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New York, 1885. One rare envelope with stamp and red seal on the reverse and one four page ALS, double sides, on cream coloured note card. SIZE: 10" x 6 3/8", folded to 5" x 6 3/8" written in blue ink. Dated: March 16 1885. One rare envelope with stamp and red seal on the reverse and one four page ALS, double sides, on cream coloured note card. SIZE: 10" x 6 3/8", folded to 5" x 6 3/8" written in blue ink. Dated: March 16 1885. Signed by Author. ELLEN TERRY Dame Alice Ellen Terry February 27, 1848 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - July 21, 1928 in Small Hythe, Kent, England, United Kingdom Ellen Terry was considered the leading Shakespearean and comic actress in Britain as well as had much success in her American tours. Two of her most famous roles were Portia in The Merchant of Venice and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. Virginia Woolf's was obsessed with this Victorian actress. She captivated many an artist and was painted by the famous John Singer Sargent in 1889 as Lady… Read More

NY: THe Viking Press, n.d. (1978), 1978. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. UNREVISED & UNPUBLISHED PROOFS. First edition of this collaborative effort - a novel based on the Son Of Sam Murders in 1966 & 1967. A fine copy.

Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition Signed by Levine on the half-title and additionally Inscribed on the title-page. 'For . Here in the house of wine & poetry. Philip Levine'. A fine copy in black Holliston sail-cloth, leather label to the spine. 8vo. Unpaginated. 32 pp. One of 450 cc. Contains the first appearance in book form of, They Feed They Lion. "Philip Levine is a large, ironic Whitman of the industrial heartland who should be considered "one of America's . . . quintessentially urban poets." Edward Hirsch, The New York Times Book Review.

Montreal: The Word, 1977. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. #138 of 200 copies. A fine, single sheet, printed on both sides and folded twice in a fine accompanying printed envelope. Each poem typed and printed in the shape of a jockey on a horse. Numbered and signed by Gold, one of Montreal's, Vehicule Poets.

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fine fresh copy in the publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, (hint of off-setting to front pastedown) bright gilt lettering on the spine in a truly lovely dustwrapper, (indiscernable nicks at the crown and heel of the spin e and edges). Berryman's first appearance in book form. Stefanik A1. Excellent.

New York: William-Frederick, 1956, 1956. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First Edition in illustrated wrappers as issued. 8vo. Purdy's early short novel of some literary significance, published only in wraps. A fine copy showing very light use.

New York: Appleton-century, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. A superb fine bright copy in like pictorial dustwrapper, neatly price-clipped, of this very uncommon hardboiled nautical & Hawiian murder mystery. Bellah was a war hero in both world wars & he is linked to John Ford who filmed his Novels including: Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon & Rio Grande. Bellah also wrote the screenplays: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance & Sergeant Rutledge. An excellent copy in swagger condition.

New York: Summit Books, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A lovely copy in green cloth, gilt titles to the spine (tiny rm. dot to bottom edge) in a fresh, bright dustwrapper. 8vo. 160 pp. Author Anthony Burgess's personal selection of the finest novels in the English language dating from the end of World War 11. Inclusive of, James Joyce's, Finnegan's Wake, Ernest Hemingway's, For Whom he Bell Tolls and J.D. Salinger's, Catcher In The Rye.

Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Uncorrected Proof Copy of the author's first book. A haunting collection of short stories, interweaving places of the past that are always present in places of the heart. Large 4to., pp. 166. Stiff white card covers, cerlox bound. A fine copy.

Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 1977. Soft cover. Soft cover. Proof Copy. Large 4to., pp. 166. Stiff white card covers, cerlox bound. A fine copy.

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, (1968), 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. (Jackson, A. Y.). Groves, Naomi Jackson. A.Y.'S CANADA. Signed. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, (1968). First Edition of this comprehensive collection of extraordinary pencil drawings of Canada by A. Y. Jackson, founding member of the Group of Seven, Signed by Naomi Jackson Groves and A.Y. Jackson on the title-page and further, beautifully Inscribed by A. Y. Jackson on the half-title. "To Marion: There are colours and .and lines and movement and varying effects of light and if there is less ready made stuff then it is up to the artist not only to observe but to emphasize and create and to give his own interpretation to what he sees, A. Y. Jackson." Oblong 4to. 248 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A fine copy in beige cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper with some overall light use.

London: The Bodley Head, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, second issue. A fine copy in rasberry-red cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh very good indeed pictorial dustwrapper with some light use. 8vo. 222 pp. A collection of true-crime pieces from the 1950's and 1960's with a classic Ambler take. "Ambler turns his sharp eye on film-writing, the pleasures of Maxim's, and there are lovely semifictional pieces on spies and spy-spotting. His new introduction has its share of graceful nuggets, too. Belongs on every fan's bookshelves". Publisher's Weekly.

London: The Bodley Head, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy in raspberry-red cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh fine illustrated price clipped dustwrapper. 8vo. 222 pp. A collection of true-crime pieces from the 1950's and 1960's with a classic Ambler take. "Ambler turns his sharp eye on film-writing, the pleasures of Maxim's, and there are lovely semifictional pieces on spies and spy-spotting. His new introduction has its share of graceful nuggets, too. Belongs on every fan's bookshelves". Publisher's Weekly.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Entwisle, Frank. ABROAD IN ENGLAND. Illustrated by John Bigg. London: Andre Deutsch, 1982. First Edition. 8vo. A fine copy in like neatly price-clipped dustwrapper.

New York: Random House, 1936. 1st Edition Custom made Clamshell Collector's Case. 1st Edition Custom made Clamshell Collector's Case. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case for the famous William Faulkner's ABSALOM, ABSALOM! Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. The case is finished in Black Nuba® and Navy sides with a 'DEBOSSED script" design of the font from the famous dustjacket. Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba® or a combination of both. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. "Book definitely NOT… Read More

New York: Derby & Jackson, 1859. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Cozzens, Frederick S. ACADIA; or, A Month with the Blue Noses. New York: Derby & Jackson, 1859. 12mo., publisher's full Cloth. First Edition, first printing, first state (with page number "329" at gutter). A very good tight copy, spine gilt lettering moderately faded, contents clean but slightly darkened as usual. Double frontispiece illustrations. A very decent copy.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A near fine copy in brown cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a near fine, bright, fresh pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 377 pp.

London: Pan Books, 1957. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. Presentation Copy. First Edition in paperback of this Ambrose Low legal/courtroom mystery Inscribed and dated by Henry Cecil on the title-page. "To Jo who may never have read it before & to Flo who certainly hasn't, with love and best wishes from Henry, November, 1957". A near fine copy in the publisher's original pictorial wrappers, as issued. 12mo. 160 pp. Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue Of Crime. Steinbrunner & Penzler, Encyclopedia Of Mystery And Detection.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fine, fresh copy in the publisher's black cloth covered boards, cream paper label to the spine printed red and black in a lovely archivally restored dustwrapper. 8vo. 220 pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Art historian and literary critic, Bell, noted for his marriage to Vanessa Bell and his life -long relationship with Virginia and Leonard Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group, expounds upon the history of French art.

New York: James F. Carr & Robert S. Wilson, 1964. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. First edition of the "BEAT" poet's second book. Limited edition. This is number 67 of 75 copies of ACE OF PENTACLES, signed by the author, uncut, and specially bound with 2 pages of the original manuscript tipped in. 9.30.64 Original Black cloth with gilt lettering - 72 pp. Fine coy with the rare original vellum cover, slightly chipped.