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With illustrations by Polia Chentoff.

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Laurence Sterne
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.
$150

studio montespecchio

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Scolari, Ennio (editor)
Malebolge. Rivista di letteratura (numbers 1, 2, ¾ anno 1 - Marcatré numbers 26/27//28/29 + number 1 anno 2 = all published)
$1000

A Lovely, and Rare, Penny Dreadful Set

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Brown, Charles Perry [1834 - 1916] - Publisher.
ROBIN HOOD. Aldine Library. No. 1 - No. 88 [Complete].
SOLD

Edgar Allan Poe: The Ravan - Advertising Parody

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$100 or less
"After Edgar A. Poe" - "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I languished, sick and weary...."
"Ayer's Almanac, 1855." - "Will this amber liquid heal me? Tell me -- tell me -- I implore;", "Only try it," quoth Aunt Shore." -- 19th Century Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Patent Medicine Cure Advertising Handbill
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$100 or less
(MARK TWAIN) American Academy of Arts and Letters
MEMORIAL CEREMONIES. MARK TWAIN. SAMUEL LANGHORN CLEMENS. 1835 - 1910.
$50

Rare First Edition Original Unrestored Dust Jacket

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London, Jack
The Game
$5500

‘This is the original version P.H.’

Paul HORGAN
Original carbon-copy typescript, signed, of the uncut version of ‘The Devil’s Trill a short novel by Paul Horgan’, the ‘much revised’ version was published in ‘Good Housekeeeping’ Magazine for May and June 1951
$950

with contemporary/original glassine wrappers

Henry JAMES (1843-1916)
The Wings of the Dove, small print run: one of 3000 sets
$400

SCARCE ANTI-CATHOLIC NOVEL

Wright, Mrs. Julia McNair
Under the Yoke and Other Tales.
$150

EXTREMELY RARE DUST JACKET

Jack London
The Night Born, First Printing
$5000

Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain1st ed 1882 Deluxe

Mark Twain
Prince and the Pauper Mark Twain1st ed 1882 Deluxe binding
$235

'Poor Scholar' Friend of Poe Adventure Novelist

ALS from Captain Thomas Mayne Reid to Grace Greenwood/Sara Lippincott declining an invitation to submit a story for the Little Pilgrim as his pen is "under mortgage".
$200

Le Morte Darthur 1927 300 ill by Aubrey Beardsley

Le Morte Darthur 1927 300 ill by Aubrey Beardsley
$325

HOW MANY NOVELS OF NEWFOUNDLAND ARE THERE?

(Lowell, Robert Traill Spence)
The New Priest in Conception Bay., [In Two Volumes]
$125

American Buffalo Signed David Mamet Arion Press

David Mamet
American Buffalo David Mamet Arion Press - 1992
$215

Hawthorn House

$100 or less
Thompson, Lawrance
EMERSON AND FROST, CRITICS OF THEIR TIMES
$17.50

Jack Kerouac

$100 or less
Charters, Ann
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS BY JACK KEROUAC
$10
BYRON, Lord.
The Works of Lord Byron. London: John Murray, 1823. 4 vols., Early collected edition in full period calf, published the year before his death
$175

LITTLE CAESAR the very scarce No. 4 and also No.10

many - see below
Little Caesar. No. 4 and 10, the literary journal with an anarchist vibe produced and edited by Dennis Cooper from 1976 until 1982
$725
$100 or less
Homer; Edward, Earl of Derby,
The Iliad of Homer. 2 vols., 1864. Earl of Derby translation, gilt prize bindings, Victorian classical scholarship.
$95

Women Memoirs

Jacqueline Susann and Diana Vreeland
(INSCRIBED). Every Night, Josephine! With Diana Vreeland Signed First Edition
$150
Radclyffe Hall
(LGBTQ). The Well of Loneliness, Leather binding.
SOLD
MURDOCH, Iris.
(SIGNED) The Unicorn. London: Chatto & Windus, 1962., Christopher Cornford Dust Jacket
$150
FITZGERALD, F. Scott
3 Early Novels including The Beautiful and Damned (Hardcover) Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1922, Inscription dated April 1922
$750

Who Likes Lawyers?

Green, Henry [1801 - 1873] - Attributed to. Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870] - Imitated.
A MANCHESTER BOOK: The SONG Of The CAT; Illustrated with Wood-cuts: A Legend of the Chancery Court, Not Contained in the Records: in Three Fits., With Notes and Annotations collected for the Rolls' Office; Edited by a Master Out of Chancery.
$375

First Appearance of Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens (Editor); George Cruikshank (Illustrator), et al.
Bentley's Miscellany, Volumes I, II, & III, 1837-1838
$450

Lots and Lots of Little Blue Books

E. Haldeman-Julius [Editor]
Collection of 365 Little Blue Books
$400
Paul Monier (Felix Hausdorff) and Illustrated by Walter Tiemann
Der Arzt Seiner Ehre. Komodie in Einem Akt mit Einem Epilog (His Honor's Physician. Comedy in One Act with an Epilogue)
$200

Stunningly illustrated Peter Pan!

