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A MOOD APART; a rare broadside keepsake.
[Durham, NC]: Duke University, 1945. First edition. First appearance of poem later collected in STEEPLE BUSH (1947). Approximately 7 x 10" broadside poem illustrated with photograph of Frost in the Rare Book Room of the Duke University Library. Flattened creases where previously folded to quarters, archival tape repair on verso..... Item #49100 More
IN THE HEART OF THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY: And Other Stories.
New York: Harper & Row, (1968). First edition of author's second book. Collection of five stories includes the title story plus "The Pedersen Kid," "Mrs. Mean," "Icicles," and "Order of Insects." Minor spine crimps, otherwise bright and fine in near fine dust jacket folded onto the book slightly off-center. Jacket..... Item #49138 More
NEW YEAR BLUES.
New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1972. First edition. Number 14 in the Phoenix Book Shop Oblong Octavo Series. Fine in printed paperwraps. Limited to 126 copies, 100 numbered and 26 lettered. Presumed out-of-series copy with "Xwpior'd" in what appears to be Ginsberg's hand. Perhaps his name in Hebrew? SIGNED..... Item #26348 More
WHITE SHROUD: Poems 1980-1985.
New York: Harper & Row, (1986). First edition. REVIEW COPY with publisher's photograph of Ginsberg laid in. SIGNED BY GINSBERG on title page with his circled "AH" symbol and dated by him "4/27/96." Near fine with boards gently splayed; in slightly rumpled but otherwise fine dust jacket. Item #71755 More
THE TWO DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER MARTIN; [Signed on label affixed to title page].
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1956). First U.S. edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's second book. SIGNED BY GOLDING on white label affixed to title page. Originally published in the UK as PINCHER MARTIN. Near fine with touch of darkening to spine gutters and inner hinges; in about very..... Item #72218 More
THE MONSTER OF GRAMMONT.
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
ON ENGLISH POETRY.
London: Wm. Heinemann, 1922. First edition, first issue in yellow cloth. Unavoidable offset to endpapers, page edges very faintly foxed, rear cover lightly soiled and spine ends just slightly darkened, still very good or better in very good, tanned dust jacket with shallow chipping, few inconspicuous tears and spine extremities..... Item #52311 More
THE PIER-GLASS.
London: Martin Secker, [no date but 1921]. First edition. 500 copies printed. Patterned paper covered boards with printed spine label. Good or better with spine tanned, short splits at spine ends, small bump and tear to top edge front cover, short inscription on front free endpaper, offset on title page..... Item #35944 More
THE LIVING ROOM: A Play in Two Acts.
London: William Heinemann, (1953). First edition. Author's first play. Near fine in dust jacket with narrow chip at head of spine just touching the first letter in author's name and another at base of front panel not affecting any lettering but otherwise very good. Item #54162 More
STAMBOUL TRAIN.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, (1932). First edition. Second issue as usually seen with "Quin Savory" vs. "Q. C. Savory" – a character name change made at the insistence of J. B. Priestley who “sued Greene for defamation, believing this vain, pompous writer was based on himself -- and rather proving..... Item #71752 More
THE SPOIL OF THE FLOWERS.
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
DAWN.
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1887. First American edition of Haggard's first novel. There were four U.S. printings of this book in 1887: by Appleton, Harper, Lovell and Munro. Priority unknown. The Appleton edition was also published in two volumes in wraps. This may be a rebound copy although..... Item #42257 More
THE HANGMEN OF SLEEPY VALLEY.
New York: William Morrow and Co., 1940. First edition. An early western by the mystery writer best known for his Michael Shayne novels. Written under his own name, Davis Dresser. Near fine in edge-rubbed dust jacket with few chips, tears and attendant creasing but otherwise very good. Item #54820 More
THE MALTESE FALCON; [Broadside prospectus].
[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
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1899. First edition. In the Beacon Biographies of Eminent Authors series edited by M. A. DeWolfe Howe. Includes first appearances of many Hawthorne letters. INSCRIBED on half-title page by Fields to Elizabeth Fairchild. The poet and essayist Annie Fields was friends with many literary notables..... Item #51250 More
THE POWER OF LESS: Poetry and Public Speech.
(Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 2007). First edition. SIGNED BY HAZO on title page. Hazo's February 1, 2007, lecture for the university's American Experience Lecture Series. Stapled paperwraps, 16 pages. Fine. Dr. Samuel John Hazo, a National Book Award finalist, founded the International Poetry Forum and served as Pennsylvania's first State..... Item #55571 More
THE SOUNDS OF RAIN.
[Atlanta]: Emory University, 1988. First edition. One of 300 unnumbered copies. Privately printed at the Shadowy Waters Press to mark the inauguration of the Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature. A fine copy in publisher’s envelope. ONE OF ONLY 300 COPIES, THIS ONE IN ORIGINAL ENVELOPE. Item #53644 More
OCCIDENTAL GLEANINGS: Sketches and Essays Now First Collected by Albert Mordell.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1925. First edition.Two-volume set in original slipcase. Previously uncollected articles. Edited by Mordell. First volume includes contributions to the Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati Commercial; the second, articles in the New Orleans Item, New Orleans Times-Democrat, et al. Bright and fine in dust jackets with..... Item #49673 More
WRITERS TAKE SIDES: Letters about the War in Spain from 418 American Authors.
New York: The League of American Writers, (1938). First edition. Preface by Donald Ogden Stewart. Writers answer the question "Are you for, or are you against Franco and fascism?" (Spoiler alert -- they're against Franco and fascism: Edna Ferber says it all when she ends her response with, "Now please..... Item #72226 More
THE HEMINGWAY REVIEW: Vol. IX, No. 2, Spring 1990.
Ada, OH: Ohio Northern Univ. 1990. First edition. Volume IX, No. 2, Spring 1990. Includes two previously unpublished short stories by Hemingway [Philip Haines was a Writer...] An untitled holograph text edited by Donald Junkins from the manuscript, and "A Lack of Passion." The original manuscripts are also reproduced in..... Item #55183 More
MIDNIGHT COWBOY.
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
THE CRY OF THE OWL.
New York: Harper & Row, (1962). First edition. Near fine with light rubbing on corners and spine ends; in near fine dust jacket with minor edgewear and touch of light rubbing. Item #53242 More
THE GREAT OFFENSIVE.
New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1933. First edition. Hindus's update of his previous books (Humanity Uprooted and Red Bread) after a visit to Russia; he offers a 1930's overview of the Russian experiment--the machines, villagers, the collectives, religion, morality & Siberia. Red decorated cloth which is very good..... Item #52155 More