Boston: Little, Brown and Co., (1959). First edition of his first book, a novel. INSCRIBED "For Nancy and Roger All the best Stephen Birmingham 1982 & again in '89." Fine in dust jacket with edgewear, spine a little faded, and minor chipping on corners and spine ends... Item #34777 More
New York and Detroit: Glenn Horowitz and Richard Levey, 1987. First edition. One of 200 copies printed at the Kelly Winterton Press in New York of this wonderfully chatty circa 1977 letter offering the upcoming Houghton Mifflin editor (formerly of Kenyon Review) copious words of advice on the best little..... Item #72018 More
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1953. First edition. Includes the title novella and two short stories (extensively revised by H. P. Lovecraft) as well as Bishop's profiles of Lovecraft and August Derleth: "H. P. Lovecraft: A Pupil's View" and "A Wisconsin Balzac: A Profile of August Derleth." Fine in fine..... Item #55906 More
(New York: Athens Printing Company), no-date. First edition. SIGNED with inscription in Greek on front endpaper. Text in Greek and five poems translated to English. Near fine in glossy, stapled paper wraps with light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Item #51668 More
First edition. Number 120 of an undisclosed number of copies. INSCRIBED "For my dear friend of many years Caramai Carroll with all best of wishes from the author, Jennie Prince Black, Dec 15th/38." The music composer and pianist Jennie Prince Black (1868 - 1945) was a life-long resident of Irvington..... Item #71583 More
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[Philadelphia]: Presbyterian Board of Publications, 1840. First edition. An unattributed account of the spiritual life of John Blackader interwoven with extracts from his diaries and letters in which he speaks of "Providence" and prayer. 16mo quarter leather; pebble-cloth boards with gilt stamped "Life of Col. Blackader" and "26" just barely..... Item #51638 More
New York: Villard, (1996). First edition. Two volumes. SIGNED and INSCRIBED with lines from the book. The paperwraps, "advance reader's edition," inscribed, "The boy general, son of the morning star . . ."; and the first edition in dust jacket inscribed, "I am . . . .compelled to write... Item #47454 More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. First edition. Wilson, a civil servant, wrote a number of biographies of literary and historical figures; and as a civil servant, she was one of the first women in the United Kingdom to earn equal pay for her work (Wikipedia). One of 1,480 numbered copies..... Item #55262 More
London: Nonesuch Press, 1957. First edition thus: completely revised and with new material added. 8vo "marbled" cloth boards backed in gilt-stamped red cloth. Spine mellowed to tan otherwise crisp and near fine lacking the unprinted glassine dust jacket. Item #55083 More
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., (1973). First edition. SIGNED by the author on the bright yellow front endpaper. Front cover bowed a bit, otherwise near fine or better in price-clipped dust jacket showing very minor shelf wear. Item #48855 More
New York: Frank A. Munsey Co., March 8, 1941. First edition. Also includes "Jeopardy's Jewel" by H. Bedford-Jones; Arthur Leo Zagat, E. Hoffman Price, et al. Good in somewhat soiled pictorial paperwraps with shallow chipping and cover detached but complete. Item #54528 More
[Delavan, WI]: G&G Books, (1995). First U.S. edition in hardback. Includes introduction by Martin Cruz Smith and afterword by Block written specially for this edition. Number 365 of 500 SIGNED, NUMBERED COPIES. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #71699 More
Aliso Viejo: James Cahill Publ. 1996. First U.S. edition in hardcover. Number 113 of 200 SIGNED NUMBERED COPIES. Illustrated by Phil Parks. Fine in fine dust jacket and fine publisher's slipcase, as issued. Item #71697 More
Arlington Heights: Dark Harvest, 1993. First U.S. edition in hardback. Adds an introduction by Jonathan Kellerman. SIGNED BY BLOCK on title page. Fine in near fine dust jacket with touch of light rubbing. Item #71696 More
Middletown, Connecticut: Robin Price, 2005. First edition. First separate publication of Bloom's short story which first appeared in Ms. magazine. Number 37 of 125 copies SIGNED BY BLOOM, TIERNEY, & PRICE. This copy additionally inscribed "this copy for Allen K. Mears" on colophon by Price who designed, letterpress printed, and..... Item #55875 More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (2005). First edition. Autobiography from the noted William Faulkner biographer. INSCRIBED BY BLOTNER on front endpaper, “For Walter and Jane,/ the dearest of friends/ with love from/ Joe,” and signed in full on title page. Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt..... Item #72182 More
Cincinanati: U.P. James, Good. Paperwraps edges have shallow chips and soiling. Item #39446 More
(Madison, Minn.): The American Writers against the Vietnam War / The Sixties Press, 1966. First edition. Expurgated due to lack of permission to include Cummings poems. This copy with formerly blacked-out portions on cover and several pages softened to gray so that while a tad messy they are nonetheless readable..... Item #72089 More
(San Francisco): City Light Books, (1970). First edition. Number 26 in The Pocket Poets Series. Very good to near fine in pictorial paperwraps with light soiling and a small skinned spot (from sticker removal) on front cover. Item #26277 More
New York: Underground Communications, 1967. First edition of each, the only two issues published by the short-lived digest. “The Underground Digest selects and edits the best of the new press -- the lively new writing that characterizes an age of drastic change throughout the country...[from]...the best of hundreds of regional..... Item #72140 More
(San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1942). First edition. One of 750 copies. Issued to raise funds for WWII relief efforts. Includes recipes from Charlie Chaplin, Bette Davis, Cecil B. De Mille, Lillian Gish, Fannie Hurst, Robinson Jeffers, Rockwell Kent, Christopher Morley, Cole Porter, Eleanor Roosevelt, Booth Tarkington, et al. 4to metal..... Item #72111 More
New York: Harbinger House, (1942). First edition. Poetry collection from the "King of Greenwich Village Bohemians" who descended into dereliction after making a name for himself in the 1920s and '30s (Wikipedia). ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED, "To [William] Saroyan/ A poet to another poet/ --- is there/ any difference?/ Maxwell Bodenheim."..... Item #55982 More
New York: Noonday Press, (1954). First edition. Errata slip laid in. Near fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with one small closed tear (with small tape repair on verso), light soiling and spine slightly tanned. Item #35634 More
New York: Farrar, Straus, 2008. First U.S. edition, simultaneous paperwraps issue. Three softcover volumes in publisher's card slipcase printed in red. (Also issued in single-volume hardcover.) Bolano's highly praised final novel, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer. Originally published in Chile in 2004, this is the first English translation..... Item #71633 More
New York: Beaufort Books, (1984). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED, "For Marian, With all good wishes, Michael Bond." Bond wrote books for children, most notably his series featuring "Paddington Bear." This is one is for adults -- a gastronomic mystery in his series featuring Monsieur Pamplemousse and his faithful bloodhound, Pommes..... Item #54653 More