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: Viking Press, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of Caldwell's finest novel, combining a powerful story with social protest and experimental narrative techniques. First Edition (so stated). 8vo (189 x 130mm): [6],303,[1]pp. Publisher's black cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in gold and green, top edge stained gold... more

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1966. First Impression. Hardcover. First UK Trade Edition of a title most commonly encountered in the book club edition. Tall 8vo; [12], 284pp. Near Fine or better publisher's green cloth (marred mostly by a narrow, two-inch-wide discolored area on the foot of the front fly leaf where... more

New York: Random House, 1975. Hardcover. First Printing of the author’s most famous work, extravagantly praised on publication, winner of the first National Book Critics Circle Award, one of the Modern Library 100 best novels, and the book that earned Doctorow election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters... more

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated), K-Z on copyright page, with (per Potter) perfect "p" in "Ferryslip" (running head); p. 9; perfect 2 in folio, p. 298, and almost obliterated "i" in "telling," p. 328, Small, thick 8vo (189 x 125mm): [4],404.[2]pp. Publisher's... more

New York: Boni & Liveright [through 1923], 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Number 369 (stamped in type 2-mm high, per Gallup) of the second impression limited to just 1000 copies. (Though stated on the colophon as "second edition," this second impression of 1000 copies was printed from the same setting of... more

New York: Random House [through 1959], 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Three First Printings (so stated). 8vo: [8],421,[1]; [8],371,[1]; [12],436pp. The Hamlet: Publisher's black cloth, spine and upper cover ruled in red and lettered in gilt, top edge stained red, full-color pictorial title page; second-issue pictorial dust jacket (four reviews excerpted... more

London: Printed for A. Millar, over against Catharine-street, in the Strand, MDCCXLIX [1749]. Early Reprint. Three-Quarter Calf. Third Edition (published same year as the first), and the "final authority in all textual matters," (Jensen) of Fielding's masterpiece, complete in four volumes. 12mo (156 x 95mm): xx,304; viii,330; x,288; xii,347,[1]pp. Later... more

London: Bodley Head [through 1980], 1962. Hardcover. Edited and introduced by Graham Greene. A spectacular set, very fine and unread. 8vo: 380; 592; 356; 470; 476pp. Uniformly bound in publisher's blue cloth, spines lettered in gold; matching blue-grey dust jackets handsomely printed in red and black. Volumes three (1963) and... more