Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1921. 3rd printing. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: (viii),154; 10 plates. Has chapters on the 16th-c. scholar-printers, English books from 1500 to 1800, books as objects, bookbinding, etc. 6.5" x 4.75". (more information)

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NY: Covici, Friede, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 274pp; frontispiece, 16 plates from photographs. Anderson went to Chicago in 1908, became a book critic under Floyd Dell, and by 1914 had launched her monthly "Little Review." Her magazine published the works of the Chicago poets, the Imagist poets including Amy Lowell, the anarchist writings of Emma Goldman, etc. Once the magazine moved to New York in 1917, it published the writings of T.S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, and others, with Ezra Pound as a regular contributor. The serialization of ULYSSES led to a trial for obscenity and subsequent fines. The magazine folded in 1929. 9.25" x 6". (more information)

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New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1946. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xvii, 142, index. Has an introduction by Angle and his well-annotated entries. 9.5" x 6". (more information)

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Torrance, CA Hors Commerce Press (1964)., 1964. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Private bookplate, else in very good condition. 8.75" x 5.5" pp: (vi), 16 Limited to 400 copies. The portrait is by Ben Tibbs. The poem is "a great tribute to Hemingway the man and the artist" by a partner in Alpress. Design and typography by David Stanislaus. Illustrated by portrait on title and cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Los Angeles: J.P. Tarcher, 1981. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 384pp, index; illus from photographs. This work spans 200 years of dissident literature, starting with Thomas Paine, and focusing on underground publications of the 1960s. 9.25" x 6.25". (more information)

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Gottingen, Germany: Niedersachsische Staats., 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Original cloth, 2 volumes. pp: xxix, 1245; title-pages shown in text. Covers the years 1728 to 1830. This reference work supercedes Seidensticker's bibliography of early German printing in the US. 9.75" x 7". (more information)

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Philadelphia Athenaeum 1856., 1856. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Paper covers bit tanned along spine, else in very good condition. 8.25" x 5.25" 16pp Includes the names of stockholders, lists of newspaper and magazine subscriptions, rules of the library, etc. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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London / NY Routledge / Dutton nd [ca, 1910]., 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signs of normal use, else near very good condition. 6.75" x 4.25" 253pp w/index Annotated entries: America & the US; France; Germany; Greece, Balkan States & Turkey; Italy; Russia; Africa; Asia; etc. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Type Corp., 1957. First thus. Original wraps. Very Good. 80pp; type specimens throughout. Laid in are a two-page flyer of new type faces and a small broadside showing scrap-metal allowances for various typefaces. 11" x 8.5". (more information)

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London: British Council, 1950. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 44pp. Following an essay on the lives of the Brontes is a narrative bibliography of the works of Charlotte, Emily and Anne. 8.5" x 5.5". (more information)

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NY American Book Collector 1980., 1980. 1st Edition. Neatly removed and in very good condition. 10" x 6.75" (15)pp Contains 75 entries, covering both primary and secondary publications of Porter's writings. First Edition. Binding is paper spine. (more information)

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NY American Book Collector 1981., 1981. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Neatly removed and in very good condition. 10" x 6.75" (4)pp Covers primary and secondary publications of Salinger's works. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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Tubac, AZ Blumenfeld & Associates January 1995., 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Corner-stapled and in very good condition. 11" x 8.5" 20pp Bookseller catalog, praising the work of Zane Grey and offering 32 of his first editions, along with Elmore Leonard books, etc. First Edition. Binding is self-wraps. (more information)

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Boston Little, Brown (1959)., 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Book and dust jacket in very good condition. 8.25" x 5.5" printed dj pp:(xiii), 235 Index. Bowen tells of her travels from Boston to Moscow and from Michigan to London in the development of four biographies. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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NY American Book Collector 1970., 1970. 1st Edition. Neatly removed and in very good condition. 11" x 8.5" (10)pp Considers the collecting and study of criminal calendars from the 17th to 19th centuries. Illustrated by seven illustrations. First Edition. Binding is corner-stapled. (more information)

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Detroit: Gale Research, 1968. Later printing. Original Cloth. Very Good. Five volumes, ca. 1800 pages. Contains 6,056 entries, along with the general index. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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NY American Book Collector 1967., 1967. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Neatly removed and in very good condition. 11" x 8.5" (18)pp Updates the Farrell bibliography with books and many stories that were published from 1961 to 1970, and a few earlier. First Edition. Binding is self-wraps. (more information)

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NY: New York Public Library, 1958. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. pp: 39, (1); 12 title-page facsimiles. One of 1,000 copies printed. Bronson examines the 18th century printer's art, with special attention to title pages. 10" x 7". (more information)

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Washington Microcard Editions (1969)., 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Private bookplate, else near fine condition. 9.25" x 6" pp:(viii), 146 Contains 11 scholarly articles on Fitzgerald and Hemingway. Topics include a "lost book review" by EH, "Hemingway at Auction" re sales of "Three Stories and Ten Poems" and "in our time," an unpublished story ("Dearly Beloved") by Fitzgerald, etc. Illustrated by occasional illustrations. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. (more information)

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Edmonton: Canada University of Alberta, 1985. Second Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. pp: vii, 124; tailpiece drawings. Focuses on printed books, with some pamphlet material included. 9" x 6". (more information)

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NY: Sol Lewis, 1981. Limited. Original Cloth. Fine. Two volumes in cloth slipcase. (301)pp, indices; illus from title-pages of works described. First published at London in 1935-1936, and here reprinted in an edition limited to 500 copies. Describes first editions of English authors whose books were first published in America before their publication in England, and first editions of American authors whose books were first published in England. 9" x 5.75". (more information)

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Washington National Archives 1944., 1944. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9" x 5.75" 32pp. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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NY: Burt Franklin, 1971. Second Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xi, 514, extensive index. First published in 1914, this remains the standard bibliography for Illinois Territory. 8.25" x 5.25". (more information)

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Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1971. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. In near-fine slipcase. pp: (xv, 123); 60 plates, some double. Designed & printed at the press of David Godine, Brookline, MA. This is #165 of 1950 copies only, signed by Georgia Bumgardner. 14.5" x 10.5". (more information)

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NY American Book Collector 1971., 1971. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Neatly removed and in very good condition. 11" x 8.5" (6)pp Covers Conroy's published writings beginning with "Tragedy," a poem (1927) through 1969. Illustrated by 7 illustrations in text. First Edition. Binding is self-wraps. (more information)

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NY: Garland, 1990. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. pp: xvi, 312; subject, author and title indices. Covers novels, short fiction, poetry, and drama as well as history, biography, etc. 8.75" x 5.5". (more information)

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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1966. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. pp: xxv, 601. Has 3,089 annotated entries and an index. 10.5" x 7.5". (more information)

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s.l. Booklover's Answer 1965., 1965. 1st Edition. Neatly removed and in very good condition. 10" x 6.5" (5)pp Comprises a biographical sketch and checklist of 37 Van Doren writings. First Edition. Binding is paper spine. (more information)

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Norman: Univ of Oklahoma Press, 1962. First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Two volumes. pp: 267 + 301. Has 1,135 fully annotated entries and an index in each volume, covering accounts of travels in the post-war South and beyond. 9.25" x 6". (more information)

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Garden City Doubleday Page (1924)., 1924. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Covers rubbed, archival repair to spine, else in good condition. 7.5" x 5" pp: 45, (2) Brief biography and bibliography by an anonymous author. Illustrated by duotone illus in text. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)

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