A Writer's Notes on His Trade by Montague, C. E - 1930

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1993. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Tan cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2007. Signed by Michael Ondaatje on the half-title, where he has added a quote from page 140 of the novel: "it set fire to the rest of my life." First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995. First edition. Octavo. Original cloth and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Signed by Russell Kirk's wife, Annette Kirk, on front free endpaper: "With best wishes! / Annette Y. Kirk / August 1997." Fine in fine dust jacket.. A fine copy of Russell Kirk's (1918-1994) memoirs, signed by his wife, Annette Kirk, to whom he dedicated the book. Widely celebrated as a founding father of modern intellectual conservatism, Russell Kirk-the Sage of Mecosta-set out in The Sword of Imagination to describe his participation in the intellectual, social, philosophical, and political contests of the twentieth century. Kirk wrote the book in the third person in order to tell the story of a young boy coming of age in the railroad yards outside of Detroit and maturing into one of the most influential political minds of his generation. Perhaps best remembered for his movement-defining book The Conservative Mind (1953), throughout his life Kirk wielded… Read More

Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company, 1978. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's brown cloth in original dust jacket (not price-clipped). Sunning to spine and front panel; edgewear and rubbing. Boldly inscribed by Toledano to Karl and Therese Hess on front flyleaf: "For Karl & Therese / As always / In Friendship / Ralph de Toledano." Fine in very good dust jacket. Single-page letter addressed to Karl Hess dated "11 February 1978," signed by Toledano, with mild toning and spotting and neat fold creases, else fine.. Signed first edition of the only book of poems published by influential conservative journalist, poet, critic, commentator, and jazz enthusiast Ralph de Toledano (1916-2007). Toledano was born in Tangier, Morocco but moved to New York with his family as a child. He later attended Columbia University to study literature and philosophy, graduating in 1938. In 1940 he became editor of the Socialist Party of America's magazine, The New Leader, and was later drafted into military service… Read More

New York: Scribner, 1997. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page: To Mark Best ever. First edition / First printing. Uncorrected Proof - Special Advance Reader's Copy. Illustrated wrappers. Fine. Winner of the William Dean Howells Award for the best work of fiction published in the U.S. over a five-year period. Winner of the 1999 Jerusalem Prize. Selected as number 2 in the list of 25 best books of the last 25 years by the editors of the New York Times Book Review in 2006.

[A tale] Illustrated by Dugald Stermer. 69 pp. 6,9x4,7 cm. The Somesuch Press, Dallas, Texas, 1984. No. 212 of 325 numbered copies, printed from Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem Holland and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A., Limoges, France.
--- Text in english. Leather bound, gilt lettering and decoration on front cover. All edges gilt. Numbered and signed copy. No wear. Unmarked.

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Jonathan Cape, 1964. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. 8vo. 218 pp. Grey cloth with gold lettering to the spine. Fading to edges of the boards, else near fine. The jacket, a photo montage designed by Time Jaques, is fine and unclipped. This first novel by Everett won the 1965 Somerset Maugham Award.

First Trade Paperback edition, published concurrently with First Trade Hardback edtion. Signed by author on title page. Good copy with shelfwear to edges, toning to pages. Creases to back cover. Page block is tight. Please inspect photos, message with any questions.

New York: Harper Collins, 2007. Flat signed, First Edition Flat Signed on half title page Stated First Edition with full numberline 8vo size trade paperback with French flaps like a dust jacket; 232 deckle edged pages. From inside flap: "It’s 1:08 a.m. when Carrie’s car breaks down on the highway somewhere north of Lake Superior. It’s dark, the road is quiet, her cell phone is down, and she is alone. She left Toronto that morning, running from grief over the death of her boyfriend, and unable to cope with the truth about the events that led to it. The relief Carrie feels as a truck pulls up soon turns to fear after its driver offers her a lift. Frank, her would-be rescuer, is a line painter, putting lines on the road 'to stop people from being killed.' But after Carrie gets in the truck, she starts to realize that this will be the road trip of her life." Edgewear, worn bottom front corner. . Signed by Author. First. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo -… Read More