FIRST EDITION
One Life at a Time, Please.
New York: Henry Holt, 1988. Black cloth backed red boards, small 8vo, d.w. New York: Henry Holt, (1988). First Edition. Fine. Signed and dated by the author on the fly leaf. Santa Fe, 11/26/88. More
Cats and Bats and Things with Wings
New York: Atheneum, 1965. Illustrated in color and black and white by Milton Glaser. Unpaginated slim 4to, yellow cloth (gently rubbed and bumped at the corners). New York: Atheneum, 1965. First edition. Very good condition. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "For Aaron and Linda from Conrad with love 1965." More
Ragged Dick; Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks
Boston: Loring, 1868. 8vo, original embossed green cloth, spine title in gilt. Boston: Loring, (1868). First Edition.; First state with "Fame and Fortune" announced for December, and Dick standing alone on the engraved half-title. Good copy of a book frequently found in deplorable condition. The book is cocked; some blistering and staining on covers; repair to inner front hinge; pencillled bibliographic notes on endpaper, but altogether attractive. More
Strong and Steady; or, Paddle Your Own Canoe
Boston: Loring, 1871. 5 illustrations, including frontispiece; yellow tinted end-leaves. 8vo, green cloth, stamped in gilt & blind; edges rubbed; light shelf-wear. Boston: Loring, (1871). Early edition Third title in the Pluck and Luck series. More
Nelson Algren's own book of Lonesome Monsters
New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1963. 213 pages, 8vo, orange boards with a dark gray cloth spine (stained and spotted on the spine), dust wrapper (heavily worn and torn) in a mylar sleeve. New York: Bernard Geis Associates, (1963). First printing. A very good(-) copy in a poor dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "For Roger and Fay Donoghue, may your shadows never grow less - Nelson." More
The Long Chalkboard and Other Stories
New York: Pantheon, 2006. Profusely illustrated in black and white by Jules Feiffer. Unpaginated oblong 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Pantheon, (2006). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Inscribed on the half-title page: "To [...] - With much love, and huge gratitude - you made this book happen - Jenny Love, Jules Feiffer." More
The Long Chalkboard and Other Stories
New York: Pantheon, 2006. Profusely illustrated in black and white by Jules Feiffer. Unpaginated oblong 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Pantheon, (2006). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Inscribed and signed by Allen and Feiffer on the title page: "To All of the Hornes - with lots of love, Jenny and Jules Oct 06." More
Tight Shot
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. 262 pages, 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper with mylar cover. New York: St. Martin's Press, (1995). First edition. Near fine. Signed in full by the author on the title page. More
The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
New York: Knopf, 1965. Translated from the Portuguese by Barbara Shelby. Interesting illustrations by Emil Antonucci. 97 pages. Thin 8vo, decorative boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1965. First American Edition. More
Man in the Middle
New York: ESPN Books, 2007. 290 pages, 8vo, gray cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: ESPN Books, (2007). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Boldly inscribed in black marker on the half-title page: "To George & Peter, Best Wishes, John Amaechi." More
Dark Laughter.
New YorkB: Boni & Liveright, 1925. 317 pages. Large 8vo, original vellum-backed black boards (spine sun-darkened and foxed, as usual; contemporary ownership info on front pastedown; wrinkle on front flyleaf). New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Limited First Edition. A very good copy. Number 80 of 350 signed copies. More
Children of Abraham
New York: Putnam, 1942. 433 pages, 8vo, black cloth (gently edge-worn and bumped). New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1942). First edition. Very good(-) condition. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Dr. F. Breitbarth with best wishes, Sholem Asch, Stamford, May 42." More
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror: Poems
New York: Viking, 1975. 83pp., coth backed boards, d.w. New York: Viking, (1975). First Edition. Review copy, with publicity photo and broadside. Autographed by Ashbery on the title page. More
The Atonement and Other Stories
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. 275 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Signed on half title. More
The Education of Oscar Fairfax
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 225 pages, 8vo, purple cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Signed in full by the author on the front free endpaper. More
The Education of Oscar Fairfax
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 225 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Signed, "For...with best wishes Louis Auchincloss" on the half-title page. More
Exit Lady Masham
Franklin, 1983. Illustration by Istvan Ventilla. 169pp. Thin 8vo, gilt stamped red leather, a.e.g. Franklin Library, 1983. Fine. Signed first edition. More
False Gods
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. 214 pages, 8vo, black cloth dust wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Barbara with love, Louis." More
The Lady of Situations
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. 274 pages, tall 8vo, beige and green cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. First edition. Fine. Signed in full on the title page. More
A World of Profit
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. 265 pages, 8vo, silver-stamped blue cloth with a black label on the spine, dust wrapper (worn). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Signed in full in a large hand on the flyleaf. More
A Writer's Capital
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1974. 160 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, dust wrapper. Wrapper has small chip on top right front cover, otherwise in near-fine condition. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, (1974). First Edition Author signature-- presentation copy. More
Observations.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. Profusely illustrated with fine photographs by Avedon, many full-page. Comments by Capote. 151 pages. Thin folio, glossy white printed boards (spine is very lightly darkened at ends; internally clean), printed board slipcase (overall still sturdy but well-worn, yellowed and chipped). New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First edition. A very good(+) book in a good slipcase. More
Observations.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. Profusely illustrated with fine photographs by Avedon, many full-page. Comments by Capote. 151 pages. Thin folio, glossy white printed boards. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First edition. Fine copy with glassine dust wrapper, in the publisher's printed board slipcase, which is near fine, but tanned at edges. More