Modern First Editions

New York: Random House, 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition 1st. Printing ( as stated )1954 , burgundy cloth hardcover with purple illustration cover and sliver letters to the spine, dust jacket (dated 8/54 ) a 437 page book . This was novel winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Faulkner also the Nation Book award for that year. Condition : Very Good / Good with edge runs and nicks to the dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

London:: Elkin Mathews & Marrot,, 1929.. Limited Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine dust jacket with slight toning to the spine. The top edge of the pages have not been trimmed and are unopened. This Limited Edition consists of 530 copies for sale. This is copy 184 and is signed by Anderson on the limitation page. This slender volume (28 pages) consists of two autobiographical essays by Anderson. "Alice," is a musing on beauty and lost love, and "The Lost Novel," is an examination of a writer's relationship to his art.

Madison, MN: Seventies Press, 1970. First Paperbound edition / First printing. One of 1,000 copies. Also issued in hardcover. Ochre illustrated wrappers. Very good with small stain at the top of the spine.. Poems in Swedish and English. Tomas Transtromer is the 2011 Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

U. S. A.: Dutton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2021. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. 0525555250 . First edition/ Third printing. Signed by author on title page. Book is in Fine, unread condition. Dust jacket is Fine. Winner of the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, Winner of the Stonewall Book Award, Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, A Michael L. Printz Honor Book, A We Need Diverse Books Walter Dean Myers Honor Book, and A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist. ; Signed by Author .

0 First Edition/First Printing Published by Chapman & Hall, London 1930. VG clean and tight condition. Owner's name to front pastedown. Slight toning to pages. Very slight lean Snakeskin red and black cloth in VG condition with minor shelfwear to edges and tips. Bright Gilt text to spine Protected in acetate cover.

London: Doubleday, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A Very Fine copy in Very Fine dustjacket. Signed and dated by the author at the title page.

New York; (1942): Harriss and Givens. First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 775 copies. 117 pages. The First Edition of Patchen's fine novel which he has inscribed to S.A Jacobs. Samuel Aiwaz Jacobs was the master printer who alone could meet the demands of E.E. Cummings (see Walter Rumble's article on the Persian Typesetter and the Golden Eagle Press). Patchen himself made certain that he supervised the design and typography of this book. A fine copy bound in blue cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips to spine ends and corners. Very nice.

TOLKIEN, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel]. The Book of Lost Tales Part I. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin [1984]. 8vo, [vi] 297pp. Black cloth with spine stamped in silver. Orange endpapers. A fine copy in original color dust jacket.
First US edition, review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. The first of the eventual twelve-volume series titled The History of Middle-earth (with volumes two and three listed opposite title as being "in preparation"). This collection of early stories by J.R.R. Tolkien detailing the complex mythology of his beloved Middle-earth, was taken from manuscripts compiled and annotated by Christopher Tolkien, and presents the earliest form of the mythology that would comprise The Silmarillion. Though published seven years after The Silmarillion, this in-depth volume details some of Tolkien's earliest writing on the mythology of his expansive world. Each tale is accompanied by notes and detailed commentary by his son. A must-have for any serious Tolkien… Read More

New York: Random House, 1997. First U. S. edition / First printing. Green cloth spine, slate paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the Booker Prize. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 1997. The author's first book.

London: Arlington Books, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Printing. The prolific author's second novel. In the publisher's original red cloth covers with gilt titling at the backstrip. pp. 204 with illustrations by John Woodgate. A very nice and reasonably fresh copy with just minor creasing to the foot of the backstrip, the most minor of bumps at the corners. Free from owner names etc. Near Fine. The colourful dustjacket is unclipped and has an odd, small printing mark at the front flap. Slightly creased/rubbed at the edges, tiny surface hole to the laminate at the front panel in the gutter. VG. SIGNED (for the seller in person) with place and date of the signing event at the title page.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, second state with all errors corrected. Scribner's Seal and letter "A" on copyright page. The book binding and gilt lettering are fine. There are no marks, writing or foxing of any kind. Book is square and tight. Dustjacket has had expert repair. Housed in a folding slipcase. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..

London: The Fortune Press. First Published 1945" stated on the verso of the contents page; however, this is the 1965 unauthorised edition that was withdrawn from sale when the author discovered its existence. Dark-red, buckrum-covered boards with gilt lettering to the spine. 500 copies printed, some 280 copies sold with a dust jacket before sale was stopped. No faults for the book, about as nice a copy as you are likely to find. The dust jacket has two very small edge tears, otherwise fine; protected by a clear, removable cover. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. Bibliographic reference: Bloomfield A1(b). . Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 1965.

Breve historia del mundo poemas de fatad jamis ediciones el mendrugo mexico d.f.primera edicion 1974.las Ediciones del Mendrugo (1973-1978) fueron impulsados por Elena Jordana (1934-2008), poeta y editora de origen argentino cuya labor dentro del escenario editorial yliterario es destacada para la historia de la edición mexicana.La poeta,convertida en hacedora de libros, utilizó cartón de desecho para los forros, papel de estrazapara los interiores, además de sellos y mimeógrafos Remington para imprimir. Sus libros estaban amarrados con pequeños lazos y alguno se entregó en una bolsita de yute. El tiraje su autor de los libros no superaba los 100 ejemplares, los que se distribuían entre amigos y colegascercanos entre Nueva York, la Ciudad de México y Buenos Aires. A pesar de ser unproyecto muy pequeño, gracias al círculo en el que se desenvolvió la poeta, Jordana logróla cesión de textos originales de algunos muy importantes autores de habla hispana. Bajo elsello del Mendrugo,
Fayad… Read More

Henry Holt and Co, 2018. 1st Ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Signed. SIGNED IN PERSON BY ROGER DALTREY directly to the title page. And NOT inscribed to anyone. A very attractive 1st printing in VG+ condition: clean text, richly colored boards (bumped at top), and an appealing DJ with only mild blemishes. Looks terrific with a new mylar cover. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1971. First edition / First printing. White cloth with pink flowers. Fine with previous owner label in near fine dust jacket. Basis for the cult Hal Ashby film, starring Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort. Romance between a 79 year old free-spirit and a young man with a fetish for death.