Literature

New York NY: G. W. Dillingham Company. 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. Previous owner's name ; 122 pages .

London , UK: Cambridge University Press, 1934. Fair condition Hardcover Octavo with no dust jacket, 1934, second (April) printing of 1923 1st edition. Book has aged and has shelfwear along spine gutter wherein the cloth at the top 2 inches has separated and frayed a bit on either side of the spine, otherwise not too much wear. Sunning to spine plate, and all exterior cloth has yellowed somewhat, very light soiling exists. Boards are slightly bowed vertically, but binding is decent overall. A small ink name appears at the top of the front free end paper. Pages inside are tanning. Overall Fair condition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.

Modern Library, 1936 HBDJ, 1936, STATED 1st Modern Library edition on Copyright pg,in correct dust jacket with 245 Titles metioned on Back, Some mended Clear TAPE repairs on DJ Verso. NF/GOOD-, AS-IS, THICKGreen Cloth Hardback Book with Gilt Streamer man running has light sun edges is square, clean, and tight. No loose, torn, or soiled pages. Spine Cvr sun top edge & Faded gold Gilt Titles, 4 1/4 X 6 3/4 IN. APPROX ,Dust jacket with some wear and chips small Tears Extremities& DJ spine Foxed with TINY HOLE IN CENTER WEAR . Almost separated at the flaps and spine repaired. DJ Protected Clear Mylar, Green TOPSTAIN light Fade, 615 pgs, NO ADS IN BACK. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

MODERN LIBRARY, 1932. HBDJ, STATED First ML edition 1932 on copyright pg; Modern Library #8 (Toledano number 008.2); EarlyVintage Dust jacket lists 257 titles ON BACK & Inverse OF DJ WITH 95 CENTS & pre zip code Coupon, VG+/VG, .Brown BINDING WITH STREAMER MAN in Gold Gilt , book has a Toledano 7 cover, a D or Kent endpapers and a g jacket. INTERIOR PGS LITE WEAR ,FOX,557 pgs + ADS end with G5 Plutarch?s Lives, DJ lite wear, Fade & small Extremities Chips NOT Removing Print, Purple topstain lite wear, Fade spine DJ Fox, ,where she starts realizing her own American Dream, first as a mistress to men that she perceives as superior, and later becoming a famous actress. It has been called the "greatest of all American urban novels, Dissatisfied with life in her rural Wisconsin home, 18-year-old Caroline "Sister Carrie" Meeber takes the train to Chicago, where her older sister Minnie, and Minnie's husband, Sven Hanson, have agreed to take her in. On the train, Carrie meets Charles… Read More

New York: The Modern Library., 1940. HBDJ, STATED First Modern Library Giant Edition, 1940. NF/GOOD+, ML#54. 274 TITLES ON VERSO OF BACK OF DJ with the highest Giant being G54, Tom Jones, A NF copy in blue cloth with light wear FOX, in a bright, unfaded, red, blue and gold dustwrapper GOOD+, with tiny Tears Wear & end chips to Spine DJ. . Very scarce in this condition. Toledano 54.1. 861 pgs NO ADS IN BACK, The book has Toledano G4 cover, A or blank endpapers and a c jacket. These pointers indicate this is a First Modern Library Edition with a fall 1940 jacket. book is in about NF condition with a decent RED top stain. It has no writing, underlining, or missing pages. The jacket has a ¼? per side triangular chip at the top of the spine, crimping at the bottom of the spine, wear at the flap folds and light soil ,Follow Tom from his humble beginnings; experience his forbidden passion for the beautiful Sophie; and ride along with him on his colorful journey to London - where he finally… Read More

One of 200 NUMBERED & SIGNED COPIES - signed by Updike. SIGNED & NUMBERED in slipcase, without dust jacket, as issued. One of 200 NUMBERED & SIGNED copies - signed by Updike. Both the book and slipcase are in fine conditon - in the original publisher's shrink wrap.

1709 BEAUTIFUL 1ed Octavius Minucius Felix Pagan Evangelism Fine Binding Arms
Marcus Minucius Felix was a 3rd-century Roman scholar who is remembered only for being an advocate of Christianity in a pagan Roman world. His only known work was "Octavius" – a narrative dialogue between a Christian and a pagan. Much of this work was influenced by Cicero's "Nature of the Gods" and was written to convince non-Christians to convert from their pagan ways.
This 1709 Latin edition was edited by Jacobus Gronovius.
Item number: #18565
Price: $750
FELIX, Marcus Minucius
M. Minucii Felicis Octavius cum integris Woweri, Elmenhorstii, Heraldi & Rigalti notis aliorumque hinc inde collectis ex recensione Jacobi Gronovii
Lugduni Batavorum : Apud Cornelius Boutestein, Samuelem Luchtmans, 1709. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [20], 496, [24], 56
· Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – T. Gaisford
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Thomas Gaisford (1779 –1855) was an English classical scholar and… Read More

