Asquith, Herbert.

Wind's End.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. 1924. - Octavo, dark blue cloth in a dust wrapper. There are a few small white stains to the front cover. The dust wrapper is rubbed, soiled & chipped with a piece out of the tail of its spine. Title, half-title, [2] leaves & 259 pages. There is a small ink stain to the front pastedown. There are small wormholes in the top corners of pages 127-167. Good.

First American edition of the author's first novel. Good .

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Book number: 35792

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; BRITISH AUTHOR; HERBERT ASQUITH; FIRST NOVEL; WIND'S END; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

D'Astier, Emmanuel.

Honey & Gall.

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1958. 1958. - Octavo, black cloth in a dust wrapper. The gilt titling on the spine is partially faded & the top corner of the rear cover is slightly creased. The dust jacket is lightly soiled & chipped with its spine slightly darkened. There is a price sticker on its front fold. 176 pages. There is a previous owner's blind stamp on the front endpaper. Good.

First English edition.

Translated from the French by Humphrey Hare. Good .

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Book number: 35383

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; FRENCH AUTHOR; EMMANUEL D'ASTIER; HONEY & GALL; HUMPHREY HARE, TRANSLATOR; RUSSIAN REVOLUTION; WORLD WAR I; WORLD WAR II; THE RESISTANCE; FIRST ENGLISH EDITION; 1ST ENGLISH EDITION.

Atkins, John; Owens, William A.; Antaeus, S.; Weir, Charles, Jr; Viereck, Peter; et al

Epoch (a Quarterly of Contemporary Literature). Vol. I: No. 4: Summer 1948

Ithaca, NY: Epoch Associates, 1948. 1948. Ithaca, NY: Epoch Associates, 1948. 1948. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The extremities are darkened & there is a tiny stain & some very light foxing to the front wrap. 95 & [1] pages. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are poems by Charles Weir, Jr. Warren Wirtz, Winfield Townley Scott, Peter Viereck and Edward McGehee. Very good .

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Book number: 14921

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; PERIODICAL; EPOCH; JOHN ATKINS; WILLIAM A. OWENS; S. ANTAEUS; CHARLES WEIR, JR.; WARREN WIRTZ; WINFIELD TOWNLEY SCOTT; PETER VIERECK; EDWARD MCGEHEE.

Atwood, Margaret

Cat's Eye

NY: Doubleday, (1989). (1989). NY: Doubleday, (1989). (1989). Very good. - 8vo, black cloth backed tan boards titled in gilt, in dw. [xv], 446 & [1] pp. (vertical stain to front endpaper). Near fine.

First American edition. Very good .

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Book number: 1731

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST; MARGARET ATWOOD; MODERN LIT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; CAT'S EYE; 20TH CENTURY; WOMEN AUTHORS.

Auchincloss, Louis

Narcissa and Other Fables

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. 1983. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. 1983. Very good. SIGNED BY LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The top edges of the boards are slightly faded & the cloth on the top edge of the front board is a bit darkened. The dust jacket is rubbed with some creasing to the edges of its panels. The top edges of the flaps are foxed. [ix] & 213 pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition.

Signed in full by Louis Auchincloss on the front endpaper. Very good .

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Book number: 29434

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORIES. AMERICAN AUTHOR; LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; NARCISSA AND OTHER FABLES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Auden, W. H.; and Isherwood, Christopher

The Ascent of F6: A Tragedy in Two Acts

New York: Random House, (1937). (1937). New York: Random House, (1937). (1937). Very good. - Octavo, cream cloth titled in gilt within red panels on the spine & front cover with a vignette of mountains in gilt & cream on the cover, in a dust wrapper. There is a very light stain to the top corner of the front cover & a tiny dent to its bottom edge. The dust jacket is somewhat darkened & lightly soiled & chipped with a tear to the head of it spine. 123 pages. Very good.

First American edition, revised from the English edition and limited to 1,500 copies. Very good .

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Book number: 29073

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PLAY; TRAGEDY; MOUNTAINEERING; THE ASCENT OF F6; W. H. AUDEN; POET; BRITISH; CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; MODERN FIRST EDITION.

(Auden, W.H.). Spender, Stephen

W.H. Auden: A Tribute

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc. (1975). (1975). New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc. (1975). (1975). Good. SIGNED BY STEPHEN SPENDER - Quarto, 10 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide. Golden yellow cloth titled in black on the spine with a vignette illustration in black on the front cover, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is creased with minor wear and rubbing at the edges. 255 pages, with several pages of illustrations. From the collection of James Thurman Bass, Jr. with his bookplate on the front pastedown. The edges of the first and last few leaves are foxed. There are a couple of score marks to the bottom edge of the book. Good.

First American edition.

Signed by Stephen Spender on the half-title. Good .

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Book number: 30119

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; BIOGRAPHY; BIOGRAPHICAL; STEPHEN SPENDER; W.H. AUDEN; A TRIBUTE; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.

(Auden, W. H.). Farnan, Dorothy J

Auden in Love

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1984). (1984). New York: Simon & Schuster, (1984). (1984). Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards, in a dust wrapper. The head of the spine is faded & there is a light stain to the front board. The dust jacket is very lightly chipped. 253 & [4] pages. 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations. The front endpaper is very slightly soiled. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 8504

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POET; BRITISH; W. H. AUDEN; CHESTER KALLMAN; BIOGRAPHY; AUDEN IN LOVE; DOROTHY J. FARNAN; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Auden, W. H.; Berryman, John; Bishop, Elizabeth; Crane, Hart; et al. Hine, Daryl; editor.

