Literature And Fiction from Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

Spring Garden Press, 2017. 14" x 8.5" Broadside. Limited edition, number 34 of 100, signed by Dischell. A striking broadside celebrating Dischell's reading at UNC Greensboro in September 2017.

Washington: Associated Publishers, Ink, 1930. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. xi, [1], 209 pp., ports. First edition. In original cloth, lacking the rare dust jacket. Very minor shelf-rubbing. A remarkably fresh, clean copy. Expanded from a 1916 publication of the same title in the Journal of Negro History, Paynter's historical novel is about the escape… Read more about this item

[Alexandria, VA], 1890. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. 11, [1], 24, [2] pp., illus. First edition, thus. As issued, stitched in self wrappers. Light to moderate soiling to the covers and contents. A reasonably nice copy. Though without author or publisher, this has been attributed to journalist, educator, and one-time superintendent of Alexandria city schools… Read more about this item

Alexandria: J. Marriott Hill & Co, 1883. Original Wrappers. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. 42 pp. First edition. As issued, stitched and in printed wrappers. Imperfect copy with a publisher's flaw, lacking the second gathering containing p. 9-16 (text is supplied from another edition). Otherwise a very nice copy of a book that is rare in commerce. Though no… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Large octavo. [6], 49, [1] pp., frontis. Limited edition, number 561 of 1000 copies. Signed by Waugh. Publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped vignette on the front board and title on the spine; top edge gilt. Spine with just a touch of sunning, else a very bright binding; contents… Read more about this item

London: Published for the Medici Society by Philip Lee Warner, Riccardi Press, 1913. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Small quarto. [4], 78, [4] pp. Limited edition, numbered 974 of 1000 copies. As issued, in publisher's cloth-backed boards, top edge gilt. Some minor wear to the head of the spine; light soiling and moderate sunning to the covers; soiling… Read more about this item

Paris: La Guilde du Livre Lausanne, 1949. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. 74, [4] pp., plates. Limited edition. In paper vellum over boards. Corners are bumped; binding is lightly rubbed, nevertheless, a presentable copy of this French translation of Poe's classic. Here presented with Poe's poem in English followed by opposite page translations by both Baudelaire and… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1937. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. Illus. First edition. As issued, in printed cloth, lacking the rare dust jacket. Very light shelfwear, including some minor fraying at the spine end; contemporary owner name on the front pastedown else clean throughout. Spiegelman, in his introduction to the Library of America's works of… Read more about this item

1907. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. [4], 56 pp. First edition. Signed and inscribed by Harbaugh below the frontispiece. As issued, in printed gray wrappers; oval portrait of Harbaugh has been pasted to the front cover, possibly by a previous owner as we have had a copy of this without Harbaugh's portrait laid down. Very light shelfwear… Read more about this item

London: Cassell & Company | printed at the Lakeside Press (Chicago), 1930. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. xxxi, [1], 822, [6] pp., illus. As issued, in publisher's black cloth, lacking dust jacket. Binding rubbed and hinges a trifle loose; nevertheless, it presents fairly well. Contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper dated 1936, otherwise, internally clean.… Read more about this item

Bath, UK: Old School Press, 2001. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto. [32] pp., illus. Limited edition, number 46. As issued, in cloth-backed boards with title in gilt on the front board. Bottom corners of both boards are just a trifle bumped, else a very nice copy, clean throughout. This is the fourth in a series by the… Read more about this item

New York: Harrison of Paris | Minton, Balch and Company, 1931. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto. 236, [4] pp., illus. Limited edition, number 322 of 660 copies from the full edition of 700. In original cloth with much of the original slipcase present. Binding is quite bright but with a touch of sunning to the spine; offsetting… Read more about this item

New York: George Braziller, 1973. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. x, 50 pp. First edition, first printing. As issued, in golden cloth and dust jacket. A very bright copy with top corners of both boards very slightly bumped; dust jacket is fresh with price intact on the front flap. A very nice… Read more about this item

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1996. Soft Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. xiii, [1], 331, [5] pp. First edition, first printing. Trade paperback. Signed by Smith on the title page. Minor shelf-rubbing to the covers, but largely a nice, fresh copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. vii, [1], 105, [7] pp. First edition. Signed by Strand on the title page. Trade paperback. Only light shelf-rubbing to the covers; bookseller stamp on the first blank, else a clean copy.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1965. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. [6], 190, [1] pp. First edition. Publisher's cloth with dust jacket. A very sharp copy with only trivial shelf-rubbing to the binding and jacket; price intact on the top of the front flap.

Basic Books, 2002. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. xii, 211 pp. First edition, first printing. In publisher's boards with dust jacket. Only light shelf-rubbing; a trace of foxing to the fore-edge; contents clean; dust jacket is quite fresh and retains price on the front flap.

New York: Shakespeare House, 1951. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good+ dust jacket. 12mo. 187, [4 (ads)] pp. In cloth-backed boards with dust jacket; top edge gilt. Binding is a bit toned at the edges; contents clean; jacket is intensely sunned at the spine with wear and chipping at the top of both panels near the spine.

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2002. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. vii, [3], 235, [2] pp. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Orr on the title page. Trade paperback. A bit of curl to the front cover and some soiling to the fore-edge, else a very nice, clean copy.

New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation | G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1976. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Octavo. 444 pp. Ninth impression. In publisher's cloth, lacking the dust jacket. High school library stamp on the title page and pocket on the rear free endpaper, else clean--no other library markings; modern organizational stamp on the front free endpaper. Trade… Read more about this item