Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

BREAKING INTO PRINT.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER. NY 1937 : 1937

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 4284

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (Chipping at upper inch of spine on jacket. Price-clip. Several small chips & tears in jacket. ) Essay by Charles W. Chestnutt on his first published work. An uncommon collection.
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SCEPTICISMS. NOTES ON CONTEMPORARY POETRY.

By: Aiken, Conrad.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: NY, KNOPF. : 1919

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 28739

ISBN-13: 9780742641877

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Near fine in second issue binding in close to very good dust jacket. (Touch of offsetting to front paste down & end paper. Shallow chipping at spine ends, without loss to titles. A few other chips on covers. ) A reasonably nice survival in DJ.
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Some Trees.

By: Ashbery, John.

Price: $750.00

Publisher: New Haven, Yale. : 1956

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3116330

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (Faint non-invasive erasure at upper edge of front end-paper. Some small chips and tears to jacket, along with traces of shelf-soiling. Spine on jacket toned but perfectly readable. ) Poet's FIRST regularly published book in the series Yale Younger Poets. ; 5 1/4" x 8 1/4"; 87 pages
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ON THE FRONTIER.

By: Auden, W.H. And Isherwood, Christopher.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: LONDON, FABER & FABER. : 1938

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 313488

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First Edition. Near fine copy in red cloth with gold titles in very good dust jacket. (Previous owner's inscription dated in 1942 on front end paper. Same person has laid-in in a signed note card & Group Theatre subscription form. Light foxing to preliminaries. Shallow chipping at crest of spine on DJ. Which is age toned. ) 3000 copies printed.
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THE WATSONS.

By: Austen, Jane. (Text) Walkley, A.B. (Introduction)

Price: $375.00

Publisher: LEONARD PARSONS. LONDON 1923 : 1923

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 13534

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First Separate Edition. Near fine in a Vg. dj. (Traces of foxing to preliminaries & top edge. Shallow strip of chipping at head of rear panel of dj. Spine segment of dj. nearly completely separated from front & back covers, but virtually indiscernable in protective plastic cover. Couple very tiny chips at edges of spine) A presentable copy of an uncommon title.
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The Legion of the Condemned.

By: Ball, Eustace H. (Novelization Based On John Monk Saunders' Story)

Price: $175.00

Publisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap : 1928

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3116199

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (Mild off-setting to end-papers. Edge tears & staining to jacket along with general wear. ) Cover features players Gary Cooper & Fay Wray. Photo illustrations from film accompany text. World War One aerial combat. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages
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ALL THAT FALL.

By: Beckett, Samuel.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: NY, GROVE PRESS. : 1957

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 305113

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First American edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (Top edges of cloth foxed. Couple longish tears at seams of jacket flaps. A few short edge tears & tiny chips at edges of spine on jacket. ) ; 59 pages
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No's Knife. Collected Shorter Prose 1945-1966.

By: Beckett, Samuel.

Price: $1,450.00

Publisher: London, Calder & Boyars : 1967

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3116227

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First trade edition. SIGNED by Samuel Beckett on title page. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (Light shelf-soiling & wear to jacket. ) Far scarcer signed than the limited issues. ; 5 1/4" x 8 1/4"; 159 pages
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MURDER WILL SPEAK.

By: Bellairs, George. (Pseudonym of Harold Blundell)

Price: $375.00

Publisher: NY, MACMILLAN. : 1943

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 306025

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First American edition. Close to fine in very good dust jacket. (Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Bookstore sticker & attendant offsetting at base of rear pastedown & endpaper. Several small chips at spine ends & edges of DJ. Trace of shelf wear at spine on jacket. ) THIRD Inspector Littlejohn mystery. Published in Britain as "The Dead Shall Be Raised." Very uncommon.
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THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER. AN OPERA IN ONE ACT.

By: Benet, Stephen Vincent.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: NY, FARRAR AND RINEHART. : 1939

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 312612

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First edition. Close to fine in red cloth in very good dust jacket. (Couple fairly small chips & attendant shelf wear at crest of spine on jacket. 1"-inch tear & creasing at base of front panel of DJ. ) Basis for director William Dieterle's superb film adaptation starring actor Walter Huston. (O)
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THE CRADLE WILL ROCK.

