Resultados de búsqueda: 20th Century Literature from B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961 First edition, first printing. Publisher's blue-gray cloth, lettered in gilt to spine; original green and white dust jacket, lettered in black. About fine book, with a hint of toning to head of spine, and a slight lean to spine; very good unclipped dust jacket, with bright and untoned panels and spine, some wear to spine ends, a bit of rubbing to spine, light edgewear to panels, and light toning to front and rear flaps. Overall, a solid and clean copy. Franny and Zooey contains stories based on Salinger's previously published writings featuring the fictional Glass family. "Franny," a short story, and "Zooey," a novella, were originally published in The New Yorker magazine in 1955 and 1957, respectively. The characters Franny and Zooey are both in their twenties and are the youngest members of a settler family in New York. Both narratives, "Franny" tells of Franny Glass' emotional breakdown and increasing disenchantment… Leer más

London: Jonathan Cape, 1957 First edition, first impression in Gilbert's Binding A (no priority determined), with "the sexuality" on page 18, line 1, and "ice twinkled" on page 136, line 8. Publisher's black cloth, centrally stamped with a silver revolver in front of a metallic-red rose with a silver stem, lettered in silver and red to spine; in the original pictorial dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping with the illustration of a sawn-off Smith & Wesson revolver placed across a red rose to front panel. About near fine book with light soiling to front board and front edge of text block; in a very good unclipped dust jacket with light toning to spine, some wear to spine joints and spine ends, small closed tear to top of rear panel. Overall, a bright and lovely copy. Gilbert A5a (1.1). From Russia, With Love has an archetypal Cold War plotline in which the democratic West must defend itself from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In this novel, Bond faces… Leer más

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1907 First edition; special issue bound for the author lacking the illustrations. Presentation copy, inscribed by Wharton on front free endpaper: "To E. L. W. / from E. W. / [flourish] / October 1907." and additionally inscribed by author on front pastedown: "One of 12 copies bound / for author without illustrations / [flourish]"; below that is a former owner's signature of Harriet Johnson. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles (binding B, no priority); as it lacks the illustrations, it also lacks the List of Illustrations leaf and the title page appears in six lines instead of seven, omitting "With Illustrations by Alonzo Kimball". A good copy, with corners and edges of spine worn and frayed, spine faded and with a light stain, some light spotting to cloth (mostly on lower cover), bottom edges and text block worn, both inner hinges cracked but holding, front hinge appears to have been fixed with a tiny bit of glue,… Leer más

New York: Peter Weed Books, [1986] Illustrated by Gorey. First edition thus [originally published 1963]. Signed by Gorey on title page. Publisher's beige paper-covered boards, front board and spine lettered in black, Gorey illustrations to front and rear boards; in its original dust jacket with matching design. About fine book, with just a touch of rubbing to spine ends and board corners; a touch of rubbing to spine ends, else fine unclipped dust jacket. Overall, an excellent example. The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a morbid and satirical alphabet book, in which 26 children - each with names that represent a letter of the alphabet - die off one by one in various ways. The book progresses in rhyming couplets, like "Q is for Quentin who sank in a mire, R is for Rhoda consumed by a fire." The book, praised by Vanity Fair as one of Gorey's "dark masterpieces of surreal morality," is arguably Gorey's most famous work.. Signed. Hard Cover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Illus. by Gorey, Edward.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956 First edition, first printing. Signed by Roth on front free endpaper. Publisher's black boards with titles in white and yellow lettering to spine; original gray dust jacket designed by Sanford Roth, brother of Philip Roth, with illustration of an orange fruit basket and a naked woman by a window to front panel, photo of the author taken by Sanford to rear panel. Near fine book with slight bump to bottom corner of front board and small patch of discoloration to rear board; very good price-clipped dust jacket with some toning to spine, light wear to edges and spine ends, and a bit of soiling to rear panel. Overall, an attractive copy. Goodbye, Columbus is a collection of short fiction writing by Philip Roth which earned the author literary repute as well as the 1960 National Book Award for Fiction. A humorous and somewhat derisive portrait of the lives of Jewish-Americans, Goodbye, Columbus contains a titular novella along with five short stories: "The… Leer más

