New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition (Howes D-120). Owned by a Mississippi quartermaster in the 2nd Battalion (J.H. Hunter), with his name on the front endpaper of each volume. Front and end matter foxed, a few light spots to edges.
xxi, 707; xvii.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. Reprint. Trade Paperback.
Reprint. Faint edge wear.
453 pp. At the heart of Catch-22 resides the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war. His efforts are perfectly understandable because as.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. Reissue. Hard Cover.
2016 reissue with new foreword by the author. Tiny smudge to endpaper.
Toni Morrison's magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel--first published in 1987--brought the unimaginable experience of slavery into the literature of our time and into our comprehension. Set in post-Civil War Ohio.....
. Russian Classics in Russian and English, 2010. Trade Paperback.
Faint edge wear.
215 pp. Contains the complete text of "First Love" and "Asya" in both Russian and English text.
New York: Harper, 2015. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
2nd printing. An exceptional copy.
278 pp. 8vo. Maycomb, Alabama. Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch—"Scout"—returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South.....
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Light edge wear.
295 pp. "Vintage Vonnegut--two dozen stories never collected before. Before the Golden Age of magazines drew to a close half a century ago--soon to be beaten at the entertainment game by the new little boxes.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1938. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus. Toledano G041.1, binding/jacket style G4/Gb, 262 titles on jacket verso, $1.25 jacket price. Near fine in good jacket. Loss from jacket corners, jacket toned (especially spine),
xii, 465 pp. With a new introduction by the author. Studs Lonigan.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1964. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1945-54 printing. Toledano G062.1, binding/jacket style G5/Gd. Jacket rubbed with minor loss along edges, pages lightly toned, ink name on front endpaper.
viii, 893 pp. 8vo. CONTENTS: Introduction; LYRICS AND BALLADS: Old Man; To Chaadayev; To N.N.; Gay Feast; A Nereid;.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Smudges on a few pages.
[28 pp.] A Christmas story by the Newbery Medal winning author, with color and black-and-white illustrations by Newbery Medal winner Lois Lenski.
Shingletown, California: Mark V. Ziesing Books, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First printing of Gift Edition. Includes publisher's slipcase and jacket. A bit musty, otherwise an excellent copy.
591 pp. Gift edition with color illustrations by Phil Hale. "A small town in Maine again serves as King's (Nightmares and Dreamscapes.....
New York: The Viking Press, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition, first state ('bite' for 'bight' on p. 281). Includes original jacket. Jacket price clipped, two 1/2 inch chips from jacket spine edges, jacket toned and a bit soiled, board edges slightly faded.
602 pp. Light green cloth, navy.....
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author without inscription in black marker on half-title page. Very faintly foxed on top edge, otherwise an excellent copy.
618 pp. "Long before he was President or head of the CIA, before he fought terrorist attacks.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition (Hanneman A18A) paired with the slipcase produced for the First Edition Library facsimile of this edition. Lacks jacket. Spine and edges toned, slipcase lightly foxed, small ring stain on front board, ink name on front endpaper.
471 pp.....
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1908. Ralph, Lester. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Lacks jacket. Corners rubbed, spine leans forward slightly, endpapers foxed and edges a bit soiled with 1/2 inch spot on fore edge, ink name on front endpaper.
301 pp. Includes frontispiece and illustrations by Lester Ralph, as.....
New York: Plume / Harcourt Brace, 2003. Reprint. Trade Paperback.
Centennial Edition. Edges a bit rubbed, minor sticker removal mark on front corner.
xxvi, 339 pp. ""Thought Police." "Big Brother." "Orwellian." These words have entered our vocabulary because of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, 1984. The story of one man's.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Book club edition with blue Lee Samuels photo portrait on rear panel. Slightly musty, adhesive residue and tape remnants along edges (probably from an old-fashioned mylar cover), front jacket flap corners clipped, biopredation from center of rear jacket flap
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Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1960. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover.
1960 3rd printing of 1953 Caxton reissue. Boards stained, underlining on a few pages, bottom jacket corner stained, chips from two jacket corners, newspaper clippings taped to front endpapers with name and date in ink (tape has since toned)
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Rochester, New York: Wm. R. Gordon, 1953. First Edition. Soft Cover.
1953 first edition, not 1986 reissue. Ink name on front flyleaf, wrappers lightly rubbed and toned with two tiny spots on rear panel, sticker remnant on front endpapers.
107 pp. A history of Rochester and Canandaigua railways, with black.....
New York: The Golden Eagle Press, 1923. Picasso, Pablo; Klee, Paul; Modigliani, Amedeo. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First separately published edition, after original appearance in The Dial, and inclusion in Tulips and Chimneys collection (Firmage A22). Rose binding variant with yellow titles. Includes original jacket.
[24 pp.] Published before he.....
New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition (Firmage A3a). Corners rubbed through, loss from edges of spine label, scattered light foxing throughout (more pronounced in front and end matter), ink name, date, and city on front endpaper.
Author's first poetry collection, and second book overall (after.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1907. Neill, John R. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1931 reissue (Bienvenue pp. 28-32). Lacks jacket. Boards a bit soiled, hinges weakening, spine cocked, sticker removal mark on front corner.
270 pp. 4to. Original dark grey cloth, black titles and motifs, color paper label on front.....
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1903. Denslow, W.W. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Fifth edition, second printing, binding A (Bienvenue pp. 1-17). Lacks jacket. Includes 7 of 8 color plates (lacks the third, which should face p. 48). Front and end matter a bit foxed, edges lightly soiled, rear joint beginning to split.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1904. Neill, John R. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1924-34 Popular Edition (Bienvenue pp. 18-27). Lacks jacket. Hinges loosening, pages toned, sticker removal mark on top corner.
287 pp. 8vo. Dark red cloth, black titles color frontispiece and label on front board, illustrated endpapers. The second.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1930. Neill, John R. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1930 Popular Edition (Bienvenue pp. 33-38). Lacks jacket. Sticker removal mark on top corner, binding slightly shaken, edges and endpapers a bit foxed.
238 pp. 8vo. Dark blue cloth, black titles, color frontispiece and front board label.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1913. Neill, John R.; Martin, Dick. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1960s printing in Dick Martin dust jacket with 38 titles on rear flap (Bienvenue pp. 50-54). Jacket a bit toned with minor loss from corners, jacket price clipped, minor pencil writing on rear jacket flap.....