1. Alexie, Sherman.

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.

Special Reader’s Edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993. 15 x 23cm. (10), 223 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author on title page.

2. Barnard, Mary.

Time and the White Tigress. Illustrated by Anita Bigelow.

Portland, Or, Breitenbush Publications, 1986. 23 cm. 79 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by the author to Erik Haugaard, Danish-born American writer, best known for children’s books and for his translations of the works of Hans Christian Andersen.

3. Beecher-Stowe, Harriet.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin – A Tale of Life among the Lowly. With [106] original Illustrations [plus one Fronstispiece-Portrait] by Jenny Nystrom-Stoopendaal.

London / Paris / New York & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, 1905. Large Octavo (18 cm x 23 cm). Frontispiece – Portrait of Harriet Beecher-Stowe, XIV, 680 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth-binding in protective Mylar. The notoriously shaky publication was strengthened by our bookbindery and is now ready to be read and used without fear of handling. Old gift-inscription to slightly frayed endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The best version due to the large size of the book and the corresponding illustrations.

4. Bellow, Saul.

Mosby’s Memoirs and Other Stories.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 184 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket. The Volume itself in excellent condition. Signed by the author.

5. Bellow, Saul.

The Adventures of Augie March.

First British Book Edition. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1954. 13.5 cm x 20 cm. 536 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very slight discolouring of edges and pages. Two inscriptions on endpaper dated 1954 and 1976.

6. Bellow, Saul [Ann Malamud].

More Die of Heartbreak.

First Edition. New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1987. 16 cm x 24 cm. 335 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of Ann Malamud, with some annotations in her personal hand on a few pages. Loosely inserted a postcard from Psychoanalyst Stuart Feder to Ann Malamud from the year 1987.

7. Biggers, Earl Derr.

Seven Keys to Baldpate.

First UK Edition. London, Mills & Boon, Limited, 1914. Octavo. 309 pages plus “A Catalogue of Books published by Mills & Boon Ltd.” with 22, [10] pages at the rear of the Volume. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Bookblock slightly distrorted only. Very good, very firm condition with only minor signs of wear. Private inscription to half-title.

8. Brame, Charlotte M.

The Mystery of Colde Fell Or Not Proven.

First Edition. London, Hutchinson & Co., 1930. 13 x 18,5 cm. 252 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Former library copy from the Sligo County Library. VERY RARE !

9. Burgess, Gelett (S.B.).

Are You a Bromide ? or The Sulphitic Theory, expounded and exemplified according to the most recent researches into the psychology of boredom, including many well-known Bromidioms now in use. With decorations by the author.

Fourth Printing. New York, B.W. Huebsch, 1906. 18cm x 12.5cm. 63 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated frontcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Upper hinge with minor split. Very interesting bookplate of the ABAA (American Booksellers’ Association) to the front pastedown. The bookplate has the printed dedication “Compliments of B.W.Huebsch” and is signed in ink by Gelett Burgess.

10. Burroughs, Edgar Rice.

The Warlord of Mars. Frontispiece by J. Allen St.John.

First Edition. Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1919. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 296 pages. Original hardcover in protective Mylar. Excellent, Near Fine condition with minor signs of external wear.

11. Cartier, Raymond.

50 mal Amerika. Einführung und Nachwort von Robert Jungk.

Stuttgart, Piper, 1954. Octavo. 491 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

12. Chabon, Michael.

Wonder Boys.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Villard Books, 1995. 14 x 21cm. 369 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author Michael Chabon on the titlepage.

13. Cooper, James Fenimore.

The Complete Works – Cambridge Scholars Classic Texts Edition [complete in 48 Volumes].

48 Volumes. Cambridge, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009. Octavo. c.9500 pages in 48 Volumes. Original Softcover / Paperback Edition. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear.

14. Creeley, Robert.

The Gold Diggers.

