321. Poe,
Edgar Allan.
Siope - A Fable (pp. 79-85) in The Baltimore Book, A Christmas and
New-
Year's Present. Ed. by W.H. Carpenter & T.S. Arthur. Original gilt-stamped
morocco, gilt-dec. & lettered spine, a.e.g. First
Edition.
Baltimore: Bayly & Burns, 1838.
A relatively early Poe appearance, & one of his classically spooky tales.
Pieces of spine leather lacking, rubbing
to extremities; front free endpaper lacking, still about very good.
(150/250).
322.
Pound, Ezra.
Poems 1918-21 Including Three Portraits and Four Cantos. 9-1/4x6, half
parchment &
boards, gilt-lettered spine. First Edition.
New York: Boni & Liveright, [1921].
Gallup A21 - First edition of this important early collection which includes
Hugh Selwyn Mauberley,
Homage to Sextus Propertius and cantos 4-7. No other
edition of this collection was
published. Rubbing to spine ends, joints & a bit to corners, darkening to
spine; bookpate to front free endpaper,
name to rear free endpaper, still very good condition. (80/120).
323. Puzo,
Mario.
The Godfather. Jacket. First Edition. New York: G.P. Putnam's, [1969].
Make us an offer we can't refuse. Short tears to jacket spine head; bookplate,
else near fine.
(70/100).
324. Reed,
Ishmael.
The Free-Lance Pallbearers. Jacket. First Edition.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1967.
Inscribed & signed by Reed on the title page. The author's 1st book. Price
clipped, else extrmemly good. (100/150).
THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC
325. Rice,
Anne.
The Interview with the Vampire. Jacket. First Edition. New York: Knopf,
1976.
Chipping to jacket spine ends, rubbing to upper jacket corners, some mild
creasing to jacket extremities, a bit of
dulling to vol. spine, stain to jacket verso at spine foot, else very good.
(250/400).
326.
[Rice, Anne] Anne Rampling.
Exit to Eden. Jacket. First Edition.
New York: Arbor House, [1985].
Fine. (50/80).
327.
Rilke, Ranier Maria. Stories of God. Cloth. [1932]. *
Poems from the Book of Hours.
Wrappers. [1941]. Together, 2 vols. First American Editions. New York &
Norfolk: [1932 & 1941].
First with sunning to spine & foxing to cloth extremities, else very good.
(70/100).
328.
Rushdie, Salman. The
Moor's Last Sigh. Blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, slipcase. No. 114
of 200 copies. First Edition.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1995].
Signed by Rushdie on the limitation page. Favored to win the 1995 Booker Prize,
the book was edged out by Pat
Barker's The Ghost Road. Fine. (80/120).
329.
Rushdie, Salman. Grimus. 1st French Ed. [1977]. *
Shame. 1st U.S. Ed. [1983]. *
The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey. 1st U.S. Ed. [1987]. *
In Good Faith. 1st U.S. Ed.
[1990]. * Haroun and the Sea of Stories. 1st Ed. [1990]. *
Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism,
1981-1991. 1st Ed. [1991]. * The Moor's Last Sigh. U.S. Advance
Reader's Edition. [1995]. Together,
7 vols. Three in wrappers, others cloth in jackets.
Various places: various dates.
Third with remainder mark to fore-edges, else very good or better. (70/100).
330.
Saroyan, William. Dear Baby. [1945]. *
The Adventures of Wesley Jackson. [1947]. *
Boys and Girls Together. [1963]. * Not Dying. [1966]. *
Days of Life and Death and
Escape to the Moon. [1970]. Together, 5 vols. Jackets. First British Editions.
London: various dates.
Very good or better. (70/100).
331.
(Science Fiction - British Editions) Clarke. Childhood's End.
[1954]. * Clarke.
Expedition to
Earth. [1954]. * Bester. Tiger! Tiger! N.d. * Van Vogt.
The Weapon Makers. [1954].
* Tucker. Wild Talent. [1955]. * Sturgeon. Thunder and
Roses. [1957]. Together, 6 vols.
