Date Published: 1928-1972 Binding: Faith Baldwin was a U.S. author of romance and fiction, publishing some 100 novels, often concentrating on women. The New York Times wrote that her books had "never a pretense at literary significance" and were popular because they "enabled lonely working people, young and old... More
Date Published: 1879 - 1910 Binding: George Washington Cable was an American novelist and reformer being notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been called “the most important southern artist working in the late 19th century,” as well... More
Date Published: 1905 - 1943 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: This mini collection includes only two items, both extremely scarce and important to any Lloyd C. Douglas or religious collection. There is a Douglas Typed Letter Signed (TLS) and his very first publication copyright 1905, More Than a Prophet. Lloyd... More
London: G. Routledge & Co., Farringdon Street. Place Published: London Publisher: G. Routledge & Co., Farringdon Street Date Published: 1852 Edition: 2nd Edition Binding: Hard Cover Second UK edition. 4 x 6-1/2 inches. Preface [v]-vi, Contents [vii]-xii, Main text [1]-368 pp. 3/4 green leather and cloth. Rebacked a long time... More
Date Published: [1974] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Joseph Heller was an American satirical novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His second novel, published in 1974, thirteen years after Catch-22 and spanning more than a decade writing was "Something Happened". This collection includes a signed typed photocopy manuscript of... More
Date Published: 1944-1992 Binding: John Hersey collection of 7 Autographed Letters Signed, 2 Typed Letters Signed, 15 Ephemera and 2 books. Dates of 26 items from this collection from 1944 to 1992. John Richard Hersey was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer and journalist considered one of the earliest practitioners... More
Date Published: 1888-1929 Binding: Various bindings Jerome K. Jerome was an English author best known for his comic masterpiece Three Men in a Boat. He had a number of occupations then including journalism and school teaching, and a number of disappointments with the rejections of many short stories and satires... More
Date Published: 1973-1995 Binding: Erica Jong (1942-) is an American novelist and poet, known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. According to Washington Post, it has sold... More
New York: Lovell, Adam, Wesson printed by Lake Champlain Press. Place Published: New York Publisher: Lovell, Adam, Wesson printed by Lake Champlain Press Date Published: 1877 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover 1877 1ST US EDITION IN VERY GOOD CONDITION IS RARE. First edition, first printing, unrestored with ads. Rare. 7-5/8”... More
New York: John Lane. Place Published: New York Publisher: John Lane Date Published: 1912-1940 Edition: 1st, American issue Binding: Hard Cover RARE SUNSHINE SKETCHES 1ST AMERICAN ISSUE WITH DUST JACKET & BOOKS & EPHEMERA INCLUDING 5 UNRECORDED. Stephen P. H Butler Leacock was a professor, political scientist, writer, and humorist... More
Date Published: 1890 Binding: Soft Cover 10-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches, original light card soiled covers, two hole punched and bound with ribbon. 60 plus pages (one sided) manuscript thesis, handwritten and signed by Logie for Fellowship in Romance Languages at Johns Hopkins University, 1890 titled: "The dialect of Cachy- Picardy"... More
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 OF THIS TITLE 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... More
Toronto: Thomas Allen Limited. Place Published: Toronto Publisher: Thomas Allen Limited Date Published: 1935 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover 5-1/2 x 8 inches. (8), [3]-378pp. Bright, clean & very nice copy . Beige Cloth book with maroon type on spine and front board. A couple of light spots on back... More
Date Published: 1944-1970 Binding: Mini-collection includes three items; A signed Book, a Type Signed Letter (TSL) and a signed post card. • “Insomnia or The Devil at Large” book, 8-1/2 x 12 inches. Albuquerque, New Mexico: Loujon Press, 1970. One of 385 copies, Edition G. Signed by Miller on... More
Date Published: 1864-1907 Binding: No binding Donald Grant Mitchell, pseudonym Ik Marvel, was an American essayist and novelist known for nostalgic, sentimental books on American life. He is particularly known for his essay collection, Reveries of a Bachelor, which focuses on the dream-like lives of mid-nineteenth-century Americans. His other works... More
New York: De Witt & Davenport, Publishers 156 Nassau Street. R Craighead, printer 53 Vesey Street. Place Published: New York Publisher: De Witt & Davenport, Publishers 156 Nassau Street. R Craighead, printer 53 Vesey Street Date Published: [1853] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hard Cover SCARCE US FIRST EDITION OF A.... More
London: Richard Bentley. Place Published: London Publisher: Richard Bentley Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First edition. 2 volumes, Vol. 1; xx, [1]-293, [1] Vol. 2; [4], [1]-294, [2]. 8vo, 3/4 green leather with marbled boards, corners bumped, internally very minor foxing to end papers and first couple... More
London: Richard Bentley. Place Published: London Publisher: Richard Bentley Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover 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, gilt titles and... 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 2 volumes, 12mo. 13.5cm x 20.5cm (5 1/4” x 8”). Original dark green... More
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London: Richard Bentley. Place Published: London Publisher: Richard Bentley Date Published: 1852 Edition: 1st Binding: Hard Cover First UK edition. 2 volumes, Vol. 1; [i]-xx,[1]-293,(3). Vol. 2; [4], [1]-294., [1 blank]. 8vo, older rebound in full brown calf, new endpapers, marbled paper edges. Light wear to corners, else vg-fine in... 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, 1st issue Binding: Hard Cover Two Volumes; First Edition, first issue 18.5cm x 13cm, (5" x 7 1/4") There are no half-titles. Volume 1; [1] blank... 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 Edition Binding: Hard Cover Two Volumes; First American Edition. Mixed set. 18.5cm x 13cm, (5" x 7 1/4"). There are no half-titles. Volume 1; [1] blank... 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 2 Volumes; First Edition, exlibrary with markings on faded spines, and removed back pockets from rear endpapers and a few blind... More
New York: De Witt & Davenport, Place Published: New York Publisher: De Witt & Davenport, Date Published: [1854] Binding: Hard Cover 2 volumes in one complete. 5 1/4” x 7 1/2”, [1]blank, [8]Prelims, [1]-211pp.; [1]blank, [5]-224pp., [1]blank. Original red embossed cloth front and back with a gilt cabin on front... More
New York: G.P. Putnam & Company, 10 Park Place. Place Published: New York Publisher: G.P. Putnam & Company, 10 Park Place Date Published: 1854 Binding: Hard Cover 2 volumes in one complete. 5 1/4” x 7 1/2”, [2]blank, vi, [3]contents, [1]-211pp.; [1]blank, [5]-224pp., [1]blank. Original olive blind embossed cloth soiled... More