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1893: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1893. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Wide Octavo. 260 pp + x pp adverts, prevous owner's inked inscription on ffep, b&w frontis, 9 stories, including the title piece and "Mental Telegraphy", a detailed inquiry into "psychic research". 5.7" x 8" brown cloth boards, embossed gilt, black design fr cover, & faded gilt spine letters. Cloth darkened, spine especially. t.p. vertical tear from the bottom along the hinge less than 2" long. .

Boston, Massachusetts: The Bibliophile Society, 1924. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Limited Edition. Large Slim Octavo. 83 pp, Introduction, The Bibliophile Society. 6.4" x 9.7" boards - white cloth back & gilt spine, with blue cloth boards, Very Good with no dust jacket. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. A deluxe edition offering the previously unpublished play by Washington Irving (1783-1859) which features his Abu Hassan character, borrowed from the Arabian Nights. One of a limited edition of 455 unnumbered copies, published for members of the Bibliophile Society. With an introduction by George S. Hellman. With tissue-protected facsimile pages from Irving's original manuscript. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. 358 pp, stated First Edition, a Novel. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, and white, rust brown cloth backed & pale beige papered 6" x 8.7" boards, with slightly dimmed spine letters, in unclipped illustrated DJ with protector. Made into a film.

New York, NY: Summit Books / Simon & Schuster, 1991 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Thick Octavo. x + 834 pp, An Act of terror - main text, Supplement The Chronicle of the Landman Family as reconstructed by Thomas Landman, Glossary. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, bottom edge text block with hairline (minor) stain & leading foreedge shelf-wear. 6.5" x 9.5" 1/4 black cloth 3/5 gray papered boards with Near fine gilt spine letters. .

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1994. Book. Illus. by Benton, Thomas Hart . Near Fine. Full-Leather. Collector's Edition. Large Octavo. lxxvi + 396 pp, Publisher's Preface, Introduction, A Note by the Illustrator, list of approx 4o illustrations, 53 titled chapters, 6.4" x 9.55" brown leather boards, gilt design, letters, and text block. moiré e.p.'s, ribbon book mark bound in. raised spine bands. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved, exterior leather & gilt design Near Fine. .

New York: New Directions, 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. viii + 275 pp, Publisher's Note, 21 prose texts. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, and well-preserved. 5.6" x 8.2" black cloth boards. Top & bottom spine boards slight bumped. Unclipped DJ in acetate protector with a closed tear & light edgewear around top edge, faded red letters on spine. .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. 532 pp, previous owner's name handwritten ink ffep. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, black & red cloth boards with light external wear to the extremities. still easily VG. DJ, with soa closed tearalong top rear panel and wear at the bottom spine, unclipped, with author photo on front and 4 more portrait photos on rear, in protector. Mailer became well-known by going mano-a-mano with the world, adopting a shrewd narrative strategy, that lead him to journalism in the late 1960's..

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Book. Illus. by Spitzmiller, Walt. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Signed by Author(s). Collector's Edition. Large Thick Octavo. 714 pp, signed by author on tissue protected ffep, special message from the author, Major characters, a novel in five sections. 6.6" x 9.3" brown leather boards, gilt spine letters, gilt design all around, gilt text-block. 6.6" x 9.4" x 2.1" thick. Clean, tight unmarked. spine leather sun-faded slightly .

New York: The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf [The Heritage Press], 1941. Book. Illus. by Lawson, Robert. Very Good +. Hardcover. Deluxe Illustrated Edition. Large 8vo. Large 8vo. xii, 132 pp, illus. A New Version, 1941. Light wear with lightly foxed end papers. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 5.25" x 7.25". Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. In a good original decorative heavy card slipcase..

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First English Edition. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Good - Very Good. 280 pp, 15 chapters. French title: Les Heritiers Euffe. Translated from the French by Jocelyn Godefroi. Here is Gallic wit and exuberance at its Rabelaisian best! This gay yet detailed study of bourgeois life in the provincial town of Grenoble, with its gossping, scandals, ambitions, and intrigues has the wry wit and racy quality of a good French movie. It is the scandalous story of the heirs of a rich Grenoble. merchant who, on the way to visit his mistress, was (unhappily enough) killed by a vase falling from Flavie Lacil's window (From the Inside Jacket Flap). Chipped at top edge spine with two 1" + tears to rear panel, a small chip at bottom and soiled rear panel. Slightly frayed at bottom tip of front board with lightly age-tanned endpapers, else, clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth..