Jackets. First British Editions. London: various dates.
Some rubbing & chipping to jacket extremities, but overall very good.
(200/300).
332.
(Sendak, Maurice) Tesnohlidek, Rudolf.
The Cunning Little Vixen. Trans. by Tatiana Firkusny, Maritza
Morgan & Robert T. Jones. Afterword by Robert T. Jones. Illus. in color by
Maurice Sendak. 9-1/4x7-1/2, cloth, pictorial
cover label, slipcase. No. 73 of 250 copies. First Edition.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Girous, [1985].
Signed by Sendak on the limitation page. Fine.
(80/120).
333.
Shields, Carol. Happenstance. 1st Ed. (Canadian). [1980]. *
Swann. 1st Ed. [1987]. * (With
Blanche Howard). A Celibate Season. 1st Ed. [1991]. * The Republic of Love. 1st
Ed. [1992]. * 2 more copies. 1st UK
Eds. [1992]. * The Stone Diaries. 1st US Ed. [1993]. * Small
Ceremonies. Advance Uncorrected
Proofs of 1st US Ed. 1995. Together, 8 vols. 3rd & last in wrappers, others
cloth in jackets. Various places: various dates.
Fine - The Stone Diaries won the National Book Award in 1995.
(200/300).
334.
Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle. 1906. *
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology og the Literature of
Social Protest. Ed. by Sinclair. Intro. by Jack London. [1915]. Together, 2
vols. Cloth. First Editions.
New York: 1906 & [1915].
Very good condition. (50/80).
335.
Smiley, Jane.
At Paradise Gate. Jacket. First Edition. New York: Simon & Schuster,
[1981].
A very good copy of Smiley's second book.
(150/250).
336.
Smith, Clark Ashton.
Genius Loci and Other Tales. Jacket. 1 of 3000 copies. First Edition.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1948.
Rubbing to jacket spine ends & corners, ink check marks to titles on rear
jacket panel, else fine in extremely
good jacket. (70/100).
337.
Smith, Edward E. Triplanetary. 1 of 500 copies. 1948. *
Skylark of Valeron. 1 of 5000
copies. [1949]. * Galactic Patrol. 1950. * Grey Lensman. 1 of 5000 copies.
[1951]. * Second Stage Lensman. [1953].
Together, 5 vols. Jackets. First Editions.
Reading: Fantasy Press, various dates.
First, 2nd & 4th inscribed & signed by Smith on the limitation pages,
2nd to science fiction author Arthur
Porges, with his stamp to front free endpaper. This vol. with much of front
jacket panel lacking, others with various
wear & chipping to jackets, but overall very good (jacket of 2nd fair
only). (150/250).
338.
Spark, Muriel.
Not to Disturb. Illus. with an original etching by Michael Ayrton. Half
cloth & boards,
gilt-lettered spine, glassine, t.e.g. No. 35 of 500 copies printed on Abbey
Mills Creamy Antique Laid paper. First
Edition.
London: Observer Books, 1971.
Signed by Spark & Ayrton on the half-title. Fine in torn glassine. (80/120).
339.
Spillane, Mickey.
Kiss Me, Deadly. Jacket. First Edition. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1952.
Chipping & rubbing to jacket spine ends & extremities, spot to front
jacket flap, else very good. (70/100).
340. Star
Trek. Trimble & Jones, eds. Star Trek Concordance. *
The 3rd Season
Supplement to the Star Trek Concordance. 1973. * Star Trek Lives! International
Star Trek Convention. 2 programs, 1973
& 1974. * Star Trek Trivia Contest Questionaire, International Star
Trek Convention 1974. 1974.
Plus a few other fan-zines. Wrappers.
Various places: various dates.
One Star Trek Lives! program signed by Walter Koenig (Ensign Chekov)
at his photo. Very good to fine
condition. (100/150).
NICE SHELF OF STEINBECKS
341.
Steinbeck, John.
Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional
Reference to
History. Dark blue cloth, jacket. Second Edition.
New York: Covici Friede, 1936.
