Recent Arrivals from Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)

London: Hutchinson of London, 1968. First. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The poet's first book. Near fine in black cloth with just bumping at the corners.  No other marks or damage.  The unclipped DJ has just slight shelf wear.  Inscribed by the author on the ffep. CH.

Harper & Row. First. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the publisher: "James Thurber spent most of his career at the New Yorker magazine, drawing cartoons and writing essays and stories. Collecting Himself is a one-of-a-kind compilation of James Thurber's vintage writings, featuring previously unanthologized articles, essays, interviews, reviews, cartoons, parodies, as well as Thurber's reflections on his work in theater… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury, 2023. First UK. Fine. This is the first book from the creators of the popular podcast The Rest Is History.  Accurate history (except where there are obvious fictional interviews, etc) but told with a smirky kind of humor.  It's unfortunate that most history couldn't be taught in this style.  Very enjoyable, but also educational. This… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press (Oxford Plain Texts), undated. First thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Thomas De Quincey (1785 - 1859) was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater.  Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West. This small (4" x… Read more about this item

London: Mudie's Library Ltd, 1936. First thus. 1. Softcover, 2. Hardcover. Good, Very Good. Charles Mudie (1818-1890) originally opened his circulating Mudie's Lending Library in 1842 to give the public greater access to non-fiction works, which comprised nearly one third of his stock, but the market value of the novel brought him financial success.  He began to lend… Read more about this item

London: Micahel Joseph, 1990. 1. 2nd Printing, 2. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Derek Tangye (1912 - 1996) was a British author who lived in Cornwall for nearly fifty years. He wrote nineteen books which became known as The Minack Chronicles, about his simple life on a clifftop daffodil farm called Dorminack, affectionately referred to as Minack, at St… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 2014. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the publisher: "Supernaturally tinged stories from William T. Vollmann, author of the National Book Award winner Europe Central In this magnificent new work of fiction, his first in nine years, celebrated author William T. Vollmann offers a collection of ghost stories linked by themes of love, death, and the… Read more about this item

J Sewell and J. Debrett, 1799. First. Hardcover. Very Good. The European Magazine was a monthly magazine published in London. Eighty-nine semi-annual volumes were published from 1782 until 1826. It was launched as the European Magazine, and London Review in January 1782, promising to offer "the Literature, History, Politics, Arts, Manners, and Amusements of the Age." This… Read more about this item

London: J Sewell and J. Debrett, 1796. First. Hardcover. Very Good. The European Magazine was a monthly magazine published in London. Eighty-nine semi-annual volumes were published from 1782 until 1826. It was launched as the European Magazine, and London Review in January 1782, promising to offer "the Literature, History, Politics, Arts, Manners, and Amusements of the Age."  … Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. From Wikipedia: Frances Milton Trollope, also known as Fanny Trollope (1779 - 1863), was an English novelist who wrote as Mrs. Trollope or Mrs. Frances Trollope. Her book, Domestic Manners of the Americans (1832), observations from a trip to the United States, is the best known. … Read more about this item

Toronto: Belford Brothers, 1877. 1st Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The American Senator, although not one of Trollope's better-known works, is notable for its depictions of rural English life and for its many detailed fox hunting scenes. In its anti-heroine, Arabella Trefoil, it presents a scathing but ultimately sympathetic portrayal of a woman who has abandoned virtually all… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1934. First. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Review from the jacket: "A strong feature of this book is the plenitude of illustrations, which includes--besides pictures of apparatus, explanatory diagrams, etc.--actual examples of prints by many of the processess described." The Listener This copy is very good in black cloth with gilt titles on the… Read more about this item

London: Hammond, Hammond & Co, 1945. First. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. From the jacket: "This book is a brillian and amusing skit on family life.  It is the story of a bachelor who, stung to retaliation by what appears to him to be an over-emphasis on children among his friends and in the press, feels impelled to protest and… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good Condition. Sidney Joseph Perelman (1904 - 1979) was an American humorist and screenwriter. He is best known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for The New Yorker. He also wrote for several other magazines, including Judge, as well as books, scripts, and screenplays.… Read more about this item

New York: Jack Brussell, Publisher, 1960. Apparent 1st paperback edition. Softcover. Near Fine. John George Nicolay (1832 - 1901) was a German-born American author and diplomat who served as private secretary to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and later co-authored Abraham Lincoln: A History, a ten-volume biography of the 16th president.  In 1881, Nicolay wrote The Outbreak of Rebellion. … Read more about this item

New York: The Library of America, 1996. First Printing. Hardcover, in slip case. Fine/Fine. From the publisher: "Artist, writer, botanist, gardener, naturalist, intrepid wilderness explorer, and self-styled "philosophical pilgrim", William Bartram was an extraordinary figure in eighteenth-century American life. The first American to devote himself to what we would now call the environment, Bartram was the most significant… Read more about this item

New York: Saga Press, 2017. First. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the Publisher: "New York Times bestselling author Gregory Benford creates an alternate history about the creation of the atomic bomb that explores what could have happened if the bomb was ready to be used by June 6, 1944. Karl Cohen, a chemist and mathematician who is part of The Manhattan… Read more about this item

New York: Creative Age Press, 1947. First. Hardcover. Very Good. The title pretty much says it all. This is a large compendium of all things Lincoln. This copy is very good in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine and a gilt illustration on the front cover. Ex-library, but the only indications are the call number… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1994. 4th paperback printing. Softcover. Near fine. From the publisher: "About the book: An intellectual dialogue of the highest plane achieved in America, the correspondence between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson spanned half a century and embraced government, philosophy, religion, quotidiana, and family griefs and joys. First meeting as… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the publisher: "For two centuries, George Washington has stood first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, universally acknowledged as the one indispensable founder of the American republic. This Library of America volume is the most extensive and authoritative one-volume collection ever… Read more about this item