2004-2007. Item #41625 More

(New York: The Center for Book Arts, 2005). First edition. Limited to 100 copies (as stated on each broadside). 12 letterpress-printed broadsides -- EACH ONE SIGNED BY THE POET -- housed together in portfolio handmade by summer interns under the leadership of Ana Cordeiro, the Center’s binder-in-residence. Produced in honor..... Item #55773 More

[Washington, DC: Shoreham Hotel, circa 1887]. The first Shoreham Hotel in Washington DC was founded in 1887 by then U.S. Vice President, Levi P. Morton, who named it after the city in Vermont where he was born. The original hotel went bankrupt in 1927, and its grand building at the..... Item #72164 More

Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, (1992). First edition. His second collection of poems. INSCRIBED to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht, "For Tony, with--poems, or no poems--Love [underlined], from Jonathan" beneath which he's sketched a chair and captioned it "Chair, EOS Hotel, Zurich, 21.v.92." Fine in glossy, black, pictorial..... Item #53749 More

New York: Simon and Schuster, (1971). First edition. A fire lookout falls in love with a young woman only to be falsely accused when she mysteriously disappears in the surrounding park. Very inconspicuous remainder mark otherwise quite fine in near fine to fine dust jacket with light creasing along bottom..... Item #71870 More

New York: Dutton, (1980). First edition. His only work of science fiction. A sequel of sorts to THE BRAVE COWBOY (1956) in that it includes the character Jack Burns who, along with others, is trying to make his way in an America in which the economy and government have collapsed..... Item #71872 More

Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1839. First edition. A little book of life lessons for children. Frontis black-and-white scenic plate, tissue protected. Gift inscription, boards slightly soiled, touch of rubbing to edges and corners, foxed throughout, otherwise very good. Scarce. Item #47756 More

(New York): New Directions Book, (1974). First edition. His first novel, preceded by a book of poems. "An extraordinary linguistic tour de force" (from the jacket flap) with first and last chapters written using only words beginning with the letter "A" (e.g., "Ages ago an archeologist, Albert, alias Arthur, ably..... Item #53591 More

New York: John Day, (1967). First U.S. edition. SIGNED BY ACHEBE on the title page. Final book in his acclaimed African trilogy. Winner of the first-ever Jock Campbell/New Statesman Prize for African writing. Near fine to fine with gilt spine lettering just slightly dulled; in near fine dust jacket with..... Item #72287 More

New York: Doubleday, (1989). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED on front endpaper, "For James O. Freedman/ with all good wishes/ Chinua Achebe/ March 3, 1990." Freedman (1935-2006) was president of Dartmouth College from 1987 to 1998, during which period Achebe was in residence there as a Montgomery Fellow (Jan.- Mar. 1990)..... Item #72387 More

New York: Random House, (1991). First edition. INSCRIBED on bookplate affixed opposite the half-title page to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht, "for Tony, In praise of his poems, and with all good wishes, Diane / 1991." Base of spine a little sunned, otherwise fine in fine dust..... Item #53728 More

London: Arthur Barker Ltd., (1979). First edition of his wildly popular first book. Based on his 1978 BBC radio comedy series of the same name and the basis for the television series, stage plays, comics, video game, and 2005 movie. In the first-issue dust jacket with ad for CAPRICORN ONE..... Item #72271 More

New York: Dodge Publishing Co., no-date [circa 1910]. First U.S. edition, from the London plates. Frank Adams' large colorful illustrations for a story by James Kendrew (Kendrew's story was originally self-published in 1820 as a chapbook with small, unattributed woodcuts). Quarto red paper boards backed with red cloth (vs green..... Item #55153 More