New York: The Dial Press. Place Published: New York Publisher: The Dial Press Date Published: 1932 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover SCARCE AUTHOR SIGNED COPY First US edition. 7-1/2 x 5 inches. (10), 3-278pp. Signed by author on front end paper. Book is very good condition. Dust jacket with chips..... More
Date Published: 1844 to 188? Binding: No binding & hard cover Captain Frederick Marryat was a Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. He is noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novels and for his children's novels. He..... More
London: Richard Bentley. Place Published: London Publisher: Richard Bentley Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First UK edition. 2 volumes, 20cm, Vol. 1; [2] (prelim ads.)xx,[1]-293,[1],[2 ads]. Vol. 2; [4], [1]-294, [2 ads]. In the original extra blind decorated green cloth, pictorial gilt decorations on the upper covers..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 8 New Burlington Street Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. Place Published: London Publisher: Richard Bentley, 8 New Burlington Street Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty Date Published: 1852 Edition: 2nd Binding: Hard Cover Second UK edition. 2 volumes, 5-1/4 x 8 inches. Original dark green cloth..... More
New York: George P. Putnam, 10 Park Place. Place Published: New York Publisher: George P. Putnam, 10 Park Place Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st, 2nd issue Binding: Hard Cover First US Edition, 2nd issue. 2 Volumes;, exlibrary with markings on faded spines, and removed back pockets from rear endpapers and..... More
London: Richard Bentley. Place Published: London Publisher: Richard Bentley Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First UK edition. 2 volumes, 4-3/4 x 7-1/2 inches, xx,[1]-293,[1],[2 ads]; [2 ads]; [4],[1]-294; [2 ads], Original green cloth with gilt and blind embossed spine and front cover, rebacked with original sunned spine..... More
London: Richard Bentley. Place Published: London Publisher: Richard Bentley Date Published: 1852 Edition: 2nd Binding: Hard Cover Second UK edition. 2 volumes, 5-1/4 x 8 inches. Original dark green cloth unrestored. Original tan endpapers in both volumes. Both volumes have a gilt embossed illustration on front covers, which depicts a...... More
Date Published: 1951 to 1952 Binding: No binding Charles Morgan was a British playwright, novelist and essayist, noted for his dedicated craftsmanship to English prose. He was awarded the French Legion of Honour in 1936 and was elected a member of the Institut de France in 1949. From 1953 to..... More
Date Published: 1694, 1955, 1994 Binding: No binding & hard cover Pierre Berton / Farley Mowat three association collection (inscribed and provenance) items. The three items are all personally connected to these two Canadian literary giants. Born less than a year apart, Berton and Mowat were passionate story tellers of..... More
Date Published: 1988 to 2009 Binding: Hard Cover #1) Too Much Happiness MUNRO, Alice - 2009. 1st Can. printing (McClelland & Stewart/Dougas Gibson imprint) - scarce signed printing of Can. edition, with modern-styling of signature - includes press clipping with magazine review of book #2) Lives of Mothers & Daughters..... More
Date Published: 1935 to 1975 Binding: No binding & hard cover Robert Nathan was an American novelist, poet, a children’s author, and an author of screenplays and radio and TV programs. Nathan's seventh wife was the British actress Anna Lee, to whom he was married from 1970 until his death..... More
Date Published: 1931 to 1939 Binding: No binding & soft cover AN ACCLAIMED FRENCH JEWISH NOVELIST WHO DIED TRAGICALLY IN THE HOLOCAUST Irène Némirovsky born in Kiev, Ukraine was a novelist who lived most of her life in France after her family went into exile after the Russian Revolution. Although..... More
Date Published: 1914 to 1944 Binding: No binding & hard cover Kathleen Norris was an American novelist, poet and newspaper columnist. She was one of the most widely read and highest paid female writers in the United States. Collection contains 37 items dating from 1914 to 1944, specifically 3 Autographed..... More
Date Published: 1883 to 1908 Binding: No binding W.E. Norris was a prolific English novelist and writer of short stories. Son of the Chief Justice of Ceylon. He was born in London and educated at Eton College. He travelled abroad, abandoned the idea of joining the diplomatic service, qualified as..... More
Date Published: 1913 to 1940 Binding: No binding E. Phillips Oppenheim was a best-selling English novelist who wrote approximately 100 novels and 40 anthologies of short stories. He is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have..... More
Date Published: 1897 to 1908 Binding: No binding & hard cover Lydia Ethel Farmer Painter (G.E.X. pseud.) was born on 14 April 1842 in Sandy Spring MM, Columbiana, Ohio, the daughter of James Farmer (1802-1891) and Meribah Butler Farmer (1805-1898). She was an American author, poet, traveler, and the owner..... More
London: Mark Gerson photographer. Place Published: London Publisher: Mark Gerson photographer Date Published: 1965 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding William Plomer Portrait by Mark Gerson. Silver gelatin black and white photograph, head and shoulders, looking into the camera, signed by Mark Gerson on the mount and inscribed 'London', with..... More
Date Published: 1936 to 1951 Binding: No binding & hard cover Emily Post was an American novelist, author, columnist, socialite, and an authority on etiquette. "Etiquette," she once said, "is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is the code of sportsmanship and of honor. It is ethics." More..... More
Date Published: 1966 to 1979 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding & hard cover INTERESTING EARLY POUND ALS AND SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPIES Ezra Pound was an expatriate American poet and critic, and a major figure in the early 'modernist' literature - that is, experimental literature written during the first part..... More
Date Published: 1984 to 1992 Binding: No binding & hard cover Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh was a prolific English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries, best known for the recurring character of Chief Inspector Wexford. She also wrote more than a dozen novels under the pseudonym..... More
Date Published: 1914 to 1948 Binding: No binding & hard cover Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American novelist, playwright, and author, often called the American Agatha Christie. She wrote hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues and articles. Many of her books and plays were adapted for movies. It was one..... More
Date Published: 1894 to 1924 Binding: No binding & hard cover Hallie Erminie Rives was a best-selling novelist and wife of the American diplomat Post Wheeler. Rives was the recipient of several poems written in her honour. The collection consists of 9 items dating from 1894 to 1924 specifically, 4..... More
Date Published: 1953 to 1962 Binding: No binding & soft cover Alain Robbe-Grillet was a French writer and filmmaker. He was one of principal exponents of the nouveau roman movement, which emerged in France in the 1950s. Robbe-Grillet’s typical Möbius-strip narratives are intended to replicate the experiences of memory and..... More
Various: Various. Place Published: Various Publisher: Various Date Published: 1913 to 1975 Binding: No binding & hard cover Cecil Roberts was a prolific English journalist, editor, poet, dramatist, and novelist. During World War II, he worked in the USA for the British government in the war effort. He lived among..... More
Date Published: 1904 to 1955 Binding: No binding & soft cover Jules Romains (né Louis Henri Jean Farigoule), was a French poet, novelist, and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. He was nominated for the Nobel prize in literature sixteen times. Sinclair Lewis called him one of..... More