Charles Agvent

THE JUDGE IS FURY

CUNNINGHAM, J. V · 1947

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. The Swallow Press and William Morrow and Company. First Edition. Author's second book, 1000 copies printed by Carroll Coleman at the Prairie Press. Master of the epigram and one of our most underrated poets.. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with light edgewear

AT THE END OF THE OPEN ROAD

SIMPSON, Louis · 0

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

Middletown, CT. Wesleyan University. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Poet's second book.. Very Good

CUBA NIGHT

SMITH, Dave · 0

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. William Morrow and Company. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in yellow wraps. Large promotional card laid in.. Date in red ink on cover. Near Fine

A SEASIDE MOUNTAIN: 8 POEMS FROM JAPAN

LEITHAUSER, Brad · 0

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

Sarabande Press. First Edition. Red cloth. Illustrated with 8 wood engravings by the author's brother Mark Leithauser. One of 300 copies SIGNED by the author and by the illustrator.. Mark Leithauser. About Fine without dustwrapper, as issued

A PASSION IN ROME

CALLAGHAN, Morley · 0

$106.30 (€96.44 | £80.46 | ¥16,969)

New York. Coward-McCann. First Edition. This much under-rated Catholic Canadian writer's most elaborately symbolic novel. INSCRIBED to ------ "this is a book I like" and SIGNED by the author.. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper with quarter-sized chip at head of spine and tw...

PUDD'NHEAD WILSON

TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel] · 1974

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Avon, CT. Limited Editions Club. Two volumes with the text in a tall octavo volume (7" x 10-3/4") bound in pictorial buckram and accompanied by the much smaller (3-1/2" x 5-1/4") "Pudd'nhead Wilson Calendar" bound in marbled wraps. Both are housed in the same slipcase. Printed...

A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS

THOREAU, Henry David · 1975

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

[Lunenburg]. Limited Editions Club. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-7/8") bound in green buckram and green marbled paper; 352 pages. Introduction by Charles R. Anderson. Printed at the Stinehour Press. One of 2000 numbered copies illustrated with drawings by Raymond Holden and SIGNED by th...

IVANHOE

SCOTT, Sir Walter · 1951

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Two octavo volumes (6-1/8" x 9-1/4") bound in full decorated linen; 512 pages. Illustrations by Edward Wilson hand-colored through stencils in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #1322 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.. Edw...

WESTWARD HO!

KINGSLEY, Charles · 1947

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Two quarto (7" x 10-1/2") volumes bound in half canvas stamped in red, black, and gold leaf with a design by Edward Wilson, and green paper sides bearing a two-color drawing. Introduction by John Winterich. One of 1500 numbered copies illustrat...

VIEWS AT & NEAR STANFORD UNIV.

JORDAN, D.S. & ELLIOT, Orrin · 1919

$37.50 (€34.02 | £28.38 | ¥5,986)

Stanford Bookstore. First. Octavo. Uncommon.. Tipped-in photos/color plts. Paper cover is gone from spine & chipped elsewhere. Contents VG

CHARLOT MURALS IN GEORGIA

CHARLOT, Jean · 0

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

[Atlanta]. University of Georgia Press. First Edition. Quarto (7-3/4" x 10-1/4"). The total printing consisted of 2500 copies. Introduction by Lamar Dodd. Illustrated with photographs of Charlot's murals by Eugene Payor. . Jean Charlot. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

MAGAZINE OF THE FINE ARTS AND JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND SCIENCE Vol. IV, #7-#9; May-July 1834

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

London. M. Arnold. Octavo, 256 pages. Articles on the death of Thomas Stothard and the present state of sculpture, among others.. Spine chipped. Probably lacking a plate or two. VG

A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS

BEWICK, Thomas · 1792

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.46 | ¥79,818)

Newcastle. S. Hodgwon et al.. Third Edition. Demi-octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") bound in contemporary calf leather, recently and neatly rebacked; x, 483 pages. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings by Thomas Bewick.. Title page spotted otherwise only light foxing. Near Fine

ANYWHERE BUT HERE

SIMPSON, Mona · 1987

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. First book by Steve Jobs's sister, with blurbs by Walker Percy, Louise Erdrich, John Ashbery, and others. Basis for the film starring Susan Sarandon.. Near Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dustwrapper

PIONEER IMPRINTS FROM FIFTY STATES

TRIENENS, Roger · 1973

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

Washington. Library of Congress. First Edition. Quarto, 87 pages. . Facsimiles. Near Fine

DOCUMENT SIGNED (DS)

BRUCE, Blanche K · 1890

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Washington, DC. A deed SIGNED by Bruce as Recorder of Deeds, a position appointed to him by President Benjamin Harrison replacing Frederick Douglass. Bruce is best known as the first African-American to serve a full term in the United States Senate.. Crease marks from folding....

DICK DEADEYE

SEARLE, Ronald · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Delightful color illustrations by Searle based on a film which was based on Gilbert & Sullivan characters.. Ronald Searle. Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper

A SUITABLE BOY

SETH, Vikram · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Harper Collins. First Edition. Advance Reading Copy in pictorial wraps. The first trade printing consisted of 100,000 copies.. Near Fine

THE OXFORD COMPANION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE

HARVEY, Paul [ed.] · 0

$37.50 (€34.02 | £28.38 | ¥5,986)

Oxford. Clarendon Press. 2nd Edition. Octavo, viii, 912 pages. . Very Good

NINE-HEADED DRAGON RIVER

MATTHIESSEN, Peter · 1986

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

Boston. Shambhala. First Edition. In these journals Matthiessen intersperses his personal account of his recovery from his wife's death through the practice of Zen with a history of Buddhism in America.. Slight foxing to top bulked edge of text; tiny tear to outer margin of ha...