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By: Miller, Henry
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Paris, The Obelisk Press: 1945
Edition: Fourth Printing
Seller ID: 11175
Book is square and binding is neither torn not parted. However, this book was printed on the cheap, supposedly from the same plates as the 1938 edition. The pages have toning, especially on the edges and there is light wear to edges, corners and surface with an old diagonal crease on the front lower right corner. See scan. The book is G+. While this copy is undated, there is a gift inscription on ffep dated 1945 which is the year of the 4th Printing (by Obelisk) and whic... View more info
By: Miller, Henry
Price: $75.00
Publisher: New York, Alicat Book Shop: 1945
Edition: 1st Edition, Limited; First Printing
Seller ID: 15294
Stapled pale blue wraps with black titles. Some toning along edges along with light, even interior toning. Some, very light, edge and corner wear. This a solid VG to VG+ copy protected in Mylar. This essay was set up and printed by Hunt at his press in Yonkers, New York then published by Oscar Baradinsky as one of the "Outcast" series of chapbooks at the Alicat Book Shop in New York. This edition was limited to 750 copies. ; B&W Photograph; Small 8vo 7½" - ... View more info
By: Miller, Henry
Price: $600.00
Publisher: Ann Arbor, Roger Jackson: 1999
Edition: 1st Edition, Limited and Lettered; First Printing
Seller ID: 15296
Book and slipcase, no dustjacket issued, appear to be pristine.This book of unpublished sections was issued in a limited edition of 150 copies and in a special limited edition of 26 lettered copies signed by artist, Gene King, and Publisher/Editor, Roger Jackson. Both have signed on the Limitation Page of this volume Lettered "Q." King has also signed on a special copy of one of his preliminary sketches that was laid into this volume. (This sketch is now tipped in.) It i... View more info
Price: $300.00
Publisher: Boston, The Atlantic Monthly Press: 1923
Edition: First Trade Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 9321
Red cloth with black backstrip. Wear on corners and general light aging. Book is square and binding is tight. Jacket has wear and aging along with some tape repairs on spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 120 pages; This is a play by the well-known book-collector A, Edward Newton, who wrote The Amenities of Book-Collecting and was a major collector of Samuel Johnson. This copy is especially distinguished by Jean Hersholt's bookplate and signature (on the bookplate) on the... View more info
By: Norman, James
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Pellegrini & Cudahy: 1951
Seller ID: 11275
Reddish-brown cloth over boards with white backstrip and titles in very dark green on spine. Book is square and securely bound with general, light wear. Some toning on endpapers. Jacket has a good bit of wear including some loss at top and bottom of spine and a quarter sized chip on the back. Jacket is G to G-. ; B&W Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages View more info
Price: $65.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, The Curtis Publishing Company: 1961
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 15880
This is the September, 1961 issue of Holiday, a large format (10 1/2 X 13) magazine for travellers which contained the first appearance of Flannery O'Connor's essay, "Living with a Peacock." This covers for this copy are almost detached and might be completely detached in shipping. However, the covers could easily and inexpensively be tipped back on. This is an uncommon first appearance of one of O'Connor's essays on peacocks. ; Color Illustration of a Peacock; 4to 11"... View more info
By: O'Connor, Frank
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1981
Edition: 1st Edition, Stated; First Printing
Seller ID: 14006
Book is square and securely bound with minimal wear. Some expected foxing on endpapers, otherwise this copy would be about near fine. Jacket has some wear along the top edge including a very small chip and two short, closed tears. Solid and attractive copy. O'Connor was noted as a great short story writer, most with an Irish viewpoint. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 702 pages View more info
By: O'Hara, John
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Random House: 1963
Edition: 1st Edition, Stated; First Printing
Seller ID: 13552
Blue cloth with gilt titles. Very light general wear with some aging along edges. Book is square and binding secure. Jacket has edge corner and surface wear including chips and tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 405 pages View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York City, Harper Collins / Harper Perennial: 2009
Edition: 1st Edition Softcover; First Printing
Seller ID: 10364
Book is brand new. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 238+ pages; Short stories that fictionalize the deaths of famous writers. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Pandick Press Inc.: 1978
Edition: 1st Edition, Stated; First Printing
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 8186
Green cloth over boards with gilt titles. Book has some light edge and corner wear but is square and securely bound. Jacket has edge and corner wear especially along top edge. Some light age toning. In mylar. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 429 pages; Signed and inscribed by Oldfield on ffep. Oldfield was a retired Colonel in the U. S. A. F. ; Signed by Author View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company: 1951
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 10782
Yellow covers with black titles on spine. Very light, general wear and aging with a light odor from storage. Former owner's pictorial bookmark on front pastedown. Square and securely bound. Jacket has some edge, corner and surface wear along with a tear on the upper back left corner. ; B&W Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York City, Editions for the Armed Services, Inc.: 1944
Edition: Armed Services Edition
Seller ID: 6819
Wear to cornrs and edges, paper yelowed, front cover has been creased. ; Oblong 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 479 pages View more info
By: Potter, John K.
