Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. Howard Pyle. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 80 PP. Original cloth with gilt title-stamping to front cover. 62 color illustrations by Howard Pyle. Contains: The Deacon's Masterpiece, How the Old Horse Won the Bet and The Broomstick Train. Light wear to corners..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1934. Kurt Wiese. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 88 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed by McKown direclty on the half title-page. Some toning to cloth. DJ price-clipped. Chipping to edges and..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 4 1/2 X 6 7/8 Inches. Extremely sharp complete five volume set of this "Viking Portable Library" / Poets of the English Language. All five volumes contain the correct printing year of 1950. All five volumes have the correct $2.50 "per..... More
Hanover, NH: Steerforth Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 570 PP. First printing copy with "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $32.95 intact on front flap. Spectacular print edition of the poems and other scrapbook "snips" that Jefferson compiled in..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 141 PP. First trade edition of Morrison's first book of poetry. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $3.95 intact on front flap. A sharp copy of this important book from the..... More
New York: Random House, 1966. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 300 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original cream cloth binding horizontal blind line embossing. #84 of 250 copies signed by Robert Penn Warren directly on the limitation page. Housed in original issue..... More
Palaemon Press Limited, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 42 PP. One of only 550 copies produced. Signed by Rosanna Warren, daughter of Robert Penn Warren, to noted collector Bill Boozer. Boozer was the editor of the Faukner newsletter for over 25 years and..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 407 PP. Original purple cloth boards sharp and clean. Light scuff to fore-edge. DJ a bit rubbed and creased at folds and corners. More
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 32 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $4.00 intact on front flap. An extremely sharp copy. From the author of All the King's Men and highly influential member of..... More
San Francisco: Underwood-Miller, 1977. First Thus. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 110 PP. Beautiful reprint of the 1957 Arkam House title. Illustrated by Kaiko Nelson. A few spots to boards. Hint of creasing to DJ edges. A nice copy overall. Howard is widely known as the creator of..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 X 9 1/4 Inches. 339 PP. First printing of this biography of the famous Italian Baroque poet Giambattista Marino. Signed and inscribed by the author and Columbia professor, " For Sam Middlebrook, teacher, colleague, and friend - one..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. First Edition. Original wraps. 4 3/8 X 6 3/4 Inches. 112 PP. Original "Riverside Literature Series" number 220. Contains numerous poems, but famously reprints "The Raven" by Poe and "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Key. Scuffing and wear to covers and spine as shown. More
Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 141 PP. Rather scarce book of medical poems and verses from Helmuth, former professor of surgery, dean of the faculty and also trustee of the New York Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital. Original cloth quite scuffed at..... More
Bloomfield Hills, MI: Penumbra, Inc., 2004. First Edition. Original wraps. 8 3/8 X 9 7/8 Inches. 279 PP. Stated "First Printing / January, 2004" on the copyright page. Signed by Jack Kevorkian directly on the title-page. This book was one of three produced by Kevorkian while in prison as an..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 70 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Signed by Alice Walker on the title-page (attractive vintage signature and not the abbreviated initials she now uses so often). Price-clipped. PO gift inscription..... More
New York: The Dyson Press, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 8 Inches. 76 PP. Scarce red cloth with original paper label to front panel. OCLC locates "3" copies. Light toning and scuffing to endpapers. More
New York: Modern Library, Circa 1960. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. Grey cloth boards with Kent torchbearer in gilt (inside green oval) on front cover. G4 in the Giant series. Light wear and scuffing to DJ edges and folds, especially at crown of spine. PO bookplate..... More
New York: Modern Library, 1961. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 1223 [2] PP. Blue cloth boards with Kent torchbearer in gilt on front cover. Original price of $3.95 on front flap. G17 in the Giant series. Light wear and scuffing to DJ edges and folds, especially..... More
Bigfork, MN: Northwoods Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8 Inches. Original blue cloth with white title-stamping to front cover and spine. A mix of biographical information on Kennedy's term in office (with some conjecture as to what might have been on his mind in the final..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1955. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 3/4 Inches. 76 PP. First printing in original red cloth binding. Signed and owned by fellow author Donald Lehmkuhl. Lehmkuhl's own copy. Hint of toning to endpapers. Light scuffing to edges and spine. Donald Lehmkuhl, author..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1921. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 4 3/4 X 6 1/8 Inches, 63 PP. First printing in the original green cloth with paper label. Light toning. An extremely well preserved example. Lacks DJ. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1957. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. 62 PP. First printing with no additional dates on copyright page. Original price of "10s 6d" on the front flap. Ownership signature and date on the FFEP. From the personal collection of author Don Lehmkuhl..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 8 1/8 Inches. 163 PP. First printing with the "A-2.60" on the copyright page. Original price of $3.50 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed to his personal friend Don Lehmkuhl on the FFEP. Inscription reads..... More
Columbia, SC: R.L. Bryan Company, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 3/4 Inches. 635 PP. Original 1960 issue in green cloth binding with gilt title to front cover and spine. Signed by Rutledge directly on the half title-page. Hint of wear to gutters, else a fine..... More
Ashville, NC: The Inland Press, 1911. First Edition. Original wraps. 4 3/4 X 8 Inches. 48 PP. Includes: The Confederacy, Soldier's Dream, The Blue and the Gray and Back Home among others. Decidedly southern Civil War poetry from veteran and Jarrett House founder R.F. Jarrett. Original tie-binding intact. Covers a...... More