Theroux, Paul

The Consul’s Fire.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1977.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Paul Theroux on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the spine extremities.

Baxter, John E

Locker Room Ballads.

New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1923.

First edition of this collection of verses. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “To C.D. Stimson with the compliments of the author, John E. Baxter 12/24/23.” Near fine in a good dust jacket with a chip to the front panel. Illustrated by JamesContinue reading "Locker Room Ballads."

Seabrook, William

No Hiding Place.

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1942.

First edition of the author’s classic work. Octavo, original cloth. In near fine condition.

Stark, Freya

The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut.

London : John Murray, 1936.

First edition, early printing of this landmark travel narrative through southern Arabia. Octavo, publisher’s original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, facsimile signature of the author to the front panel stamped in gilt, profusely illustrated with black and white photographs from the author. In very good condition, stamp to the front pastedown.

McPhee, John

Giving Good Weight.

New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.

First edition of this collection of McPhee’s classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Len Byrd all best John.” Additionally signed by John McPhee on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.

Kaplan, Mordecai M

A New Zionism.

New York : Herzyl Press, 1959.

Second enlarged edition. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily Inscribed by Mordecai Kaplan to a noted Zionist on the half-title page. In near fine condition.

Piccard, Jacques [Wernher von Braun]

The Sun Beneath the Sea.

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971.

First edition of this official account of the thirty-day Gulf Steam Drift. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Translated from the French by Denver Lindley.

Malamud, Bernard). Cynthia Ozick, Robert Giroux, and Daniel Stern

Malamud: Three Elegies, 20 April 1986.

New York : Glenn Horowitz, Bookseller, 1986.

First edition, one of 150 unnumbered copies. 16 mo, original wrappers. Signed by Robert Giroux, Daniel Stern, and Cynthia Ozick. In fine condition.

Ford, Julia Ellsworth

Imagina.

New York : E. P. Dutton & Company, 1923.

Second edition of Ford’s melancholic children’s tale. Quarto, original cloth, with illustrations in color by Arthur Rackham and Lauren Ford. Very good in the original dust jacket which shows significant wear.

Gordimer, Nadine

My Son’s Story.

Johannesburg : Taurus, 1990.

First South African edition and true first edition. Octavo, blue boards. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with only light shelf wear.

McPhee, John

Giving Good Weight.

New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.

First edition of this collection of McPhee’s classic essays. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by John McPhee on the title page. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin.

Benchley, Robert

The Benchley Roundup: A Selection by Nathaniel Benchley of his favorites.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1954.

First edition of these humorous pieces chosen from all of Robert Benchley’s writings. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with unique drawings by Gluyas Williams. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

Bergonzi, Bernard [H.G. Wells]

The Early H.G. Wells: A Study of the Scientific Romances.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 1961.

First edition of this later social novel in which Wells examines the divergent lives of two brothers against the backdrop of a changing modern society. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth, frontispiece. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Priest’s most famous works include TheContinue reading "The Early H.G. Wells: A Study of the Scientific Romances."

Smith, Dodie

The New Moon with the Old.

London : Heinemann, 1963.

First edition of the author’s charming third novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket, lacking free endpaper. Jacket design by Peter Ward.

Nabokov, Vladimir. Introduction by Conrad Brenner

The Real Life of Sebastian Knight.

Norfolk, Connecticut : New Directions, 1959.

First edition of the reissue of Nabokov’s first novel in English. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ivan Chermayeff. Drawing by Michael Train. A nice example.

McCullough, David

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1972.

First edition of this definitive account of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, an acclaimed historical work named by The Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest non-fiction books of the twentieth century. Octavo, original blue cloth, photographic endpapers, with map and 33 pages of black-and-white illustrations. Very good in a very good dustContinue reading "The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge."

James, P.D

Death of an Expert Witness.

London : Faber and Faber, 1977.

First edition of this mystery by the author of A Mind to Murder. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Terry Trott. Photograph of the author by Jerry Bauer.

Bellow, Saul

The Victim.

New York : The Vanguard Press, 1947.

First edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original black cloth. In near fine condition. A Burgess 99 title.

Powers, Richard

The Gold Bug Variations.

New York : William Morrow and Company, 1991.

First Edition of the author’s third and breakthrough novel. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket without wear.

Jameson, Mrs. [Anna Brownell]

Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected and a New Edition of the Diary of an Ennuyée.

London : Saunders and Otley, 1834.

Rare first edition of Mrs. Jameson’s Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad. Octavo, volume III only of four volumes bound in three quarters vellum over marbled boards with gilt tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece, headpieces, and tailpieces, all edges red. In very good condition.

Jacobs, Jane

The Death And Life of Great American Cities.

New York : Random House, 1961.

First edition of the author’s masterpiece. Octavo, original half cloth. In very good condition, name to the front free endpaper.

Irwin, Wallace

Nautical Lays of a Landsman.

New York : Dodd, Mead, & Company, 1904.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a good dust jacket with some chips and tears. Illustrated with plates by Peter Newell.

Reports of the Experts Submitted to the Joint Palestine Survey Commission.

Boston : Daniels Printing Co, 1928.

Scarce printing of this collection of reports on agricultural colonization, labor, and public health. Octavo, original wrappers, rebacked, illustrated with black and white photographs, in-line and folding maps, and in-line and folding tables. In very good condition with rubbing, institutional stamps to the title page and final page of text.

Goldman, William

Tinsel.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1979.

First edition, second printing of Goldman’s novel regarding Hollywood. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by William Goldman opposite the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Richard Huebner.