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Lugduni (London) : Apud Petrum Rigaud, 1607. 412 pps., (3) leafs. 4 1/2" h x 3" w. Title page portrait of Aesop, woodcut illustrations in text. "Gabriae Graeci Fabellae XLIII. Batrachomyomachia Homeri, hoc est ranarum et murium pugna. Galeomyomachia, hoc est felium et murium pugna, tragoedia Graeca". Bound in contemporary leather, Very Good, top cover nearly detached, light pencil notations at paste downs. Text in Greek and Latin in opposing columns or pages. SCARCE, OCLC locates only the ST GALLER BIBLIOTHEKSNETZ in Switzerland with a copy. . Leather. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

London: David Nutt, 1895. The Tudor Translations, volume V,, edited by W.E. Henley. Very Good in the original binding, most pages uncut, leather a bit rubbed, cloth fading at spine. . First Thus. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1988. This poem previously appeared in "Where Water Comes Together with Other Water" , published by Random House in 1985. One of 50 copies privately printed at the Firefly Press for William B. Ewert, Publisher. Designed by John Kristensen. Created to honor Raymond Carver on his induction into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters on May 18, 1988. SIGNED by Carver. Near Fine, small faint sticker shadow above title. . SIGNED. Limited, Signed First Edition. Near Fine. 8 3/4" x 13 3/4". Broadside.

New York: HarperCollins, 1992. Copy Number 25 of 125 in a Specially Bound Slipcased First U.S. Edition. There were also 26 copies lettered A-Z. As New in As New decorative slipcase.. SIGNED AND NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION. Limited, Signed First Edition. Cloth. As New/No Jacket, As Issued.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Peter Lindenbaum on his graduation 15 June 1960 William Alfred". From the library of noted Shakespeare and Milton scholar Peter Lindenbaum. A nice Association and a rather SCARCE signature. Near Fine, light soiling, in a Very Good dust jacket, front flap top corner price-clipped, internal tape mend and moderate edgewear. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.

Cape Town, South Africa: David Philip, 1981. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page - "Signed for Alexandra with love Alan paton Dec. 1981". Very Good, prior owner gift inscription front end page, small bumps front boards, in a Very good dust wrapper, crease and bumps front cover. SCARCE SIGNED and in the true First Edition. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hugh Cunningham / Cunningham & Mortimer / John Mortimer , 1842. Seven volumes, published 1842- 1845, iv, 346, ii, 572, iv, 568, 562, ii, 560, 562, 562. Engraved plates by George Cruikshank and Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz"). with Cruikshank engravings Vols. I-V, and Browne's in VI and VII. Complete with all engravings. Cruikshank's illustrations are considered to be some of his best work. Bound in quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt and blind tooled backs, edges marbled, plain yellow end papers with ownership signature of Lord Rancliffe, ( George Parkyns, 2nd Baron Rancliffe, 1785-1850), a British politician. Very Good Plus, light wear to calf at edges and corners, marbled boards a bit rubbed, light to moderate toning which is primarily limited to plates and nearby pages, small ticket of John Howell, Importers, San Francisco rear end pages. A quite handsome and well bound set, sets of this important literary magazine uncommon in current commerce. A heavy set that will… Leer más

