ALMAYER'S FOLLY A STORY OF AN EASTERN RIVER by Conrad, Joseph - 1895

London: Printed for J. Parsons, 1796.. vii,[1],[9]-32pp. Octavo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Half-title not present, but very good. First edition of this satire occasioned by the "lost letters" of the Prince of Wales. ESTC locates only six copies (Yale, Huntington and Harvard only in the U.S.). NCBEL II:672. ESTC T9346,

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, [1910].. Olive cloth, spine stamped in gilt, blind device on upper cover. Foxing, extremities and spine a bit rubbed, with short snags at crown, but a good, sound copy. First edition, second binding, of Pound's first major volume of criticism. This is an interesting association copy, with the ownership signature of Schuyler B. Jackson, dated "15/8/21." A total of 1250 sets of sheets were printed, of which three hundred sets were used for the American issue, and an unspecified number of copies were bound up in this slightly later binding. GALLUP A5a.

314 pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth with red lettering to spine and front cover in pictorial jacket. (First's January 2003 pg 45) First American edition limited to 12,000 copies.Heavy Weather is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on July 28, 1933 by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, and in the United Kingdom on August 10, 1933 by Herbert Jenkins, London. It had been serialized in the Saturday Evening Post from 27 May to 15 July 1933. It is part of the Blandings Castle series of tales, the fourth full-length novel to be set there, and forms a direct sequel to Summer Lightning (1929), with many of the same characters remaining at the castle from the previous story. It also features the re-appearance by Lord Tilbury, who had previously appeared in Bill the Conqueror (1924) and Sam the Sudden (1925).Condition:Previous owner's name on front end paper verso. Jacket with the number .25 under the unclipped price of $2.00, edges… Read More

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut on limitation page. Certificate signed by Kurt Vonnegut, Daniela Di Stefano and Publisher Roy S. Pfeil. First Limited edition / First printing. Number 405 of 1700 copies. Teal leather. Very fine. Certificate of Authenticity and A Note About Bagombo Snuff Box laid in.

London: James R. Osgood McIlvaine, 1891.. Small quarto. Gilt green cloth backed cream cloth over boards, elaborately decorated in gilt and red. Plates, illustrations and decorated endsheets. Binding a bit darkened, with some pale discolorations at edge, 1895 ownership signature on preliminary blank, corners a trifle worn, the plates by Shannon somewhat faded (as usual) but still legible, a few small nicks and a short tear to the edges of the front free endsheet but a good, sound copy, a few leaves unopened. First edition. Design, illustrations and decorations by C. Ricketts and C. Shannon, with plates by the latter. One of one thousand copies printed. Mason/Millard gives an account of the circumstances which led to the faint state of the Shannon plates. Contains four short stories: "The Young King" (which first appeared in THE LADY'S PICTORIAL, Christmas Number, 1888), "The Birthday of the Infanta" (which first appeared in PARIS ILLUSTRÉ, March 30, 1889), "The Fisherman and His Soul," and "The… Read More

London: Printed for J. Parsons, 1796.. vii,[1],[9]-32pp. Octavo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Half-title not present, but very good. First edition of this satire occasioned by the "lost letters" of the Prince of Wales. ESTC locates only six copies (Yale, Huntington and Harvard only in the U.S.). NCBEL II:672. ESTC T9346,

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, [1910].. Olive cloth, spine stamped in gilt, blind device on upper cover. Foxing, extremities and spine a bit rubbed, with short snags at crown, but a good, sound copy. First edition, second binding, of Pound's first major volume of criticism. This is an interesting association copy, with the ownership signature of Schuyler B. Jackson, dated "15/8/21." A total of 1250 sets of sheets were printed, of which three hundred sets were used for the American issue, and an unspecified number of copies were bound up in this slightly later binding. GALLUP A5a.

London: Printed for G. Strahan Et Al. Good+. 1741. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. Giving an Imperial Account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable Transactions of Europe and discovering several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1642 to the year 1682. Complete in eight volumes. Full leather. Spine has raised bands, gilt decorated panels & title. Vol. #1, 312pp with a frontispiece of Mahmud the Turkish Spy; #2, 276pp; #3, 287pp; #4, 288pp; #5, 276pp; #6, 264pp; #7, 248pp; #8, 280pp. Text blocks tight, clean and intact. Although some hinges are split or splitting, all covers are firmly attached. Spine ends have light wear. Prior owner signatures. Rare Section; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 2231 pages .

London: James R. Osgood McIlvaine, 1891.. Small quarto. Gilt green cloth backed cream cloth over boards, elaborately decorated in gilt and red. Plates, illustrations and decorated endsheets. Binding a bit darkened, with some pale discolorations at edge, 1895 ownership signature on preliminary blank, corners a trifle worn, the plates by Shannon somewhat faded (as usual) but still legible, a few small nicks and a short tear to the edges of the front free endsheet but a good, sound copy, a few leaves unopened. First edition. Design, illustrations and decorations by C. Ricketts and C. Shannon, with plates by the latter. One of one thousand copies printed. Mason/Millard gives an account of the circumstances which led to the faint state of the Shannon plates. Contains four short stories: "The Young King" (which first appeared in THE LADY'S PICTORIAL, Christmas Number, 1888), "The Birthday of the Infanta" (which first appeared in PARIS ILLUSTRÉ, March 30, 1889), "The Fisherman and His Soul," and "The… Read More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994. Signed on the title page by Umberto Eco. First edition / First printing. Green paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.