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Galsworthy John. FLOWERING WILDERNESS. London [1932]: William Heinemann,
Octavo. FIRST EDITION, First Issue, bound in green cloth lettered in gilt, previous
owner's bookplate tipped in otherwise a fine copy in unclipped dust jacket with only
one closed tear to top of front panel and faint rubbing, housed within a custom
morocco backed slipcase and chemise. [pb.0517] $300
Galsworthy, John [ John Sinjohn, pseudonym]. JOCELYN. London: Duckworth &
Co., 1898. First Edition. Octavo. Galsworthy's first novel, preceded only by his 1897
collection of tales, From the Four Winds. As with the earlier book, Galsworthy
disowned Jocelyn after its publication and never allowed it to be reprinted (it is, after
all, the thinly-veiled account of his illicit love affair with his cousin's wife Ada). His first
four books were all issued under the pseudonym of John Sinjohn. The first edition of
Jocelyn consisted of 1500 copies, but only 750 were issued in this primary binding;
of the other 750, 252 were used for the 1899 Colonial issue and the remainder of
copies were apparently remaindered. This is (since 1932) the Estelle Doheny copy,
with the Countess's leather and gilt bookplate. A near fine copy with slight bump to one corner. In cloth
clamshell. Marrot pp. 4-5; Fabes p. 17. [pb.5099] $750
Galsworthy John. THE FORSYTE SAGA. London: William Heinemann, 1922. First
Edition. Octavo. First issue with the genealogical chart folding out to the right.
1104pp., bound in green cloth, a fine copy in fine early edition dust jacket. The
Forsyte Saga consist of "The Man of Property", "Indian Summer of a Forsyte", In
Chancery", "Awakening" and "To Let". A handsome copy with just a bit of separation
at the half-title and small white spot on spine. [pb.0407]
$400
Galsworthy John. THE SILVER SPOON. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo. 320pp., bound in purple cloth, spine lettering
gilt, minimal scattered foxing mostly contained to first and last pages, spots of foxing
to fore-edges, a very good copy in unclipped dust jacket with a few short edge tears
and minor chips, off-setting to endpapers from jacket. [pb.3138]
$40
Gardner, Erle Stanley. THE CASE OF THE HORRIFIED HEIRS. New York, (1964):
William Morrow, First Edition. Octavo. Dedication copy presented by the author to his
close friend Professor John Glaister, D. Sc., M.D., F.R.S.E., Doctor of Science and
medicine, and the author of Jurisprudence and Toxicology. This copy with signed
certification leaf as being the first volume of the FIRST EDITION to roll off the press
and with the author's lengthy presentation inscribed on the front free endpaper,
signed and dated Sept. 1964. 218pp., (2)pp. publisher's catalog listing other Gardner
titles, bound in red paper covered boards lettered and ruled in black, spine lettering
black, small area to front board where white from the dust jacket has rubbed off onto paper otherwise
nearly fine in unclipped very good dust jacket with faint damp stain to underside of jacket at foot , wear to
spine ends and small chip along top edge of rear panel. Housed in a custom leather backed clamshell.
Dedication copies of Gardner's works are rarely seen. [pb.3265] $3500
Garnett, David. NO LOVE. London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. First Edition. 275pp.,
bound in marbled cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Contains the bookplates
"From the Books of Crosby Gaige" and "From the Books of Herman Wm. Kapp. A
fine, bright copy in unclipped, fine dust jacket housed in a custom morocco backed
slipcase. [pb.0586]
$400
AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, INSCRIBED
Goldman, William THE TEMPLE OF GOLD. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First
Edition. Octavo. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK INSCRIBED on the front free fly leaf,
277(1)pp. bound in 1/4 dark navy blue cloth over red paper covered boards, spine
gilt, a fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with just a hint of toning to edges. A very
nice copy.[pb.0131]
$600
[Binding] Gorostiaga, Roberto. ROMANCE DE LUCERO ALBORNOZ. Buenos Aires;
(October, 1954): Guillermo Kraft Limitada, Octavo. 274pp., illustrated with line
drawings, beautifully bound in brown and white cowhide, upper board pictorial
stamped in blind depicting the original cover design of a man and a woman standing
by a water well, lettering stamped in black, original covers bound in, marbled
endpapers. A fine bright copy of this unusual binding. [pb.4361] $200
Grau, Shirley Ann. THE BLACK PRINCE and Other Stories. New York: Alfred A .
