• "Room to Rhyme" Christmas card. Inscription
    Seamus Heaney
    "Room to Rhyme" Christmas card, 2003
    Dundee: University of Dundee
    Inscribed by Heaney.
    $ 400.00
    Seamus Heaney, "Room to Rhyme" Christmas card, 2003
    $ 400.00
  • A Political Ode with ALS by which it was attributed, text by Lord Byron. Letter in Byron's hand
    Lord Byron
    A Political Ode. With the ALS by which the poem is attributed to Byron, 1812, 1880
    London: John Pearson
    The only copy printed in quarto, with original Byron ALS.
    $ 8,400.00 Price reflects 40% discount
    Lord Byron, A Political Ode. With the ALS by which the poem is attributed to Byron, 1812, 1880
    $ 8,400.00 Price reflects 40% discount
  • At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen. Dust jacket front cover.
    Peter Matthiessen
    At Play in the Fields of the Lord, 1965
    NY: Random House
    First edition. Inscribed by Matthiessen to Kennett Love. Signed again by Matthiessen at the half title.
    $ 650.00
    Peter Matthiessen, At Play in the Fields of the Lord, 1965
    $ 650.00
  • Autograph manuscript for a book review by George Sand. Signed page
    George Sand
    Autograph Manuscript for a Book Review, (c. 1863-1878)
    $ 5,500.00
    George Sand, Autograph Manuscript for a Book Review, (c. 1863-1878)
    $ 5,500.00
  • Black Men/White Men. Signed title-page spread
    Michael J. Smith (ed.)
    Black Men/White Men, 1983
    San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press
    First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, signed by the editor.
    $ 400.00
    Michael J. Smith (ed.), Black Men/White Men, 1983
    $ 400.00
  • Collected Poems of Robert Frost. Title-page spread
    Robert Frost
    Collected Poems, 1939
    NY: Henry Holt and Company
    First edition. Signed by Frost.
    $ 1,850.00
    Robert Frost, Collected Poems, 1939
    $ 1,850.00
  • Cute and Other Poems. Front cover
    Jim Everhard
    Cute and Other Poems, 1982
    San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press
    First edition. One of twenty-six lettered and signed copies with a handwritten poem by Everhard.
    $ 350.00
    Jim Everhard, Cute and Other Poems, 1982
    $ 350.00
  • Distortions by Ann Beattie. Front cover
    Ann Beattie
    Distortions, 1976
    Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company
    First edition. Signed by Beattie.
    $ 200.00
    Ann Beattie, Distortions, 1976
    $ 200.00
  • Epitaphs for the Journey. Title-page spread
    Paul Mariani; Barry Moser (illus.)
    Epitaphs for the Journey, 2012
    North Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press
    First, limited edition. Deluxe issue of fifty copies, signed by Mariani and Moser.
    $ 450.00
    Paul Mariani; Barry Moser (illus.), Epitaphs for the Journey, 2012
    $ 450.00
  • Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Inscription
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie, 1848
    Boston: William D. Ticknor & Company
    Inscribed by Longfellow. One of fifty copies of the large paper edition.
    $ 4,000.00
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie, 1848
    $ 4,000.00
  • Gods' Man. Illustration
    Lynd Ward
    Gods' Man, 1966
    Cleveland: World Publishing Company
    Signed by Ward.
    $ 125.00
    Lynd Ward, Gods' Man, 1966
    $ 125.00
  • Héloïse and Abélard by George Moore. Title page
    George Moore
    Héloïse and Abélard, 1921
    London: Cumann Sean-eolais na hEireann
    One of 1,500 copies. Signed by Moore.
    $ 375.00
    George Moore, Héloïse and Abélard, 1921
    $ 375.00
  • Here's to You, Rachel Robinson. Dust jacket
    Judy Blume
    Here's to You, Rachel Robinson, 1993
    NY: Orchard Books
    First edition. Inscribed by Blume.
    $ 100.00
    Judy Blume, Here's to You, Rachel Robinson, 1993
    $ 100.00
  • Philip Roth, His Mistress's Voice, 1995
    Philip Roth
    His Mistress's Voice, 1995
    Lewisburg, PA: Press of Appletree Alley
    One of 195 copies. Signed by Roth.
    $ 650.00
    Philip Roth, His Mistress's Voice, 1995
    $ 650.00
  • Octavio Paz, Homage and Desecrations/Homenaje y Profanaciones, 1987
    Octavio Paz
    Homage and Desecrations/Homenaje y Profanaciones, 1987
    New York: Red Ozier Press
    One of 75 copies signed by Paz and by the translator, Eliot Weinberger.
