Charles Agvent

CAT MAN

HOAGLAND, Edward · 1956

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. First Edition. Attractive copy of the author's first book, a novel about the circus, winner of a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award.. Near Fine in a Very Good, typically rubbed dustwrapper with light edgewear

ARCTIC DREAMS

LOPEZ, Barry · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. First Edition. Co-winner of the National Book Award.. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

OF WOLVES AND MEN

LOPEZ, Barry · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. First Edition. Review copy with insert of author's third and perhaps best known book. . Foxing to bulked edges of text; crease to the inner front flap of the dustwrapper. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

ASTRAEA: THE BALANCE OF ILLUSION. A POEM DELIVERED BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY OF YALE COLLEGE, AUGUST 14, 1850

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell · 1850

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

Boston. Ticknor, Reed & Fields. First Edition. BAL 8757: State A, Binding A of original glazed boards: 2500 copies. . Spine, as is usually the case, partly eroded. Rubbed and edgeworn. Contents partly soiled, foxed. Good+

AN ESSAY OF HEALTH AND LONG LIFE

CHEYNE, George · 1725

$312.50 (€283.52 | £236.54 | ¥49,886)

London. George Strahan. Second Edition. Blindstamped paneled calf leather; xx [24] 232 pages. Chapters on proper diet, exercise, sleeping, etc. Aimed at the lay reader, much of Cheyne's advice was based upon his own hypochondria and continual struggle with obesity--at one time...

THE WOMAN OF ANDROS

WILDER, Thornton · 1930

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

New York. Albert & Charles Boni. First Edition. Small binding imperfection to rear board. Touch of wear to dustwrapper edges. About Fine, bright copy in close to Fine dustwrapper

THE SPORTSWRITER

FORD, Richard · 0

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. Vintage Contemporaries. First Edition. Ford's third novel, originally issued in this softcover edition with the hardcover edition appearing much later.. Red remainder stripe top edge. Near Fine

REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE

McCULLERS, Carson · 1941

$18,750.00 (€17,011.45 | £14,192.23 | ¥2,993,182)

Boston. Houghton Mifflin. First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author for George [Davis] "Who is my Best and Campiest Friend-- /And who, also, is the first/person to really take to this book-/You have helped me and/encouraged me in all ways/that were in your power-/And y...

FIRST WILL & TESTAMENT

[AUDEN, W. H.] PATCHEN, Kenneth · 0

$3,125.00 (€2,835.24 | £2,365.37 | ¥498,864)

New York. New Directions. First Edition. Patchen's second book, consisting of 800 copies, this copy INSCRIBED "with respect and admiration" for W. H. Auden on 10 May 1940 and SIGNED by Patchen. Patchen's first book brought him much acclaim including comparisons to Auden, unlik...

KING, QUEEN, KNAVE

NABOKOV, Vladimir · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. McGraw Hill Book Company. First Edition. "Of all my novels this bright brute is the gayest," writes Vladimir Nabokov in his Foreword to this revised and first English-language edition of a classic story.. Two tiny nicks on rear panel of dustwrapper. Near Fine in a pr...

THE EYE

NABOKOV, Vladimir · 1965

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Phaedra. First Edition. Advance Copy in wraps with dustwrapper with the publisher's address line on the copyright page and Trident Press noted on the rear dustwrapper flap. The dustwrapper is identical to the trade issue but slightly different in size extending above...

THE EYE

NABOKOV, Vladimir · 1965

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. Phaedra. First Edition. Advance Copy in wraps with dustwrapper with the publisher's address line on the copyright page and Trident Press noted on the rear dustwrapper flap. The dustwrapper is identical to the trade issue but slightly different in size extending above...

LINCOLN

VIDAL, Gore · 0

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. Random House. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in yellow wraps. Uncommon, and bulky, format for this book.. Light soiling and wear to covers. Near Fine

A MAGGOT

FOWLES, John · 1985

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

Boston. Little, Brown & Company. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in blue wraps. This edition preceded the English.. Very light soiling. Near Fine

ON DISTANT GROUND

BUTLER, Robert Olen · 1985

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Uncorrected proof in printed orange wraps.. Publisher's matter stapled to inner cover. Near Fine

THE TIMES ARE NEVER SO BAD

DUBUS, Andre · 0

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

Boston. David R. Godine. First Edition. Perhaps his best collection containing, among others, the moving "A Father's Story." SIGNED on the title page by the late author and INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the half-title page.. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH

CHABON, Michael · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. William Morrow and Company. First Edition. Author's highly acclaimed first book made into a lowly acclaimed film starring Peter Sarsgaard.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST

TYLER, Anne · 1985

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in cream wraps, the more uncommon first issue.. A little soiled and worn. Very Good

POEMS TO POETS

EBERHART, Richard · 0

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

Lincoln. Penmaen Press. First Edition. Illustrated with wood engravings. One of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by the author and the artist Michael McCurdy of a total edition of 1000. Tributes to Auden, Frost, Stevens, Yeats, and others.. Michael McCurdy. Fine in torn glassine

HELMETS

DICKEY, James · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

CT. Wesleyan. First Edition. Poet's second solo book, the wraps issue. Covers a little soiled. Very Good