New York: Delacorte Press, 1971 Illustrated with photos by Jill Krementz and Bert Andrews. First edition, first printing. One of 3,000 copies. Inscribed by Vonnegut on half-title page. Publisher's black cloth, with red foil trident to front board, spine lettered in bronze, and orange endpapers; in its original black dust jacket, with red trident to front panel, lettered in white and yellow, and photo of Vonnegut to rear panel taken by Jill Krementz. About fine book, with a tiny hole to cloth at foot of spine, and light toning to top edge of text block; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with a small chip to bottom left of front panel, and a couple of small closed tears. Overall, a bright and clean copy. Pieratt and Klinkowitz AI1. Happy Birthday, Wanda June tells the story of Harold Ryan, a macho war hero and big game hunter who is presumed dead. He returns home to find that his wife, Penelope, is entertaining two suitors very unlike himself - a vacuum cleaner salesman and a hippie doctor. To… Leer más

London: William Heinemann, 1901 First English edition, first issue with no dedication leaf, in first binding with untrimmed top edge, publisher's advertisement at rear, and "W. H." windmill to spine. One of 1520 copies, only 1000 of which were in the first binding. Publisher's yellow cloth, front board and spine lettered and illustrated in black, publisher's monogram to rear board. Very good, with some toning to spine, light wear to spine ends with a couple of small closed tears to head of spine, a bit of light thumbsoiling to boards and spine, corners lightly bumped, light soiling to bottom edge of text block, mild offsetting to endpapers, contemporary signature to front free endpaper. Overall, a sturdy and unsophisticated example of a scarce collaboration between two great authors. Wise 9. The Inheritors is a science fiction story that centers around Arthur, a failing writer who falls for a beautiful and seductive woman from the Fourth Dimension. She and other Fourth… Leer más

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908 First edition, first printing. Publisher’s dark blue cloth with titles in gray and gilt, sun and hands illustration outlined in blind to front board. Near fine, with light wear to corners and spine ends, bright gilt, light soiling to top of pp. 349 - 354. Overall, a lovely copy. BAL 11908. The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel, recognized today as an important predecessor to other modern dystopian classics like We, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Brave New World. In the book, the reader is presented with the Everhard Manuscript, a historical document written by Avis Everhard and spanning the years 1912 through 1932. In the document, Avis’ husband, a socialist, convinces her and a few close friends that the tenets of Marxism are true. When Avis and her husband plot a revolution, the government and oligarchy, collectively called The Iron Heel, form a private army and attempt to crush them. The book is famous for having a number of predictions that were correct… Leer más

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926 Introduction by Richard Curle. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's navy cloth, stamped in gilt; in its original pale blue dust jacket, with Conrad portrait attributed to Arthur H. Harlow to front panel, lettered in red. Fine book; good unclipped dust jacket, with some toning to spine, light chipping to spine ends, split from bottom of front spine joint to midpoint with a small chip, corners lightly nicked, light bleeding to red titles on front panel, mild dampstaining to edges of rear panel. Overall, a beautiful copy of the book, in its scarce original dust jacket. Last Essays, published two years after Conrad's death, contains twenty of the author's essays, which "show clearly the rich diversity of his mind, his powers of cogent argument, of fond memory, and of noble expression." Some of the volume's titles include: "Geography and Some Explorers," "Christmas Day at Sea," "Memorandum on… Leer más

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930 First edition, first printing. Bound in the publisher's gray cloth, with falcon illustration stamped in steel blue to front board, spine decorations and lettering stamped in steel blue and black, black top stain. Original illustrated dust jacket with the iconic image of the falcon to the front panel and spine. Very good or better with light dampstaining to front cover and few minor spots; in the original unclipped (priced $2.00) dust jacket with extensive restoration to spine and along edges, folds professionally reinforced to verso. The Maltese Falcon is the author's third novel and the only book to feature the fictional private detective Sam Spade. Originally published in five installments in the pulp magazine Black Mask from September 1929 - January 1930, The Maltese Falcon marks a departure from Hammett's protagonist The Continental Op, who starred in his first two novels. Sam Spade is a conglomeration of Hammett's earlier detective figures,… Leer más

