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The Mad Carews

OSTENSO, Martha (1900-1963) · 1927

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

New York Dodd, Mead First Printing First Edition (same date on title and copyright pages) of the author's third novel, set in Minnesota. Small 8vo: [6],346pp. Publisher's coarsely woven green cloth, spine and upper cover decorated with a wheat stalk and lettered in gilt, decor...

The Apes of God

LEWIS, Wyndham (1882-1957) · 1932

$274.00 (€248.60 | £207.40 | ¥43,754)

New York Robert M. McBride First Printing First American Edition (First published, February, 1932, on copyright page) of Lewis's satire of the postwar bohemian elite. 8vo: [4],625,[3]pp. Publisher's grey cloth, the spine and upper cover titled and trimmed in red, with a red to...

[Emblem Book] Lucis Evangeliae, sub velum sacrorum emblematum, reconditiæ, pars tertia. Hoc est cæleste pantheon sive cælum novum in festa et gesta sanctorum totius anni, selecta historia, & morali doctrina varie illustratum : pars posterior

ENGELGRAVE, Henricum (1610-1670) · 1658

$1,399.00 (€1,269.30 | £1,058.93 | ¥223,402)

Antverpiae [Antwerp] apud viduam & haeredes Joannis Cnobbari, sub signo S. Petri. Rare Antwerp impression of Engelgrave's best known work, two parts (with separate title pages) in one volume. 4to (228 x 176mm): [4],352[334 misprinted 234],[44, indices]; [4],492[but 494: pp. 15...

Henderson the Rain King

BELLOW, Saul (1915-2005) · 1959

$326.00 (€295.78 | £246.76 | ¥52,058)

New York Viking Press First Printing First Edition, First State, of the author's fourth (and perhaps most loved) book and one of Modern Library's 100 Best Novels. 8vo; [8], 341pp. Publisher's beige quarter-bound linen, spine lettered in orange, silver, and black, orange cloth-...

Simpson: A Life

SACKVILLE-WEST, Edward (5th Baron Sackville, 1901-1965) · 1931

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

New York Alfred A. Knopf First Printing First Edition (so stated) of the author's fourth of five semi-autobiographical novels, uncommon in this condition. 8vo: [8],364,[2]pp. Publisher's black cloth decorated in red and lettered in gold, top edge stained red, others untrimmed;...

Mr. Glencannon Ignores the War

GILPATRIC, Guy (1896-1950) · 1944

$34.00 (€30.85 | £25.74 | ¥5,429)

New York E. P. Dutton First Edition, as stated First Edition (so stated). 8vo: 157pp. Publisher's grey cloth, the spine and upper board lettered in blue, the top edge stained brown. About Fine, about Fine pictorial dust jacket priced $2.00. Fine- Fine- Gilpatric was an Ameri...

Dialogues of the Dead, In Three Parts. I. Dialogues of the Antients. II. The Antients with the Moderns. III. The Moderns. Translated from the French. With a Reply to some Remarks in a Critique, call'd The Judgment of Pluto, &c. And Two Original Dialogues.

FONTENELLE, Bernard Le Bouyer de (1657-1757) · 1708

$701.00 (€636.01 | £530.60 | ¥111,941)

London Printed for Jacob Tonson, within Grays-Inn Gate next Grays-Inn First edition of this translation, by John Hughes, superseding that of Dryden, of Nouveaux dialogues des morts. 8vo; [2], l, [2], 209 [1]pp, with a finely engraved frontispiece. Bound in contemporary or sli...

Elementa Geographiae Generalis, Triplici Sectione Exposita, I. Praeliminaris naturam & constitutionem, itemque studii istiussara monstrat. II. Doctrinalis assections ejus demonstrat, & III. Artificialis objecti repraesentationem commonstrat. Cum Praestatione, Figuris aeneis, & indice.

LIEBKNECHT, Jo[hann]. Georg (1679-1749) · 1712

$424.00 (€384.69 | £320.94 | ¥67,707)

Frankfurt Dominicus a Sande First Edition, in Latin. Foolscap 8vo (160 x 98mm): [14],476,[38]pp, with title-page vignettte of galleon in full sail, woodcut head- and tailpieces and historiated initials, and 25 folding copper-engraved plates. Bound in speckled paper-covered bo...

