THE STEP LADDER: NOVEMBER 1923, VOL. VII, NO. 6 (A PUBLICATION OF THE ORDER OF BOOKFELLOWS)
Octavo. Stapled Pamphlet. No markings in text. More
Literature and Fiction
THE DIMITY SWEETHEART: O. HENRY’S OWN LOVE STORY
Richmond: The Dietz Printing Co., 1930. Octavo. Hard Cover. Will Porter, better known as O. Henry, eloped with Athol Estes Porter despite the reluctance of her parents. They had reason too- Porter’s father in law repeatedly bailed him out of..... More
BLOOD ORANGES.
Kensington | London: The White Owl Press, 1932. Hard Cover. Limited Edition. Signed. A clean copy of a signed Limited Edition, numbered 47 of 230. Bound in cream cloth with beveled edges and some soiling to the front and rear..... More
AVANTURES DE TELEMAQUE. FILS D’ULYSSE. OU, SUITE DU QUATRIEME LIVRE DE L’ODYSSEE D’HOMERE. TOME I & II. (ONE VOLUME)
A La Haye: Chez Adrien Motjens, 1705. 16mo. Full Leather. An early copy of the Avantures de Telemaque, Fils d’Ulysse, or the “Adventures of Telemachus, son of Ulysses,” published six years after the First. Written by Francois Fenelon while he..... More
GETLEY’S GOLD
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1944. 12mo. Hard Cover. Binding sound though boards show some soiling; dust jacket soiled with small amount of silverfishing to rear cover; boards very slightly bowed. No markings in text. Dust jacket is..... More
MY LIFE AND LOVES
Paris: Privately Printed, 1922. Hard Cover. The first volume of Harris’s privately printed erotic autobiography. Previous owner's name stamped on front paste-down endpaper at top. Boards slightly soiled. Cracked at the hinge but holding. The uncommon very plain dustjacket has..... More
THE POWER.
Philadelphia, New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1956]. Hard Cover. Stated First Edition, with a ‘second printing’ dustjacket. Toning to the endpapers, and minor wear to the dustjacket. Red cloth. More
THE GREAT WAR SYNDICATE.
New York: P. F. Collier, 1889. Hard Cover. Frank Stockton’s The Great War Syndicate. With no marks. Rebound, without the original wrappers. Surface loss to the joints and extremities of the spine. Quarter leather over marbled paper. Good. More
THE ENTRANCE TO PORLOCK
New York: Atheneum, 1970. Hard Cover. First Edition. A clean First Edition copy with no marks of any kind. There is a trace of separation to the lamination of the jacket to the bottom of the front gutter. There is..... More
THE LOVE GUY
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. Octavo. Hard Cover. First Edition. Binding sound; no markings in text. $3.75 price on front flap of DJ. Dust jacket shows small chip to top spine, toning and some rubbing to extremities. Dust..... More
THE REGICIDES. A TALE OF EARLY COLONIAL TIMES.
New York: The Baker & Taylor Co., [1896]. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed. First Edition of Frederick Hull Cogswell’s The Regicides. Signed by the author on the front endpaper, with an inscription to Edward Valentine, an important sculptor and co-founder..... More
A TREASURY OF HUMOROUS POETRY
Boston: Dana Estes, 1902. Hard Cover. First Edition. The first appearance in book format of “Casey at the Bat”. Decorative binding in ivory cloth with rather elaborate gilt decorations with jester motif. The preliminary pages (only) have foxing and toning..... More
JAPHET, IN SEARCH OF A FATHER
Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1835. Hard Cover. The American Edition of the Marryat’s novel, in which a foundling searches for his father. Complete, with two volumes bound as one; separate title leaves. In the publisher’s worn drab..... More
OLEANDER RIVER
London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1937. Octavo. Hard Cover. First UK edition. 381pp. No pencil or ink markings in text; purple cloth binding with very light edge wear at bottom spine; small chips, closed tears at top and bottom dust..... More
LABRYS 5. LAWRENCE DURRELL
Frome, Somerset: Labrys, 1979. Soft Cover. A clean copy with no marks of any kind. More
GERTRUDE STAIN. WOMAN WITHOUT QUALITIES.
Hampshire, England: Ashgate, [2005]. Hard Cover. A clean copy. Dustjacket has minor wear to the edges of the front. More
THE PRIVATE TUTOR.
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Edition of Gamaliel Bradford’s The Private Tutor, a collection of short stories. Bookplate on the front pastedown, else no marks. Shelfwear. Olive cloth with gilt lettering..... More
DAYS OF OUR LIVES LIE IN FRAGMENTS: New and Old Poems 1957 - 1997
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. Hard Cover. Inscribed. No pencil or ink markings in text. Boards clean. Small bump at top corner of front board. Dustjacket clean. Small bump at top corner of front dustjacket corner. Small crease..... More
THE FINISHED MAN
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed. Signed by author on ffep. No pencil or ink markings in text. Red cloth binding. Boards slighlty cocked. Spine, front and rear boards are spotted. Dustjacket a bit worn..... More
LEAVING HOME: A COLLECTION OF LAKE WOBEGON STORIES
New York: The Viking Press, 1987. Octavo. Hard Cover. 1st Edition. Limited edition # 773 of 1500 copies; Teal cloth binding with gilt lettering; Housed in Very Good slipcase; no markings of any kind. More
ADVERTISING AND COMMODITY CULTURE IN JOYCE.
Gainesville | Tallahassee | Tampa | Boca Raton | Pensacola | Orlando | Miami | Jacksonville: University Press Florida, [1998]. Hard Cover. First Printing. A clean copy. Bound in blue cloth with lettering and a decorative border in silver. More
NAMING BECKETT’S UNNAMABLE.
Lewisburg | London: Bucknell University Press | Associated University Presses, [2004]. Hard Cover. A clean copy. Dustjacket is clean and bright. More
BURN SUGAR BURN (Signed)
Waxahachie: McLennan House, 1987. Hard Cover. First Edition. This copy Signed with a personal inscription by Gary Clifton. The dustjacket is not price-clipped and is protected with a new mylar cover. More
SIX HISTORICAL POEMS OF GEFFROI TO PARIS: WRITTEN IN 1314-1318 (UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA STUDIES IN THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES)
UNC Studies in Romance Languages & Literatures, 1950. Hard Cover. A clean copy of the hardback printing, with no marks of any kind. More