PARADISE LOST A Play in Three Acts.
New York: Random House, (1936). First edition. Near fine in an age-darkened dust jacket with light soiling and very shallow chipping. Scarce. Item #25279
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THE BUTCHER'S BOY
New York: Scribner's Sons, (1982). First edition. His first book and winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery. Touch of light shelf wear still bright and fine in fine dust jacket with just two tiny nicks. Unusual in this nice condition. Item #54785
HOUR UPON THE STAGE.
New York: Dodd Mead, 1929. First edition of her first book. A novel about a Jewish family's progress in the early 20th century along the coast of Lake Michigan, where the author grew up. Fine in price-clipped Arthur Hawkins dust jacket, which is a little faded and has three small... Item #46344
A BUYER'S MARKET.
New York: Scribner, 1953. First American edition from English sheets of the first edition. The second volume in A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME. The 12-volume series was considered one of the Time Top 100 books of the last century. One corner slightly bumped, otherwise fine in dust jacket... Item #45789
WOOD AND STONE: A Romance.
New York: G. Arnold Shaw, 1915. First American edition Wear on corners and spine ends and spine faded but lettering still discernable. Bookplate on front pastedown. Good or better. Lacking dust jacket. Item #52233
A BETTER WAY TO MAKE MONEY: A Simple and Practical Plan of Investing and Trading in the Stock and Grain Markets.
New York: Ronald Press Co., (1939). First edition. Inner hinges darkened (from binding glue) and few small stains to endpapers, otherwise near fine with only minor shelf wear. Lacking dust jacket. Item #54406
EUGENE ONEGIN: A Novel in Verse.
New York: Pantheon Books, (1964). First edition. Four volumes. Translated from the Russian and with a "Commentary" by Nabokov. Pastedowns darkened at gutters throughout; in dust jackets with spines slightly tanned, few small scrapes, and general edge wear (from contact with slipcase). Housed in original paper-covered slipcase with printed label... Item #53976
WINDOWS COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR BOOK COLLECTORS: Manage Your Collection with QCollector.
QCollector was developed in 2003 and is based on the in-house software we use to run our bookstore specializing in 19th- and 20th-century collectible books. QCollector's "Inventory Form" provides you with ample space to enter a complete, detailed description of each item in your collection. There is no limit to... Item #32461
THE WORKS OF MR. FRANCIS RABELAIS: Doctor in Physick. Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroick Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Sonne Pantagruel.
London: Navarre Society Ltd., no-date[1921]. First thus. Two volumes with nearly 100 illustrations by Robinson including the two frontis pieces. Originally published by Grant Richards in 1904 in a quarto edition, privately reprinted for the Navarre Society in this reduced (octavo) format. Geoffrey Beale (Book Collector No. 40) notes: "To... Item #9528
STRANGER AND ALONE.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., (1950). First edition. The front of the dust jacket proclaims this black author's only novel as "the story of a man who betrayed his own people." Covers and page edges slightly foxed, otherwise fine in a bright dust jacket with subtle foxing to rear... Item #23706
THE AMATEUR'S VADEMECUM: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Dancing.
Philadelphia: J. Nicholas, 1870. First edition. Comprising "The Ancient and Modern History of Dancing--The Etiquette and Fashions of the Ball Room--The Modes of Conducting Balls, Parties, Soirees" etc., etc., etc. Decorative blindstamped blue cloth boards, with gilt lettering and design on spine and gilt emblem on front cover. Spine ends... Item #52655
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LEHRBUCH DER KINEMATIK [Textbook of Kinematics]: In Two Volumes.
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 (wiki). First volume: Theoretical Kinematics, basic course of a Theory Of Mechanical... Item #52677
THE STRANGE DEATH OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: A History of the Roosevelt-Delano Dynasty America's Royal Family.
New York: Chedney Press, (1948). First edition. Exploration of Roosevelt's family's ties and a conspiracy theory about his death. About fine in dust jacket with a few tiny chips. Item #54482
FADEAWAY.