Goldstone-Payne A1.c - Jacket with no publisher's imprint & words "Author
of/`Of Mice and Men'" on front
panel. Short tear & crease to upper front jacket panel, a touch of sunning
to jacket spine, else near fine.
(100/150).
342.
Steinbeck, John.
East of Eden. Jacket. First Trade Edition. New York: Viking, 1952.
Goldstone-Payne A32.b - Minor rubbing to jacket spine ends, small bump to upper
front corner with rubbing to jacket,
short closed tear to top of front jacket panel, else near fine.
(100/150).
343.
Steinbeck, John.
The Grapes of Wrath. Jacket. First English Edition.
London: William Heinemann, [1939].
Goldstone-Payne A12.b - Rubbing to jacket spine ends & corners, soiling to
jacket, otherwise a very good copy
of the first British edition. (200/300).
344.
Steinbeck, John.
Letters to Elizabeth: A Selection of Letters from John Steinbeck to
Elizabeth Otis. Ed.
by Florian J. Shasky & Susan F. Riggs. Intro. by Carlton A. Sheffield. Illus.
with a facsimile letter. Half cloth & boards,
paper spine label, printed dust wrapper. 1 of 500 copies printed by the Plantin
Press.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1978.
Elizabeth Otis was Steinbeck's literary agent & friend for 40 years. Fine -
prospectus laid-in.
(100/150).
345.
Steinbeck, John.
The Log from the Sea of Cortez. Jacket. First Edition Thus.
New York: Viking, 1951.
Goldstone-Payne A15.c - The narrative portion of the book, Sea of
Cortez, by Steinbeck &
Edward F. Ricketts, 1941, with the first appearance of "About Ed Ricketts" by
Steinbeck. Jacket spine slightly
faded, else about fine. (150/250).
346.
Steinbeck, John.
The Log from the Sea of Cortez: The Narrative Portion of the Book Sea of
Cortez with a
profile "About Ed Ricketts." Frontis. port. Jacket. First British Edition.
London: Heinemann, [1958].
Rubbing to jacket spine ends, soiling to jacket with mild smudges to rear
cover, price clipped, else fine in very good
jacket. (80/120).
347.
Steinbeck, John.
Sweet Thursday. Beige cloth, jacket. First Edition, First Issue.
New York: Viking, 1954.
Goldstone-Payne A33.b - First issue with top edges stained red. There was also
an issue of the first edition in
wrappers. Minor rubbing to jacket spine ends & corners, else near fine.
(100/150).
348.
Steinbeck, John.
To a God Unknown. Gray cloth. First Edition, Second Issue.
New York: Covici Friede, [1933].
Goldstone-Payne A3 - Second issue with Covici Friede imprint. Mild crease along
spine, else near fine. (100/150).
SCARCE BRITISH EDITION
OF TORTILLA FLAT
349.
Steinbeck, John.
Tortilla Flat. Jacket. First British Edition.
London: William Heinemann, [1935].
Darkening to jacket spine, mild rubbing to jacket spine head, foxing to jacket
& interior, otherwise an extremely
good copy of this scarce book. (600/900).
350.
Steinbeck, John. The Moon is Down. [1942]. * The Wayward
Bus. [1947]. *
The
Pearl. [1948]. * A Russian Journal. Illus. by Robert Capa. [1949]. *
Burning Bright. [1951]. * Sweet Thursday.
[1954]. * The Short Reign of Pippin IV. [1957]. * Once There
Was a War. [1959]. * The
Winter of Our Discontent. [1961]. * Travels With Charley in Search of America.
[1962]. * America and Americans. [1966].
Together, 11 vols. Jackets. First British Edition.
London: Heinemann, various dates.
Some tears & chips to jackets, but overall very good. (300/500).
351.
Steinbeck, John. The Moon is Down. 1st Australian Ed. Jacket.
[1942]. *
The Long Valley.
Wrappers. Armed Services Ed. [c.1940's]. * Cannery Row. Jacket. 1st Australian
Ed. [1946]. * Two-in-One: Of Mice and
Men and Cannery Row. Jacket. [1947]. * Once There Was a War. 1st UK
Wrappers. [1954]. * Sweet Thursday.
