New Arrivals
The Brontes' Web of Chidhood
New York: Columbia University Press, 1941. Illustrations in black & white. 293 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. (chipped and toned, tape repairs at edges). New York: Columbia University Press, 1941. A very good(+) book in a good dust wrapper. More
Trylongs and Perisites [The World's Unfair Guests]
New York: Greystone Press, 1939. Illustrated on most pages with humorous cartoons relating to the World's Fair. Slim 8vo, original blue and orange pictorial boards, lightly worn at extremities, matching dust wrapper, tattered. New York: Greystone Press, 1939. First edition. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Song of the Queen Bee.
Acuin Society, 1969. Broadside poem, 13 x 20 inches, in red & black calligraphic print. Alcuin Society, 1969. Issued as a keepsake, reprinting a poem which originally appeared in the New Yorker. More
Ancient Symbol Worship. Influence of the Phallic Idea in the Religions of Antiquity
New York: J.W. Bouton, 1875. Frontispiece plate and other images throughout. 98 pages. Slim 8vo, original gilt-lettered brown cloth. New York: J.W. Bouton, 1875. Second edition. A very good(+) copy. More
Negro Mecca: A History of the Negro in New York City, 1865-1920
New York: New York University, 1965. 246 pages. 8vo, orange cloth, tattered d.w. New York: New York University, 1965. First edition. Just a bit of wear at head, still a very good clean copy in a poor dust wrapper. More
The Dancing Waiters: Some Collected Travels
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. Introduction by James Cameron. xxiii + 195 pages, 8vo, blue cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper lightly edeworn. London: Hamish Hamilton, (1975). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
NYPD Confidential: Power and Corruption in the Country's Greatest Police Force
New York: Thomas Dunne, 2009. xiv + 304 pages, 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, (2009). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Last Resort
New York: Random House, 1982. 8vo, cloth backed board, d.w. New York: Random House, (1982). First Edition. Fine. As new review copy, signed by the author. More
Letters to Christopher: Letters to Christopher Isherwood 1929-1939.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. Edited by Lee Bartlett. 8vo, corduroy backed printed boards. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. Limited Edition. One of 50 special copies, hand bound and slipcased by Earle Gray, and signed by both Spender & Bartlett. More
Love: Four Versions
Winston-Salem: Palaemon Press, 1981. Thin tall 8vo, linen backed marbled boards. (Woinston-Salem): Palaemon Press, (1981). Limited Edition. Fine. Number 49 of 200 copies, signed by the poet. More
The Age of Grief
New York: knopf, 1987. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1987. First Edition. Signed by Smiley. More
Maggie Now
New York: Harper, 1958. 8vo, loth, d.w. New York: Harper, (1958). First Edition. Fine. More
Styles of Radical Will
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1969. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1969). First Edition. Autographed by Sontag. More
The Track of the Cat
New York: Random House, 1949. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Random House, (1949). First Edition. Review copy. The dust wrapper, designed by E. McKnight Kauffer, is price clipped and has a tape repair on the verso, but is bright & attractive. Basis for a film starring Robert Mitchum. More
Joy in the Morning
New York: Harper & Row, 1963. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Harper & Row, (1963). First Edition. The dust wrapper has a crease & a short closed tear on the front panel. Signed by Betty Smith on a tipped in page, which also has a diagonal crease. More
Big As Life
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1966). First Edition. Doctorow's second book, which he disavowed and was never reprinted. Very good copy with light wear at the edges of the dust wrapper & a light smudge on the blank flyleaf. More
Sweet Thursday
New York: Viking, 1954. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Viking, 1954. First Edition. First issue, with the top stained red; no blurbs on back of dust wrapper. Exceptionally nice, bright copy. More
Beyond the New Deal: Harry S. Truman and American Liberalism
New York: Columbia University Press, 1973. 635 pages. Thick 8vo, red cloth, lightly worn d.w. New York: Columbia University Press, (1973). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Tiffany Touch.
New York: Random House, 1971. Illustrated. 309 pages, 8vo, purple cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped, minor chipping to edges. New York: Random House, (1971). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Angle of Repose.
New York: Doubleday, 1971. 8vo, gray-green cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Doubleday, 1971. First Edition. Fine. Signed by Stegner on the half-title. First issue dust wrapper, with photo on the back panel. More
The Tolstoys: Twenty-Four Generations of Russian History 1353-1983
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1983. Illustrated. 368 pages, 8vo, red cloth, d.w. London: Hamish Hamilton, (1983). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Year of the Monkey
New York: Knopf, 2019. Small 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf. 2019. First Edition. Fine. Autographed by Smith on the title page. More
The Collected Stories
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1969. 8vo, purple cloth, d.w. New York: Farrar Straus, (1969). First Edition., Fine. Autographed by Stafford, and with a printed card reading "Compliments of the Author" More