The White Castle.
New York: Braziller, 1991. Second Printing. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 161. Inexpensive early edition of an acclaimed novel by the controversial Turkish author, who struck Nobelium in 2006. More
New York: Braziller, 1991. Second Printing. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 161. Inexpensive early edition of an acclaimed novel by the controversial Turkish author, who struck Nobelium in 2006. More
Leningrad: Academy of Sciences, Institute of Russian Literature, 1969. First edition. Paper over boards. Octavo, pp. 182. More
Milan: Rusconi, 1974. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small Quarto, pp. 1036, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Very scarce, especially in the U.S. More
Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1962. Later printing. Original Wraps. 12 Mo (4 1/4 x 7), pp. 314. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1931. First English language edition. Cloth over Boards. Small Octavo, pp. 152, printed on heavy textured paper. More
Lima, Peru: Editorial Juan Mejia Baca, 1966. First edition. Brown Cloth over Boards. Octavo, vol. I pp. 557, vol. 2 pp. 606, vol. 3 pp. 434. Illustrated with b/w in-text drawings. Text in Spanish. More
Paris: The Pegasus Press, 1938. Ninth printing. Original Wraps. 12 mo (5 X 7 3/4), pp. 360. One of the most influential books of the 20th century. More
Munich: K. G. Saur, 1987. First edition. Orange Boards. Quarto, pp. 410. A very good ex-library copy of this reference book. Interiors unmarked. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1952. First edition, as stated. Original Black Cloth. 12 mo (5 1/2 X 8 1/4), pp. 275, collection of 16 stories. More
New York: Hurst and Co., nd (circa 1904). Later edition. Uniform Half-Leather over Marbled Boards. Octavo,15 volumes, complete as issued. pp approx. 14,000. Illustrated frontspieces. b/w drawings in several stories. The works of]. . . The adventures of Oliver Twist, also, Pictures from Italy and American Notes; with illustrations by..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1932. First American edition. Original Black Cloth. 12 mo (5 3/4 X 8 1/4), pp. xxxii, 200, introduction by Richard Aldington. This commentary on the Book of Revelation was written while Lawrence was suffering from tuberculosis, from which he died in 1930. As he struggled to..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. First American edition. Original Cloth. 12 mo (4 1/2 X 7 1/2), pp. 232, originally published in London as the "Naval Annual" for 1836. No illustrations. Photo laid in. Scarce, with original nineteenth century photo of the original owner, with inscription to his mother..... More
New York: Harper's Magazine Press, 1973. First edition. Boards. Octavo, pp. 130. Illustrated with b/w drawings. More
Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, 1977. First edition, limited to 1000 copies. Paperback. Octavo, pp.272. catalogs 4259 items. well indexed. in English. A most ambitious project, well done. More
Cambridge: International Who's Who in Music, 1996/97. Fifteenth Edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 1206. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First edition. Trade Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 307, Danny Kachiah, a Native American wanderer from Oregon, searches for the wisdom of the traditional ways in order to pass them on to his son, a quest that ends when he meets Willis Salwish, an old River..... More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. First edition. Original Blue Cloth. octavo. pp 267. with map of voyage and several other images. scarce and important title and first edition. contains list and explanation of sea terms. More
New York: D. Appleton, 1850. Second American edition from the last English edition. Original Embossed Brown Cloth w/gilt pictorial. 12 mo (5 X 7), pp. 624, illustrated w/engravings, frontspiece engraving of Tasso. Torquato Tasso (1544-1595) has been called the greatest Italian poet of the late Renaissance, best remembered for his..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1938. First edition. Trade Vellum over decorated Boards. Octavo, pp. x, 29. Written as a conversation between Ashbee and a Mulim friend, inspired by his time in the Middle East during the first World War. A beautiful and uncommon edition. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1938. Second edition. Trade Vellum over decorated Boards. Octavo, pp. viii, 88. A beautiful and uncommon edition. More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1923. First edition. Original Cloth. 12 mo (5 1/4 X 8), pp. 30, First edition of her first book, inscribed to Elizabeth Mayer, her future fellow translator. An important association. Louise Brogan and Elizabeth Mayer would collaborate on translation projects in later years..... More
New York: Noonday Press, 1954. First edition. Original Cloth. 12 mo (5 1/4 X 8 1/4), pp. 127, inscribed to her collaborator, Elizabeth Mayer, includes several new poems not previously published. Erratum slip laid in. Elizabeth Mayer and Louise Bogan collaborated on several translation projects together, just as Ms Mayer..... More
Florence: Casa Editrice G. D'Anna, 1950. First edition. Original Wraps. octavo. 272 pp. indexed. text in Italian. scarce. More
Goettingen: Steidl, 1988. reprint of the 1976 Milan edition. original publiisher's cloth. quarto. pp 42. illustrated book of poetry. Signed boldly by Grass in pencil. More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1944. First edition, as stated. Original Black Cloth. 12 mo (5 1/2 X 8), pp. ix, 69, contains 42 poems plus an introductory note. Illustrated by 1 b/w drawing (title page). First edition of poet's second book (his first regularly published trade title after the very..... More