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PARIS: SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY. NEAR FINE. PUB 1929 (1927). FIRST AMERICAN. SLOCUM/CAHOON #19 /This is a pirated edition that used the legitimate 9th Shakespeare printing of May 1927 / . This is the true First American Edition (unauthorized) of 1929. This pirated edition of the 9th Shakespeare And Company ULYSSES was printed by Adolph & Rudolph Loewinger, 230 West 17th St., New York for Samuel and Max Roth. Of the 2000 -3000 copies printed, many copies of this piracy were seized by "The Society for the Suppression of Vice" on October 5, 1929. One of these pirated copies, sent by Joyce to Bennett A. Cerf of Random House was used in setting up the first authorized American Edition of "ULYSSES". Blue cloth covered boards with "ULYSSES / JOYCE" in gilt on spine. The blue printed wrapped (sans flaps as called for by Slocum.) book was bound into this case binding only loosing the original unprinted spine of the wraps. A beautiful clean and tight copy. .

NEW YORK NY: PUTNAM'S SONS (G.P.). NEAR FINE IN A NEAR FINE D.J.. PUB 1961. FIRST EDITION. ISBN: WITH "C22" ON TERMINAL LEAF / WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD. BOOK'S SPINE IS ONLY SLIGHTLY DARKENED WITH BRIGHT GILT TITLES, NOBUMPS TO CORNERS, AND VERY CLEAN INSIDE AND ON THE TOP EDGE OF THE TEXTWHICH IS STAINED LIGHT GREEN, AND WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THETEXT. SUPPLIED FIRST ISSUE D.J. IS VERY NICE WITH JUST A TRACE OF CORNERRUB AND EDGE WEAR, SOME LIGHT RUB AT THE LOWER THIRD OF THE SPINE PANEL,SOME TONING TO THE FLAPS TOP CORNERS, JUST A TRACE OF BARELY DETECTABLECOLOR-FADE/STICKER REMOVAL TO THE SPINE PANEL, A SHORT TEAR AT THE TOP OFTHE REAR PANEL, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED (FLAP PRICE IS $4.50). AEXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, FRESH COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. AND QUITE ABIT ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS SCIENCE FICTION HIGHSPOT.. Keywords: SCIENCE FICTION, HUGO AWARD, ABCDEF.

NEW YORK NY: DUTTON (E.P.). FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J.. PUB 1943. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR . BLACK CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH DULL YELLOW SPINE TITLES AND VIGNETTE ON THE FRONT COVER, TOP EDGE ALSO STAINED YELLOW. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT OTHER THAN DULL SPINE TITLES WHICH WAS MOST LIKELY INTENTIONAL ON PUBLICATION. D.J. HAS MODEST WEAR AT THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS, SOME LIGHT WEAR AT THE TOP EDGE OF THE REAR PANEL, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY IN RARELY ENCOUNTERED COLLECTOR'S CONDITION. .

NEW YORK NY: VIKING PRESS (THE). VG+ SPIRAL BOUND WRAPS. PUB SEPT 1964. FIRST EDITION. ISBN: UNREVISED PROOFS THAT APPARENTLY WERE AT A LATER STAGE SINCE A. ISBN: SIGNIFICANT NUMBER HAVE CORRECTED PAGES PASTED OVER THEM. PROOFS ARE LIGHTLY WORN AT THE CORNERS WITH SOME MODEST SOILING TO THEWRAPS.. Keywords: UNCORRECTED PROOFS, NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, ABCDEF.

