THE LETTER OF MARQUE.
NY: Norton, (1992). First American paperback edition. 8vo, pp. 284. Pages little toned, a very good copy in illustrated wraps. A volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series. More
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THE AUBREY/MATURIN SERIES - A COLLECTION
MASTER AND COMMANDER. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1969) First edition, (little soiling on front end paper, o/w fine in dj that is a little browned on the front flap. POST CAPTAIN. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1972) First American edition, nae on end paper, fine in dj H.M.S. SURPRISE. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1973) FirstAmerican Edition, fine..... More
A LITURGY FOR DRAGONS; and 17 other poems 1953-1961
NY: Chas P. Young, 1961. 8vo, pp. 24. Paper wraps. Cover and the lower corner of one leaf somewhat stained, o/w VG. More
A COLLECTION OF 17 FIRST EDITIONS; 12 of which are signed
THE BEAN TREES, a novel. Harper & Row (1988) First edition, fine in dj. The author's first book HOMELAND and other stories. Harper & Row (1989) First edition, fine in dj, Signed by Kingsolver HOLDING THE LINE, women in the great Arizona mine strike of 1983. ILR Press (1989) First..... More
SOPHISTICATED LADY; Piano Solo
NY: Gotham Music Service, 1933. First edition, thus. 4to, 6pp, self wraps. Some minor stains, loose in illustrated cover. More
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
np, nd, 8 x 10-1/2 in mimeographed sheets. 4 pages. Fine copy. N.O.W was founded in 1966 by Shirley Chisholm, Betty Friedan and Muriel Fox. This is the organizing document of the immensly influential feminist organization offered on the 50th anniversary of its founding. The official printed version (located just..... More
NAKED LUNCH.
NY: Grove, (1966). First Evergreen "Black Cat" edn. 8vo, pp. 255. Little rubbed paper wraps, (lacks the black corner of the first leaf). With the 2-page Evergreeen card advertisement, all edges stained red as called for. With the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision and excerpts from the Boston Trial. This was..... More
OPENING AN OYSTER
[Greensboro, NC]: Unicorn Press, 1967. First Edition. Broadside. oblong format, 17 x 12 inches. Printed in 2 colors on pale yellow. Limited to 200 copies. A near fine copy.Matted. Printed on the occasion of Robert Bly's poetry reading at Unicorn Book Shop, 1967. More
THE SILENCE; for Mark Van Doren Buried at Cornwall Hollow on December 13, 1972
Cambridge, MA: The Pomegranate Press, 1973. KK lopp. First Edition. Broadside, 19 x 13 inches, # 27 of a limited edition of 250 copies. This copy signed by the illustrator, (K. K. Lopp?) and Macleish. (The Macleish signature is a little faded), but a fine copy. Woodcut image at the..... More
THINKING OF ANAIS NIN
[Washington, DC: A. N. Memorial at the Cosmos Club, [1978]. First Edition. Broadside, 13 x 8-1/2 in. Issued for the Nin memorial event and has a photo of Nin and the poem "Thinking of Anais Nin" by William Claire below it. Inscribed by Claire. More
CHOICE:6; A Magazine of poetry and photography $1.95
[Chicago: Choice, 1970]. Large 8vo, pp. 236. Little soiled printed wraps, a very good copy. Inscribed: "For Bill [Claire] | John" by the editor. A literary magazine with work by: Robert Bly, R. P. Dickey, John Haines, Clayton Eshelman, Diane Wakowski, Rogert Hecht, Charles Simic, John Logan, A poilin, Jr...... More
A FEW FIGS FROM THISTLES; Poems and four sonnets by...
