Signed limited edition
The General in His Labyrinth
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First American edition, number 100 of a limited edition of 350, signed... Read More about The General in His Labyrinth
Price: $1,500
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Portrait photograph of Peter Abrahams.
New York: November 25, 1955. Peter Abrahams (1919- ), is a South African novelist who was deeply influenced by his discovery of the literature of the Harlem Renaissance. His early novel "Mine Boy" (1946) was the first to emphasize the dehumanizing effect of racism upon South African blacks... Read More about Portrait photograph of Peter Abrahams
Price: $1,000
Potee's Gal. A Drama of Negro Life Near the Big Congaree Swamps by E. C. L. Adams.
Columbia, S.C: The State Company, 1929. First edition, #232 of 250 numbered copies, signed by E. C. L. Adams. A play, written by a white physician in "black dialect," set in South Carolina. Read More about Potee's Gal. A Drama of Negro Life Near the Big Congaree Swamps by E. C. L. Adams
Price: $150
The Adventures of Hunch-back and the Stories Connected with It [From The Arabian Nights Entertainment].
London: William Daniell, 1814. Daniell, William. First Edition. Read More about The Adventures of Hunch-back and the Stories Connected with It [From The Arabian Nights...
Price: $900
![Item #333028 Uroki muzyki. Stikhi. [Music Lessons]. Bella Akhmadulina](/pictures/thumb/333028.jpg?v=1656546639)
Uroki muzyki. Stikhi. [Music Lessons].
Moscow: Sovetskiĭ Pisatel', 1969. First edition. After her first book of poems Struna [String] (1962) was published, as a success, her work was criticized by the government as "superfluous and too intimate". It took her seven years to publish this, her second volume. Joseph Brodsky called her the best living..... Read More about Uroki muzyki. Stikhi. [Music Lessons
Price: $250
Chetki. Stikhi.
Berlin: S. Efron, [n.d., 1920]. Nice copy of this emigré edition of these poems of Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966). Originally published in 1913. Read More about Chetki. Stikhi
Price: $225
![Item #333036 Izbrannye stikhotvorenii︠a︡ [Selected Poems]. Anna Akhmatova](/pictures/thumb/333036.jpg?v=1656546641)
Izbrannye stikhotvorenii︠a︡ [Selected Poems].
New York: Izd-vo im. Chekhova, 1952. Read More about Izbrannye stikhotvorenii︠a︡ [Selected Poems
Price: $100
![Item #339644 Belaia staia: Stikhotvoreniia [The White Flock: Poems]. Kniga Vtoraia [Second book]....](/pictures/thumb/339644.jpg?v=1665000191)
Belaia staia: Stikhotvoreniia [The White Flock: Poems]. Kniga Vtoraia [Second book].
[Peterburg]: [Alkonost], 1922. Third edition, published in 1922. First published in 1917, it was Akhmatova’s third book, written during the disintegration of her marriage and as a world war raged on, it is a deeply Christian engagement with the manifold grief of human history. Uncommon edition. Read More about Belaia staia: Stikhotvoreniia [The White Flock: Poems]. Kniga Vtoraia [Second book
Price: $375
La Coltivatione di Luigi Alamanni al christianissimo Francessco primo.
Florence: Bernardo Giunta, 1546. Second edition, first to be printed in Italy. Second edition of Alamanni's pastoral masterpiece, composed in the manner of Virgil's Georgics. This edition was the first to be printed in Italy (the first edition printed in Paris by Robert Estienne). Read More about La Coltivatione di Luigi Alamanni al christianissimo Francessco primo
Price: $1,250
Little Men. Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1872. First British Edition, Low's copyright cheap ed. of American books. Scarce, OCLC locates only one copy, in Germany. Read More about Little Men. Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys
Price: $300
Steven Moore's and Mary McCarthy's copy
Locos. A Comedy of Gestures.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1936. First edition, signed and numbered by the author and limited to 1250 copies. Steven Moore's and Mary McCarthy's copy. With a letter from Steven Moore enclosing this, his personal copy, to her with a copy of her 1936 "Discovery" review of the book..... Read More about Locos. A Comedy of Gestures
Price: $750
Opere di Vittorio Alfieri da Asti: L'america Libera.
Italy: 1805. Limited edition of 250 copies. Volume from Alfieri's OPERE, or collected works, comprised of odes to the American Revolution, printed here in a limited edition of 250 copies. Alfieri was an Italian dramatist and poet who published several poetical works on the American Revolution. Read More about Opere di Vittorio Alfieri da Asti: L'america Libera
Price: $450
Rare In Dust Jacket
Chester Rand; or, A New Path to Fortune.