LONDON: WARD, LOCK, AND CO. LTD. VERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1902. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ISBN: PRINGLE WAS KIND OF A GENTLEMAN THIEF. THIS IS THE QUEEN'S QUORUM TITLE (# 30) OF LEGENDARY RARITY WHICHQUEEN HIMSELF OPINES WAS "DESTINED TO BECOME THE RAREST VOLUME OFDETECTIVE-CRIME SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY." IN1951 QUEEN REPORTED: "BIBLIOPHILES AND BOOKSCOUTS HAVE SCOURED ENGLANDAND AMERICA, SEEKING IN THE MOST LIKELY AND UNLIKELY PLACES; YET AFTERNEARLY FIFTY YEARS OF EAGLE-EYED AND EXPERT EXCAVATING, THE RECORDEDCOPIES TOTAL EXACTLY SIX- NO MORE, NO LESS." THE ADRIAN GOLDSTONE COPYWHICH WAS RESOLD AT SOTHEBY'S IN DECEMBER 2000 HAS BLUE CLOTH COVEREDBOARDS. ONE WONDERS IF THERE WERE INDEED SO FEW COPIES WHY MORE THAN ONECOLOR OF CLOTH WAS USED, BUT AFTER ANOTHER 55 YEARS SINCE QUEEN MADE THEABOVE STATEMENT ONLY A FEW OTHERS SEEMED TO HAVE TURNED UP SO HISORIGINAL INFORMAL CENSUS MAY BE SOMETHING OTHER THAN EXAGERATION WHICHWAS HOW IT WAS CHARACTERIZED IN THE 1981 ADRIAN… Leer más

LONDON: EVELEIGH NASH. VG++/NONE. PUB 1912. FIRST EDITION. 16 PAGE PUBLISHER'S CATALOGUE AT THE BACK . A MUCH BETTER COPY OF THIS BOOK THAN USUALLY FOUND WITH SPINE GILT DULLED BUT STILL ALMOST AS BRIGHT AS THE FRONT COVER'S GILT TITLES AND A TRACE OF SOILING. TEXT IS VERY CLEAN WITH NO FOXING AND BINDING IS EXCELLENT EXCEPT FOR SOME MODEST WEAR AT THE SPINE CORNERS AND REAR SPINE EDGE. A GREAT COPY. .

NEW YORK NY: ALFRED A KNOPF CO. FINE IN A NEAR FINE D.J.. PUB 1934. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. HASSOME MODEST PROFESSIONAL RESTORATION AT CORNERS AND REAR SPINE EDGE, WITHSOME MODEST COLOR FADE TO THE SPINE PANEL, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. ANEXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK.. Keywords: NOVEL.

NEW YORK NY: RANDOM HOUSE. NEAR FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J.. PUB 1952. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. FIRST WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD / A TWENTIETH CENTURY HIGHSPOT AND A CLASSIC OF AMERICAN LITERATURE . OTHER THAN MODEST PERISHING OF THE SPINE TITLES THE BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS VERY NICE WITH A TRACE OF CORNER AND SPINE-END WEAR, SHALLOW CHIPPING TO THE TOP FORE-EDGE CORNERS, A TRACE OF RUB TO A COUPLE OF SHORT EDGE TEARS, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY. .

NEW YORK NY: ALFRED A KNOPF CO. NEAR VERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1927. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION /# 160 OF 175 COPIES ON BORZOI RAG PAPER . QUARTER BOUND WITH GREEN MARBLE PAPER-COVERED BOARDS WITH GREEN CLOTH SPINE AND BLACK SPINE TITLE LABEL. BOOK'S CORNERS AND EDGES RUBBED AND WORN WITH CLOTH SPINE MODERATELY COLOR FADED, SPINE ENDS VERY SLIGHTLY WORN, AND SOME RUBBING TO THE REAR BOARD. STILL A VERY NICE COPY OF THIS 20TH CENTURY HIGHLIGHT OF AMERICAN FICTION WITHOUT THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S SLIPCASE. .

NEW YORK NY: GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY. NEAR FINE IN NEAR FINE DUST JACKET. PUB 1925. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. DECORATED BY THEODORE NADEJEN / FIRST IMPRESSION WITH DORAN LOGO ON COPYRIGHT PAGE . PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BLACK CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT TITLES TO THE SPINE AND UPPER COVER. BOOK IS VERY SLIGHTLY MARKED TO REAR COVER BUT OTHERWISE IS QUITE WELL PRESERVED FOR SUCH A CHEAPLY MADE BOOK. THE ATTRACTIVE THEODORE NADEJEN D.J.IS QUITE NICE WITH THE PINK COLOR MORE FADED ON THE FRONT PANEL THAN THE BACK PANEL, SPINE A TAD BIT MORE COLOR-FADED, SOME DISCREET PROFESSIONAL RESTORATION AT CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS FOR SLIGHT LOSS, AND NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A SHARP COPY OF THIS CLASSIC OF THE JIM CROW SOUTH. .

