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London: Wterlow & Sons Limited, 1886. First Edition. Full calf. Fine. Octavo A fine set bound in full polished calf, raised bands, gilt spine and top edge. Bookplate in each volume, A nice set uncommon in leather. Slight damage to leather label of volume 1.

London: John C Nimmo, 1886. Hardcover. Fair. 429p quarto, illustrated with 180 colured illustrations and 60 black and white illus. The last 100 pages water stained at the top edge and bottom edge visible along the bottom edge. Bound in 3/4 burgundy morocco and cloth boards. A long ago rebind , spine rebacked and chipped at… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Lter Printing. Hardcover. Very good. 407p quarto, illustrated with 4 color plates. A very good copy custom bound in 3/4 red morocco and decorated boards, wearing along the leather

London: Privately Printed, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 218p octavo. 1/250 numbered copies printed at the Chiswick Press. This copy out of series.Bookplate of Crawley Court Winchester. Inscribed by the author to Mrs Adam Kennard of Crawley Court A very good copy bound in original green cloth and quarter leather spine. … Read more about this item

Boston: James R Osgood, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 401p octavo. A very good copy in period 3/4 leather and marbled boards. Ghost of bookplate leather lightly scuffed.

New York: Armed Services, (1946). First edition . Original wraps. Fair. 320p oblong duodecimo stained along the top portion for a few pages, foxed, small chip on the last page, front cover creased. Bruccoli 019a

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904. Hardcover. Very good. octavo. A very good set bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards. Many unopened pages. Small name on preliminary leaf in each volume. A few small scuff marks on the spine of volume 5

New York: Little Brown, 2010. Review Copy. Paperback. Near fine. 565p, octavo. A near fine copy in pictorial wraps. Half title page reads, "This proof was made from the author's manuscript, set and bound for your reviewing convenience..." A few faint smudge on textblock, else fine.

New York: Thomas Y Crowell, (1964). First edition thus. Full leather. Fine. 80p octavo, illustrated. A fine copy bound in red leather gilt cover and spine title, top edge gilt. Enclosed in publisher's decorated slipcase,also fine. Signed by the artist Eugene Karlin

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1993. Third Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 348p octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacke. Inscribed by Crichton to Cinematographer Allen Daviau who was one of the men responsible for bringing the book to the big screen. Daviau also worked on Spielberg's ET and the Color Purple, and Empire… Read more about this item

New York: First Edition, (2005). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 294p octavo, A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Albee "For Doris (Grumbach) with love Edward 2006" Doris Grumbach was a novelist who wrote novels, essays about women trapped in repressives families. Laid in is a 20 line… Read more about this item

Rochester NY: Leo Hart, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 35p octavo Beautifully illustrated by Wilfred Jones and signed by him. Typography by Will Ransom. #816 of 950 numbered copies vellum spine, printed on Okawara paper A fine copy in a very good slipcase beginning to separate at one side

New York: Harper Collins, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. 337p, octavo. First Edition, first printing. Signed by author. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Small smudge on rear board, else fine.

London: Hutchinson and Co, 1976. Hardcover. Very good +/fine. 319p, octavo. A very good + copy in a fine dust jacket. Text block foxed. Signed by author on title page.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. 133p, octavo. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by author on a bookplate pasted to half title page.

2012. Paperback. very good +. 303p, octavo. A very good + copy. Signed by author on title page. Slight dent on front cover, top edge of textblock smudged, else fine.

Gretna : Pelican Publishing Company, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. 282p, octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by author on the title page.

Rochester, NY: Printing House of Leo Hart, 1934. First edition thus. Full leather. Fine. 81p octavo, illustrated A fine copy bound in full red morocco and enclosed in a custom slipcase also fine. First trade not signed handsomely bound

New York: Riverhead Books, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/fine. 175p octavo, A very good copy in a fine dust jacket, last few pages curled a bit. Inscribed by Black to "Wyman" on a small piece of white paper that has been clearly pasted over another name.

Tangier, Morocco, 1970. Fine. 8"x10 1/2" on onion skin to Miss Meta Baron at Doubleday expressing some detail concerning his blurb for James Purdy's novel "Jeremy's Version. 1 page 7 lines fine.