Collected Works (in 5 vols)
London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First Collected Edition. 5 volumes, octavo (161 x 103 mm). Recent blue half calf, red morocco labels with gilt ornaments to spines, marbled boards. Bound without... (Item #2304)
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Comedies and Tragedies Written by...
London: Humphrey Robinson for Humphrey Moseley, 1647. First Collected Edition. Folio (pages 317 x 215 mm), collating: [52], 75, [1], 143, [1], 165, [2, letter to Jonson], [1], 71, [1]... (Item #2405)
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En attendant Godot [Waiting for...
Paris: Les Editions de Minuit, 1952. First edition. A Near Fine copy of the first trade edition, following the 35 signed copies. A fragile softcover book, uncommon in this condition... (Item #2261)
Psycho (Association copy)
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First edition. A fantastic inscription from Bloch "For Alvin Germeshausen - This fragment of autobiography with much affection - Robert Bloch." Sir Alvin Germeshausen... (Item #1501)
The Sheltering Sky
New York: New Directions, 1949. First American edition. Author's first book, basis for the 1990 Bernardo Bertolucci film starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich. Fine and unread in a Very Good+... (Item #1912)
Sonnets from the Portuguese
London: Caradoc Press, 1906. Bound in full blue morocco by Asprey. Gilt to spine and boards with monogram DDAT to front, all edges gilt. Gentle sunning to spine, but binding... (Item #2437)
Serenade (Inscribed)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. 2nd Printing. Inscribed by the author in the year after publication: "To Miriam Geiger / In memory of pleasant times / James M. Cain... (Item #1917)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
New York and Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, [1969]. First Edition. First printing with the correct numberline (printed in Japan). Lacking the scarce dust jacket. Previous owner's gift inscription on... (Item #2450)
The French Revolution. A History
London: James Fraser, 1837. First Edition. One of a thousand copies printed. Bound in green three-quarter morocco over cloth boards by Riviere (appearing late 19th or early 20th century). Spines... (Item #2206)
The Novels and Stories of...
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937, 1938, 1941. First edition. A Fine set. One of 950 copies (of which this No. 61) signed by the author at the front of volume one... (Item #1918)
The Workes of our Antient...
London: Adam Islip, at the Charges of Bonham Norton, 1598. First Thus. First appearance of the Thomas Speght edition of Chaucer, and the sixth edition of Chaucer's works overall. Folio... (Item #2395)
Mastering the Art of French...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First edition. Book Near Fine on account of some minor staining to the rear endpaper. Price-clipped dust jacket also Near Fine on account of... (Item #2282)
The Story of a Puppet...
New York: Cassell Publishing Co., 1892. First American edition. Published simultaneously with the British Unwin edition, using the same sheets, but with a canceled title page. Part of the Children's... (Item #1567)
Lord Jim. A Tale
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1900. First Edition. Dark green stamped cloth with gilt to spine. A Near Fine copy overall. Front hinge expertly repaired, minor toning to... (Item #2386)
The Red Badge of Courage
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. First edition. A Fine copy of the book with the spine very slightly toned and a pea-sized rub mark on the coated front... (Item #1520)
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964, 1972. First Editions. Chocolate Factory was originally published in the US three years before being published in the UK. True first issue of this... (Item #2237)
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Early printing. "BOUND BY The Book Press" not "H. Wolff" in the four line colophon. A bright, Fine copy of the book in a.... (Item #1183)
Matilda
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. First Edition. A Near Fine copy of the book with the spine ends pushed just a bit and slight bowing to the boards. In a Near... (Item #2480)
The Posthumous Papers of the...
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition. 8vo: [xvi], 609, [1], complete with 43 inserted plates, and the half-title. Many of the textual points are corrected, as usual for the... (Item #2256)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
New York: Random House, 1957. First edition. Dr. Seuss' famous Christmas story. Book Near Fine with soiling to the inner board edges, otherwise unmarked and very attractive. First issue dust... (Item #1563)
20 hrs. 40 min.: Our...
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First edition. An about Fine copy of the book, sharp, square and unread and with the gilt bright. In a Very Good dust... (Item #1822)
Middlemarch (in 4 vols.)
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1871-1872. First Edition. Late 19th to early 20th century binding by "Robertson" in Edinburgh. A complete first edition set retaining all four half-titles... (Item #2366)
Old Possum's Book of Practical...
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. First edition. A very bright copy of Eliot's playful little collection of feline poetry. Book is Fine, bright, clean and unmarked. In a Near... (Item #1657)
The Fine Art of Mixing...
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1948. Early printing. Inscribed by the author: "Inscribed by the author with deep gratitude to Miss Mildred S. Withington whose keen interest and generous help... (Item #1035)
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
London & Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1919. First Edition. One of 350 specially bound and numbered copies. Publisher's full vellum binding with some mottling and wear. Overall Near Fine with... (Item #2452)