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First Edition. 8vo; 224pp. Publisher's red cloth, the spine titled in gilt; in a yellow dust jacket lettered in red and black and priced at 18/-. A just about Fine copy, with a lightly spotted top edge; in a just about Fine jacket with very light rubbing to the spine... more

Price: $215.00

Translated from the French (Le Renegat) by Frederic LeClercq. First Edition (no subsequent impressions mentioned). Very Good+ (slight foxing to some page edges, spine bumped) in a bright Near Fine dust jacket with a touch of tanning to the spine. Adventure story set in North Africa, compared to those of... more

Price: $65.00

First Impression (published August 1909 on the verso of the title page). 8vo; [2: blank, adverts], x, 306, [2: adverts]pp. Publisher's forest green cloth, the upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, the bottom edge untrimmed. A just about Near Fine copy, the spine slightly rolled and a shade darkened,... more

Price: $285.00

First Impression ("First published 1984"). 8vo: 190pp. Publisher's lime-green cloth, spine stamped in gilt; pictorial dust jacket priced £8.50. Bookplate of Otis Skinner Blodget laid in. Inscribed and signed by Barnes on title-page. Virtually pristine, a Very Fine copy. ... more

Price: $865.00

First American Edition (so stated). Publisher's mustard-yellow cloth, the spine lettered in black, in an illustrated dust jacket priced at $3.75. A Fine copy, probably unread, in a just about Fine jacket with a small loss to the rear panel (not affecting any lettering or design). A collection of 13... more

Price: $35.00

First Edition (so stated). Thick 8vo; [8], 382pp. Publisher's wheat-colored cloth lettered in green, the top edge stained green, other edges untrimmed; in a pictorial dust jacket (in the foreground, a coal plant belching smoke, and on the hill above Bruno Shadbolt's beloved estate, Spella Ho) illustrated by J. O'Hara... more

Price: $165.00

First Edition ("First Published November 1937" on the copyright page), preceding all other English-language editions, including the more common American first printing of 1938, of Dinesen's best-loved work, published under her pseudonym. Original coarsely woven, claret-colored cloth, the spine lettered in gilt. 8vo: x, 416pp. A Fine, bright copy, apparently... more

Price: $1,235.00

First Impression; 8vo, 234pp. Very Fine (and likely unread) publisher's blue cloth, the spine titled in gilt (still brilliant); in a Fine pictorial dust jacket (very lightly dust-soiled, but with an unfaded spine) priced at 21s. Basis for the Oscar-winning film "Shakespeare in Love." ... more

Price: $185.00

First Printing of the first English-language edition (translated, from the Italian, by the inestimable William Weaver) of T con zero). Small 8vo: [6],152pp. Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; in an illustrated dust jacket by Stanley Chapman, priced 25s. As New. A truly superb example. ... more

Price: $465.00

First English-language Edition (first published in 1957, in Turin, as Il barone rampante). Small 8vo: 255,[1]pp. Publisher's turquoise cloth, spine lettered in gilt; in an illustrated dust jacket, priced 13s/6d. Fine (and likely unread), spine gilt slightly dulled. Just about Fine jacket, vibrant and bright, with very short closed tear... more

Price: $465.00

Translated from the French by Justin O'Brien. First Impression. Small, slim 8vo: 109,[1]pp. Publisher's moss-green cloth, spine stamped silver, in Patricia Davey's iconic dust jacket, priced 10s/6d. About Fine, with brief edge-wear and dust-soiled top edge, in about Fine jacket, barely rubbed at spine-panel tips, back panel lightly speckled and... more

Price: $265.00

First Impression (no further printings noted), in the first state dust jacket, with 'earing' misspelled on back panel. Small 8vo: [6],248,[2]pp. Publisher's French blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt (still brilliant); pictorial dust jacket, priced £9.99. Signed by Chevalier on title page. About Fine (two corners and spine tips bumped),... more

Price: $485.00

First American Edition. Fine publisher's quarter-bound grey cloth spine lettered in silver (still brilliant) with patterned paper-covered boards boards, in a Near Fine (unmarred except for scrapes along the spine edge, not affecting lettering) typographic dust jacket priced at $2.00. Written in the days following the death of Lewis's wife,... more

Price: $95.00

First Printing, so stated. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket but for two flaws: previous owner's name in ink to the FFEP and two tears mended with archival tape to the front two blanks. ... more

Price: $20.00

First Edition (so stated) of the author's memoir of her life in Kenya. 8vo; x,390pp. Publisher's three-quarter orange cloth, flamingo stamped in gilt to upper board, glossy black cloth spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top edge stained moss-green, title page in moss-green and black; pictorial dust jacket priced at... more

Price: $2,150.00

First Printing (so stated). 8vo; [6], 341, [5]pp. Publisher's finely woven beige cloth, the upper board stamped in gilt, the spine black and gilt, the top edge stained pink; in the correct illustrated dust jacket with the price ($4.00) and publisher's code (11/57) on the front flap. A Fine copy,... more

Price: $85.00

First Edition, thus. Very Good+ (spotting to edges and end papers) publisher's red cloth boards with bright gilt lettering to the spine, in a Near Fine (edge wear, soiling to rear panel) pictorial dust jacket that retains its price. ... more

Price: $20.00

First Printing. Fine publisher's green cloth-covered boards (apparently unread), in Fine David Gentleman dust jacket. The second installment in the author's quincunx of novels, The Avignon Quintet. ... more

Price: $85.00