Jacket. [1955]. * The Short Reign of Pippin IV. 1st UK Wrappers.
[1957]. * The Log of the Sea of
Cortez. 1st UK Wrappers. [1960]. * To a God Unknown. Wrappers. N.d. * Cup
of Gold. Wrappers. N.d. * The Red
Pony. Illus. by Robert Hodgson. Cloth. [1977]. * Gannett. John
Steinbeck: Personal and Bibliographical
Notes. Wrappers. 1st Ed. [1939]. Together, 12 vols.
Various places: various dates.
Generally very good. (80/120).
352.
(Steinbeck, John) Steinbeck, Eliane & Robert Wallsten.
Steinbeck: A Life in Letters. Gilt-lettered
cloth, slipcase. No. 139 of 1000 copies. First Edition. New York: Viking Press,
[1975].
A touch of sunning to spine, else near fine.
(50/80).
STEVENS' IDEAS OF ORDER
353.
Stevens, Wallace.
Ideas of Order. Striped cloth, spine label, jacket. First Trade
Edition, First Binding. New York: Knopf, 1936.
First binding of the trade edition in striped cloth (published one year after
the signed limited edition). Minor rubbing
to jacket spine ends, short closed tear to upper rear jacket panel, else about
fine. (300/500).
354.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble
in Samoa. 1892. *
David
Balfour, being Memoirs of his Adventures at Home and Abroad. 1893. Together, 2
vols. Cloth. First Editions.
New York: Scribner's, 1892 & 1893.
Darkening to spines of both, 2nd with some discoloration to front cover, else
about very good.
(70/100).
355.
Stout, Rex. Too Many Women. [1948]. * More Deaths Than
One. [1949]. *
Three
Men Out. [1955]. * Death of a Doxy. [1967]. Together, 4 vols. Jackets. First
British Editions.
London: Collins, various dates.
Chipping & tears to jacket extremities of 2nd, first & 3rd with chips
to jacket spines (3rd also with tape
to jacket verso), else very good.
(100/150).
356.
Sturgeon, Theodore.
E. Pluribus Unicorn. Jacket. First Edition.
New York: Abelard Press, [1953].
Rubbing to jacket extremities, reinforcements to upper & lower jacket
edges, chipping to jacket spine ends, tape
repairs to jacket verso showing through to recto of rear panel, else good.
(50/80).
357. Tan,
Amy.
The Joy Luck Club. Jacket. First Edition. New York: G.P. Putnam's,
[1989].
Inscribed & signed by Tan on the front free endpaper, with her "Joy Luck"
chop. Fine.
(100/150).
358.
Theroux, Paul.
Waldo. Jacket. First Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967.
Signed by Theroux on the title page. Theroux's first book. Usual mild rubbing
to jacket, else extremely good. (100/150).
359.
Thoreau, Henry D.
Summer: From the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau. Ed. by H.G.O. Blake.
[2], v, [1[, 382 + 16 ad pp. Double-page map of Concord. Gilt-lettered green
cloth, t.e.g. First Edition.Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1884.
BAL 20127 - According to the publisher, 1260 copies of the first printing were
printed. Mild shelf wear, offset from
small label to spine; bookplate of the Sesame Reading Club, with their rubber
stamp to title page, else very
good.
(100/150).
360.
Thorpe, Adam. Mornings in the Baltic. 1st Ed. [1988]. *
Meeting Montaigne. 1st Ed. [1990].
* Ulverton. Advance Uncorrected UK Proofs. [1992]. * Another copy. 1st Ed.
[1992]. * Another copy. 1st US Ed. [1992].
* Still. Advance Uncorrected UK Proofs. [1995]. Another copy.
1st Ed. [1995]. Together, 7 vols. Four
in wrappers, others cloth in jackets. Various places: various dates.
Last signed by Thorpe on the title page. Fine - Thorpe's latest novel has
garnered much acclaim on both sides of the
Atlantic.
(100/150).
TRAVEN'S BRIDGE IN THE JUNGLE
361.
Traven, B.
