New York: The Dial Press, 1975. Pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon. First edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket [$6.95]. This charming retelling of an African folk tale is a classic example of cause and effect. It won the Caldecott Medal in 1976, making Leo Dillon the first Black.....
Simon and Schuster, 1971. First edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket.
New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation, 1965. First American edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket [$4.95]. Life with an Alsatian.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. First edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket. THE BEAR, DIVINE When Kelderek found the massive bear in the wilderness, he never imagined it would be the Messenger of God. However, as Shardik's influence over the hunter and the Ortelgan people grows, its.....
New York: Hodder and Stoughton, [1909]. With twenty-three full-color tipped-in illustrations by Edward J. Detmold. Color frontispiece mis-bound at p. 109. First American Trade Edition, first printing. Publisher's full green cloth, illustratively stamped in black and titled in gilt, housed in publisher's illustrated box. Quarto. xvi, 152pp. 9.25" x 6.5".....
New York: Ballantine Books, 2022. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket. PARENTHETICAL PANDEMICS Most well known for her novel The House of the Spirits, Allende settles into another female-focused epic, offering a fictional autobiographical account of author Violeta Del Valle's life. With her life bookended by.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First American edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket.
New York: Viking Press, 1972. First edition, first printing. Hardcover in dust jacket.
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1931. Illustrated by Sidney Armer and Laura Adams Armer. First edition, first printing. Publisher's orange cloth, decoratively stamped in brown with Navajo art, top edge stained orange, in dust jacket. UNKNOWN NEWBERRY 1932 Newberry winner, Laura Adams Armer (1874-1963), did not know the.....
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1975. First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth, in Wendell Minor dust jacket ($6.95). 232pp. “Steven Ashley” — long an enigmatic name in the crime shelves — was in fact Donald McCaig, later acclaimed for his award-winning Civil War and Southern historical novels, including.....
New York: Crown Publishers, 1980-1990. First editions, first printings. All volumes in publisher's quarter cloth, in Hiroko dust jackets (not price-clipped). NEANDRATHAL ROMANCE NOVELS Beginning with The Clan of the Cave Bear in 1980, Jean M. Auel's Earth's Children series revolutionized historical (or pre-historical) fiction, selling over 45 million.....
Paris: Chez Claude Barbin, 1691. Vignette of Marcus Aurelius writing outside of his tent in military garb, by Sébastien Le Clerc; headpieces, and initials. First French translation (Dacier) edition. Rebound in full nineteenth-century tan polished calf, gilt rules, gilt spine compartments, black morocco spine labels, green silk ribbon markers, aeg.....
Henry Holt and Company, 1998. First edition, first printing. Glossy, photographic wrappers (paperback). Signed by Auster on the title page. This was Auster's directorial debut.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985. First edition, first printing. Light brown coarse-grained cloth with photographic cover label, stamped in black, in publisher's mylar cover. 14.5" x 11" AVEDON'S UNVARNISHED AMERICA With raw clarity and monumental detail, Avedon's In the American West is a stark visual indictment of the.....
London: Turnstone Press Ltd., 1972. Photographs by Russell Munson. First British edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket [£1.50]. This beloved allegorical fable of a seagull learning to fly not just for utility's sake has spoken to the hearts of millions of readers. By author and pilot Richard Bach, Jonathan.....
New York: Charles Scribner, 1859. Twenty-two hand-colored lithographs including frontispiece by C. M. Badger (all tissue guards present). First edition, first printing. Publisher's full brown morocco, ornately blind stamped, floral decorations to front board and spine stamped in gilt, dentelles blind stamped, aeg. Large Quarto. viii, 44. 14.5" x 11.25".....
New York: Viking, 2012. Exclusive signed edition. Hardcover, in dust jacket. POETIC PROSE AND TWO TIMELINES Ancient Life, the winner of the 2012 novel category of the Irish Book Awards, is the final book in Banville's Cleave Trilogy. The novel features a dual narrative, as Alexander Cleave recounts falling.....
London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son, [1927]. Twenty four full color illustrations by Cicely Mary Barker, with several black and white illustrations. First edition, first printing. Publisher's illustrated boards, in Cicely Mary Barker dust jacket (3/- net), in custom quarter, light brown, crushed morocco slipcase. 5.5" x 4.25" CHANGING THE.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 2016. First edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Barnes won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for his novel, The Sense of an Ending. This is his first publication after his win and is a fictionalized reflection from Dmitri Shostakovich, the Soviet-Russian composer and pianist. Join Shostakovich.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First American edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket. TWENTIETH-CENTURY ENCHANTMENT Barnes, 2011 Man Booker Prize winner, explores the theme of enchantment in Staring at the Sun, first published in England in 1986. His story follows Jean Serjeant from her girlhood in the.....
London: Edward Moxon, 1849. First edition, first/second printing. Publisher's slate green cloth, blind stamped with rules and floral pattern, spine titled in gilt. Octavo. [8, ads (dated January 1, 1845)], 250, [1], [blank]; 257. 7" x 4.5" Barrett's breakout collection earned her near-instant acclaim in both the UK and America.....
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1962. Drawings by Burt Silverman. First edition, first printing. Hardcover, in dust jacket. LEGEND ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS "There is a young legend developing on the west side of the mountains. It will, inevitably grow with the years." Denver author.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's grey boards, decoratively stamped in white and gilt, teg. THE MOTHER OF PETER PAN'S CREATOR A devout Scotswoman, Margaret Ogilvy profoundly shaped her son J. M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan. Losing her eldest (and favorite).....
London: Cassell and Company, 1896. First edition, first printing, first issue. Publisher's deep purple cloth, spine title stamped in gilt, teg, grey, decorated endpapers, housed in custom quarter green morocco slipcase with chemise. Octavo. viii, 452, 4, [16, pub. catalogue]. 8" x 5" SIGNED PREMONITION OF PETER PAN J......
London: Cassell and Company, 1900. First edition, first printing. Publisher's deep purple cloth, spine title stamped in gilt, teg, grey, decorated endpapers, housed in custom quarter green morocco slipcase with chemise. Octavo. viii, 431, [1], 8 ads. 8" x 5" THE BOY WHO HAD TO GROW UP Tommy Sandys.....