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928 First edition, second printing, in the second issue dust jacket with quotes printed on orange lines on front panel. Publisher's smooth black cloth with gold paper labels stamped in black, top edge stained orange, fore edge untrimmed, yellow endpapers printed with silhouette of a bull in a circle; in its original dust jacket with bull silhouette and three bands across front panel, lettered in black. Very good book, with light foxing to spine ends and text block edges, two light bumps to fore edge of rear board, cracked front hinge, and closed tear to lower part of half-title page at hinge; very good unclipped dust jacket with some toning and dampstaining to spine, some chipping to spine ends and corners, small closed tear to top of rear panel, top of front panel, and a few to bottom of front panel. Overall, a pleasing copy. Hanneman A7a. Men Without Women is Hemingway's second collection of short stories, comprised of ten previously published and… Leer más

London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1925 First edition, first printing. One of 2000 copies. Publisher's deep rust cloth, gilt lettering to spine; in its original cream-colored dust jacket, printed in black and white, and designed by Vanessa Bell. Fine book, with just some light offsetting to endpapers, and novelist Dennis Wheatley's bookplate to front pastedown; fine unclipped dust jacket, with a few small closed tears to panel edges, very shallow chipping to spine ends, light toning and a touch of staining to spine, panels remarkably bright and clean with just a hint of soiling to rear panel, and a tiny chip to front flap fold. Overall, an exemplary copy of arguably Virginia Woolf's greatest novel. Housed in a custom quarter leather box with folding chemise. Kirkpatrick A9a. Woolmer 82. One of the author's best-known novels, Mrs. Dalloway tells the story of Clarissa Dalloway as she prepares to host a high-society party. The text is a… Leer más

London: Duckworth & Co., 1924 First edition, first printing. Publisher's red boards, spine lettered in gilt; in its original brown dust jacket, front board margins decorated in red, lettered in black, with a diamond-shaped cut-out to spine. Near fine book, with some toning to diamond-shaped area on spine, top corners lightly bumped, light bump to fore-edges of boards, and tipped-in bookseller price to rear endpaper; very good unclipped dust jacket, with light toning and rubbing to spine, flap folds lightly worn with a chip to front flap fold, some small closed tears and light chipping to spine ends, light soiling to rear panel and inner front flap, corners lightly nicked, and a tiny chip to bottom of diamond-shaped cut-out on spine. An attractive, internally clean copy, in its scarce original dust jacket. The Nature of a Crime is composed of a series of love letters written by an unnamed narrator to a married woman. In the letters, the narrator - a lawyer - ruminates on his crime of gambling… Leer más

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921 First American edition, first printing. Publisher's navy cloth, with front board and spine stamped in gilt; in its original pale blue dust jacket, printed in green, with Paul Brown's rendering of a Conrad bust sculpted by Jo Davidson to front panel. Near fine book, with a tiny bump to bottom right corner of front board, a touch of rubbing to spine ends and corners, light offsetting to endpapers, and slightly dusty top edge of text block; good unclipped dust jacket, with some creasing and small closed tears to panel edges and spine ends, some rubbing along flap folds and joints, medium-sized split to top of front flap fold, and some thumbsoiling to panels and spine. Overall, a solid copy, internally clean. Notes on Life and Letters is a collection of twenty-six essays, including "Henry James," "Stephen Crane: A Note Without Dates," "Tales of the Sea," "An Observer in Malaya," "Poland Revisited,"… Leer más

New York: The Viking Press, 1957 First edition, first printing. Original publisher's black cloth, with front board and spine lettered in white; in its original black dust jacket, designed by Bill English, lettered in white. About fine, with light offsetting to endpapers, very faint spotting to spine, a hint of rubbing to spine ends, and very clean pages with just a touch of soiling to p. 142; very good unclipped dust jacket, with light fading to spine, mild chipping to spine ends, light edgewear, a shallow chip to bottom left corner of rear panel, a couple of nicks and a light scratch to front panel, a light mark near foot of spine, and some faint staining to rear flap. Overall, an excellent copy of Kerouac's Beat classic. On the Road is Kerouac's second novel and certainly his most renowned. Before its release in 1957, sections of On the Road were published as articles in a variety of literary magazines and were received well by audiences, prompting the publishers to describe the first… Leer más

