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London: Macmillan, 1854. First edition. Original wine-colored cloth, corners and edges worn, covers faded and marked, internally very good. 19.5 × 13cm, xxiv + 172pp + 16pp ads dated June 1854, yellow endpapers with ads for the publisher's series of Theological Manuals. Colbeck describes his "first state" copy as having a November catalogue, however he notes that "first edition… Read more about this item

New York: Harper, 1936. First edition. Original green cloth, very good, in lightly worn price -clipped dust jacket, chipped at the top (supplied from another copy). Inscribed "For Madeleine, among other reasons, because she lent class to this book by reading it aloud. Uncle Bob Benchley with love, (and a fur-bearing pen). September 30, 1936". There are a few… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner's, 1931. First edition. Inscribed by Sherwood to the theatrical producer T. Edward Hambleton and his family, dated April 1936.

New York: Knopf, 1936. First edition. Inscribed by Hellman to fellow playwright Lanford Wilson. With Wilson's ownership stamp, and an early owner's signature crossed through. Nice copy in dust jacket.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Inscribed "Ingmar Bjorksten -- for my Swedish connection in the U.S.A. with every good wish / Bernard Malamud" This presentation to Bjorksten, a cultural journalist and member of the Swedish Academy seems to have been a part in Malamud's campaign for the Nobel Prize. Second printing of the Farrar (trade) edition, published as… Read more about this item

London: Edward Moxon, 1840. Two volumes, contemporary dark green pebble-grain leather, with large gilt Grecian urn in the center of each cover, gilt edges, by Hayday. Inner hinges repaired. Bindings a bit rubbed. Inscribed "To William Russell Esq from his friend the author"