    $ 900.00
    Octavio Paz, Homage and Desecrations/Homenaje y Profanaciones, 1987
    $ 900.00
  • Les Paradis artificiels. Opium et haschisch. Original poem by Harry Crosby
    Charles Baudelaire; Harry Crosby
    Les Paradis artificiels. Opium et haschisch, 1860
    Paris: Poulet-Malassis et de Broise
    First edition. Harry Crosby's copy, in his binding and with ex-libris, plus handwritten sonnet, inscribed hieroglyphs, and possible bloodstain.
    $ 15,000.00
    Charles Baudelaire; Harry Crosby, Les Paradis artificiels. Opium et haschisch, 1860
    $ 15,000.00
  • Elbert Hubbard, Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists: Corot, 1902
    Elbert Hubbard
    Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists: Corot, 1902
    Aurora, NY: Roycrofters
    Inscribed by Bruce Rogers to Clarence Kennedy.
    $ 325.00
    Elbert Hubbard, Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists: Corot, 1902
    $ 325.00
  • Desiderius Erasmus; Lynd Ward (illus.), Moriae Encomium; or, The Praise of Folly, 1943
    Desiderius Erasmus; Lynd Ward (illus.)
    Moriae Encomium; or, The Praise of Folly, 1943
    NY: Limited Editions Club
    One of 1,500 copies. Signed by the illustrator.
    $ 75.00
    Desiderius Erasmus; Lynd Ward (illus.), Moriae Encomium; or, The Praise of Folly, 1943
    $ 75.00
  • Mr. Chambers and Persephone by Christopher Whitfield. Title-page spread
    Christopher Whitfield; Dorothea Braby (illus.)
    Mr. Chambers and Persephone, 1937
    London: Golden Cockerel Press
    One of 150 copies. Signed by the author.
    $ 200.00
    Christopher Whitfield; Dorothea Braby (illus.), Mr. Chambers and Persephone, 1937
    $ 200.00
  • My Deep Dark Pain Is Love. A Collection of Latin American Gay Fiction. Title-page spread
    Winston Leyland (ed.)
    My Deep Dark Pain Is Love. A Collection of Latin American Gay Fiction, 1983
    San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press
    First edition. One of twenty-six copies lettered and signed by Leyland. This is the translator's copy.
    $ 475.00
    Winston Leyland (ed.), My Deep Dark Pain Is Love. A Collection of Latin American Gay Fiction, 1983
    $ 475.00
  • Edmund Burke; Lynd Ward (illus.), On Conciliation with the Colonies and Other Papers of the American Revolution, 1975
    Edmund Burke; Lynd Ward (illus.)
    On Conciliation with the Colonies and Other Papers of the American Revolution, 1975
    NY: The Limited Editions Club
    One of 2,000 copies. Signed by the illustrator and the editor.
    $ 45.00
    Edmund Burke; Lynd Ward (illus.), On Conciliation with the Colonies and Other Papers of the American Revolution, 1975
    $ 45.00
  • Panels for the Walls of Heaven. Painted binding
    Kenneth Patchen
    Panels for the Walls of Heaven, 1946
    Berkeley: Bern Porter
    One of 150 copies. With covers hand-painted by Patchen.
    $ 1,750.00
    Kenneth Patchen, Panels for the Walls of Heaven, 1946
    $ 1,750.00
  • Robert Pinsky, Pliers, 2003
    Robert Pinsky
    Pliers, 2003
    Provincetown, MA: Fine Arts Work Center
    Signed by Pinsky.
    $ 100.00
    Robert Pinsky, Pliers, 2003
    $ 100.00
  • Possessing the Secret of Joy. Binding
    Alice Walker
    Possessing the Secret of Joy, 1992
    NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
    One of 250 copies, signed by Walker.
    $ 75.00
    Alice Walker, Possessing the Secret of Joy, 1992
    $ 75.00
  • Mabel L. Robinson; Lynd Ward (illus.), Runner of the Mountain Tops. The Life of Louis Agassiz, 1939
    Mabel L. Robinson; Lynd Ward (illus.)
    Runner of the Mountain Tops. The Life of Louis Agassiz, 1939
    NY: Random House
    First edition. Signed by the author.
    $ 100.00
    Mabel L. Robinson; Lynd Ward (illus.), Runner of the Mountain Tops. The Life of Louis Agassiz, 1939
    $ 100.00
  • Robert Pinsky, Samurai Song, 2002
    Robert Pinsky
    Samurai Song, 2002
    Boston: University of Massachusetts
    One of 126 copies.
    $ 30.00
    Robert Pinsky, Samurai Song, 2002
    $ 30.00
  • Robert Pinsky, Samurai Song, 2002
    Robert Pinsky
    Samurai Song, 2002
    Cambridge, MA: Bow & Arrow Press
    Proof copy, signed by Pinsky.
    $ 100.00
    Robert Pinsky, Samurai Song, 2002
    $ 100.00
  • Willa Cather, Sapphira and the Slave Girl, 1940
    Willa Cather
    Sapphira and the Slave Girl, 1940
    NY: Knopf
    One of 520 copies, this belonging to the printer. Signed by Cather.
