New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, (1960). First edition. Her second (and final) novel. Near fine in good only dust jacket with chipping to spine ends taking out first letter in author's name at head of spine, general creasing and wear, small hole near front flap fold (not affecting any..... Item #72061 More
New York: Random House, (1934). First edition. Bright and fine in mildly soiled dust jacket with light edge rubbing and few small nicks and tears, otherwise near fine. Item #40931 More
New York: Boni & Liveright, (1922). First edition. O'Neill won the Pulitzer Prize for ANNA CHRISTIE. Minor rubbing, touch of foxing to page top edges, bit of soiling to bottom page edges, otherwise near fine, lacking the dust jacket. Item #47834 More
New York: Knopf, 1991-2012. First edition of eight volumes and later printings of four of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's collections. Each is fine in pictorial paperwraps or in hardcover with dust jacket where called for. THE FATHER (1992). Two volumes: Uncorrected proof in dull rose printed paperwraps and simultaneous paperwraps..... Item #55400 More
[No-place: Pipers Press, et al, 1953 - 1969. First edition. This small gathering from the collection of Washington poet Ernest Kroll includes four holiday greetings printed by Doris & Harry Hoehns' Pipers Press: "ANTIPHONAL: The Cross Town Omnibus" (1953), 13 x 6.5" peach-colored leaf with "Season Greetings/ John & Gini..... Item #56198 More
London: Edward Stanford, 1893. First edition. Illustrated with 8 full page photographs and 3 colored maps, including one folding map of "Algeria and Tunis." Gilt stamped green cloth boards. Hinges cracked but holding, otherwise very good with minor wear on corners and spine ends, floral front endpaper over-glued at hinge..... Item #52575 More
New York: Mystery League, 1932. First edition. Murder on a ship in Lousiana. Minor crease on spine and light foxing to first and last few leaves otherwise very good in dust jacket with chip to bottom spine corner affecting edges of few letters in publisher's name. Item #54725 More
New York: Harmony Books & Warner Books, (1990 & 2000). First edition of each volume with the first one being a simultaneous paperback issue and the second a paperback original. Short stories and poems from the pages of Yellow Silk: Journal of Erotic Arts (1981-1996), whose guiding editorial policy was..... Item #55477 More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, no date [1933]. First U.S. edition, second issue, with p.61-2 on cancel leaf and offending word p.62 reading "sh-t." Only 1000 copies printed. Originally published in 1930 in Paris, but this U.S. edition precedes the one in the UK Pages lightly tanned, with touch of..... Item #49019 More
New York: Public Affairs, (2005). First edition. For the 100th anniversary of his birth, Povich's children David, Maury, and Lynn and his colleague at the Post, former sports editor George Solomon, edited this collection of his most beloved columns. This copy INSCRIBED BY ALL FOUR of the editors. The 20th..... Item #53642 More
Boston/Toronto: Little Brown and Co., (1957). First U.S. edition. Advance proof copy, untrimmed signatures laid in printed paper cover made especially for this state, reading "Here is your advance copy of ..." with seven reviews, covering the front and back, by Edwin O'Connor, De Vries, Waugh, Kingsley Amis, Charles Rolo..... Item #25653 More
No-place: Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs, 1972. First edition. One of 150 copies (out of 250 total). Printed by Grace Hoper Press in Aptos, CA. Published on the occasion of the meeting of the two clubs in tribute to Lilienthal upon his death. Large quarto (9 x 13") gray-green paperwraps printed..... Item #55597 More
New York: Beech Tree Books/Wm. Morrow, (1988). First edition. His second book. Fine in near fine dust jacket with minor wear on the spine ends. Item #54873 More
New York: Redfield, 1852. First U.S. edition, with portrait of the author and essay, "The Tradition of the Hungarian Race" not in the London edition according to the author's dedication note. Includes twenty Hungarian myths and legends, from "The Baron's Daughter" to "The Hungarian Outlaws." 345pp plus prelims and ads..... Item #52568 More
Pompano Beach, FL: Exposition Press, (1985). First edition. Written by an educator, administrator and past president of the PW YWCA, this history of the independent Young Womens Christian Association of Washington DC founded by and for black women chronicles its struggles with the all-white National Capital YWCA at the height..... Item #56056 More
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1994). First U.S. edition. Book four in the Inspector John Rebus series. Fine in near fine dust jacket with only the barest rubbing to spine ends and folds. Item #72003 More
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Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1875 and 1900. First edition. Text in German. Two volume set, well illustrated. Franz Reuleaux (1829-1905), often called "the father of kinematics," was a mechanical engineer and President of the Berlin Royal Technical Academy. FIRST VOLUME: Erster Band: Theoretische Kinematik; Grundzuge einer Theorie Des Maschinenwesens..... Item #71547 More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1963. First edition. "Everyone today is concerned about Russia, but few people know enough about its rich and varied history." -- from the dust jacket flap. Review copy with publisher's review slip and two "Sovfoto" photographs laid in. Near fine in very good to near..... Item #71780 More
New York: Knopf, 1925. First edition. The eighth volume in the author's "Pilgrimage" series. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper, foxing to the uncut front page edges, otherwise the book is very good to fine and with top edge color very good. Half-inch chip at top of front panel of..... Item #49665 More
Oxford: Cloisters Press, 1993. First edition. One of 30 copies. Unrecorded -- no copies on OCLC. Includes the poems "Cycladic" and "Klokkestenen" which are printed on opposing inside pages. Single white leaf printed in black; folded to make four 6 x 8.5" pages including covers. Housed together with copies of..... Item #72019 More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1914. First edition. First issue binding with top edge gilt. Near fine with light rubbing to spine ends and tips; tiny bookstore label on rear pastedown. In near fine dust jacket with a touch of minor edge wear and spine mellowed. Item #33273 More
(New York): Viking, (1989). First U.S. edition. Crisp and near fine with only light foxing to page top edge; in bright, fine dust jacket with touch of minor wear. Item #71968 More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., [circa 1926]. First edition. Pre-publication booklet illustrated with photographs. One of a stated 2500 copies. The publisher suggests on the cover its "preservation as a Lincoln item" (it would appear not many did). 34 pp; stapled, printed green paperwraps. Damp staining to top edge..... Item #55522 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. First edition of her first novel, SIGNED on dedication page in 1981. Cloth a little darkened on spine, otherwise very good to fine in dust jacket worn on edges, with small chips on corners and spine ends (affecting the top of the "S" and "T" at..... Item #30818 More
New York: Crown Publishers, (2001). Second edition, first printing. This version with the Sendak illustrations was originally published in 1984 -- this is a first printing of the "First 2001 edition." SIGNED BY SENDAK ON TITLE PAGE. Fine in near fine, lightly edge-rubbed dust jacket. Item #53722 More