1757 FABLES John Gay Illustrated Wootton Gravelot ART English Literature Poems

John Gay was an 18th-century English poet and opera composer best known for his masterpiece 'The Beggar's Opera'. While he is most remembered for his music, he did publish a collection of fables in verse. This 1757 edition was published in London and contains impressive illustrations throughout by famed artists including William Kent, John Wootton, and Hubert Gravelot.
Item number: #19551
Price: $599
GAY, John
Fables
London: Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, 1757.
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Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes in 1 tome
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[18], 334
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67 engravings, plus engraved frontispiece
· Provenance: Handwritten – Catharine Eleonora Hamilton, 1810
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.25in X 5.25in (21cm x 13.5cm)
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006. Signed by Richard Powers on a bookplate mounted on the half-title page. First edition / First printing. Gray paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. Echo Maker was the Winner of the National Book Award, and a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 2006. Richard Powers was the Recipient of a 1989 MacArthur Genius Grant. He is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1999 Recipient of a Lannan Literary Award. The Goldbug Variations was Times Magazine's Book of the Year in 1991. Orfeo was Nominated for the National Book Award and the Booker Prize. The Overstory is the Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The Overstory is the 2020 Winner of the William Dean Howells Medal. The Overstory was Shortlisted for the 2019 PEN/Jean Stein Award. The Overstory was Shortlisted for the 2018 Booker Prize.

1744 1ed Acajou & Zirphile by Charles Duclos French Lit Boucher Illustrated ART

"Acajou and Zirphile" is a rare 18th-century French short story by Charles Duclos. First published in 1744, this work follows the story of an evil mastermind and his counterpart fairy who, together, attempt to prevent two young lovers from being together. This book was inspired by the art of Francois Boucher who actually contributed artwork for this work – nine incredible, full-page engravings!

Item number: #22836
Price: $750

DUCLOS, Charles Pinot

Acajou et Zirphile, conte

A Minutie: 1744. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete
o [8], 83, [1]
o 9 full-page engravings (including frontispiece)
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~10.5in X 8in (26.5cm x 20cm)
· very rare and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at over $2000

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Obras de jose jacinto milanes coleccion de sus poesias dramas leyendas cuadros de costumbres y articulos literarios 2 vols primera edicion habana cuba 1846. rarisima edicion libro de coleccion.2 vols encuadernados en un tomo encuadernacion original de la epoca.milanes fue uno de los mas importantes escritores cubanos del siglo XIX.
José Jacinto Milanés (16 de agosto de 1814 Matanzas, Cuba - >ibídem, 14 de noviembre de 1863).Los primeros poemas de Milanés fueron publicados en La Habana por >Ramón de Palma y >José Antonio Echevarría en la revista literaria >Aguinaldo Habanero. Las obras de Milanés tuvieron una acogida favorable en entre la crítica y el público cubano de su tiempo.. Poeta, dramaturgo y ensayista. Uno de los principales cultivadores del drama romántico en lengua española. Considerado como el primer ingenio poético cubano. Casi toda su creación se desarrolló desde 1835 y hasta 1843, período enmarcado en el romanticismo de la literatura española.

New York: Simon & Schuster 1991. Signed on the title page by the author. Warmly inscribed: For Bob and Lynne, I never forgot you and your hospitality! Best wishes, Lesley Marmon Silko, 1991. First edition / First printing. Rust cloth spine, pale orange paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1985. Signed on the colophon by the author and numbered 953. First limited edition / First printing. Copy 953 of 1,000 copies. 3 volumes bound with eel skin spines and light gray cloth covered boards. Fine in near fine slipcase. Gunter Grass was the 1999 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Designed by Ben Shiff. The plates for the images were made by Carl Schutte & C. Behling in Berlin. These relief plates were printed letterpress by David Wolfe at The Anthoensen Press, the covers made at Jovonis Bookbindery with natural eelskin spines and Italian bookcloth on the boards. The Limited Editions Club Letter laid in.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Original, green cloth with light fading to edges. Stains on front and rear pastedown and endpapers. Light foxing spots to first pages. No marks or inscriptions. 312 pp., 19 x 13,3 cm. A clean, tight and sturdy copy of the second printing. .

1930 Moby Dick Rockwell Kent ART 1ed Herman Melville Whaling Voyage Illustrated

"Moby Dick"is perhaps the most famous sea adventure novel of the 19th-century. First appearing in periodicals, Herman Melville's most famous work saw an initial mix of responses on its way to becoming one of the great American novels. The books rise to fame even caused authors like William Faulkner stating that he wished he had written the book himself. While the work itself is a story of hunting the great whale Moby Dick, it is written with themes regarding social class, good and evil, and the existence of God.

This valuable 1930 American edition, or, the first Kent edition, was published by Random House and includes famous illustrations by the beloved artist, Rockwell Kent. The Kent illustrated editions are considered the best 'Moby Dick' printings and are known to have helped propel 'Moby Dick' to the classic status it holds today.

Item number: #30741
Price: $499

MELVILLE, Herman; KENT, Rockwell (Illus.)

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