Praha: Ceskoslovenský Spisovatel, 1966. Hardcover. 442 pp. Octavo. [21 cm]. Tan cloth over boards with original dust jacket. Publisher's folded dust jacket imitating a periodical. Dust jacket in good condition only with tearing at corners and spine, yet intact. Illustrated end papers. Pages toned. Corners bumped. The word "robot" is..... More
New York: Random House, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. 181pp. Octavo [21cm]. Tan cloth over boards. Title stamped in red, green and black on spine. Head of boards and spine are subtly toned. In a dust jacket with a handful of small losses to edges and mild toning to spine ends..... More
New York: Random House, 1983. Limited Edition 1/500. Hardcover. SIGNED. 41pp. Octavo [24cm]. Black cloth over boards. Title stamped in gilt on spine. Cloth is mildly moisture damaged. In a red paper covered slipcase with a pictorial paper label depicting a young Truman Capote and his father. The rear side..... More
New York: Random House, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 231pp. Octavo [21 cm] Cream cloth. Very good/Very good. Volume is slightly rolled. Text block cracked at the beginning, but still sturdy. Jacket shows minor nicking to corners with subtle losses, three small closed tears have been "repaired" with scotch tape on..... More
New York: Meredith Press, 1968. Fifth printing. Hardcover. 279pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 brown cloth with tan decorative paper covered boards with a bold black ink stamped title on the spine, and a brown ink stamped cattle skull on the front cover. Very good. The spine ends are gently bumped..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 219pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 dark blue cloth with lighter blue paper over boards. Publisher's magenta top stain. Very good. The edges of the covers are just a little sunned, there is a small indentation in the..... More
New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 187pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 tan cloth with beige paper over boards. Very good. The pages at the rear are darkened from a newspaper article having been laid in. In a very good dust jacket, with..... More
Somerville, Massachusetts: Templar Books, 2009. Rodney Matthews. First U.S. Edition thus. Hardcover. 92 pp. Quarto. [26.5 cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. Housed in an illustrated paper slip case. Inlaid imitation blue gem stones on slip case. Rodey Matthews is a conceptual and graphic artist from Paulton England. He has worked..... More
Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2011. Later printing. Paperback. 240pp. Octavo [21 cm] Pictorial wraps. The author's second work, preceded by Running After Antelope. In post 9-11 America, the author delves into the issues of fanaticism and true believers with contrasting stories of Mormons and Muslims. Thoughtful, insightful stories from a master..... More
Washington DC: Counterpoint, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 130pp. Small Octavo [21.5 cm]. 1/4 brown cloth over red boards. Fine book in Fine dust jacket. Signed by the aurthor on the title page. "When I call Scott Carrier's essays sad and spooky I mean it in a good way. Running After..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 248pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 green paper with camel-colored paper covered boards, and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The extremities are ever so slightly bumped, rubbed and soiled. The top edge of the text block is..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1971. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 502pp. Quarto. [26.5cm] Full red leather over boards with title stamped in gold gilt on spine. Gold gilt decorations on covers. All edges gilt. Silk moire end pages. Satin page marker attached to spine. "The Collector's Library of Famous Editions"..... More
Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press / Editorial Bilingue, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 312pp. Octavo [22 cm] Orange, purple and black pictorial cloth over boards. English text. Inscribed by the author on the title page. The author writes, "For____ (after you get through this version try the new and revised one..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED - Navy blue boards thirdbound in darker blue cloth spine. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. Signed, inscribed, and dated by the author on the title page in black pen: "For -------- ---- /..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First trade edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 283pp. Octavo [20 cm] Orange cloth boards with blue cloth spine. Publisher's orange top stain. No dust jacket. The front board has several small ink stains, and it appears as though someone has subtly tried to rub them out..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First trade edition. Hardcover. 295pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] in green cloth with paper spine and cover labels. 1cm stain at textblock edge from title to first page of Book 1 (five pages total). Dust jacket is quite yellowed, and spine is sunned. Cather's final..... More
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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1938. First American edition. Hardcover. 593 pp. Octavo. [21.5 cm]. Black semi-glossy paper over boards. Deckled edges. Publisher's red top stain. Corners bumped, pages toned and lightly foxed. Gilt title stamped to spine, which has sustained some slight water damage on the cloth near the..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. Hardcover. 940pp. Large octavo [24 cm] Black boards with title stamped in gilt on spine, and blind stamped on front boards. Spine ends lightly bumped. The rear flap of the dust jacket is mildly soiled. Introduction by Harold Bloom. "Cervantes is the founder of the..... More
New York: Random House, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 639 pp. Quarto. [24 cm]. 1/4 tan cloth over tan boards with author's intials blind stamped onto front cover. Title stamped in gilt on spine. Deckled edges. Original dust jacket is without noticeable flaws. A well maintained first edition copy of Chabon's..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Girouz, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 467pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 yellow cloth with gray paper covered boards. Inscribed by Chavez on the half title page. Promotional card laid in. Chavez is a native of Las Cruces, New Mexico. This novel is her first. More
Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library, [1985]. Facsimile First edition. Hardcover. 307pp. Octavo. [21cm] 1/4 black cloth cover green paper covered boards. Title stamped in gold gilt on spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Comes in a gray cloth covered slipcase with paper labels that mirror the dust jacket covers adhered to..... More
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. [INSCRIBED]. Blue cloth over boards with author's name stamped in gilt on the front board. Deckled edges. With original dust jacket, which is slightly creased along the fore edges. Dust jacket price clipped. Previous owner's star stamp along bottom edge..... More
New York: Pantheon, 2022. First edition. Hardcover. "Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman is one of our most influential contemporary artists; it’s hard to overstate his effect on postwar American culture. Maus shaped the fields of literature, history, and art, and has enlivened our collective sense of possibilities for expression. A...... More