First Edition. [Palma de Mallorca], The Divers Press, 1954. Small Octavo. 141 pages plus the rare, loosely inserted Errata-Leaf. Original Softcover [French-fold jacket] with illustrated wrapper, designed by Rene Laubies. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. The book was handset in Bodoni and Futura Types and Printed by Mossen Alcover in Palma de Mallorca, February, 1954.

15. Crichton, Michael.

Airframe.

First edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. 17 x 25 cm. 351 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Signed by Michael Crichton on the titlepage. Near fine condition. Wrapped in protective mylar.

16. Dawson, Fielding.

The Greatest Story Ever Told: A Transformation.

Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1973. 8°. 69 pages. Original Hardcover in the original acetate dustjacket [Mylar]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. No. 107 of 200 hardcover copies, numbered and signed by the author.

17. [Dawson, Miles Menander / Meynell, Alice] Rittenhouse, Jessie B.

The Little Book of American Poets 1787-1900 [Association copy: Inscribed by american Poet and Philosopher Miles Menander Dawson and his wife to english Poet Alice Meynell: “To Mrs. Alice Meynell with the best regards of her friends Mr. + Mrs. Miles M. Dawson”].

First Edition. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. Small Octavo. XX, 306 pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare and beautiful association between these two Poets.

18. [Dickinson, Emily] Clendenning, Sheila T.

Emily Dickinson. A Bibliography: 1850-1966.

San Fernando, The Kent State University Press, 1968. 8°. XXX, 145 pages. Original Hardcover (red cloth). Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

19. [Earl of Shannon] Irving, Washington.

Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus. [From the library of the Earl of Shannon [Richard Boyle], with his armorial Bookplate].

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1831. Small Octavo. Frontispice – Engraving (Convent of La Rabida), XVIII, 337, [1] pages. Map missing ! Hardcover / original half leather of the early 19th century, with original spinelabel. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The armorial bookplate of the Earl of Shannon to the pastedown.

20. Ellis, Edward S.

Through Forest and Fire.

First Edition. Philadelphia, Henry T. Coates & Co., 1891. 19.7cm x 13cm. iv, 302 pages. Original, illustrated hardcover. With frontispiece illustration. Endpapers and pastedowns illustrated in colour. Excellent, near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpaper inscribed by preowner. [Wild Woods Series No. 1].

21. Eshleman, Clayton.

Anticline.

Boston, Black Widow Press, 2010. 22.8cm x 15.3cm. 181 (4) pages. Original illustrated softcover. Small paper-damage. Halftitle signed by the author.

22. Forche, Carolyn.

The Country Between Us.

New York, Harper & Row, 1981. ^15,5 cm x 23,5 cm. 59 pages. Original Softcover. Besides some foxing to edges in very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. Previous owner’s name to front free endpaper.

23. Freund, Philip.

More Off-Broadway Plays.

London, W.H. Allen, 1974. 14.3 cm x 22.2 cm. 261 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to edges and endpapers. From the reference library of Hans Christian-Andersen’s Translator Erik Haugaard.

24. Ginsberg, Allen / Enzo Eric Toccaceli.

American Sentences.

Limited Edition / One of only 32 copies [32 esemplari]. Osnago, Edizioni Pulcinoelefante, 1996. 19.7cm x 13.5cm. 6 pages, with vintage photograph of Ginsberg by Enzo Eric Toccaceli. Original illustrated softcover in protective Mylar / Cover illustration: “Water – melon by Angela Caremi”. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

25. Golden, Arthur.

Memoirs of a Geisha.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Octavo. 434 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Fine condition.

26. Goldman, Francisco.

The Long Night of the White Chickens.

New York, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 450 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author.

27. Harrison, Jim.

Just Before Dark. [Signed]

Livingston, Montana, Clark City Press, 1991. 17 cm x 24 cm. XIII, 320 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

28. Harte, Bret.

Stories in Light and Shadow.

Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1899. 17cm. 285 pages. Original hardcover / Beautiful quarter leather with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown. With the initials of Haugaard’s father or grandfather (A.H. 1899) to the spine and his ownership stamp to the endpaper: A.Chr. Haugaard – Strandvej 201, Hellerup. [Collection of British authors. Tauchnitz edition].

