New Arrivals
The Nick Adams Stories
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1972), 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 5-268, [2] pp. Light blue cloth with a facsimile of Hemingway's signature stamped in gold on the front board and gold lettering on the spine. Orange endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $7.95 on the front flap of the..... More
All the Pretty Horses
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 5-301, [9] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $21.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 006h. According to Ahearn this copy has..... More
Hungerfield; And Other Poems
New York: Random House [1954], 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 3-115, [5] pp. Half beige cloth over blue paper boards with a blue and a black decoration on the front board, blue and black lettering on the spine; blue topstain. Black endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $3.00 on the..... More
The Case of the Lonely Heiress
New York: William Morrow and Company (1948), 1948. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 1-272, [1], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [5] pp. Brown cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the jacket. A Perry Mason mystery in which Perry..... More
Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne
London: John Lane The Bodley Head LTD (1928), 1928. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xxx, [4], 1-217, [1] pp. Black publisher's cloth with a gilt decoration and gilt lettering on the front board and spine. Decorative purple and cream endpapers and pastedowns. With several illustrated plates and decorations by Harry..... More
Mutiny on the Bounty
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xii, [3], 4-396 pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering and silver and white decorations on the front board and spine; light blue-gray topstain. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. First issue book with the..... More
The Colour of Magic
New York: St. Martin's Press (1983), 1983. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-205, [3] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $11.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. The first spoof fantasy novel in the Discworld series, showcasing Pratchett's comedic language and world-building..... More
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
New York: Kodansha America (1991), 1991. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 2-400, [4] pp. Quarter black cloth over pink paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Purple decorative endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $21.95 on the front flap of the jacket. Translated by Alfred Birnbaum. Murakami's novel explores..... More
Pyramids; (The Book of Going Forth)
London: Victor Gollancz, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 8-272 pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of £11.95 net on the front flap of the dust jacket. The jacket done by Josh Kirby. The seventh Discworld novel, this time Pratchett satirizes ancient Egypt. The name and..... More
Marie de France; Seven of her Lays Done into English by Edith Rickert
Long Acre: David Nutt, 1901. First edition in English. Hardcover. 12mo. [4], vii-viii, [2], 3-198, [2] pp. Brown publisher's cloth with blue, green, and gold decorations on the front board, black lettering on the front board and spine; top edge gilt. Title page printed in red with a black decorative..... More
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc. (1964), 1964. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-256 pp. Quarter red cloth over grey paper boards with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $4.50 on front flap of dust jacket. Ahearn APG 003d. First printing of the..... More
Everything That Rises Must Converge
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (1965), 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xxxiv, [2], 3-269, [1] pp. Quarter dark blue cloth over light blue paper-covered boards with white lettering on the spine; blue topstain. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. Frontispiece photograph of the author. Price of $4.95 on the front..... More
Angle of Repose
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 11-569, [7] pp. Bound in light green cloth with oval wreath design stamped in blind on the front board and gold lettering on both the spine and front board. Green endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $7.95 on..... More
Augustus
New York: The Viking Press (1972), 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [13], 4-305, [5] pp. Maroon paper covered boards quarter bound in green cloth with gold lettering on the spine; light orange topstain. Maps on the endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $7.95 on front flap of jacket. Winner of the..... More
The Three Musketeers
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1899. Later edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [5], vi-xxvi, [1], 2-428, [2]; [5], vi, [3], 2-418, [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Red publisher's cloth with bright gilt and silver decorations on the front boards, gilt lettering and decorations on the spines; top edges..... More
Gilead
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux (2004), 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 4-247, [1] pp. Quarter beige cloth over pale yellow paper-covered boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $23.00 on the front jacket flap. Signed by the author on the title page. A tale of one..... More
Ready Player One
New York: Crown Publishers [2011], 2011. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 2-374, [2] pp. Black paper boards with white lettering on the spine. Price of $24.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A tour de force of 80's nostalgia, and the basis for the Steven Spielberg film. Cline's..... More
The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
London: William Pickering, 1845. First edition thus. Hardcover. 6 vol. 8vo. [9], 10-326, [2]; [3], 2-330, [2]; [7], 2-363, [3]; [7], 2-321, [3]; [7], 2-321, [3]; [7], 2-288, [2] pp. Half later green morocco over marbled boards, spines in six compartments with gilt lettering on each spine; top edges gilt..... More
A Personal Anthology
New York: Grove Press, Inc. [1967], 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-x, [2], 1-210, [2] pp. Grey cloth with black lettering on the spine. Price of $5.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Edited and with a foreword by Anthony Kerrigan. A collection of short stories, essays..... More
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; In Seven Parts
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1884. Later edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Unpaginated. Bright blue publisher's cloth with black and gilt decorations on the front board, gilt lettering on the spine; all edges gilt. Floral grey endpapers and pastedowns. With a frontispiece and in-text illustrations done by Gustave Doré, Birket Foster, and..... More
The Bhagavad Gîtâ or A Discourse on Divine Matters between Krishna and Arjuna; A Sanskrit Philosophical Poem
Chicago: Religio-Philosophical Publishing House, 1874. Later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-viii, [1], 4-278, [2] pp. Textured maroon cloth with gilt decorations and lettering on the front board and raised lettering blocked in gilt on the spine; grey topstain. Translated with notes and an introduction to Sanskrit philosophy by J. Cockburn..... More
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 12-158, [2] pp. Brown cloth with brown lettering on the spine and a brown decoration of Ralph and his motor on the front board. Price of $2.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Library price clipped..... More
The Taos Trappers; The Fur Trade in the Far Southwest, 1540-1846
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press (1971), 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xiii, [4], 2-263, [1] pp. Yellow cloth with green and purple lettering on the spine. Light green endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $8.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a design on the title..... More
Fifty Years on the Trail; A True Story of Western Life
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press [1963], 1963. First edition thus. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [6], vii-xix, [3], 3-291, [1] pp. Green paper boards with gold lettering blocked in black on the spine, black lettering on the spine. Price of $2.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With a small..... More