Literature
Main-Travelled Roads: Six Enduring Stories of the Midlands of America.
Fawcwtt Premier, 1961. First edition thus. Mass Market Paperback. First Premier printing, Spetember 1961, near fine tight and clean pocket books shows just a hint of wear. 192 pages with introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. Nice copy of "..these brooding, realistic stories of of midwestern farm life at the end..... More
The Star Spangled Contract.
McGraw-Hill, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. First printing, very good hardcover shows some foxing and soil at page edges and touch of bumping to top corners and bit of a musty odor at least for now, in very good price-clipped dust jacket that shows mild soil to front panel abd some..... More
Prisoner's Friend.
Harper & Brothers, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. First American edition, near fine hardcover showing light bit of foxing to top page edges, in very good + jacket (price at flap) showing light rubbing and soil along with touch of edge wear. 175 pges. Pretty nice copy of this mystery from..... More
The Twelfth Transforming.
Harper & Row, 1984. Hardcover. Trade sized book club edition, near fine hardcover shows a couple of tiny spots of soil, in near fine dust jacket showing hardly a trace of wear as well. 407 pages with jacket art by Leo and Diane Dillon. Still a good looking hardcover copy..... More
The Selected Writings of Jean Genet.
Ecco Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. First edition stated, near fine hardcover in like jacket with both showing just a trace of wear. 462 pages. Nice copy of this collection of work from noted French novelist, playwright and poet. More
Elizabeth I: A Novel.
Viking, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. First printing, near fine hardcover in near fine dust jacket (price at flap) with both showing just a mild bit of shelf and trace wear. 688 pages. Still a pretty nice copy of this historical novel from the notable author of The autobiography of Henry..... More
The Mohawk Ladder.
Sears Readers Club, 1951. Hardcover. Reprint, special edition, near fine hardcover shows just a touch of wear, else tight and clean, in very good dust jacket with attractive painting by Alan Maxwell that shows light soil, bit of rubbing, wrinkling to front panel and edgewear particularly along fore edge and..... More
Armada.
Viking, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. First American printing, near fine hardcover in like jacket (price at flap) with both showing just the lightest bit of trace wear. 437 pages. Good looking copy of this seafaring novel from the author of The River Running By and The Raging of the Sea..... More
Damion's Daughter.
Doubleday, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very good + hardcover with touch of soil to top page edges, previous owner name and date to front paste down, and please return written to last blank opposite last page of text., in very good + jacket with corner wrinkle at bottom of front..... More
The Sheltered Life.
Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1943. Hardcover. Later printing, red cloth hardcover (no dust jacket) shows dulling to gilt along spine, bumping to corners and some other mild trace wear, else tight and clean. 395 pages. Solid copy of this well regarded novel of the South. More
The Battle Ground (The Old Dominion Edition of the Works of Ellen Glasgow).
Doubleday & Company, 1946. Hardcover. Near fine hardcover with ownership ink stamp at top of front paste down, in very good jacket (price at flap) showing some light soil and edge wear including some shallow open chipping mainly at ends and corners. 444 pages. Good looking copy of this edition..... More
The Deliverance: A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields.
Doubleday, Page & Co., 1904. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, very good maroon cloth hardcover (no dust jacket) with gilt letter to cover and sp[ine shows rubbing with light fraying to cover edges, bit of rubbing to covers as well, ownership ink stamp at front endpaper, bumping with short corner..... More
The Persian Journey of the Reverend Ashley Wishard and His Servant Fathi.
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, very good + orangish cloth hardcover (no dust jacket) with gilt to cover and spine shows some light bumping at spine head, else tight and clean. 259 pages with illustrated end papers. Still an attractive copy of the author's first novel..... More
The Crimson Handkerchief and Other Stories.
Harper & Brothers, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, very good black cloth hardcover (no dust jacket) with dull red letter to cover and spine shows some very mild soil and shelfwear, else tight and clean. 172 pages. Still a solid copy of these three stories translated by Henry Longan..... More
Kingfishers Catch Fire.
The Viking Press, 1953. Hardcover. Book club edition, near fine hardcover shows light shelfwear including a touch of bumping, in a very good + dust jacket that shows light soiling and edgewear including tiny closed tears. 282 pages. Still a pleasing copy of this novel from the noted author of..... More
Mr. Bedford and the Muses.
William Heinemann, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. First British printing, near fine in like jacket with both showing just the slightest bit of trace wear. 229 pages. Nice looking copy of this early collection of stories from the author of The Finishing School and other notable works. More
Elective Affinities.
Henry Regnery, 1963. Hardcover. Most likely a first printing thus, near fine blue cloth hardcover shows a name along hige at front endpaper and some other very light trace wear, in a very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows a rub blemish at rear panel probably from some..... More
Darlness Visible.
Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Hardcover. 2nd printing, very good hardcover shows soil and light staining at bottom edge of rear cover and bottom page edges, in near fine dust jacket (price at flap) that shows touch of shelf wear and faint bit of stain visible at spine tail of jacket..... More
Marathon Man.
Delacorte Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. First printing, very good + cloth hardcover shows a previous owner blindstamp at half title, tiny tear at top edge of group of pages and some other very light trace wear, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows exposure toning along..... More
Vicar of Wakefield.
Heriatge Press, 1992. Hardcover. Near fine cloth hardcover (no dust jacket) shows just a touch of wear, in near fine slipcase that shows just a hint of wear as well. 210 pages with Sandglass insert and illustrations by John Austen. Still an attractive copy of this classic novel that makes..... More
Lord of Misrule.
McPherson, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. First printing with first state dust jacket (no National Book Award reference) near fine in like jacket with both showing just a hint of wear. Remains an attractive copy of this National Book Award winner. More
The Famous Flower of Serving Men.
Thomas Dunne Books, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. First printing, near fine in like jacket with both showing just a hint of wear. 215 pages. Remains an attractive copy of this highly regarded tale. More
A Most Contagious Game.
Doubleday & Company, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. First edition stated, near fine, tight and clean yellow cloth hardcover showing just a trace of wear including touch of soil at bottom board and page edges, in near fine jacket showing very light soiling and just a touch of edge wear. 256..... More