Lawrenceburg, Ind. Privately Printed [for] A.D. Cook, Inc., 1935. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 10 of 200 copies, octavo size, 15 pp., in slipcase. Originally published in 1909, this lovely tale was written by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1873-1924). With three lovely line-drawn vignettes but no attribution. " 'Why the Chimes Rang' is..... More
London: Leonard Smithers and Co, 1899. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First printing, no. 133 of 1000 copies, octavo size, 168 pp., with acrylic slipcase. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), known for his lively wit and fashionable dress, became one of the best-known personalities in London, and his works are still read..... More
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New York: Covici-Friede, 1929. Kent, Rockwell. Limited Edition. Parchment. No. 341 of 750 copies, octavo size, 44 pp., with parchment wrapper and slipcase. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837) was an esteemed Russian poet and novelist, who is considered the founder of modern Russian literature. This work, "Gabriel", is a satirical (some..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First printing, no. 65 of 375 copies, octavo size, 160 pp., signed by Robinson Jeffers, with glassine and slipcase. American poet Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) was a prolific writer of the twentieth century; his bleak and uncompromising style of poetry was..... More
New York: The Viking Press, (1968). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 224 pp., in publisher's dust jacket. Peter Soyer Beagle (b. 1939) began writing while in high school, and his first novel, "A Fine and Private Place" was published when he was only nineteen. He would go on..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 315 pp. In 1929, life for the average Irish family who were working the soil was incredibly hard; the level of poverty was such that many in the western world could not conceive. This work is based on a...... More
New York: Printed by Richard Ellis for Cheshire House, 1931. Limited Edition. Leather bound. No. 509 of 1200 copies, sixmo size, 166 pp., in publisher's slipcase. Who amongst us has not read and loved at least some of the wonderful sonnets of Shakespeare? The sonnets of William Shakespeare contain some..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 215 of 250 copies, octavo size, 94 pp., signed by Sara Teasdale, with slipcase. Sarah (she later dropped the "h") Trevor Teasdale (1884-1933) began writing poetry while she was a young girl, enamored of the work of Christina..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1926). Austen, John. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 288 pp., signed by Liam O'Flaherty. Liam O'Flaherty (1896-1984) is considered by many to be one of the "foremost socialist writers in the first part of the 20th century". After serving in WWI (and being badly injured)..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, twelvemo size, 365 pp. Set during the Italian campaign of WWI, Hemingway wrote this first-person account based on his own experience working in the ambulance corps. About a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley, set..... 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
Honolulu, Hawaii: Patten Company, Ltd., (1917). First Edition. Hardcover. With Honolulu imprint, octavo size, 368 pp. Jack (John Griffith) London (1876-1916) and his stories remain widely read today; beginning his career as a newspaper reporter, he gained fame with the publication of "The Call of the Wild" in July of..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 924 pp., in original dust jacket. Thomas Clayton Wolfe (1900-1938) died tragically young from complications from pneumonia; having already authored four lengthy novels and other assorted works and gained a reputation, one wonders what might have been..... More
London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1929. Murphy, Diana. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 128 of 400 copies, octavo size, 12 pp., signed by G.K. Chesterton. No. 21 of "The Ariel Poems", a series of poems with illustrations published by Faber. The first series was comprised of thirty-eight titles published between 1927..... More
[London]: Cecil Palmer, (1927). Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 71 of 350 (250 per the bibliography) copies, quarto size, 374 pp., signed by Chesterton, with original publisher's slipcase. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was a major writer of novels, poetry, and Christian apologetics; he is perhaps best known for his series of..... More
New York: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 38 of 500 copies of the limited edition, octavo size, 215 pp., in original glassine and with slipcase. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was one of Britain's most influential Victorian novelists and poets; D. H. Lawrence wrote a study of Hardy..... More
St. Petersburg: Nikodim Press, 2019. Sayenko, Dmitry. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 12 of 20 copies, folio size, 32 pp., signed by James J. Owens and Dmitry Sayenko, in slipcase. Dmitry Sayenko (b. 1965), Russian printmaker and book artist, graduated from the Mukhina Art School in St. Petersburg in 1995. He..... More
Hampton Falls, New Hampshire: Donald M. Grant, (1991). Dameron, Ned. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition, first printing, octavo size, 512 pp. Stephen Edwin King (b. 1947) is likely the most popular author of horror and sci-fi in modern times, having authored over sixty novels (many of which have been..... More
(West Kingston, Rhode Island): Donald M. Grant, (1987). Hale, Phil. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition, first printing, octavo size, 400 pp. Stephen Edwin King (b. 1947) is likely the most popular author of horror and sci-fi in modern times, having authored over sixty novels (many of which have been..... More
Arlington Heights, Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1991. Lang, Charles; Lang, Wendy. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First hardcover (deluxe) edition with illustrations by the Langs, first printing, no. 479 of 500 copies, octavo size, 412 pp., signed by Robert McCammon, Charles Lang, and Wendy Snow Lang. Robert Rick McCammon (b. 1952)..... More
[San Francisco]: [Printed at The Greenwood Press, bound by the Schuberth Bookbindery], 1983. Quandt, Elizabeth. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 125 copies, quarto size, 96 pp., with prospectus. This lovely, elegantly understated book epitomizes the soul of a "fine press" book; poetry by an important but not widely-known author, the..... More
New York: Cassell Publishing Co., (1893). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing in book form, duodecimo size, 324 pp. Ambrose Gwinnet Bierce (1842-ca. 1914), a solider by training and profession between 1861 and 1865, serving in the Union army during the Civil War, became one of the leading literary figures of..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1919. Smith, Jessie Willcox. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing (second issue) with Jessie Willcox Smith illustrations, large octavo size, 342 pp., in original publisher's dust jacket. Scottish author and minister George MacDonald (1824-1905) wrote about diverse subjects, from fantasy to fairy tales to Christian apologetics;..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1972. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), quarto size, 965 pp. Sir Isaac Newton (1642 - ca. 1726), author of "The Principia" remains one of the most influential scientists in history, an important figure in the scientific revolution and the one generally credited with having discovered the..... More
