Charles Agvent

THE LYNCHERS

WIDEMAN, John Edgar · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Harcourt Brace Johanovich. First Edition. His third and arguably best book.. Faint sticker shadow on front pastedown. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a short closed tear at the bottom rear

THE ICEMAN COMETH

O'NEILL, Eugene · 1982

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Tall octavo (7" x 11-1/4") bound in charcoal-gray boards; 208 pages. Printed letterpress by the Stinehour Press. Copy #196 of 2000 numbered copies SIGNED on the colophon page by the artist Leonard Baskin who has illustrated the book with 10 ful...

THE LYRICAL POEMS OF FRANCOIS VILLON

VILLON, Francois · 1979

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (7-1/4" x 11") bound in forest-green linen imported from the Netherlands stamped on the front cover and spine in pure gold, 152 pages. A bilingual edition with the original French and the English translations on opposing pages by Algerno...

BEL-AMI

MAUPASSANT, Guy de · 1968

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11-1/4") bound in dark blue cloth stamped in gilt and white, 280 pages. Designed by Adrian Wilson and printed at the press of A. Colish. Introduction by Alec Waugh. Illustrations are fine full-page reproductions of watercolors ...

OUR TOWN

WILDER, Thornton · 1974

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

Avon, CT. Limited Editions Club. First Limited Edition. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11-3/4") bound in full brown corduroy with an oval leather spine label; 132 pages. With an introduction by Brooks Atkinson and a note by the author. Illustrated by Robert J. Lee with 4 double-page color p...

JURGEN. A COMEDY OF JUSTICE

CABELL, James Branch · 0

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Westport. Limited Editions Club. Tall octavo (7" x 11") bound in full purple buckram stamped in gold on the front with an illustration by Virgil Burnett who has illustrated the book with numerous drawings including 8 full-page drawings with colors applied by hand at the Walter...

WINESBURG, OHIO

ANDERSON, Sherwood · 1978

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (9-3/4" x 12") bound in quarter green cowhide leather over brown cloth stamped in gilt, 202 pages. Designed by Harry Rich and printed by letterpress at the Stinehour Press. Introduction by Malcolm Cowley. Illustrated with drawings by Ben...

AH, WILDERNESS!

O'NEILL, Eugene · 1972

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (8" x 11") bound in blue linen with decorated paper sides; 186 pages. Copy #533 of 1500 numbered copies designed by Adrian Wilson and illustrated with four double-page and four full-page oil paintings by Shannon Stirnweiss. SIGNED by the...

THE WALL

HERSEY, John · 1957

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") bound in three-quarter black linen with tan linen. Introduction by George N. Shuster. One of 1500 numbered copies with pen drawings and 12 hand-pulled aquatints by William Sharp. SIGNED by the illustrator on the coloph...

THE DESCENT OF MAN & SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX

DARWIN, Charles · 1971

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

Adelaide. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (8" x 10-3/4") bound in tan oasis morocco-backed genuine wood veneer boards with a spine decorated and lettered in pure gold leaf; 384 pages. Edited with an introduction by Ashley Montagu. Type set, printed, and bound by the Griffin Pres...

UP FROM SLAVERY

WASHINGTON, Booker T · 1970

$81.30 (€73.76 | £61.54 | ¥12,978)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") bound in brown-black buckram with a Swedish-made textured brown Tumba Ingres paper sides and a brown leather spine label; 236 pages. Introduction by Booker T. Washington III. Illustrated with 12 full-page and 2 double-...

A DISCOURSE UTTER'D IN PART AT AMMAUSKEEG-FALLS IN THE FISHING SEASON 1739

SECCOMBE, Joseph · 1971

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

Barre, MA. Barre Publishers. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in morocco-backed decorated boards. Illustrated with wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. One of 1000 copies SIGNED by the artist of this fine edition of what is generally recognized as the first American book on fish...

THE FIRST TEN: A PENMAEN BIBLIOGRAPHY

PEICH, Michael (editor) · 1978

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

Lincoln, MA. Penmaen Press. First Edition. Embossed blue cloth. Copy #43 of only 100 numbered copies of the deluxe edition (from a total edition of 600) SIGNED on the colophon page by Peich, Michael McCurdy, and four others associated with the press. Illustrated with 4 wood en...

WORLD'S FAIR

DOCTOROW, E. L · 0

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York. Random House. First Trade Edition. Winner of the 1986 National Book Award and American Book Award. SIGNED on the front free endpaper by the author.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

THE SONGLINES

CHATWIN, Bruce · 1987

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Franklin Center, PA. Franklin Library. First American Edition. Decorated leather. Illustrated with two color plates. Limited and true First American Edition SIGNED by the author and with a special introduction by him not included in the trade edition. An exploration of Aborigi...

A SON OF THE CIRCUS

IRVING, John · 0

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

New York. Random House. First Trade Edition. Also published by the Franklin Library. SIGNED on the title page by the author.. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper

LES EPOUX MALHEUREUX OU HISTOIRE DE MONSIEUR ET MADAME DE ***

[BACULARD] D'ARNAUD [(Francois)] · 1783

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

Paris. Laporte. New Revised Edition. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/4") volumes in contemporary marbled boards; [ii], xii, 288; [iv], 256 [last page numbered 238]. Augmented with two new parts, which are the conclusion of the History. Illustrated with 10 fine engravings after Eisen ...

THEY WHISPER

BUTLER, Robert Olen · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

Huntington Beach, CA. James Cahill. First Edition. Light blue leather-backed marbled boards. One of 124 (of a total of 150) numbered and SIGNED copies of this true first edition. A most erotic and wonderful book.. As New in slipcase, still in shrinkwrap

ORNITHOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

COUES, Elliot · 0

$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.31 | ¥24,951)

(Mansfield). M. Martino. Reprint. Octavo; 859 pages. Limited to 100 copies. Approximately 5000 books and articles on American ornithology are listed, many with annotations.. Fine

BOOK OF INSECTS

FABRE · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. Tudor Publishing Company. Reprint. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10") in publisher's gilt-decorated green cloth. Illustrated with 12 tipped-in color plates with tissue guards by Detmold.. Detmold. Near Fine