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In the Absence of Angels
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. 243 pages, 8vo, black cloth (spine gently faded). Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. First edition of her first book. Very good condition. Inscribed on the half-title page: "Hortense Calisher as in the beginning." More
Kissing Cousins: A Memory
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1988. 118 pages, 8vo, pink boards with a brick-colored cloth spine, dust wrapper (rubbed at the corners). New York: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, (1988). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Inscribed on the half-title page: "Hortense Calisher for Fernando & Quentan." More
Poems Written by Students While Attending Hunter College High School.
16mo, wrappers, printed label. N.Y., 1927. First Edition. Includes three poems by Calisher; her first published work. Extremely scarce. More
Queenie: A novel About an Old-Fashioned Modern Girl
New York: Arbor House, 1971. 282 pages, 8vo, bind-stamped light gray cloth with green lettering on the spine, dust wrapper. New York: Arbor House, (1971). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Inscribed on the flyleaf: "For Richard & Floriano from Hortense." More
The Railway Police and The Last Trolley Ride
Boston: Little Brown & Company, 1966. 248 pages, 8vo, tan cloth (small smudge on front cover). Boston: Little Brown & Co., (1966). First edition. Very good(+). Inscribed on the flyleaf: "For John - with great respect for A View of Fuji. Hortense." More
Standard Dreaming
New York: Arbor House, 1972. 127 pages, slim 8vo, blind-stamped beige cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Arbor House, (1972). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Inscribed by Calisher on the half-title page to the philanthropists Edith and Martin Segal. More
In the Absence of Angels.
Boston: Little Brown, 1951. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (lightly edge-worn & spine faded). Boston, 1951. First Edition. The author's first book. With an affectionate 14 line presentation to her editor. More