New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. First American Edition. Hardcover. First Printing (with Scribners 'A' on copyright page) of the author's second novel, first published, in Great Britain, in 1963. 8vo: 234pp. Publisher's pea-green cloth, fetish device to front cover and spine lettered in bright blue, first state illustrated dust..... more

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1967. First American Edition. Hardcover. A spectacular copy of the third installment in the classic Adam Dalgliesh mystery series, from the "reigning mistress of murder” (Time). First Printing, with publisher's code A - 8.67 [MC] on copyright page. 8vo: Publisher's coarsely woven French blue cloth..... more

New York: Macmillan, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing ("Published October, 1916" on copyright page) of the author's first commercially published book, one of only 1200 copies. Review Copy, with review statement ("Review Copy Not for Sale") punched into title page. Small 8vo: [8],217,[9]pp. Publisher's indigo vellum cloth; upper cover..... more

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression. Small 8vo; 256pp. Publisher's black cloth, the spine lettered in silver, the top edge stained gray; in an illustrated dust jacket priced at 25s. A Very Fine copy, unread, in a Fine jacket with just a touch of dust-soiling..... more

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression. Small 8vo; 262, [2]pp. Publisher's black cloth, the spine lettered in silver, the top edge stained gray; in an illustrated dust jacket priced at 21s. A Very Fine copy, very lightly read, in a Fine jacket with just a...... more

New York: Random House, 1929. Limited Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. One of 475 sets of twelve royal octavo chapbooks, designed, illustrated, and printed by Paul Johnston, each being the first appearance of a poem by a contemporary American. (253 x 158mm) [4]pp. Original variously colored handmade string-bound wrappers, front covers with..... more

Hamburg / Paris / Bologna: Odyssey Press, 1932. First Edition thus. Stiff Wraps. First Impression of the "most accurate and authoritative text of Ulysses," complete in two volumes (Slocum & Cahoon). Small 8vo: 400,[2]; [2],401-792,[2]pp. Stiff grey wrappers printed in reddish brown; priced in marks (5.60, francs (36.00), and lire..... more

Berlin: Oesterheld, 1910. Hardcover. First Edition of this collection of short lyrical songs, in German, including works by Mendelssohn (Songs Without Words) and Chopin, selected by the dramaturge of Max Reinhardt's Deutsches Theater, in Berlin. Crown 8vo (184 x 120mm): 115,[1]pp. Publisher's green and orange paper-covered boards, beige paper title..... more

London: Putnam, 1937. First Impression. Hardcover. 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...... more

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing, one of only 1000 copies. Tall, slim 8vo: viii,[2],61,[1]pp. Publisher's burgundy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, title page in red and black, price-clipped pictorial dust jacket priced. Virtually pristine and unread in like jacket. After the Second World War, "when..... more

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan / Viking Press [from 1975], [through 1983]. First Edition. Hardcover. Three First Printings, all in highly collectible condition. 8vo; 317, [1]; [12], 282; [12], 227, [1]pp. Legs (Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1975): Publisher's cream paper-covered boards, black cloth spine stamped in gold, decorative end..... more

New York: New Directions, 1964. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated). Square 8vo: [viii],179,[1]pp. Publisher's finely woven beige cloth, spine lettered in black, brown paper-covered boards decorated in blind with PFC stripes, brown laid end papers, brown pictorial dust jacket printed in yellow and black. Fine in a just..... more

London: Fortune Press, 1945 [but 1965]. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Second (unauthorized) Edition. Tall, slim 8vo: [4],36pp. Publisher's smooth maroon buckram (some copies bound in brownish-orange buckram, no priority known), spine lettered in gilt, bottom edge untrimmed; beige dust jacket (Bloomfield calls it pale orange, but to my eye there is..... more