HELLER, JOSPEH

Catch-22

Taiwan, 1961, 1st Edition. 8vo. Cloth coverd boards with silver spine lettering. The Chinese characters on the copyright page indicate this is the pirated first Taiwan edition. Taiwan bookseller plate on last end paper. Book is in very good/near fine condition; tight and square with no marks or inscriptions. The unclipped, bright dust jacket, with the portrait of the author on the rear, has a few closed tears. Rare pirated edition. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 001294

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature, Usa, Pirate Edition, Joseph Heller

HEMINGWAY, ERNEST

Across the River and into the Trees

London, Jonathan Cape. 1950, 1st Edition. Hardcover with illustration on front cover and silver lettering on spine. In unclipped (9s 6d. net), illustrated dust jacket. First UK edition, first printing, preceding the first American edition. Binding is tight with slight lean, boards with minor wear and fading, spine ends a bit pushed. Inside clean, no marks or inscriptions. The dust jacket has vibrant colors. Light wear and rubbing to spine ends and corners. 254 pp. 20 x 13,5 cm. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002820

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature, Ernest Hemingway, Across the River and Into the Trees

HEMINGWAY, ERNEST

For Whom the Bell Tolls

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons. 1940, 1st Edition. Bound in publishers original cloth binding with titles stamped in black and red. No dust jacket. First edition, later (1940) printing without Scribner's 'Á' on the copyright page. Binding is tight and square, endpapers a bit browned. Top edge dyed, fore-edge untrimmed. Inside clean, no marks or inscriptions. 471 pp. 21,5 x 15 cm. Near Fine.

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Book number: 002981

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature, Fiction, First Editions, Usa, Ernest Hemingway

HESSE, HERMAN / HELMUT ACKERMAN

Steppenwolf

Westport, The Limited Editions Club. 1977. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Ill.: Ackerman, Helmut. Quarter black morocco and grey cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Book is in mint condition. No glassine. In slipcase with minimal wear to corners. Illustrated with black & white woodcuts by Helmut Ackerman. No. 1455 from a limited edition of 1600 copies. Limited Editions Club letter laid-in. Comes with 'A suite of eight woodcuts to illustrate Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse'. The Print Club, New York, 1979. Cloth covered portfolio contains 8 woodcuts printed in two colors directly from the blocks on Tosho Japanese handmade paper. Limited edition of 200. Each print is numbered and signed by Ackerman. All prints are in mint condition.47x34 cm. Large and heavy item, may require extra postage for shipping. Fine. Signed by Illustrator(s).

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Book number: 001567

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Ackerman, Helmutliterature, Germany, Herman Hesse, Helmut Ackerman, Limited Editions Club, Lec, Woodcuts Art Fine Printing and Private Presses

HIGDON, DAVID LEON

Wandering into Brave New World

Amsterdam / New York, Rodopi. 2013, 1st Edition. Paperback. Costerus New Series 200. Bibliography, index. 255 pp. 22 x 15 cm. Near Fine.

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Book number: 003013

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature, Study, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World. David Leon Higdon

HILTON, JAMES

We are not alone

London, Macmillan. 1937. Hardcover in illustrated dust jacket. Apart from a previous owner name, date and place on the half title book and dust jacket are in almost as new condition which makes it probably a later printing. Also 'halt' is corrected to 'half' on page 1. Pages are white and clean. The dust jacket with vivid colors has a 2 mm. closed tear on the rear side. 219 pp. A beautiful copy. Near Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 002123

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Uk, Fiction, Novel, James Hilton

HOENSELAARS, TON (ED.)

Shakespeare and The Language of Translation.

London, The Arden Shakespeare / Thomson. 2004, 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover edition in illustrated dust jacket. List of literature, references, index. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 001596

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature, Uk, Shakespeare.

DAVID HOLBROOK

Sylvia Plath: Poetry and Existence

London, The Athlone Press. 1976, 1st Edition. Hardcover in dustjacket. Bibliography, index. 308 pp. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 002538

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature, Sylvia Plath

HUGHES, TED

A Few Crows

Exeter, The Rougemont Press. 1970, 1st Edition. Ill.: Reiner Burger. Dark blue boards with gilt title on frontcover. In beige dustjacket with black lettering. Illustrations by Reiner Burger. This is number 104 of a limited edition of 150 copies. Loosely inserted is a typed poem 'Watersong'. 19 pp. 20 x 19,5 cm. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 002778

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Reiner Burger. Literature, Poetry, Ted Hughes Fine Printing and Private Presses

HUXLEY, ALDOUS

Brave New World

London, Chatto & Windus. 1932, 1st Edition. Bound in blue buckram with gilt spine lettering. Top edge stained blue (but faded to grey). Without the dust jacket. Binding a bit skewed but tight, Spine has 2 faint vertical creases. Back cover with faint spots and light fading to upper edge. Light wear and rubbing to spine ends and (lower) corner tips. Interior is clean and bright, no marks, inscriptions, foxing or bookplates. 306 pp. 19,5 x 13 cm. Very Good.

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Book number: 002822

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature, Fiction, Dystopia, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Science Fiction & Fantasy

KAFKA, FRANZ

Brief an den Vater. Mit einem Nachwort von Thomas Anz

Prag, Vitalis. 1997, 2nd Edition. 21x12,5 cm. Original boards. Black and white ills. Fine.

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Book number: 001370

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature, Kafka

KÄSTNER, ERICH

Das doppelte Lottchen. Ein Roman fur Kinder. Illustriert von Walter Trier

Zurich, Atrium Verlag. 1949, 1st Edition. Pictorial half cloth with gilt lettering on spine. With 45 illustrations by Walter Trier. Fine, near mint condition. Loosely laid in is a handwritten note in pencil signed and dated by Erich Kästner. 21,5x16 cm. Rare in this condition. Fine. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 001770

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Childrens Literature, Germany, Erich Kästner

FRANS KELLENDONK

Letter en geest. Een spookverhaal

Utrecht, Stichting De Roos. 1994. Ill.: Jacques Janssen. Original illustrated red cloth. Binding design by Hannie Pijnappels. Illustrations in black and yellow by Jacques Janssen. by This is no. 62 of a limited edition of 175 copies published for the members of Stichting De Roos. 93 pp. 29,5,5 x 18 cm. As new copy. As New.

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Book number: 002689

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Jacques Janssenliterature, the Netherlands, Stichting de Roos, Frans Kellendonk, Letter En Geest Fine Printing and Private Presses

GERRIT KOMRIJ

De Klopgeest

Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij. 2001, 1st Edition. Hardcover met stofomslag. Mooi exemplaar, gesigneerd door Gerrit Komrij. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author(s).

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Book number: 002162

Catalogue: Literature

HARPER LEE

To Kill a Mockingbird

London, Heinemann. 1960, 1st Edition. Bound in burgundy boards with silver spine lettering. In illustrated dust jacket. Binding is square and tight. Spine ends a bit pushed. Contents are clean, no marks or inscriptions. The unclipped dust jacket has bright colors with light wear to edges and corners and browning to the inside. An attractive copy of the first UK edition. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002728

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature, Usa, Harper Lee, to Kill a Mockingbird