    $ 300.00
    Willa Cather, Sapphira and the Slave Girl, 1940
    $ 300.00
  • Sex Behind Bars. A Novella, Short Stories and True Accounts. Signed title-page spread
    Robert N. Boyd
    Sex Behind Bars. A Novella, Short Stories and True Accounts, 1984
    San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press
    First edition. One of twenty-six lettered copies, specially bound and signed by the author.
    $ 350.00
    Robert N. Boyd, Sex Behind Bars. A Novella, Short Stories and True Accounts, 1984
    $ 350.00
  • Shakespeare Domesticated. Front cover
    Colin Franklin
    Shakespeare Domesticated, 1991
    Aldershot, England: Scolar Press
    Inscribed by the author.
    $ 30.00
    Colin Franklin, Shakespeare Domesticated, 1991
    $ 30.00
  • Shirt. Illustration
    Robert Pinsky
    Shirt, 2002
    Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press
    One of 135 copies. Signed by Pinsky at the half-title; signed by Louise Glück at the end of her Introduction and by Caryl Seidenberg, the illustrator and printer, at the colophon.
    $ 400.00
    Robert Pinsky, Shirt, 2002
    $ 400.00
  • Silent Quicksand, Spring 1972, Issue 2, and Fall 1973, Issue 3. Issue 3 title page.
    Richard Bigus (ed.)
    Silent Quicksand, Spring 1972, Issue 2, and Fall 1973, Issue 3, 1972, 1973
    Alondra Park, CA: El Camino College
    Both volumes signed by Richard Bigus.
    $ 75.00
    Richard Bigus (ed.), Silent Quicksand, Spring 1972, Issue 2, and Fall 1973, Issue 3, 1972, 1973
    $ 75.00
  • Tempestuous Petticoat. The Story of an Invincible Edwardian. Dust jacket
    Clare Leighton
    Tempestuous Petticoat. The Story of an Invincible Edwardian, 1947
    NY: Rinehart & Company
    First edition, second printing. Signed by Leighton.
    $ 150.00
    Clare Leighton, Tempestuous Petticoat. The Story of an Invincible Edwardian, 1947
    $ 150.00
  • Tennessee Day in St. Louis by Peter Taylor. Dust jacked and front cover, spine.
    Peter Taylor
    Tennessee Day in St. Louis: A Comedy, 1957
    NY: Random House
    First edition. Inscribed by the author "with love and kisses" to Jean Stafford, Pulitzer Prize-winning short story writer.
    $ 250.00
    Peter Taylor, Tennessee Day in St. Louis: A Comedy, 1957
    $ 250.00
  • The Desert Music and Other Poems by William Carlos Williams. Colophon
    William Carlos Williams
    The Desert Music and Other Poems, 1954
    NY: Random House
    First edition. One of 100 copies, this out of series. Signed by Williams and by the printer, Joseph Blumenthal.
    $ 900.00
    William Carlos Williams, The Desert Music and Other Poems, 1954
    $ 900.00
  • Hildegarde Hoyt Swift; Lynd Ward (illus.), The Edge of April. A Biography of John Burroughs, 1957
    Hildegarde Hoyt Swift; Lynd Ward (illus.)
    The Edge of April. A Biography of John Burroughs, 1957
    NY: William Morrow and Company
    First edition. Signed by Ward.
    $ 100.00
    Hildegarde Hoyt Swift; Lynd Ward (illus.), The Edge of April. A Biography of John Burroughs, 1957
    $ 100.00
  • The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, 1991
    The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, 1991
    Derry, Northern Ireland: Field Day Publications
    Inscribed by the editor, Seamus Deane, and signed by Seamus Heaney, Brian Friel, and Tom Paulin.
    $ 750.00
    The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, 1991
    $ 750.00
  • The Ivory Door. A Legend in a Prologue & Three Acts by A. A. Milne. Signed title-page spread
    A. A. Milne
    The Ivory Door. A Legend in a Prologue & Three Acts, 1929
    London: Chatto & Windus
    First edition. Signed by Milne at title page.
    $ 350.00
    A. A. Milne, The Ivory Door. A Legend in a Prologue & Three Acts, 1929
    $ 350.00
  • The Martyrs' Idyl. Binding
    Louise Imogen Guiney
    The Martyrs' Idyl, 1899
    Boston: Riverside Press
    First edition, first state, with manuscript poem by Guiney.
    $ 375.00
    Louise Imogen Guiney, The Martyrs' Idyl, 1899
    $ 375.00
  • Robert Louis Stevenson; Lynd Ward (illus.), The Master of Ballantrae, 1965
    Robert Louis Stevenson; Lynd Ward (illus.)
