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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM
Edition: First printing
London: The Unicorn Press, 1931. Inscribed by Author; Red cloth. pp (80). #764 of an edition of 950 copies of the ordinary issue. Generically inscribed by the author. Spine and red top page edges a bit sunned, small soil spot to front cover, VG otherwise. A bit premature as WSM continued to published for another 30 years, but Bason was enthusiastic. Contains a Preface by Maugham.; Octavo; Signed by Author
Book ID: 50551More details Price: USD $19.95 USD $17.96 -
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF WYNDHAM LEWIS. With an Introduction by Hugh Kenner (2 volumes)
Edition: First Edition
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. The trade issue. Corduroy spine with printed paper labels and pictorial boards. Fine copy. Cream dust jacket has nicks and shallow creases across top edge, VG+ otherwise. ; Octavo
Book ID: 55239More details Price: USD $45.00 USD $40.50 -
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF WYNDHAM LEWIS. With an Introduction by Hugh Kenner (2 volumes)
Edition: First Edition
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. The limited issue. Two volumes, hardcover, corduroy spines with printed paper labels and pictorial boards, in a heavy card slipcase, with original plain acetate wrappers. Number 89 of an edition of 200 copies signed by Morrow, Lafourcade, and Kenner. This limited edition also includes as the second volume CROSSING THE FRONTIER, a previously unpublished Lewis story. Books are fine, slipcase has spotting to edges and rear panel and a small abrasion to cover label, unworn otherwise. 1.5 kg parcel; Octavo
Book ID: 55143More details Price: USD $95.00 USD $85.50 -
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS CARLYLE'S WRITINGS AND ANA
New York: Octagon Books, 1968. Facsimile reprint of the 1928 original. Red cloth. pp (xiv), 587, index. Slight yellowing to page edges, else fine. 1.5 kg parcel. ; Octavo
Book ID: 50249More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS BY LARRY EIGNER 1937-1969
Edition: First printing
Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1970. Green cloth. pp [2]. (12), 82. VG+ clean and unworn jacketless copy. Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced.; Octavo
Book ID: 50282More details Price: USD $10.00 USD $9.00 -
A BOOKMAN'S CATALOGUE. The Norman Colbeck Collection of Nineteenth-Century and Edwardian Poetry and Belles Lettres in the Special Collections of the University of British Columbia...
Edition: First Edition
Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1987. Two volumes, dark blue cloth without jackets, as issued. (xxxiv), 502; viii, 503-1059 pp. Edited by Tirthankar Bose, with an introduction by William E. Fredeman. Fine copy. An essential reference work for serious dealers and collectors of English and Irish poetry and belles lettres of this period, describing bindings and with bibliographical notes. Especially valuable for its coverage of so many minor writers for whom it is very difficult to find reliable bibliographical references. We use our own copy quite frequently. Note: 3.5 kg parcel, extra shipping will be required. ; Quarto 0774802074X
Book ID: 41307More details Price: USD $95.00 USD $85.50 -
A BOOKMAN'S CATALOGUE. The Norman Colbeck Collection of Nineteenth-Century and Edwardian Poetry and Belles Lettres in the Special Collections of the University of British Columbia. (2 volumes)
Edition: First Edition
Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1987. Two volumes, dark grey cloth. Nearly fine. 3 kg parcel.; Quarto; pages
Book ID: 55849More details Price: USD $75.00 USD $67.50 -
A CATALOG OF WORKS BY MICHAEL McCLURE 1956-65
Edition: First printing
New York: Phoenix Book Shop, 1965. pp (viii), 36, [2]. stapled in beige card covers. Fine copy. A descriptive bibliography. Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced.; Octavo
Book ID: 50540More details Price: USD $18.95 USD $17.06 -
A CATALOGUE OF THE FUGITIVE POETS. With an essay by Louis B. Rubin, Jr.
Edition: First Edition
Andes, New York: J. Howard Woolmer, 1972. Stapled in card covers. Near fine copy. Lists 149 items. ; Octavo; 53 pages
Book ID: 55631More details Price: USD $10.95 USD $9.86 -
A CATALOGUE OF THE HARRIS COLLECTION OF AMERICAN POETRY, with biographical and bibliographical notes
Boston: Milford House, 1972. Facsimile reprint of the 1886 original. pp [2], (2, portrait), xxii, 320. Maroon cloth without jacket, as issued. Light yellowing to page edges, else a fine copy. Caleb F. Harris' great collection of 17th-19th century American poetry went to Brown University. A useful reference still. ; Octavo
Book ID: 55627More details Price: USD $29.95 USD $26.96 -
A CENSUS OF VENTURES INTO VERSE. Census of Copies. Second Edition, Revised and Englarged.
Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1972. Second edition, revised (first was in 1965). Octavo, red card covers with white panel printed in tan to front cover. 22, [2] pp, stapled. Fine copy. At the time, 42 copies of the original 100 issued could be located. Includes an analysis at rear by John S. Van E. Kohn.
Book ID: 13120More details Price: USD $30.00 USD $27.00 -
A CENTURY IN PRINT: the story of Hazell's 1839-1939. With a foreword by Ralph C. Hazell
Edition: First Edition
London: Hazell, Watson and Viney, 1939. Green cloth. light green endpapers. pp (xvi), 224 + plate (one folding); many text illustrations. Yellowing to page edges, sunning to green top page edges; small soft bumps to outer corners of covers; else fine. Dust jacket has chips, tears, yellowed spine, large chip tof rear panel; poor. Inscribed Sept., 1959, to a new member of the firm. Laid in is the company's 1959 Christmas card and with comps slip. Nicely made and detailed history of this major firm of British commercial printers.1.5 kg parcel; Quarto
Book ID: 39271More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
A CHECK-LIST OF KENNETH HOPKINS
Edition: First printing
Austin: Humanities Research Center / University of Texas, 1961. Inscribed by Author; pp 12, stapled in light blue card covers. Edition of 400 copies. Slight sunning to inner margins and spine fold, else fine. Inscribed by Hopkins to a U of Texas professor in 1961. Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced.; Octavo; Signed by Author
Book ID: 50609More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
A CHECKLIST OF CANADIAN LITERATURE and Background Materials 1628-1960. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged.
University of Toronto Press, (1972). Second and best edition. Brown cloth. xxiv, 1085, pp, index. Page edges lightly yellowed, faintly spotted, with a tan stain to lower fore edges (not penetrating into text margins); very nearly fine otherwise, no owner names. Dust jacket has nicks and tiny chips to tips of bit yellowed spine; creases and mild soiling to rear panel; VG otherwise. The only general list of all known CanLit up to 1960. Despite missing a fair bit, still the best book there is of its kind. Note: 2 kg parcel, extra shipping may be required.; Thick octavo. 0802018661
Book ID: 22206More details Price: USD $75.00 USD $67.50 -
A CHECKLIST OF CANADIAN LITERATURE and Background Materials 1628-1960. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged.
University of Toronto Press, 1972. Second and best edition. Thick octavo. brown cloth. xxiv, 1085, pp, index. Small abrasion to upper margin of front free endpaper, else fine in like jacket, no owner marks. The only general list of all known CanLit up to 1960. Despite missing a fair bit, still the best book there is of its kind. Note: 2 kg parcel, extra shipping may be required. 0802018661
Book ID: 29570More details Price: USD $75.00 USD $67.50 -
A CHECKLIST OF THE HOGARTH PRESS 1917-1938, With a Short History of the Press by Mary E. Gaither
Edition: First Edition
Andes, New York: Woolmer / Brotherson, 1976. Purple cloth. pp (xii), 177. B&w photos, index. Addenda sheet laid in. Yellowing to page edges, else fine in fine jacket. ; Octavo
Book ID: 51738More details Price: USD $18.95 USD $17.06 -
A Chronological Bibliography of the Published Works of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, (1872-1962). Comprising books, articles, reviews, and introductions to other works, with an alphabetical index.
Edition: First Edition
Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth College Libraries, 1978. Card covers. pp 66 + frontispiece portrait. Spine lightly yellowed, else fine. Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced.; Octavo
Book ID: 50863More details Price: USD $18.95 USD $17.06 -
A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF H.L. MENCKEN COLLECTIONS IN THE U.S.
Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1967. pp [12], stapled in green card covers. Upper outer corners softly bruised, curled, VG otherwise. Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced.; Narrow quarto
Book ID: 50545More details Price: USD $7.95 USD $7.16 -
A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH AUTHORS biographical and bibliographical: being a compendious account of the lives and writings of 700 british writers from the year 1400 to the present time. Third edition, with list of errata
Edition: Third Edition
London: George Redway, 1903. Reddish bevel edge cloth, top edge gilt, others rough trimmed. pp (10), 310. Page edges yellowed, some sunning and spotting to spine, sunning to upper margins of covers; cloth split at head of spine repaired; 1903 ink owner name to half-title and title leaves; VG clean and unworn otherwise. ; Octavo
Book ID: 55753More details Price: USD $24.95 USD $22.46 -
A GOTHIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
New York: Russell & Russell, 1964. Reprint of the 1941 first edition. Blue cloth. pp (xxiv), 620 + plates. VG clean and unworn jacketless copy. 1.1 kg parcel.; Octavo
Book ID: 55844More details Price: USD $45.00 USD $40.50