More
München: Georg Müller Verlag, 1920. First German edition. Hardcover. 1/800. 2 of 3 volumes. xxxviii,320pp. vi,324pp. Three-quarter leather over decorated paper-covered boards with gilt decorated spine. Red title plate. Rubbing to leather and spine. Corners bumped and worn. Top edge gilt. Ribbon markers. "Matteo Bandello (1480-1562) was an Italian novelist..... More
London: Eyre-Spottiswoode, (1955). D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. 200pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Spine sunned. Color frontispiece. A great story wonderfully illustrated with full-page color plates and b/w drawings by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. A tight copy in very good condition. More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1897. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv. 680pp. Illustrated maroon cloth cover and spine. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed and frayed. Corners rubbed. Minor scuffing and discoloration to boards. Decorated endpapers. Frontispiece of Beecher-Stowe. Beautifully illustrated with over 100 b/w full page and..... More
Leipzig: Julis Zeitler, 1905. Hardcover. 8vo. 65pp. Brown paper covered boards. Top edge maroon. Forepage edge untrimmed. Brown endpapers. Work on Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist, Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874 – 1929). Written by renowned German writer and translator Rudolf Borchardt (see below). Age wear and staining..... More
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1933. (First edition). Hardcover. 8vo. 342pp. Black cloth binding, head and heel of spine lightly bumped. Pages untrimmed. Dj chipped and creased and browning at edges. Color fading on spine of dj. Otherwise, book in good condition. More
Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt, 1920. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original illustrated tan wrappers with orange lettering on cover. Frontispiece illustration. Vignette on title page. 12 poems and etchings on handmade paper, uncut at foredge. Titles are Sabbath, Selichot, Un'Sane Tokef, Kol-Nidre, Sukkoth, Simchath-Thora, Chanukkah, Purim, Pessach, Schabuoth, Tischah B'ab, holidays..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1981). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii,332pp. Half cloth over paper-covered boards in original dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Inscribed by author to Susan Martin on title-page, dated April 23, 1981. "Cities of the Red Night is without doubt William Burroughs' magnum opus, perhaps even more..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1898. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 53 pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Illustrations throughout by Henry Holiday. Some sunning on spine, bumping on top and bottom of spine. The initials H.S. in front end paper, otherwise book is in Very Good condition. Work is..... More
New York: The Ecco Press, 1991-1992. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 1/2"). XX, [2], 296pp (Vol. 1); IX, [3], 323, [1]pp (Vol. 2); XVIII, [2], 296pp (Vol. 3); IX, [1], 337, [1]pp. (Vol. 4). Original illustrated dust-jackets over half black cloth and black paper covered boards, with..... More
![I Never Played the Game [SIGNED]. Howard Cosell, Peter Bonventre](/pictures/thumb/44963.jpg?v=1553107308)
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1985. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto (9 x 6"). 380pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over half brown cloth and paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine. Half-title signed by Howard Cosell. "In a book as provocative as the author, Howard Cosell describes his thirty-three..... More