Boston Book Company

Portraits

STEINBERG, Saul · 1950

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

1950. STEINBERG, [Saul]. PORTRAITS. Sixteen pages numbered 81-96, stapled twice at the center, extracted from a FLAIR magazine, March 1950. 10 by 6 3/4 in. Each page is a black and white photograph representing a portrait, comprised of assemblage and drawing, by Steinberg. The...

Lanterns and Lances

THURBER, JAMES · 1961

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

THURBER, James. LANTERNS AND LANCES. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. First edition. 8vo. green cloth-backed, paper-covered boards. Ink ownership. Just a hint of sun to heel and crown. Near fine in an edgeworn dust jacket with slight soil and rubbing. Ill.: FE.

The Lost Son and Other Poems

ROETHKE, Theodore · 1948

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,147)

1948. ROETHKE, Theodore. THE LOST SON AND OTHER POEMS. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1948. First edition, first printing. 64 pp. Slim 8vo. black cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine. Light paste-action to endpapers, else clean internally. Cloth binding is ligh...

Oeuvres Completes and Derniers Chansons

Beranger, P.J. · 1847

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

Beranger, P.J. OEUVRES COMPLETES, Nouvelle Edition revue par l'Auteur. Paris, Perrotin, 1847 (Volume II) and 1858 (Volume I). Octavo. Two volumes. xl,412; (ii)402pp. +(55)ff. Contains 54 fine full-page steel engravings from Johannot, Daubigny, Charlet, and others, each showing...

Irstrange Interlude

STO'NEILL, Eugene · 1928

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

O'NEILL, Eugene. STRANGE INTERLUDE. A Play. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. First Edition. 8vo. green cloth. Slight sun to boards, with darkening to endpapers. Front hinge cracked, rear hinge nearly detached; overopened several times throughout the text. As is, with the tatt...

List of Pictorial Postcards

BRITISH MUSEUM · 1937

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

1937. BRITISH MUSEUM. LIST OF PICTORIAL POSTCARDS (COLOURED) PUBLISHED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. London: British Museum, 1937. Pamphlet, wire saddle stitch, 26pp. Age-browning to wraps and pages; pencil marking to front wrap. Very good plus. .

Books and Portraits

WOOLF, VIRGINIA · 1978

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

WOOLF, Virginia. BOOKS AND PORTRAITS. Some Further Selections from the Literary and Biographical Writings. Edited with a preface by Mary Lyon. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1978). First American edition. Fine in the dust jacket. Ill.: FAE.

Prehistoric Art

ART, ANCIENT · 1950

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

(ART, Ancient). PREHISTORIC ART. Photographs by W. and B. Forman. Text by Josef Poulik, translated by R. Finlayson Samsour. London: Spring Books, [c. 1950]. Deals with early cultures in central Europe, from Middle Palaeolithic to Roman periods. Folio. 22 color plates and 189 m...

Challenge to Death

WEST, REBECCA · 1935

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

(WEST, Rebecca). CHALLENGE TO DEATH. Storm Jameson, editor. Introduction by Viscount Cecil. Foreword to the American edition by Vera Brittain. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. (1935). First American edition. Includes contributions by R. West, J.B. Priestley, E. Blunden, et al....

Evelyn Waugh and His World

WAUGH, EVELYN · 1973

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

(WAUGH, Evelyn). EVELYN WAUGH AND HIS WORLD. Edited by David Pryce-Jones. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1973). First American edition. Large 8vo. maroon cloth. Foxing to edges, but near fine overall, in a mildly edgeworn dust jacket. Ill.: FAE.

Month of Sundays

UPDIKE, JOHN · 1975

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

UPDIKE, John. A MONTH OF SUNDAYS. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First trade edition. 8vo. boards. Near fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket. Ill.: FE.

Powder of Sympathy

MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER · 1923

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER. THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY. Illustrated by Walter Jack Duncan. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Gift inscription. This is a somewhat soiled copy in an edgeworn dust jacket. Ill.: FE.

Economic Consequences of the Peace

KEYNES, JOHN MAYNARD · 1920

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

1920. KEYNES, John Maynard. THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE PEACE. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. First American edition of Keynes' first book. 8vo. navy cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed, with faint spotting. A very good copy. .

Falling in Place

BEATTIE, ANN · 1980

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

BEATTIE, Ann. FALLING IN PLACE. New York: Random House, (1980). First edition. 8vo. Slight skewing, sun to boards, spotting to fore-edge. About very good, in a sunned dust jacket. Ill.: FE.

Melancholy Lute

ADAMS, FRANKLIN P. · 1936

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

ADAMS, Franklin P. THE MELANCHOLY LUTE. Selected Songs of Thirty Years. New York: The Viking Press, 1936. First edition. With dust jacket blurbs by E.B. White and Dorothy Parker. 8vo. blue cloth. Touch of sun to cloth. Near fine, in a lightly worn and soiled dust jacket. Ill.:...

Virginians

THACKERAY, W.M. · 1858

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

THACKERAY, W.M. THE VIRGINIANS. A Tale of the Last Century. With illustrations on steel and wood by the author. [In Two Volumes]. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858-9. First edition. Ex-library copy. Contemporary half calf and paper covered boards. No half titles; frontispiece, vi...

Ragman's Daughter

SILLITOE, ALAN · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

SILLITOE, Alan. THE RAGMAN'S DAUGHTER AND OTHER STORIES. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Statement of First American Edition on copyright page. This is a fine, bright copy in a dust jacket with one small tear at the top of the crown. Ill.: FE.

Notes Towards the Definition of Culture

ELIOT, T.S. · 1949

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

ELIOT, T.S. NOTES TOWARDS THE DEFINITION OF CULTURE. New York: Har-court, Brace and Company, (1949). First American edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket with a little soil and edge wear. Ill.: FAE.

Ko^Bunso^ Tokubai Koshomoku Dai Sanju^Roku-Go

SORIMACHI Shigeo, editor · 1969

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

1969. SORIMACHI Shigeo, editor. KO^BUNSO^ TOKUBAI KOSHOMOKU Dai Sanju^roku-go. Tokyo: Ko^bunso^, Sho^wa 44 [1969]. Small folio, wrappers, illustrated in b+w. 300 items. 1 of 1600 copies of this, the 36th in Sorimachi Shigeo's fine series of sales catalogues. Sorimachi was the ...

Selected Poems 1923-1975

Warren, Robert Penn · 1976

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

1976. Warren, Robert Penn. Selected Poems 1923-1975, Franklin Center, Franklin Library(1976), very good, leather, poetry. .