London: John Hinton, (1776). First edition of each. 20 half-year volumes published from Jan. 1770 to Dec. 1780 (i.e., six monthly issues in each) COVERING BRITISH REACTION TO AND VERSIONS OF INCIDENTS LEADING UP TO AND DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. Missing only 2 volumes from an 11-year run. "The Universal..... Item #72636 More

[New York]: Limited Editions Club, (1989). First edition. Unifies three novellas in a trilogy "which describe old age (Company), the ending of the world (Ill Seen Ill Said), and the creation of life (Worstward Ho)--John Calder, essay in the Monthly Newsletter (laid in). Number 156 of 550 numbered copies SIGNED..... Item #72689 More

(Cottondale: Plain Wrapper Press, 1985). First edition. Short story exploring the personal connection to the telephone as mode of communication. Number 19 of 75 copies (entire edition) SIGNED BY CALVINO & FRASCONI. This copy designated as printed for Jeffery Alan Hoffman. Bilingual, with original Italian followed by English translation. Illustrated..... Item #72712 More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1866 and 1872. First UK edition to be regularly published of ALICE IN WONDERLAND (after the suppressed 1865 edition) with inverted "S" in last line of contents page; and first edition of THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS with correct first-issue/printing point present on p.21, "wade" for "wabe" [Williams..... Item #72399 More

(West Burke, VT: Janus Press, 1994). First edition, and only edition. Just 110 copies in total. The thought-provoking poem written (and read) by Dove in commemoration of the return of the repaired and refurbished "Freedom" statue to its perch atop the then-newly restored Dome of the United States Capitol, October..... Item #72395 More

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1918). First edition. First issue without the poem by H. H. Howland on page [6]. Brief typed letter SIGNED BY LARDNER affixed to front pastedown. Measures approximately 6.5" x 4"; typed on Chicago Tribune letterhead (where Lardner worked for years) and dated simply "August 30th", it reads..... Item #55208 More

San Francisco: Arion Press, 2002. First edition thus: edited with note on text by John T. Shawcross and introduction by Helen Vendler. The 64th publication of the press, printed by Andrew Hoyem. Number 252 of 400 numbered copies (an additional 26 copies were issued hors de commerce). Small 4to black..... Item #72772 More

Sherman Oaks: Mixolydian Editions, 2006. First edition. "Short impressionistic prose vignettes” about growing up in Southern California illustrated with four wood engravings by Wagener. Number 27 of 40 numbered copies printed on Rives Heavyweight paper and SIGNED BY WAGENER (from a total edition of 65). ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED by Wagener at..... Item #55876 More