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
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Second Printing (without T. S. Eliot's introduction, which appeared in first printing only), published in same month as the first printing. 8vo: [8],211,[1]pp. Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge stained red; typographic dust jacket printed in grey and lettered... more
London: Secker & Warburg, 1961. First UK Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (no additional printings listed), signed by Barth on front free end paper. Thick 8vo: 806pp. Publisher's scarlet cloth, spine stamped in silver, pictorial dust jacket (illustrated by Owen Wood), with cupids and nudes evocative of a bawdy 17th century... 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
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1954. First Impression. Hardcover. First UK Edition of the author's masterwork (for which Bellow won the National Book Award). Thick 8vo; [4], 536pp. Publisher's red cloth, the spine stamped gilt; in a pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Ley Kenyon and priced 15s on the front 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
![Herzog [Signed]. Saul BELLOW.](/pictures/thumb/BB1340.JPG?v=1499796759)
New York: Viking Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing, First Issue, with poorly printed grey initial letters at start of each chapter and no reviews on jacket's back panel. 8vo: [8],341,[1]pp. Publisher's mottled blue cloth, spine stamped in silver, upper board titled in blind, top edge stained blue (lightly... 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
![Breakfast at Tiffany's : A Short Novel and Three Stories [A Christmas Memory]. Truman CAPOTE.](/pictures/thumb/BB1954.jpg?v=1535165356)
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: 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
London: Methuen, 1907. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. First issue ("be be" on final line of p. 117 and publisher's catalogue dated September 1907) of the "earliest and best novel portraying the character and fate of a double agent." (Barzun & Taylor) Crown 8vo: [6],442,[2],40pp. Publisher's ruby-red cloth, spine lettered and... more
![Ragtime [Signed]. Edgar. Lawrence DOCTOROW.](/pictures/thumb/BB1590.jpg?v=1504581229)
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
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
![The Alexandria Quartet, comprising] Justine; Balthazar; Mountolive; Clea. Lawrence DURRELL.](/pictures/thumb/BB1226.jpg?v=1499796742)
London: Faber & Faber [through 1960], 1957. First Editions. Hardcover. A superb set of the author's 4-volume literary landmark. Here offered: four First Impressions (no additional printings noted), all about Fine, uniformly bound in publisher's cloth, in correct illustrated dust jackets. 8vo: 253,[1]; 250; 320; 287,[1]pp. Justine (1957): rose-colored cloth... more
![Four Quartets [comprising East Coker, Burnt Norton, The Dry Salvages, Little Gidding]. Thomas. Stearns ELIOT.](/pictures/thumb/BB1764.jpg?v=1533913216)
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
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
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
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing (so stated), first issue (with "Jefferson" for "Mottstown" on line 1, p. 340), one of only 8,500 copies. 8vo: [2],480pp. Publisher's first-state binding of coarsely woven oatmeal cloth, upper cover stamped in orange, spine in blue, top... more
London: Chatto & Windus, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (no further printings noted). 8vo: 399,[1]pp. Publisher's burnt orange imitation cloth, spine stamped in gilt, matching burnt-orange top stain; typographic dust jacket designed by John Woodcock, priced 21s. A Fine copy, square and tight with spine gilt undiminished, in a.... more
![[The Snopes Trilogy, comprising:] The Hamlet; The Town; The Mansion. William FAULKNER.](/pictures/thumb/BB0493.jpg?v=1499796664)
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
![The Good Soldier. A Tale of Passion [Signed]. Ford Madox FORD.](/pictures/thumb/BB1647.jpg?v=1535642198)
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
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
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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing (so stated). 8vo: xii,[2],368pp. Publisher's bronze-colored cloth stamped in silver and black, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough-cut; in a yellow typographic jacket lettered in black and silver and priced $5.00, with the author's photo on the back panel. A Near Fine... more
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. Second printing. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing in later dust jacket. 8vo: 444pp. Publisher's pale blue cloth, spine lettered in white, top edge stained tangerine, fore-edge untrimmed; blue, white, red and black dust jacket priced $5.95. Better than Near Fine, square and tight, with... more