New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of Bowles's only novel, a modernist cult classic (Tennessee Williams named it his favorite book), written in singular, spare, elliptical prose. 8vo (197 x 135mm): [6],271,[1]pp. Publisher's tan cloth lettered and decorated in red, top edge stained red, fore-..... more

London: Peter Owen, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. First British Commonwealth Edition (so stated) of Bowles's only novel, a modernist cult classic (Tennessee Williams named it his favorite book), written in singular, spare, elliptical prose. 8vo (184 x 119mm): Publisher's bronze cloth, spine lettered in gold, illustrated dust jacket designed by..... more

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression, signed by Boyd on the title page. 8vo: [12],363,[1]pp. Publisher's navy blue cloth, spine stamped gilt, illustrated dust jacket priced 7.95. About Fine (minor speckling on top edge) and probably unread, in About Fine jacket very mildly (almost imperceptibly) faded to..... more

Jersey City [N.J.]: American Type Founders Company [through 1905], 1904. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Complete run of 12 issues (two volumes of six numbers), each devoted to a different aspect of American book design, all profusely illustrated and one (Cover Designs) signed. Issued monthly from September, 1904, through August, 1905. Offered..... more

New York: Amphoto, 1961. Hardcover. First Edition of the work in which Brandt's "formal inventiveness and keen eye for the surreal are most evident." (Roth 101) With preface by Lawrence Durrell and introduction by Chapman Mortimer. Squarish royal 8vo (275 x 240mm): 14,[2], with 90 numbered gravure plates (some double-page)..... more

Paris: The Olympia Press, 8, Rue de Nesle, 1958. Second Edition. Printed Wrappers. Second Edition of this short novel, celebrating love, art, and the Bohemian life, with 29 full-page photogravures (recto and verso, of which one verso only and one double-page photomontage) of Paris after dark by Brassai (pseudonym of..... more

London: MacGibbon and Kee [1939], 1960. First Edition thus. Hardcover. First Impression of this new edition (the true first, published by Longmans in 1939, is exceedingly rare and virtually unobtainable), a literary "masterpiece" (Burgess), "a book in a thousand." (Graham Green) Crown 8vo (196 x 122mm): 316pp. Publisher's black cloth..... more

New York: Fredrick A. Stokes, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of Bromfield's eighth novel (Bromfield won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, for "Early Autumn"). Thick 8vo: [8],463,[1]pp. Publisher's textured vivid orange cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in blue, top edge stained orange, fore-edge untrimmed, yellow patterned end..... more

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1919. Cardboard Covers. First Edition of the author's first book of poetry. Fine stiff card covers, in a Fine blue wrapper with black titles and decor. The first book in The Yale Series of Younger Poets. The author's first book of poetry, and the first..... more

London: William Heinemann, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the author’s fifth published novel. 8vo: [6],161,[1]pp. Publisher's lime green cloth, spine lettered in red; illustrated dust jacket by John Rowland, priced 16s. Light spotting to fore- and top edges, jacket's spine panel gently toned and rubbed to crown, else..... more

London: William Heinemann, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of this fictional biography of Shakespeare, alleging a number of amorous relationships, including one with the notorious Elizabethan prostitute, Lucy Negro. 8vo: 234pp. Very Fine (and likely unread) publisher's blue cloth, the spine titled in gilt (still brilliant); in a Fine..... more

London: George Routledge & Sons, n.d. [c. 1890]. Rare edition of this handy pocket guide to the traditional meanings of flowers. Foolscap 8vo (112 x 80 mm): 128pp, copiously illustrated, often in colour. Publisher's original half-lime green cloth over marbled boards, spine stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, chestnut-brown end..... more

New York: Penguin Books, 1977. Stiff Wrappers. With an Introduction by Allen Ginsberg, recounting his role in the original paperback publication. Rare unrevised proofs, signed by Burroughs on title-page; laid-in is the original printed invitation to the publication party at Gotham Book Mart to meet the author. Small 8vo: xvi,166pp..... more