Huxley, Aldous

Leda.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1920.

First edition of Huxley’s classic collection of poems. Octavo, original cloth and paper spine label. In good condition.

Kipling, Rudyard

Kipling Calendar: A Quotation from Kipling’s Writings for Every Day in the Year.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923.

First edition of the Kipling Calendar, containing a Kipling verse for each day of the year. Octavo, original half cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket.

Catton, Bruce

American Heritage: The Magazine of History.

New York : American Heritage Publishing Co, 1954-1958.

First edition collection of this historical magazine. Quarto, 6 volumes, original pictorial boards, illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings, the collection consists of: Volume. VI No. 1 (December 1954); Volume. VII No. 6 (October 1956); Volume VIII No. 6 (October 1957); Volume IX No. 3 (April 1958); Volume IX No. 6 (October 1958); Volume XContinue reading "American Heritage: The Magazine of History."

Madison, Charles A

American Labor Leaders: Personalities and Forces in the Labor Movement.

New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1950.

First edition of this work on American labor leaders. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “To Hod and Helen In friendship Charles A. Madison 5-11-50.” Near fine in a good dust jacket with some small chips and tears.

Yates, Richard

Cold Spring Harbor.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1986.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author’s final novel published in his lifetime Octavo, original wrappers. In fine condition.

Decarava, Roy and Langston Hughes

The Sweet Flypaper of Life.

New York : First Print Press, 2018.

Later printing of the classic collaboration between Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes. Small octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Miller, Arthur

Death of A Salesman.

New York : The Viking Press, 1998.

First edition of the 50th anniversary edition of this classic work. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Martin Ogolter. Original drawing of Willy Loman by Joseph Hirsch. Photograph of Arthur Miller by Esther Handler.

Trevanian [Rodney William Whitaker]

The Main.

New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976.

First edition of this gritty detective novel. Octavo, original publisher’s half-cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Signature to the front free endpaper.

Dicke, B.H

The Bush Speaks.

Pietermaritzburg : Shuter & Shooter, 1937.

Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a good dust jacket with some dampstaining to the spine.

Rivera, Mark with Mike Poncy. Foreword by Ringo Starr

Sideman: In Pursuit of the Next Gig.

Dallas, Texas : Matt Holt Books, 2023.

First edition of renowned musician, musical director, and rock star Mark Rivera’s revealing memoir. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by Mark Rivera on the half-title page,”Dear Alina, with much love & hope always… Mark Rivera.” Rivera has added a drawing of a modern peace sign. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket designContinue reading "Sideman: In Pursuit of the Next Gig."

Dobree, Bonamy. [Rudyard Kipling]

Rudyard Kipling.

London : Published for The British Council and the National Book League by Longmans, Green & Co., 1951.

First edition of Dobree’s work on Kipling, the man and the writer. Octavo, original wrappers, frontispiece portrait of Kipling. In near fine condition.

Monkshood, G. F. and George Gamble

Rudyard Kipling: The Man and His Work. An Attempt at Appreciation.

London : Greening & Co., Ltd., 1902.

Third and enlarged edition of Monkshood’s homage to the legendary man of letters. Octavo, original cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait. In very good condition.

Collins, Joseph

Taking the Literary Pulse: Psychological Studies of Life and Letters.

New York : George H. Doran Company, 1924.

First edition of this work analyzing modern authors and their literary characters through a psychological lens. Octavo, original publisher’s red cloth, illustrated with tipped in plates. In near fine condition, bookplate to the front pastedown.

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Tarzan the Terrible.

Chicago : A. C. McClurg & Co., 1921.

First edition of the eighth book in the ‘Tarzan’ series. Octavo, original red cloth, frontispiece and nine illustrations by J. Allen St. John. In good condition, with speckled loss to the cloth and wear, signature to the front free endpaper.

Kipling, Rudyard. Introduction by Irving Howe

The Portable Kipling.

New York : The Viking Press, 1982.

Rare unrevised proof of The Portable Kipling. Octavo, original wrappers with the publisher’s date and price inscribed on the front panel. In fine condition. Rare.

Lefschetz, Solomon; S. P. Diliberto; L. L. Rauch; F. H. Brownell; M. L. Cartwright; J. G. Wendel; C. E. Langenhop; A. B. Farnell; W. Wasow

Contributions to the Theory of Nonlinear Oscillations.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1950.

First edition of this collection of seven mathematical research papers on the topic of nonlinear oscillations. Medium octavo, original orange wrappers, illustrated with equations and graphs. In very good condition. Accompanied by a typed list of errata printed circa publication.

Rickenbacker, Captain Edward V

Seven Came Through: Rickenbacker’s Full Story Including His Message to America.

Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1943.

First edition, early printing of Rickenbacker’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.

Durrell, Lawrence

Tunc.

London : Faber and Faber, 1968.

First edition of this novel by the author of The Alexandria Quartet. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.

King, Stephen

Rose Madder.

New York : The Viking Press, 1995.

First edition of this King thriller. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Author photograph by Tabitha King.

Nabokov, Vladimir

King, Queen, Knave.

London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968.

First British edition of this early Nabokov novel. Octavo, original black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by George Mayhew. Photograph of Nabokov on the rear panel by Philippe Halsman. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov. A nice example.

Yates, Richard

Cold Spring Harbor.

New York : Delacorte Press, 1986.

First Edition of the author’s last novel. Octavo. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Price, Reynolds [Madeleine Albright]

A Generous Man.

New York : Atheneum, 1966.

First edition, early printing of this Southern Gothic novel. Octavo, original cloth, top stain red, bookplate to the front pastedown from ‘The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright’. Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leadingContinue reading "A Generous Man."

Maharaj, Mac] O'Malley, Padraig; Foreword by Nelson Mandela

Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle For South Africa.

New York : Viking, 2007.

First edition of this work on apartheid activist Mac Maharaj. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Padraig O’Malley. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Self-Consciousness: Memoirs

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.

First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author to noted book collector Stratford Carter on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.