Literature from Ayers Books/Livres Ayers

New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1910. Tan chamois cover over silk with gilt titles on the front cover: 20 cm., 7 3/4 inches, 127 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson facing red and black title page. Quotations from Stevenson's works for each day of the year (including February 29th), with decorative page headings. Top edge gilt, other edges deckled.… Read more about this item

London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1900. Works of Thackeray, 14 volumes, 1900-1906. Red diagonally-grained covers, gilt titles and floral rose design on the spines. All edges gilt. Complete run of Thackeray's Works as part of The New Centuay Library. Each volume has navy end papers and an engraved frontispice with protective tissue,red and black title page and several… Read more about this item

Paris: Gallimard nrf, 1947. Exemplaire relieé d'après la maquette de Mario Prassinos, dont neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix exemplaires numérotés de 1 à 990. Cet exemplaire No 250. Couverture un peu usée, quelque rousseurs sur le bord supérieur. Bon état.. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Mario Prassinos. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: Gallimard nrf, 1955. Relié d'après une maquette de Paul Bonet, 350 pages. Edition originale, un de six cent cinquante exemplaires sur vélin labeur, no 601. Très bon état. . First. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Paul Bonet. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Montreal: Editions Pauline, 1989. Couverture souple, 75 pages. Recueil de cinq nouvelles qui livrent des portraits d'adolescents de différents pays. Coin avant supérieur légèrement usé. Tres bonne condition. . Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Montreal & Tornto: Mcclelland and Stewart Limited, 1969 Hard cover, 128 pages. Black cloth with gilt titles, illustrted dust jacket. designed by Vlasta van Kampen, with portrait of the author photographed by Kryn Taconis.The jacket has edgewear and minor creasing to the top edge of the back cover. A very nice copy. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo… Read more about this item

UK: Penguin, 2006 Soft cover, 228 pages. Translation by Anthea Bell, edited by Sven Meyer. A collection of essays written over a period of twenty years on a variety of subjects, many of them not previousl y published in book form. Sebald explores themes that shaped his writing and examines the influence on his writing in the works of other… Read more about this item

Budapest: Magveto, 1966. Hard cover, 239 pages. Text in Hungarian. Cloth cover with gilt titles on black labels, illustrated dust jacket. Very good condition book in dust jacket with small closed tear (approx 1cm, 1/4 inch) on top edge. Nice little book.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Budapest: Szepirodalmi Konyvliado, 1966 Hard cover, 223 pages. Text in Hungarian. Green illistrated wraps, illustrated dust jacket. Book very good in dust jacket with small closed tear on lower front edge. Nice little book. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Gyoma , Hungary: Corvina Kiado, 1988 Soft cover, 447 pages, including biographical notes of the authors. Selected short stories of twentieth-century Hungarian authors choses for their uniqueness, diversity and artistic quality. Styles range from traditional realism to the experimental grotesque, parody and fantasy. Creases to spine. Very good. . Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" -… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 1958. Soft cover, 185 pages. Short stories, poetry, reviews, letters to the editor and contemporary advertisements, including for a new book by Jack Kerouac: the Dharma Bums. Contributers include Daisetz T. Suzuki (on Japanese culture), Lorca, Kline, Snyder and others. Black and white illustrations, photos. Edgewear, no longer fresh. Previous owner's name in small letters… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 1957. Volume 1, No. 1. Soft cover, 192 pages. Features Sartre, Beckett, Schorer, Michaux, Dods, Hamburger, Purdy, black and white photos by Feinstein. Edgewear, no longer fresh. Good condition. First edition. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harold Finestein. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Grove Press, 1963. Soft cover, 256 pages. "The Eye of Mexico" edition featuring over 15 Mexican writers and artists, including: Octavio Paz, Juan Rulfo, Carlos Fuentes, As well music and poetry reviews. Black and white photos and illustrations. Advertisements, especially related to Mexico. Edgewear. no longer fresh. Good. . Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over… Read more about this item

Budapest: Szepirodalmi Konyvkiado, 1969 Hard cover, 371 pages. Light brown cover with black titles and small portrait of a woman on the front cover. Text in Hungarian. Spine sunned, otherwise very good with pleasing small format. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1959 Hard cover, 439, 4 pp. Edited, with an introduction by Max Plowman. Included table of contents and a 4 page index. Black and white illustrations in the text. Very good in very good dust jacket. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Montreal: Fides, 1969. Couverture souple, 210 pp. Roman. Un de deux milles exemplaires sur papier Louvain antique. Trois illustrations en noir et blanc. Dos jauni et endommagé au pied, une page dechirée. Bon état.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Walter J. Black, Inc., 1928. Leather over soft boards, 19 cm, 7.5 inches, viii, 679 pages, Gilt titles and decoration on the spine. The front cover has a blind double frame and a blind crest containing "Henrik Ibsen" in gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Ibsen. Includes A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck,… Read more about this item

London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1916. Hard cover, xxxv, 486 pages. Green cloth cover with spine embellished with gilt titles and double gilt borders. 1916 reprint. Introduction by Hugh Walker. Includes stories by Sir Walter Scott, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens,, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, William Morris and others. Very good condition with red… Read more about this item

Toronto: Couch House Press, 1992. Hardcover, 153 [7] pages. Orange boards with black titles, illustrated dust jacket. Second printing. Short stories. Fine in near fine dust jacket. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: New Directions, 2014 Hard cover, 256 pages. Green cloth with silver titles and decoration front and back cover, by Rodrigo Corral Design. Translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky. Book design by Erik Rieselbach. Second hand book in fine condition. . Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.