New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. First Printing. Hardcover. An exceptional signed First Printing of the Nobel laureate's first book published outside of her native South Africa. Crown 8vo (205 x 131mm): [6],244,[2]pp. Publisher's greyish-brown finely woven cloth, upper cover stamped in gold, spine lettered in gold within pink title..... more

London: Chatto & Windus, 1951. First Printing. Hardcover. First British Edition of Goyen's acclaimed debut novel, touching on themes of family, sexuality, time, place, and memory. Crown 8vo (183 x 120mm): 223,[1]pp. Publisher's burgundy cloth, beautifully illustrated dust jacket by Biro, priced 10s / 6d. A handsome example, about Fine..... more

London: Arthur Barker Ltd, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression. Slim 8vo: [8],38pp. Publisher's black linen spine stamped in gilt, grey paper-covered boards lettered in black (without dust jacket, as issued), bookplate and gift card tipped to front paste down. Near Fine or better, covers lightly browned, end papers spotted..... more

London: William Heinemann, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of one of Greene's later "entertainments," with publisher's promotional card laid in. Small 8vo: [6],140pp. Publisher's blue cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt, illustrated dust jacket priced 7s/6d. Near Fine or better (mild lightening to spine, offsetting from jacket..... more

London: Bodley Head, 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 132 of 250 signed limited-edition copies bound in boards (of which only 170 were for sale); the first trade edition was issued as a paperback original. Small, slim 8vo (189 x 113mm): 80pp. Publisher's copper-colored paper over boards, spine lettered in gold..... more

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, n.d. [1946]. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression, second issue, with reviews on front flap (the first issue appeared in plain boards with plain buff dust jacket) of Greene's first children's book. Both issues are scarce and sought-after, and this is the more attractive. Oblong royal 8vo..... more

Paris: Contact Editions, Ile Saint-Louis, Quai d'Anjou, 29, 1926. First Edition. Wrappers. Scarce First Printing of the author's first published novel. Crown 8vo (193 x 139mm): Original cream-colored paper wrappers with French flaps, spine and covers lettered in black (front cover repeating title page, back with list of seven Contact..... more

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. First Printing. Hardcover. First Printing (complete number line) of the poet's own favorite. Octavo, 67pp. Original burgundy quarter cloth over grey paper-covered boards, the spine lettered in gilt, pink endpapers; in a pictorial dust jacket priced at $16.95. As New (and probably unread), in..... more

Boston: David R. Godine, 1975. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (no additional printings noted.) Slim 8vo: 44pp. Publisher's decorative black-and-white patterned paper-covered boards. No Jacket, as issued. As New (and probably unread). Kelleher A-16. ¶ A Godine Poetry Chapbook, Second Series, beautifully printed on laid paper. The title poem concerns..... more

London: Harper & Brothers, 45 Albemarle Street, MDCCCXCVIII [1898]. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. First Impression of the author's first collection of poems, one of only 500 copies. Crown 8vo (200 x 131mm): xi,[1],228pp, with 31 illustrations (13 full-page, including frontispiece) reproduced from drawings by Hardy. Publisher's original forest green bold-ribbed..... more

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the literary successor to Hartley's best-known work, The Go-Between. Crown 8vo (183 x 120mm): 248pp. Publisher's forest green cloth, spine stamped in silver, dust jacket printed in red, green, and black and priced 13s / 6d. A spectacular copy, virtually..... more

New York: Oxford University Press, 1969. First Printing. Hardcover. First American edition, from British sheets, of the Nobel prize-winner's second commercially published work (preceded by Death of a Naturalist, in 1966), one of only 1,000 copies (purchased from Faber and Faber, Heaney's London publisher). Tall, slim 8vo: 56pp. Publisher's finely..... more

København [Copenhagen]: Schoenberg, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of this foundational photobook, establishing color photography as an artistic medium ("The following reproductions have been selected from my attempts, through the medium of colour photography, to create pictures of somewhat greater aesthetic value than that usually aimed at by colour..... more