    The Master of Ballantrae, 1965
    NY: Limited Editions Club
    One of 1,500 copies. Signed by the illustrator.
    $ 35.00
    Robert Louis Stevenson; Lynd Ward (illus.), The Master of Ballantrae, 1965
    $ 35.00
  • Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers. Dust jacket and front cover in yellow.
    Carson McCullers
    The Member of the Wedding, 1946
    Boston: Houghton Mifflin
    First edition. Inscribed to "Eddie and Dotty" by the author on an adhered label bearing the logo of the Riverside Press.
    $ 1,750.00
    Carson McCullers, The Member of the Wedding, 1946
    $ 1,750.00
  • The Rhyme of Reb Nachman. Illustrated text page
    Robert Pinsky
    The Rhyme of Reb Nachman, 1998
    Winnetka, IL: Vixen Press
    $ 100.00
    Robert Pinsky, The Rhyme of Reb Nachman, 1998
    $ 100.00
  • The Rover by Joseph Conrad. Title-page spread
    Joseph Conrad
    The Rover, 1923
    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company
    One of 377 copies. Signed by Conrad.
    $ 1,250.00
    Joseph Conrad, The Rover, 1923
    $ 1,250.00
  • The Scarlet Letter, A Romance. Front cover
    Nathaniel Hawthorne; Barry Moser (illus.)
    The Scarlet Letter, A Romance, 1984
    NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
    Signed by Moser.
    $ 100.00
    Nathaniel Hawthorne; Barry Moser (illus.), The Scarlet Letter, A Romance, 1984
    $ 100.00
  • The Secret and Other Stories by A.A. Milne. Text spread
    A. A. Milne
    The Secret and Other Stories, 1929
    NY and London: The Fountain Press and Methuen and Company
    One of 742 copies of the first edition. Signed by Milne.
    $ 300.00
    A. A. Milne, The Secret and Other Stories, 1929
    $ 300.00
  • The Sod House. Inscription
    Elizabeth Coatsworth; Manning deV. Lee (illus.)
    The Sod House, 1954
    NY: Macmillan
    Inscribed by Coatsworth to her daughter, Margaret. Also signed by the dedicatees, W.A. and Mabel H. Dwiggins.
    $ 200.00
    Elizabeth Coatsworth; Manning deV. Lee (illus.), The Sod House, 1954
    $ 200.00
  • The Tree Is Older Than You Are. Front dust jacket
    Naomi Shihab Nye
    The Tree Is Older Than You Are, 1995
    NY: Simon and Schuster
    First edition. Inscribed by Nye.
    $ 50.00
    Naomi Shihab Nye, The Tree Is Older Than You Are, 1995
    $ 50.00
  • TLS from Dard Hunter to J. J. Lankes
    Dard Hunter
    TLS to J. J. Lankes, 1932
    Chillicothe, OH
    $ 175.00
    Dard Hunter, TLS to J. J. Lankes, 1932
    $ 175.00
  • TLS from Dard Hunter to J. J. Lankes
    Dard Hunter
    TLS to J. J. Lankes, 1931
    Chillicothe, OH
    $ 250.00
    Dard Hunter, TLS to J. J. Lankes, 1931
    $ 250.00
  • Total Peace. What Makes Wars and How to Organize Peace by Ely Culbertson. Title page
    Ely Culbertson
    Total Peace. What Makes Wars and How to Organize Peace, 1943
    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co.
    Author's own copy, inscribed to him by Milo. J. Sutliff, who was director and executive vice president of Doubleday & Co. from 1936 to 1948. Also inscribed, a day prior, by the printer, H. C. Konther, who notes that this copy is the first off the press. The rear free endpaper shows a stop-press correction.
    $ 175.00
    Ely Culbertson, Total Peace. What Makes Wars and How to Organize Peace, 1943
    $ 175.00
  • May McNeer; Lynd Ward (illus.), Up a Crooked River, 1952
    May McNeer; Lynd Ward (illus.)
    Up a Crooked River, 1952
    NY: The Viking Press
    Signed by both McNeer and Ward.
    $ 75.00
    May McNeer; Lynd Ward (illus.), Up a Crooked River, 1952
    $ 75.00
  • West Indies Poems by Anne Waldman. Front cover
    Anne Waldman; Joe Brainard (illus.)
    West Indies Poems, 1972
    New York: The Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
    One of twenty-six copies signed by Waldman and Brainard.
    $ 350.00
    Anne Waldman; Joe Brainard (illus.), West Indies Poems, 1972
    $ 350.00
  • With Bells On. A Christmas Story. Inscribed title page
    Katherine Milhous
    With Bells On. A Christmas Story, 1955
    NY: Charles Scribner's Sons
    Signed and inscribed by the author.
    $ 75.00
    Katherine Milhous, With Bells On. A Christmas Story, 1955
    $ 75.00