Clayton Fine Books

Swan's Island

Spires, Elizabeth · 1985

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Fine 1st Edition Henry Holt & Co 56 Fine in wrappers

The Great Calm of the Antilles (fiction) in The Literary Review: Italian Number (Autumn 1959)

Calvino, Italo; also, Giato Spagnoletti, Elsa Morante, Demonico Rea, Anna Banti, Gianni Manzini, Mario Tobino, Carlo Cassolar, and more · 0

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Near Fine 0 Near fine in wrappers with fading to spine and wrinkle to spine (appears to be due to the printing). Complete issue. Includes an essay, "Contemporary Italian Fiction" by Giato Spagnoletti.

2 Complete WWI issues of "Leslie's Illustrated Weekly" with Covers by C. Leroy Baldridge (February 16, 1918 and February 23, 1918)

1918

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Baldridge, C. Leroy Near Fine 1st Edition Leslie's 0 Both are complete issues of Leslie's and in near fine condition with only light fading and light address stamp to front, in mylar sleeves. Feb 16, 1918 cover is of 2 soldiers, the American soldier lighting a cigarette. The s...

2 Complete Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper with Charles Sarka WWI cover illustrations (June 1, 1918 and June 29, 1918)

1918

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Sarka, Charles Near Fine 1st Edition Leslie's 0 Both are complete issues of Leslie's and in near fine condition with only light fading and light address stamp to front. The covers are "Comfort" with YMCA's letters in background showing WWI Aerican soldier writing what appears ...

Tiger Woods Launces New Ear (Woods's 1st Masters) in The Augusta Chronicle (April 17, 1997)

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$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Fine 1st Edition 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall 0 Fine complete newspaper. One of the most historic moments in golf history preserved in this complete newspaper sealed in mylar for preservation. Huge headlline and color photo of Tiger Wood full-length. The 10 records his performanc...

Are You Loathsome Tonight?: A Collection of Short Stories

Poppy Z. Brite · 2000

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

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

Gee thanks, Brooks! (poster/print)

(Brooks Robinson) · 0

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Rockwell, Norman Fine 1st Edition 0 Fine print pasted to cardboard (essentially a poster for hanging/framing) of Brooks Robinson in uniform and in Memorial Stadium signing a ball for a happy boy with many adult and one child's faces behind him all with big grins. Printed benea...

Obama Takes Oath, and Nation in Crisis Embraces the Moment headline story with color photo of Michelle and Barack Obama on inauguration day) in The New York Times (January 21, 2009)

(Barack and Michelle Obama); Peter Baker · 0

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Fine 1st Edition 0 This is a fine, complete copy of January 21, 2009 NYT with large headline and story by Peter Baker. With an informal photo of the Obamas linking hands outside the Capitol, walking on their way to the White House on inauguration day, Jan 20, 2009. Many relate...

Suicide Blonde

Steinke, Darcey. · 1992

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Fine 1st Edition ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS. 0 Fine in fine dust jacket. As new.

Little Mattie (poem) in Harper's New Monthly Magazine (July 1861)

Browning, Elizabeth; Wm M. Thackeray; Ansthiony Trollope; Porte Crayon · 1861

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Good 1st Edition Harper & Brothers New York 0 Good in wrappers. Complete issue showing some foxing, wear to foot of spine, and wear to corners. Also, "A Summer in New England: The White Mountains" by Porte Crayon, "The Adventures of Philip" by Samuel M. Thackeray (chps 13-14...

When Thou Sleepest in Harper's New Monthly Magazine (November 1861)

Bronte, Charlotte; Wm M. Thackeray; Anthony Trollope · 1861

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Millais, J.E. Good 1st Edition Harper & Brothers New York 0 Good condition, entire magazine with minor wear to spine, some corners small hole to front cover along spine, some foxing and tanning, some foxing and fold to one page, name in pencil to front. Also chps 21 & 22 of ...

Watching and Wishing in Harper's New Monthly Magazine (January 1861)

Bronte, Charlotte; Wm M. Thackeray · 1861

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Fair 1st Edition Harper & Brothers New York 0 Fair condition, entire magazine with wear to spine, corners and edges and some foxing and tanning. Also, "About Thomas Hood" by William M. Thackeray.

The Case of the Killer-Diller in Dime Detective Magazine (May 1939)

Woolrich, Cornell · 1939

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Good 0 Good in wrappers with tiny tears to edges of coves and one 4" closed tear to top edge of front cover near spine. Complete and original issue. Also fiction by Leslie T. White and Jan Dana.

Yellow Handkerchief in Youth's Companion (May 11, 1905) "Seven Tales of the Fish Patrol, VII"

London, Jack · 1905

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Near Fine Perry Mason 0 Near fine in self-wrappers. This issue was never bound.

Yellow Handkerchief in The Youth's Companion (Seven Tales of the Fish Patrol" Part VII) (May 11, 1905)

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$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Near Fine 1st Edition 0 Near fine in self-wrappers.

Yellow Handkerchief in Youth's Companion (May 11, 1905) (Seven Tales of the Fish Patrol, Part VII)

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$76.00 (€68.95 | £57.53 | ¥12,132)

Near Fine 0 Near fine in self-wrappers. Never bound.

Temperance: Total Abstinence and Prohibition (article) in Portsmouth Weekly (May 18, 1878)

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$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Good 1st Edition 0 1 sheet folded twice to make 8 pages in good condition with fading, folds, some wear to edges and small hole to middle of fist page at center fold which doesn't affect lengthy article with poem on "Temperance" which appears on p. 7.

Charles Dickens' Speech at the "Boz Dinner" National Intelligencer (February 10, 1842)

Dickens, Charles; Josiah Quincy, Jr. (President of Harvard) · 0

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Good 1st Edition 0 Very good complete 4-page newspaper showing minor wear and closed tears to spine where disbound. The dinner was given by the young men of Boston and includes the long glorious toast given by Josiah Quincy, Jr., President of Harvard, who presided, and Dickens...

Presidential Proclamation to Congress on Canadian and American Borderline and "for the final suppression of African slave-trade" in "National Intelligencer" (November 12, 1842)(

Tyler, John; (Charles Dickens) · 0

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Very Good 1st Edition 0 Very good complete 4-page newspaper showing minor wear and some splitting to spine where disbound and mainly light foxing. "Official Proclamation" of the treaty made between the United States of America and "Her Majesty, the Queen of the United Kingdom ...

Early Letters on the Bequest for the "Smithsonian Institute" in National Intelligencer" (June 11, 1840 and June 16, 1840)

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$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Very Good 1st Edition 0 2 very good complete 4-page newspapers showing minor wear and closed tears to spine where disbound. The June 11, 1840 newspaper prints a lengthy letter in support of Adams' putting Astronomy above any other science in the institute proposed by Smithson....