Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. “Good Friend to My Books” - Irving Stone to Leslie Bricusse A Fine Inscribed Illustrated Edition of The Agony and the Ecstasy with Distinguished Association Irving STONE. The Agony and the Ecstasy. A Novel of Michelangelo. Illustrated Edition. Garden City, New..... More
London: Privately Printed by Strangeways and Sons, 1902. The First Privately Printed Edition of Beatrix Potter’s Scarce Second Book POTTER, Beatrix. The Tailor of Gloucester. [London: Privately Printed by Strangeways and Sons], December 1902. First (privately printed) edition of Beatrix Potter’s scarce second book. One of 500 copies printed. Twelvemo..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1928. The First Authorized Printed Edition of Peter Pan — In the Scarce Dust Jacket BARRIE, J. M. Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1928. First edition of the play in book form. Octavo (7 3/16..... More
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London: Constable and Company Limited, 1931-34. George Bernard Shaw - The Complete Plays and Prefaces SHAW, George Bernard. The Complete Plays of Bernard Shaw. London: Constable and Company Limited, 1931. [&] Prefaces by Bernard Shaw. London: Constable and Company Limited, 1934. First editions. Two large octavo volumes (9 5/8 x...... More
London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1919. Shaw’s Prescient Blueprint for Peace - Written on the Eve of Versailles SHAW, George Bernard. Peace Conference Hints. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1919. First edition. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 184 x 124 mm.). [i–v], 6–108, [2, advertisements] pp. Publisher’s..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1954. “To begin at the beginning…” - Dylan Thomas’s Masterpiece for Voices A Bright First Edition in Unfaded Jacket THOMAS, Dylan. Under Milk Wood. A Play for Voices. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, [1954]. First edition. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8..... More
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1922-24. Metamorphosis & Spectacle - Garnett’s Two Modern Fables in Fine Jackets An Exceptionally Preserved, Inscribed Bloomsbury Pair GARNETT, David. Lady into Fox. London: Chatto & Windus, 1922. together with: GARNETT, David. A Man in the Zoo. London: Chatto & Windus, 1924. First editions. Two octavo..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. “A Youth of Unstable Character” - Dreiser’s Monumental Crime Novel A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone in Exceptional Condition, with Original Slipcase DREISER, Theodore. An American Tragedy. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. First trade edition. Two octavo volumes (7 1/2 x 5 inches; 191 x 127..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1954. Return to Cannery Row - Steinbeck’s Sweet Thursday First Edition - Near Fine in Second-Issue Dust Jacket STEINBECK, John. Sweet Thursday. New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First edition, first printing. Octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 203 x 136 mm.). x, [1–2], 3–273..... More
New York: Covici Friede, 1937. Steinbeck on Stage - The Dramatic Form of Of Mice and Men First Edition of the 1937 Play STEINBECK, John. Of Mice and Men. A Play in Three Acts. New York: Covici Friede, 1937. First edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 inches; 191 x 127..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1947. A Cross-Section of Postwar America Steinbeck’s Roadside Microcosm in Uncommon Condition STEINBECK, John. The Wayward Bus. New York: The Viking Press, 1947. First edition, first issue. Octavo (7 15/16 x 5 1/4 inches; 198 x 133 mm.). [viii], [1-2], 3–312 pp. Publisher’s original orange..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. Steinbeck’s Salinas Stories - A Cornerstone Collection First Edition in Exceptional Condition STEINBECK, John. The Long Valley. New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First edition. Octavo (8 x 5 inches; 203 x 127 mm.). [1–8], 9–303, [1, blank] pp. Publisher’s quarter light tan buckram..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1959. The Birth of Billy Fisher - A Defining Voice of Postwar British Fiction A Sharp Comic Portrait of Fantasy and Frustration in 1950s England WATERHOUSE, Keith. Billy Liar. London: Michael Joseph, [1959]. First edition. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 197 x 130 mm.). [2]..... More
London: Heinemann, 1961. Steinbeck’s Final Novel - A Moral Reckoning in Cold War America The First U.K. Edition in Exceptionally Fresh Condition STEINBECK, John. The Winter of Our Discontent. London: Heinemann, [1961]. First U.K. edition. Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 194 x 130 mm.). [1–10], 11–365, [366] pp..... More
New York: Covici Friede, 1935. Steinbeck’s Breakthrough - The Rare Wrappered Issue A Likely Advance Issue, One of Approximately 500 Copies STEINBECK, John. Tortilla Flat. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett. New York: Covici Friede, [1935]. First edition, wrappered issue of the author’s first commercially successful novel. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1950. Experiment in Form - Play and Novel Intertwined A Dramatic Steinbeck, Unusual and Underappreciated STEINBECK, John. Burning Bright. A Play in Story Form. New York: The Viking Press, 1950. First edition. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 187 x 121 mm.). [1–8], 9–159..... More
London: Heinemann, 1958. Steinbeck & Ricketts in the Gulf of California A Scientific Journey Recast as Literature STEINBECK, John. The Log from the the Sea of Cortez. The narrative portion of the book Sea of Cortez with a profile “About Ed Ricketts”. London: Heinemann, 1958. First U.K. edition. Octavo (8..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1969. Steinbeck at Work The Private Notebook Behind a Masterpiece STEINBECK, John. Journal of a Novel. The East of Eden Letters. New York: The Viking Press, [1969]. First edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 209 x 143 mm.). x, [1–2], 3–182 pp. Publisher’s..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Steinbeck’s Satirical Fantasy of Monarchy Restored A Political Fable - Light in Tone, Sharp in Observation STEINBECK, John. The Short Reign of Pippin IV. A Fabrication. New York: The Viking Press, 1957. First edition, first issue. Octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 201 x...... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1958. Steinbeck as War Correspondent Dispatches from the Front - Human, Immediate, and Unvarnished STEINBECK, John. Once There Was a War. New York: The Viking Press, 1958. First edition, first issue. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 213 x 143 mm.). xxii, [1-2], 3–233..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1945. Advance Issue in Original Wrappers A Pre-Publication Steinbeck of Uncommon Survival STEINBECK, John. Cannery Row. New York: The Viking Press, 1945. Advance copy, preceding the first edition. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 187 x 121 mm.). [vi], 208, [1, advertisements], [1, blank]..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1947. A Powerful Documentary Collaboration Steinbeck’s Stark Vision of Rural Mexico - First Edition STEINBECK, John. The Forgotten Village. With 136 photographs from the film of the same name by Rosa Harvan Kline and Alexander Hackenschmied. New York: The Viking Press, 1941. First edition, first..... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. “Kissing Your Hand May Make You Feel Very, Very Good…” “Anita Loos’s presentation copy to MGM director Edward Sedgwick, Linking one of the great Jazz Age novels directly to Hollywood’s golden age.” LOOS, Anita. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1959. The Suppressed Piano Factory Passage - The True First Issue Laurie Lee’s Lyrical Masterpiece of Vanished England LEE, Laurie. Cider With Rosie. With drawings by John Ward. London: The Hogarth Press, 1959. First edition, suppressed (withdrawn) first issue, containing the passage describing the piano factory..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961. The Glass Family in Full - A Bright, Unfaded Copy Salinger’s Most Beloved Companion Volume to Catcher SALINGER, J.D. Franny and Zooey. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1961]. First edition. Octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 203 x 137 mm.). [vi], [1–2], 3–201, [1..... More
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