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London: Heinemann, 1927. First edition. One of 115 specially bound copies signed and numbered by Graves. Higginson & Williams A24. Fine copy in a slightly soiled jacket, lacking the slipcase.. 8vo, original quarter vellum & white boards, t.e.g., dust jacket. Fine copy in a slightly soiled jacket, lacking the slipcase.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1973). First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Harris on the half-title page to Jonathan Williams: "Rodarte, New Mexico / December 6, 1973 / For Jonathan, these also are good mountain people. My best wishes, Alex. Few foxmarks on edges otherwise a fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket. 4to, illustrations, original cloth, dust… Read more about this item

Ithaca, N. Y.: Dragon Press, (1932). First edition. One of 500 copies printed (the entire edition). Wallace A13. Signed by Williams on the front free endpaper. Williams' first book of short stories, The Knife of the Times is "all about people I knew in the town, portraits of people who were my friends. I was impressed by the picture… Read more about this item

Paris: Three Mountains Press, 1923. First edition, one of a series of books edited by Ezra Pound. One of 300 copies. Wallace A6a. A fine copy. Tall 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, printed spine label. A fine copy.

(Evansville, IN: Herbert W. Simpson), 1947. First edition, printed as a Christmas keepsake for the friends of the publisher, of perhaps Orwell's most important essay, reflections on doublespeak, the mendacious misuse of language which Orwell fictionalized in Nineteen Eighty-Four, but which, despite Orwell's analysis, seems to be as popular (not to say pandemic) today as ever. Issued as Typophile… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co, 1926. First edition (2820 copies printed). Wade 151. Upper fore-tip of back cover bumped, a few foxmarks early and late, otherwise a fine, partly unopened copy in jacket with a very narrow band of darkening at the head of the spine panel. 8vo, frontispiece portrait by J. B. Yeats, four illustrations including one tipped-in… Read more about this item

(Haverford, PA): Green Shade, 1999. First separate edition of this essay which was originally published in The American Scholar in 1998 & selected for inclusion in The Anthology of Best American Essays for 1999. One of 85 specially bound copies signed by Burroughs & Gill, with an original frontispiece etching by Bryan Nash Gill, out of a total edition… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co, 1925. First edition (2908 copies printed). Wade 147. Some foxmarks early and late, front hinge strained, otherwise a very good copy in a rubbed dust jacket with a short sliver chip in the upper spine portion of the back panel. 8vo, original cloth, front cover stamped in blind, dust jacket. Some foxmarks early and… Read more about this item

(Cummington, MA): The Cummington Press, 1946. First edition. One of 280 numbered copies on Arches paper (out of a total edition of 330 copies). Grimshaw A8. Presentation copy, inscribed by Warren in the year of publication to his friend Wallace Fowlie, writer, teacher, and translator of Rimbaud, on the front free endpaper: "To Wallace Fowlie / with warmest regards… Read more about this item

Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1934. First edition (400 copies printed). Wade 179. Small dampstain at base of spine, sliver chip in edge of spine label, otherwise a fine, unopened copy. 8vo, original linen-backed paper over boards, printed paper spine label. Small dampstain at base of spine, sliver chip in edge of spine label, otherwise a fine, unopened copy.… Read more about this item

(Toulon, France): To Publishers, (1932). First edition. One of approximately 500 copies printed. Wallace A12. To Publishers represented the group of Objectivist poets which included Pound, Louis Zukofsky, Charles Reznikoff, and Basil Bunting. A list of a few books it intended to publish appears on the inside back wrapper. Faint traces of tanning toward the edges of the back… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1929. First edition of St. Exupéry's first book, translated in English as "Southern Mail." One of only 9 lettered hors commerce copies, out of 109 copies on papier vergé pur fil Lafuma. Although best known for his classic Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), most of St. Exupéry's work was inspired by… Read more about this item

(Haverford, PA): Green Shade, 2001. First edition of Burroughs' superb 57-page essay on Audubon. One of 400 copies printed by the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy and bound in wrappers out of a total edition of 500 copies. As new. 8vo, illustrated in color, original green paper wrappers. As new.

West Hartford, CT: Raven Editions, 2004. First edition, regular issue, of this short story, which was originally published in The Paris Review. One of 75 copies printed letterpress on mould-made Nideggen paper in Joanna type by Carol Blinn at The Warwick Press and signed by the author and artist. As new, at publication price. 8vo, illustrated with a… Read more about this item

(Haverford, PA): Green Shade, 2001. First edition of this long essay on John James Audubon by the author of Billy Watson's Croker Sack. One of 100 numbered copies printed by the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy and signed by the author. As new. 8vo, illustrated in color, original green boards, dust jacket. As new.

(N. Y.: The Grenfell Press, 1985). First edition. One of 85 numbered copies on Saunders paper, signed by the author and by the artist, out of a total edition of 118 copies. As new.. 4to, tipped-in frontispiece and covers by T. L. Solien, original quarter morocco and pictorial paper over boards. As new.

Jackson & London: University Press of Mississippi, (1989). First edition. One of 375 numbered copies signed by Welty. Polk A36:1b. Fine copy. Small, square 4to, cloth, matching slipcase. Fine copy.

(N. Y.): Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1991. First edition. One of 160 copies printed on Hahnemuhle etching paper by Leslie Miller at The Grenfell Press and signed by Burroughs and Condo. As new.. CONDO, George.. Folio, with 3 original etchings & several tipped-in color illustrations, pictorial endpapers, black cloth, matching slipcase. As new.… Read more about this item

(La Crosse, WI: Sutton Hoo Press), 2004. First edition. Sutton Hoo Select Number Four. One of an unspecified number of "standard run" copies printed on "handmade paper from India" & signed by Levine (out of a total edition of 200 copies printed). "Little to no effort was made to sort out of the edition bifolios that varied in print… Read more about this item

N. Y.: Monroe Wheeler, (1923). First edition. With Glenway Wescott's essay, "Miss Moore's Observations", printed as a four-page leaflet, laid in as issued. Spine slightly worn, with a small piece of the wrapper detached from the top of the spine, otherwise a remarkably fine copy of this rare pamphlet, preserved in a cloth slipcase with leather label on the… Read more about this item