NY: Frank Shay, 1921. Second Edition. 8vo, pp. 16. [Salvo, an occasional periodical.] Paper wraps. Cover chipped and worn, clean inside. Yost 6. The first of the 'Gashouse Edition ' which was the name Shay used to describe a book he thought to be a 'pot-boiler.'. More
ICONOLOGIA
[London: Andre Deutsch, [1988]. Baskin. First UK Edition. 4to, pp.219. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts and engravings. A Very good copy in dj. From the dj: "This powerful book is a series of portraits-in-homage by a contemporary artist to artists of the past with whom he feels kinship. Leonard Baskin, moving..... More
DANGEOUS VOYAGE; (original title: Williwaw)
NY: Signet, (1953). First edition, thus. Small 8vo, 158 + adv. Front flyleaf removed, a good copy in plastic cover. A reprint of Vidal's first book. More
DEATH BEFORE BEDTIME; by Edgar Box
[NY: Bantam Books, 1973]. First Bantam edition. Small 8v0, pp. 169 + adv. Some writing on the end paper, o/w a very good copy. One of several mysteries written by Vidal under the pseudonym. More
OSAWATOMIE; Weather Underground Orgaization.: Vol. 1 # 1 - Vol 2 # 2. (6 issues - all issued - Spring, 1975 to June/July, 1976
4to, pp. 30, illustrated printed wraps. All in very good plus condition. Wikipedia: "The Battle of Osawatomie was an armed engagement that occurred on August 30, 1856, when 250–400 pro-slavery Border ruffians, led by John W. Reid, attacked the town of Osawatomie, Kansas, which had been settled largely by anti-slavery..... More
MERTON, A BIOGRAPHY
San Francisco: Harper & Row, (1980). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 342. Photos. A very good copy in dj. Includes material from unpublished letters and journals. More
DOODLE SOUP; poems by ... illustrtaed by Merle Nacht
Boston: Houghtom Mifflin, 1985. V. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 57. A near fine copy in dj. Signed by the author and inscribed by the dedicatee Constance Caraway [Erskine]. More
A GRAHAM GREENE MEMOIR
[Rockville, MD]: Peter Pun Press, (2021). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 215. Bound in illustrated paper wrappers. Signed by both authors. Scarce. A memoir describing how Jeffs, the rare book library at Georgetown Univerity built the Graham Greene collection with the help of the author himself. More
THE JOURNALS OF SUSANNA MOODIE; poems by ...
Toronto: Oxford Univ Press, 1970. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 64. Original little soiled printed wraps. Inscribed by the author: "For Helen | Best wishes | Margaret Atwood | 1972 Washington" Moodie was one of the best known of Canada's early pioneers, and wrote Roughing it in the bush, and Life..... More
THE PRICE OF MURDER
NY: Dell, 1957. First edition. A Dell First Edition: A152; 25c on front wrapper and with "First PrintingÑOctober, 1957" on copyright page. A good copy. More
PLEASE WRITE FOR DETAILS
NY: A Fawcett Gold Medal Book. Fawcett Gold Medal Book (R1649), 1959. Small 8vo, pp. 256. Illustrated paper wraps. A very good copy. More
LOVELY MARY; by the author of Mrs. Wiggs of The Cabbage Patch
NY: Century, 1903. First edn. 8vo, pp. 197. Untrimmed. Bound in an illustrated green cloth binding. Illustrated by Florence Scovel Shinn. A very good copy. More
DREAM SYMBOLS OF THE INDIVIDUATION PROCESS; [Seminar Held at Bailey Island, Maine September 20 Through 25, 1936]
1937. First Edition. Small 4to, pp. 214. Small holograph label on the spine. Pages/boards clean, binding, name and address from Bailey Island ("Anna Richardson, Bailey Island, Maine, September, 1936"on the end paper. A nice clean copy. Thistext was typed from short hand notes taken by four attendees. Jung asked that..... More
THE RED BOOK: Liber Novus
NY: W. W. Norton, 2009. Second Printing (number line beginning with "2" Massive, heavy quarto (39cm). Publisher's red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 371pp. Fine in crisp, unworn dustwrapper, The full facsimile of Jung's masterwork, with translation and commentary by Mark Kyburz, John Peck, and Sonu Shamdasani. Wilipedia..... More