New York: Appleton, 1869. First edition. SIGNED BY SANBORN ON THE PREFACE. Probably Kate Sanborn's first work, though we cannot be sure. Written anonymously with just the initials "K.A.S." at the foot of the preface, Ms. Sanborn has signed her name beneath the initials. This book was undoubtedly intended as..... Read More about Home Pictures of English Poets

Boston: Atlantic, 1975. First edition of the author’s first book. Author’s First Book, Inscribed. INSCRIBED on the title-page, “To George, John Sayles”. Read More about Pride of the Bimbos

New York: NAL, [1968]. First edition. Inscribed by the author to Lisa on the ffep Dec. 25, 1970. The author's first book. Read More about The Broken Place

London: Secker & Warburg, 1960. First English edition of the author's first book. Inscribed on title page "To Ian Bennett with best wishes on his birthday from Clancy Sigal." Read More about Weekend in Dinlock

Baghdad: The Times Press Ltd, 1932. First edition. STARK'S FIRST BOOK. The scarce first book by one of the great twentieth century travellers, owned by a fellow resident of Baghdad, Edith Stewart. Born in Paris, brought up in Devon and Italy, Stark studied history at Bedford College, University of London..... Read More about Baghdad Sketches

Boston: Brown and Company 144 Purchase Street, 1899. First edition. With the first appearance of Wallace Stevens at page 28, "Vita Mea" which first appeared in the Harvard Advocate and here is its first and only book appearance. Read More about Harvard Lyrics and Other Verses

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, [1918]. First edition of the author's first book. Fine Copy in Dust-Jacket, Signed. Signed on the ffep, “Edward Streeter / New York June 27 1919” and below a drawing of a solider”s head, signed by the illustrator (“Bill Breck”).Streeter's first book and first in the..... Read More about Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. Second edition. In 1862, Ticknor & Fields bought 145 bound copies and 450 unbound copies directly from Thoreau, printed and inserted a new title page, and re-issued them. This is the scarcest issue. Read More about A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

London: Chapman & Hall, 1861. "New Edition" (i.e. second edition). The second edition of Trollope's first novel, which in its 1847 first edition is one of the great rarities of Victorian fiction. Read More about The MacDermots of Ballycloran

New York: Viking, [1942]. First edition, with publisher's announcement of release loosely inserted. The first book of verse from the Filipino-born Villa. With a Typed Postcard Signed and a Typed Letter Signed, both to Andrew B. Myers (1831-1946), long time professor of English at Fordham and noted collector, and Villa's..... Read More about Have Come, Am Here

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873. First edition, BAL printing 2 (sheets bulk 1-5/16 inches). First Book. Endpaper inscribed: “As a reminder of a very pleasant evening, I write my name on this leaf. / Lew. Wallace. / Boston, Mass. / Dec. 21, 1886”. Read More about The Fair God; or, the Last of the ’Tzins. A Tale of Conquest of Mexico

London: [1937]. First Edition. Read More about Poems