ALL IN ONE (Take It From Me - Listen To This - Think It Over - More Than Likely - Believe It Or Not) by Fox, Coleman - 1922

New York: John Furman, 1800. Hardcover. Near Fine. Translated by William Roscoe. "Re-printed for William Cobbett." 30, 44, 34 p.; 14 cm. (18mo). Signatures: A-I6. Contemporary binding: half speckled calf with marbled paper over boards. Gilt rules on spine; black morocco spine label with gilt-tooled title: The Nurse. All page edges speckled. English translation only, from Roscoe's bilingual edition of 1798. Includes Roscoe's introduction on the life and works of Tansillo, largely adapted from G.A. Ranza's Italian edition of 1767, with Latin passages from book 12 of the Noctes Atticae of Aulus Gellius. Evans, 38604. In Near Fine Condition: corners rubbed; pages are clean and tight. An attractive early 19th-century binding.

Baltimore, MD: The Xavier Press, 1995. cloth, gilt-stamped spine and front cover, decorated endpapers. Miniature Books. miniature book (7.1 x 5.5 cm). cloth, gilt-stamped spine and front cover, decorated endpapers. (iv), 24, (2) pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies (Bradbury Xavier Press 10). Frontispiece tipped in portrait of Poe. Tipped-in illustrations, and U.S. postage stamp in text. Blade of grass, encased in plastic, from Poe's original grave in pocket on back pastedown.

Philadelphia::: Centaur Press,,, 1934... First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine tight copy with two lightly bumped corners in a Near Fine glassine tissue Jacket. This collection of seventeen essays by the author of Winesburg, Ohio features pieces on: Meeting Ring Lardner, Death on a Winter Day, Gertrude Stein, A Man's Mind, Margaret Anderson: Real--Unusual, and Prize Fighters and Authors to name but a few. A very uncommon copy of an uncommon Anderson title.

New York::: Scribners,,, 1969... First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy with previous owner sticker removed from the flyleaf in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. These five works grew, of course, out of Hemingway's considerable experience of the Spanish war as a correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance and as a participant in filming "The Spanish Earth." More specifically, they grew from adventures in and around besieged Madrid--particularly in the Hotel Florida and in a bar called Chicote's. The book is unified, then, in time, place, and action. It is unified even more by the dominating presence of the author, who is to be found alive on every page. That presence slants the focus, but also gives the book its sharp distinction. This is immediate, unmistakable Hemingway. This collection contains Hemingway's play "The Fifth Column", and the four stories "The Denunciation", The Butterfly and the Tank", "Night Before Battle" and "Under the Ridge". Despite his fascination… Read More

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1993. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Tan cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Gold Medal Books #1153, 1961. Paperback, Paperback ORIGINAL, stated 1st Edition, Sept. 1961, water stain back cover & few pgs back book, minor crease Cvr, VG-,AS-IS, SOFTCOVER. First Edition. Soft Cover.

Scribner - Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1941,1969. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 190 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on blue cloth; lettered in black on the front panel and decorated in gilt on the spine; no dust jacket. no interior markings.Original ¼ black and blue cloth covers, blind stamped, flat spine with gilt title.

New York: Random House, 1994 Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Maroon cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

"The Dramatic Works of Moliere Translated into English Prose with Short Introductions and Explanatory Notes by Charles Heron Wall." Three Volumes, Complete Set! Published by George Bell and Sons in 1883.
A fine, three-volume set of the works of Moliere published in the late 19th-century. This 1883 English edition was published in London and features introductory and notes by Charles Wall of Brighton College. Like other complete works of Moliere, this example includes his most famous works such as The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, the Impostor, and Don Juan.
First volume has a B&W illustration of Moliere at the title page.
Books are in Fine/Great condition! Just slight wear/staining on the covers. Corners are bumped a bit. Interiors are in Great condition! Really a lovely set and in Fantastic condition for being over 130 years old!

RARE BOOK! "A Finger to Her Lips" by Evelyn Berckman. Published in 1971. First Edition. (Possible a Review Copy)
Dustjacket is Illustrated by EDWARD GOREY! DJ is covered with a protective mylar cover.
"Now the young Duchess is a hunted fugitive in her own castle. Her aristocratic husband's love had become poisoned by jealousy. She knew that he and the sinister adviser who was his dark inspiration had sworn to destroy not only Sybilla but also her defenseless young son whom they held as a hostage. Disguised as the lowest of servants, exposed to the scorn of other women and the casual lusts of men, Sybilla-Marie staked her honor and her life on a desperate gamble against evil."
Book itself is in Near Fine Condition! Just a little rubbing on the edges of the cover-very minor. Top/bottom of spine is bumped a little. Interior is in Fantastic condition! Lightly penciled words on an early page (stating it is a Review copy & "First" - I am not able to confirm that it is a Review copy). Dustjacket is in Near… Read More