New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. xii, 299 pp. Yale Studies in English, 175. "Examining five key treatises in the English tradition of devotional literature, Nancy Beaty traces the progressive enrichment of one particular subgenre, the ars moriendi, which reached its..... More
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. Octavo. 6 x 9.25 in. viii, 647 pp. Signed by Kostova on the title page. More
New York: Avon, (1959). Avon Paperback Original. Paperback. Mass market. 4.25 x 7 in. 160 pp. More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 6.5 x 9.5 in. x, 216 pp. Nicely inscribed to Jonathan Williams by Dirda on the title page. More
New York: Knopf, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 6 x 8.75 in. 292 pp. Signed by Shields on the title page. More
New York: Ecco, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. 436 pp. Signed by Rash on the title page. More
New York: Harper Collins, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. xxiii, 305 pp. More
Princeton, NJ: Ontario Review Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. xvii, 251 pp. Contains 21 interviews with Atwood covering a broad spectrum of topics, including interviewers Joyce Carol Oates, Graeme Gibson, Karla Hammond, Beatrice Mendez-Egle, and others. More
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New York: New Directions, (2005-2009). First American Edition, First Printings. Hardcover. Octavos. 5.5 x 8.25 in. 387; 341; 546 pp. A lovely set of the celebrated trilogy in its first English translation. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (2006). First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. 313; 362; 201 pp. The great Swiss writer's works are finally gathered and translated for English-speaking readers. Uncommon as a complete three volume set. More
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London: J. M. Dent and Company, 1892. First Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.25 x 8.25 in. xiv + 191 + [blank] pp; iv + 210 + [ii] pp. Each volume illustrated with three etchings, all with original tissue guards. Here are the two volumes of Pride and Prejudice (Volumes III &..... More
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(New York): The Library of America, (1996). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavos. 5.25 x 8 in. 710; 904; 824 pp. More
London: Heinemann, (1985). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Square quarto. 10.5 x 10.5 inches. xxxii + 123 + [blank] pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white reproductions of Godwin's photographs. The correct first printing preceding the Little, Brown edition. Signed by John Fowles on the title page and scarce, thus..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1962). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.25 inches. xi + [blank] + 364 + [vi] pp. Illustrated with a 16-page suite of black and white reproductions of photographs. Nicely inscribed by Turnbull on the front free endpaper: "For Ruth Sturtevant Smith who..... More
(Columbia): University of South Carolina Press, (2014). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. xii + 147 + [blank] pp. The first book-length study of the author. Signed by both John Lang and Ron Rash on the title page and quite scarce thus. More
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Thailand: Foundation Autopoy, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 in. 900; 804 pp. Occasionally illustrated with black & white reproductions of artworks by Nguyen Quynh and eight color full page reproductions in volume two. Trang and Pensinger, husband and wife duo, wrote this book over an eight-year period..... More
Barrytown, NY: Station Hill Press, 1990. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.25 in. xiv, 122 pp. Occasionally illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs. Translated from the French by Pierre Joris. Jacket design by Susan Quasha. Originally published in French as "Du désert au livre..... More
Minneapolis: Coffee House, 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo. 6 x 9 in. 144 pp. Signed "with a Roxy Video pen" by Edson on the title page. "In this playfully complex novel of banter between master and servants, Russell Edson creates an allegorical narrative in which forbidden sexual desire meets rigid..... More
London: Art & Letters, 1920. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto. 7.5 x 10 in. iv, 51 pp. Occasionally illustrated in black & white. Thirteen contributors (of poetry, prose and drawings) includes T.S. Eliot's "The Duchess of Malfi and Poetic Drama," published here to precede Eliot's well-loved "The Waste Land" (1922). More
Highlands, NC: Jargon Books / Jonathan Williams, 1954. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo. 5.5 x 8 in. Unpaginated. Fully illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs, writings and artworks by Miller. Jargon 22. Author photograph by Wynn Bullock. Association with the following individuals are prominent in Miller's Red Notebook writings..... More
New York: Urquhart Press, 1932. First Edition. Paperback. Small octavo. 5.25 x 7.75 in. 237 +[1] adverts. Scarce. Publisher's Note, paragraph two reads, "The thesis of this book is important. No more vital issue confronts the American people than the widespread use of black workers to break the back of..... More