29. Hawkes, John.

The Blood Oranges.

First Edition. New York, New Directions, 1971. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 271 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

30. Hecht, Julie.

Do The Windows Open?

New York, Random House, 1997. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 212 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Fine / As New. Signed and inscribed by author on title page.

31. Hemingway, Ernest.

The Old Man and the Sea. The Illustrations in this special Reprint Society edition of “The Old Man and the Sea” comprise drawings by C.F.Tunnicliffe and Raymond Sheppard.

First Illustrated Tunnicliffe Edition. London, The Reprint Society, 1953. Octavo (16 cm wide x 22.2 cm high). 117 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

32. Hickam, Homer H., Jr.

Rocket Boys: A Memoir.

Advance Uncorrected Proof. New York, Delacorte Press / Bantam Doubleday, 1998. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 378 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new.

33. Hinckley, Julian.

“E” – The complete and somewhat mad history of the family of Montague Vincent, Esq., Gent.

First Edition. New York, Duffield & Company, 1914. 8°. 387 pages. Hardcover / Original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Ownership-notification on front and rear pastedown as well as on the halftitle. Overall excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear / mild foxing to edges and pastedowns only (very good+/near Fine). Absolutely Rare publication.

34. Hugo, Richard.

The Triggering Town. Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing.

First Edition. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1979. 14.8 cm x 21.9 cm. XII, 109 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled edges. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor closed tear to page 75. Otherwise bright and clean. Contains original review slip from W.W. Norton & Company.

35. Irving, Washington.

Knickerbocker’s History of New York & Knickerbocker Miscellanies.

New York, P.F. Collier & Son, No Year (c. 1920). 14.5 cm x 20 cm. 450. Frontispiece illustration – engraving entitled ‘Dutch Weight’. Original Hardcover. (Black cloth with embossed decoration on front board – title embossed in gilt on spine.) Very Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor pencil markings on rear endpaper. [The Works of Washington Irving].

36. Irving, Washington.

The Sketch Book, Legends of the Conquest of Spain / [Including the Biography of Irving:] “A Life of Washington Irving” by Richard Henry Stoddard.

New York, London The Co-operative Publication Society, Inc., No date (c. 1920). 14.5 cm x 20 cm. 561 pages. Frontispiece illustration – portrait of Washington Irving dated 1851. Original Hardcover (black cloth with embossed decoration – title embossed in gilt on spine). Good condition with minor signs of external wear. Front board a little shaky. Some minor pencil markings on back free endpaper. [The Works of Washington Irving].

37. Jacobsen, Josephine.

The Human Climate [Inscribed].

First Edition. Baltimore (Maryland), Contemporary Poetry, 1953. Octavo. 39 pages plus Colophon. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of american writer Peter Viereck. Inscribed and signed by Jacobsen to Peter Viereck on the endpaper: “For Peter – with admiration for him + for his work – Josephine Jacobsen”.

38. King, Alexander.

May This House Be Safe From Tigers.

First Edition. Kingswood, Surrey, The Windmill Press Ltd., 1960. 15cm x 22cm. VIII, 374 pages. 23 illustrations by the author. Original Hardcover with original, illustrated dustjucket in protective Mylar. Foxing to the edges. Minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket and a ball pen mark on the front of the DJ. Otherwise in very good condition. Especially the rare dustjacket in excellent condition !

39. Kumin, Maxine.

The Designated Heir.

New York, The Viking Press, 1974. 14.5 cm x 21.3 cm. 174 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Author on title-page. Endpaper and half-title are slightly separated.

40. Lawrence, D. H.

St.Mawr – Mockup – This is not the book but a unique Furniture Drawer (Toolbox) made by a D.H.Lawrence enthusiast. The Drawer was made in bookform and has the St.Mawr Emblemata on the cover and the title on the spine. Excellent craftsmanship. Leather covered board.

no place, c. 1930. Folio. Original Hardcover with leather covered boards. Hard to qualify this exceptional piece as Ephemera, but that is what it is. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dimensions are 45,5cm (high), 34cm (wide), 13cm (thick).

