Literary First Editions from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

Paris: Crosby Continental Editions, 1932. viii, 180 pages. Hanneman A4b. Includes a preface not in the U.S. edition, written by Caresse Crosby and titled "Open Letter to Ernest Hemingway." This was the first edition of Torrents of Spring to be published outside the United States--the British edition was published a year later. The book is still sealed in the rare… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: Seymour, Daughaday and Company, 2015. pages 107-160, followed by 7 unnumbered pages of ads . "Prufrock is on pp. 130-135. Written by Eliot while he was still a student at Oxford in 1910-1911, the poem was not published until 1915 in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. It was the first professionally published work by Eliot, and it placed him… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1983. 277 pages. Review copy with a review slip and a Publishers Weekly blurb laid in. Despite some glowing reviews (PW called it "a splendid farce"), the book did not sell well and it and the author almost faded into obscurity. But the comic genius would not be denied, and in the 21st century it… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Random House, 1952. 439 pages. Second printing of the first edition of this high point of American literature. An association copy, signed by Ellison and inscribed by him to Frederick Douglass Patterson (and his wife), who had been president of Tuskegee Institute when Ellison was a student there. The notable inscription reads, "For Dr. and Mrs.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. 254 pages. First printing and the true first edition--published 3 days before the U. S. edition and with a much more interesting dust jacket! The book was met with almost universal negative criticism in 1950, though more recent critics suggest that the work is better when viewed as symbolic rather than realistic. The… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Roberts Brothers / Little Brown and Company, 1892. 230 pages. Myerson's Binding A. All edges gilt. Internally everything indicates that this is a second printing: 1) the title pages reads "Roberts Brothers 1892;" 2) pages are printed on laid paper with horizontal chain marks; 3) the copyright page has no statement of a later printing. … Saber más sobre este artículo

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1903. 431 pages. Octavo. In the scarce dust jacket. Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the twentieth century. The book is in very good condition: clean, bright, and tight; very shallow chipping at head of spine; 3/4" closed tear at top of front gutter;… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1947. 281 pages. First printing of the first book by Goodis. It is a noir novel sometimes called his "revenge novel" because the primary female character is based on the wife who had just left him. The portrait of her is unflattering, but she is the prototype for the women in… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Row, 1975. (12), 66, (2) pages. Illustrated by Brad Holland. First edition of Orr's second book of poetry. SIGNED by Orr on the title page and inscribed by him to Virginia Poet Laureate Joe Awad. The title poem reflects the poet's trauma resulting from his having accidentally shot and killed his brother when he was twelve… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1893. 232 pages + 4 pages of publisher ads. First American edition of this collection of 3 novellas written by Henry James (1843-1916) at the height of his popularity. BAL binding variant "C" (no priority established): blue cloth with spine and front cover stamped in gold and silver; no stain on… Saber más sobre este artículo

Not Yet Published: Clyde Edgerton, 1990. 256 pages (typeprint is on one side of paper only). A very scarce corrected proof, not yet published but later published by Algonquin Books. Signed by Edgerton and inscribed to publisher's rep Rick Gill, "For Rick Gill, With appreciation for your help up in Virginia and down in N.C--and with thanks for selling my… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 1997. 85 pages. 8vo. First printing of this collection of poetry by the 20th Poet Laureate of the United States. Black Zodiac was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1998. Boldly SIGNED by Wright and inscribed by him to Virginia's Poet… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux, 1995. 96 pages. First printing of this collection of poetry by the 20th Poet Laureate of the United States. In 1996 Chickamauga was awarded the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, which is awarded annually by the Academy of American Poets for the best volume of poetry written by a living U.S. citizen… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: F. J. Huntington & Co., 1869. The rare first printing of the second book in a trilogy of Civil War novels by John Esten Cooke.  Sabin 16318.  The book has been professionally rebacked, with the original spine cloth retained.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hartford, Connecticut: The American Publishing Company, 1897. 712 pages. 193 illustrations by 11 different artists. Mixed state of the first edition: only one publisher on the title page and no signature "11" on page 161. The book is in very good+ condition: clean and tight; bright, unrubbed gilt on the spine; very minor edgewear and rubbing of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan Univ. Press, 1959. 56 pages. First printing of Wright's relatively scarce second book. The title poem is a sonnet that makes clear this comment by poet and critic Ben Friedlander: "One does not turn to James Wright for laughter." The poem begins: "When I went out to kill myself, I caught a pack… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1896. frontis, viii, 515, (2) pages. First edition: mixed state, with pages 1 and 2 numbered, but final pages in all chapters are unnumbered. Bound in original green cloth, with gilt decoration on front cover. The book is clean and tight, with some wear & tear at spine extremities, but no chipping.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2008. 566 pages. Octavo. First edition thus. A typical Easton Press gift edition, beautifully bound in full burgundy leather, decorated in gilt. All edges gilded. Lovely silk moire covered endpapers. A beautiful gift edition of Franzen's magnum opus, and it is SIGNED by the author. Perhaps Wikipedia best… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: NBI Communications, Inc., 1967. Vinyl LP on which Ayn Rand reads her short story. Written in 1940, the short story was first published in The Objectivist newsletter in November 1967, the same year in which the author recorded this oral version. . First Edition Thus. Collectible-Fine/Very Good+. 12 1/2" by 12 1/2".

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1805. 235 pages. 16mo (6 1/2" by 4 1/4"). First edition thus. Bound in what may be the original gilt-decorated green morocco. All edges gilt. A year later it was reprinted with illustrations that were not included in this first printing. The book is in about very good… Saber más sobre este artículo