The Bridge in the Jungle. Jacket. First American Edition. New York:
Knopf, 1938.
Minor rubbing to jacket spine foot & corner, short tear & crease to
upper rear corner; offset to
pastedowns from printer's glue, else near fine; scarce thus. (150/250).
362.
Twain, Mark.
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. 712 pp. Illus. from
photographs,
drawings, etc. Original blue cloth with color pictorial label stamped in gilt,
gilt-dec. spine. First Edition, First Issue.
Hartford: American Publishing, 1897.
BAL 3451 - Hartford imprint only on title page; signature mark present on p.
161. Minor rubbing to spine ends
& corners; rubberstamp of bookseller John Newbegin to bottom of title page,
old number in ink to front free
endpaper, else near fine. (100/150).
363.
Twain, Mark.
Life on the Mississippi. 624 pp. Profusely illus. Original 3/4 morocco
& cloth, tooled
& lettered in gilt on spine, raised bands, marbled edges. First American
Edition, Mixed State.Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883.
BAL 3411 - Mixed state with picture depicting an urn, flames & the head of
Mark Twain on p.441; caption on
p.443 reads "The St. Charles Hotel." Rubbing to spine ends & extremities,
otherwise extremely good - a
handsome volume. (250/400).
364.
Twain, Mark.
The New War-Scare. Ed. by James Pepper. Gilt-lettered green cloth. No.
63 of 100 copies.
First Edition.
Santa Barbara: Neville, 1981.
Fine. (40/70).
365.
Tyler, Anne. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. 1982. *
The Accidental Tourist. 1985.
Together, 2 vols. Jackets. First Editions.
New York: Knopf, 1982 & 1985.
Both incribed & signed on the title pages. Fine. (100/150).
SIGNED, LIMITED UPDIKE BOOKS
366.
Updike, John.
Baby's First Step. Gilt-dec. & lettered green cloth. No. 20 of 100
copies. First
Edition.
Huntington Beach: James Cahill, [1993].
Signed by Updike in the colophon. Fine.
(50/80).
367.
Updike, John. Bech: A Book. 1 of 500 copies. 1970. *
Bech is Back. 1 of 500 copies.
1982. Together, 2 vols. Jackets, slipcases. First Editions.
New York: Knopf, 1970 & 1982.
Signed by Updike on the limitation pages. Light offset to slipcases from price
labels, else about fine. (100/150).
368.
Updike, John. Marry Me. Jacket, slipcase. 1 of 300
copies. 1976. *
Trust Me.
Half cloth & boards with feather, slipcase. 1 of 350 copies. 1987. Together, 2
vols. First Editions.
New York: Knopf, 1976 & 1987.
Signed by Updike on the limitation pages. Fine. (100/150).
369.
Updike, John. A Month of Sundays. Jacket, slipcase. 1 of 450 copies.
1975. *
Problems.
Jacket, slipcase. 1 of 350 copies. 1979. * Self-Conciousness. Gilt-lettered
cloth, photographic front cover label, slipcase.
1 of 350 copies. 1989. Together, 3 vols. First Editions. New York: Knopf,
various dates.
All signed by Updike on the limitation pages. Fine. (150/250).
370.
Updike, John.
The Witches of Eastwick. Half cloth & dec. boards, spine lettered in
gilt, slipcase.
No. 27 of 350 copies. First Edition.
New York: Knopf, 1983.
Signed by Updike on limitation page. A bit of sunning to slipcase extremities,
else near fine.
(100/150).
371. Van
Gieson, Judith.
The Other Side of Death. Jacket. First Edition.
[New York]: Harper Collins, [1991].
Signed by Van Gieson on the title page. Fine.
(40/70).
372. Van
Vechten, Carl.
Spider Boy. Jacket. First Edition. New York: Knopf, 1928.
Chipping to jacket spine head, pieces of jacket lacking from top & bottom
of front jacket joints as well as
corners of front panel, soiling, else very good in scarce jacket. (70/100).
373. Van
Vogt, A.E.
Masters of Time. Illus. by Ed Cartier. Jacket. No. 394 of 500 copies.