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, [n.d., ca. 1907]. Early reprint. Rare In Dust Jacket. Read More about Chester Rand; or, A New Path to Fortune
Price: $350
The Divine Comedy, Beautifully Bound
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri.
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1895. The Riverside Edition. The Divine Comedy, Beautifully Bound. Read More about The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri
Price: $750
The Divine Comedy. Translated by Thomas G. Bergin.
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1969. First printing. Read More about The Divine Comedy. Translated by Thomas G. Bergin
Price: $225
Alkibibla. A Disquisition upon Worshipping towards the East. In Two Parts. together with; A Letter to the Bishop of London...
London: J. Noon, 1740, 1731 & 1730. Second Edition. Read More about Alkibibla. A Disquisition upon Worshipping towards the East. In Two Parts. together with; A...
Price: $250
Superior Copy
Paul Bunyan and Resinous Rhymes of The North Woods.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1934. First edition, first state, No. 276 of 332 copies, signed by the author on the title page. Superior Copy. The mythic lumberjack (and Babe, his blue ox) in picture and poetry. Laid in the front is a printed Merry Christmas note entitled “Bunyan's Biggest..... Read More about Paul Bunyan and Resinous Rhymes of The North Woods
Price: $450
Superior Copy
Paul Bunyan and Resinous Rhymes of The North Woods.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1934. First edition, first state, No. 222 of 332 copies, signed by the author on the title page. Superior Copy. The mythic lumberjack (and Babe, his blue ox) in picture and poetry. Read More about Paul Bunyan and Resinous Rhymes of The North Woods
Price: $350
Paul Bunyan and Resinous Rhymes of The North Woods.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1934. First edition, second state, no. 25 of 166 copies [first state, signed by author on title, consisted of 332 copies]. The mythic lumberjack (and Babe, his blue ox) in picture and poetry; very scarce. Read More about Paul Bunyan and Resinous Rhymes of The North Woods
Price: $375
Inscribed
Dona Flor e seus dois maridos — história moral e de amor.
Sao Paolo: Martins, [1966]. First edition, trade issue. Obras Illustrados de Jorge Amado Vol. XVII. Inscribed. Inscribed by the author on the half title, “para Niles Bond, com um abraço de um leitor e admirador de sua poesia, muito cordialmente Jorge Amado S.P. Junho 1966”. Niles Bond was a US..... Read More about Dona Flor e seus dois maridos — história moral e de amor
Price: $4,500
Rare American Announcement of the July Revolution
Revolution in France! [drop title].
[Boston]: Office of the Daily Commercial Gazette, n.d. [August, 1830]. Rare American Announcement of the July Revolution. This Boston broadside, published by the [Boston] Daily Commercial Gazette, contains extracts from the London papers detailing the July 1830 Revolution in France that overthrew Charles X. It is presumably one of the..... Read More about Revolution in France! [drop title
Price: $800
5 Boogie Woogie Piano Solos.
New York: Leeds Music Corporation, [copyrigh 1941]. Read More about 5 Boogie Woogie Piano Solos
Price: $200
In Radio's Heyday, Its Most Popular Program
All about Amos ’n’ Andy and Their Creators Correll and Gosden.
Rand McNally, (1929). In Radio's Heyday, Its Most Popular Program. Signed on the first blank by the creators. Read More about All about Amos ’n’ Andy and Their Creators Correll and Gosden
Price: $500
The Snow Queen. A Tale in Seven Stories. Translated by Patricia L. Conroy and Sven H. Rossel. Postscript by Erik...
Herning, Denmark: Poul Kristensen, 1986. One of 325 copies, numbered out of series, signed by the publisher, binder, and illustrator. Read More about The Snow Queen. A Tale in Seven Stories. Translated by Patricia L. Conroy and Sven H. Rossel....
Price: $250
What the Moon Saw, and Other Tales … Translated by H.W. Dulcken.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1866. Bayes, A.W. First edition with these illustrations. Read More about What the Moon Saw, and Other Tales … Translated by H.W. Dulcken
Price: $175
Tolv med Posten.
Copenhagen: Andreasen & Lachmann, 1940. Number 668 of 800 copies, signed by Grosserer Marius Maurinen on colophon, and by Andreasen on preface. With 12 wonderful illustrations, by Anton Hansen, Thor Bógelünd, Erik Stockmarr, Magnüs Bengtsson, Sikker Hansen, V. Steoft, Carl Jensen, Ebbe Sadolin, Albert Naür, Harald Hansen, Arne Ungermann, Herlief..... Read More about Tolv med Posten
Price: $250