Rosamond the Second by Mears, Mary - 1910

New York: Viking, 1992. Signed in gold ink and dated 1992 by Ken Kesey. First edition / First printing. White cloth spine, beige paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

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.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1986. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth. As New. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The second book in the New York Trilogy.

First Edition. New. One of 800 copies printed on Arcoprint and hardbound in black Imitlin, stamped in gilt on spine and front cover, and presented in a grey card slipcase with a complementary volume of essays. The first critically emended and completely reset edition of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake since its original publication in 1939. Edited by Danis Rose and John O'Hanlon, designed by Martino Mardersteig, set in the Dante Val typeface, and printed offset and bound by Stamperia Valdonega, Verona for Houyhnhnm Press, Dublin. This First Edition is limited to a Special Issue consisting of 26 Lettered, 150 Numbered and 24 Hors Commerce copies printed on Magnani Mould made paper and hardbound in black calfskin; and a Trade Issue of 800 copies printed on Arcoprint and hardbound in black Imitlin and presented in a grey card slipcase.

London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1911. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paul, Evelyn. Scarce first edition, beautifully bound in contemporary tree calf with gilt borders to boards and edges, and blind-stamped dentelles. Five raised bands to spine, elaborate gilt decoration and gilt-stamped leather labels. Marbled endpapers and page edges. A very attractive copy. Sixteen beautiful colour plates by Evelyn Paul, depicting subjects such as 'The Breaking of the Bow of Janaka', 'Prahlada Overcoming the Elephants', 'Draupadi Dragged from her Chamber' and 'Bhima Hurled his Mace with Fury'. The text block has been cut down during rebinding making the height of this book 7¾" rather than 8½" in the original binding. Tissue-guards have been added to protect the illustrations. There is a Bowden House School prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Occasional light foxing… 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.

ANZIA YEZIERSKA: 1932, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, First Edition, 1932. Printed and bound in the U.S.A. by Chas. H. Bohn & Co. . USED. Good/ No DJ Included. About the author: "Yezierska's fiction focuses on Jewish immigrant life at the turn of the century, and she sees herself as giving voice to her people".

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1986. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth. As New. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The second book in the New York Trilogy.

London: William Heinemann Printed at the Ballantyne Press London. Publishers: London: William Heinemann; Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. No date specified - circa 1911. Green boards, black titles/illustrations on spine and front, 127 numbered pages. Decorated endpapers, attached illustration at frontispiece plus 17 additional tissue-protected attached illustrations. Boards lightly rubbed along edges, tips of lower corners and ends of spine. Small (1/8 inch) frayed hole at head of spine, boards and bottom edge lightly smudged. Rubbed spots along hinge at ffep, pages lightly smudged. Illustrations clean and binding secure. Tissues lightly creased and wrinkled along bottom edge: tissue at page 18 has 3 diagonal creases, tissue at page 26 rubbed through in spots; page 60-61 and covering tissue lightly smudged near bottom of page, but illustration clean; grease mark (1/4 inch) on pages 62-63 near bottom of page; tissue on page 83 torn along bottom, torn piece stuck to page; tissue page 93 covers… Read More

The Mysterious Affair At Styles (1935 Bodley Head Half-Crown Edition) THE FIRST HERCULE POIROT TITLE EVER WRITTEN BY CHRISTIE. Mandarin Orange cloth boards with black and green stripes on front cover. Black Titling. States Bodley Head on spine. Spine may be slightly sunned. Pages are fairly bright. Foxing noted, chiefly at the title page and verso. Used. Good Condition / New fax candlestick motif dust jacket. Hardcover. BOARDS ARE VERY CLEAN. NO CORNER BUMPS.Made and printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner, Ltd., Frome and London.