First Edition. Reading: Fantasy Press, 1950.
Inscribed & signed by Van Vogt on the limitation page. Mild chipping to
jacket spine ends, else very good. (100/150).
374. Van
Vogt, A.E.
The Mixed Men. Blue cloth lettered in red. [1952]. * With E. Mayne Hull.
Out of the Unknown. [1948]. Together, 2 vols. Both in jackets. First
Editions.
New York & Los Angeles: [1952 & 1948].
Wear to jackets, thus good only. (80/120).
375. Van
Vogt, A.E. The Voyage of the Space Beagle. [1951]. *
Destination: Universe! 1953.
Together, 2 vols. Jackets. First British Editions.
London: [1951 & 1953].
Second with original wrap-around band present. Rubbing to jacket extremities
& spine ends, a few short tears,
tape repairs to jacket versos showing through to rectos, one tape repair to
recto of jacket spine foot of 1st, prices
clipped, still very good, bright copies. (80/120).
376.
Waller, Robert James.
The Bridges of Madison County. Jacket. First Edition.
New York: New York: Warner Books, [1992].
Small spots to front jacket panel, price clipped, else near fine. (70/100).
377.
Wallis, J.H.
Crime and Mystery: 6 Games, Ten Copies of Each. Contains 6 murder mystery
games, in original wrap-around bands. All together in original pictorial box
(depicting a smoking gun).
New York: Frederick H. Beach, 1933.
Soiling & edge cracking to box, else very good, with unplayed games inside.
(100/150).
SIGNED BY ALAN WATTS
378.
Watts, Alan.
The Wisdom of Insecurity. Cloth. First Edition.
New York: Pantheon, [1951].
Inscribed & signed by Watts on the front free endpaper, with drawing of a
snake & clever saying inside
snake's body, dated 1951. Owner's name above. Spine lettering a bit worn, else
near fine. (150/250).
379.
Welch, James.
Winter in the Blood. Jacket. First Edition. New York: Harper & Row,
[1974].
Signed by Welch on the title page. Small chip to upper front jacket corner,
else a near fine copy of Welch's first
book. (80/120).
380.
Wells, H.G.
Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island. Jacket. First American Edition.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1928.
Rubbing to jacket spine ends & rear joint, short tear to upper edge of
front jacket panel, else very good. (70/100).
SIGNED, LIMITED NATANAEL WEST
381. West,
Nathanael.
The Dream Life of Balso Snell. Original printed wrappers. No. 87 of 500
copies (this
one of 300 for sale in America). First Edition.
Paris & New York: Contact Editions, [1931].
Inscribed & signed by West to Ruth Ransom on the limitation page. Irregular
darkening to covers & spine,
pieces lacking from spine head & lower spine, short tear & crease to
front free endpaper; hinge cracked in
middle, thus good to very good - a very scarce West title.
(2000/3000).
382. Weird
Tales. 9 issues. Vol. 31, No. 6 to Vol. 41, No. 5, incomplete. Contributions by
numerous science fiction &
horror writers, incl. H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, Frederic Brown, August
Derleth, Clifford Ball, Seabury Quinn, Edmond
Hamilton, C.L. Moore, Clark Ashton Smith, Greye La Spina, et al. Illus.
Pictorial wrappers.
New York: Weird Tales, June 1938-July 1949.
Chipping to extremities of one, otherwise extremely good to near fine - all
bright copies.
(80/120).
383.
(Western Fiction) Spearman, Frank H. Whispering Smith. Illus. by
N.C. Wyeth. 1906. *
Merrilie
Dawes. Illus. by Arthur Beecher. 1913. * Laramie Holds the Range. Illus. by
James Reynolds. 1921. * Selwood of
Sleepy Cat. 1925. * Flambeau Jim. 1927. * Gunlock
Ranch. [1935]. Together, 6 vols.
Cloth. All but 3rd are First Editions.
Various places: various dates.
Fourth inscribed & signed by Spearman. Overall very good condition.
(80/120).
384.
Wharton, Edith.