1949 (printed 1990) Gelatin silver photograph, 16 x 20 inches. 1949 (printed 1990). Signed by Link in pencil on the verso, copyright stamped to verso. Image depicts street vendors with awnings drawn, lined up along empty Orchard Street in New York City's Lower East Side. A bright print, fine condition. Matted in white, in a sleek black wood frame. Ogle Winston Link was an American photographer, best known for his railroad photography and as a pioneer of nighttime photography. After receiving his degree in civil engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1937, Link began to work at Carl Byoir's public relations firm as a commercial photographer, and transitioned into photographing military machinery during World War II. Link photographed Orchard Street in 1946, shortly after opening his own New York City studio, which focused on public relations photography. The original photograph was printed and copyrighted in 1949, and this 1990 impression was printed from the same, original… Leer más

New York: Random House, 1938 First American edition, first printing. Publisher's rust-colored cloth over black spine, stamped in gilt with gilt illustration of a flamingo to front board, top edge stained green; in the original pictorial dust jacket with an illustration of a dense jungle scene. Near fine book, with very light rubbing to spine ends, gilt very bright, light offsetting, and a crease to p. 341; very good unclipped dust jacket, with light toning to spine, light chipping to spine ends, a few light marks to spine, a couple of shallow chips to top of front panel, a touch of staining to rear panel and spine, and a small 1 ½" section of loss to rear flap fold. Overall, an attractive and sturdy copy. Out of Africa is the memoir of Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke, a Danish author who published many of her works under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen, and is based on the author's experience living in Kenya when it was controlled by the British Empire. It offers a unique glimpse… Leer más

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896 First edition, first printing, with "this" for "their" on p. 26, line 31; "Absolution" for "ablution" p. 110, line 12; "9" missing on p. 129; and "hate" for "fate" on p. 356, line 26. One of 3000 copies. Publisher's green cloth, spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, fore edges and bottom edges of pages untrimmed. An excellent copy with bright and unfaded gilt to spine, only a few small spots of slight discoloration to the front cover, a light scuff and some rippling to cloth on the rear cover, two very tiny punctures to cloth on middle of spine, else fine. Overall, a very bright and unfaded copy that presents beautifully. Housed in custom quarter leather box with a folding chemise. Wise 2. A first edition, first printing of Conrad's second book. The "outcast of the islands" is Peter Willems, a man who is caught embezzling from his employer, but given another chance by his wealthy… Leer más

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896 First edition, first printing, with "this" for "their" on p. 26, line 31; "Absolution" for "ablution" p. 110, line 12; "9" missing on p. 129; and "hate" for "fate" on p. 356, line 26. One of 3000 copies. Publisher's green cloth, spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, fore edges and bottom edges of pages untrimmed. Near fine book, with very light toning to spine, mild wear to spine ends and corners of boards, a hint of soiling to rear board, light offsetting to front and rear endpapers, and a touch of spotting to page edges. Overall, a very attractive example. With T. Fisher Unwin advertisement for Conrad titles laid in. Wise 2. A first edition, first printing of Conrad's second book. The "outcast of the islands" is Peter Willems, a man who is caught embezzling from his employer, but given another chance by his wealthy benefactor Tom Lingard, who sets Willems up with a trading post job… Leer más

New York: The Viking Press, 1958 Illustrated with black and white photographs. First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed on front free endpaper from Oppenheimer to Dorothy Parker: "To Dorothy / With gratitude, love / and the hope that / she will like being / in here as much as / I like having her / in a book of mine. / Always, / George." Publisher's lavender boards, front board lettered and ruled in purple, spine with gilt lettering on purple label, and purple topstain; original pictorial dust jacket designed by Robert Hallock, lettered in white, blue, and pink. Very good with light toning to spine ends and board edges, light fraying to spine ends, and minor wear to lower corners; good unclipped dust jacket with chipping to spine ends, front flap detached (but present), chipping to rear panel corners and a chip to rear flap fore edge, light edgewear including a few small closed tears and a small chip to top of rear panel, and minor soiling to rear panel, unfaded panels… Leer más