Clayton Fine Books

White Fruitcake

Welty, Eudora · 1980

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Fine First Edition Albondocani Press New York 0 First issue without the press name on the title-page. Fine in wrappers. One of 450 copies. This copy bears a signed presentation from the publisher on the title-page.

Alfred Bester (Starmont Reader's Guide)

Wendell, Carolyn · 1982

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Near Fine First Edition Borgo Press Mercer Island 0 Near fine in wrappers with light wear.

The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress. 1915

Wickware, Francis G., editor · 1916

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Very Good First Edition D. Appleton New York 0 The Outlook Edition. Very good in original red cloth-covered boards.

A Selection of Curious Articles From the Gentleman's Magazine. Volume two

1809

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Near Fine Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme London 0 Full leather with a maroon spine label. Shelfwear, brief foxing, nineteenth-century bookplate. Binding strong.

Spring in London Magazine (March, 1955).

Welty, Eudora. · 1955

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Near Fine First Edition Chatto & Windus London 0 Near fine in original wrappers.

JCO and I. (1/25 signed copies) A Keepsake specially printed to accompany a loan exhibition of the Hannelore and William Heyen Collection of works by Joyce Carol Oates, April 13, 1994 - October 26, 1994. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, The University of Rochester Library, Rochester, New York

Oates, Joyce Carol · 1994

$140.00 (€127.02 | £105.97 | ¥22,349)

Fine Issued without dust jacket. First Edition Ewert Concord 0 Fine. Number 10 of 25 hardcover copies numbered and signed by Oates. Attractive rare item.

Duet for Cannibals (signed)

Sontag, Susan · 1970

$90.00 (€81.65 | £68.12 | ¥14,367)

Very Good Very Good First Edition Farrar Straus & Giroux New York 0 Very good in original boards and price-clipped dust jacket with wear at the head of the spine and a bit of wear at the tips. Slight foxing on the top edge and shelf wear. Signed by Sontag.

Tear Down and Build Over Again in American Review (November, 1845)

Whitman, Walt [as Walter]. · 1845

$90.00 (€81.65 | £68.12 | ¥14,367)

Near Fine First Edition Wiley and Putnam New York 0 Near fine in original wrappers with a smal nick at the top of the spine and previous name. Complete issue. One of Whitman's earliest publications. Rare item.

Span of a Century in Grapho-Analysis with a reprint of Poe's "Autography" in Southern Literary Messenger (July, 1939)

(Poe, Edgar Allan) Bunker, Milton Newman · 1939

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Very Good First Edition Richmond 0 Original wrappers loose but present and a small corner bump to the rear panel.

Key to the Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe in Southern Literary Messenger (August, 1941)

(Poe, Edgar Allan) Pittman, Diana · 1941

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Near Fine First Edition Richmond 0 Near fine in original wrappers with light wear and a small rubber stamp. Also in this issue is a facsimile of a portion of a Poe letter.

Leaning Sycamores: Natural Worlds of the Upper Potomac

Wennerstrom, Jack · 1996

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Fine Fine First Edition The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore 0 Fine in dust jacket. Signed by Wennerstrom.

Leaning Sycamores: Natural Worlds of the Upper Potomac

Wennerstrom, Jack · 1996

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Fine Fine First Edition The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore 0 Fine in dust jacket. Review copy with publisher's information laid in. Signed by Wennerstrom.

Dictionary of American Slang

Wentworth, Harold;Flexner, Stuart Berg · 1975

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Fine Near Fine Crowell New York 0 Near fine with some tiny fleck spots on the top edge and dust jacket with light wear. Uncommon.

New Essays on Virginia Woolf (New Essays on English Literature, No 1)

(Woolf, Virginia) Wussow, Helen, editor · 1995

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Fine Issued without dust jacket. First Edition Contemporary Research Press Dallas 0 Fine in cloth-covered boards. Issued without dust jacket.

The Demonstrators in New Yorker (November 26, 1966)

Welty, Eudora · 0

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Fine First Edition 0 Fine in original wrappers. Complete issue.

Initial report on the Supreme Court decision, McCulloch v. Maryland. Published under the title, "Sovereignty of the States" in Niles Weekly Register (March 13, 1819)

(Marshall, John) · 1819

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

Near Fine First Edition Baltimore 0 This issue is in generally fine condition with light foxing and minor roughness along the disbound edge. The Niles' Weekly Register took up a position against the Supreme Court's decision in this case. McCulloch v. Maryland is generally reco...

Figure in an Imaginary Landscape [profile of John Cage] in New Yorker (November 28, 1964)

(Cage, John) Tomkins, Calvin · 1964

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Fine First Edition 0 Fine with light wear to original wrappers.

Strafford: A Tragedy in Five Acts by R. Browning in Edinburgh Review (July, 1837)

(Browning Robert) · 1837

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Near Fine First Edition Edinburgh Review 0 The American issue of The Edinburgh Review (Theodore Foster's Edition). The original blue wrappers of this issue show minor discoloration. The interior has a marginal dampstain on the first two pages and minor scattered foxing. Overal...

Moon Lake in Sewanee Review, 57 (Summer, 1949).

Welty, Eudora · 0

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Near Fine First Edition 0 Near fine with some fading along the spine. This issue also contains Caroline Gordon's "Notes on Chekov and Maugham" also appears in this issue.

The importance of Being Oscar: The Life and Wit of Oscar Wilde

Nicholls, Mark · 1980

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Near Fine Very Good St. Martin's Press New York 0 Near fine (light bumpng to board and spine extremities) in very good dust jacket with light wear to edges and light rubbing.