By: Blitzstein, Marc. (Text) Welles, Orson. (Preface)

Price: $500.00

Publisher: NY, RANDOM HOUSE. : 1938

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 25962

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First edition. Near fine in very good price-clipped dust jacket. (Shallow chipping at edges of covers on jacket. Some tears at seams of jacket flaps. Small stain at crest of rear panel of jacket. ) Orson Welles preface. Scarce title in jacket. Adapted by actor/director Tim Robbins into a film bearing the same title.
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Who Walk in Darkness.

By: Brossard, Chandler.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, New Directions. : 1952

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3115109

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (Edge tears at seams of jacket flaps. Traces of shelf-soiling on rear panel of jacket. ) One of the earliest 'beat' novels. Author's FIRST book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages
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The Master & Margarita.

By: Bulgakov, Mikhail. (Text) Ginsburg, Mirra. (translation)

Price: $300.00

Publisher: New York, Grove Press. : 1967

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3114656

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First American edition. Issued the same year as the Harper & Row edition translated by Michael Glenny. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (1"-inch tear at head of front panel of jacket. With adjacent creasing. 1/4"-inch tear as well. Diagonal creasing at bottom edge of front cover. A few other short edge nicks in jacket. Hint of faint rubbing at head of front cloth cover. ) (402pp. ) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 402 pages
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With a Feather on My Nose.

By: Burke, Billie. (with) Shipp, Cameron.

Price: $275.00

Publisher: New York, Appleton Century Crofts : 1949

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3115190

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Irst edition. INSCRIBED by Billie Burke and dated in year of publication on front end-paper. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (Sticker ghost at head of end-paper. 1 1/2"-inch tear on front panel of jacket. Light traces of shelf-soiling to jacket with tace of faint damp-staining on rear panel. Spine on jacket discolored. ) Biography of the actress who married Broadway producer Flo Ziegfeld and played the iconic role of 'Glinda' the good witch in 'The Wizard of Oz.' ; 5 3/4" x 8"; 272 pages
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FLYING BLOOD.

By: Burtis, Thomson.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: NY, FICTION LEAGUE. : 1932

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 7298

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First American Edition. Near fine in . Very good dust jacket. (Spine on jacket age toned & just barely readable. Upper 1/2"-inch of spine on jacket chipped. Traces of shelf wear & small edge tears in jacket. ) Plot reads much the same as Lionel White's "A Clean Break." Racketeers attempt to maim a prize thoroughbred race horse before the big race.
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COLLECTED SHORT FICTION, 1892-1912.

By: Cather, Willa.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Lincoln, NEBRASKA. : 1965

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3128

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (Several edge tears & small chips to wear prone uncoated jacket. 4"- inch tear at rear panel along edge of rear flap. )
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The Moving Finger.

By: Christie, Agatha.

Price: $450.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead. : 1942

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3113273

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First American Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. (Longish tear at center of front panel on dust jacket. A few fairly small edge chips & tears. Red hue on spine of jacket discolored. ) Miss Marple mystery. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 229 pages
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Diary of a Film. (La Belle Et La Bete)

By: Cocteau, Jean. (Text) Duncan, Ronald. (Trans. )

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Roy Publishers : 1950

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 3116207

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First American edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (Chipping at spine ends. Orange titles at spine faded. Faint off-setting to end-papers. ) Illustrated with b&w stills from the celebrated film. Uncommon. ; 5 1/2" X 8"; 214 pages
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THE BLOOD OF A POET. A FILM BY JEAN COCTEAU.

By: Cocteau, Jean. (Text) Pons, Lily. (Trans.)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: NY, BODLEY PRESS. : 1949

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 15748

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First American edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (Interior clear tape mends to jacket. Several moderate sized tears & smaller chips as well as traces of shelf wear & mild soiling to edges jacket. Hint of foxing beside spine on rear cloth cover. ) ; First American edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (Interior clear tape mends to jacket. Several moderate sized tears & small chips as well as traces of shelf wear & light soiling to jacket. Hint of foxing next to spine on rear cloth cover. )
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MORE BY CORWIN.

By: Corwin, Norman.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: NY: HOLT. 1944 : 1944

Edition: First Edition; First Printing

Seller ID: 21337

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

First edition. Near fine in red cloth in very good dust jacket. (Dime-size chip at head of rear panel of jacket. A few smaller chips at spine ends on jacket. Couple slender chips at mid-spine on jacket. )
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Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket