PRIMITIVE SECRETS
by Atkinson, Deborah Turrell
(Scottsdale): Poisoned Pen Press, 2002. Fine in fine jacket.. Inscribed first edition of the Honolulu-based author's mystery novel, the first in a series starring detective Storm Kayama. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original dark blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original pictorial dust jacket. 309, [1] pages. Inscribed by Atkinson on title page ("Me ke aloha, Debby Atkinson). Minor jacket... Read More
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THE SECRET MARRIAGE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: And Other Eccentric Readings
by Atkinson, Michael
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1996. First edition. Fine in fine jacket.. First printing of Atkinson's didactic application of diverse lit-theory techniques to the Sherlock Holmes stories. 9'' x 6''. Original red cloth. In original unclipped (no price) dust jacket designed by Marty Somberg. 198 pages. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of... Read More
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LUCIE ATTWELL'S FAIRY TALES KIDDIES' HANDKIES
by Attwell, Lucie [Mabel Lucie Attwell]
[n.p.]: [n.p.], 1925. Near fine.. Scarce set of eight cotton handkerchiefs printed with charming and bright illustrations to classic fairy tales by the beloved children's artist. Atwell's characteristic style is on full display in these lovely designs, where her popular original characters, the 'Boo-boos', mingle with instantly recognizable fairy-tale figures. Each handkerchief is decorated with a bold central... Read More
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BABY'S BOOK
by Attwell, Mabel Lucie
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1920. Very good.. First edition of this beautiful book of rhymes and simple stories for very young children, vividly illustrated in Attwell's characteristic style. 9.5'' x 7.25''. Original pictorial boards with red cloth spine. 14 full-page color illustrations and additional decorations by Attwell. Moderate chipping and rubbing to boards; light soil to rear... Read More
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STITCH STITCH: THE LUCIE ATTWELL NEEDLEWORK BOOK
by Attwell, Mabel Lucie
Dundee and London: Valentine & Sons, Ltd, 1922. Near fine.. First edition of this embroidery book for children, complete with silk thread and iron-on pattern transfers that feature Attwell's beloved Boo-Boos. Best known for her Boo-Boos series, Mabel Lucie Attwell's art was quite a hot commodity in this period. In addition to illustrating numerous children's books, her darling... Read More
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SHERLOCK HOLMES IN DALLAS
by Aubrey, Edmund
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1980. Very good.. Uncorrected galleys for the first edition of this Holmes-assisted attempt to investigate and correct the errors of the Warren Commission. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original printed beige wrappers. 214 pages. Green pencil name to front cover, occasional markings to text. A few page corners creased. Light edgewear, minor soil to... Read More
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UN VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE
by Aubry, Alice
[Paris]: Hachette, 1920. Very good.. Rare French fantasy picture book about children who travel by balloon to the moon. Three children receive a warm welcome on the fantastical moon world. In a very French take on the moon voyage, the climax of activity is baking moon-themed treats. After little moon creatures destroy their balloon, the Mistress of the... Read More
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THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR
by Auel, Jean M.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1980. First edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First printing of this intensively researched, massive bestseller about a young woman growing up in prehistoric times. The surprise hit of a story about a Cro-Magnon heroine has largely been chalked up to the expert research skills of the author; in a 2011... Read More
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NORTHANGER ABBEY
by Austen, Jane; [Rébora, Sol]
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1833. Near fine.. First US edition of the most bookish of Austen's novels — in a stunning fine art binding by the acclaimed Argentinian design bookbinder Sol Rébora. Often misread as critical of the gothic novels that were popular at the period of its first composition, NORTHANGER ABBEY is a more complex exploration of... Read More
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JANE AUSTEN'S NOVELS
by Austen, Jane; Johnson, R. Brimley; Cooke, William C.
