[New York]: (Dressmakers' Joint Council, ILGWU, 1967). First edition. Rare, presumed unique, tribute book for Charles Sasha Zimmerman (1897 – 1983), published “as an expression of affection and respect for the Council's General Manager” in honor of his 70th birthday. Zimmerman was involved with labor, civil rights, and social welfare..... Item #72785 More
London: Printed for John Starkey, 1680. Second edition. Originally published in 1671. Milton’s epic poem recounting the temptation of Christ from the Gospel of Luke, together with his tragic closet play drawn from the story of Samson in the Old Testament. 16mo circa 18th-century polished calf leather binding with raised..... Item #72784 More
London: Allan Wingate, (1954). First edition in hardback. Preceded by a 1946 softcover edition published in Stockholm. The horrors Peake witnessed as a war correspondent at the end of World War II are said to have influenced the surreal illustrations herein (Vanessa Thorpe, “Mervyn Peake’s Queen of Hearts,” The Observer..... Item #72783 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1889 and 1893. First edition of each book. With illustrations by Harry Furniss. An unnamed narrator bridges the world of Victorian-era England and the fantasy realm of “Outland” and “Fairyland,” home of the sibling sprites Sylvie and Bruno. Considered an early example of time travel fiction..... Item #72782 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. First edition in book form. Contents originally appeared serially in “The Monthly Packet” magazine edited by Charlotte Yonge. Six illustrations by Arthur B. Frost added for the book. Collects all ten of Carroll’s brief humorous stories presenting mathematical problems to be solved (or “Knots,” as..... Item #72781 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1902. First edition. Twelve charming, fanciful stories for children interspersed with poems. Chapter initials and full-plate illustrations by Kipling; text explaining the pictures on opposing pages. In small 4to unsigned, modern binding of three-quarter red leather over red cloth boards; gilt-lettered spine with five raised bands;..... Item #72780 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. First UK edition. Preceded in the U.S. by just one month. The tale of a railroad tycoon's spoiled fifteen year-old son who is washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by the crew of a fishing schooner. Unable to convince them of his family's..... Item #72779 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. First French edition. Translated from the English by Henri Bue. The second foreign language edition, preceded only by the German. 12mo gilt-stamped blue cloth boards; all edges gilt; dark blue coated endpapers; 196 pages. Very good or better with spine somewhat darkened but gilt still..... Item #72778 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1872. First Italian edition, first issue. Translated from the English by T. Pietrocola Rossetti. Preceded only by the rare, unissued first state with title page mistakenly dated 1871. In variant binding of smooth red cloth with covers bordered in blind and only top edge gilt. [Williams..... Item #72777 More
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1908]. First edition thus: with lavish color illustrations by Rountree throughout, both full plate and in the text. Of this edition, bibliographer Sidney H. Williams remarked, "Astonishing pictures, quite sui generis and unexpected. What would Lewis Carroll have thought of them?." No publication date in..... Item #72776 More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1869. First edition to be entirely printed in the U.S., though technically the second American edition [Lovetts 12; Williams, Madan 357]. Preceded in the U.S. by the 1866 edition published from first-printing British sheets by Appleton. Small 8vo dark red gilt-stamped pebble cloth boards; all edges..... Item #72775 More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903. First edition of this collection. In addition to the title poem includes poems and verses from "Rhyme and Reason," "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," "Through the Looking-Glass," and "Sylvie and Bruno." Deluxe issue. 8vo gilt-stamped white paper boards; top edge gilt; color frontispiece and black-and-white..... Item #72774 More
Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1928. First edition. One of just 66 copies printed from Dodgson's original manuscript journals in which he describes his tour with Henry Parry Liddon through Europe and into Russia in the summer of 1867. Original 8vo gilt-stamped red leather over limp boards; top edge gilt; 65 pages..... Item #72773 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
New York: various publishers, 1936 - 1957. First edition of each volume. Her three most popular novels. Finely rebound in matching full red leather aptly embossed with an industrial pattern; each with gilt-stamped leather spine label and marbled endpapers. WE THE LIVING (New York: Macmillan, 1936): small chip to lower..... Item #72771 More
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London: Cassell and Company, 1938. First edition of the most elusive of Rand's first editions, a dystopian tale not published in the U.S. until 1948 in a revised edition. 8vo red patterned-paper boards stamped in gilt on spine. About near fine with spine just slightly cocked, previous owner's name on..... Item #72770 More
New York: Theodor Herzl Press, 1958. First edition. "Farrell's observations made in the course of a recent study trip to Israel" (from the dust jacket flap). INSCRIBED BY FARRELL on the front endpaper, "To Charles Zimmerman/ With fraternal regards/ Jim Farrell." Charles S. Zimmerman (1897 – 1979) was a social..... Item #72769 More
[New York]: The Academy of American Poets, 1977. First edition in this format. One of a designated 500 copies, this one SIGNED BY STRAND. Precedes the poem's appearance in Strand's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1998 collection, BLIZZARD OF ONE (its original appearance was in the Times Literary Supplement). Designed and illustrated by..... Item #72768 More
(Toronto): Viking, (1995). First edition. Text in English and French. SIGNED BY ATWOOD on p. 3 beneath the French version of her one-page foreword (the English version is on p. 2). Includes profiles and portraits of over 100 exceptional Canadians, including Atwood, Leonard Cohen, k. d. lang, Donald Sutherland, Wayne..... Item #72766 More
[London: The Studio Limited], 1937. Two typographic letters dated "September, 1937" and "October, 1937" soliciting orders for LETTERING OF TO-DAY (C. G. Holme, editor) and MODERN PUBLICITY 1937 - 1938 both of which were published in hardcover in London by "The Studio Limited" (the latter was also published in New..... Item #72765 More
[No-place: no-publisher, no-date [circa 1910s]. Charming, circa mid 1910s four-page autograph poem comprised of fourteen four-line stanzas each employing the simple rhyme scheme of ABCB. Written on plain off-white 8 x 10” note paper lightly lined in blue and tied together with 2 mustard-colored ribbons at top. The poem alludes..... Item #72764 More
Cleveland: World Publishing Co., (1947). First editions thus: with new introductions by Farrell. Published one per month from February to May 1947. “MY DAYS OF ANGER concludes the tetralogy dealing with the history of the O’Neill and O’Flaherty families” (from Farrell’s introduction). Note: The eventual fifth and final volume in..... Item #72763 More
New York: The Modern Library, (1938). Later printing, circa 1950s, of Modern Library Giant G41. Collects the three volumes in Farrell's "Studs Lonigan" trilogy: Young Lonigan; The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan; and Judgment Day. INSCRIBED TO CHARLES “SASHA” ZIMMERMAN on front endpaper, "To Charles Zimmerman/ With affectionate regards/ Jim..... Item #72762 More
(Middleboro, Mass.): Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Key Theatre, 1940. First edition. Promotional "herald" produced for handing out on street corners or in front of theaters in order to drum up ticket sales. This particular one is for the premiere four-day showing from Wednesday May 1st to Saturday May 4th [1940] at the..... Item #72761 More
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, (1945 – 1948). Inscribed association copies of 1940s reprints (first published in the 1930s). From the collection of famed sportswriter Paul “Dr. Z” Zimmerman. ALL THREE VOLUMES INSCRIBED TO ZIMMERMAN’S FATHER, CHARLES “SASHA” ZIMMERMAN, Farrell’s “old friend and comrade.” Charles S. Zimmerman (1897 – 1979)..... Item #72760 More