Bloomfield Hills, MI: Bruccoli Clark, 1980. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited / Numbered. Slim Quarto. 26 pp. Prose fiction copy #85. 6.2" x 9.3" dark blue & light gray cloth, with title plate on fr cover. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Octavo. 214 pp. stated First Edition. fiction. black cloth back & gray papered boards, in illustrated, unclipped DJ in acetate protector. 6" x 8.6" boards. DJ with minor wrinkles just barely noticeable at top spine. A very nice copy, collectible, little sign of prior use. .

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. x, 362 (2) pp. First Printing, 1951. Dust line top text block, else, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6" x 8.5". Dark grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Price clipped. 1" x 1 1/4" rectangle chip (hole in DJ) along spine dj with some additional small chips and edge wear to same. DJ handles nicely in protector. .

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Book. Illus. by Waldman, Bruce. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Signed by Author(s). Collector's Edition. Thick Octavo. x + 844 pp, signed on fffep, 6" x 9.25" red brown leather, gilt design and letters, gilt text block. Gilt fore-edge with a 1" blemish line. Interior clean, unmarked. exterior with no wear. .

Harper & Row, Publishers Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Small Thin Octavo. 219 pp. stated first edition. 5.5" x 8.25" Orange cloth-back & light brown papered boards, with Unclipped, illustrated DJ in acetate protector. Binding tight and square. Pages clean & unmarked. Paper well-preserved. Only the slightest external wear. .

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1981. Book. Illus. by Tenniel, John. Near Fine. Half-Leather. Collector's Edition. Thin Octavo. 170 pp, 12 titled chapters.. 6.25" x 9.4" leather backed spine &cloth covered boards. Binding tight and square, pages clean and unmarked, paper well-preserved. Exterior crisp. marbled e.p.'s. .

Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, Inc., 1964 Book. As New. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Large 8vo. No Dust Jacket, As Issued. In Original Slipcase. 90 (1) pp, The Alice Manuscript by Luther H. Evans; Alice's Adventures Under Ground: The Text. Facsimile Edition, 1964. Mylar Protected. In Pristine Slipcase. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Bluish-green cloth with dark-green floral pattern on front board, and dark-green lettering to spine..

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Trade Paperback. Large 8vo. Large 8vo. 415 (3) pp. preface, The Collected Short Stories (including A Set of 21 Improvisations. Signed by the Author on the ffep. Only the slightest wear to top and bottom spine edge, else, Pristine, no wear. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. 6.25" x 9.25.".

Amsterdam: Loeb, Uitgevers, 1982. Book. Illus. by Emile Bayard. As New. Hardcover. Large Quarto. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 439 pp. Volledige vertaling van Rosemarie Panis, met alle oorspronkelijke illustraties van Emile Bayard, met een nawoord van Erik Lankester, 1982. Text in Dutch. Summary: Een vondeling zwerft door Frankrijk met een oude wijze muzikant en zijn dieren, om na diens dood samen met zijn vriendje zijn ouderlijk huis terug te vinden. Luxueuze, volledige uitgave met alle oorspronkelijke illustraties. "Een gloednieuwe en voor het eerst complete vertaling van het beroemdste jeugdboek aller het eerst: Alleen op de wereld. Met -- eveneens voor het eerst -- alle oorspronkelijke illustraties van de grote Franse kunstenaar Emile Bayard. Alleen op de wereld (Sans famille) werd in Frankrijk bij verschifinen in 1878 onmiddellijk met enorme geestdrift onthaald, en verwierf de Prix Monyon, een onderscheiding voor zeer hoogstaande culturele prestaties, die slechts bij hoge uitzondering wordt… Read More

New York, NY: Horizon Press, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Slim Octavo. 256 pp, stated First Edition. 1/4 blue cloth blue papered boards in blue DJ. DJ in protector, unclipped. .