Knopf, 1955. First Edition. Author's First Book. 293(1)pp., bound in 1/4 yellow cloth
over gray boards stamped in brown, spine lettered and decorated in brown, a fine
copy in very good unclipped pictorial dust jacket with light wear to spine ends and
corners, short edge tears and rear panel lightly rubbed. A very good copy. [pb.3257]
$100
Greene, William. IMOGEN, AND OTHER POEMS. B.B. Russell: Boston, 1871. First
Edition. 12mo. Author's first book from the library of Amos J. Cummings, who was a
United States Representative from New York and a recipient of the United States
military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor for his service in the Civil War.
81pp., bound in pictorial gray boards lettered and decorated in black, gray
endpapers, all edges red, edges and joints rubbed, a very good copy.[pb.4911]
$60
Grey, Zane. THE ARIZONA CLAN. New York; (1958): Harper & Brothers, FIRST
EDITION, 211pp.,bound in 1/4 black cloth over green cloth, spine lettering gilt, a fine
copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with just a bit of sunning to spine. [pb.3008]
$150
Grubb, Davis. THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER. (New York, 1953): Harper & Brothers,
First Edition. Octavo. Author's first book later made into a movie starring Robert
Mitchum, 273pp., bound in 1/4 black cloth over blue cloth, spine lettering silver, a bit
of off-setting and foxing to end sheets otherwise a very good copy in unclipped dust
jacket with a few nicks along joints, small scrape near head and light chipping to
foot, rear panel darkened around the edges. [pb.6004] $300
Haley, Alex. ROOTS the Saga of an American Family. New York: Doubleday & Co.,
1976. First Edition. Thick Octavo. 587pp., bound in 1/4 black cloth over brown paper
covered boards, spine lettering gilt over brown. A fine copy in nearly fine unclipped
dust jacket with the slightest of wear at head of jacket. A magnificent and moving
history of an American family and their African family roots which took over 10 years
to write.[pb.3453] $200
DASHIELL HAMMETT
Hammett, Cpl. Dashiell and Cpl. Robert Colodny. THE BATTLE OF THE
ALEUTIANS in Honor and Memory of the Men of the North Pacific Theater Who Died
So That a Continent Might be Free. (The Intelligence Section, Field Force
Headquarters, ADAK, Alaska, October, 1943,reproduced by detachment 29th
engineers stationed with headquarters Western Defense Command, 1944), Small
Oblong (5 1/2" x 8"). no pagination, small pamphlet in blue wraps printed in white
and black, illustrations and maps designed by Sgt. Harry Fletcher, reproduced by
detachment 29th engineers stationed with headquarters Western defense command,
1944. Covers rubbed with just a bit of soiling. A very good copy.[pb.6108] $150
Hanley, James. MEN IN DARKNESS Five Stories. New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1932.
Advance Review Copy. Small Octavo. 128pp.,with preface by John Cowper Powys,
red printed paper covered boards, crack along upper joint, spine ends rubbed with
light chipping to head. A very nice copy in glassine wrapper protected in mylar.
[pb.6087]
$150
Hanley, James. SAY NOTHING. New York: Horizon Press, 1962. FIRST AMERICAN
EDITION. Octavo. 217pp., pages 219-222 are reviews of authors other works which
do not included his first book "Men in Darkness" published in 1932, bound in rust
cloth, spine lettering gilt. A fine copy in fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket. [pb.6102]
$70
Hardy, Lindsay. REQUIEM FOR A REDHEAD. New York; (1953): Appleton-Century-
Crofts, Inc., First Edition. Octavo. First printing, 276pp., bound in 1/4 green paper
over pale green paper covered boards, spine lettering red, near fine in unclipped
pictorial dust jacket with old tape mends to underside of jacket at spine ends, very
light sunning and wear to spine, one corner rubbed. The author, a writer for Fireside
Theatre and a number of TV producers left California to write. This being his first of a
number of mystery-detective books dealing with the life and times of Gregory
George Athelston Keen.[pb.4781] $75
SIGNED BY THOMAS HARDY
Hardy, Thomas. THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE: The Life and Death of a Man of
Character. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1886. FIRST EDITION. 12mo. SIGNED on
the title page by Thomas Hardy. In two volumes bound by Riviere & Son in 3/4 dark
blue morocco over blue cloth, original blue cloth spines bound in at rear, raised
bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers with top
edges gilt. Vol. I. half-title, 313pp., (2)pp., ads at rear. vol. 2, half-title, 312pp., (4)pp.
