London: Faber & Faber [through 1934], 1932. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Second Edition (first revised edition), one of 1,000 copies. 8vo: 112pp. Publisher's finely woven black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge stained grey, others untrimmed; light blue dust jacket printed in black and priced 7s.6d. About Fine (dust-soiled top... more

London: John Lehmann, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression ("First published in 1948"). Small 8vo: 256pp. Publisher's navy blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in Edward Bawden's superb pictorial dust jacket, priced 9s/6d. About Fine (top edge lightly dust-soiled, spine gilt slightly dulled), in Near Fine or better jacket (flap... more

New York: Viking Press, 1959. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition, First State. 8vo; [8], 341pp. Publisher's beige quarter-bound linen spine lettered in orange,silver, and black, with orange cloth-covered boards titled in black, the top edge stained yellow; in a pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Bill Preston priced at $4.50, with... more

London: Chatto & Windus/Hogarth Press, 1983. First Impression. Hardcover. First British Edition (so stated) of the definitive collection, compiling all of Bishop's poems for the first time. Tall, thick 8vo; [12], 287, [1]pp. Publisher's forest green cloth, the spine lettered gilt within a black title block; the pictorial dust jacket... 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

New York: Random House, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing (so stated) of Capote's classic, filmed by Blake Edwards with Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly. 8vo: [8],179,[1]pp. Publisher's finely woven canary yellow cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gold on black title block, top edge stained grey; tangerine first issue... more

London: Methuen, 1907. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. First Impression (one of only 2500 copies). First Issue ("be be" on final line of p. 117, six additional text error as noted by Smith, and publisher's catalogue dated September 1907), of the "earliest and best novel portraying the character and fate of... more

London: John Lehmann, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of an early British edition containing the entire trilogy of novels that comprise the author's kaleidoscopic portrait of the United States between the turn of the 20th century and the beginning of the Great Depression. About Fine (sunning to the toe... more

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing (“First American Edition” on copyright page) of the first single-volume edition of Eliot's wartime masterpiece (preceding the British edition by more than a year), in the first-issue dust jacket (with nine titles to back panel). Tall, slim 8vo: [8],39,[1]pp. Original..... more

London: Andre Deutsch, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of Rhys's prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, reconstructing the life of Bertha Cosway, the madwoman of Thornfield Hall. Small 8vo: 190pp. Publisher's finely woven tangerine cloth, spine stamped in gilt; beautifully illustrated dust jacket by Eric Thomas, priced 21s. A...... more

London: John Murray [through 2013], 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impressions of Leigh Fermor's magisterial account, in three volumes, of his epic journey at age 18, in 1933, from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. Publisher's navy-blue cloth, spines and upper covers lettered and decorated in gold or silver, in... more

New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 74 of 300 copies for sale and 25 unnumbered presentation copies, signed by the Ford on front free end paper. Crown 8vo: ix,260pp. Publisher's quarter-bound finely woven sky-blue cloth over lime-green paper-covered boards, spine stamped in green, top edge... more

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, MCMVII [1907]. First Edition. Original Cloth. The author's second book, one of 1587 copies printed. 8vo: [8],360pp. Publisher's dark forest green cloth, spine and upper covered stamped in gold. A superior copy (light wear only and neat paper repair to front hinge), fresh... more