VIRGINIA WOOLF
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated by David Daiches on the front flyleaf. An early and important study of Woolf's life and work, tracing her evolution as an artist, with..... More
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THE ENORMOUS ROOM
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. The second state with "shit" expurgated from p.219. The poet’s first separately published book: the account of his wartime incarceration by the French. An auspicious debut..... More
THE LITTLE WHITE BIRD
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. A series of short episodes, including both accounts of the narrator's day-to-day activities in contemporary London and fanciful tales set in Kensington Gardens and elsewhere, this novel..... More
THE EARLY DIARY OF ANAIS NIN, Volume Two: 1920-1923, with a Preface by Joaquin Nin-Culmell
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title by Rupert Pole, the second husband of Anaïs Nin, as well as her literary executor, to Jean Sherman, who translated..... More
FIRE: From "A Journal of Love": The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1934-1937, with a Preface by Rupert Pole and Biographical Notes and Annotations by Gunther Stuhlmann
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title by Rupert Pole, the second husband of Anaïs Nin, as well as her literary executor: “For Charlotte [Hyde], Anaïs..... More
INCEST: From "A Journal of Love": The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1932-1934, with an Introduction by Rupert Pole and Biographical Notes by Gunther Stuhlmann
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title by Rupert Pole, the second husband of Anaïs Nin, as well as her literary executor, to Jean Sherman, who translated..... More
LINOTTE: The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1914-1920. Translated from the French by Jean L. Sherman, with a Preface by Joaquin Nin-Culmell.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front flyleaf by the translator, Jean Sherman: “For Charlotte [Hyde], who introduced me to Anaïs, and without whose love and help..... More
HENRY AND JUNE: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin
San Diego and New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title by Rupert Pole, the second husband of Anaïs Nin, as well as her literary executor: “For Charlotte..... More
HALF A LIFE
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by V.S. Naipaul on the title page. Octavo. Original black paper-covered boards over a red cloth spine, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a...... More
THE COMPACT EDITION: The Forsyte Saga, A Modern Comedy, Caravan, Three Novels of Society, Three Novels of Love, [and] Plays
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Number 247 of the first 500 numbered copies of the first printing of The Compact Edition signed by John Galsworthy. An English novelist and playwright, Galsworthy (1867-1933) was..... More
DE PROFUNDIS
London: Methuen and Co., 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. The first issue, with the publisher's ads dated February 1905. Bankrupt and with his reputation in ruins, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) wrote the astonishing letter “De Profundis” to..... More
PENGUIN 60s: Complete 60 Volume Set
London: Penguin Books, 1995. Wraps. To celebrate its 60th anniversary circa 1995, Penguin Books released several boxed sets of "Penguin 60s", miniature books about sixty pages in length. The UK set with orange spines focused..... More
SPIDER BOY: A Scenario for a Moving Picture
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. This is number 129 of 220 copies printed on Borzoi rag paper and signed by Carl Van Vechten. With an original photograph (5 7/8" x 3..... More
JAMES JOYCE: A Critical Introduction
Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated by Harry Levin on the front flyleaf. One of the first books to sum up the contribution of James Joyce, this volume remains an..... More
EN AVOIR OU PAS (TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT)
Paris: Gallimard, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. The first printing in French, translated by Marcel Duhamel. This is one of 1,000 numbered copies printed on Alfa paper. The dramatic story of Harry Morgan, an honest man..... More
THE FOUR-CHAMBERED HEART
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. The first American edition, with the "I" on the copyright page. Inscribed by Anaïs Nin on the front flyleaf. Autobiographical novel inspired by the real-life..... More
RAIN OF GOLD
Houston, Texas: Arte Publico Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Victor Villaseñor on the front flyleaf. Dramatic saga of three generations of Villasenor's family, chronicling their migration to California in the wake of the..... More
ONE LIFE AT A TIME, PLEASE
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Edward Abbey to his friend, the New Mexico writer and publisher Ernie Bulow, on the front flyleaf: "for Ernie..... More
THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by John Nichols to fellow New Mexico writer Ernie Bulow on the front flyleaf. A quixotic effort by poor New Mexico farmers to cultivate..... More
SAN FRANCISCO BLUES (IN 79 CHORUSES)
San Francisco: Beat Books, 1983. First Edition. Wraps. The first complete edition of Kerouac's first book of poems, written in 1954. "The complete text of SAN FRANCISCO BLUES, which Kerouac typed up from his notebooks..... More
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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND [and] THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE, Illustrated with Wood Engravings by Barry Moser
West Hatfield, Massachusetts: Printed by Harold McGrath at Pennyroyal Press, 1982. Hardcover. Issued separately, each folio volume is limited to 350 numbered copies signed by the illustrator and accompanied by an additional suite of wood..... More
THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS and What Alice Found There
Boston and New York: Lee and Shepard, 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. First American edition, first issue, with "wade" for wake on p.21. Features fifty illustrations by John Tenniel. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with decorative..... More
DOMBEY AND SON
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition in book form, mixed state, lacking the errata slip. Octavo: xvi, 624 p. with the engraved frontispiece, title page, and 38 plates, including the "dark"..... More
LITTLE DORRIT
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1855-1857. First Edition. Wraps. Original 20 parts in 19, complete. This set departs from the collation given by Hatton and Cleaver in the following particulars: Part I is lacking a slip..... More