Books About Books And Authors from Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books

Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1194. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated first edition, price-clipped, in very nice condition. Some bumping to top edge of book and jacket. Section of glossy photos in center of book. Based on interviews with Dahl, his wife Patricia Neal, and Dahl's personal correspondence. Dahl, a beloved children's author with numerous classics in his bibliography, was… Read more about this item

Simon & Schuster, 2008. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing of this look at the complex life of the beloved children's author. Dahl served in the military during the first part of his life and the experiences colored his later literature for children. This volume chronicled the complex era of spying propaganda during the WWII era. Book has… Read more about this item

London: Cassell & Company, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. The 1938 first edition, in brown cloth boards with a black cloth spine and gold lettering. The rare "somewhat interesting" ex library copy, this is from the library of the Training Department" of publisher R.R. Donnelly & Sons, home of the Lakeside Press.… Read more about this item

W.W. Norton, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Certainly fascinating for the Wodehouse fan, this is an extensive collection of letters ranging from the author's school days in the early 1900s to a few weeks from his death in 1975. They provide the reader with insights into his life and… Read more about this item

University of Chicago Press, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A quite nice copy of this book examining the role of early libraries in medieval and early modern England, and what that would later mean for the modern library. Fine in a NF jacket with a slight bend to… Read more about this item

Random House. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A curious work from an author who's earliest years saw him becoming a completist collector of assorted types of books. This volume offers brief essays on known authors and their works that did NOT survive. The book moves chronologically from… Read more about this item

Harry N. Abrams, 2020. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A charming book of one and two-page literary-themed comics. Fine in bright orange boards with a die cut revealing a man peering out through a bookcase. Fine, no jacket as issued, first printing. No remainder mark.

New York : Borzoi Books, 1955. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Wallace's first book, he would go on to write wildly popular novels throughout the 60s and 70s. This book looks at such figures as Alexander Selkirk (the basis for Robinson Crusoe) Dr. Joseph Bell (an inspiration for Sherlock… Read more about this item

New York : Ace Books, 1959. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A curious little volume chronicling the rich literary life of Greenwich Village in from 1912-1932, including the exploits of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Eugene O'Neill, Sherwood Anderson, Walter Lippman, Edmund Wilson, and many others. Mass market paperback in yellow… Read more about this item

Little, Brown, 1998. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A nice clean copy of this title, a first printing, NF in a VG jacket. A little shelfwear, a couple of very faint scrapes to rear jacket panel, easier to feel than see.

Delacorte, 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. From the former children's book editor of Booklist, this is a helpful guide to both what books you might pick for children of different ages, and how you might do it. First printing, VG in a Good jacket, with assorted small tears and… Read more about this item

Chicago: American Library Association, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good. A thorough look at the archival restoration of leather book bindings. Very good, with nearly no wear to corners and just a touch of soil to the front cover. Clean internally with no markings

Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1983. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A look at the lifelong friendship between Dylan Thomas and poet Vernon Watkins, written by Watkins' widow. First U.S. printing, fine in a fine jacket.

New York: Doubleday, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. First edition, aside from previous limited edition. Book is fine, appears unread. Jacket graded Good: shows rubbing, has significant scuff mark on front cover, closed tear top rear, some discoloration to bottom edge of flaps. But good reading copy.

New York: Alfred a Knopf, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. J. Wolf. A biography of Chaucer from the noted novelist and medievalist John Gardner. First edition stated. NF in Good + jacket, with several small tears, a faint green ink mark, and a tiny chip to head of spine.… Read more about this item

Random House, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A nice clean copy of Pritchett's in depth examination off Turgenev. First printing, fine in a VG jacket with a bit of shelfwear and a non-trivial chip to lower edge of rear panel.

New York: Alfred a Knopf, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Fine copy of this thorough biography of Sitwell. Fine in a NF jacket (very tiny tear to top rear corner) Not price clipped or remainedered. First printing.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Servant Publications, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A nice copy of this book detailing the friendship between author Madeleine L'Engle and Luci Shaw. Second printing, fine in a VG jacket with a notable crease to the front flap.

New York: Free Press, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A nice copy of Glendinning's meticulous biography of Leonard Woolf. Fine in a NF jacket (slight bend to top of front jacket panel, a bit of shelfwear). First printing.

New York: Viking, 2008. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. First printing of this look at Shakespeares domestic life in London. NF with remainder mark to bottom edge. Jacket VG+, not price clipped, tiny tear top rear, a bit of overall wear to corners.