J. M. Barrie with illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
$350

Diogène. Caricatures and biographies.

Étienne Carjat, Amédée Rolland and others.
Diogène. Portraits et biographies satiriques des hommes du dix-neuvième siècle. Paris, 10 août 1856-26 avril 1857. (Satirical portraits and biographies of nineteenth-century personalities.), Remarkable relief-print and lithographic portraits of prominent actors, composers, artists, authors and politicians of 1850s Paris.
$6500

Best available copy

Frank E. SMEDLEY (1818-1864).
Lewis Arundel or the Railroad of Life, 1st ed in the original parts: extremely rare in this condition.
$750

Nice example of a period Dickens CDV

Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]. Gurney, Jeremiah [1812 – 1895] - Photographer.
CARTE De VISITE [CDV] PHOTOGRAPH [Albumen].
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Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870].
A TALE Of TWO CITIES [as published in] Harper's Weekly. Journal of Civilization. Vol. III.--No. 123. Saturday, May 7, 1859 [through] Vol. III--No. 153. Saturday, December 3, 1859., Plus Issues No. 119 - No. 122.
$2500

Woodfall’s first edition, first issue

“JUNIUS” (nom-de-plume)
Junius. Stat nominis umbra, 1st authorized ed., without the table of contents & index
$250

SIGNED by Tennessee Williams

Williams, Tennessee
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
$300

BIOGRAPHY OF THE CHARISMATIC PIONEER

Mari Sandoz
Old Jules, First Edition
$250

Dickens vs Bentley

Bentley, George. Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]. Bentley, Richard [1794 - 1871].
MR. DICKENS And MR. BENTLY. [accompanied by] ANs [3] by Richard Bentley [1839], 2 to Rev Richard Barham.
$1500

A Grolier 100 Title

Boswell, James [1740-1795]. Johnson, Samuel [1709-1784]. Bonar, James [1757-1821] - Former Owner.
The LIFE Of SAMUEL JOHNSON Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order... In Two Volumes., [bound with] The PRINCIPAL CORRECTIONS And ADDITIONS to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of DR. JOHNSON.
$6000

Parody of Pierce Egan, with lovely Illustrations

By an Amateur
REAL LIFE In LONDON.
$850

Inscribed by a Princess.

James, G[eorge]. P[ayne]. R[ainsford. 1799 - 1860] - Author.
A BOOK Of The PASSIONS.
$500

Fine Bindings

Dryden, John
The WORKS of JOHN DRYDEN, Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated With Note, Historical, Critical, And Explanatory, And A Life Of The Author, By SIR WALTER SCOTT, Bart.
$895

A Masterpiece

Gallen-Kallela, Akseli
Kalevala., Magnificent edition of the Finnish national epic.
$2500

Edgar A. Poe's Graham's Magazine

Edgar Allen Poe & others
Editor Edgar Allan Poe's 1841-42 Graham's Magazine; 10+ signed Poe stories/articles
$499

First Latin American to Win Nobel Prize in Lit

Mistral, Gabriela
[Nobel Prize Winner] Gabriela Mistral Literary Archive
SOLD

One of America's Great Writers

Doig, Ivan
Ivan Doig Limited and Signed Broadside--Excerpt from "Inside This House of Sky"
SOLD

5 Vol Tolkien Easton Lord of the Rings Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien
5 Vol Tolkien Easton Press Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, The Hobbit VG+
$475

Rare! First Publication from the OYEZ PRESS!

Conner, Brother Antoninus, Miles, Duncan, Creeley, Meltzer, Levertov' Olson, Bronk and Snyder.
Ten Poems In Broadside
$8000

(DISCOUNTED) Mary Austin association copy

Mary Austin
The Land of Little Rain
$600

"A VIOLENT & BEAUTIFUL BOOK"

Agee, James, and Walker Evans.
LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN: Three Tenant Families.
$1750

Finnegans Wake James Joyce Folio Society 2014

Finnegans Wake James Joyce Folio Society 2014
$565

Gift Quality

$100 or less
Dixon, Franklin W.
The LONE EAGLE Of The BORDER or Ted Scott and the Diamond Smugglers., Ted Scott Flying Stories #8.
$75

"the most famous novel about the law"

Warren, Samuel [1807 - 1877].
TEN THOUSAND A-YEAR. In Three Volumes.
$300

Shining 2016 Stephen King Cemetery Dance Limited

Stephen King
The Shining 2016 Stephen King w Slipcase Cemetery Dance Limited Edition
$615

The Natural Bernard Malamud 1952 1st ed

Bernard Malamud
The Natural Bernard Malamud 1952 1st ed
$550

Song of the Open Road Signed Aaron Siskind 1990

Walt Whitman
Song of the Open Road Signed Aaron Siskind 1990 Limited Editions Club w Slipcase
$675

True First Printing of Bukowski's "Fire Station"

Bukowski, Charles
Fire Station
$125

Scarce 1877 Roxburghe Club Publication.

