Oliver & Boyd, January 1964. Soft Cover. Well worn with rubbing & discoloration to cover; mild darkening to textblock edges. Very heavily underlined red & yellow ink on five pages: 86, 87, 88, 92 & 93. Elsewise it appears without markings. and If is a shame about the distracting red..... More
Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, January 1993. First Edition. Cloth. Bradbury argues that almost a century since the emergence of Modernism, it is now possible to see the entire period in perspective. It is clear that the first 50 years - from Henry James, Wilde and Stevenson, through James Joyce..... More
Overlook Books, March 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. In October 1993, a novelist is invited to go to Stockholm and Russia to take part in what is enigmatically referred to as the Diderot Project. In Stockholm he is joined by various other members of the project--including an academic, a lustful opera..... More
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976. First American. Cloth. First/first in dust jacket. Blue cloth with red lettering. Tinted red top edge (begining to fade). Grey end pages. More
University of Illinois Press, January 1971. First Edition. Cloth. First/first in edgeworn dustjacket with foxing & staining. Peanut brown cloth with gold lettering on spine & front panel. Foxing to textblock edges. Tanned end pages. Clean interiors without markings. No underlining. No side-notes. More
Barnes & Noble Books, January 1973. Cloth. Maroon cloth with silver lettering on spine. Mildly bumped along top edge of front board. Boards faded & discolored along board edges. Top textblock edge has dent about half inch long with about 20 pages with wrinkled & tiny tear at center of..... More
William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1971. Cloth. In very good dust jacket with tanned edges. Beige cloth with brown & black lettering stamped on spine. Brown end pages. Darkening/foxing to fore-edge & especially to top edge of textblock. Clean & sound. No markings with text. More
Random House, February 1989. First American. Hardcover. First/first (US) in very good+/fine dustjacket. Flap not clipped. Black cloth spine with gold lettering & black paper covered boards with small red AB with small decoration below. This is number line: 24689753. I believe Random House titles of this era designated their..... More
Modern Library, September 1968. First Thus. Cloth. First Modern Library Edition (stated) in very good, bright, clean dust jacket. One 1/2 inch closed tear and one 1/4 inch closed tear top edge front panel. NOT price clipped. Original price of $2.45 on flap. Black cloth with silver lettering on spine..... More
Heinemann, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. Purple cloth with silver lettering on spine. In pretty much flawless jacket. Interiors likewise superb: clean, sound & unmarked. First UK. An excellent collector's copy. More
Hutchinson, January 1986. First Edition. Cloth. First/first (UK) in black cloth bruised at rear bottom spine corner. Not price clipped. Original British price on flap. Gold lettering stamped spine edge. Clean, sound, no markings, no underlinings, etc. Bright without darkening. Clean, white textblock edges. Sound binding. (589 pp.). More
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. edition in dustjacket. Not price clipped. Quarter bound: maroon cloth covered spine with gold lettering & grey paper covered boards, with slight fade to edges & bruised corners. Slight foxing & dust stains to textblock edge. Clean, unmarked interior text. Tight..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, May 1974. First American. Cloth. First/first (U.S.) in edgeworn dustjacket. Mild marginal browning & not price clipped. Original price of $7.95 on flap. Mocha brown cloth with gold lettering to spine & front board. Pale green topstain is sun faded on spine end. Board bottom edges faded..... More
Ballantine Books, May 1966. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. First mass market edition. Mild shelf wear. Some marginal darkening. Textblock edges. Removal scar front cover near top left corner defacing parts of 'ANTH' beginning of author's first name. Yellow tint to textblock edges has held up well to its 54..... More
Jonathan Cape, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. First/first (UK) in very good dustjacket. Not price clipped. Original UK price on flap, 42s. net. Navy blue cloth with gold lettering. Blue topstain a bit faded. Clean, sound. Tight binding. Without interior markings. A few tan spots along fore-edge. Else Very good+, clean..... More
Grove Weidenfeld, April 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition in dustjacket. Maroon cloth covered spine with gold lettering and maroon paper covered boards. Partially removed bookplate front pastedown. Tight binding. Clean, unmarked internal text. (403 pages). More
Heinemann, 1961. First Edition. Cloth. In mildly edgeworn jacket with dark stain at bottom corner of front flap. NOT price clipped. Darkening to spine. Red cloth with silver lettering. Clean text. Good+/Very good-- collector's copy. More
W.W. Norton & Company, 1960. First American. Cloth. First/first US edition. In clean bright dust jacket with darkening to spine. NOT price clipped. Original price of $4.50 on flap. Grey cloth with red & black lettering & decoration on spine. Sound binding. Clean text without markings. Very good+ collector's copy..... More
Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1965. First Edition. Cloth. First U.K. edition in price-clipped dustjacket with mild edgewear & sticker scar front wrapper panel dead middle of the subject's sir name 'Burnett'. Red cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Dust stain darkened textblock top edge & fore-edge. (142 pages). More
Faber and Faber, 1961. First Edition. Cloth. First/first UK edition. Originally issued in French in 1956 as L'Emploi du temps; In very good dustjacket. Not price clipped. Original UK price on flap lower corner: 21s net. Speckled patterned white & maroon cloth with maroon lettering & gold clockhands spine edge..... More
Knopf, 1947. First Edition. Cloth. In mildly edgeworn dust jacket. Tan cloth with green lettering & decorations. NOT price clipped jacket. Original price of $2. Darkened end pages. Faded green tinted top edge. Slight lean to spine. More
Touchstone, February 2015. Hardcover. One of "Five Best Books about Wartime Presidents"--Michael Bechloss, The Wall Street Journal From Lyndon Johnson's closest domestic adviser during the White House years comes a book in which "Johnson leaps out of the pages in all his raw and earthy glory" (The New York Times..... More
Modern Library, October 1997. First Thus. Cloth. The novellas are characterized by their unfailing intelligence and by the technical surehandedness and acuity of the writing. Each has a strong sense of place - New York City, the Hudson Valley, Saratoga Springs - and an eclectic cast of characters who inhabit..... More
Houghton Mifflin, November 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. A "tattoo" is a bugle call, a summoning that lingers in the ear. Although Hortense Calisher's family eventually migrated north to New York City, the echoes of their days as a slave-owning Jewish family in the South still resonate with this acclaimed author..... More
Praeger Film Library, 1969. Paper Back. (Six-inch x Six & 1/2-inch) Duodecimo/12mo. Mild darkening to spine. Clean. (144 pp.). More
