T.S. Elliot

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.  A comedic play by the famous English poet, first produced in three acts on stage in 1949.  Second impression of the first US edition.  Book is Near Fine with slight even toning of text block; dust jacket has slight fading on the spine, else Near Fine.  $125.00.

Isak Dinesen 

New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934.  Published under the pen name of Isak Dinesen (of Danish writer Karen Blixen), this is a limited edition (no. 443 of 1,010) and is illustrated by Majeska.  Handsomely printed and bound with gilt top edge, deckled pages, gilt titles and decorations in Near Fine condition.  Book plate and gift inscription inside.  $350.00.

James Whitcomb Riley

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1904.  The first edition of Riley’s book of rustic poetry.  With illustrations by Howard Chandler Christie and internal page decorations by Margaret Armstrong, one of America’s finest book designers.  With two pen inscriptions inside, slight evidence of past water damage on rear board, else Very Good +.  $60.00. 

Alfred R. Wallace

London: Edward Stanford, 1888.  Stanford’s Compendium of Geography and Travel with an ethnological appendix by A.H. Keane.  Handsomely rebound in ¾ green leather with raised bands and gilt title on spine.  With several fold-out maps and illustrations.  There is evidence of scorching to the text block (this book has had an interesting life) but all is intact and Very Good +.  $250.00

Joseph Wood Krutch

New York: William Sloane Associates, 1962.  An autobiography of the Knoxville-born writer, best known nationally for his nature writings.  Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.  Ownership inscription on half-title.  $60.00.

L. Frank Baum

New York: HarperCollins Publishers with Books of Wonder, 1987.  This is the 100th anniversary facsimile edition of the 1900 George M. Hill edition with illustrations by W.W. Denslow.  Called “the first truly American fairy tale, the story is the basis for the Hollywood classic film of the same name.  First thus and in immaculate condition with dust jacket.  $50.00.

Paul Morand, translated by Desmond 
Flower

London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1934.    Morand was an early Modernist author and diplomat who lived in London during his formative years.  Some earlier damp staining and scattered foxing else Very Good + in a Near Fine dust jacket.  $35.00.

Nancy Milford

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1970.  The authoratatiave biography of the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald.  Some corner bumping and small tear in back top of dust jacket else Near Fine.  $30.00.

Charles Kingsley

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, no date.  Contains 24 illustrations in color by Ethel Everett.  The Burlington Library edition in ¾ red leather binding with gilt titles, rules and decorations on the spine.  A beautiful book in Fine condition.  $100.

Kenneth McArdle, editor

New York, A.S. Barnes & Company, Inc., 1959.  A collection of memorable stories and articles that appeared in the famous magazine during its seventy years of existence.  Include reproductions of many Colliers covers.  Dust jacket slightly soiled and chipped, otherwise Fine.  $40.00.

Norman Rockwell as told to Thomas
Rockwell

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960.  A first-edition of the famed illustrator’s autobiography SIGNED BY NORMAN ROCKWELL.  Book is Very Good, with only slight discoloration and a neat book plate.  The dust jacket is Fine.  $400.00.

Frank Graham 

New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1942.  A very affordable 26th impression of the first-edition in collectible condition complete with dust jacket.  .  The biography was written just following Gehrig’s death from ALS, often referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease.”   Gehrig was the subject of the classic 1942 baseball film “Pride of the Yankees,”  starring Gary Cooper as Gehrig.  $20.00.  

Katharine Brush

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931.  A Photo-Play edition with the novel the screenplay was based upon and photographs from the pre-code  MGM film of the same name, starring Jean Harlow and Chester Morris. Publisher’s original fuschia-colored boards with vibrantly colored pictorial dust jacket.  Fading on dust jacket spine else Near-Fine.  $100.00.

Frank Herbert

New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1976.  The climax of the Dune trilogy.  The fourth printing of the first-edition in dust jackets.  The book is Near-Fine and unmarked;  the dust jacket is chipped along the edges and slightly rubbed but is not faded.  $500.

J.W. Cross, editor (and husband)

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895.  The first American edition of the three-volume set in original publisher’s binding with gilt lettering.  A Near-Fine set.  $100.00

May Sarton

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1970.  A first-edition review copy with the review slip laid in.  The fourteenth novel of the Belgian-American writer.  Bright in a Near-Fine dust jacket, the book is unbumped and Near-Fine.  $80.00.

Robert Ruark

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1957.  First-edition in dust jacket with a touching ownership inscription.  The dust jacket has some minor chops not affecting the lettering and has some discoloration, else Very Good.  Book if Near-Fine.  $200.

Alan Powers

London: Walker Books, 1992.  A beautifully executed history of the design and production methods of block-printed textiles including the work of William Morris and other well-known designers.  Illustrated throughout in color.  Fine.  $70.00.  

Betty Ring

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933.  A beautiful, first-edition, two-volume set in a slipcase with color and black/white illustrations throughout.  Bright and Fine with only a hint of wear to the slipcase.  $200