New York: Crown Publishers, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 320 pp. The well-known muscial "Fiddler on the Roof" opened on Broadway in 1964, and "was the first musical theatre run in history to surpass 3,000 performances" - it held the record for the longest-running musical on Broadway..... More
Oakland, California: Georgia Loring Bamford, 1931. Hardcover. Octavo size, 255 pp. The life and work of Jack London (1876-1916) have been the subjects of many critical writings, and here Georgia Loring Bamford (1873-1966), a personal friend of London's, reminisces about London's life, his prominence in the literary circle in San..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, Inc., [1950]. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 142 pp. English poet George Barker (1913-1991) wrote numerous works of both poetry and prose, often part of the New Apocalyptics movement, a refutation of the realism of the 1930s using mythical themes. "The Dead Seagull", although a work..... More
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company (Printed by Taylor, Nash & Taylor), (1913). First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 212 pp., inscribed by John Barry to Lincoln Steffens. A series of essays which, per the sub-title, deal "mainly with aspects of everyday living from a point of view less controversial than..... More
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press for The Enitharmon Press, 1972. Arikha, Avigdor. Limited First Edition. Folio. Number XIII of XV copies, folio size, [24] pp., with an extra suite of three etchings, all of which are signed by the artist, signed by Samuel Beckett on the limitation page. "The North" is..... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 302 pp. This is Saul Bellow's (1915-2005) second novel, one in which the author explores the many aspects of human relationships, including guilt and obsession. Bellow is the only writer (to date) to win the National Book Award..... More
Llandogo, Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, 2012. Pusch, Steffi. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 5 of 100, folio size, [40] pp., signed by S.J. Butler and Steffi Pusch. "The Swimmer" first appeared in "The Warwick Review" and was then selected for "The Best British Short Stories 2011" published by Salt; this..... More
[Oakland]: Chez Log Press [printed and bound by Dorothy Yule at the Eucalyptus Press], [1988]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 14 of 40 copies, duodecimo size, 24 pp. Ken Chowder has scripted over 25 documentary films (and one feature film) broadcast on PBS, NBC, TBS, Discovery, A & E, and BBC..... More
London: Harvill Secker, (2007). Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 75 of 100, octavo size, 239 pp., signed by J. M. Coetzee. J. M. Coetzee (b. 1940) is a South African novelist, essayist, linguist, translator, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature as well as the Jerusalem Prize, CNA Prize (thrice)..... More
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[Fyfield, United Kingdom]: Oak Tree Press, 2008. Limited Edition. Leather. Copy "L" of 26 copies lettered A-Z (of a total edition of 186), quarto size, 82 pp., signed by J.M. Coetzee. South African author J.M. Coetzee (b. 1940), novelist, essayist, linguist, and translator, is the recipient of the Nobel Prize..... More
New York: Random House, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 352 pp. Isak Dinesen (nom de plume, Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke of Rungstedlund, nee Dinesen, 1885-1962) is likely best-remembered today for "Out of Africa", a fictionalized recounting of the life she led with her husband operating a...... More
New York: The Century Co., 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size , 582 pp. This volume includes six months of the wonderful St. Nicholas children's magazine, with the July issue containing the first published appearance of the short story "The Cruise of the Dazzler" (pp. 784-812). ___DESCRIPTION: Decorated red cloth..... More
London: Viking, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. No. 102 of 150, octavo size, 319 pp., signed by Margaret Drabble. English novelist Margaret Drabble (b. 1939) wrote "A Natural Curiosity" as an unintended sequel to her earlier novel "The Radiant Way"; the story continues to follow the lives of three women featured..... More
Toronto: Collins Publishers, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. First Canadian edition, octavo size, 637 pp., signed by John Fowles. First Edition stated, first Canadian edition. The author was named by the Times newspaper of UK as one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945, perhaps best known for his novel..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1992. Kitaj, R.B. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 196 of 200, folio size, 63 pp., signed by Allen Ginsberg and R.B. Kitaj. Written three years after the death of his mother, Ginsberg focused on a cryptic note left to him by her, the mother who had..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). First Edition. Hardcover. First issue (see details below), octavo size, 448 pp., in publisher's dust jacket. Robert von Ranke Graves (1895-1985) was born into a literary family and showed literary genius from a young age. Although the horrors of "The Great War" and subsequent difficulties had..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 150 copies, octavo size, 367 pp., signed by Carl Hiaasen. Carl Hiaasen (b. 1953) earned a degree in journalism and went on to become an investigative reporter, writing novels in his spare time. His work centres on his home..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1947. 4th Printing. Hardcover. The fourth printing of the first edition, duodecimo size, 280 pp. Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (1904-1986), friend of both W.H. Auden and Stephen Spender, was living in Weimar Germany and witnessed the rise of Nazism. It was while there that we wrote..... More
Cambridge: Printed at the University Printing House for The Limited Editions Club, 1969. Nebel, Gustave. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500, duodecimo size, 112 pp. signed by Gustave Nebel, with prospectus and announcement. Henry James (1843-1916) was an American author who wrote in the genre of both literary realism..... More
[Covelo]: The Yolla Bolly Press, [1992]. Baskin, Leonard. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 52 of 130 copies, folio size, 107 pp., signed by Leonard Baskin and John Fowles, with prospectus and "The Making of the Book" David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was extremely controversial for his day due to works such as..... More
n.p. Calmann-Levy, 1936. Dufour, D'Emilien. Hardcover. Quarto size, 289 pp., all text in French. Pierre Loti, the pseudonym of Julien Viaud (1850-1923) was educated to be a naval officer, gradually rising in his profession until attaining the rank of captain in 1906. His life at sea, among seafaring men, inspired..... More
[New York]: The Limited Editions Club (printed by Heritage Printers, Inc.), (1990). Hejduk, John. Limited Edition. Leather bound. No. 122 of 375 copies, quarto size, 193 pp., signed by John Hejduk, with LEC Monthly Letter. German writer Thomas Mann (1875-1955), a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929..... More
London: The Verona Press [Printed at the Officina Bodoni, Verona, 1939], 1939. Laurencin, Marie. Limited Edition. Leather. No. 10 of 30 de luxe copies, quarto size, 328 pp., signed by Marie Laurencin (twice). Kathleen Mansfield Murry (1888-1923), born and raised in New Zealand, moved to the UK at the age..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (2007). First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 87 of 100 copies, octavo size, 175 pp., signed by Ian McEwan. Ian McEwan (b. 1948), writer and screenwriter, was given the nickname "Ian Macabre" after writing his first two novels. He was featured by "The Times" in 2008 as..... More
New York: The Fountain Press, 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 639 of 742 copies, octavo size, 71 pp., signed by A.A. Milne. Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956) will likely ever be remembered for having bequethed "Winnie the Pooh" to the world. Begun with "When We Were Very Young", a book of..... More