Charles Agvent

INTO THE STONE in POETS OF TODAY VII

DICKEY, James · 0

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

New York. Scribner. First Edition. Dickey's true first book, a collection of 24 poems issued together with collections by Paris Leary and Jon Swan. One of the more uncommon volumes in this series, this is an Advance Review Copy with a review slip laid in. Wright A1.. Small bum...

FURIOUS SEASONS

CARVER, Raymond · 1977

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

Santa Barbara. Capra Press. First Edition. Carver's second collection of stories, one of 1200 copies of the issue in pictorial wraps of a total edition of 1300.. Near Fine

THE RIVALS. A COMEDY

SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley · 1953

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

London. Limited Editions Club. Large octavo (7" x 10-3/4") bound in yellow linen buckram. Designed by Oliver Simon and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated with ORIGINAL COPPER ETCHINGS by Rene ben Sussan hand-colored in Paris. Copy #777 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator o...

THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS OF SANTILLANE

LESAGE, Alain-Rene · 1937

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Oxford. Limited Editions Club. Two large quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/8") volumes bound in half gray linen, gold-stamped, and blue linen boards. Attractive edition of Smollett's translation. Introduction by J. B. Priestley. Illustrated with line drawings and watercolors by John Auste...

A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY

STERNE, Laurence · 1936

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

High Wycombe, England. Limited Editions Club. Small folio (9-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full tan buckram stamped in blue, red, and gold. Hand-set in Bunyan type designed by Eric Gill and first used in this book. Illustrated with eight original etchings by Gill's son-in-law Denis...

MADEMOISELLE DE MAUPIN

GAUTIER, Theophile · 1943

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound in quarter burgundy morocco leather and decorated boards with a gilt-stamped leather spine label. Mildly erotic illustrations by Andre Dugo hand-colored in the studio of Charlize Brakeley. Copy #710 of 1000 copie...

STOP-TIME

CONROY, Frank · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. The Viking Press. First Edition. His first book, with dustwrapper blurbs by Mailer and Styron.. Near Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper with light soiling at the rear

TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS) @210 words single-spaced

HOAGLAND, Edward · 31976

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

New York. Interesting SIGNED typed letter from Hoagland about Erskine Caldwell's work and his marriage to Margaret Bourke-White addressed to a friend of a companion of Caldwell in his early years, possibly his first of four wives. "Marriages between high-powered artists are se...

BECAUSE I WAS FLESH

DAHLBERG, Edward · 1964

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

New York. New Directions. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in printed white wraps. Wonderful book about growing up as the son of a lady barber in Kansas.. Fine, with reply card laid in

RELIGIO MEDICI

BROWNE, Sir Thomas · 1939

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

Eugene, OR. Limited Editions Club. Thin quarto (7-3/4" x 11-1/8") bound in half linen with a printed spine label and marbled paper sides. Edited with an introduction by Geoffrey Keynes. Portrait and title page of the 1642 edition re-engraved by Dolph Henry Murnik. Copy #356 of...

TALES OF SOLDIERS & CIVILIANS

BIERCE, Ambrose (Paul LANDACRE) · 1943

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Tall octavo (7" x 10-3/4") imaginatively bound with a decorated linen center panel flanked by gilt-decorated dark sheepskin panels. Edited with an introduction by Joseph Henry Jackson. Copy #665 of 1500 illustrated with original wood engravings...

SOUTH WIND

DOUGLAS, Norman · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

[New York]. [Limited Editions Club]. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11-1/4") bound in full natural coarse linen with a leather label on the spine. Designed by Elmer Adler. Illustrated with drawings by Carlotta Petrina. Copy #1208 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Month...

THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH. A TALE OF THE MIDDLE AGES

READE, Charles · 1932

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Two octavo (6-1/4" x 9-3/4") volumes bound in full brown duck cloth printed in brown and orange from a design by Lynd Ward. Introduction by Hendrik Willem van Loon. Wash drawings by Lynd Ward reproduced in photogravure. Copy #710 of 1500 SIGNED...

AN ICELAND FISHERMAN

LOTI, Pierre · 1931

$106.30 (€96.44 | £80.46 | ¥16,969)

Stockholm. Limited Editions Club. Large octavo (7" x 10-3/4") bound with a white buckram spine and corner tips with a lovely original lithographed fish design on the front and rear boards. Printed on handmade linen rag paper at the Royal Printing Office, Norstedt & Soner of Sw...

IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS

LANDOR, Walter Savage · 1936

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

[Verona]. Limited Editions Club. Small quarto (6-3/4" x 10") bound in full, natural decorated linen stamped in brown and gold; 320 pages. A selection from the revised 1846 edition of Landor's series of imaginary conversations between notable figures in history, including Dante...

THE ENORMOUS RADIO and Other Stories

CHEEVER, John · 1953

$106.30 (€96.44 | £80.46 | ¥16,969)

New York. Funk & Wagnalls. First Edition. His uncommon second book.. Owner stamp on the front free endpaper. Near Fine in a price-clipped, Very Good first issue dustwrapper with light chipping at the spine tips and corners

CLAIRE AMBLER

TARKINGTON, Booth · 1928

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York. Doubleday, Doran. First Edition. Stationery store stamp on the half-title page. Fine, bright copy in the uncommon and attractive, Near Fine dustwrapper with just a few tiny closed tears

THE GREENLANDERS

SMILEY, Jane · 1988

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Advance Reader's Copy in illustrated wraps.. Fine

LADDER OF YEARS

TYLER, Anne · 1995

$18.80 (€17.06 | £14.23 | ¥3,001)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Advance Copy in pictorial wraps. The cover art of this Advance Review Copy differs slightly from the printed version.. Fine

AN ALMANAC FOR MODERNS

PEATTIE, Donald Culross · 1938

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

Washington. Limited Editions Club. Large octavo (7-1/8" x 9-1/4") bound in full spring-green linen with a tree stamped in black at the center of the front cover and gilt decorations surrounding it, 340 pages. A beautiful edition of this famous work with a new introduction by ...