UK: Chiltern, 2018. Reprint. Hardcover. 574pp. Duodecimo [18.75 cm]. Printed paper over boards. No dust jacket as issued. Orphaned Jane Eyre has endured a life of austerity and hardship until she is appointed governess at Thornfield Hall by its remote and brooding master, Edward Rochester. When the two finally meet..... More
New York: Modern Library, 2021. Second printing. Paperback. 356pp. Octavo [20.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 249pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 dark blue cloth with light blue paper covered boards. Near fine / Near fine. Cecil Brown's novel depicts the experiences of black comedians, writers, actors, and singers in the cutthroat world of Hollywood. More
Tucson: Arizona Silhouettes, 1961. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 251pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red cloth covered boards with decorative silver stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Near fine condition. Republished by Photo Offset in a Limited Edition. From the publisher's note- "The book, of course, is admittedly fiction. The names..... More
Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. 337pp. Octavo [22cm]. 1/4 gray cloth with beige paper over boards. Title stamped in silver on spine. "The author of more than twenty books and a revered contributor to numerous national publications, Charles Bowden (1945-2014) used his keen storyteller's eye..... More
London and New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head / Macmillan, 1896. D. Y. Cameron. First edition. Hardcover. 205; 16pp. Octavo [20 cm] 1/4 brown cloth over tan boards illustrated in brown ink. Decorative gilt stamped spine. The top edge has the publisher's brown stain; other edges deckled. The bottom..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2003. Third printing. Hardcover. 338pp. Octavo [20.3cm]. Brown cloth over boards. Light brown end papers. Boards are slightly shelf worn. Hinges are just very slightly loose at the beginning and end of the text block. Lacking slipcase. The Three Hostages was first published by Hodder and..... More
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 315pp. Small octavo [19 cm] Bright green cloth spine and boards. Green publisher's topstain. Very good with a very good dust jacket. Light rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the tips of the corners. Light bump..... More
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1995. Michael Montfort. Deluxe Limited Edition. SIGNED. Oblong quarto [22 cm x 27 cm] 1/2 red cloth with pictorial paper over boards, and a paper title label on the backstrip. Very good. The spine ends and corners of the covers are bumped, there is..... More
Japan: Shinchosha Company, 1999. Foreign language edition. Paperback. 472pp. Sextodecimo [15 cm] Cream colored wraps with Japanese characters and the publishers device printed on the spine and wraps. Very good. There is a previous owner's name on the title page. The illustrated dust wrapper is in very good condition, with..... More
Parantez, [2002]. Turkish language edition. Paperback. 176pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Near fine. Minor bumping to the fore edge of the front cover. There is a tiny sticker on the rear wrap, and there is a previous owner's name on the verso of the front cover. The writings of..... More
Salt Lake City and Berkeley: Litmus, 1973-1976. Litmus first editions. Paperback. All books are in fine or near fine condition. Bound in various colors of illustrated wraps. Many with stapled bindings. Victoria Mundi is a black hardcover with a gilt stamped title on the spine. It also has a dust..... More
Amsterdam: Uitgeverij De Bezige Bij, 1982. Tweede druk (second Dutch edition). Paperback. 234pp. Octavo [20 cm] Purple, red and white pictorial wraps. Very good. The spine and covers show light edge wear. Dutch edition of Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness. More
Amsterdam: Uitgeverij De Bezige Bij, 1982. Tweede druk (second Dutch edition). Paperback. 234pp. Octavo [20 cm] Purple, red and white pictorial wraps. Very good. The spine and covers show edge wear, and there is a small, light stain on the top fore edge of the text block. Dutch edition of..... More
Istanbul: Parantez, 2001. Paperback. 199pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Pictorial wraps. Near fine condition. There is a previous owner's name on the verso of the front cover. The pages are age-toned. Tales of Ordinary Madness in Turkish. More
Awe/Gebers, 1987. Second Swedish edition. Paperback. 278pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Pictorial pocketbook wraps. There is a former owner's name on the half title page. A Swedish translation of Notes of a Dirty Old Man. The first Swedish edition was published in 1980. More
Awe/Gebers, 1980. First Swedish edition. Paperback. 278pp. Octavo [21 cm] Casebound pictorial wraps. The half title page is darkened at the edges, and has a former owner's name. A Swedish translation of Notes of a Dirty Old Man. More
Göteborg: Lindelöws bokförlag, 2006. Later Swedish printing. Paperback. 319pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Casebound pictorial wraps. With a previous owner's name on the verso of the front cover. A Swedish translation of Notes of a Dirty Old Man. More
New York: Penguin Books, 2016. Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Paperback. 412 pp. Octavo [21.5 cm]; illustrated wraps. "A 50th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of the incomparable 20th-century masterpiece of satire and fantasy, in a newly revised version of the acclaimed Pevear and Volokhonsky translation Nothing in the whole of literature compares with..... More
New York: Penguin Classics, 2019. Reprint. Paperback. 350pp. Octavo [19.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "A 1946 Filipino American social classic about the United States in the 1930s from the perspective of a Filipino migrant laborer who endures racial violence and struggles with the paradox of the American dream, with a foreword by..... More
New York: W. W. Norton, 2019. Later printing. Paperback. 213pp. Octavo [21cm]; illustrated wraps. This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition, and Burgess’s introduction, “A Clockwork Orange Resucked.”. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First American edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Signed and inscribed by author on half-title: "To ----, with regards and a happy Christmas. 1975, Anthony Burgess". 161pp. Octavo [22 cm]. Hardcover in blind-embossed and gilt-stamped black cloth with jacket. Light toning and slight irregular fading to jacket;..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First American edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 161pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Black cloth over boards. The extremities are mildly rubbed and the spine is slightly rolled. In a dust jacket, with subtle toning and soiling, and light edge wear. Signed and inscribed (to no person in..... More
London: Heinemann, 1957. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Paperback. 221pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Red and black printed wraps. Very good. The spine is rolled. The dust jacket, designed by John Rowland, is in good condition, with darkening, more so at the jacket's spine, and on the rear panel. There are a handful..... More
London: Heinemann, 1957; 1960; 1968; 1980; 1982. Uncorrected Proofs, 5 UK Editions; Hutchinson. Paperback. 4 octavos and 1 tall skinny quarto. Printed wraps. Some fading and wear to the exteriors. Text blocks occasionally fragile. The wrappers of "Earthly Powers' are a bit soiled. Two of the front wraps have minor..... More