Poetry. Sixtieth Anniversary Issue 1912-1972: First Appearances. (Volume CXXI, Number 1). October 1972. (Cover Title).

(Chicago, IL: The Modern Poetry Association), 1972. 1972. - Octavo, softcover bound in purple & white wraps. The rear wrap is darkened around the edges and lightly foxed & soiled. Title, 58 & [4] pages. Very good. The poetry and prose in this sixtieth anniversary issue represents the first appearance of each author in Poetry magazine during the previous sixty years. Among the contents are poems by W. H. Auden, John Berryman, Elizabeth Bishop, Hart Crane, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Gertrude Stein, Dylan Thomas, Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams. Among the prose comments and criticism are Ezra Pound on Tagore's poems; "Poeta Nascitur" on the nature of poets by Ford Madox Ford, and "The Betjeman Brand" by Northrup Frye. Very good .

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Book number: 95427

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PERIODICAL; POETRY. SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE 1912-1972: FIRST APPEARANCES; DARRYL HINE, EDITOR; POEMS; ESSAYS; W. H. AUDEN; JOHN BERRYMAN; ELIZABETH BISHOP; HART CRANE; TED HUGHES; SYLVIA PLATH; GERTRUDE STEIN; DYLAN THOMAS; WALLACE STEVENS;

Auel, Jean M.

The Plains of Passage.

New York: Crown Publishers Inc. (1990). (1990). SIGNED BY JEAN M. AUEL - Octavo, 9-5/8 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover in dust jacket. Bound in tan boards backed with a burgundy cloth spine, titled in gilt on the spine, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The head and tail of the book's spine are bumped. The dust jacket is slightly creased along the edges. 760 pages. Very good.

Second printing.

Signed by Jean Auel on an "Earth's Children" label mounted on the half-title. Very good .

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Book number: 96298

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; SIGNED; JEAN M. AUEL; FANTASY; SCIENCE FICTION; THE PLAINS OF PASSAGE; AUTOGRAPH; EARTH'S CHILDREN; SIGNATURE; MODERN; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.

Auel, Jean M

The Shelters of Stone

New York: Crown Publishers, (2002). (2002). New York: Crown Publishers, (2002). (2002). Fine. - Octavo, 9-5/8 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide. Bound in white boards backed with a rust tan spine, titled in gilt on the spine, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. 753 pages. Fine.

First edition, first printing. Fine .

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Book number: 14680

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; JEAN M. AUEL; FANTASY; SCIENCE FICTION; THE SHELTERS OF STONE; EARTH'S CHILDREN; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; EARTH'S CHILDREN; MODERN; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.

(Austen, John). Dennis, Geoffrey

Declaration of Love: Undiplomatic Correspondence between Paris and Berlin

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. 1927. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. 1927. Good. - Octavo, vermilion cloth with decorations in gray & black, in a dust wrapper. The binding is slightly rubbed with some darkening to the covers and with the head of the spine chipped. The dust jacket is chipped & soiled with a few small pieces out. The jacket spine is darkened. 259 pages plus colophon. The front edge of 1 leaf is roughed. Good.

First American edition, with the uncommon John Austen-designed dust wrapper. Good .

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Book number: 26601

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; BRITISH NOVELIST; DECLARATION OF LOVE; GEOFFREY DENNIS; JOHN AUSTEN; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

(Austen, Jane). Wilks, Brian

Jane Austen

(Maplewood, NJ: Hammond Incorporated, 1978). 1978). (Maplewood, NJ: Hammond Incorporated, 1978). 1978). Very good. - Small quarto [11-1/2 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], cloth, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped. 144 pages. numerous illustrations in black & white & color. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. Very good .

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Book number: 24403

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; BIOGRAPHY; NOVELIST; WOMAN AUTHOR; BRITISH; ENGLISH; JANE AUSTEN; BRIAN WILKS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Austen, Jane.

[Works of Jane Austen]: Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. (5 Volume Complete Set).

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1890. 1890. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1890. 1890. Very good. - Octavo, 6-1/2 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide. Hardcovers, five volumes uniformly bound in three-quarter brown cloth & floral decorated boards, titled & decorated in gilt on the spines. The top edges are gilt. The covers are slightly rubbed and the head & tail of the spines are bumped. The top corner of the first volume's front cover is dampstained and there is some staining along both the top and inner edges of the fifth volume's front cover. The pagination is as follows: title and pages 1-340; title and pages [5]-358 & [1]; title and pages [5]-442 & [1]; title and pages [5]-456; and title and pages [5]-446 & [1]. There is some dampstaining along the front edge of the first volume's front endpaper & title page, a small chip is out from the front corner of the second volume's first page, the text block of the third volume is cracked opposite page 7 and that of the fourth volume opposite page 455. One signature is loose, but present, in the fifth volume. There is some very minor foxing to the fore edges of the volumes with a few other minor flaws. A very attractive set. A RARE SET. Very good .

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Book number: 98183

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; JANE AUSTEN; SET; SENSE AND SENSIBILITY; PRIDE AND PREJUDICE; MANSFIELD PARK; EMMA; NORTHHANGER ABBEY and PERSUATION; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; NOVELS; FICTION; WOMEN AUTHORS; FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY; WORKS.

Auster, Paul.

Hand to Mouth: A Chronicle of Early Failure. Advance Reader's Copy.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1997). (1997). - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The head of the spine is rubbed. [xii] & 449 pages. Near fine. Advance Reader's Copy. Very good .

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Book number: 36581

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; MEMOIR; AMERICAN AUTHOR; PAUL AUSTER; HAND TO MOUTH: A CHRONICLE OF EARLY FAILURE; ADVANCE COPY.