Digby, Sir Kenelm [1603 - 1665].
POEMS From SIR KENELM DIGBY'S PAPERS., In the Possession of Henry A. Bright. Roxburghe Club.
$750

The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett 1st edition

Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon Dashiell Hammett 1st edition 1930
$750

Outer Dark Cormac McCarthy 1968 1st Ed1st Printing

Cormac McCarthy
Outer Dark Cormac McCarthy 1968 1st Edition 1st Printing with Dust Jacket
$750

Always Comes Evening Robert E. Howard 1957 1st Ed

Robert E. Howard
Always Comes Evening Robert E. Howard 1957 1st Edition with Dustjacket
$795

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925

F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925
$825

The Stonemason Signed by Cormac McCarthy Limited

Cormac McCarthy
The Stonemason Signed by Cormac McCarthy Limited
$900

All the Sad Young Men Fitzgerald 1926 1st Ed DJ

F. Scott Fitzgerald
All the Sad Young Men Fitzgerald 1926 1st Ed with ORIGINAL DUST JACKET
$950

Wonderful New Mexico Small Press Imprint

Johnson, Walter Willard (Spud)
[Small Press][New Mexico] Laughing Horse No. 13 the D.H. Lawrence Number
$250

Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger 1951 1st printing

J.D. Salinger
Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger 1951 1st / 1st printing Rare
$975

Kabbalah and the New Testament

Rev. Walter Begley
Biblia Cabalistica or the Cabalistic Bible, Showing How the Various Numerical Cabalas Have Been Curiously Applied to the Holy Scriptures
$225

The Peter Pan Portfolio Arthur Rackham 1914

J.M. Barrie
The Peter Pan Portfolio Arthur Rackham 1914 #9/300 16" x 21"
$1850

The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien 1938 1st Ed/2nd printing

J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien 1938 1st Ed/2nd printing
$2500

Flatland Abbott Signed Ray Bradbury Arion Press

Edwin Abbott
Flatland Edwin Abbott Signed Ray Bradbury Arion Press 1980
$4750

A Room of One's Own 1929 Signed by Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own 1929 Signed by Virginia Woolf Limited Ed #258/492
$5850
$100 or less
Scott, Sir Walter
THE MONASTERY. A ROMANCE., BY THE AUTHOR OF "WAVERLEY"
$50
$100 or less
Sadleir, Michael
XIX CENTURY FICTION, A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RECORD BASED ON HIS OWN COLLECTION BY MICHAEL SADLEIR, Two volumes
$65
$100 or less
Howells, William Dean
A HAZARD OF NEW FORTUNES, Two volumes.
$50

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Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870] - Inspiration.
The GAME Of OLIVER TWIST.
SOLD

Leisure Reading in the New Electric Age

Archer, Charles Maybury (Ed.)
The London Anecdotes., Four volumes in two. Evocative of the world of steampunk.
$200

The author's enduring and best-loved tale

James, Henry
THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY
$200

Hogarth Press

$100 or less
Woolf, Virginia
THE WAVES
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Hogarth Press

Woolf, Virginia
THREE GUINEAS
$200
$100 or less
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
TRANSFORMATION: OR, THE ROMANCE OF MONTE BENI VOL, THREE VOLUMES
$50
Cervantes Saavedra, Migue De
THE LIFE AND EXPLOITS OF THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA, Two volumes. Translated from the Original Spanish by Charles Jarvis, Esq. Now Carefully Revised and Corrected. To Which is Prefixed a Life of the Author. Embellished with Engravings.
$750

The original Pinocchio - rare second edition

Collodi, Carlo
Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino. Illustrata da E. Mazzanti. Seconda edizione.
$1850

Czarist-era school readers

$100 or less
Struve, Yu. P. / Sokolov, N. I. and Panov, V. N.;
Kniga dlya Chteniya. / Khrestomatiya. "Okhota pushche nevoli."
$100

The Ashendene 'Don Quixote'

Cervantes, Miguel De
THE FIRST [and SECOND] PART OF THE HISTORY OF THE VALOROUS AND WITTIE KNIGHT-ERRRANT DON QUIXOTE OF THE MANCHA, Two Volumes. The text in the 1620 English translation of Thomas Shelton.
$5400

Jules Verne first American edition.

Jules Verne
A Floating City, and the Blockade Runners.
$750

Beautifully illustrated!

W. S. Gilbert and illustrated by W. Russell Flint
Iolanthe and Other Operas
$150

First edition, first printing

Evelyn Waugh
A Handful of Dust
$200
Edson C. Eastman
Curiosities of Matrimony
$125

Photograph: Kenneth Patchen, Poet & Novelist

Chester Kessler
Portrait of Kenneth Patchen and Portrait of Miriam Patchen, Wife of Kenneth Patchen
$300

Portrait of Charmaine London, Jack London's Wife

Anonymous photographer
Mrs. Jack London / Glen Ellen, California
$150