Literature from Veery Books

291 pp. Octavo (5.5 x 8.25 in.) Light wear to wraps with a crease to top fore-edge corner of wraps. Signed by Walter Mosley at his story "Open House." With a letter from the publisher laid in. Foreword: Lift-off, laurel wreaths, and the power of "yes" by Allan Gurganus, With stories by Sue Miller, Ethan Canin, Ann Patchett, Brad Owens,… Saber más sobre este artículo

267 pp. Octavo, 5.75 x 8.5 in. First edition, first printing, a fine volume with no flaws in a fine dust jacket in an archival cover, signed by Mosley on the title page below his name. An attractive item. "He got back to his feet and hobbled to the new music, reeling and rocking on a rhythm of unsteady feet.… Saber más sobre este artículo

225 pp. + ads. Octavo, 8.5 x 5.5 in. Fine wraps, with clear archival jacket. Signed by Tim O'Brien at his contribution. Contents: Introduction: Tim O'Brien, Mark Strand; Fiction & Nonfiction: Lee K. Abbot, A Creature Out of Palestine; Gina Berriault, Who is It Can Tell Me Who I am?; Robert Cohen, The Old Mistakes; Janet Desaulniers, After… Saber más sobre este artículo

356 pp. Octavo, 6 x 8.5 in. This is an near perfect facsimile of the original June 4, 1940, publication of which, it is estimated, only 3000 were printed. The book, dust jacket, and slip case are in fine condition. The F.E.L. 3.5 x 7.5 in. info card is laid in. An archival cover has been added to the… Saber más sobre este artículo

304 pp. Octavo, 6 x 8.5 in. This is an near perfect facsimile of the original March 25, 1957, publication. The book, dust jacket, and slip case are in fine condition. The F.E.L. 3.5 x 7.5 in. info card is laid in. An archival cover has been added to the dust jacket.

278 pp. Octavo, 5.5 x 9 in. This is an near perfect facsimile of the original 1970 publication. The book and slip case are in fine condition. The dust jacket, as is quite common with this First Edition Library production, Has light wear along the the spine where the board is hinged and at the fold around the fore… Saber más sobre este artículo

400 pp. Octavo, 6 x 9 in. This is an near perfect facsimile of the original publication of September 10, 1951. The book (brown cloth with gilt lettering), dust jacket, and slip case are in fine condition. The F.E.L. 3.5 x 7.5 in. info card is laid in. An archival cover has been added to the dust jacket.

489 pp. Wear to corners and top and bottom of spine. The spine a touch less vibrant than the boards, but still an eye catcher on the shelf. This florid design with leaves and flowers and trifoils was a style also used for other authors by Hurst. All edges gilt, quite bright. Red clay endpapers. One engraved plate between pp… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Sotheby's London, 2005. 254 pp. 522 lots. A tiny bump to top fore edge corner. Part One, London only. Session One: English and American Literature, Children's Books, History and Science: Seventeenth Century: Lots 1-8; Eighteenth Century: Lots 9-17; Nineteenth Century: Lots 18-191; Session Two: Twentieth Century Lots 192-438; including film Lots 270-194; Cookery, Lots 439-441; Art and Art… Saber más sobre este artículo

Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1951. 32 pp. A sticker shadow, some discoloration near edge of wraps, a few light pencil marks in text, else fine. Being the Andrew Lang Lecture delivered before the University of St. Andrews, 11 May 1950. ''Yet we may consider that, though journalism may kill a man, it quickens his life while it lasts--of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Partisan Review, 1983. 154 pp. 486-640. Writers in Exile: Politics and Ideology--Boris Schragin, Stanislaw Baranczak, Erazim Kohak, Leszek Kolakowski; Encounters with the West--Sergei Dovlatov, Yuz Aleshkovsky, Vladimir Voinovich, Andrei Siniaski. Fiction: Italo Calvino--Park Bench Vacation, Saturday of Sun, Sand, and Sleep. Articles: William Phillips--Four Portraits; Pico Iyer--The World According to Beattie; Marjorie Welish--Flesh and the Devil in Figure Painting;… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Maggs Bros. Ltd., 1997. 421 items. From A Beckett to Yeats. Many interesting items with detailed descriptions. . Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1951. 32 pp. A sticker shadow, some discoloration near edge of wraps, a few light pencil marks in text, else fine. Being the Andrew Lang Lecture delivered before the University of St. Andrews, 11 May 1949. ''You will see that I am leading you gently but firmly towards what is generally admitted to be… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1948. 27 pp. A sticker shadow, some discoloration and chipping near edge of wraps, a few light pencil marks in text, else fine. Being the Andrew Lang Lecture delivered before the University of St. Andrews, 7 May 1947. ''When Theodore Roosevelt, the first of that name to be a famous President of the United… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York/London: John Lane The Bodley Head/Dodd Mead, 1928. 219 pp. Spine considerably darkened and beginning to wear at top and bottom. Boards are clean and bright with minimal wear. Pages clean and mostly uncut, however book opens to sewing in three places. Decorative endpapers. Two-color TP, graphics on TP and half-title. Init caps throughout. ' ''Yes,'' I answered, ''Heraclitus… Saber más sobre este artículo

Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1952. 32 pp. A sticker shadow, some discoloration near edge of wraps, a few light pencil marks in text, else fine. Being the Andrew Lang Lecture delivered before the University of St. Andrews, 14 November 1951. ''Carlyle described [Knox] as'the one Scotchman to whom, of all others, his country and the world owe a… Saber más sobre este artículo