ads at rear. Housed in a cloth slipcase. Early joint strengthening, previous owner's
bookplate. A very attractive set. [pb.3172] $12,500
Hardy, Thomas. TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES. London; (1891): James R.
Osgood, . First Edition. First Issue, with "Chapter XXV" for "Chapter XXXV" on page
199 of volume 2. In three volumes bound in original brown cloth decorated in gilt,
damp stain on front pastedown of volume 3, light fading to front panel of volume 2;
front inner hinges of volumes 1 and 2 starting; gilt fading; minor wear at extremities,
but overall very good set in original cloth. Housed in a tan open end slipcase.
[pb.3276] $7200
Harris, Joel Chandler. MINGO and other Sketches in Black and White. Boston:
James R. Osgood, 1884. First Edition. Small Octavo. 273pp., pale pink endpapers,
bound in blue-green cloth stamped in black and gilt, spine black and gilt, light wear
to spine ends with some darkening, some bubbling of cloth, rear hinge cracked
through endpapers, text clean. Harris's sketch of life in middle Georgia. [pb.6258]
$75
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE. Boston: Ticknor & Co., 1852.
FIRST EDITION, 288pp., bound in 3/4 modern marbled calf over linen covered
boards, raised bands lettered and fully decorated in gilt with top edges gilt, blue
ribbon marker, original covers bound in at the rear. A fine copy. [pb.0622]
$250
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. OUR OLD HOME: a Series of English Sketches. Boston:
Ticknor & Co., 1863. FIRST EDITION, 2nd issue, 398pp., 22pp. ads at rear, bound in
brown embossed cloth, spine lettered in gilt, brown endpapers, previous owner's
name and dated 1884, one corner slightly worn through, minor rubbing or fading, in
all a very good copy.[pb.0626]
$225
Hearn, Lafcadio. STRAY LEAVES FROM STRANGE LITERATURE. Boston: James
R. Osgood, 1884. 12mo. FIRST EDITION, Author's first book, 225pp., bound in
green cloth lettered and decorated in black, spine lettering gilt, a clean bright copy
with light minor wear to spine ends, some bubbling of cloth, a clean bright copy.
[pb.0631]
$700
Hearn, Lafcadio. APPRECIATIONS OF POETRY. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co.,
1916. First Edition. Large Octavo. 408pp., selected and edited with an introduction
by John Erskine, bound in red cloth, paper spine label printed in red & black, top
edge gilt. A lovely copy, nearly fine in very nice printed dust jacket with light chipping
along the bottom edge. [pb.6121]
$250
Hearn, Lafcadio. KOTTO Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs. New York:
The Macmillan Co, 1902. First Edition. Octavo. First issue with red border to title
page upside down, 251pp., (2) pp. ads at rear, illustrated by photograph and red
illustrations by Genjiro Yeto, bound in olive green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt within
black ruled border, spine and top edge gilt, uncut. spine ends and corners lightly
rubbed, tiny booksellers ticket otherwise a nearly fine copy. [pb.4223]
$450
Hillerman, Tony. THE SPELL OF NEW MEXICO. Albuquerque, NM; (1976):
University of New Mexico Press, First Edition. Inscribed on the half-title by the
author. 105pp., bund in white cloth spine lettering black, a fine copy in near fine
unclipped pictorial dust jacket with small area of darkening from probable price
sticker under original price and only the slightest rubbing. Very nice. Essays of
writers who were influenced by the beauty and mystery of New Mexico; D.H.
