NEW YORK: Atheneum, 1970. STATED FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. First Edition. Clean, bright copy. The "story of Peter Ringkoping, an octogenarian who lives on a small New England mountain where he has converted an old horse barn into a second-hand book store. On his journey hie is accompanied by his two... More about THE ENTRANCE TO PORLOCK
San Berbardino, CA: 2013. Paperback. Thin paperback book, with unnumbered pages. Black covers with yellow lettering. This is a story about a man who makes it big as a hypnotist. Front cover slightly curls out. More about GAMMA KNIFE HYPNOSIS
London, England: William Heinemann Ltd., 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter-bound in dark-green morocco over light green-on-tan marbled boards, single-ruled in gilt. Five raised bands (six panels) to spine, with gilt lettering: Title, Author, Date. Rubbing to extremities and a few rubbed spots to leather. Fold-out genealogy chart of Forsyte... More about A MODERN COMEDY
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905. W.E. Mears. First Edition (NAP). Hardcover. 8vo. Navy blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and striking graphic depicting a large black and blue veined bat against a backdrop full moon, with cross-tethered human hands suspended between the wings of Der Fledermaus (The Bat). Rubbing... More about THE TYRANNY OF THE DARK
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1977. Howard Rogers. First Edition. Leather_bound. FINE. This Limited First Edition Society volume is bound in teal full leather with gilt decorations on both front and rear boards. The classic hubbed spines of three raised bands have gilt text and decorations stamped in the four... More about EVIDENCE OF LOVE (First Edition Society
New York: Viking Press, 1964. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. SIGNED COPY IN DUSTJACKET. Light mottled gray with blue-and-green Double K design on front cover. All first-issue points present. Kesey’s signature in pen, on title page. Several tiny surface-scritches to top edge. Very light shelfwear to extremities of first state dust jacket..... More about SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION (SIGNED
Boston, Mass: Little, Brown & Co., 1899. Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne.). Hardcover. 8vos. Green buckram-covered boards with gilt lettering. Top edges gilt. Fore-edges and bottom-edges untrimmed. Previous owner's small stamp to front pastedown endpapers. Comprises: HARRY LORREQUER; CHARLES O'MALLEY (I & II); ARTHUR O'LEARY; JACK HINTON; TOM BURKE OF "OURS"... More about MILITARY NOVELS (7 VOLUMES); (THE NOVELS OF CHARLES LEVER
Boston, Mass: Little, Brown & Co., 1901. Hardcover. 8vos. Green buckram-covered boards with gilt lettering. Top edges gilt. Fore-edges and bottom-edges untrimmed. Previous owner's small stamp to front pastedown endpapers. Comprises: MAURICE TIERNAY; SIR JASPER CAREW; CONFESSIONS OF CON GREGAN; ROLAND CASHEL (VOLS. I & II). More about NOVELS OF ADVENTURE (5 Volumes); (The novels of Charles Lever
Boston, Mass: Little, Brown & Co., 1901. Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne.). Hardcover. 8vos. Green buckram-covered boards with gilt lettering. Top edges gilt. Fore-edges and bottom-edges untrimmed. Previous owner's stamp to front pastedown endpapers. Some hinges just started. Comprises: THE DALTONS (I & II); DAVENPORT DUNN (I & II); DODD FAMILY... More about NOVELS OF FOREIGN LIFE (10 VOLUMES); (THE NOVELS OF CHARLES LEVER
Boston, Mass: Little, Brown & Co., 1899. Hardcover. 8vos. Green cloth-covered boards. Top edge edge gilt, fore-edge and tail untrimmed. Mild rubbing to extremities. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and tail untrimmed. Includes: THE KNIGHT OF GWYNE VOLS. 1 & 2; THE O'DONAGHUE AND ST. PATRICK'S EYE; LUTTRELL OF ARRAN; MARTINS... More about NOVELS OF IRISH LIFE (9 Volumes); (The novels of Charles Lever
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1933. FIRST U.S. EDITION. Hardcover. Octavo. Orange cloth-covered boards, with black lettering. A fictional account in the Saga tradition. a one-inch faded spot to spine. 309 pp. Bright and tight. More about THE MEN OF NESS (THE SAGA OF THORLIEF COALBITER'S SONS
Santa Rosa, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1995. Hardcover. One of 100 hardbound numbered, signed copies, of which this is number 11. Signed by Wright Morris on a blank leaf before the half-title, and numbered on the limitation page at rear. Wrapped in mylar, as issued. Maybe one or two very... More about THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE WRITER : THE WORKS OF LOVE AND THE HUGE SEASON
BOSTON, MASS: Little, Brown & Co., 1966. First American Edition. HARDCOVER. Jean Renoir was a French screenwriter, film director, actor, and writer. Some say his films, which include The Grand Illusion and The Rules of The Game, are among the best ever made. Translated by Norman Denny. Author's inscription on... More about THE NOTEBOOKS OF CAPTAIN GEORGES (SIGNED
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1966. First Edition. HARDCOVER. Stated First Edition. Love story between a gentlemen and Agnes, a prostitute in Monsieur Marjeulin's salon. "...his notebooks are full of things which profoundly mattered to him -- the intimate, spontaneous words and actions of two people, totally, painfully in love... More about THE NOTEBOOKS OF CAPTAIN GEORGES (SIGNED
Boston: L.C. Page & Co, 1903. Charles Livingston Bull. Second Edition. Hardcover. May, 1903. Second edition enlarged. 285 pages+publisher catalogue. Frontis, nine plates. Red cloth, octavo, with titles in gilt and cover decoration of eagle in black and gilt. Spine dulled, corners bumped, rubbing to tail of spine. A few... More about EARTH'S ENIGMAS
New York: The Macmillan Company, [1910] 1921. Paul Bransome. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo. Beautiful decorated boards, in light/dark brown and blue. Corners (3) nudged. Lovely outdoors stories by acknowledged "Kings" of the wilderness - bear, wolf, etc. Lovely writing, such as this: "...he stood with his head held high, his... More about KINGS IN EXILE
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. 12mo (5" x 7.5"). Bound in orange boards, with red lettering to spine, and a red cicle with orage lettering to front board. Some minor staining and rubbing to edges. Library stamp to front free endpaper... More about MOON OF MADNESS
Boston, Mass: H.M. Caldwell, 1905. L.M. Glackens. Hardcover. 18mo. 6" x 4". Boards warped, some creasing to front board, slight sunning to page edges, binding loose at pages 48/49, and pages 68/69. More about THE LOG OF THE WATER WAGON OR THE CRUISE OF THE GOOD SHIP "LITHIA"
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1976. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo.NOTE: Copies of this book are notoriously poorly constructed -- in fact the book is as famous for this fact as it is for its author and subject. That said, this is structurally one of the best copies we've seen... More about TRINITY