41. Lethem, Jonathan.

You Don’t love Me Yet.

New York / London / a.o., Doubleday, 2007. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 223 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition. Signed and inscribed by the author.

42. Lewis, Sinclair.

Fantastic Set of Sinclair Lewis’ Works which were published within the Library of America. [Both Volumes Books in “As New Condition” with Mylar applied]. Included are: I. Main Street – Babbitt (LOA Volume 59) / II. Arrowsmith – Elmer Gantry – Dodsworth (LOA Volume 133).

Mixed Editions (One in First and on in later printings). Two Volumes (complete set). [New York], The Library of America, c.1992-2002. Octavo. 2200 pages of Lewis. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with all Volumes’ dustjackets expertly placed in Mylar.

43. Lewis, Sinclair.

It Can’t Happen Here [The Novel that tells you what will happen to your family if America gets a Dictator].

4th Reprint of the 1939 Edition (with the rare dustjacket). New York, Triangle Books, 1941. Octavo. 458 pages. Original publisher’s Hardcover with the rare, illustrated dustjacket, including the rear flap with the photograph of an idyllic american living-room scenery. In protective Mylar. From the private library of Walter Blake, with his personal stamp to the titlepage. In excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. The dustjacket extremely scarce in this condition.

44. Lewisohn, Ludwig.

This People.

New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1933. 14 cm x 21 cm. 305 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

45. [Lincoln, Abraham] Hurt, James.

Writing Illinois – The Prairie, Lincoln and Chicago.

Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1992. 16 x 24 cm. 154 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

46. Ludwig, Jack.

Confusions.

Greenwich (Connecticut), New York Graphic Society Publishers Ltd., 1963. 15 cm x 21,5 cm. 276 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Some staining to boards, minor foxing, otherwise in Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

47. [MacCabe Fay, Patrick (Provenance)] Hawthorne, Nathaniel.

Passages from The American Note-Books of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Second Edition. London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1868. Octavo. 309 pages plus six unnumbered pages of a Catalogue of publisher Smith, Elder and Co. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Poor condition with stronger signs of wear. The binding is fragile with the bookblock slightly separating from the binding. Still, the overall condition is still Good+ with foxing throughout (as usual with this publication) and a faded dampstain to rear endpaper and pastedown. From the library of Patrick MacCabe Fay, with his Bookplate / Exlibris to front free endpaper with the Family-Motto: “Toujours Fidele – Aut Vincere Aut Mori” [″Always Faithful – Either Win or Die”](see image). Very Rare publication !

48. Malamud, Bernard.

Long Work, Short Life [″I intend to say something about my life a writer….”].

Hoosick Falls, Bennington College, 1985. 8°. Frontispiece (Faksimile-page of a Manuscript by Malamud), 19 pages. Illustrated with three full-page photographs: 1. Bernard Malamud reading at the Carriage Barn, Bennington College (1978) / 2. Bernard Malamud in the 1960s (Clemens Kalischer photo) / 3. Bernard Malamud with Ben Belitt at Bennington College in 1981 (Kyle Hughes Photo). Softcover. Original brochure. One of only 1000 copies of this limited edition. As new ! [The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature – Published in Memory of William Troy].

49. McCullers, Carson.

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.

Facsimile of the First Edition. Shelton, The First Edition Library, 1967. Octavo. 356 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. The book is housed in its original slipcase. Close to new ! Absolutely Fine condition with an only mildly sunned dustjacket-spine. Includes even the publisher’s advertising slip.

50. Milosz, Czeslaw.

The Seizure of Power [Signed – Uncorrected Proof]. Translated by Celina Wieniewska.

Unrevised, Uncorrected Proof. New York, Farrar – Straus – Giroux, 1982. Octavo. 245 pages. Original Softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A very rare, signed version of this uncorrected Proof with Milosz’s signature on the titlepage.