Madame de Treymes. Illus. with color plates. Gilt-dec. & lettered
brown cloth. First
Edition. New York: Scribner's, 1907.
Minor rubbing to spine ends, else near fine.
New York: Scribner's, 1907.
385.
Whitman, Walt.
The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman, much of which has been
but Recently Discovered with Various Early Manuscripts, now first Published. 2
vols. Collected & ed. by Emory Holloway.
Illus. 8x5-1/4, 3/4 brown morocco & cloth, gilt-stamped & lettered spines,
raised bands, t.e.g.; bound by Stikeman. First
Edition.
Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1921.
Front joint of Vol. I cracked, rubbing to front joint of Vol. II; pastedowns
double-leaved, else very good. (100/150).
386.
Wilde, Oscar.
The Birthday of the Infanta. Illus. in color by Pamela Bianco.
Cloth-backed dec. pink
boards, slipcase. First Bianco Edition.
New York: Macmillan, 1929.
Soiling & cracking to slipcase, else very good.
(70/100).
387.
Wilde, Oscar.
The Fisherman and His Soul. Illus. & dec. initials by Mallette Dean,
some highlighted
in gilt. 10-3/4x7-3/4, half silk & marbled boards, leather spine label. 1 of
200 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press.
[San Francisco: Ransohoff's, 1939].
GB 320 - Mild soiling, else near fine. (70/100).
388.
Wilde, Oscar.
Happy Prince. Mounted color plate. 10x6-1/2, gilt-lettered dec. boards,
slipcase. 1 of a limited edition.
Seattle: Dogwood Press, 1931.
Bumping to lower corners, a bit of soiling to spine, else near fine in very
good (scratched) slipcase. (50/80).
1 OF 775 COPIES
SIGNED BY THORNTON WILDER
389.
Wilder, Thornton.
The Angel that Troubled the Waters and Other Plays. Frontis. port.
Cloth, jacket. No.
275 of 775 copies. First Edition.
New York: Coward-McCann, 1928.
Signed by Wilder on the limitation page. Fine.
(200/300).
390.
Wilder, Thornton.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Illus. by Rockwell Kent. 10-1/2x7, cloth,
morocco spine
label, slipcase. No. 529 of 1100 copies printed by Pynson Printers.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1929.
Signed by Wilder & Kent in the colophon. Soiling, else near fine. (200/300).
391.
Wilder, Thornton.
The Merchant of Yonkers. Jacket. First Edition.
New York: Harper, 1939.
Signed by Jane Cowl, who starred in the play on Broadway, on the half-title. A
bit of sunning to jacket spine, price
clipped, else near fine. (100/150).
392.
Willeford, Charles.
Cockfighter Journal: The Story of a Shooting. Foreword by James Lee
Burke.
Pictorial cloth. No. 141 of 300 copies printed by the Kimberly Press. First
Edition.
Santa Barbara: Neville, 1989.
Signed by Burke in the colophon. As new.
(70/100).
393.
Willeford, Charles.
Proletarian Laughter. 8x7, pictorial wrappers. 1 of 1000 copies. First
Edition. Yonkers: Alicat Bookshop Press, 1948.
Fine condition - scarce thus. (80/120).
394.
Willeford, Charles.
The Way We Die Now. Half black morocco & marbled boards,
gilt-lettered spine.
No. 53 of 99 copies. First Edition.
New York: Random House, [1988].
Signed by Willeford on the limitation page. Fine. (80/120).
395.
Willeford, Charles, P.K. Thomajan, Miriam Allan deFord, Robert Anthony, &
F.H. Kaler.
The
Outcast Poets. Loose chapbooks in printed envelope. No. 8 of the Outcast
Series of Chapbooks issued by Oscar
Baradinsky. First Edition.
Yonkers: Alicat Bookshop Press, 1947.
Short tear to envelope, else near fine.
(100/150).
396.
Williams, William Carlos.
The Autobiography of William Carlos Williams. Jacket. First
Edition. New York: Random House, [1951].
Inscribed & signed by Williams on the front free endpaper, dated 1951.
