Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts

Lettres de Madame de Sévigné; Avec une Notice et des Notes par Maxime Formont (Complete in Two Volumes)

Madame de Sévigné [Marie de Rabutin-Chantal], 1626-1696; Maxime Formont (Preface & Notes) · 1909

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.61 | ¥71,836)

Paris, France Alphonse Lemerre, Éditeur (23-33, Passagge Choiseul, 23-33) pp. 312; 297. Sextodecimo (16mo.), measuring 6.75" x 3.75". Bound in sumptuous full crushed olive-green morocco with titles stamped in gilt on the spines. Five raised bands to the spines, six compartment...

Madame Bovary: Moeurs de Province [Complete in Two Volumes]

Flaubert, Gustave (1821-1880) · 19001910

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.61 | ¥71,836)

Paris Alphonse Lemerre, Éditeur (23-33, Passagge Choiseul, 23-33) Oeuvres de Gustave Flaubert pp. 252; 278. Sextodecimo (16mo.), measuring 6.75" x 3.75". Bound in sumptuous full crushed morocco with titles stamped in gilt on spines. Five raised bands to spines, six compartment...

Nítján Hundruð Á ttatíu Og Fjögur: Skáldsaga [Nitjan Hundrud Attatiu Og Fjogur: Skaldsaga | Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel] ; Rare First Appearance of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) in the Icelandic Language

Orwell, George [Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950); Translated by Hersteinn Pálsson (1916-2005) and Thorlof Smith (1917-1969) · 1951

$750.00 (€680.46 | £567.69 | ¥119,727)

Reykjavík, Iceland Stuðlaberg (Studlaberg), later to be Almenna bókafélagið (AB) First Edition in Icelandic pp. 310. Octavo., measuring 8.75" x 6". Publisher's original blue cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt to the spine, with publisher's monogram of basalt columns blin...

I Am Lazarus, Stories

Kavan, Anna [born Helen Emily Woods] · 1978

$445.00 (€403.74 | £336.83 | ¥71,038)

London Peter Owen Limited | Printed by Redwood Burn Limited pp. [1-6], 7-146. Duodecimo (12mo.)., measuring 7.5" x 5". Publisher's tan paper boards, spine lettered in silver. Trifling wear to the head and foot of the spine; otherwise, the extremities remain in excellent condit...

The Master and Margarita [First American Edition]

Bulgakov, Mikhail; Michael Glenny (Translation) · 1967

$645.00 (€585.19 | £488.21 | ¥102,965)

New York and Evanston Harper & Row, Publishers First American Edition pp. vi, [1-2], 3-394. Octavo, measures 5.75" x 8.5". Publisher's original black cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt and red; untrimmed fore edge; textured mustard-yellow endpapers. Minor bumping to the head...

One Hundred Years of Solitude ; Translated from the Spanish

Marquez, Gabrial García; Gregory Rabassa (Translation) · 1970

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

New York Harper & Row, Publishers | Composed, Printed and Bound by The Haddon Craftsmen, Inc. Book Club Edition pp. [4], 422. Octavo. Bound in publisher's quarter-black cloth over light-green paper covered boards with title stamped in gilt to the spine, small Harper & Row mono...

One Hundred Years of Solitude ; Translated from the Spanish

Marquez, Gabrial García; Gregory Rabassa (Translation) · 1970

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

New York Harper & Row, Publishers | Composed, Printed and Bound by The Haddon Craftsmen, Inc. Book Club Edition pp. [4], 422. Octavo. Bound in publisher's light-green cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt to the spine, small Harper & Row monogram blocked in gilt to the ...

Tim Pitsiulak: Drawings and Prints from Cape Dorset

Boys, Leslie · 2018

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Portland, Oregon Pomegranate Communications Inc. First printing pp. 84. Oblong 8vo. Pictorial boards. Chiefly colour photographs, photographic reproductions and illustrations accompanied with captions. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean and unmarked with tight, sound ...

A Candle to Light the Sun

Blondal, Patricia · 1960

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Toronto McClelland and Stewart Limited First Edition, First Printing pp. 316. Octavo. Publisher's black paper boards with title stamped in silver and gilt to spine. Faint bumping to spine ends, else, without blemish. Neat ink name and ex-libris bookplate affixed to the ffep, t...

Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth-Century New England: A Documentary History, 1638-1692

Hall, David D. · 1991

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,226)

Boston, MA Northeastern University Press pp. 332. Square 8vo. Pictorial covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; very good+. ¶ "This collection of documents is the only one to reach beyond the famous Salem trials. Many of these records appear here in print for the first time, incl...

The Dharma Bums: 50th Anniversary Edition

Kerouac, Jack; Ann Douglas (Intro.) · 2008

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

New York Viking pp. xxx, 187. Octavo. Publisher's mustard-yellow paper boards, title in gilt to spine. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine and housed in its very good+ unclipped dustjacket.

Roses are Difficult Here [SIGNED]

Mitchell, W. O. · 1990

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,226)

Toronto McClelland & Stewart First Edition, First Printing pp. 325. Octavo. An exceptional copy entirely without blemish; near fine and house in its original, near fine, unclipped dustjacket. ¶ SIGNED by Mitchell in ink to the title page.

The Stench of the Zündel Trial: Political Persecution in Today's Canada

[Ernst Zündel] · 1986

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Reedy, WV Liberty Bell Publications pp. 75, [15]. Slim 8vo. Illustrated wrappers. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine.

Haidamaky (The Haidamaks)

Shevchenko, Taras; Vasyl Illich Kasiian (1896-1976) · 1964

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR Vydavnytstvo „Molod” ["Molod" (Youth), Publisher] First Edition Thus pp. 101. Slim octavo (8" x 6"). Publisher's vibrant red cloth over boards with striking gold-and-black lettering, and design stamped to the spine, and front board. Lovely illustrated colou...

Entr' Quatr' Murailles; Quatre Ans D'Internement En Manchourie ; [Translation: Within Four Walls: Four Years of Internment in Manchuria]

Gilbert, Edouard · 1946

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Port Viau, Québec Editions Missions-Etrangeres First Edition, First Printing pp. 189, + 3 pages of publisher's advertisements. Brightly-illustrated card covers. Richly illustrated with a variety of sepia portraits, photographs, group portraits, map, etc. Light rubbing to the c...

NACLA Handbook: The U.S. Military Apparatus ; Defense Department Organizaiton; The Intelligence Establishment; U.S. Bases & Forces Abroad; Military & Police Aid; Arms Sales

Klare, Mike; Nancy Stein (Intro), et al. · 1972

$39.00 (€35.38 | £29.52 | ¥6,226)

Berkeley, California & New York, N.Y. The North American Congress on Latin America First Edition, First Printing pp. 105. Quarto (8.5" x 11"). Pictorial, twice-stapled, wraps. Richly illustrated with a variety of black-and-white charts, tables, figures, photographs, striking a...

In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences [First British Edition]

Capote, Truman (1924-1984) · 1966

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.15 | ¥43,900)

London Hamish Hamilton First U.K. Edition pp. 284. Small 8vo., measuring 5.75" x 8.75". Bound in publisher's original forest-green boards, silver lettering and monogram of the publisher to the base of spine; mustard endpapers. Light bumping to spine tail otherwise, extremities...

Collected Essays

Huxley, Aldous · 1960

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

Toronto & Vancouver Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited in Association with Chatto & Windus First Canadian Edition pp. xiiii, [1], 399, [1]. Octavo. Publisher's bright-orange cloth over boards with title in gilt within gilt-bordered navy-blue spine label. Light foxing to rear boar...

The Doors of Perception

Huxley, Aldous · 1957

$189.00 (€171.48 | £143.06 | ¥30,171)

London Chatto & Windus Fifth Impression pp. [1-4], 5-62, [1]. Slim small octavo (5.25' X 7.5"). Publisher's light-blue cloth over boards with gilt rules and lettering to the spine. Light bumps to spine ends, neat ink name to upper-right margin of the ffep, else, without blemis...

Brave New World ; with a Foreword for this Edition

Huxley, Aldous · 1946

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,822)

New York Harper & Row, Publishers Book Club Edition pp. 222. Octavo. Publisher's black paper boards with teal rules and lettering to the spine; untrimmed foredge. No detectable flaws, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked leaves and firm, sound bind...