Literature, Fiction, Poetry from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

New York: Knopf, 1985. First edition, this a review copy with signed & inscribed publicity photo laid-in. Octavo (8.75 x 6"), 163 pages. Publisher's light gray paper over boards backed in silver lettered gray cloth, in decorated dust jacket. A fine copy in like dust jacket. Author's first book, presenting 9 short stories including "How to Be an Other Woman," "The Kid's… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, no date (ca. 1930). Octavo (9" x 6.5"), 172 pages plus 12 tipped in color plates including frontis by Willy Pogany. Publisher's gilt-lettered & decorated terra-cotta cloth, in gold pictorial dust jacket. Top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers. Spine slightly cocked, brief shelf wear, endpapers & pastedowns with modest foxing, otherwise very good in dust jacket… Read more about this item

New York: Edinburgh Fraternity, no date (ca. 1909). Limited edition, one of 1000 sets, complete in six octavo volumes (8.25" x 5.75"), variously paginated, profusely illustrated including frontis in color in each volume. Publisher's maroon cloth with printed paper labels on the spines. Bindings very slightly soiled, shallow loss & fraying at the top of the spine on volume six, spine… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. First trade edition. Octavo (9" x 6.25"), xv & 335 pages, with illustrations throughout. Publisher's gilt lettered & decorated green cloth. Lightly rubbed, brief wear at spine extremities, "6" in white crayon (?) on the upper cover, brief gift inscription & date at the ffep, moderate toning & sporadic foxing, otherwise good or better. "These fragments will… Read more about this item

New York: The University Society / The Werner Company, (1908). Complete in ten octavo volumes (8.25" x 5.75"), variously paginated, illustrated throughout. Publisher's maroon pebbled roan & marbled paper over boards, the spines elaborately lettered & decorated in gilt. Top edges gilt. Bindings worn: mostly small losses at spine extremities, volume one with chip affecting lettering, volumes three & four with… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, (1926 per C-A date code). Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), xxiii, [1], 375 & [1] pages, with 37 plates, including 4 in color, by Louis Rhead. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt & black, with a large color illustration applied to the front cover. Top edge stained orange. Spine lettering dull, binding slightly soiled, couple of tiny… Read more about this item

New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Rand McNally & Company, Windemere Series, (1930). Octavo (9.25" x 7"), x & 495 pages plus 8 color plates. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth with a large color illustration applied to the front cover. Binding lightly rubbed, soiled & scuffed, corners slightly bruised, previous owner's name in ink at front free endpaper, small booksellers' label at the… Read more about this item

New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Rand McNally & Company, Windemere Series, (1930). Octavo (9.25" x 7"), x & 547 pages plus 8 color plates. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth with a large color illustration applied to the front cover. Edges very slightly rubbed, trace of wear at corners, small booksellers' label at the rear pastedown, otherwise a fine copy. Alexandre Dumas' greatest work… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Later printing. Octavo (9.5" x 7.25"), xii & 289 pages, with folding map preceding text. Cover illustration, pictorial endpapers, illustrated title page & 9 color plates by N.C. Wyeth. Publisher's gilt-lettered black cloth with a large color illustration applied to the front cover. Binding lightly soiled, trace wear at corners, pages ix through xii roughly… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1988). First edition, this copy boldly signed in ink on the title page by Edwards-Yearwood. Octavo (9.25 x 6.25"), 279 pages. Publisher's gray paper over boards backed in light green cloth lettered in black on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Top edge of the text block a bit foxed, internal toning, otherwise very good or… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran Company, (1915). First Edition. Octavo (8.25" x 5.5"), 94 pages. Publisher's yellow cloth lettered in blue on the spine, with blue printed paper label on the upper cover providing author & title. Covers soiled, modest edge wear, foxing throughout (heavy at times), one leaf with corner crease, a good or so copy of an important book. Alice… Read more about this item

New York: Oaksmith & Co., Five issues, volume I, January to July, (omitting July as issued), 1859. Small quarto (10.25" x 7"), 664 pages, profusely illustrated from woodcuts. Publisher's gilt-lettered quarter black morocco & black pebbled cloth. Text in two columns. Ex-library with rubber-stamp of the Frank J. Basloe Library at the ffep (no other marks). Binding worn, rubbed & scuffed,… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. First edition. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"), 287 pages. Publisher's light green cloth lettered in orange on the spine & upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket. Margins slightly sunned, bottom corners lightly bruised, two leaves roughly opened causing a small loss & short tear in the bottom margin (text unaffected), a very good or better copy in moderately… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Kodansha International, (1969). First American edition & first translation from the Japanese. Octavo (8.5" x 6.25"), 149 pages. Publisher's deep red cloth lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's card soliciting information to assist with "promoting cultural exchange between East & West" laid-in. Almost indiscernible small stain on the upper cover, previous owner Julia Kuroda's rubber-stamped… Read more about this item

Hanover, New Hampshire: Wesleyan University Press/ University Press of New England, (1990). First edition (softcover issue, simultaneous with the hardcover), this copy inscribed & signed by Dickey in ink at the half-title page. Octavo (9" x 7"), 66 & [1] pages. Publisher's pictorial card covers. Brief wear & shallow creasing at corners, otherwise very good. A title in the Wesleyan Poetry series… Read more about this item

[Staten Island, New York]: Stone Street Press, (1990). Three volumes, first editions. 24mos (5.75" x 4.75"), unpaginated. Publisher's textured black light card stock with applied, gilt-lettered labels, "Handmade by Malachi McCormick," housed in a hand made paper over thick card slipcase with gilt-lettered labels. Text in Gaelic & English. Fine copies in slightly rubbed slipcase. "Prepared for the tenth anniversary of the… Read more about this item

No place (United Kingdom ?), no publisher, no date (ca. 1880's per OCLC). First & only edition. 12mo (7" x 5"), 76 pages. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth over flexible boards. Recorded by OCLC but not located (accession number 4263946). Ex-library (deaccessioned) with call number label on the upper cover, bookplate, rubber stamped markings, etc., modest edge wear, front cover warped, cloth… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins, (1995 text; 1996 for translation). First American edition, advance issue, signed in ink by Kundera at the ffep. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"), [4], 164 & [1] pages. Publisher's black paper backed in black cloth lettered in silver on the spine & upper cover, in pictorial slipcase, the front panel die cut to reveal the title below. Issued… Read more about this item

Gaffney, S.C., Limestone College Press, 1961. First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), 12 pages. Publsher's stapled paper wraps. OCLC locates two copies as of 12/23/2023. One corner with shallow diagonal crease, otherwise fine. The author was professor of philosophy & political science at Limestone College. The subject of her essay, Henry Timrod, is described here as "The Poet of Nature" but is… Read more about this item

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1930. First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), 473 & [1] pages, illustrated, the frontispiece by Keith Mackaye & linoleum cuts by Ina Annett. Publisher's gilt-lettered light brown cloth, with a pictorial device depicting a team of horses & a man plowing a field. Margins sunned, base of the spine with shallow loss, corners bumped, internal… Read more about this item