Educational Comics, Inc., 1954. Paperback. Thin quarto [26 cm] Illustrated wraps. Good only. The spine has been taped. There is a dark stain on the rear wrap that runs along the entire length of the spine. The stain is 1/2 inch thick. The edges of the wraps are mildly chipped... More about Mad Volume 1, Number 15, September 1954 (Mad Tea Party Cover
The Mentor Association, Inc., 1913-1916. Leather bound. Black bonded leather spines with pebbled green cloth covered boards. The index volume has green cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the front board. Good. The extremities are gently rubbed, particularly the spines. The spines are also subtly rolled. The... More about The Mentor Serials 1-120 (6 volumes including an index
New York, NY; Del Mar, CA: Alexis Gregory and CRM Publishing, 1971. Hardcover. Octavo. Blue textured vinyl cloth over boards with decorative stamping in gilt and red on the backstrip and front board. Illustrated in color. The preliminary pages have discreet markings from a previous owner. There is a small... More about Nobel Prize Library (20 volumes
NP: De L'Imprimerie de la societe Litteraire- Typographique, 1784. Hardcover. Single volume only--(#58 of 70 volume set). Quarter leather with speckled paper over boards. A spine of a later date has been professionally attached. Gilt, leather spine label. Some wear and rubbing to surfaces and edges. Endsheets of a later... More about Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire. Tome Cinquante-Huitieme
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [2005]. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. [277pp.] Quarto [28.5 cm] Blue leather with raised bands, and gilt stamped titles and decorative patterns on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Brown silk ribbon page marker. Still in the shrink wrap. More about Presidential Elections 1789-2004
Dundee, OR: Authors of the West, 1981. Reprint. Paperback. 20pp. Thin octavo [21.5 cm] Stapled tan and black printed wraps. Very good. The last page is yellowed. Includes numerous details concerning his works. Reprint of the Caxton Printers, Ltd. edition from 1939. More about Vardis Fisher: A Critical Summary- With Notes on His Life and Personality
London: Henry and Co., 1893. First edition. Hardcover. 562pp. Octavo [23 cm] Black cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spines and front covers. Good only. The extremities are mildly rubbed, and there are several minor stains on the covers. The spines are rolled. There are losses from... More about Il Pentamerone; Or, The Tale of Tales. Being a translation by the Late Sir Richard Burton,...
Moab, Utah: Back of Beyond Books, 2018. Facsimile edition. 262pp. Small folio [31cm]. Unbound sheets with printing on recto. Printed on 80# Smooth Text Pacesetter Opaque Digital paper by AMP Printing + Graphics. Housed in a custom brown cloth clamshell box with title stamped in white on spine, and blind... More about Desert Solitaire: Facsimile Edition of First Manuscript Draft
New York: EP Dutton, 1980. Reprint. Paperback. 242 pp. [21 cm]; blue and white illustrated wraps. The late Edward Abbey wrote 21 books prior to his untimely death at the age of 62, in 1989. Good News was the sixth of what would become eight published novels, including his fat... More about Good News
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1980. Early trade paperback printing. Paperback. SIGNED. 242pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated casebound wraps. Very good. The wraps are a bit toned, and there is a gift inscription on the half title page, below the author's signature. There is a Valentine sticker on this page... More about Good News
New York: Punctum Books, 2013. First edition. Paperback. 106 pp. [21 cm]; grey and red illustrated wraps. More about Repetitions
New York: Ballantine Books, 1954. First edition thus. Paperback. 193pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good condition. Contributors include Carson McCullers, Wallace Stegner, May Sarton, Josephine Johnson and others. More about American Accent: Fourteen stories by author's associated with the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1983. First Evergreen edition. Paperback. 128pp. Octavo [21 cm] Pictorial wrappers, with rubbing to the wrappers. The bottom edge of the front wrapper is a bit abraded near the spine. The fifth novel from Kathy Acker. "Kathy Acker's most accomplished experimental work. (hers is) a.... More about Great Expectations
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1970. Samuel Chamberlain. The Collector's Library of Famous Editions. Leather bound. 483pp. Large octavo [26 cm] Black leather with raised bands, and gilt stamped titles and designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Light brown moire endsheets. Publisher's leaflet laid in. Illustrated by... More about The Education of Henry Adams
New York: Vintage, 2004. Second edition. Paperback. 289pp. Octavo. Pictoral covers with title in yellow on spine. A tremendously acclaimed and exquisitely realized novel of literary suspense, Harbor recounts the adventures of Aziz Arkoun who, at twenty-four, makes his way to America via the hold of an Algerian tanker. Though... More about Harbor
Salt Lake City, UT: Elik Press, 2003. First printing. Paperback. 20 pp. Stitched Wraps. Elik/Utah #2. More about Between Heaven & Earth
London: Atlantic Books, 2009. First UK edition. 351pp. Second book from Adiga, who won the Man Booker Prize for his debut novel, "The White Tiger." "Between the Assassinations presents a compelling microcosm of Indian life in the 80s, the years between the assassinations of Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv"--from... More about Between the Assassinations
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1987. First printing. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR - Bright orange boards eighthbound in yellow cloth are clean. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. Dust jacket has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the head of the spine and at the extreme... More about Confessions of Johnny Ringo
London and New York: Chapman & Hall; G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1874. Later printing. Hardcover. 472pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Brown cloth over boards. The front endsheet is heavily glue stained and abraded. The text block is cracked here and there, however the book is still quite sturdy. An account of... More about The Pilgrim and the Shrine
Seattle, WA: Serconia Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 128pp. Octavo [22 cm] Beige cloth over boards. With only minor bumping to the extremities. Inscribed by Brian W. Aldiss in a very unique way on the front free endpaper. The author writes, "For____ This Priceless Volume with warmest wishes, Brian... More about The Pale Shadow of Science
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 223pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue paper covered boards. Bumped at the spine ends and corners. Signed by the author on the title page. Included in Alexie's honors and awards are poetry fellowships from the Washington State Arts Commission and the... More about The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 223pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue paper covered boards. Bumped at the foot of the spine. Signed by the author on the title page. Included in Alexie's honors and awards are poetry fellowships from the Washington State Arts Commission and the... More about The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 306pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Light blue paper covered boards. Signed by Alexie on the title page. More about Reservation Blues
Chicago: The Saalfield Publishing Company, No date. Hardcover edition. Hardcover. 125pp. Twelvemo [17.5 cm] Illustrated paper covered boards. Illustrated endsheets. Fair condition. There is a one inch loss from the foot of the spine. The underlying boards are exposed along the edges. The front hinge is broken. The rear free... More about Adrift in New York
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1952. First printing. Hardcover. Light brown illustrated cloth boards and spine are clean and bright. Very faint bump at the tips of the upper corners and a trace of rubbing along the lower edges of the boards. Illustrations throughout by Paul Laune. Dust Jacket - has light rubbing... More about Southwest