Clayton Fine Books

Mark Twain Again in Weekly People's Cause (December 27, 1879)

Twain, Mark · 1879

$80.00 (€72.58 | £60.55 | ¥12,771)

Good+ First Edition 0 Front page, Twain's remarks at the seventieth birthday celebration of Oliver Wendell Holmes. This original, complete paper is in near fine condition with a rough separation along the previously bound edge.

Primitive Stage Setting in Theatre Arts (January, 1928)

Austin, Mary · 0

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Fine First Edition 0 Fine with minor wear to this issue. George Bernard Shaw also contributes to this issue.

'Waste' and the Censor [long letter to editor] in Nation (February 8, 1908).

Shaw, George Bernard · 1908

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Very Good First Edition London 0 Light foxing and wear along the binding edge. Shaw's piece is a long letter to the editor.

Front page portrait of Eiffel and Eiffel Tower and "M. Eiffel" in Scientific American (June 15, 1889)

Eiffel, Gustavo and Eiffel Tower. · 1889

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

Fine First Edition Scientific American 0 This disbound issue is in fine condition. Outstanding illustrations of Eiffel and the Eiffel Tower accompanying a biographical article about him.

The Torches

Tate, James · 1971

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Near Fine 2nd Edition, 1st Printing Unicorn 0 Near fine in illustrated wrappers with light wearto top of spine.

My Reviewers Reviewed: A Reply to Various Clergymen Who Had Criticized an Agnostic's Lectures on Freethought

Ingersoll, Robert G. · 1940

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Near Fine First Edition Haldeman-Julius, n.d. [circa 1940] Girard, KS 0 Near fine in original wrappers showing light fading.

Rare Walt Whitman Cover Portrait on complete issue of "The Illustrated American" (April 19, 1890)

(Whitman, Walt) · 1890

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Gribayèdoff, Valerian Near Fine 1st Edition Illustrated American 0 Near fine with slight wear to spine where disbound and short closed -Whitman item. One descriptive paragraph describing Walt Whitman in language he often used (could have been written by Whitman who was a great...

The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

Isaacson, Walter · 2025

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New New 1st Edition Simon & Schuster 80 New book. 1st printing.

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Brown, Daniel James · 2013

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Fine Fine Viking 416 Fine in fine dust jacket.

Sweet Hearts

Thon, Melanie Rae · 2000

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Fine Fine 1st Edition Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 240 Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW. Author's signature on tipped in sheet.

Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales (Library of America, 2nd printing)

Poe, Edgar Allan · 1984

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Fine 2nd Printing Library of America 1408 Fine in fine slipcase. Stated second printing.

The Achievement of Arthur Miller: New Essays

(Miller, Arthur) Centola, Steve, editor · 1995

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Fine Issued without dust jacket. First Edition Contemporary Research Dallas 0 Fine in cloth-covered boards. Issued without dust jacket. Collection of 15 essays by Christopher W. E. Bigsby, Gerald Weales, Janet Balakian, and Steven Centola, among others. Covers "Death of a Sal...

Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Instruments Under the Hand and Seal of William Shakspeare: Including the Tragedy of King Lear and a Small Fragment of Hamlet, from the Original Mss. in the Possession of Samuel Ireland,of Norfolk Street

Ireland, Samuel (Editor) (William Shakespeare forgery) · 1796

$1,100.00 (€998.00 | £832.61 | ¥175,600)

Fair 1st Edition Cooper and Graham London 0 Fair in boards (separated). Wear to edges of boards, backstrip missing. some foxing to pages. Photos sent upon request. This extremely rare volume (the first printing of an octavo edition) of famous Shakespeare forgeries survives ov...

The Baker Street Journal. An Irregular Quarterly of Sherlockiana. Volume 1, Number 1

Morley, Christopher, Anthony Boucher, Vincent Starrett, and other contributors · 1946

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Good First Edition Ben Abramson New York 0 Good in original wrappers showing narrow creases to top and bottom edges of approximately pp. 1-40 and light soiling to top edge. Rare copy.

Lady Windermere's Fan and The Importance of Being Earnest

Wilde, Oscar; John Gielgud (introduction) · 1973

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Walton, Tony As New Fine Heritage Norwalk 0 As new book in as new slipcase. Boards covered in lavender-colored linen with flower design stamped in, slipcase covered in lavender paper. Plays are published dos-a-dos. Introduction by Gielgud at front of "Lady Windemere's Fan". Fa...

The Writings of Oscar Wilde: A Woman of No Importance and An Ideal Husband (limited, numbered edition)

Wilde, Oscar · 1907

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Near Fine A.R. Keller London & New York 0 Very good in gray buckram-covered boards showing minor rubbing to board edges and folds and spine, label somewhat faded to spine, pages clean and bright with NO FOXING OR OTHER MARKINGS. This is #222 of 800 copies. Illustrated.

The Writings of Oscar Wilde: Essays, Criticisms, and Reviews (numbered, limited edition)

Wilde, Oscar · 1907

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Near Fine A.R. Keller London & New York 0 Near fine in gray buckram-covered boards showing minor rubbing to board edges, label somewhat faded to spine, pages clean and bright with NO FOXING OR OTHER MARKINGS. This is #222 of 800 copies.

The Magic of Blood

Gilb, Dagoberto · 1993

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New New 1st Edition 1st Printing Univ of New Mexico Pr 287 New in new dust jacket. Author's signature on tipped-in page.

First, Body

Thon, Melanie Rae · 1997

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New New 1st Edition 1st Printing Houghton Mifflin 0 New copy. Signed by author on tipped-in page.

The Writings of Oscar Wilde: Poems in Prose

Wilde, Oscar · 1907

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Very Good A.H. Keller London 0 Very good in cloth-covered boards with rubbing along edges of boards, light tanning and rubbing to spine, minor bumping to some corners. Pocket on back endpaper and light library stamp to title page and back pastedown, only signs of it being ex-l...