Clayton Fine Books

Methods and Results: Essays

Huxley, Thomas · 1897

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Good First Edition D. Appleton New York 0 Good condition in half brown leather showing wear and most of spine cover missing. Wear to extremities and edges of boards, marbled paper to boards, name of former owner in light blue ink to inside front board. Gold-tinted edge to bott...

An Acting Erecting Louisiana into Two Territories for the Temporary Government Thereof in The Repertory (March, 1804)

(Thomas Jefferson and Louisiana Purchase) · 1804

$195.00 (€176.92 | £147.60 | ¥31,129)

Very Good First Edition Boston 0 Complete four-page small format newspaper in very good condition with a small corner chip and a near complete separation along the spine.

Observations on Ezra Pound in Esquire (September, 1959)

Capote, Truman (contributors to this issue include Robert Penn Warren, Alan Harrington, Kingsley Amis, Dorothy Parker, Howard Nemerov, and others) · 1959

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Two photographs Ezra Pound by Richard Avedon Near Fine First Edition New York 0 Near fine in original wrappers with a light bump on the lower right corner. Complete, original issue.

Apple Bough Soliloquy

Stafford, Kim · 1995

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Lowdermilk, Susan (line drawings) Fine Issued without dust jacket. First Edition (Limited and Signed) Lone Goose Eugene 0 Fine condition. Poetic "soliloquy" with subtle line drawings by Susan Lowdermilk gracing every page. 6.2x6.8 in book, designed, redesigned, printed and bou...

Essays on George Washington, the presidency in the eighteenth century, Mount Vernon, and other topics in White House History, Number six (Fall, 1999)

(George Washington) Breeden, Robert L., foreword. Essays by John Rhodehamel, John Riley, William Seale, Robert F. Dalzell, Jr., Lee Baldwin Dalzell, C.M. Harris, Dorothy Twohig, Betty C. Monkman · 1999

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Illustrated Near Fine First Edition White House Historical Asociation Washington 0 Near fine in original illustrated wrappers with a nick at the top of the spine.

A Full and Correct Report of Mr. Fox's Speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday, the 25th of March, 1801 in Support of Mr. Grey's Motion for an Enquiry into the State of the Nation Wherein He Shows the Deplorable Situation to which the Country is . . .

Fox, C.J. [Charles James] · 1801

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Very Good First Edition J.S. Jordan London 0 Complete and original in wrappers with toning, soiling and a few minor creases. 30 pages with a four-page catalogue of other publications at the end. Distinctly uncommon.

Washington's Farewell Address in Harper's Weekly (September 19, 1896)

(Washington, George) Ford, Waothington C. · 1896

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Two facsimiles Very Good First Edition Harper & Bros New York 0 Complete, original disbound issue in very good condition with wear along the disbound edge.

Washington's Commission [as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in Harper's Weekly (July 4, 1896)

(Washington, George) Ford, Paul Leicester · 1896

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Photograph of Washington's Commission Very Good First Edition Harper & Bros New York 0 Complete, original disbound issue in very good condition with wear along the disbound edge.

The One Term Principle in Galaxy (October, 1871)

Greeley, Horace · 1871

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Frontispiece engraved portrait of Anthony Trollope Near Fine First Edition Sheldon & Co. New York 0 Near fine in original wrappers with chips at the spine extremities and light edgewear. Complete issue.

A Correspondence in Galaxy (October, 1871)

Turgeneff (Turgenev), Ivan · 1871

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Frontispiece engraved portrait of Anthony Trollope Near Fine First Edition Sheldon & Co. New York 0 Near fine in original wrappers with chips at the spine extremities and light edgewear. Complete issue.

The Dover Road in Everybody's Magazine (May, 1922)

Milne, A.A. (J.D. Beresford also contributes to this issue) · 1922

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Very Good First Edition Ridgway New York 0 Very good in original wrappers. Rare item.

Shanghai Scene in Asia (February, 1934)

Buck, Pearl · 1934

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Steve Savage, illustrator Near Fine First Edition Asia Magazine New York 0 Near fine in original wrappers.

The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Thomas Hutchinson, editor · 1925

$80.00 (€72.58 | £60.55 | ¥12,771)

Engraved frontispiece portrait of Shelley by Emery Walker Near Fine Oxford University Press London 0 xxiv+912 pages. Near fine. Bound in full leather covered boards with gilt decorations on all aspects, gilt edges, and marbled endpapers. Rubbing on the tips and the external sp...

It's in the Cards in New York Times Magazine (Julyl 21, 1991)

Chabon, Michael · 1991

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Near Fine First Edition New York Times New York 0 Near fine in original wrappers.

Tom Wolfe, Entertaining Pop Writer; Doesn't Pass the Balzac Acid Test (Bloom) "Ladies and Gentlemen: I Defend My Buddy Tom" (Hayes) in New York Observer (November 9, 1998)

(Wolfe, Tom) Bloom, Harold and Ed Hayes with Amy Larocca · 1998

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Near Fine First Edition New York 0 Complete original issue in near fine condition with slight wear. Uncommon.

The Southern and Western Literary Messenger and Review (June, 1846)

Ward, George Atkinson, Philip Pendleton Cooke, Elizabeth Jessup Eames, Jane Tayloe Lomax Worthington, William Cowper Scott, W. Gardner Blackwood, Mary Elizabeth Lee, and other contributors · 1846

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Near Fine First Edition William Macfarlane Richmond 0 Very good in original wrappers with light edgewear, light soiling, and corner creases on covers and pages. Complete issue.

The Structure of Evolutionary Theory

Gould, Stephen Jay · 2002

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Fine Fine First Edition Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Cambridge 0 Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Clearly, the most important work on evolutionary theory since The Origin of the Species. Rare in this fine condition for a first edition, firs...

Mark Twain's Speeches

Twain, Mark. William Dean Howells, introduction · 1910

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.26 | ¥17,560)

Near Fine First Edition Harper & Bros New York 0 Near fine in red cloth-covered boards with modest fading to the spine. Uncommon first edition.

From Jack Maggs, beginning "Then he crept up the stairs. . . ." (Signed)

Carey, Peter · 1998

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Fine First Edition Burke's Book Store Memphis 0 Broadside excerpt from Jack Maggs, Carey's novel. #29 of 100 numbered copies signed by Carey. Printed on the occasion of Carey's reading on February 23, 1998 at Burke's Bookstore, Memphis. Fine condition. Uncommon signed Carey item.

She Stoops to Conquer (part two of serialization) in Harper's (January, 1885)

Goldsmith, Oliver · 1885

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Edward Abbey, six illustrations Near Fine First Edition Harper & Brothers New York 0 Near fine in original wrappers with light wear along the spine. Complete issue.