Rubbing to jacket spine ends & a
bit to extremities, short tear to lower rear jacket panel, else very good.
(100/150).
397.
Williams, William Carlos.
The Knife of the Times and Other Stories. Jacket. 1 of 500
copies. First Edition. Ithica: Dragon Press, [1932].
Mild chipping to jacket spine ends, short closed tear to lower front jacket
panel, else fine in extremely good, bright
jacket. (200/300).
FINE COPY OF
THE PRINCE AND BETTY
398.
Wodehouse, P.G.
The Prince and Betty. Illus. by Will Grefe. Gilt-lettered black cloth,
pictorial cover labels;
custom slipcase. First Edition.
New York: W.J. Watt, [1912].
McIlvane A15a - Inscription to front free endpaper (dated 1916), else fine
condition - scarce thus. (250/400).
399.
Wolfe, Thomas.
From Death to Morning. Jacket. First Edition. New York: Scribner's, 1935.
Mild rubbing to jacket spine ends & joints, else fine in extremely good
jacket. (100/150).
400.
Wolfe, Thomas.
The Hills Beyond. Note on Thomas Wolfe by Edward C. Aswell. Jacket. First
Edition. New York: Harper, [1941].
About fine. (80/120).
401.
Wolfe, Thomas.
Mannerhouse: A Play in a Prologue and Three Acts. Frontis. port. &
12 page facsimile letter. Jacket, slipcase. No. 2 of 500 copies. First Edition.
New York: Harper, 1948.
Fine. (100/150).
402.
Wolfe, Thomas.
You Can't Go Home Again. Jacket. First Edition.
New York: Harper, [1940].
Minor chipping to jacket spine head (no paper loss), else near fine. (100/150).
403.
Woolf, Virginia.
Orlando: A Biography. Jacket. First American Trade Edition.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1928].
Minor chipping to jacket spine ends & corners, flap tips clipped, else
extremely good. (80/120).
404.
Woolf, Virginia. Three Guineas. [1938]. *
The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. [1942].
Together, 2 vols. Jackets. First American Editions.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, [1938 & 1942].
Chipping to jacket spine ends, staining to jacket spines, 2nd also lacking
small pieces from corners, else very good. (70/100).
405. Wouk,
Herman.
War and Remebrance. Jacket, slipcase. 1 of a reserve selection. First
Edition. Boston: Little, Brown, [1978].
Signed by Wouk on the limitation page. Price clipped, else fine. (80/120).
406.
Yeats, J.B.
Letters to his Son W.B. Yeats and Others 1869-1922. Ed. with memoir by
Joseph Hone.
Preface by Oliver Elton. Illus. incl. frontis. port. Rose cloth, gilt-lettered
spine. First Edition.
London: Faber & Faber, [1944].
Mild soiling, else very good. (40/70).
407.
Yeats, William Butler.
The Player Queen. Printed wrappers. First Edition.
London: Macmillan, 1922.
Soiling, darkening & chipping to spine wrappers, neat tear along front
joint, else very good. (100/150).
EARLY ZELAZNY BRITISH EDITIONS
408.
Zelazny, Roger.
Damnation Alley. Jacket. First Edition. New York: G.P. Putnam's, [1969].
Mild rubbing to jacket spine head, short closed tear to upper front jacket
panel, else extremely good. (100/150).
409.
Zelazny, Roger.
The Dream Master. Jacket. First British Edition.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968.
The author's second novel, an expansion of the 1965 Nebula award-winning
novelette, He Who Shapes.
Fine condition, scarce thus.
(400/600).
410.
Zelazny, Roger.
A Rose for Ecclesiastes. Jacket. First British Edition.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1969.
The author's 3rd book and first short story collection, issued earlier as a
paperback original in the U.S. as
Four for Tomorrow. A couple of small spots to front jacket flap
& free endpaper, else fine. (250/400).
411.
Zelazny, Roger.
This Immortal. Jacket. First British Edition.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1967.
Zelazny's first book, in fine condition.
(500/800).
Fine Modern Literature
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Lots 204. KEROUAC through 303. MORLEY
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