London: J.M. Dent and Company, 1894. About fine.. Fresh and beautiful late Victorian set from one of the most celebrated and widely read writers in English. Austen combines a profound artistic confidence with entertaining popular love stories. Audiences have been buoyed along for centuries by Austen's subtly bold and witty authorial voice, her novels burrowing into our collective... Read More
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MANSFIELD PARK
by Austen, Jane; [Rébora, Sol]
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. Near fine.. First US edition of Austen's third published novel — in a stunning fine art binding by the acclaimed Argentinian design bookbinder Sol Rébora. Morally upright Fanny gets pulled into a neighbor's scheming via an adaptation of Elizabeth Inchbald's well-known play, LOVERS' VOWS. Among Austen's works, MANSFIELD PARK especially demonstrates how careful... Read More
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THE STORY OF JANE AUSTEN'S LIFE
by [Austen, Jane]; Adams, Oscar Fay
Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Company, 1891. First printing. Very good plus.. First edition of the "first critical biography of Austen" (Juliette Wells). Austen biographies have been one of the main vehicles for the author's canonical ascent that blasted off in the late 19th century, beginning with her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh's MEMOIR (1870). This publication was the first... Read More
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![THE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN [Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; Lady Susan; The Watsons]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/070/011/1685011070.0.m.jpg)
THE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN [Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; Lady Susan; The Watsons]
by Austen, Jane
London: Martin Secker, 1939. Very good plus in very good jackets.. Handsome Adelphi edition, issued on the eve of WWII — a pleasing set in the scarce original dust jackets. Austen's novels are among the most celebrated and still-widely read in English, combining a profound artistic confidence and entertaining popular love stories. Audiences have been buoyed along for... Read More
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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
by Austen, Jane; [Rébora, Sol]
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1833. Very good plus.. First US edition of Austen's first novel — in a stunning fine art binding by the acclaimed Argentinian design bookbinder Sol Rébora. Austen's first novel uses the love stories of two sisters to explore the complexities and contradictions in the gendered expectations of the Regency era: a woman will be... Read More
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MANSFIELD PARK
by Austen, Jane
London: Richard Bentley, 1833. Very good.. First illustrated edition, and first single-volume edition, of Austen's third published novel — in the exceptionally scarce first issue cloth binding. MANSFIELD PARK centers on the comedic neighborhood drama caused by the amateur theater production: Morally upright Fanny gets pulled into a neighbor's scheming via an adaptation of Elizabeth Inchbald's well-known play,... Read More
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Signed Original Photograph of Paul Auster
by [Auster, Paul]; Patten, Arturo
(Rome): [n.p.], 1988. Near fine.. Signed original photograph of the late American writer, taken by esteemed portrait photographer Arturo Patten in Rome, published in Patten's PORTRAITS RITRATTI (1992) and used as Auster's author photo on many of his own works. 7'' x 5''. Original black-and-white photograph. Signed by Auster below image. Stamped on verso "Publication Prohibited / Foto... Read More
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THE NEW YORK TRILOGY: City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room
by Auster, Paul
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1986. First edition. Fine in fine jackets.. Signed first printings (all) of Auster's beloved and best-known work, a postmodern deconstruction of the detective novel. Initially inspired by a wrong number placed to his house asking for the Pinkerton Detective Agency, Auster's interlocking series of novels take as their starting point classic mysteries,... Read More
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OBSERVATIONS
by Avedon, Richard; Capote, Truman; [Brodovitch, Alexey]
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First printing. Fine in fine jacket.. First edition of Avedon's first book, designed by Alexey Brodovitch and featuring commentary by Capote — in the original acetate jacket and publisher's slipcase, in uncommonly nice condition. The icons and artists captured in Avedon's trademark too-close gaze include Marilyn Monroe; the impeccable Marella Agnelli (before... Read More
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ÉCLAIR
by Averill, Esther; Rojankovsky, Feodor
Paris: Domino Press, 1934. First edition. Near fine.. First printing, from Averill's Domino Press, with an autograph letter signed by Averill and on her stationery laid in. The story of a horse and a dog, featuring absolutely beautiful color lithographs by Rojankovsky, printed by the Domino Press – which sought the highest quality illustrations to pair with the... Read More
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POUDRE
by Averill, Esther; Stanley, Lila; Rojankovsky, Feodor
Paris: Domino Press, 1933. First edition. Near fine.. First printing, from Averill's Domino Press, with an autograph letter signed by Averill and on her stationery laid in. The story of a little horse, a duchess and the circus, featuring absolutely beautiful color lithographs by Rojankovsky, printed by the Domino Press – which sought the highest quality illustrations to... Read More
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DANIEL BOONE
by Averill, Esther; Stanley, Lila; Rojankovsky, Fedor [Feodor Rojankovsky]
Paris: Domino Press, 1931. First edition. Very good plus.. First printing of a pivotal book in Rojankovsky's career, his first in English, and the first book published by the Domino Press, founded in Paris by American expats Esther Averill and Lila Stanley. Averill initially met Rojankovsky for a different design project, but when that fell through Rojankovsky suggested... Read More
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DANIEL BOONE
by Averill, Esther; Rojankovsky, Feodor
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Very good.. First US edition of a pivotal book in Rojankovsky's career, and a high point of early 20th-century picture book publishing. Inspired in part by Rojankovsky's childhood love of James Fenimoore Cooper books, DANIEL BOONE was meant to be a lavish vision of the American West — but for that reason,... Read More
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BEYOND THE WESTERN SEA. Book One: The Escape From Home
by Avi
New York: Orchard Books, 1996. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first edition of this first half of the two-part BEYOND THE WESTERN SEA historical duology by the popular and prolific young adult novelist. 9'' x 6''. Original quarter cream cloth with blue-grey boards. In original unclipped ($18.95) dust jacket by Ted Lewin. 295, [1] pages. Signed by Avi... Read More
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OBSERVATIONS ON THE NOTATION EMPLOYED IN THE CALCULUS OF FUNCTIONS
by Babbage, Charles
Cambridge: J. Smith, 1820. Very good.. Presentation copy, inscribed to a mathematician and fellow co-founder of the Astronomical Society, of Babbage's major early-career paper on mathematical notation. Before Babbage invented the first mechanical computer, he had already distinguished himself as one of the most innovative mathematicians of his lifetime. "Observations" was "quite a remarkable paper," showing by unimpeachable... Read More
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THINNER
by Bachman, Richard; King, Stephen
New York: New American Library, 1984. First edition. Fine in a fine jacket.. Beautiful first printing of this Stephen King novel written under pseudonym, a tale of unyielding retribution visited upon those who mostly deserve it. THINNER was the fifth book published by Stephen King under the name Richard Bachman, and the final one to appear before his... Read More
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