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, # 3 of 350 copies printed, 329 of which were for sale. In the original blue paper covered boards with tan cloth spine and paper spine label. Near Fine, small spot gutter rear board. spine and spine label darkened, most pages uncut. In a Very Good slipcase, rubbed at the edges. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Large 8vo.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1931. Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, London. Dust jacket art by Trekkie Ritchie (Parsons). Near Fine, scattered spotting to top edge, in a Very Good Plus dust wrapper, spine a bit darkened, old internal tape mends, small tears top edge at spine folds, small tears with a bit of paper loss at flap folds and bottom edge of spine. A SCARCE First Edition, particularly so in such lovely condition. Cross and Ravenscroft-Hulme A.21a; Woolmer 270.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1929. Jacket design by Paul Wenck. Near Fine, slight sunning to cloth at top edge of spine, in a Near Fine dust jacket, small chips at spine fold and spine tips. One of the towering classics of World War ! literature and basis for the 1930 film that won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director (Lewis Milestone). Also the basis for 1979 and 2022 films by the same title. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1842. The First Edition, First Issue,.with page 'x' misnumbered 'xvi' to Volume I, six pages of advertisements to the end of Volume II. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, Very Good, cloth repaired at ends of spine of Vol. I, 1/4" of cloth loss at spine ends of Vol. II, cloth starting to open at joints of Vol. II, gift inscriptions dated 1842 at title page and prior owner's name and city dated 1860 front paste down of Vol. I, scattered toning, small ink stains front cover Vol. II. . First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York and Boston: H. M. Caldwell Company, 1900. The Green Room Edition, "illustrated by photographs from the life of Mrs. Fiske and her company in the play of Becky Sharp, by Byron and Sarony, also 186 illustrations by Author". iv, 770 pp., 8vo. Near Fine in decorative cloth boards featuring a peacock in intricate gilt and green, the back also intricately decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, two small faint dull spots front board, very faint soiling rear boards, initials and date in ink front end page at gutter, small stain frontispiece and tissue guard. The play referred to is "Becky Sharp", a play in four acts by Langdon Mitchell, presented by Mrs. Fiske, founded on Thackeray's "Vanity Fair, first presented at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, September 12, 1890, starring Tyrone Powers , Maurice Barrymore, and Minnie Madern Fiske as Becky Sharp. An edition made most pleasing to read with its combination of the play's photographs interspersed with… Leer más

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1888. SCARCE in complete two volume set. Published 1888 Vol. I. The Development of American Thought.-- 1889, Vol. II. American Poetry and Fiction. Handsomely bound in contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt lettering back, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Near Fine, a few small rubs to morocco at spines. Richardson's influential full-scale analysis of the history of American literature, his most important work. . Early Printing. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on presentation bookplate "This book is especially Autographed by the Author (signed H.L. Mencken in ink) Kroch's Bookstores Chicago". Near Fine, small corner bumps, toning from bookplate glue at front end pages, in a Very Good dust jacket, small chips at spine ends and corners. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Oxford Univ Press, 1996. From the 29 volume Oxford Mark Twain, in red cloth library binding and with library ISBN #. This series was reproduced by Oxford as facsimiles of the original American editions, complete with reproductions of the original illustrations. Introduction by Bobbie Ann Mason, Afterword by Twain scholar Peter Messent, and SIGNED BY BOTH on the half-title page. A signed, limited First Edition was printed in an edition of 300, but SIGNED copies of the library edition are exceedingly SCARCE, making this a unique opportunity for a completist collector. In As New condition. . SIGNED. First Edition Thus. Cloth. As New/No Jacket, As Issued.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1935. Near Fine, bottom rear corner bumped, in a Very Good clear glassine wrapper that is about 1" shorter than the book. Includes rare N C Wyeth plate, a portrait of Stanley Arthurs. Foreword by A. Felix du Pont.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cleveland: Case Western Reserve University, 1980. Faint corner crease, Else Fine. In addition to Updike's story, includes stories by Susan Ludvigson, Mark Mirsky, and Judith Minty. Scarce.. First Printing. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1873. SCARCE in the complete 28 volume set, and in lovely condition. Published from 1873-1882. Overall a Near Fine set bound in quarter vellum over red buckram, red morocco labels lettered in gilt, edges dyed red, the charming period bookplates of Elizabeth Mackintosh along with her name stamp. Light wear to boards, small period bookseller's labels rear paste downs, the most noticeable flaw a 1/2" tear to vellum at bottom edge of spine to one volume. Three volumes with fold-out maps, NF (small crease) to Fine. Publisher's 16 pp. advertisement at end of Homer volume. Titles are: Iliad and Odyssey; Hesiod, Theognis and the Greek Anthology; Plato and Lucian; Aristotle and Demosthenes; Aeschylus and Sophocles; Euripedes and Aristophanes; Herodotus and Xenophon; Thucydides and Livy; Ovid, Catullus, Tibulus and Propertius; Caesar and Tacitus; Cicero and Pliny; Juvenal, Plautus and Terence; Lucretius and Pindar; Virgil and Horace. This multi-volume set will… Leer más

New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1926. Uncommon in the dust jacket. Near Fine, light soiling to boards, in a Very Good dust jacket, age-toned with light soiling and a few small chips. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

W. Carpenter , London and Archibald Constable, Edinburgh , 1820. Rebacked, with red morocco label and gilt lettering, retaining the contemporary marbled boards. Very Good, edges of boards rubbed, light toning at end papers. Frontispiece portrait engraving, xxxii, 501, errata pp. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.