Literature Anthology from Royal Books, Inc.

New York: Mainstream Publishing, 1947. First Edition. First Edition. The first issue of the influential literary periodical. Features contributions by Langston Hughes, Dalton Trumbo, John Howard Lawson, Frederick Engels, Howard Fast, Herbert Aptheker, and others. Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers, with inside spine separated from the page block.

New York: Zero Press, 1956. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED on page 140 by contributor Gore Vidal. About Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Two small splashes on the top page edges. Jacket lightly foxed on the front and spine panels, rear flap fold, and top edge of the rear panel.

London and New York: Transatlantic Review, 1960. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by Gore Vidal on page 5. An early issue of the important and long-running literary review. Very Good plus in wrappers, with light creasing and toning on the extremities.

Rome: Botteghe Oscure, 1950. First Edition. First Edition. Text and titles in Italian, French, and English. Botteghe Oscure was a literary journal published and edited in Rome by Marguerite Caetani, Princess of Bassiano, from 1948 to 1960. Very Good plus in wrappers, lightly edgeworn and toned, with a contemporary owner name and address on the… Read more about this item

New York: Brooks-Bryce Foundation, 1927. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good plus, with no dust jacket. Boards lightly rubbed and toned to the edges, with a touch of mottling to the fore-edge of the front board. Contemporary owner name on the front endpaper.

Queensland, 1980. First Edition. First Edition in English. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1957. First UK Edition, preceded by the US edition published by Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy in 1956 (the previous year). Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Lightly foxed page edges, with a lightly faded spine. Jacket is lightly toned to the spine, with light soil overall and a small, light dampstain to… Read more about this item

New York: Vanguard, 1942. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by author on the front endpaper. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards lightly soiled to the edges, with foxing to the endpapers. Jacket soiled and lightly toned, with a single small hole to the jacket's rear flap fold.

New York: Random House, 1946. First Edition. First Edition. Twenty-five short stories from authors like Dan Burnet, William Chamberlain, Storm Jameson, Conrad Richter, and more. Includes the story "A Boy in France," an early appearance by J.D. Salinger. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Bumps to the extremities. Jacket moderately toned, with a large tear… Read more about this item

New York: Lincoln MacVeagh / The Dial Press, 1924. First Edition. First Edition. 16mo., sextodecimo. Copy belonging to Scofield Thayer, notable poet, publisher, and art collector, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Thayer was publisher and editor of the American literary, political, and art magazine, "The Dial," from 1920 to 1929, his health deteriorating and the magazine eventually… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux [FSG], 1969. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Taylor in 1970 on the half-title page: "Peter Taylor / Charlottesville / May 1, 1970." From the author of "A Summons to Memphis," and winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Top… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins [Harper Collins], 1996. First Edition. First Edition. Contains selections from book published during 1996 by HarperCollins. Includes an audio tape of readings. Authors and titles include: "Lip Service," by Kate Fillion; "A Chance top See Egypt," by Sandra Scofield; "Showing My Color," by Clarence Page; "Love and Awakening," John Welwood; "Señora Honeycomb," by Fanny… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1987. First Edition. First Edition. Light toning to page edges, else just about Fine and unread in illustrated wrappers. A lovely copy of this collection of essays discussing the works of the greats of Latin American literature.

Cambridge: Leavitt and Peirce, 1958. First Edition. First Edition, this being the uncommon hardcover variant. A series of recollections about Leavitt and Peirce, a tobacco shop and gathering place for Harvard men, published on the 75th anniversary of the shop. An early appearance by John Updike, who contributes his essay, "The Old Tobacconist." Fine but for a… Read more about this item