There is a deceptively simple goal for the collector of first editions: to obtain the earliest printed form of a work of literature, in as close to the condition it was in when it first appeared in bookstores as a new book. Dig deeper, though, and you find that the first edition collector also has an interest in ...
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(Vancouver, B.C.): Heavenly Monkey, 2010. Broadside measuring 22 by 15 inches. One of thirty copies—this copy marked "Position proof." Unsigned. With full-page illustration of a hermaphroditic figure, titled "The Botanist," and two smaller text figures of mushrooms, all from drawings by Atsushi Fukui. Sylvian was the former frontman for the..... More
(Salem: Colonial Society, 1939). First separate edition, which consisted of fewer than 100 copies. A single folded sheet with one page of type, printed by Dard Hunter II at the MIT Paper Museum Press. Inscribed by Frost to Martin K. Howes at foot of poem. Frost read this delightful piece..... More
Boston: Bromer Booksellers, 2011. Octavo. 408pp. First trade edition. Aun Aprendo: A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Writings of Aldous Leonard Huxley is the culmination of over twenty years of research, fact-finding, and detective work undertaken by David J. Bromer. With over 2,000 entries, Aun Aprendo is the most current and..... More
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Boston: Bromer Booksellers, 2011. Octavo. 408pp. One of 50 deluxe copies signed by the bibliographer, of which 40 are available for sale. The deluxe edition includes a previously unpublished poem by Huxley dedicated to his first wife Maria. Aun Aprendo: A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Writings of Aldous Leonard Huxley..... More
NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1924). First American edition. One of only 250 copies designated for the United States from a total edition of 2,000. The handsomely produced and lavishly illustrated tale of an old man who builds a square-rigged ship with the help of fairy artisans, and sails through..... More
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1971. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author and signed by the illustrator at the front flyleaf. A young-adult retelling of two fugitive slaves in the mid-19th century. The dedicatory statements after the title page elucidate the historical threads binding the author to the Crafts'..... More
Adelaide, Australia; Westport, CT: 1948, 1952. Two typed letters, (3)ff., (2)ff., signed by Helen Keller, plus (1)ff. autograph note, signed, from Keller's assistant and companion, Polly Thompson., and a typed transcript of that note. As a world-famous speaker, author, and advocate for persons with disabilities, Keller traveled to more than..... More
(Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893). Octavo. (vi), 216pp. One of 500 copies. Borders and initials by William Morris. Printed in Golden type in two colors. Peterson cites Sidney Cockerell's observation that this title was "one of the rarest books issued from the Press because of its popularity"; despite its relatively large..... More
NY: Random House, 1930. First edition thus. A trade edition of the "magnum opus" first enfranchised by the Lakeside Press. With almost 300 of Kent's finest wood engravings. Kent put in many weeks of intensive research on whaling lore before starting the drawings. "In June of 1927, he sent the..... More
London: Duckworth, (1914). First edition, first issue. Lawrence's first book of short stories. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A hint of fading to spine and minor edgewear, mainly at head and tail of spine, else a very good copy. Bookplate from the Beaufoy Library to front..... More
NY: Thomas Seltzer, 1922. First edition. Follow-up to Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious, this was the book that was partially responsible for rekindling the friendship between Lawrence and John Middleton Murry. The American edition of this work contains an Epilogue that was omitted from the English edition. Spine gilt dulled, as..... More
(Browerville, Minn.): Ox Head Press, 1992. 64mo. First edition of this short story. One of 450 copies. A rapturous play of verb tenses. Bound in white wrappers with gilt-stamped titling. Housed in a black paper chemise with silver label. Mild wear to chemise, else fine. More
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1995. Quarto. lxxxiv, 242pp., leaf tipped in at rear. One of 100 copies of the special first edition distributed for the Friends of the Brigham Young University Library by W. Thomas Taylor. Specially bound in quarter goatskin, with an original leaf from the 1524 Colines edition..... More
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1995. Quarto. lxxxiv, 242pp., leaf tipped in at rear. One of 100 copies of the special first edition distributed for the Friends of the Brigham Young University Library by W. Thomas Taylor. Specially bound in quarter goatskin, with an original leaf from the 1524 Colines edition..... More
NY: Limited Editions Club, 2000. Quarto. 64, (2)pp. One of 300 copies, signed by the artist, Eikoh Hosoe, and the calligrapher, Shunkei Yahagi. Illustrated with three photogravures by Hosoe. Tanizaki, one of Japan’s most celebrated writers, sheds light on true human experience through sometimes shocking depictions of sexuality and family..... More
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1925; 1926. Two octavo volumes. First edition of the Scottish poet Hugh M'Diarmid's first collection of poetry, in the second binding, together with a first edition of his second book. Hugh M'Diarmid, or MacDiarmid, as it is more commonly written, was the pen..... More
(Stockholm, WI): Midnight Paper Sales, 2004. Quarto. (7)ff., loose. Printed limitation states one of 110 copies, but handwritten limitation to title sheet indicates one of 60, the last 50 perhaps never realized. Signed twice by the artist and printer, and by each of the contributing authors: Li-Young Lee, Richard Ford..... More
London: Methuen & Co.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, Ltd., 1929. Quarto. (6), 40, (2)pp. One of 100 copies signed by the contributors: Milne, who wrote the lyrics; Shepard, who lent his characteristic illustrations of Pooh, Christopher Robin, and company; and H. Fraser-Smith, who composed the music. The tempo directions for..... More
Pasadena: Karen Dawson, 1963. (23)pp. A delightfully humorous story about the merits of butter for the morning toast. In blue leather boards, with "Milne" stamped in gold on a red label pasted onto the spine. Some rubs to spine and corners, else near fine. (1 7/8 by 1 3/8;47x35mm). More
Prague: Státní nakladatelství krásne literatury a umení, 1964. Five illustrations by Zdenek Chotenovský depict a Matisse-like woman in various positions of repose. Her placidity underscores Neruda's twenty love poems, and put into starker light the volume's twenty-first poem, which eulogizes the grief and pain of loving. 76, (4)pp. Bound in..... More
Cincinnati, OH: Mosaic Press, 1995. (iv), 52, (3)pp. Signed by the printer, Miriam Irwin. An excerpt from Alcott's pillar of New England regional literature, here of the Christmas scene early in the narrative. Bound in blue leatherette with silver stamping. Fine, and among the more elusive of the Mosaic Press'..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981. Folio. xv, 577pp. One of 750 copies. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Moser. A reproduction of the iconic Arion Press edition, designed and published in collaboration with Andrew Hoyem and printed by the Kingsport Press. The Arion edition, regarded as "the most majestic..... More
Fullerton, CA: Lorson's Books, 1986. (20)pp., frenchfold. One of 50 copies, numbered, dated and signed by Murray, the designer, artist and printer. Four poems by Housman are illustrated with two full-page watercolor illustrations by Murray and a decoration to the title-page. Bound in olive cloth, with cross-stitched design. Black slipcase..... More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. Four folio volumes. (ii) 120; viii, 165; (iv) 166; (iv) 165pp. One of 250 copies printed on Van Gelder paper with the Nash watermark. The first volume contains "The Florence of Dante Alighieri: the Dante of all the World," by translator Melville Best Anderson..... More
Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, (1970). Octavo. (11) ff. One of 183 copies. With an inscription by James Laughlin. A short collection of poems by the poet and legendary founder of New Directions, which published some of the most important writers of the twentieth century, including Ezra Pound, William Carlos..... More
