Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First American edition. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo in green gilt boards. [8], 376 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (wood-engravings) ; 18 cm 8vo. Sewn. Series: Louisa May Alcott anthology; || Sequel to Little women || Contents: Nat -- The boys -- Sunday -- Stepping-stones..... More
London: Heinemann, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Paperback octavo with white spine. 214 pages, 19 cm. Series: African writers series ;; 70; || Abstract: A satire of the calamity resulting from a schoolmaster's appointment as minister of works in a newly independent African country. || Politicians -- Fiction. Languages & Literatures..... More
Los Angeles: Lookout Publication Co., 1975. Paperback. Paperback yellow octavo. 192 pages ; 18 cm. Translation of Les onze mille verges and Les exploits d'un jeune don Juan. || "Two French Classics of Erotic Realism" -front cover. Eros, erotica, sexuality. || Series: A Biblion classic ;; BC 108;. More
Cambridge, Mass. Houghton Mifflin, 1950. first edition. Hardcover. Octavo in grey cloth boards in color illus. (spine) and white dust jacket; 248 p., 22 cm. Contents: The Miracle -- Maud -- The Fall of a Sparrow -- Finish, Good Lady -- The Unholy Three -- The Ambassadress -- The Edification..... More
Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., N.D. Early reprint. Hardcover. Hardcover quarto with tan cloth. Color Illustrated pastedown to front cover with black text and illustration to spine. 270 pages : b/w illustrations throughout (no color plates) ; 23 cm. 1907 is only date listed; presumably printed sometime between 1929 and..... More
Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1956. White cover ed. (Tall). Hardcover. Hardcover quarto in light green cloth boards. 236, [14] pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. Uncommon edition || Abstract: Dorothy gets swept into the Land of Oz by a cyclone. She meets a living Scarecrow, a man made..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1928. Copyright pages states "Reprinted January 1928", thus presumably the second printing of first edition. Hardcover. Hardcover black octavo. 312 pages ; 19 cm. Horror. Mystery. Fiction. More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Hardcover in black DJ with white spine. 322 pages ; 24 cm. Terrorists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction. More
London: Methuen, 1974. First UK edition. Hardcover. Medium Octavo in white photo-illus DJ; 349 p. ; 21 cm. Transvestites, cross-dressing; Novel; fiction. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. First edition, 6th printing. Hardcover. Orange octavo in archival mylar wrap; xxiv, 403 pages : portrait ; 22 cm. "A manual for cleaning women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. With her trademark blend of humor and melancholy..... More
N.Y., N. Y. Universal Publishing, 1937. A Universal Romance Special Edition (reprint). Paperback. Paperback octavo with white spine. 127 pages, 19 cm. Scarce || "A Universal Romance Book"-title page. || "The unexpurgated adventures of luscious Carmine Mitchell, whose natural warm-blooded passions were checked too long by a jealous sister. When..... More
New York, N.Y. Ace Publishing Corporation, 1950s-1960s. Various printings. Pocketbook. 16 pocketbooks (3 duplicates). All with color illustrated covers. Most part of the Ace Science Fiction Classic series. A few covers illustrated by Frank Franzetta. Titles: The People that Time Forgot (x2), The Monster Men, Beyond the Farthest Star, Tarzan..... More
Mankato, Minn. Creative Education, 1990. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo in color illustrated DJ (white spine). 32 pages ; 23 cm. Abstract: An Algerian schoolteacher develops a strange alliance with the Arab prisoner temporarily left in his charge, giving him the chance to select his own destiny. More
New York: Knopf, 1972. Second American edition. Hardcover. Hardcover small quarto in black and color illustrated DJ. xvi, 278 pages ; 22 cm. Translation of Los Pasos Perdidos. || Translated from the Spanish by Harriet de Onís, and with an introduction by J. B. Priestley. More
Philadelphia: Penn Pub. Co., 1921. First edition? Hardcover. Octavo in dark green boards; 223 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Boy Scouts -- Juvenile fiction. More
New York: Harper, 2012. Signed First Edition, full number line. Hardcover. Hardcover quarto with red DJ. 468 pages ; 24 cm. Inscribed by author. "This signed edition of Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon has been specially bound by the publisher"-second free end paper. || Contents: 1. Dream of Cream --..... More
New York: Dell, 1969. First Dell printing. Paperback. Paperback white pocketbook. 185 pages 19 cm. Series: Dell Book,; 0773; || Gay men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama. Interpersonal relations -- Drama. More
Bend, Or. Maverick Publications, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Paperback off white quarto. 122 pages ; 22 cm. Signed by author on title page. || Ranch life -- Oregon -- Juvenile fiction. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2013. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Hardcover large octavo in teal DJ. 294 pages ; 22 cm. "New York Times Bestselling Author of The Starboard Sea"-front of DJ. Contents: Lyndon -- Damage control -- The order -- A splendid wife -- Stella..... More
New York: Timescape Books : Distributed by Simon and Schuster, 1981. Book club edition. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo in color illustrated cover with black spine. 239 pages ; 22 cm. Lovely copy with stunning front jacket illustraion in full-color. Abstract: God is not dead, he has merely been exiled to an..... More
New York: Barefoot Books, 2000. Hardcover. Hardcover large quarto with yellow spine. 95 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm. Includes 2 CDs. || Contents: Children of Lir -- Fair, brown, and trembling -- Twelve wild geese -- Lusmore and the fairies -- Son of an otter, son of a...... More
Chicago: Thompson & Thomas, 1887. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. Hardcover quarto in red cloth boards. xv, 412 pages : b/w illustrations, portrait ; 22 cm. Country life -- Fiction. Humorous fiction. Pastoral fiction. California. Illinois -- Chicago. More
London: Pan Books, 1966. 7th Pan Books printing. Paperback. Paperback pocketbook with black spine. 122 pages, b/w illustrations ; 18 cm. Line drawings by Susan Benson. || Pan Books G712. More
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984. 1st ed., 1st printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth duodecimo in white illus dust jacket and archival mylar wrap; ix, 84 s. : illustrations ; 20 cm. "In this Postscript, the reader looks over Eco's shoulder as he conjures up the abbey's labyrinthine library, plots a...... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. Third printing. Hardcover. Hardcover large octavo with red dust jacket, 491 pages ; 23 cm. Author signed on title page. "The Circle is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers, best-selling author of A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book..... More