Literature from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in the First Edition and First Printing. Sigurd F. Olson's first book. Sigurd F. Olson (1899-1982) was an American environmental writer and activist who was influential in the protection of the Boundary Waters and helped draft the Wilderness Act… Read more about this item

Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1932. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, top edge a bit dusty, in a Very Good dust jacket, chips along top edge front and back, a 1" chip lower edge back panel. James Rives Childs (1893-1987) was an American diplomat, a writer and… Read more about this item

London : John Macrone, 1839. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The personal copy of Sir John Alexander Macdonald, the First Prime Minister of Canada, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by him at front end page -"John A. Macdonald from his friend - 1846" and with his personal book plate at front paste down. Below Macdonald's… Read more about this item

London/ Glasgow/ Bombay: Blackie and Son Limited Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. 5th or later Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. No Date, circa 1910. One of the finest and most detailed designs executed by Talwin Morris for Blackie and Son. Near Fine, slight foxing at fore edge and end pages, just a touch of rubbing to gilt… Read more about this item

London: George Redway, New YorkA.C. Armstrong & Son: , 1885. Book. Very Good. Vellum. 1st Edition. [10], 122, [6] pages. Very Good in original vellum boards printed in red, the lettering at spine dulled, spine darkened, vellum moderately soiled, prior owner name in ink front end page. Top edge gilt. With period newspaper clippings laid in containing parody versions of… Read more about this item

New York : Boni & Liveright, Inc., 1924. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The author's first novel, one of the pioneering works of the Harlem Renaissance and the first novel to portray the Black middle class accurately and truly, written in response to white author T. S. Stribling's "Birthright" (1922). RARE in… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1928. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine, some fading to cloth at head of spine, a few pages unevenly opened leaving ragged edges. In a Very Good Plus dust jacket, small chips at corners and spine ends. RARE in… Read more about this item

New York : Dial Press, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated First Printing at copyright page. Near Fine, sticker rub at front paste down, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, two short tears top edge, light toning to white jacket, vertical black line rear panel. Poet, musician, and songwriter Gil… Read more about this item

New Yo K: Random House and Vintage Books, 1986. Poster. Near Fine. Poster. 1st Edition. Publisher's promotional poster, 21"w x 29" h, for the book published June 16, 1986, featuring a brass bed over which the passage that begins "yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. Book. Very Good. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at front end page. First Edition stated at cp. Very Good, cloth rubbed, end pages toned, front hinge small opening, prior owner name in ink front end page. In Very Good Minus dust… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1971. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half title page -"To June and Bill Jean Dhepherd 1985", with laid in provenance a program for "An Evening with Jean Shepferd", dated October 4, 1985, Holiday Inn North, Indianapolis.… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Issue, with no ads at end, Scribner's seal at copyright page, lacking the rare dust jacket. Very Good, small opening at front gutter, toning at front gutter, spine a touch faded. Top edge gilt, [vi], 533 pp. Original red… Read more about this item

New York: Basic Books, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end oage -"To Phil, with best wishes Douglas Hofstadter May 1997" , a full page inscription with author's added drawing. Fine in Fine dust jacket, First Printing with complete number row.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, stamped red H in circle front end page, in a Very Good dust jacket, small chip and 1" closed tear bottom edge front panel, small chips at corners and spine ends, 1" closed tear top edge rear panel. Jacket… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Issue, with the publisher's imprint on half title; no second half-title, photographer's name spelled "Hank Krangler" on rear flap of jacket, two line author biography rear flap. Kesey's second novel, filmed in 1971, starring Paul Newman, Henry Fonda,… Read more about this item

New York: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at bottom corner front map end page in the year of publication - "Ed Abbey Wabash '75" . Near Fine, light soiling to edges, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket,… Read more about this item

No Place (St. Louis, Missouri): Autolycus Press, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Leather. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR OF INTRODUCTION. Limited and Numbered 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE, Copy number 41 of 86 copies, of which only 40 copies were heretofore known to have been bound. This copy SIGNED by Michael Murphy under his printed name… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1954. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, the usual toning at end pages, in a Near Fine dust jacket, light wear at spine ends, 1/4" closed tear bottom edge fron panel. The author's first novel, with dust jacket design by Edward… Read more about this item

New York: Wm. H. Colyer, 1838. Book. Near Fine. Buckram. First Colyer Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "Illustrations by R. Seymour, Phiz, and Crowquill". Both volumes with added illustrated title-pages, there are no illustrations in the text. x, 284, 13-290, pages. Two volumes recently professionally rebound in brown buckram, grey end papers, Near Fine, scattered moderate toning… Read more about this item

London: J. Tonson & J. Watts / J. and P. Knapton and T. Cox, 1728. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second and Third Editions. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fables by Mr. Gay, Second Edition, 1728, and Fables by the late Mr. Gay, Third Edition, 1747. Vol. I, engraved title page, dedication page to William Duke of Cumberland, (4,… Read more about this item