Charles Agvent

JOURNALS 1939-1983

SPENDER, Stephen · 1985

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Franklin Center, PA. Franklin Library. First Edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and photographs. Limited and true First Edition SIGNED by the author and with a special introduction by him not included in the trade edition.. Fine

LEILA: FURTHER IN THE DESTINIES OF DARCY DANCER GENTLEMAN

DONLEAVY, J. P · 1983

$37.50 (€34.02 | £28.38 | ¥5,986)

Franklin Center, PA. Franklin Library. First Edition. Bound in gilt-decorated full brown leather. The true First Edition, one of an unspecified limitation SIGNED by the author with an introduction by him not in the trade edition.. As New, still in shrinkwrap

THE SLEEPING FURY

BOGAN, Louise · 1937

$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.31 | ¥24,951)

New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. First Edition. Poet's third book. This copy SIGNED by her on the front free endpaper with the signature of theater set designer Oliver Smith on the front pastedown. A difficult title to find signed.. Some soiling and wear, still Very Good, la...

RECESSIONAL

MICHENER, James · 1994

$87.50 (€79.39 | £66.23 | ¥13,968)

Franklin Center, PA. Franklin Library. First Edition. Bound in decorated leather and illustrated with a frontispiece. Limited edition preceding the trade edition with a special message by the author not in the trade edition and SIGNED by him as well.. Fine, as new

THE NIAGARA BOOK

TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel] et al · 1893

$6,250.00 (€5,670.48 | £4,730.74 | ¥997,727)

Buffalo. Underhill & Nichols. First Edition. Publisher's decorated green cloth stamped in brown and silver. SIGNED by the book's most famous contributor "Truly yours, Mark Twain" on the first blank. BAL 3437: Fourth Printing. Contains the first appearance of Twain's "Extracts ...

PUNCH, BROTHERS, PUNCH! AND OTHER SKETCHES

TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel] · 0

$9,375.00 (€8,505.72 | £7,096.11 | ¥1,496,591)

Edinburgh. E. & S. Livingstone. First British Edition. Bound in original stiff green wraps rebacked with cloth retaining most of the original spine. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front free endpaper "To Rev. R. Eden, With the author's kindest regards. Mark Twain Sept. 5/78." Acc...

PUNCH, BROTHERS, PUNCH! AND OTHER SKETCHES

TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel] · 0

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.15 | ¥69,841)

New York. Slote, Woodman & Company. First Edition. Publisher's printed pictorial orange wraps. BAL 3378: "Second Edition," though second printing might be more accurate.. Minor wear to wraps, crease to lower front corner. Very Good

BROADSIDE SUITE containing Five Broadsides in a Folder

O'BRIEN, Tim; BAMBARA, Toni Cade; JUSTICE, Donald; KNIGHT, Etheridge; KUMIN, Maxine · 19871988

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

Minneapolis. Minnesota Center for Book Arts. First Edition. Each broadside (11-1/2" x 15-1/4") is one of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. Included are "From How to Tell a True War Story" by Tim O'Brien, "State of the Art" by Toni Cade Bambara, "Young Girls Growing Up...

THE ISLAND WOMEN OF PARIS

DOVE, Rita · 1990

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

[Minneapolis]. Minnesota Center for Book Arts. First Edition. Handset 11" x 15" broadside attractively printed in red and black. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by the former United States Poet Laureate.. Fine

THREE GUINEAS

WOOLF, Virginia · 0

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York. Harcourt, Brace and Company. First American Edition. Fine, bright copy with the dustwrapper front flap laid in

THE DARK NIGHT

SINCLAIR, May · 1924

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. MacMillan. First Edition. Parchment-backed blue boards. Copy #268 of 350 numbered and SIGNED copies. Sinclair, a major writer of her day, was a woman suffrage advocate who is perhaps best known for coining the phrase "stream of consciousness.". Tasteful bookplate on ...

THE PEACOCK'S TAIL

HOAGLAND, Edward · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. McGraw-Hill Book Company. First Edition. Hoagland's third book, a novel.. Lighter than normal wear to bottom edge due to the type of cloth. About Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustwrapper

STARLINGS, GRACKLES, REDWINGS

[LEVINE, Philip] JOHNSON, Markham · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

Ft. Lauderdale, FL. South Florida Poetry Review. First Edition. Johnson's first book, a chapbook, selected by Philip Levine who has SIGNED this copy on the title page.. Fine

TALKING PEACE. A VISION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

CARTER, Jimmy · 0

$218.80 (€198.51 | £165.61 | ¥34,928)

New York. Dutton Children's Books. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Third printing. The first book by a former U.S. president to address young readers. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED "Best Wishes to ----" and SIGNED in full as "Jimmy Carter" on the half title page....

ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN

LASH, Joseph · 1981

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

Franklin Center, PA. Franklin Library. Decorated leather. Limited Edition reissue of this Pulitzer Prize-winning story of the relationship between the Roosevelts. Illustrated with a frontispiece. With a previously unpublished message by Lash to his readers and SIGNED by the au...

LAUGHING ANNE & ONE DAY MORE

CONRAD, Joseph · 1924

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

London. John Castle. First Edition. First Combined Edition with a new introduction by John Galsworthy.. Neat owner name dated 1924 on front endpaper. Some offsetting to endpapers from dustwrapper which is soiled at the rear with chips to the spine head extending slightly to th...

GOODBYE, COLUMBUS

ROTH, Philip · 1978

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Franklin Center, PA. Franklin Library. First Limited Edition. Bound in gilt-decorated red leather. SIGNED Limited Edition reissue of Roth's first book with a new two-page preface by the author.. Small nick, bump to bottom edge; some spotting to top bulked edge of text. Near Fine

PARKTILDEN VILLAGE

ELLIOTT, George P · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

Boston. Beacon Press. First Edition. Novelist, poet, and critic's first book. . Bumped upper front corner. Short closed tear to bottom of front panel of dustwrapper. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

SAPPHIRA AND THE SLAVE GIRL

CATHER, Willa · 1940

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Advance Copy with the page stating such tipped in as the front endpaper.. Bookplate on front pastedown. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

IRONICAL TALES

HOUSMAN, Laurence · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. Doran. First Edition. Possibly a review copy with the date of 25 February 1927 stamped on spine of dustwrapper. Fables in irony, "Laughter Flung at the Gods.". Near Fine in attractive Near Fine dustwrapper with one small chip and minor edgewear