New York: Del Rey/Ballantine Books, 1979. 8vo. 1979 Book Club Edition in very nice condition. Brown-paper covered boards. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner signature to front pastedown. Little wear to binding. Dust jacket with mild edge wear, including small chips and a...... More
New York: BOMC, 1946. 8vo. A GORGEOUS Early book club edition of this Orwell classic, printed the same year as the 1st American Edition. This historic piece also features the original informational flyer from the BOMC laid in. Animal farm "tells the story of a group..... More
New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960. Early Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. A very nice 7th Printing of this high spot of 20th-century literature . Half grey cloth over publisher's brown paper. Square tight binding with clean bright interior. Mild silverfishing to cloth. Bottom fore-edge corner with the thinnest, small..... More
New York: Albert A. Knopf, 1923. First. 8vo. A beautiful copy of this 1920s Golf classic in the rare original dust jacket. 1st edition. With an introduction by "Chick" Evans. Taylor was a widely read columnist for the Chicago Tribune who frequently spiced his writing with..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1954. Batchelor, Joy Halas, John. 8vo. a GORGEOUS Early illustrated book club edition of this Orwell classic, In 1946, Harry Scherrman, President of the Book of the month club wrote "Every now and then through history some inspired individual has spoken out..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1990. 1st Edition. 8vo. A GORGEOUS 1990 1st Edition of this Pulitzer Prize finalist, signed by Hogan without inscription on the title page. Mean Spirit is a fictionalized account of the true events in Oklahoma during the 1920s, after the discovery of oil on Osage..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1990. 1st Edition. 8vo. A GORGEOUS 1990 1st Edition of this Pulitzer Prize finalist, signed by Hogan without inscription on the title page. Mean Spirit is a fictionalized account of the true events in Oklahoma during the 1920s, after the discovery of oil on Osage..... More
London: George Routledge & Frederick Warne, 1923. 24mo. A stunning 1923 desk set, seven volumes, including atlas, bound in fine olive calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London. The set comprises two smaller volumes - Nuttall's Bijou Pronouncing Dictionary Of The English Language, 636pp; and The Bijou Dictionary..... More
New York: Viking, 2005. 1st Edition. 8vo. A gorgeous 1st Edition of one of Vollman's seminal works, signed by the author without inscription on the title page. "Set in Central Europe during the 20th century, it examines a vast array of characters, ranging from generals to martyrs, officers to..... More
London: George Routledge, 1875. 1st Edition. 8vo. A very nice 1st UK Edition of this Longfellow classic. 62pp. Blue cloth with elaborate illustration and decor stamped in black and gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for contemporary 1876 gift inscription to front end paper. Mild rubbing and..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1973 1st Edition of Walker's first short story anthology, featuring the first appearance in book form of her iconic story, 'Everyday Use'. Signed by author without inscription under her name on title page. "These are..... More
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. A nice association copy signed twice by Scott. The first an inscription on the front end paper to friend and notable solo sailor Monk Farnham, at one point the oldest man to sail solo across the Atlantic; the..... More