Literature
ROMANCE, ROMANCE And The BRIDE.
London: Faber and Faber, 1985. 1st Edition. 48 pp. 7-13/16" x 4-7/8" Multi-color card stock paper covers. More
SUMMER CITY.
Chicago: Coach House Print Shop, 1969. 1st Edition. #211 / 482 cc. Unpaginated. 7" x 4-5/8" Linen cloth boards with dark brown stamped lettering. More
The POETRY Of JACK RAINSBERGER. #7588. Death Row. Nevada State Prison. Carson City, Nevada.
Sausalito: Unity Press, [1969]. 2nd Printing. Unpaginated. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Off white paper covers printed in black. A benefit publication devoted to aid those "several hundred condemned men sitting on Death Row in prisons throughout the United States. On the average, they have spent more than 5 years awaiting execution."..... More
FAR FROM The MADDING CROWD.; Leisure Hour Series.
New York: Henry Holt & Co., Publishers, 1874. 1st US edition, 1st issue [with front advert dated November 17th, 1874]. Cf Purdy, p. 17. iv, 474 pp. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/2". Original publishers linen cloth binding with black printed lettering/graphics, including signature cobweb in lower right corner of the front..... More
The CRUSADE Of The EXCELSIOR.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1887. 1st edition, Printing 2 (Baird & Greenwood 1089; BAL 7340; Wright III, 2533). iv, 250, 12 pp. 12 page publisher advert at rear. Frontispiece & 3 inserted plates. Crown 8vo. 7-1/16" x 4-5/8". Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine &..... More
In The HOLLOW Of The HILLS.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1896. Early printing, first published in 1895. Cf. Baird & Greenwood 1100; BAL 7378; Wright III, 2541. [4], 210, [10] pp. 8 page publisher advert at rear. Publisher logo to t.p. Crown 8vo. 7-1/16" x 4-5/8". Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to..... More
STORM SIGNALS.
New York: D. Appleton - Century Co., 1935. 1st edition. [6], 337, [1 (blank)] pp. Crown 8vo. Lt blue cloth with gilt stamped lettering. Dust jacket. More
The FULFILLING Of The SCRIPTURE. Or An Essay shewing the exact Accomplishment of the Word of God, in his Works performed and to be performed. For confirming of Believers, and convincing Atheists of the Present Time : Containing some rare Histories of the Works and the Servants of God in the Church of Scotland.; By the Reverend Mr. Robert Fleming, Late Pastor of a Church in Rotterdam.With a Preface by Mr. Foxcroft, Pastor to the first Church in Boston.
Boston, New-England: Printed by Rogers and Fowle, for Nathanel Proctor at the Bible and Dove in Ann-street, near the Draw-Bridge, 1743. 1st North American edition, 'Proctor' issue (Evans 5185). xxiv, xii, 522 pp. P. 331 misnumbered as 231; 501 as 503. Period paper markers inserted after C12 & Q7. Head..... More
VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM
Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978. First printing. 167 pp. 8" x 5.5" Green buckram cloth binding with gilt stamping. More
Le VIOLON De FAÏENCE.; Avant-propos de L'Auteur
Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885. Nouvelle Édition. xv, [1 (blank)], 140, [6] pp. T.p. printed in red & black. P. 140 mispaginated as 160. 4 page publisher advert at rear, dated Avril 1885. Illustrée de 34 eaux-fortes de Jules Adeline. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5-3/16". Deep green full crushed morocco binding..... More
The PALE WOMAN And Other Poems.
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927. 1st edition. [10], 81, [5 (blank)] pp. Partially unopened. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/8". Linen cloth spine over gold marbled paper boards; black stamped title lettering to spine. Mauve paper dust jacket. This copy of Field's first book with a presentation inscription to the ffep..... More
PASSAGES.
San Francisco: Meadow Press, 1983. 1st Edition. #39 / 75 cc. SIGNED by the Author under the limitation statement. Unpaginated. Printed french-fold style on Ingres Antique paper. Two drawings of young children, by Phyllis Rockne. 8-1/8" x 5-1/4". Warm red Crescent paper over boards, bound by Leigh McLellan... More
MODERNIST POETICS Of HISTORY; Pound, Eliot, and the Sense of the Past
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1987. First printing. 279 8.5" x 5.5" Hardback. Dust jacket. More
OUT Of AFRICA. Modern Library #23.; Introduction by Bernadine Kielty.
New York: The Modern Library, (1952). Circa 1960s. 389, [3] pp. 12mo. Blue cloth binding with silver stamped spine lettering. Dust jacket. More
POETS Of The PACIFIC. Second Series.
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, (1949). 1st edition. 128 pp. 8vo. Orangish linen cloth binding with brown stamped title lettering to spine. Dust jacket. More
EYES & OBJECTS (Catalogue for an Exhibition. 1970-72). Jargon 84.; With a Gallery Goer's Foreword by John Russell.
Highlands, North Carolina: The Jargon Society, 1976. 1st Printing. Unpaginated. 8-3/8" x 8-1/2". Pale green textured paper covers, b/w photographic image to front cover. More
RICHARD SAVAGE. A Romance of Real Life. In Three Volumes.
London: Richard Bentley, 1842. 1st Edition (NCBEL III, 560; Wolff 7190). Three volumes: x, [2],328; [4], 338; [4], 342 pp. Half-titles present. Illustrated by Leech with frontispiece in each volume, 8 additional in v1, 4 in v2, 3 in v3, for a total of 18 plates [Wolff notes 17, with..... More
TERMS & RENEWALS.
San Francisco: Two Windows Press, (1970). 1st edition. Ltd to1000 cc. Unpaginated. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-13/16". Reddish-brown wrappers, lettered in black. More
CRACKERJACK.
London: John Long, Ltd. 34, 35 & 36, Paternoster Row, [1936]. 1st edition (Hubin I, p. 280). 288, 16 pp. Crown 8vo. Red cloth binding. Full color dust jacket. "Reveals the life of modern gangdom." [dj blurb]. More
THE NORSE MYTHS; Introduced and retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland
New York: Pantheon, 1980. First American Edition. xli,[1], 276,[2], pp. Illustrated back and front light orange covers with calligraphy. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
From SAND HILL To PINE.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1900. 1st Edition (Baird & Greenwood 1095; BAL 7394; Wright III, 2537). [8], 327, [3] pp. 2 page publisher advert at rear. Publisher logo to t.p. Crown 8vo. 7-1/16" x 4-5/8". Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine & front board stamped..... More
DARKLING PLAIN.
New York: Random House, 1936. 1st edition (Heller/Magee 247). Printed by the Grabhorn Press in an edition of 1500 cc. [16], 92, [4] pp. 8vo. Terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Dust jacket. " More
THIEVES Of MERCY.
Mills College, California: The Eucalyptus Press, 1934. 1st edition. #144 / 250 cc. SIGNED by the Author on the colophon page. 25, [3] pp. Partially unopened. T.p. stigil designed by Arvila Parker. 9" x 5-3/4". Maroon rough weave cloth spine over faux wood grain boards, with black stamped title lettering..... More