The Unknown Shore

O'BRIAN, Patrick (1914-2000) · 1959

$349.00 (€316.64 | £264.17 | ¥55,731)

London Rupert Hart-Davis First Impression First Impression of this forerunner of the Jack Aubrey series. 8vo: 256pp. Fine publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in black; about Fine (lightly rubbed with no loss) first-state dust jacket, priced 15s, without a trace of fading to ...

The Mansion

FAULKNER, William (1897-1962) · 1959

$86.00 (€78.03 | £65.10 | ¥13,733)

New York Random House First Edition First Printing (so stated) of the third (and concluding) novel of the Snopes family saga. 8vo: [12],436pp. Publisher's blue coarsely woven cloth, upper cover and spine ruled in grey and lettered in gold, top edge stained yellow, blue end pap...

Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients

POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000) · 0

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

New York Periscope-Holliday First Printing First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) ...

Skylines and Horizons [Poems]

HEYWARD, Du Bose · 1924

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

New York Macmillan First Printing First Printing of the author's first book, preceded by Carolina Chansons, written with Hervey Allen. Crown 8vo: vii,74pp. Publisher's quarter-bound cloth spine lettered in gilt (still bright) over royal blue cloth-covered boards decorated pape...

Three Junes [Signed]

GLASS, Julia · 2002

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

New York Pantheon First Printing First Printing (with full number line) of the author's first novel, set in Greece, Scotland, Greenwich Village, and Long Island, tracing the lives of a Scottish family. Signed by Glass, without inscription, on title page. 8vo: 353pp. Publisher'...

The Collector

FOWLES, John (1926-2005) · 1963

$574.00 (€520.79 | £434.47 | ¥91,660)

London Jonathan Cape First Edition First Impression of the author's important first novel. 8vo: 283 [1]pp. Publisher's rust-colored cloth with matching top stain, spine stamped in gold; price-clipped first issue dust jacket (without reviews) illustrated by Tom Adams. A Fine, b...

Sam the Sudden

WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975) · 1925

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

London Methuen First Edition First Impression ('First Published in 1925'), without the dust jacket. Small 8vo: viii,248,[8, publisher's catalog]. Original textured red cloth, spine and upper cover stamoed in black. Near Fine with front end papers skillfully renewed, light spot...

No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories

MARQUEZ, Gabriel Garcia · 1968

$349.00 (€316.64 | £264.17 | ¥55,731)

New York Harper & Row First Edition, as stated First Edition (so stated) of the author's first book published in English translation, a novella and eight short stories. 8vo: [4],170pp. Publisher's quarter-bound brick-red cloth stamped in burgundy, mustard paper-covered boards,...

The Bride of the Innisfallen and Other Stories [Signed]

WELTY, Eudora (1909-2001) · 1955

$424.00 (€384.69 | £320.94 | ¥67,707)

New York Harcourt, Brace First Printing First Edition (so stated), first state binding (vivid green cloth spine), second issue (title / copyright leaf a cancellans, with multiple dates [1949-1955]). Signed by Welty in her tiny scrawl on title page. 8vo: [8],207,[1]pp. Publishe...

Barbary Shore

MAILER, Norman (1923-2007) · 1952

$34.00 (€30.85 | £25.74 | ¥5,429)

London Jonathan Cape First Impression A virtually flawless example of the first UK edition of the author's second book, in the stunning red, white, and black wraparound dust jacket, illustrated by Laterka and priced 12s/6d. Fine (and apparently unread) publisher's blue cloth s...

Nothing Serious

WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975) · 1951

$124.00 (€112.50 | £93.86 | ¥19,801)

Garden City Doubleday First Edition, as stated First Edition (so stated). 8vo: 222pp. Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in black; cream-colored pictorial dust jacket, priced $2.50 Near Fine (thin line of sunning to top cover, dusty top edge, neat gift inscription to front...

Six Feet of the Country

GORDIMER, Nadine (1923-2014) · 1956

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

New York Simon & Schuster First Printing First Printing (stated) of the author's second collection of stories to be published in the United States. Near Fine or better (slight soiling and toning to the spine) quarter cream linen cloth spine with green paper-covered boards and ...