NY: Dillingham, 1897. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 214p. Recently rebound in full blue morocco leather, stamped in gilt, with five raised bands and gilt decor on spine, marbled endpapers. Fine condition. THE RARE FIRST PRINTING OF THE AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK. Terhune published this collection of stories about undergraduate life at... More about COLUMBIA STORIES
NY: Covici Friede, 1937. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the American edition of Lawrence Durell's second book, written under the pseudonym of "Charles Norden". Near fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The interior of the book has some slight age toning to endpapers and the light tan... More about PANIC SPRING
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1935. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY WAUGH ON THE TITLE PAGE. Eveyn Waugh autographed this work directly beneath his printed signatgure on the title page. A fin e hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. The spiune of the jacket is browned from age and the... More about EDMUND CAMPION
London: Chapman and Hall, 1953. Limited Edition. Hardcover. #257 OF 350 COPIES SIGNED BY EVELYN WAUGH. Red cloth decorated in gilt. A hardcover book in fine condition. The signed limited first edition of this brief work by Waugh. More about LOVE AMONG THE RUINS
London: Henry Herringman, 1656. 1st Edition. Leather bound. Bound in modern three-quarter red leather and marbled boards. A rare but defective work which lacks the frontispiece portrait, title page and pp. 13-16 (which contain the drawing of the chessboard). There are therefore no illustrations in this copy. Multiple pages have... More about THE ROYALL GAME OF CHESSE PLAY
London: HarperCollins, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. A fine hardcover book in a like dustjacket. SIGNED BY ADAM TOLKIEN ON THE TITLE PAGE ALONG WITH ILLUSTRATOR ALAN LEE. Adam Tolkien is J.R.R. Tolkien's grandson and the son of the book's editor Christopher Tolkien. In the introduction, Christopher credits Adam..... More about NARN I CHIN HURIN - THE TALE OF THE CHILDREN OF HURIN
NY: Harper and Brothers, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st ed, 1st printing with K-Z code on copyright page. A FINE HARDCOVER BOOK IN THE SCARCE REMNANTS OF THE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. This work is found in two different bindings, one being black cloth with a yellow title label and the other... More about MANHATTAN TRANSFER
New York: Viking Press, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing in 1st issue dustjacket with all necessary bibliographic points. A near fine hardcover book which has a small scratch on the rear board and a few traces of edge wear; in a very good dustjacket which is whole and complete... More about THE STORY ABOUT PING
Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson, 1805. 1st American Edition. Leather bound. The first printing in America of Johnson's Dictionary, adapted from the fourth folio edition and with the addition of Walker's Pronunciation. Recently rebound in full brown leather with the original leather title label on the spine. Marbled endpapers. Text in very... More about A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Gethsemani KY: Abbey of Gethsemani, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THOMAS MERTON. Original red cloth and gray/white paper-covered boards in fine condition with the original clear tissue wrapper. The fragile wrapper is rarely found and although this one shows wear and tear, it is still scarce and... More about THE CHRISTMAS SERMONS OF B. GUERRIC OF IGNY