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Chicago, The Black Archer Press: 1932
Edition: Limited Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 15319
Original blue cloth covers with gilt decoration on front cover and gilt title on spine. Bery light rubs at extremities and light aging, VG+. Limited editionof 500 copies, this being #213. Some title pages are reproduced. Good information on Twain firsts with interesting pricing information from almost a century ago. ; Some Title Pages; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 80 +Index pages View more info
By: Pound, Ezra
Price: $65.00
Publisher: Milano, All'Insegna Del Pesce D'Oro: 1954
Edition: First Edition Thus, Limited; First Printing
Seller ID: 15181
Grey paper wraps over thin white pasteboard with black titles. Light edge and corner wear but with some soiling or age toning. Interior is lightly aged. This is alimited edition printing, in Italian, of 1000 copies. This is number 767. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 99VG- pages View more info
By: Ralph, Julian
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Harper and Brothers Publishers: 1899
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 10785
Red covers with gilt titles and black decoration. Light edge, corner and surface wear with a lightly sunned spine. Book is square and securely bound. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown has caused a shadow on ffep. A solid copy. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 162 pages; Ralph was a journalist but these appear to be short stories based on incidents from his travels View more info
By: Reed, Myrtle
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York City, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1905
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 7504
Corners slightly bumped, head and foot of spine worn, spine somewhat faded, rubbed on edges of spine. There is a Ladies' Library Association of Danville, Vermont bookplate on the front pastedown, but no other library marks. A small label has been removed from the ffep, leaving a 2x1/2" scuff. Top edge is gilt, fore and bottom edges uncut and a little darkened. The gilt designs on the front are bright, though the white is faded. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 353 pages;... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Boston, Dana Estes & Company: 1894
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 11516
Beige cloth with color illustration of girl playing violin. Black titles . General edge and corner wear with a stray mark on the right top front. Square and securely bound. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 96 pages View more info
By: Salinger, J. D.
Price: $65.00
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1959
Edition: 1st Edition, Stated; First Printing
Seller ID: 14970
Book has only very light, general wear and a small bit of soiling on foredge. Jacket has some wear at spine ends and very minor edge wear elsewhere. One of Salinger's great books. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages View more info
By: Sinclair, Upton
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1950
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 12324
Book and jacket both have edge and corner wear. Endpapers of book are heavily toned, though not the rest. Jacket has a few small chips. Book is square and securely bound. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 314 pages; Epistolary parody of Richardson's Pamela, a book worthy of parody. View more info
By: Soos, Frank
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Athens, The University of Georgia Press: 1998
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 11114
Book and jacket are as new and unused. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 175 pages; Winner: Flannery O'Connor Award. View more info
By: Southworth, Mrs. Emma D. E. N.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Cleveland, The Arthur Westbrook Company: ca. 1900
Seller ID: 16076
Pictorial wraps with oval image of bride in wedding finery; white titles. This copy has some general wear and soiling along with interior toning but is still square and securely bound. Remarkably nice copy of a fragile book. The book has no date but is probably from the late-19th or early 20th century. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Books, Inc.: N.D.
Seller ID: 13543
Blue cloth with gilt titles on spine. Light, general wear with toning on interior page edges. Still square and securely bound. ; The World's Popular Classics; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 371 pages; Not dated, but this edition is probably early 20th century. View more info
Price: $200.00
Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday Page & Co: 1918
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 15756
First edition but not first issue - "was" on page 304, closed ampersand on publisher's name, perfect type on # page 11, yellow and brown decorations on cover and spine. The color frontispiece by Frances Rogers has the tissue guard. Illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. The book is very god+, with a small crease on the first free endpaper, very light toning, and very minor wear to spine ends. The VG dustjacket has light wear to the edges and a slightly faded and soiled ... View more info
By: Styron, William
Price: $30.00
Publisher: New York, Random House: 1979
Edition: First Trade Edition; First Printing
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 14021
Book has only very light, general wear and some aging mainly on foredges. Jacket has some edge and corner wear, including a closed tear on the top back. Book is signed on title page in shaky hand. Former owner of this book listed it as signed by Styron. Brunk Auctions questioned the signature. I have posted a scan and can see that it could be Styron's signature from late in life when he was very ill. Because of these questions I am not pricing the book as I would a signe... View more info
By: Styron, William
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New York, Random House: 1960
Edition: 1st Edition, Stated; First Printing
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 14023
Book has only light, general wear with some minor toning on foredge. Jacket has some light edge and corner wear with some small scuffs along the bottom edges and extremities. Book is signed on title page in a somewhat shaky hand. The former dealer who owned this copy said that it was signed. Brunk Auctions was unwilling to state that unequivocally. It appears to me that it is likely a signature from Styron's later years when he was ill. I am not pricing the signature int... View more info
