Charles Agvent

THE DIARY OF DOSTOYEVSKY'S WIFE

FULOP-MILLER, R. & ECKSTEIN, F. (ed.) · 1928

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. Macmillan and Co., Ltd.. First American Edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Dostoyevsky. An account of a trip from Russia through Germany to Switzerland with her famous husband. Hannah French's copy with her signature on the front endpaper.. Short te...

THE LOON

BLY, Robert · 1977

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

[Marshall, MN]. Ox Head Press. First Edition. One of 500 copies in dark blue printed wraps with hand-painted ornaments in the text by D. Olsen.. Fine

THE CRUISE OF THE KAWA: WANDERINGS IN THE SOUTH SEAS

TRAPROCK, Walter · 0

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons. First Edition. A humorous and fictitious travel account, a parody of the usual Polynesian idyll. Illustrated with photographs.. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper

THESAURUS LITERATURAE BOTANICAE...

PRITZEL, G. A · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

Mansfield, CT. M. Martino. Reprint. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11"); cloth; viii, 576 pages. Limited edition reprint of 150 copies of perhaps the most useful book for tracing a botanical title before 1870. Text in Latin.. Corners a little bumped. Fine

WALKING THE DEAD DIAMOND RIVER

HOAGLAND, Edward · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York. Random House. First Edition. Nineteen essays about the New England wilderness (including walks in the Green and White mountains and a canoe trip in Maine), assassinations, dogs, the circus, etc.. Near Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper with very light edg...

SELECTED POEMS

SIMPSON, Louis · 0

$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.31 | ¥24,951)

New York. Harcourt Brace & World. First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED in 1974 "in the fellowship of the craft" to another poet, here called only "Sam." His previous book won the Pulitzer Prize.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

LIMBO RIVER

HILLIS, Rick · 1990

$18.80 (€17.06 | £14.23 | ¥3,001)

[Pittsburgh]. University of Pittsburgh. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in dark yellow wraps. Author's first collection of short stories, winner of the Drue Heinz Prize chosen by Russell Banks.. Signature of reviewer on half title page; light soiling. Near Fine

WHITES

RUSH, Norman · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

London. Heinemann. First British Edition. First book by the author of MATING. INSCRIBED and SIGNED in 1992.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

TO A BLOSSOMING PEAR TREE

WRIGHT, James · 0

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. The dustwrapper was designed by Antonio Frasconi. . Mild spotting to spine. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

AN INAUGURAL DISSERTATION ON THE DISEASE PRODUCED BY THE BITE OF A MAD DOG, OR OTHER RABID ANIMAL...

MEASE, James · 1792

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

Philadelphia. Thomas Dobson. First Edition. Recent full calf leather; [6], v, 130 [1] pages. Austin 1247; Evans 24534; Heirs of Hippocrates 761. An important first book by a noted antiquarian, geologist, and physician in early nineteenth century America who, among other accomp...

GIVE ME BACK MY RAGS

SIMIC, Charles (trans.) POPA, Vasko · 1985

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

Portland. Trace Editions. First Edition. One of 600 copies of the regular edition consisting of loose sheets in a portfolio. SIGNED by Simic on the title page though not issued as such.. Fine

PICTURE BOOK: 10 LITHOGRAPHS & SIGNED COLOPHON PAGE

CHARLOT, Jean · 0

$1,562.50 (€1,417.62 | £1,182.69 | ¥249,432)

[New York]. [John Becker]. First Edition. Included are 10 of the 32 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS from PICTURE BOOK printed in 6 or 7 colors on zinc signed in the plate by Charlot with a colophon page SIGNED by the artist, the printer, Lynton Kistler, and the designer, Merle Armitage. ...

BASIL SEAL RIDES AGAIN

WAUGH, Evelyn · 0

$562.50 (€510.34 | £425.77 | ¥89,795)

Boston. Little, Brown. First Edition. Color frontispiece. One of 1000 numbered copies SIGNED by Waugh. This copy additionally INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Alec Waugh in 1963: "For Atalanta [Arlen]/As a Christmas card/with love/from the author's brother.". Light spotting to cloth. L...

THE MEZZANINE

BAKER, Nicholson · 0

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

New York. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. First Edition. Author's first book.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

HIDING PLACE

WIDEMAN, John Edgar · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

London. Allison & Busby. First British Edition. Published in 1981 in America in a paperback edition, this is the first hardcover edition.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED (ALS) with Archive of Related Materials

ADAMS, Richard · 51982

$812.50 (€737.16 | £615.00 | ¥129,705)

Mountain View, CA. AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED of 4 pages. About personal matters but primarily concerned with making corrections in an interview eventually published in the WEBSTER REVIEW in 1985. Adams mentions Kipling, Dickens, Trollope, and others, as well as his being presi...

ADDRESSES ... AT THE DEDICATION OF THE ROOMS IN THE SOUTH WING OF THE CAPITAL FOR THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY...

LAPHAM, I. A. & SALOMON, Edward · 1866

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

Madison. W. J. Park. First Edition. Printed wraps; 31 [1] pages. Early Wisconsin printing. One word corrected in blue pencil.. Some worming along spine of wraps. Good

THE SLEEPING GYPSY

GARRETT, George · 1958

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

Austin. University of Texas. First Edition. Garrett's third book. Illustrated with drawings by Jo Alys Downs.. Jo Alys Downs. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

THE HISTORY OF OREGON AND CALIFORNIA, AND THE OTHER TERRITORIES ON THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA...

GREENHOW, Robert · 1845

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

Boston. Little & Brown. Second Edition. Blue wraps, complete with half-title page; [20] 492 pages. Graff 1652; Howes G-389; New Howes G-386 "b": "Leading contemporary authority, well documented"; Sabin 28362. The important edition with Greenhow's answer to Falconer's Stricture...

THE BEAUTIES OF HERVEY: OR DESCRIPTIVE, PICTURESQUE AND INSTRUCTIVE PASSAGES, SELECTED FROM THE WORKS OF THIS DESERVEDLY ADMIRED AUTHOR, viz. MEDITATIONS AMONGST THE TOMBS--REFLECTIONS ON A FLOWER GARDEN--DESCANT ON THE CREATION--CONTEMPLATIONS ON THE NIGHT--THE STARRY HEAVENS--A WINTER PIECE--THE MOST IMPORTANT, INTERESTING, AND PICTURESQUE PASSAGES FROM THERON AND ASPASIO--LETTERS AND SERMONS--MISCELLANIOUS TRACTS-- RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS--AND--REMARKS ON LORD BOLINGBROKE'S LETTERS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, MEMOIRS OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE AND CHARACTER; WITH AN ELEGIAC POEM ON HIS DEATH

HERVEY, James · 1797

$106.30 (€96.44 | £80.46 | ¥16,969)

Wilmington, DE. Peter Brynberg. New Edition. Duodecimo (4" x 6-3/4") bound with the half-title page in original sheep leather with a gilt-lettered red morocco label; 226 [6] pages. Evans 32249.. Paper darkened. One page torn with no loss; rear blank and endpaper partially pres...