A Brief Vignette from Tar Baby
[Minneapolis]: The Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger Editions, 1981. Broadside. Approx. 14 x 10.5 in, bottom edge deckled. Limited edition, numbered 40 of 90 copies and signed by Toni Morrison. Scarce. More
LITERATURE
Uncle Tom's Children: Four Novellas
New York: The Story Press / Harper & Bros. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.25 in. 317 pp. Inscribed in year of publication on the verso of the Contents page to Donald Thompson, most likely the WPA Federal Writers Project correspondent who interviewed Wright in 1938 for the..... More
American Boys' Handy Book of Camp-Lore & Woodcraft
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with 377 black & white drawings by the author. Inscribed endearingly on the front free endpaper, "From Barbara Beard to Paul McDonald August 25th 1927 Also conveying the good wishes and sincere appreciation of his friend Daniel C Beard." Beard was..... More
The Unnamable
New York: Grove Press, 1958. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.25 in. 179 pp. Translated from the French by the author. Of five simultaneously published editions, this copy is from a specially-bound, limited edition of 100 copies (this being number 36). This title was/is (apparently against..... More
The Search for Atlantis: Excursions by a Layman Among Old Legends and New Discoveries (In Three Parts)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.25 x 7.75 in. 119 pp. Inscribed by Björkman on the half-title page in year of publication: "For / D. Hiden Ramsey, / best of bosses, / best of friends. / Edwin Björkman. / 8.19.1927." Recipient Darley Hiden Ramsey was..... More
Leigh Hunt and His Circle
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6 x 9 inches. xiv + 402 + [i] pp. Illustrated with sixteen black and white reproductions. More
Twelve Against the Gods; The Story of Adventure
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 358 pp. A spectacular copy of a surprisingly scarce book given this title's popularity. More
Fitzgerald Newsletter
Washington DC: Microcard Editions, (1969). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. [x], 327 + [4] pp. Corrected and revised compilation of 'The Fitzgerald Newsletter', in forty vols. (plus the additional winter 1963 number) issued from 1958 to 1968. More
Joysprick; An Introduction to the Language of James Joyce
(London): Andre Deutsch, (1973). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 187 pp. A special copy in that it is inscribed by author Rachel Ingalls (Mrs. Caliban, et al.) on the front free endpaper to her father Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls who was the Wales Professor of..... More
Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
New York: Ballantine Books, (1972). First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 5.25 x 8.25 inches. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of black & white reproductions of stills from the celebrated film. More
The Professor's House
New York: Knopf, 1925. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 7.75 inches. 283 pp. A superior copy of one of the author's major books. More
Alfred Bester's the Stars my Destination
(New York): Baronet Publishing Company, (1979). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto. 8.75 x 11.25 in. Unpaginated. Fully illustrated with color reproductions of artwork accompanying the adaptation of Bester's novel. Includes five laid-in promotional black & white reproductions of artwork from the book. Limited edition, numbered 1920 of of 3000..... More
Truth in Autobiography
University of Cape Town, (1985). First Edition. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.75 in. 6 pp. New Series No. 94, inaugural lecture. More
"The Lady and the Tiger"; An essay in Garden & Gun. Premiere Issue, Spring '07
Charleston: Evening Post Publishing Company, 2007. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto. 9 x 11 in. 128 pp. Illustrated throughout in color. This first issue of Gun & Garden also contains work by Clyde Egerton, Reynolds Price and others. A photograph of Conroy standing barefoot in Mrs. Waley's garden in Charleston graces..... More
The Geography of the Imagination; Forty Essays
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. x + 384 pp. Signed by Davenport on the title page. Uncommon signed. More
The Three Musketeers; Translated with an Introduction by Richard Pevear
(New York): Viking, (2006). First Edition, Thus. Hardcover. Thick octavo. 6.25 x 9.25. xxii + 704 pp. "A deft new renditon that conveys all of the wit, flavor, and high-spirited pace of the original French." More
The Song of the Percival Peacock
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
Last One Home
New York: Harper & Row, (1984). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 in. [vi], 345, [1] pp. Signed by John Ehle on front free endpaper. More
Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda; The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
New York: St. Martin's Press, (2002). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.5 in. xxxi + [i], 400 pp. Illustrated with several reproductions of black & white photographs and a suite of color photographs. Edited by Jackson R. Bryer and Cathy W. Barks. More
Scott Fitzgerald
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
The Collected Writings. Edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli; Introduction by Mary Gordon
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1991). Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Small octavo. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. 448 pages. Scarce proof. More
Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in 12 Fish
(Sydney): Picador, (2001). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.5 x 9.25 in. 404 pp. Signed by Richard Flanagan on half-title. More
Independence Day
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.125 in. [x], 451 + [2] pp. Limited edition, numbered 126 of 150 copies (out of a total of 176) and signed by Richard Ford on limitation page. Pulitzer Prize winner. PEN/Faulkner Award winner. More
The French Lieutenant's Woman
London: Jonathan Cape, (1969). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8 inches. 445 pp. A superior copy of what is generally considered the author's major work and the basis for the fine 1981 film starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. Signed on the title page by Fowles. Laid..... More
Dante Today
(Asheville): French Broad Press, (1994). First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Thin octavo. viii + [ii], 12 + [1] pp. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Fowlie and Jay Bonner, who wrote the introduction. Quite scarce. More