New York: Harper & Row, (1986). First edition. His second mystery, after STRIKE THREE YOUR DEAD. This one involves the mysterious deaths of two basketball players from the Boston Celtics and Washington Bullets. INSCRIBED, "Oct. 6, 1986/ To Michael --- May all your dribbles be single ones. Best, Richard Rosen."... Item #35322
GRENADINE'S SPAWN.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with light damp stain to rear panel near spine, minor edge rubbing, a few faint indentations (that only can be seen at certain angles), a small skinned area on rear flap and a short, lightly... Item #30872
SESSHU'S LONG SCROLL: A Zen Landscape Journey.
Rutland, VT & Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Co., (1959). First edition. "The Japanese value Sesshu as the greatest of all their artists, and the Long Landscape Scroll, here reproduced in its entirety, is his acknowledged masterpiece."--from the introduction. Cedar wood covers, accordian style pages. Approximately 4.25 x 5.5" with... Item #53693
THE GENTLE PEOPLE A Brooklyn Fable.
New York: Random House, (1939). First edition of his second book, a play. INSCRIBED to a drama critic at The New Yorker: "To Edith Oliver, for 'Madison Avenue Bus Driver.'/ -Irwin Shaw." The play, directed by Harold Clurman, featured Sam Jaffe, Franchot Tone, Karl Malden, Sylvia Sidney, and Lee J.... Item #45884
TOPPER: An Improbable Adventure.
New York: Robert McBride, 1926. First edition. Smith's best known book which was made into the popular 1937 film and 1950s television comedy. Spine a bit faded but lettering still readable, faint crease on back cover, otherwise very good, lacking the dust jacket. Item #42571
MISHAPS, PERHAPS.
(San Francisco): City Light Books, (1966). First edition. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Very good in pictorial paperwraps. Light rubbing and a few small indentations to the front cover and a small closed tear to the back cover, near the bottom of the spine. Item #51273
LENIN IN ZURICH.
New York: Farrar Straus, (1976). First U.S. edition. Translated from the Russian by H. T. Willetts. SIGNED by Solzhenitsyn on half-title page. A precusor of sorts to THE RED WHEEL--the first chapters were incorporated into the expanded 1984 edition of AUGUST 1914, and the rest into NOVEMBER 1916 and MARCH... Item #53686
POEMS OF DEDICATION.
New York: Random House, (1947). First edition. INSCRIBED on half-title page. Edges slightly tanned, a few letters on spine slightly rubbed, and small spot on upper rear edge as well as the corners worn through to boards, otherwise very good lacking dust jacket. Item #25765
DAY OF THE GUNS.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1964. First edition. SIGNED by the author. Spine ends a little soft, still fine in very good or better dust jacket with small rubbed nicks to spine tips and corners, creasing and few tears to rear panel, and touch of sticker residue... Item #53238
THE KING: Limited Edition, Signed Silkscreen Print.
(Lexington, KY: Petro III Graphics), 1999. First edition. Five-color silkscreen. Edition Size: 43. Paper Size: 22" x 30". Signed and numbered in pencil by Steadman. Hand printed at Petro III Graphics. Fine. Item #24449
ALBERT'S OLD LADY: Limited Edition, Signed Silkscreen Print.
(Lexington, KY: Petro III Graphics), 2006. First edition. One of 250 SIGNED, numbered copies of Steadman's image of Thompson leaning into a penguin enclosure and demanding "C;mon Albert--How much for your old lady?!" An image from Steadman's 2006 book THE JOKE'S OVER, a memoir of his friendship and collaboration with... Item #53095
HUNTER S. THOMPSON, TWISTED MEAT ARTIST: Limited Edition, Signed Silkscreen Print.
(Lexington, KY: Petro III Graphics), 2006. First edition. One of 250 SIGNED, numbered copies of Steadman's image of a deceptively pensive-looking Thompson sweating next to a table full of empty beer cans thinking, "If that twisted meat artist draws one line out of place I'll beat his kidneys into his... Item #53093