Clayton Fine Books

The Carlyles: A Biography of Thomas and Jane Carlyle

COLLIS, John Stewart · 1973

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Fine Very Good 1st Edition Dodd, Mead 206 Fine in very good+ dust jacket with light wear to upper edge of dust jacket.

The Collected Letters of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle. Volumes 1-15

Carlyle, Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle. Charles Richard Sanders and Clyde De L. Ryals, editors · 0

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,873)

Near Fine First Edition Duke University Press, 1970-1987 Durham 0 All volumes are near fine with some darkening along the spines. Issued without dust jackets. Some volumes bear the elegant bookplate of a distinguished critic of Carlyle and nineteenth-century literature. Rare.

Empty Mirror

Ginsberg, Allen; William Carlos Williams (introduction) · 0

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Sorrentino, Jesse Near Fine 1st Edition 0 Near fine in wrappers with wrinkle to pp. 9/10 and 11/12, light fading to covers. Price of $1.25 printed in lower corner of front cover, list of Corinth Books on back cover.

Vacation time: Poems for children

Nikki Giovanni · 1980

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Russo, Marisabina Near Fine Near Fine First Edition William Morrow New York 0 Near fine (slight dust spotting on top edge) in near fine dust jacket. Review copy with publisher's information laid in.

John Gardner: An interview (New London Interviews 3)

Gardner, John, Joyce Renwick, and Howard Smith · 1980

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Fine Issued without dust jacket. First Edition New London Press Dallas 0 Fine in original wrappers. No hardcover edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Gardner. This is #2.

Clinical Notes by a Resident Patient in The Street Journal (January 1946)

Morley, Christopher · 0

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Very Good 1st Edition 0 Original complete issue with short creases to corners of some pages and light fading to front. Rare item.

Allen Ginsberg Dying (poem broadside)

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence · 1997

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Keenan, David Near Fine First Edition [City Lights] 0 Single sheet (5.5" x 8.5") in near fine condition. Short, light ruffling to upper left-hand corner otherwise fine. Published shortly after Ginsberg's death and distributed at the American Bookseller's convention. One side...

Vigil: A Novel

Saunders, George · 2026

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New New 1st Edition Random House 192 New condition book and dust jacket.1st edition, 1st printing.

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.

A History of Reading

Manguel, Alberto · 1996

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Fine Viking Adult 384 Fine in wrappers.

Sweet Thursday

Steinbeck, John · 1954

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Very Good Good First Edition Viking New York 0 Very good (light bumping to board extremities) in good, mylar-covered dust jacket with two short closed tears to bottom edge of back, short closed tear to upper edge at front, and chip and light wrinkling to top of spine. Price st...

A Girl and a Boy Anthropoid Were Dancing in New Yorker (January 12, 1952)

Perelman, S.J.; also, Jean Genet ("Letter from Paris") · 1952

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Near Fine New Yorker New York 0 Near fine in wrappers with light rubbing (no tears or creases).

Heat Wave in American Mercury (April, 1935).

Buck, Pearl S. · 1935

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Near Fine First Edition New York 0 Near fine with light wear to wrappers and some foxing on the edges. Contributors to this issue include Ford Maddox Ford, Emma Goldman, Pearl S. Buck, Edgar Lee Masters, Aaron Copland, and Conrad Aiken.

Are You Loathsome Tonight?: A Collection of Short Stories

Poppy Z. Brite · 2000

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Fine First American Edition Gauntlet Press Springfield 0 Fine in wrappers. Signed by Brite on the half-title. Rare item.

Beyond Brecht: The Brecht Yearbook, 1982 (Volume 11)

Fuegi, John; Gisela Bahr; & John Willett, Eds. · 1983

$34.00 (€30.85 | £25.74 | ¥5,428)

Fine Very Good 1st Edition Wayne State Univ Press 264 Fine in very good dust jacket with light wear to edges. Most essays are in English. There are 3 in German. One especially intriguing title, "The FBI as Literary Historian: The File of Bertolt Brecht" by James K. Lyon.

Brecht and Company: Sex, Politics, and the Making of the Modern Drama

Fuegi, John · 1994

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Near Fine Near Fine 1st Edition Grove Pr 732 Near fine (slight bumping to extremities) in near fine dust jacket with light wear to top edge only (no tears).

One Violent Year

Brandon, Ralph · 1965

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Very Good First Edition. Fabian New York 0 Very good in wrappers with creases to lower corners of both panels, tiny chip to lower corner of front pane, short surface tear to spine.

Seven Plays

Brecht, Bertolt; Eric Bentley (Editor and Introduction) · 1961

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Very Good Good First Edition. Grove New York 0 Very good (some wear to spine extremities and board corners and dampstain along edge of both boards and spine) in good dj with dampstain in same area as book and tearing to edges. Stated first edition. Name in small handwriting to...

Being There

Kosinski, Jerzy · 1971

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Near Fine Fair 1st Edition Bodley Head London 0 Near fine (light foxing to upper edge) in fair dust jacket with tears and stains and .5"x.25" hole to front of dust jacket. NOT PRICE-CLIPPED.

Steps

Jerzy Kosinski · 1969

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Near Fine Very Good First Edition The Bodley Head London 0 Very good (slant to spine) in very good dust jacket with sunning to spine and short tears to edges and 2 small spots. Name, "Cambridge, 1969" written to front endpaper.