NEW YORK NY: HARCOURT BRACE AND CO. VG+/VG+. PUB 1940. FIRST EDITION. BOOK IS VERY NICE WITH JUST A TRACE OF RUB AT THE CORNERS, TENDERSPINE-ENDS WITH NO FRAYING, A SLIGHT TAP TO THE BOTTOM FRONT FORE-EDGECORNER, RESIDUAL GLUE EVIDENCE OF BOOK PLATE ON THE FRONT PASTE-DOWNENDPAPER, AND THE TEXT AND ENDPAPERS ARE CLEAN BUT SLIGHTLY TANNED. D.J.IS SLIGHTLY TANNED/SOILED ON THE SPINE AND REAR PANEL WITH LIGHT SOIL ANDWEAR AT THE FORE-EDGE FOLDS. THERE WAS A BIT OF LOSS TO THE SPINEPANEL'S ENDS AND THE CORNERS THAT HAS BEEN PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED ANDREFRESHED. A VERY NICE ATTRACTIVE AND CLEAN COPY OF THE AUTHOR'S VERYSCARCE SECOND BOOK WITH THE COLORS ON THE FRONT PANEL STILL BRIGHT ANDNOT PRICE-CLIPPED AND SILVER SPINE TITLES BRIGHT.. Keywords: NOVEL, INVISIBLE, ABCDEF.

LONDON: METHUEN & CO. LTD. NEAR FINE IN A VERY GOOD D.J.. PUB 1937. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. IDENTICAL TO THE FIRST IMPRESSION AND FIRST ISSUE (SATTY & SMITH A7.1.1.1) WITHOUT PRICE OF "8s. 6d. net" ON FRONT FLAP . LIGHT BLUE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH MAROON TITLES TO THE SPINE. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT WITH SPINE VERY SLIGHTLY DISCOLORED AND A TRACE OF CORNER RUB. D.J. IS VERY NICE SOME MODEST PROFESSIONAL RESTORATION TO THE CORNERS OF THE DARKENED SPINE PANEL AND CORNERS AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. (NOTE THAT FLAPS DO NOT HAVE THE "8s. 6d. net" PRICE BUT NONE ARE CLIPPED) I BELIEVE THAT THIS BOOK WAS INTENDED FOR THE CANADIAN MARKET AS IT TURNED UP THERE. SATTY AND SMITH DO NOT MENTION A CANADIAN ISSUE. AN EXCELLENT COPY OF A BOOK AND D.J. THAT ON THE RARE OCCASION IT DOES TURN UP IT DOES SO IN LESS THAN COLLECTIBLE CONDITION. .

BOSTON, MA: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. VERY GOOD+ WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1898. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. PRESENTATION COPY "FROM THE AUTHOR/ 1898" OF THE BOOK WHICH CONTAINED HIS 1897 "INGERSOLL LECTURE ON HUMAN IMMORTALITY" . PUBLISHER'S BROWN CLOTH COVERED BEVELED BOARDS WITH GILT TITLES TO THE SPINE. BOOK HAS A TRACE OF WEAR AT THE CORNERS BUT IS AN EXCELLENT COPY. This book was presented to Evander Bradley McGilvary (1864-1953) with his signature above the author's presentation on the front free endpaper (2 obviously different hands). McGilvary recieved his PHD from the University of California in 1897 and was an assistant professor of Philosophy from 1897-1898 under Hegelian George Howison. From 1905-1924 he was professor of Philosophy and head of the Dept of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin. He was a proponent of what he called "Perspective Realism". I was able to reconstruct their paths probably crossing in August 1898 when James went to California upon… Leer más

PARIS: EDITIONS DU SEUIL. FINE IN PRINTED WRAPS. PUB 1968. FIRST FRENCH. PAPERBACK. INSCRIBED BY CALVINO IN PARIS 1969 ON THE HALF-TITLE /TRANSLATED FROM THE 1965 ITALIAN EDITION BY JEAN THIBAUDEAU . PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL GREEN, BLACK AND WHITE PRINTED WRAPS. BOOK IS IN FINE CONDITION. THE BOOK IS INSCRIBED TO CHRISTIAN GIUDICELLI, FRENCH NOVELIST AND LITERARY CRITIC. .

