The Giant O'Brien by Mantel, Hilary - 1998

London: Collins, 1988. Signed by the author on the title page. First British edition / First printing. Paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Uncommon in the British edition, especially signed.

New York: Harper & Row, 1968. First edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Red-orange paper covers with black title and promotional statement on cover. 385 pages. The Advance Reading Copy of Exley's first book. Spine and corners worn. No names or marks.

G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1913; First Edition; 8vo, 371 pages. A collection of prose and poetical works by Myrtle Reed, well known author of "Lavender and Old Lace." Striking Margaret Armstrong art nouveau binding picturing gold and pink roses on a lavender field. Top page edges gilt, color frontispiece of a painting by Clara M. Burd depicting a scene of George Washington courting Martha Custis, plus a sepia photogravure portrait plate of the author, each with guard tissue. Fine, a pristine and beautiful copy, with brief gift inscription, contemporary with the book ("To ___ From ___") on front blank endpaper.

New York: Living Hand, 1976. First Edition.
Limited Edition this is #260 of 500. Though not called for, signed by Auster.
After graduating Columbia in 1970, Paul Auster moved to Paris where he earned a living working as a telephone operator for the Paris bureau of the New York Times and translating French poetry. While in Paris, Auster founded Living Hand, both a little magazine and a small, independent publishing house. Living Hand took its name from Keats ("This living hand, now warm and capable"). Eight issues of Living Hand were published, containing a great number of Auster's translations. This is issue # 7, a full length monolog of Selected Poems from Andre Du Bouchet, translated by Auster.
A fine copy in wrappers.

Lowestoft, England: The Glass, 1950. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 20pp, stapled wrappers. Rare postwar literary journal published and edited by eccentric English Fortean Antony Borrow. This issue entirely devoted to Open City by Jean Paris. Unmarked copy, light wear and dusting to lap wrappers.

London: Collins, 1988. Signed by the author on the title page. First British edition / First printing. Paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Uncommon in the British edition, especially signed.

New York: Harper & Row, 1968. First edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Red-orange paper covers with black title and promotional statement on cover. 385 pages. The Advance Reading Copy of Exley's first book. Spine and corners worn. No names or marks.

G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1913; First Edition; 8vo, 371 pages. A collection of prose and poetical works by Myrtle Reed, well known author of "Lavender and Old Lace." Striking Margaret Armstrong art nouveau binding picturing gold and pink roses on a lavender field. Top page edges gilt, color frontispiece of a painting by Clara M. Burd depicting a scene of George Washington courting Martha Custis, plus a sepia photogravure portrait plate of the author, each with guard tissue. Fine, a pristine and beautiful copy, with brief gift inscription, contemporary with the book ("To ___ From ___") on front blank endpaper.

New York: Living Hand, 1976. First Edition.
Limited Edition this is #260 of 500. Though not called for, signed by Auster.
After graduating Columbia in 1970, Paul Auster moved to Paris where he earned a living working as a telephone operator for the Paris bureau of the New York Times and translating French poetry. While in Paris, Auster founded Living Hand, both a little magazine and a small, independent publishing house. Living Hand took its name from Keats ("This living hand, now warm and capable"). Eight issues of Living Hand were published, containing a great number of Auster's translations. This is issue # 7, a full length monolog of Selected Poems from Andre Du Bouchet, translated by Auster.
A fine copy in wrappers.

Lowestoft, England: The Glass, 1950. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 20pp, stapled wrappers. Rare postwar literary journal published and edited by eccentric English Fortean Antony Borrow. This issue entirely devoted to Open City by Jean Paris. Unmarked copy, light wear and dusting to lap wrappers.