Literature and Fiction
KING COFFIN (Variant Binding)
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1935. Hard Cover. First Edition. A clean First Edition copy, with no marks of any kind. In a yellow binding, an uncommon variant from the usual blue cloth. Lacking the dustjacket. More
THE TRUMPET IN THE DUST
London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1934. Hard Cover. First Edition. A clean copy of the First Illustrated Edition with six woodcuts by Clare Leighton. In a dustjacket which has some shelfwear and minor soiling. More
CHARLEY MANNING
New York: Appleton Century, 1939. Hard Cover. First Edition. very small piece missing from heel of dustjacket spine; the atractive unclipped dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover. More
SIX CLASSICS, AWARDED TO CIA HIGHER UP CORD MEYER, JR. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. | HYPATIA OR NEW FOES WITH AN OLD FACE. | THE OXFORD BOOK OF VICTORIAN VERSE. | THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, A NARRATIVE OF 1757. | THE DEERSLAYER OR THE FIRST WAR-PATH. | VANITY FAIR.
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press | ibid | Clarendon Press | Charles Scribner’s Sons | ibid | Greenway Publishing Company, 1910, 1915, 1925, 1919, 1929, 1924. Hard Cover. Five books awarded by St. Paul’s School to Cord Meyer Jr...... More
THE SUNSET LIMITED. A NOVEL IN DRAMATIC FORM.
New York: Vintage Books | Random House, [2006]. Soft Cover. First Printing. First Printing of Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited: A Novel in Dramatic Form. The First Edition, First Printing, with the full number line on the copyright page. The..... More
CHILDREN OF THE RITZ
Boni & Liveright, 1927. Hard Cover. Second Printing. The Second Printing from October of 1927 (the first was in July of that same year). Some light spotting to the boards, but basically a clean and tight copy. More
THE CASKET OF LITERARY GEMS. Containing Tales and Sketches. Choice Selections. Anecdotes. Wit and Humor.
Chicago, IL: W. C. Holmes, 1880. Octavo. Hard Cover. Bound in blue embossed cloth with title vignette stamped in gold on the front board; covers are a bit silverfished/rubbed, particularly at the extremities; hinges loose but holding; previous owner name..... More
LES EGAREMENTS DU COEUR ET DE L’ESPRIT OU MEMOIRES DE MR. de MEILCOUR
Paris: Aux Editions du Val de Loire, 1948. Original Wrappers. In sheets, with wrappers housed in publishers chemise, with a floral patterned slipcase. #217 of 875, one of 650 printed on Marais vellum. Engravings by Pierre Gandon. Light creasing to..... More
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SHIRLEY. [BOUND WITH] RACHEL RAY. [BOUND WITH] ST. OLAVE’S. [BOUND WITH] MISTRESS AND MAID.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863, 1864, 1863, 1863. Half Leather. Four Victorian novels bound together in one. Being a reprint of Charlotte Bronte’s Shirley, with perhaps the First American Editions of each of the following, Anthony Trollope’s Rachel Ray..... More
SATURDAY NIGHTS
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1922. Hard Cover. First Edition. Previous owner's name written on ffep. No pencil or ink markings in text. Green cloth binding with black lettering. Light shelf-wear to bottom spine. Light spotting to rear board;..... More
APOCALYPSE.
New York: The Viking Press, [1982]. Hard Cover. First edition thus. First edition edited by Mara Kalnins. With no marks. Quarter black cloth over black paper covered boards. Near Fine dustjacket. More
THE GENERAL HISTORY OF ALL REVOLUTIONS, REBELLIONS, AND MURDERS OF SOVEREIGN PRINCES, THAT HAVE BEEN IN ALL COUNTRIES, FROM THE CREATION TO THIS PRESENT TIME.
London: Printed for J. Baker, 1712. Quarter Leather. First Edition. First Edition of The General History of All Revolutions, Rebellions, and Murders of Sovereign Princes, That Have Been in All Countries, From the Creation to this Present Time, complete with..... More
ANNOTAZIONI ALLA DIVINA COMMEDIA DI DANTE ALIGHIERI
Firenze: Dalla Libreria Di Pallad, 1818. 32mo. Quarter Leather. Quarter green straight-grained morocco over marbled boards with vellum tips. This is the fourth volume (only) of a four volume set. From the “Collezione dei quattro primi poeti Italiaini.” Just under..... More
LA VITA NUOVA. (BIBLIOTHEQUE MINIATURE 73)
Paris | Hte-Savoie: Payot | Impr. D’Ambilly-Annemasse, [1929]. 64mo. Hard Cover. Dante Alighieri’s La Vita Nuova, translated by Maxime Formont for the ‘Bibliotheque Miniature’. Bibliographical information taken from the publisher’s advertisement at the rear. Reinforcement to the recto of publisher’s..... More
DANTE AND HIS CIRCLE: WITH THE ITALIAN POETS PRECEDING HIM. (1100-1200-1300). A COLLECTION OF LYRICS, EDITED, AND TRANSLATED IN THE ORIGINAL METRES. PART I. DANTE’S VITA NUOVA, &C. POETS OF DANTE’S CIRCLE. PART II. POETS CHIEFLY BEFORE DANTE.
London: Ellis and White, 1874. Hard Cover. First Edition. Foxing to the endpapers, and contemporary owner’s name on the front endpaper. Wear to the spine, with a small patch to the top edge of the spine by a conservator. Discrete..... More
ROSSETTI’S SISTER HELEN.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1939. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Edition of Troxell’s translation of Rossetti’s Sister Helen. Facsimile reproductions of manuscript pages, draft revisions, first edition title pages, and other artifacts from Rossetti’s work. ‘Compliments of the Editor’..... More
RICHARD YATES
New York: Twayne Publishers, 1996. Hard Cover. From the United States Authors Series.~A clean copy without marks. The dust jacket has some wear and in now protected in a new Mylar cover. More
COMRADE JACOB
New York: Pantheon, 1962. Hard Cover. First American Edition. A clean copy of the First American Edition with no marks of any kind. the dustjacket has a bit of fade to the spine; it has not been price-clipped and is..... More
WILD LOVE, AND OTHER TALES.
London: Edward Lumley. Hard Cover. Textblock is cracked. With illustrated title page, frontispiece, and illustrations at the beginning of each chapter. Publisher’s ads at the rear. Previous owner’s name on the front endpaper. Binding is cocked. Minor wear to the..... More
A BEAST IN VIEW
London: W. H. Allen. Hard Cover. Previous owner's name on front paste-down endpaper. Nice copy in dustjacket DJ protected with Mylar Cover. More
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CORINNE [Archer Anderson’s Copy]
Corbeil: Imprimerie Crete. Quarter Leather. This copy with the bookplate of Confederate soldier and president of the Tredegar Company President Archer Anderson. Archer Anderson was the son of Joseph Reid Anderson, and servedin Company F of the 1st Virginia Volunteers..... More
THE SECRETS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD DISCLOS'D: OR, AN UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF APPARITIONS SACRED AND PROFANE UNDER ALL DENOMINATIONS; WHETHER ANGELICAL, DIABOLICAL, OR HUMAN SOULS DEPARTED. ... (HISTORY AND REALITY OF APPARTIONS)
Oxford: D. A. Talboys for Thomas Tegg, 1840. Hard Cover. A very nice copy of the Talboys reprint of Defoe's 1727 edition, with the facsimile title; very little wear to covers and a nice tight textblock; Green Cloth. More