A Selection from "I For One," Essays by.......Edited By K. Suzuki.....
Tokyo: Sakuragi-Shobo, 1928. Japanese edition (in English).
cream paper spine, brown paper boards, (140), (3)pp. "Sample" stamped on titlepage. There are rubberstamps in Japanese on the e/paper, head of the spine chipped away but still a very good copy of a scarce edition.
| $250 | Book Number: 27761 | Order / Enquire |
Pictorial Forest Lawn. Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale 5, Calfornia.
(Los Angeles): Forest Lawn Memorial Park Association, Inc., 1956. Fourth edition.
Folio, orig. pale green wrappers with a large pictorial paper panel on the upper wrapper, (72)pp. Profusely illustrated in colour, and black and white. Sprawling note across the rear wrapper, a bit of rubbing o/w a very nice copy.
While the intention of this elaborate publicity publication was no doubt serious, it is impossible for anyone familiar with Evenlyn Waugh?s ?The Loved One? to take it at all seriously. From the introductory piece ?A First Step Up Toward Heaven? by Bruce Barton, which includes the pithy quotation ?Life is ever lord of death, And love can never lose its own?, the reader becomes acquainted with the smarmy, patronizing tone that pervades the entire booklet. The compilers attempt to lull potential customers into a sense of peace and tranquility as ?no signs of sorrow linger in this beautiful park.? The soothing dialogue is accompanied throughout by pictures of lavish gardens, the ?Church of the Little Flowers,? stained glass windows, reproductions of art work such as Michelanglo?s David and Moses, and the Hall of History. Without doubt, the epitome of bad taste are the descriptions and illustrations of ?Babyland? and ?Lullaby-land?, which includes a photo of ?Babyland at Christmas? when the graves of children are decorated with miniature white plastic Christmas trees, and statues such as ?The Duck Baby?, ?The Frog Baby? and the ?Happy Baby.? One glance through this publication makes clear that Waugh did not have to exaggerate much when he chose Forest Lawn as the model for his cemetery in ?The Loved One.?
| $185 | Book Number: 34970 | Order / Enquire |
FOWLES, John.
Islands. Photographs by Fay Godwin.
Boston: Little, Brown, (1978). First U.S. edition.
Fine in d/w.
Islands. Photographs by Fay Godwin.
Boston: Little, Brown, (1978). First U.S. edition.
Fine in d/w.
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ACKROYD,Peter. Chatterton. London: Hamish Hamilton, (1987). First edition. 1 of 150 copies signed by the author, for London Limited Editions. Cloth backed boards. Fine in glassine wrapper as issued.
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ADAMS, Richard.
The First Archibald Yell Smith IV Lecture at The Baylor School Shattanooga, Tennessee October 27, 1976.
Tall 8vo. orig. cream wrappers, 28pp. Name o/w near fine.
The First Archibald Yell Smith IV Lecture at The Baylor School Shattanooga, Tennessee October 27, 1976.
Tall 8vo. orig. cream wrappers, 28pp. Name o/w near fine.
| $250 | Book Number: 32022 | Order / Enquire |
AGEE, James.
A Death in the Family.
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, (1957). First edition.
Perimeter of the boards faded, o/w a very good copy in the d/w with some light wear to the spine ends.
A Death in the Family.
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, (1957). First edition.
Perimeter of the boards faded, o/w a very good copy in the d/w with some light wear to the spine ends.
| $300 | Book Number: 35242 | Order / Enquire |
ALBEE, Edward.
Box and Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung.
New York: Atheneum, 1969. First edition.
Fine in d/w.
Box and Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung.
New York: Atheneum, 1969. First edition.
Fine in d/w.
| $65 | Book Number: 9239 | Order / Enquire |
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ALDINGTON, Richard (translator). Euripides . Alcestis. Translated by.... London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. 1 of 250 signed by Aldington. Orig. cloth backed boards. Fine.
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ALDINGTON, Richard.
A Dream In The Luxembourg.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. 1 of 300 copies.
Orig. cloth backed boards. Near fine.
A Dream In The Luxembourg.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. 1 of 300 copies.
Orig. cloth backed boards. Near fine.
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ALDINGTON, Richard. The Love of Myrrhine and Konallis and other prose poems. Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1926. First U.S. edition, 1 of 150 copies signed by the author. Fine in a chipped and worn d/w.
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ALGREN, Nelson.
A Walk On The Wild Side.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, (1956). First edition.
Trace of fading along the top edge of the upper board o/w a fine copy in a price clipped d/w with very light wear to the spine ends and a scrape on the spine affecting the imprint, but still very good.
A Walk On The Wild Side.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, (1956). First edition.
