(New York): New Directions, (1974). First edition, simultaneous paperback issue. There was also a small hardback issue. INSCRIBED BY EVERSON, "To Betsy/ who heaved at this book/ on her trusty IBM/ with deep gratitude/ Bill Everson" His first published collection after leaving the Dominican Order in 1969. (Note: Everson's introduction..... Item #55760 More
San Francisco / Santa Rosa: Adrian Wilson / Black Sparrow Press, (1984) / 1990. First edition. Two volumes. Everson's unfinished autobiographical verse epic. Includes IN MEDIAS RES, which is a work of art, designed, printed and published by Adrian Wilson in 1984. Number 126 of 226 copies SIGNED BY EVERSON..... Item #71580 More
New York: Villard Books, 1983. First Villard edition of his Tony Award-winning production. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing, light soiling and very shallow chipping. Item #25714 More
New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1924. First U.S. edition. Scarce first volume in THE PARADE'S END series. 8vo half yellow-orange cloth over black paper boards, spine stamped in black. Elisha Brown Bird bookplate of New York silk manufacturer Hiram Royal Mallinson on front pastedown. (According to the website of the Dorchester..... Item #71846 More
![Item #71753 VIVE LE ROY; [Two volumes -- both the American and British editions]. Ford Madox Ford](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71753.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1648318763)
Philadelphia / London: J. B. Lippincott / George Allen & Unwin, 1936 / 1937. First edition and first UK edition (the U.S. edition preceded the one in the UK) -- two volumes. Ford's exceedingly scarce mystery novel about a young American physician selected for a fellowship in Paris who disappears..... Item #71753 More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1931. First U.S. edition. From the novelist best known for his Horatio Hornblower series, the story of a pugilist-poet who foregoes his medical studies only to take them up again on the verge of literary fame. Very good to near fine with few creases..... Item #71779 More
New York: James Pott, [1915]. First U.S. edition. Issued using English sheets. 355 pages with maps and 145 illustrations by the author. Pictorial red cloth stamped in white, green and gilt; top edge gilt. Endpapers foxed, name on front endpaper, otherwise a nice bright copy, lacking dust jacket, if issued..... Item #45585 More
London: Edward Arnold Ltd., (1956). First edition. Illustrated with portraits. A remarkable, loving biography of his great aunt based on copious family papers (some transcribed by Marianne herself at a young age), diaries, and letters -- including several to Forster written while she was in her late 80's and he..... Item #54885 More
London: Michael Joseph, (1965). First edition. His third mystery. SIGNED by Francis on the title page. Faintest ring marks on front cover, page edges darkened with subtle mottling (not immediately noticeable and not extending to margins), otherwise would be near fine; in good or better dust jacket, which presents better..... Item #52743 More
Cape Town: Buren Publishers, 1969. True first edition. INSCRIBED on title page "For Harold, With my best wishes, Athol Fugard." One of the playwright’s best-known and most widely respected dramatic works. The play that established Fugard’s reputation as a major playwright. 8vo illustrated paper boards. Small label of Vanguard Booksellers..... Item #71538 More
New York: Random House, (1969). First edition. Basis for the film starring Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert and Eileen Heckart. Eillen Heckart won an Academy Award for her supporting role in the film. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Near fine with a small bookstore stamp on..... Item #29091 More
New York: H. R. Russell and Son, 1894. First edition. INSCRIBED TO THE ARTIST DANIEL BEARD on the dedication page, "To Dan Beard whose advice and friendship is of the greatest value to his friend C. D. Gibson, Dec. 1894." Beard was an illustrator, author, youth leader and social reformer..... Item #71535 More
London: B. Newbery and T. Johnson, 1780. Early edition with the ten-page "Life of the Author" added. The first edition was published in Dublin in 1777. Engraved title page; final leaf with contents listed on recto and with verso stating: "This edition contains several additions and corrections never before printed;..... Item #52806 More
New York: The Mystery League, Inc., 1930. First edition. Small name neatly written on front endpaper, otherwise near fine in dust jacket with a few small chips, short closed tears and rubbing. Item #43377 More
San Francisco: The Roxburghe Club, 1987. First edition. Limited to 225 copies. The final work of the Grace Hoper Press with an introduction by Rice, who put the final touches on Grover's work after his sudden death. Includes 21 aphorisms from various sources collected by Grover for what was to..... Item #55531 More
New York: Doubleday & Co., 1962. First edition. The well respected and influential novelist, essayist and critic's first book. INSCRIBED in October 1962. Fine in dust jacket with some edgewear, two closed tears and some light staining on rear panel. Contemporary Inscription. Item #29758 More
![Item #71804 THE MALTESE FALCON; [Broadside prospectus]. Dashiell Hammett](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71804.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1648766045)
[San Franciso]: North Point Press, circa 1984. First edition. 18.75 x 24.75" broadside poster advertising the availability of the trade edition issued from the Arion Press limited edition (published the previous year). Both editions were illustrated with period photographs of sites in the novel. The poster prominently features a film-noirish..... Item #71804 More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1881. First edition. First issue with "presumptive" in last line page 9 (versus "presumptuous"). An enduring though controversial Southern classic illustrated by Frederick S. Church & James H. Moser. Small 8vo brown cloth boards; gilt-stamped spine; front cover stamped in black with pictorial of..... Item #72010 More
Seattle: Winn Books, 1986. First edition. Number 38 of a stated 350 copies, SIGNED BY HARRISON and the illustrator, RUSSELL CHATHAM. Together with a suite of FIVE 14 x 18" PRINTS SIGNED BY CHATHAM, each marked AP and numbered "31/40," and a colophon indicating the suite was produced specifically to..... Item #52697 More
(San Francisco): Grabhorn Press, 1927. First edition thus: limited edition with two hand-colored illustrations by Angelo and SIGNED by him. One of only 240 copies. 8vo parchment backed pale blue and gold decorated paper boards, gilt-lettered spine; pages uncut. A Grabhorn "Fifty Books of the Year" selection. Tiny chip in..... Item #55483 More
Tokyo: The Kobundo Press, [no-date]. Scarce edition, not in Clark. Near fine in flexible boards; in dust jacket with light soiling and minor edge wear. NOT IN CLARK. Item #30058 More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904. First edition of the author's first book. First issue with "McClure, Phillips & Co." on spine. 8vo black cloth boards stamped in orange, green and white. Good to very good with spine dulled and barely readable and elaborate front cover illustration a bit..... Item #71929 More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1965). First edition. A novel of the underbelly of New York City life in the sixties. Basis for the movie starring Dustin Hoffman and John Voight. Very good or better with edges rubbed, spine ends sunned and page edges lightly foxed. In fine dust jacket..... Item #54191 More
Donald L. Dickson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First edition. His second book, with illustrations by Major Donald L. Dickson of the U.S.M.C. Fine with top edge stained red. A collector's note laid in the book states there are also first editions with top edge unstained. Fine in dust..... Item #40684 More
