Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. 8vo, quarter blue cloth over red cloth boards, gilt titles, army green top stain, 302pp. First American Edition. Unclipped dust jacket (5.00) with closed tear to spine crown, light chipping to edges, toning and rubbing to panels. Ownership bookplate to front endpaper, noticeable tear to cloth.....
Hamish Hamilton, 1960. 8vo, green cloth, gilt titles, 400pp. First thus. Unclipped dust jacket (21s. net) with moderate rubbing and toning to panels. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Attractive omnibus edition of the four novels by the French existentialist writer, collecting The Outsider, The.....
Fantagraphics Books, 2007. 8vo, black paper boards, white titles, 878pp. Inscribed to the title page “For David in admiration Alex.” Dust jacket (priced 29.95 to rear panel), very mildly rubbed to panels. Toning to top and fore edges of text block, slight spine slant to boards. Contents clean, binding firm.....
Grove Press, 1965. 8vo, green cloth, gilt titles, 280pp. Stated first printing. Unclipped dust jacket (7.95) with mild toning to panels, wear to edges. Ownership signature, toning to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Anthology of works by the French proto-surrealist, featuring the complete Ubu dramatic cycle, writings.....
Random House, 1988. 8vo, quarter brown cloth over khaki paper boards, gilt titles, 288pp. First edition, advance review copy with tipped in publisher’s slip. Unclipped dust jacket (16.95) with faint creasing to top edge of front panel, mild wear to edges. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp.....
Grove Press, 1959. 8vo, red full cloth, gilt titles, pictorial cityscape endpapers, 310pp. Unclipped dust jacket (4.75) with mild toning and rubbing to panels, short closed tears to top edge and diagonal tear to front flap. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. The first English.....
Crown Publishers, 1977. 8vo, black quarter cloth over orange paper boards, gilt titles, 198pp. First American Edition. Unclipped dust jacket (7.95) mildly worn to edges, toned to panels. Contents clean, binding firm. The third novel by the French Canadian writer of Kamouraska, a gothic tale of a demonically possessed nun.....
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Heinemann, 1955-1975. 12 volume set. Mixed printings. Eight first printings, Vols. 5-12: Casanova's Chinese Restaurant, 1960 (229pp.) The Kindly Ones, 1962 (254pp.) The Valley of Bones, 1964 (243pp.) The Soldier's Art, 1966 (228pp.), The Military Philosophers, 1968 (244pp.) Books do Furnish a Room, 1971 (241pp.) Temporary Kings, 1973 (280pp.) Hearing Secret.....
Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1969. 8vo, beige buckram cloth, black titles, 294pp. Stated first printing. Publisher’s review copy, with tipped in review slip and author photograph. Unclipped dust jacket (5.95) mildly rubbed to panels, a few short closed tears, creasing to ends of spine. Contents clean, binding firm. The only.....
Little, Brown and Company, 1983. 8vo, brown paper boards, silver titles, 178pp. First Edition. Unclipped dust jacket (13.50) moderately rubbed and toned to panels. Ownership signature to front endpaper, discreet remainder mark to lower edge. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. The posthumously published collected stories by the celebrated West.....
Hutchinson of London, 1958. 8vo, grape buckram cloth, silver titles, 343pp. First British Edition, the true first edition. Unclipped dust jacket (16s net) with light chipping to spine down, tape residue mark to front flap, toning to panels. Ownership signature, bookseller’s ticket to front endpaper, light bump to board corners.....
Vintage Contemporaries, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo, softcover wrappers, 399pp. Price of 11.00 to rear wrap. Stated First Edition with full number line. Ownership marking to half title ('The world shows its age), diagonal crease to front wrapper and slight curl to corners of rear wrap, pages mildly toned.....
Farrar, Strauss and Giroux. 8vo, burgundy quarter cloth over mustard textured cloth, brown topstain, 215pp. Stated first printing. Unclipped dust jacket (6.95) mildly creased, worn to edges, rubbing to panels. Slight lean to boards. Contents clean, binding firm. The third and final novel from the underrated Black American writer, once.....
Farrar, Strauss and Company, 1963. 8vo, quarter white cloth over black paper boards, silver and grey titles, red top stain, 217pp. First printing. Unclipped dust jacket (3.95) with light rippling, creasing to panels. Ownership signature to front endpaper, tape residue impressions to board and endpaper edges. Contents clean, binding sharp.....
New Directions, 1974. 8vo, red cloth, black titles, 244pp. First edition. Inscribed by Dowell to the half title page. Unclipped dust jacket (9.25) with moderate creasing and rubbing to panels, short closed tear at spine crown. Ownership signature, toning to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. The second.....
Random House, 1968. 8vo, blue cloth, green titles, blue topstain, 313pp. First edition. Inscribed by Dowell to the half title page. Unclipped dust jacket (5.95) with moderate wear to edges, toning to panels. Two ownership signatures and toning to front endpapers, light fading to cloth. Contents clean, binding sharp and.....
Victor Gollancz, 1955. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt titles, 288pp. First edition, first impression. Unclipped dust jacket (21/- net) with heavy toning and rubbing to panels, sunning to spine panel. Ownership signature to front endpaper, toning to pages. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. ‘An inquiry into the nature of the.....
The Ecco Press, 1994. 8vo, quarter black cloth over grey paper boards, silver titles, 133pp. First Edition. Unclipped dust jacket (19.95) with light wear to edges, light crease to spine and flap edges, faint vertical crease to rear flap. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. A play in five acts.....
W.H. Allen, 1955. 8vo, black cloth, gilt titles, 255pp. First British edition. Unclipped dust jacket (12s 6d net) with faint edge wear, small chips to spine crown and foot, light toning to rear panel. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. A later work by the.....
Jonathan Cape, 1968. 8vo, purple cloth, silver titles, blue topstain, 170pp. First British edition. Signed by Albee to the half title page. Unclipped dust jacket (21s net) mildly rubbed to panels. Ownership inscription, light toning and offsetting to preliminary pages. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Tipped-in program for a......
Jonathan Cape, 1966. 8vo, mustard cloth, silver titles, black topstain, 138pp. First British edition. Signed by Albee to the half title page. Unclipped dust jacket (21s net). Ownership inscription, light toning and offsetting to preliminary pages. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Tipped-in program for a lecture at Bellarmine College.....
Harcourt, Brace and World, 1964. 8vo, beige buckram cloth, blue titles, 184pp. First Edition. Unclipped dust jacket (3.95) with minor edge worn and rubbing to panels, considerable foxing and spotting to reverse. Cloth boards foxed at spine hinge, lower edges and corners. Ownership signature to free front endpaper. Contents clean.....
Victor Gollancz, 1965. 8vo, red orange cloth, gilt titles, 192pp. First British Edition. Unclipped dust jacket (21/-net) sunned to spine, mild rubbing to panels. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Wallant's first novel, originally written 1960 and first published in the UK in 1965 after.....
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. 8vo, indigo buckram cloth, silver titles, 223pp. Stated First Edition. Unclipped dust jacket (3.50) shows the faintest of edge wear to panels, toning to endpapers. Contents clean, binding firm. The second published novel by Hardwick, chronicling a murder trial in a college town. “Elizabeth Hardwick.....
Random House, 1979. 8vo, dark burgundy cloth with silver titles, 151pp. Stated First Edition with number line ending in 2, according to Random House convention. Signed ‘Elizabeth Hardwick’ to the free front endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket (8.95) mildly creased and rubbed. Contents clean, binding sharp and firm. The third and.....