The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle - 1902

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. First English language edition / First printing. Black cloth. About fine with one small corner crease to the front free endpaper in near fine dust jacket with only a slight amount of laminate peel that is so common to this title.

Up for sale is a Lot of 8 Alfred Duggan Review copies. All Hardcover's with Priced Dust Jacket. Most with review cards or letters laid in. One has some review notations on the back flypage. One has a very small previous owners address label on the first flypage
VINTAGE REVIEW COPIES
BY ALFRED DUGGAN
ALL ARE COWARD McCANN EXCEPT FOR THE 4 WHICH ARE STATED IN THE LIST
CONTAINED WITHIN THE SET:
"WINTER QUARTERS", 1956, HB, PRICED DUST JACKET WITH REVIEW CARD
"DEVIL'S BROOD," 1957, HB, PRICED DUST JACKET, REVIEW CARD LAID IN
1958, "THREE'S COMPANY, STATED AMERICAN FIRST EDITION, HB, WITH PRICED DUST JACKET
1961, "THE RIGHT LINE OF CERDIC" HAS PUBLISHER'S PHOTO OF THE AUTHOR LAID IN THE FRONT, HB, PRICED DUST JACKET, PANTHEON
1963, STATED FIRST PRINTING, "BESIEGER OF CITIES" HB, PRICED DUST JACKET
"THE CUNNING OF THE DOVE" 1960, PANTHEON BOOKS, HAS THE REVIEW LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER LAID IN, HB, WITH PRICED DUST JACKET
1960, "FAMILY FAVORITES" REVIEW CARD LAID IN THE FRONT, HB, WITH PRICED DU
"LORD… Read More

This is a unique school edition of "THE GREAT GATSBY" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1961; Charles Scribner's Sons; New York. At the back of the book is a biographical sketch of Fitzgerald, as well as a "Study Guide" for the chapters. The Study Guide contains questions about the story, "Notes on the Text," "Interesting Expressions," "Significant Words," and "Other Words Worth Knowing." There are also sections titled "Topics for Discussion or Writing," "The Characters," "The Novel and American History," "Biography and Criticism," "History of the Twenties," "Picture History," "Fiction of the Era," and "Fitzgerald's Own Works."Condition:Clean front cover and spine; there are a couple stains on the back cover as well as a small cloth tear; sharp corners. Tight binding. No cracks. No loose pages. Light foxing to the top edge of the text block. The pages have small blue check-marks next to random lines of text throughout the book, and occasionally a word circled or underlined...otherwise clean with only a… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1945; First Edition; 8vo, 64 pages; green cloth; gilt spine, gilt front board graphics, red topstain. Thomas Mann’s compelling novella on the life of Moses, which first appeared in 1943 as part of a larger collection of ten novellas edited by literary agent Armin L. Robinson and published by Simon & Schuster under the name "The Ten Commandments, Ten Short Novels Of Hitler’s War Against The Moral Code." The stories were written by ten different authors chosen from around the world, each of whom was assigned an individual Commandment, the overall purpose being an international condemnation of Nazi atrocities. Mann was assigned the First Commandment and his piece was entitled "Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me" ("Das Gesetz," or "The Law" in German). In 1945 Alfred A. Knopf published Mann’s novella separately here, in book form, as "The Tables Of The Law." Design by Paul Rand, translation into English by Helen T.… Read More

San German, Puerto Rico: Inter American University, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 192pp (plus plates), printed wrappers. Rare first issue of this important little magazine featuring a stellar roster of contributors, including Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray as well as Beat notables including Burroughs (Schottlaender C13), Corso, Ferlinghetti, et al. Unmarked copy with significant bumps and some general wear.

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. First English language edition / First printing. Black cloth. About fine with one small corner crease to the front free endpaper in near fine dust jacket with only a slight amount of laminate peel that is so common to this title.

Up for sale is a Lot of 8 Alfred Duggan Review copies. All Hardcover's with Priced Dust Jacket. Most with review cards or letters laid in. One has some review notations on the back flypage. One has a very small previous owners address label on the first flypage
VINTAGE REVIEW COPIES
BY ALFRED DUGGAN
ALL ARE COWARD McCANN EXCEPT FOR THE 4 WHICH ARE STATED IN THE LIST
CONTAINED WITHIN THE SET:
"WINTER QUARTERS", 1956, HB, PRICED DUST JACKET WITH REVIEW CARD
"DEVIL'S BROOD," 1957, HB, PRICED DUST JACKET, REVIEW CARD LAID IN
1958, "THREE'S COMPANY, STATED AMERICAN FIRST EDITION, HB, WITH PRICED DUST JACKET
1961, "THE RIGHT LINE OF CERDIC" HAS PUBLISHER'S PHOTO OF THE AUTHOR LAID IN THE FRONT, HB, PRICED DUST JACKET, PANTHEON
1963, STATED FIRST PRINTING, "BESIEGER OF CITIES" HB, PRICED DUST JACKET
"THE CUNNING OF THE DOVE" 1960, PANTHEON BOOKS, HAS THE REVIEW LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER LAID IN, HB, WITH PRICED DUST JACKET
1960, "FAMILY FAVORITES" REVIEW CARD LAID IN THE FRONT, HB, WITH PRICED DU
"LORD… Read More

This is a unique school edition of "THE GREAT GATSBY" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1961; Charles Scribner's Sons; New York. At the back of the book is a biographical sketch of Fitzgerald, as well as a "Study Guide" for the chapters. The Study Guide contains questions about the story, "Notes on the Text," "Interesting Expressions," "Significant Words," and "Other Words Worth Knowing." There are also sections titled "Topics for Discussion or Writing," "The Characters," "The Novel and American History," "Biography and Criticism," "History of the Twenties," "Picture History," "Fiction of the Era," and "Fitzgerald's Own Works."Condition:Clean front cover and spine; there are a couple stains on the back cover as well as a small cloth tear; sharp corners. Tight binding. No cracks. No loose pages. Light foxing to the top edge of the text block. The pages have small blue check-marks next to random lines of text throughout the book, and occasionally a word circled or underlined...otherwise clean with only a… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1945; First Edition; 8vo, 64 pages; green cloth; gilt spine, gilt front board graphics, red topstain. Thomas Mann’s compelling novella on the life of Moses, which first appeared in 1943 as part of a larger collection of ten novellas edited by literary agent Armin L. Robinson and published by Simon & Schuster under the name "The Ten Commandments, Ten Short Novels Of Hitler’s War Against The Moral Code." The stories were written by ten different authors chosen from around the world, each of whom was assigned an individual Commandment, the overall purpose being an international condemnation of Nazi atrocities. Mann was assigned the First Commandment and his piece was entitled "Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me" ("Das Gesetz," or "The Law" in German). In 1945 Alfred A. Knopf published Mann’s novella separately here, in book form, as "The Tables Of The Law." Design by Paul Rand, translation into English by Helen T.… Read More

San German, Puerto Rico: Inter American University, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 192pp (plus plates), printed wrappers. Rare first issue of this important little magazine featuring a stellar roster of contributors, including Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray as well as Beat notables including Burroughs (Schottlaender C13), Corso, Ferlinghetti, et al. Unmarked copy with significant bumps and some general wear.