Clayton Fine Books

Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle

Holmes, Oliver Wendell · 1883

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

H.W. McVickar Good First Edition Dodd, Mead New York 0 Good in original illustrated boards with wear at the extremities, spine darkened, rubbing, small spots on the rear panel. The front endpaper is detached, but present. This is an ex-library copy--not normally a plus, but in...

Both Sides of the Silver Question [cover title] / Both Sides of the Question Relating to the Double and Single Standard of Market Values

Monroe, James H. · 1893

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Very Good First Edition Daily America and Mercury New York 0 Very good in original wrappers with shallow chips and three small spots on the front panel and shallow chips and a short closed tear on the rear panel. 95 pages. Uncommon.

Bibliomania in the Present Day in France and England; or, Some Account of Celebrated Recent Sales

Philomneste Junior [Gustave Brunet] · 1800

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,918)

Near Fine Very Good First Edition J.W. Bouton New York 0 141 pages + catalogue. Near fine in stiff, plain white card wrappers with a few small spots and very good dust jacket with soiling and a few small spots. Presentation copy inscribed to a Rev. Stocking and signed by J.W. ...

The Emergence of a Black Catholic Community: St. Augustine's in Washington

MacGregor, Morris J. · 1999

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Fine First Edition Catholic University of America Press Washington 0 Fine in wrappers. Signed by MacGregor on the title-page.

Our Continent: An Illustrated Weekly Magazine. Volume One, numbers 1-21 (February 15, 1882 to July 5, 1882)

Tourgee, Albion W., editor. Oscar Wilde, Sidney Lanier, Julian Hawthorne, Josel Chandler Harris, James Hogg, George Washington (facsimile note), Sarah Orne Jewett, Helen Campbell, George Parsons Lathrop, Edward E. Hale, John Sartain, and other contribs · 1882

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,918)

Illustrated throughout Very Good First Edition Philadelphia 0 Very good in original boards with wear and starting along the spine. As a frontispiece to the volume, an engraved portrait of Albion W. Tourgee with facsimile signed quote is tipped-in. 336 pages.

Those Were the Days. The Day's Play, The Holiday Round, Once A Week, The Sunny Side

Milne, A.A. · 1929

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Very Good Very good slipcase Dutton, n.d. [1929] New York 0 Very good in original cloth-covered boards and slipcase. Spine sunned and brief foxing. Slipcase has edge scuffs. Quite rare.

Sections and Nation in Yale Review (October, 1922)

Turner, Frederick Jackson. Other contributors include Edna St. Vincent Millay, Zona Gale, William Alexander Percy, and others · 1922

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Near Fine First Edition Yale Publishing Association New Haven 0 Near fine in original wrappers with a chip at the base of the spine and light additional wear.

Uncle Valentine (serialization part two, conclusion) in Woman's Home Companion (March, 1925)

Cather, Willa · 1925

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Frances Rogers, illustrator Near Fine First Edition Crowell Springfield 0 Near fine in original wrappers.

Maurice Roche issue. Sub-Stance, 17 (1977)

Roche, Maurice, David Hayman, Gerard de Cortanze, Gerard Genot, Carol Jacobs, Claudia Reeder, James Leigh, and other contributors · 1977

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Near Fine First Edition Madison 0 Near fine in original wrappers with light wear.

Reminiscences on My Cartooning in Hogan's Alley, No. 3 (Spring, 1996)

Updike, John · 1996

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Fine First Edition Bull Moose Publishing Atlanta 0 Fine in original wrappers. Includes a nine-page gallery of his cartoons.

My Duel with Yellow Hand in Harper's Round Table (September, 1899)

Cody, W.F. (Buffalo Bill) · 1899

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Very Good First Edition Harper & Bros New York 0 Very good in original wrappers with a dampstain on the lower portion of the first pages.

L'Apres - Midi d'un Faune in New Republic (August 16, 1919)

Faulkner, William · 1919

$120.00 (€108.87 | £90.83 | ¥19,156)

Near Fine First Edition New Republic New York 0 This poem was William Faulkner's first national publication. In general this copy is in near fine condition with some roughness along the spine where it was previously bound and some general, but rather minor, darkening of the n...

History of the Fall of Fort Sumter: Being an Inside History of the Affairs in South Carolina and Washington 1860-1 and the Conditions and Events in the South which Brought on the Rebellion

Crawford, Gen. Samuel W. · 1896

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Near Fine 0 Rebound in blue-gray cloth-covered boards with front and spine labels. Uncommon.

In an Emir's Harem in Woman's Home Companion (September, 1934)

Hughes, Langston · 1934

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Andre Durenceau, illustrator Near Fine First Edition Crowell New York 0 Near fine in original wrappers. A small nick at the foot of the spine and a line of soiling on the top edge. Uncommon.

Three essays on portraits of George Washington and other family members and other matters in Century (May, 1890)

(Washington, George) Edith Robertson CLeveland, William Armstrong, Edmund Law Rogers, and Charles Henry Hart · 1890

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Very Good First Edition Century New York 0 Very good in original wrappers with light soiling, wear at a rear corner, and pencil signature.

American Authors and Artists in Rome in Lippincott's (November, 1884)

Didier, Eugene L. · 1884

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Very Good First Edition Lippincott Philadelphia 0 Very good in original wrappers with light edgewear and a spine lean.

Musical Instruments: Historic, Rare and Unique

Hipkins, A.J. · 1888

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.46 | ¥79,818)

Good First Edition Adam & Charles Black Edinburgh 0 Good in three-quarter leather. The binding on this copy is essentially shot although loosely holding together, however the interior pages, including the full-color engraved plates, are fine with only a few smudges in the marg...

Wars I Have Seen

Stein, Gertrude · 1945

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Near Fine Near Fine First Edition 1st Printing Random House New York 0 Near fine in unclipped, near fine dust jacketk showng light fading to back side. Slight wear to extremities of boards and light rubbing along upper edge of front spine.

All We Call American and "Poetry and School" + Cover Portrait of Frost in Atlantic (June, 1951)

Frost, Robert; Mark Van Doren (essay on Frost) · 1951

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Near Fine First Edition Boston 0 Near fine in original wrappers. Date stamp in the front panel. Essay by Mark Van Doren on Frost is also in this issue.

I Don't Believe in Spirits in Mentor (November, 1929)

Milne, A.A. · 1929

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Barney Tobey Near Fine First Edition Crowell Springfield 0 Near fine in original wrappers. Rare item.