Lawrence, Oliver La Farge, Mary Austen and others. [pb.4046] $150
Hilton, James. TIME AND TIME AGAIN. Boston, (1953): Little, Brown and Co, FIRST
EDITION. 306pp., bound in blue cloth, spine lettering black. a clean bright copy near
fine in very good dust jacket with light rubbing to joints and slight wear to corners
and spine ends. [pb.3258]
$60
Hilton, James. CATHERINE HERSELF [Winifred Herself].
[CAMBRIDGE, nd. Ca.1917), First Edition. Quarto. WINIFRED
HERSELF is actually the working title for "Catherine Herself".
Original carbon typescript, ribbon bound into three gatherings:
1-153, 158-337 and 340-527 pp. several end leaves to the
second gathering detached, torn and frayed; gaps in collation
noted above a consequence of detached leaves now absent;
wanting at least one leaf at end; some other creasing and
fraying but in all a very good and clean early draft of James Hilton's precocious first novel, here still
bearing its preliminary working title. According to Kunitz & Haycraft, Hilton wrote this novel when he was a
17 year old undergraduate at Christ's College, Cambridge and it was published in 1920 by T. Fisher
Unwin, a year before he graduated. In all probability, apart form the character name change, this
typescript represents a text which is at variance from the published form. In spite of the interruptions in
collation, this is an important manuscript from the very earliest days of a career that included the later
substantial successes. Housed in a gray cloth clamshell with blue morocco spine label gilt. [pb.0772]
$5000
Himes, Chester. PINKTOES. New York; (1965): G.P. Putnam's Sons/Stein and Day,
First American Edition. Octavo. 256pp., bound in 1/4pink cloth over black paper
covered boards stamped in blind, spine lettering gilt, small spot on spine, design
stamped in black on front free endpaper, a very good copy in unclipped pictorial dust
jacket with crease and film separation to front flap, spine faded. [pb.4837]
$40
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. OVER THE TEACUPS. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and
Co., 1891. First Edition. Octavo. FIRST ISSUE, (1)pp. ad, listing this title without
price following the listing, title with Tea-Cups hyphenated, all edges yellow.
319pp., bound in olive green pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in gilt depicting
a tea-pot under title, with gilt floral border. A fine, sharp cornered copy with
covers only slightly rubbed, housed in a custom morocco backed slipcase.
[pb.0005]
$275
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. CURRENTS AND COUNTER CURRENTS IN MEDICAL
SCIENCE with Other Addresses and Essays. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861. First
Edition. Octavo. First issue, [i-iii]; [i-xii]; [1]-406; dedication page after copyright page
and no ads, bound in 3/4 tan polished calf over marbled paper covered boards and
matching endpapers, red and brown morocco spine labels gilt, remaining
compartments fully gilt decorated, top edge gilt, from the library of authors J.
Christian Bay and Alfred Paul Bay with both of their bookplates to front pastedown.
third blank (inserted leaf) with a presentation inscription M.Y. Bean/Compliments of/
?. A. N. Whiting. A fine, bright copy. [pb.4276]
$450
Hope, Anthony. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA. Bristol; [1894]: J.W. Arrowsmith,
FIRST EDITION, Second issue, with this title listed as vol. XVIII on page 311.This
famous title is still in print and is a movie source, and quite possibly one of the rarest
Victorian titles in first edition. 310pp. [2]pp. ads, bound in rust colored cloth with
some fading, neat owner's name on free endpaper. A near fine copy with sharp
corners, binding showing no wear but a bit of fading, internally fresh and bright.
[pb.0417]
$750
Horgan, Paul. OF AMERICA EAST AND WEST. New York; (1984): Farrar, Straus &
Co., First Edition. Octavo. First printing, with an introduction by Henry Steele
Commager, selections from the writings of Paul Horgan selected by him and
published in celebration of his eightieth. 393pp. bound in rust cloth stamped in blind,
spine lettering gilt over black, minor light foxing to top edge. A near fine copy in fine
unclipped dust jacket. [pb.4962]
$40
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