Search Results: Literary & Modern First Editions from The Wild Muse

NY: Putnam Pub Group, 1997. First Edition. Uncorrected proof. Published NY: Putnam, 1997. 8vo. printed wrappers. A fine copy.. 1st. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.. Galley/Proof.

NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982. Oblong 8vo., 8 1/2 " x 10 1/4." 192pp., illus.130 b/w photos. Minor foxing spots along top edge of pages. Near fine in dj with interior foxing (facing the boards), not affecting the exterior or covers.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Illus.

Franklin Center, Pa: Franklin Library, 1978. Full leather, limited edition in The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature Series. Published Franklin Center, Pa: Franklin Library, 1977. 8vo., 6" x 9", 489 pp., illustrations by Reginald Marsh. Bound in red leather with gilt design to covers, raised bands and designs on spine, gilt stamped in 22 karat gold, all edge gilt, purple silk moire end papers, attached purple ribbon marker. A pristine, fine copy.. Hard. As New/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo..

NY: Ballantyne Books, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published NY: Ballantyne, 1984. Ex-library copy with pocket and small bar code label on rear pastedown, rubber stamp top edge, dj glued on. No writing or markings to text. Very good copy in dj.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library.

NY: Del Rey, 1988. First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Del Ray, 1988. Near very fine in dj. . 1st. Hard. Near Very Fine/Near Very Fine. 8vo..

New York and London: R. H. Russell and Kegan Paul,, 1898. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and boards. Published NY and London: R. H. Russell and Kegan Paul, 1898. 8vo., 7" x 9", 119pp., illustrated in pictures by Frank ver Beck. Beige linen cloth spine and printed brown paper covered boards. Wear at the board tips, some soil/smudging to some margins. Binding tight. Good. . 1st. Hard. Good. 8vo.

Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1919. First edition. De Luxe edition, limited to 100 numered copies printed on Butten, signed by the author and illustrator. Copy number 9, bound in full suede leather with raised bands, gilt spine titles and ornaments, marbled endpapers, top edge gilting and ribbon marker. Published Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1919. 8vo., 312pp., illustrated with 10 tissue-guarded stone lithographs by Wilhelm Plunnecke. Signed by author on limitation page, and each lithograph signed by Plunnecke. Some sunning to the spine, minor rub at the crown, else fine. Scarce. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine. Illus. by Plunnecke, Wilhelm. 8vo.

NY: Doubleday Doran, 1931. First American edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Doubleday Doran, 1931, first printing. 8vo., dark blue cloth with silver titles and cover design. Slight bump to lower corner, otherwise very good, clean, bright copy. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo..

NY: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1985. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Knopf, 1985, first printing. 8vo., Name on fly leaf, slight crease along spine cloth. Very good in very good dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo..

NY: Harper, 1931. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Harper & Brothers, 1931, first printing (Harper code M-E, December, 1930). 8vo., xix+397pp. Translated by Emile Burns. First appearance in any language. Orange cloth with gilt spine titles and design, top edge tinted gray. Minor sweating outline to cloth on rear cover, else fine in very good dust jacket with sweating fade bleed on rear panel. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1984. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1984, first printing. 8vo., cxxxvi+350pp., Dust jacket in mylar taped on. Very good in very good dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo..

Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry, London, 1768. An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. Illustrated with a New and Accurate Map of Corsica. First edition, first issue, bound with scarce half title, last leaf blank, Z3 in uncorrected state, all misprints present, map in its first form without scale or degrees. Published Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis for Edward and Charles Dilly in the Poultry, London, 1768. 8vo., 5 1/2" x 8 5/16", xxi, [1, blank], [1, table of contents], [1, blank], 382 pp., [1, blank]. Large folding engraved frontispiece map of Corsica by Thomas Phinn inserted between half title and title page. Engraved coat-of-arms on title-page. Table of Contents (b2) follows the Preface (a3-b1); Z3 in original state with "Maraina" typo; D2 in first state, with the words "John Home" incorrectly placed following the first quotation on p. 51; E2 with… Read More

NY: New Directions, 1964. First edition thus. 8vo. wrappers. Published NY: New Directions, 1964. First printing. Very good. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

NY: Heritage Press, 1947. First edition thus. Hard cover in slipcase. Published NY: Heritage, 1947. 8vo., lii+498 pp. Illustrations by Honore Guilbeau. Bound in tan and pink patterned cloth with gilt titles in black panel. Mild sun fade to the spine, else a very good copy with no wear, in very good black slipcase.. 1st. Hard. Very Good. 8vo..

NY: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published NY: Bantam Dell, 1997. A near very fine copy in near very fine dj.. 1st. Hard. Near Very Fine/Near Very Fine. 8vo.

NY: W. W. Norton , 1988. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Norton: 1988, first printing. 8vo. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Capetown: David Philip, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published Capetown: David Philip, 1981. Fine copy in fine dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 8vo..

NY: E. P. Dutton, 1970. First American edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Dutton, 1972, first printing. 8vo., 286pp. Collection of 20 short stories. Translated by Normas Thomas di Giovanni. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight wrinkle along top edge and 2 short, closed tears.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

NY: Doubleday, 1996. First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Doubleday, 1996, first printing. Some dust foxing along top edge, else very good in very good dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo..

NY: Pantheon Books, 1983. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Pantheon Books, 1983, first printing. Square folio, 12 1/4" x 12 1/4", xii+192pp., illustrated with 127 exquisite full color photographs. Fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.