CINCINNATI, OH: H. W. DERBY & CO. VG+. PUB 1850. FIRST EDITION. ISBN: SUBTITLE: "OR PRAIRIE TRAVEL AND SCALP DANCES WITH A LOOK AT LOS. ISBN: RANCHEROS FROM MULEBACK AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN CAMPFIRE". THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE WITH PAGE 269 INCORRECTLY NUMBERED 26. BOOK ISVERY NICE WITH A TINY BIT OF WEAR AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE, CORNERSSLIGHTLY RUBBED, A SMALL SURFACE ABRASION ON THE FRONT COVER, BRIGHT GILTTITLE ON THE SPINE, LACKING THE REAR FREE-ENDPAPER, OWNERSHIP STAMP OF H.CHADD CONFECTIONER-PICTON ONTARIO WITH H. CHADD'S OWNERSHIP SIGNATUREDATED 1850. AN EXCELLENT COPY OF A RARE BOOK.. Keywords: SOUTHWEST AMERICA, TRAVEL, INVISIBLE, ABCDEF.

PHILADELPHIA PA: LIPPINCOTT CO (J.B.). NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD+ D.J.. PUB 1939. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. HURSTON'S TAKE ON MOSES AS "THE GREAT VOODOO MAN" FROM THE VIEW OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO . PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL LIGHT GREEN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH DARK GREEN TITLES TO THE SPINE AND DARK GREEN VIGNETTE OF MOSES ON THE UPPER COVER. THE BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITH JUST A TOUCH OF RUB/WEAR AT THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS AND THE TYPICAL STAINING TO THE GUTTERS OF THE ENDPAPERS FROM THE BINDER'S ADHESIVE. THE GREENISH-GREY D.J. HAS SOME MINOR CHIPS TO THE EDGE OF THE SPINE PANEL AND FRONT PANEL, A 2 INCH PINK DIAGONAL STAIN TO THE REAR PANEL, AND NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THE BOOK AND D.J. .

NEW YORK NY: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. VERY GOOD+. PUB 1864. DARWIN ON-LINE INDICATES THE FOLLOWING PRINTINGS 1860 (4 ISSUES),1861,1864,1865,1867,1868,1869,1870,1870 (5TH ED) . PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BROWN MUSLIN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT SPINE TITLES, LIGHT YELLOW (BUFF) COATED ENDPAPERS. VERY SLIGHT RUB WEAR TO THE CORNERS AND SPINE ENDS WITH A FAINT DAMP MARK AT THE BOTTOM FORE-EDGE CORNERS OF THE PRELIMINARY LEAVES AND SOME LIGHT SCATTERED FOXING TO THE TEXT. A VERY NICE CLEAN TIGHT WELL PRESERVED AND COMPLETE COPY OF THIS RARE CIVIL WAR ERA PRINTING. This copy has the 3 quotes on the page facing title, the " A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND AUGMENTED BY THE AUTHOR" on title page, the 6 starred repeated numbered pages 116-121 between 116 and 117, the 6 page Supplement pp 426-432 following p 425, and Darwin's 7 page preface (v-x1) dated Feb 1860. .

LONDON: HEINEMANN. FINE IN NEAR FINE DUST JACKET. PUB 1962. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER.

BOSTON: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J.. PUB 1940. FIRST EDITION. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK . BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. HAS A SMALL BIT OF WEAR AT THE CORNERS AND SPINE EDGES WITH A FEW SHORT TEARS MOSTLY ALONG THE TOP EDGE, UNFADED, AND NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT, CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY OF THIS 20TH CENTURY HIGH SPOT. .

BOSTON, MA: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J.. PUB 1949. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. UNDATED AUTHOR SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION CARD (4.5" X 6 5/8") LAID-IN. . PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL LIGHT BLUE CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH BROWN TITLES TO THE SPINE AND THE FRONT COVER AND "1949" TO BOTH TITLE AND COPYRIGHT PAGES. BOOK HAS JUST A TRACE OF RUB AT SPINE ENDS OTHERWISE A FINE COPY OF THIS ALTERNATE ISSUE BINDING. D.J. IS LIGHTLY WORN AT THE CORNERS WITH A FEW SHORT EDGE TEARS AND EDGE RUB TO THE FRONT PANEL, A TOUCH OF RUB TO THE BROWN VERTICAL FOLDS, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED RETAINING ORIGINAL 2.50 PRICE. AN EXCELLENT COPY OF BOOK AND SIGNATURE. .