Philippine Prose and Poetry
Manila: Manila Bureau of Printing, 1941. 1941 Edition. Paperback. Small octavo. 5 x 7.25 in. 200 pp. Very good in original stapled and cloth bound wrappers with rubbing to edges. More
Manila: Manila Bureau of Printing, 1941. 1941 Edition. Paperback. Small octavo. 5 x 7.25 in. 200 pp. Very good in original stapled and cloth bound wrappers with rubbing to edges. More
Toronto: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.75 x 9.5 in. 139 pp. Fine in original black cloth and a fine, bright illustrated dust jacket that is free of marks and fading. This text explores Sherlock Holmes's investigatory modes and methods through the medical lens..... More
San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. 615 pp. Near fine in original paper-covered boards and near fine in original obi-bands. Signed by Adrian on title page. More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1995. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. xviii, 159 pp. More
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1962. First US Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Mass market. 4.25 x 7.25 in. 120 pp. Translated from the Italian by Frances Fenaye. Very good in original pictorial wrappers, highlighting to front synopsis with spare underlining in red pen throughout text. More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 5.25 x 8.25 in. 159 pp. Very good in original simple lettered wrappers. Apparently an unread copy, but has light foxing to edge of textblock and sunning to spine. Publisher's blurb affixed to front cover. Scarce uncorrected copy of..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6 x 8.5 in. x, 272 pp. Very good in original blue cloth boards with a firm binding and clean pages. This copy sports a good dust jacket that has chipping and wear along all of the..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1962. First Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. 374 pp. Occasionally illustrated with black & white reproductions of drawings and chapter titling in red by Bryson. Very good in original pictorial paper covered boards with some foxing to boards and very good in original pictorial dust..... More
New York: New American Library, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 309 pp. Near fine in original pictorial wrappers, light creasing to spine. More
New York: Dial Press, 1982. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Large octavo. 6.25 x 9.5 in. xvii, 91 pp. Occasionally illustrated with black & white reproductions of artworks by the Dillons. Very good in original black paper-covered boards, previous ownership embossed stamp to the front free endpaper and good pictorial dust jacket..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 in. 280 pp. Fine in original black paper-covered boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. Signed by Banks on the front free endpaper. More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1919. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.5 x 7.5 in. x, [2], 312 pp. Very good in original dark navy cloth with paper spine label, some shelf wear, staining to back cover, front hinge starting. Diary written by Bruce Frederick Cummings, using the nom-de-plume Barbellino..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1967. 1967 Revised Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. 6.5 x 9.5 in. 188 pp. Very good in original black cloth, foxing to edge of text block and very good price-clipped, pictorial dust jacket, chip to foot of front panel. With laid-in review slip from publisher..... More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Tall octavo. 5.75 x 9.25 in. 168 pp. Fine in original cloth-backed boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. Signed on the title page by Rick Bass. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.25 in. xvi, 230 pp. Illustrated suite of black & white reproductions of photographs including facsimile page proof of the first edition of Ulysseys with edits. Very good in original tan cloth boards that have..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1974. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Duodecimo. 5 x 7 in. 45 pp. Occasionally illustrated with black & white reproductions of drawings by Courtlandt Johnson. Seventeenth title in the Yes! Capra Chapbook Series. (Vernon) Courtlandt Johnson became a skateboard illustrator in his hometown of..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1982. First Delacorte Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.25 in. 438 pp. Very good in original cloth-backed boards, mild toning to text block and very good pictorial dust jacket. Reinhart Series. More
New York: Samuel French, 1944. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Duodecimo. 5 x 7.25 in. 125 pp. Very good in the original blue wrappers that have minor shelf and reading wear, but otherwise appear in sturdy and clean condition. The front cover bears a sticker for "Baker's Plays" and a...... More
Knoxville: University of Tennesee, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. xxix, 1,275 pp. Near fine in original black cloth with previous owner signature on front free endpapers and very good in original pictorial dust jackets, slight fading to spine on volume one and two. Three..... More
Normal, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 6 x 9 in. 193 pp. Occasionally illustrated in black & white. Fine in original pictorial wrappers. Contributors include: Sven Birkerts, Mary Caponegro, Jonathan Franzen, Janice Galloway, Carole Maso, Bradford Morrow, William T. Vollmann, Curtis White, Peter Dimock..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1985. First US Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 10 x 9 in. 95 pp. Translated from the Spanish by Anthony Kerrigan. Fully illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs. Very good in original paper covered boards. some light dampstaining to front endpapers and foot..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.25 in. 223 pp. Author photograph by Roy Round. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5 x 8.25 in. 226 pp. Brautigan's tale of the "romantic possibilities of a public library in California," where anything and everything published may be catalogued and stored. The book does not appear to be an ex-library copy..... More
Mattituck, NY: Amereon Ltd., [2009]. First Thus. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.25 in. 220 pp. From a limited Amereon edition bound in cloth. More