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New York, NY: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1990. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Simont, Marc. Charming children's tale that "isn't a parable, a fairy story, or a poem, but a mixture of all three.beautiful.and comic.philosophical and cheery." Illustrations throughout the 124 pages by Marc Simont, including the decorative endpapers. Orig. published in 1957, this is the First Printing of a new edition from 1990 by Donald I. Fine, Inc. (First, thus). Hardcover book has rust colored paper over boards with embossed blue figure & blue lettering to the quarter yellow cloth-wrapped spine. Condition is Fine: completely clean, binding tight & square, pages white & unmarked, colors bright. The price-clipped DJ is equally Fine: bright & colorful with NO fading or edgewear. Nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! P Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received… Read More

Nicolas San Juan, Mexico: Grupo Editorial Tomo, 2002. Third Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Guevara, Emigdio. In SPANISH. Orig. published in 1998, this is the Third Edition from 2002. Slim softcover with decorative wrappers, 102 pages, with lovely pen-and-ink illustrations throughout by Emigdio Guevara. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean, binding strong & square, nice white pages. Very slight, shallow vertical creasing to front cover parallel to spine,1 slightly dogeared page corner. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hemingway's first novel in more than a decade after his magnum opus, "For Whom the Bell Tolls.'' Once more, it features an American military man--US Army Colonel Richard Cantwell--iwho becomes with an Italian countess in Venice in the aftermath of the Second World War. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing ("A") from 1950, this hardcover book has matte black cloth-covered boards with the author's name in gilt to front cover, faded gilt to spine. Condition is VG: very clean, binding straight & strong, pages surprisingly white, with tanning to endpapers. Heavy foxing to fore edge, lighter to other outside page edges. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib.The price-clipped DJ is also VG: colorful & bright, with extremely modest edgewear; nicely protected in clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us,… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Small, Maynard & Company, 1921. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lovely edition of Cervantes' classic tale, retold by Edwin Gile Rich. With color frontispiece & 3 more full-page, full color illustrations (artist unattributed."TD"?) throughout the 287 pages of text. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing in this format from 1921 (First, Thus), hardcover book has blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to front & spine; NO DJ. Condition is solidly VG: extremely clean, with the occasional smudge or foxed spot; very light foxing to external page edges. Binding strong & straight, pages mildly tanned, commensurate with age. Former owner's name in light pen on ffep, else unmarked. Modest corner bumping, rubbing to extremities. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends &… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1954. First Thus . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+. Gorey, Edward. Classic poem of Virgil translated for a new generation by Oxford professor C. Day Lewis. The First Doubleday Anchor paperback edition (A20) from 1952, a 1954 printing, this is another of the Anchor collectibles with cover art by Edward Gorey. Condition is VG+ : incredibly bright & clean, with very mild edgewear. Former owner's name in neat pen to half-title page; else unmarked.Slight discoloration to external page edges. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (Pacific) ship same day; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York: Pocket Books, 1940. First Paperback . Soft cover. Very Good. Collection of 11 short stories by the famed witty lady of the Algonquin Round Table. 232 pages. Orig. published in hardcover in 1933 & in this unabridged Pocket Book Edition (No. 57) in May 1940, this is the 9th printing from Apr. 1942. Condition is VG: exceptionally clean, pages as white as if they were printed yesterday. Colors on the cover bright, NO fading. Binding strong & straight; NO writing or underlining or highlighting; not ex-lib. Only flaw is slight edgewear, which has cause the acetate covering to peel at all corners & along spine. Very light soil along edges on back cover; nicely protected in new mylar collector bag free!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Libraries, 2004. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Deeply personal work originally published in 1984, the year before the author's first mystery novel. It is a compilation of poetry that chronicles her marriage to her first husband as it "gradually collapsed under the weight of his addiiction, aided & abetted by her own unwitting denial & co-dependence. This new annotated edition fleshes out the poems with what was happening in real life, offering a realistic portrait of addiction & how it destroys relationships. 85 pp. A First Edition, First printing of this new edition from 2004 (First, thus), this copy is SIGNED by the AUTHOR with a personalized inscription ("To Kathleen, Best Wishes") on full title page. From the estate of a local mystery lover/author, this hardcover 8vo is in Fine condition in an equally Fine D, which has been protected in clear mylar cover since new: completely clean, pages white &… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dell Yearling, 1980. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Thorne, Jenny. Extremely lovely pop-up edition of Alice, with abridged text & illustrations by Jenny Thorne based on the famous Tenniel drawings. Orig. published in Britain & then in the US in 1980 by Delacorte, this is the First Dell Yearling edition (First, thus). Unpaginated, it contains 11 pop-ups, all of which work perfectly! Hardcover 4to has glossy decorative paper over boards & is in Near Fine condition: exceptionally clean & bright, pages white & unmarked, colors bright, binding tight & square. Some of the pull-tabs show a tad of creasing & there is a very mild dampstain to outer-lower corner of inside back cover (rear endpaper). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1980. First Edition second printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Anglund, Joan Walsh. Classic collection of inspirational verse with minimalist pen-and-ink drawings by the author in this rare book of hers aimed at adults. A FIRST EDITION, Second printing, this slim, unpaginated hardcover with light green cloth-covered boards is in Near Fine condition: completely clean, pages white, binding straight & strong, pages creamy white & unmarked. Very slightly bumped corners. The unclipped DJ is Near Fine, with extremely slight rubbing & edgewear. Nicely protected in new mylar cover FREE! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day

Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press, 1970. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Local architect & community leader in Phoenix, Arizona, offers this lovely collection of 34 poems & pencil sketches celebrating the beauty of this area in 67 pages. Long, personalized inscription SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the half title page. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1970, this hardcover book has brown cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Condition is Fine (our highest grade): completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white. Former owner's embossed stamp on ffep. The price-clipped DJ is downgraded to Near Fine due to some small rubbed spots & chips randomly scattered, extremely minor rubbing to extremities. Beautifully protected in new mylar cover Free! Protected in new archival mylar cover.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1957. Paperback Original (PBO) . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Gorey, Edward. First Edition, first printing, of this paperback original (Anchor A119), collectible because of the cover art & typography by the late, great Edward Gorey. Content-wise, the book is a brilliant introduction to the Transcendentalist writers of New England, focusing on the 1830s, when the movement flourished. Writers include Emerson, Thoreau, Channing, Brownson, Fuller, & Bronson Alcott, along with their European counterparts in the movement, Coleridge, Carlyle, & Goethe. 388 pgs, Index. Condition is solidly VG: very tight & clean, with minor rubbing to extremities, extremely slight spine creasing. Light tanning to inside covers only. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays… Read More

Oakland, California: Merit Publications, 1981. First Edition Later Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. Second printing from 1981 of work from the acclaimed CA poet & artist (1943-2017), SIGNED by the AUTHOR with a personalized inscription on half-title page & original promotional material from his San Francisco gallery laid in. With decorative paper wrappers, this book is in Near Fine condition: just lacks that brand new crispness! Completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages white. Only flaw is slight shelfwear. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.

Cleveland/New York: World Publishing Company, 1948. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. Reynard, Grant. Dreiser's 1926 classic appears in this special edition from 1948 with an Introduction by H. L. Mencken & illustrative pen-and-ink sketches throughout the 874 pages of text by Grant Reynard. Hardcover book has blue cloth-covered boards with a red & gilt design around title box on center front & spine. Condition is solidly VG: completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages slightly off-white, no foxing. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT ex-lib. Only flaws are slight rubbing to extremities, bumped corners. The unclipped DJ with orig. $3.00 price intact on front flap) is VG- (minus), marred by moderate edgewear all around, including small chips & tears & 1 larger (1") chip at head of spine; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1957. First Edition First Printing . Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Gorey, Edward. Collection of articles & essays by various authors, including the very first appearance of a lengthy excerpt from Vladimir Nabokov's scandalous new novel, "Lolita,'' which had been published in Paris & reviewed in American literary journals, but not yet released in the United States. Also includes an essay by Nabokov on the book, & "A Preface to Lolita" by F. W. Dupee. In 308 pages + 4 pages of ads for other Anchor titles. This is also another Anchor paperback (A109) for the Gorey completist, though he did just the typography; cover art by Milton Glaser. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1957, this book is from a single collection & in breathtakingly Fine condition: just slightly less crisp than Brand New! Looks & feels unopened: completely clean & tight & uncreased, pages unmarked. Nicely protected in new mylar collector… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1995. Advance Review Copy . Soft cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Steadman, Ralph. Orwell's classic 1945 satire is brought to new life with 100 full-color & halftone illustrations by renowned artist Ralph Steadman, in this 50th anniversary edition from 1995. In 180 pages, it also includes Orwell's unpublished Preface to the original book & his Preface to the 1947 Ukrainian edition, providing historical context to the writing of the novel. This is the unbound galleys, identical to the final book, but in decorative paper wrappers, French flaps, with all signatures unattached. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright sae for moderate, scattered foxing to top edges. Pages white & unmarked. The outside wrapper/DJ is Near Fine, downgraded due to a 2" vertical tear across the lower part of the front cover, right above illustrator's name; else flawless. Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bramhall House/Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1970. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Thoreau's epic classic tale of "Life in the Woods,'' with Introduction, Notes, & Bibliography that enhance 21st-century readers' enjoyment & understanding of 19th-century language. Also includes his essay, Civil Disobedience'' (also annotated), a Chronology of the author's life, & various essays about this book & its place in American literature. In 502 pages with line drawings & maps throughout. A must-have edition that will give you a richer appreciation of Thoreau & his times! Orig. published in 1970, this is the First Printing of the Bramhall House edition (First, thus), approximately same year. Large hardcover 4to has a gold cloth-wrapped spine, lettered in green, over dark green paper-covered boards. Condition is Near Fine, marred only by foxing to top outside page edges. Else, completely clean, binding tight &… Read More

