Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 462p. A very good hardcover in a fine dustjacket. Previous owner's plate, otherwise fine. A biography of architect Christopher Wren. More
American Book Company, 1950. Hardcover. 133p. A tan cloth hardcover book in good condition. Mild staining to boards. Previous owner's private library stamp on endpapers; sticker residue on front endpaper. More
New York: Viking, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 181p. A very good hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. Previous owner's bookplate, small black mark on bottom of page edges, otherwise clean and tight. A personal account of poet James Merrill and his partner David Jackson and their obsession with Ouija..... More
New York: Viking, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 181p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. A memoir of the poet Merrill and his life with Jackson. More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 247p. Red cloth. A hardcover book in good condition. Ex-library: label on spine, stamps on endpapers and title page, marks from pocket on endpaper, otherwise pages unmarked and tight. By the author of The Prisoner of Zenda. An autobiography and..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 357p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Bookplate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket's spine is lightly sunned; otherwise fully intact. Contains black and white photographs and a section of color plates. More
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1999. Paperback. 128p. A softcover book in fine condition, having only minute price sticker residue on the front cover. Biography of the author of THE GREAT GATSBY with over 100 black and white photographs. Reprint of the 1987 American edition. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 461p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a good dustjacket. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Gutters of endpapers tanned. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The jacket is deeply tanned, and the bottom of the spine is chipped..... More
Chicago: Argus Books, 1939. Red cloth. A very good hardcover book. Tight pages throughout the book. Dustjacket is torn and taped. Large tears on the top and the bottom of the spine. Price clip on the edge of the inside dustjacket. Chips along the edge of the dustjacket. 426p. An..... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A hardcover book with dustjacket in overall very good condition. The spine of the book itself is age-darkened else the book is clean, tight, and unmarked. The dustjacket has a 1x2 inch chip along the bottom of the spine and..... More
Versailles, OH: Bessie Myers Barga, 1998. 1st Edition. Spiral Bound. 112p. A spiralbound softcover book in near-fine condition. The cover has a few creases, but otherwise, the text is clean and the binding is secure. Signed by the author on the first blank page. Includes the author's business card. This..... More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 361p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Bookplate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is mildly crinkled across the top, but still fully intact. A biography of the Paris correspondent for THE NEW YORKER..... More
New York: Continuum, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 204p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a bookplate inside the front cover and mild sunning to the jacket's spine. A biography of the author-psychiatrist. More
Boston: Twayne, 1978. First Printing. Hardcover. Red decorated cloth. Plates. 166p. Book is new. A study of author, Philip Arthur Larkin, an English poet, novelist and librarian. His first book of poetry, The North Ship, was published in 1945, followed by two novels, Jill (1946) and A Girl in Winter..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 343p. Green cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. A few marks on cover, otherwise clean and tight. Includes many b/w illustrative plates. More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 287p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. A biography of the American author and lawyer. Contains a section of black and white photographs. More
Berkeley: The Regents of the University of California, 1996. Hardcover. 135p. A large blue cloth hardcover book in fine condition. Marked as Copy no. 21. Crawford's interviews with William Duncan Allen in 1995. Also contains scans of newspaper clippings. From the Regional Oral History Office of the Bancroft Library at..... More
New York: Viking, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 232p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. A biography of the 20th-century socialite and hostess to numerous dignitaries. Contains a section of black and white photographs. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 447p. A very good hardcover book in a fine dustjacket. Previous owner's bookplate, otherwise fine. Includes many b/w photographs. A biography of Marietta Tree. More
Celina, OH: Limelight, Limited, 1989. Paperback. 411p. A softcover book in good condition. Cover worn and slightly bent, mark from sticker on cover, a few stains on cover, edge of a few pages creased, otherwise pages unmarked. Includes b/w photographs. Author was a circus clown. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 543p. Orange cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Stamp from previous owner on endpapers and title page, spine faded, small corner torn out of ffep, otherwise clean and tight. A biography of Cardinal Wolsey. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1858. Hardcover. 588p. Green cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Light wear on cover, corners bumped, some spotting on endpaper, otherwise clean and tight. Includes b/w portraits. Short biographies of 62 "self-made men," including Andrew Jackson, Emmanuel Kant, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Dickens, and..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 519p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Hans Richter (1843-1916) was an Austrian orchestra conductor. This biography contains a section of black and white photographs. More
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 321p. A black cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Edges of coverlightly rubbed. Gilt spine and front cover text rubbed out. Otherwise clean and tight. A novelized biography of Cleopatra. Translated by M.E. Poindexter. More
Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1984. Hardcover. 156p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. 1/2" closed tear at bottom of spine cloth. Former owner's inscription on front endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. Dustjacket has a small closed tear at the bottom of..... More