Trace of fading along the top edge of the upper board o/w a fine copy in a price clipped d/w with very light wear to the spine ends and a scrape on the spine affecting the imprint, but still very good.
| $400 | Book Number: 34913 | Order / Enquire |
ALGREN, Nelson.
Nelson Algren?s Own Book of Lonesome Monsters.
(New York): Published by Bernard Geis Associates Distributed by Random House, nd (1963). First edition.
A fine copy in a d/w with wear to the spine ends and rubbing o/w very good.
Nelson Algren?s Own Book of Lonesome Monsters.
(New York): Published by Bernard Geis Associates Distributed by Random House, nd (1963). First edition.
A fine copy in a d/w with wear to the spine ends and rubbing o/w very good.
| $85 | Book Number: 35614 | Order / Enquire |
ALLEN, Hervey.
Anthony Adverse. Decorations by Allan McNab.
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1933. First edition.
Very good in a chipped and worn d/w.
Anthony Adverse. Decorations by Allan McNab.
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1933. First edition.
Very good in a chipped and worn d/w.
| $300 | Book Number: 1717 | Order / Enquire |
ALLEN, Hervey.
The Forest and the Fort.
Toronto: Oxford University Press, (1943). Advance uncorrected proof of the first Canadian edition.
Plain wrappers with "Advance Reader's Copy" written on upper wrapper. Mall stab hole in upper wrapper extending through the first 1/4" of the proof, small scuff marks o/w a very good copy of a scarce item.
The Forest and the Fort.
Toronto: Oxford University Press, (1943). Advance uncorrected proof of the first Canadian edition.
Plain wrappers with "Advance Reader's Copy" written on upper wrapper. Mall stab hole in upper wrapper extending through the first 1/4" of the proof, small scuff marks o/w a very good copy of a scarce item.
| $250 | Book Number: 1062 | Order / Enquire |
AMBLER, Eric.
A Kind of Anger.
London: The Bodley Head, (1964). Uncorrected proof of the first edition.
Orig. wrappers. Name, spine chipped, wrappers soiled, a good copy.
A Kind of Anger.
London: The Bodley Head, (1964). Uncorrected proof of the first edition.
Orig. wrappers. Name, spine chipped, wrappers soiled, a good copy.
| $200 | Book Number: 34243 | Order / Enquire |
AMBLER, Eric.
Intrigue. Three Famous Novels in One Volume.
(London): Hodder and Stoughton, (1965). First Collected edition. (The Mask of Dimitrios; Journey Into Fear; Judgment on Deltchev)
Fine in d/w with a bit of wear to the spine ends and some staining to the rear panel but o/w very nice.
Intrigue. Three Famous Novels in One Volume.
(London): Hodder and Stoughton, (1965). First Collected edition. (The Mask of Dimitrios; Journey Into Fear; Judgment on Deltchev)
Fine in d/w with a bit of wear to the spine ends and some staining to the rear panel but o/w very nice.
| $85 | Book Number: 35714 | Order / Enquire |
AMBLER, Eric.
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, (1959). First edition.
Fine in d/w with some wear to the top of the spine, and a short tear and light soiling to the rear panel, certainly better than very good.
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, (1959). First edition.
Fine in d/w with some wear to the top of the spine, and a short tear and light soiling to the rear panel, certainly better than very good.
| $250 | Book Number: 35403 | Order / Enquire |
AMIS, Kingsley.
Bright November Poems by.....
London: Fortune Press, (1964). Second issue/edition. Unauthorized.
Grey cloth lettered in gilt. Name o/w about fine in a plain paper d/w which has a mark from a label on the spine, but is still very good.
This was authorized, Amis was not informed that it was issued (D'Arch Smith). The plain d/w is not noted in the bibliography of the Fortune Press.
Bright November Poems by.....
London: Fortune Press, (1964). Second issue/edition. Unauthorized.
Grey cloth lettered in gilt. Name o/w about fine in a plain paper d/w which has a mark from a label on the spine, but is still very good.
This was authorized, Amis was not informed that it was issued (D'Arch Smith). The plain d/w is not noted in the bibliography of the Fortune Press.
| $450 | Book Number: 32095 | Order / Enquire |
AMIS, Kingsley.
Lucky Jim's Politics.
(London: Conservative Political Centre, 1968). First edition.
Wrappers. Name o/w near fine.
Lucky Jim's Politics.
(London: Conservative Political Centre, 1968). First edition.
Wrappers. Name o/w near fine.
| $100 | Book Number: 32059 | Order / Enquire |
AMIS, Kingsley.
Socialism and the Intellectuals.
(London): Fabian Society, 1957. Fabian Society Tract 304.
Wrappers. Name o/w near fine.
Socialism and the Intellectuals.
(London): Fabian Society, 1957. Fabian Society Tract 304.
Wrappers. Name o/w near fine.
| $125 | Book Number: 32060 | Order / Enquire |
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