New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Holiday, Henry. Editor Martin Gardner (who annotated Carroll's "Alice" books) here offers his own "startling 20th-century interpretation" of "The Hunting of the Snark,'' a "delightful excursion into the mysteries of the creative imagination." In 111 pages with decorative endpapers & all internal lithographed illustrations by Henry Holiday, as originally published in the 1874 edition of the poem. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1962, this hardcover small quarto (6" x 10.25") has quarter tan cloth lettered in dark brown to spine with paper covered boards stamped in gilt to front. Condition is VG+: very clean & bright with a few smudges to spine & rear, very mild corner bumping. Binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with just a whisper of tanning to edges, but completely unmarked. The unclipped DJ is just Good:… Read More

New York, New York: Ecco Press, 1974. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good+. Gorey, Edward. Special issue of the literary journal Antaeus (1974, Vol. 13/14, Spring/Summer) which contains a never-before-published article by W. W. Bartley, III, "Through the Logical Microscope on the Far side of the Looking-Glass: Lewis Carroll's Logical Problems,'' in 7 pages, with 6 charmingly macabre pen-and-ink illustrations by Edward Gorey. Brown decorative paper wrappers, this thick (411 page) softcover is in VG+ condition: completely clean, binding tight & square, pages off-white but completely unmarked. The Gorey illustrations & the article in which they appear are flawless! A unique item for the Gorey collector!Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Herriman, George. Contains 48 sketches, in free verse with illustrations, featuring the beloved cockroach & cat, originally published in New York newspapers, 1916-1930. No publication date, but research suggests approximately 1960, the FIRST EDITION in book form from Doubleday. With black cloth-covered boards decorated with gilt design & lettering to front & spine, this hardcover is in Near Fine condition, marred only by 1) mild foxing to all endpapers & title page, & 2) long gift inscription in pen to ffep; NO other writing or underlining or highlighting; not ex-lib. Else, completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white. The price-clipped DJ is truly Fine: bright & colorful with virtually NO edgewear or fading. Very light rubbing to extremities & soil; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! & Please see our photos: they show the exact book you will… Read More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: David McKay, Publisher, 1919. First Thus . Hardcover. G+/VG-/No Jacket. Smith, Jessie Willcox. One of a lovely series of classic books for young readers illustrated by famous artists of the day, here, Jessie Willcox Smith, who contributed the title page, decorative endpapers, front pastedown, & 8 full-color, full-page interior plates, all in near pristine condition! Story orig. published in book form in 1871, this is the FIRST EDITION with these illustrations from 1919 (First, thus), in 342 pages. With putty-colored cloth over boards, lettered in darker putty to spine, blue to front, along with a colorful paper pastedown by Smith, this hardcover small 4to (7.25" x 9.75") is in Good+/VG- condition: very clean, stitched text block secure, but front hinge cracked & repaired with clear tape by a previous owner. Pages creamy white with modest tanning to edge. Plates have clean white borders, strong colors. Old gift inscription, partially whited-out, inside… Read More