20th Century Literature

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light wear at top front flap fold.

NY, Macmillan, 1934, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Jacket illustrated by Artzybasheff, frontispiece portrait of Henry Morgan, Braley writes of Morgan in ballad, and, in his prefatory comments, thanks John Steinbeck for his conscious and subconscious contributions that resulted from Braley's having read Steinbeck's first book, Cup of Gold, the book also prints a letter from Steinbeck to Braley regarding this subject, this was Steinbeck's first book contribution, Goldstone & Payne B1, Morrow 306, with a b&w photo of Braley laid in loosely. Very good in a clipped jacket with tape reinforcements to verso.

NY, Random House, 1967, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Author's First Book, frontispiece photo from the play of this comedy, the play starred Kay Medford, Lou Jacobi, Anita Gillette, Donna Mills, and others. Fine in a very good plus jacket.

Joyce, James. Exiles: A Play in Three Acts Including Hitherto Unpublished notes by the Author. New York: Viking Press, 1951. First Printing of the First Viking Edition . This edition was limited to 1900 copies for public sale. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good plus clipped dust jacket with a small chip near the top edge of the spine and a small water spot at the front fold of the jacket flap, else a very collectible copy. Slocum A-16. The author notes included in this edition of Exiles were uncovered after Joyce's death and appear here for the first time. "Exiles" draws on the story of "The Dead", the final short story in Joyce's story collection Dubliners. The basic premise of Exiles involves a love triangle between Richard Rowan (a Dublin writer recently returned from exile in Rome), Bertha (his common law wife) and his old friend Robert Hand (a journalist). (There are obvious parallels to be drawn with Joyce's own life – Joyce and Nora Barnacle lived, unmarried, in Trieste, during the years… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1993. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Fine, with some toning to the pages in very fine dust jacket. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and Winner of the inaugural International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, South-East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book from the Region Award.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First edition of the first major collection by the 1992 Nobel laureate, preceded by three volumes of verse and several plays only published in the West Indies. 80pp. Green paper marbled boards over white cloth backstrip, spine lettered in gilt. A beautiful copy, fine in a fine jacket with a couple of minor age spots on the endpapers, this copy also has the extremely rare dark green wraparound band with the Robert Graves quote ("Derek Walcott handles English with a closer understanding of its inner magic than most (if not any) of his English-born contemporaries."). This copy is signed on the front free endpaper by Walcott and dated April 99.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1968. Signed by the author on a laid in bookplate. First edition / First printing. Gold cloth spine, mauve paper-covered boards. Fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Signed on the title page by the author. Additionally inscribed: For Wes, with the pleasure of meeting you. Richard Ford 2006. First edition / First printing. First issue jacket with author photo on rear panel, on later issues the photo was replaced by reviews. Some sellers have noted typesetting errors on pages 281 and 289. These errata are also present on later printings, so they are not actually an issue point. Blue cloth spine, brown paper-covered boards. Fine in very fine dust jacket. Selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review for their 10 Best Books of 1995 List. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Pen Faulkner Award. Highly praised and much anticipated sequel to The Sportswriter.

Miriam Tlali was the first Black South African woman to publish a novel in English in South Africa. Muriel at the Metropolitan is a devastating portrayal of life of a Black woman working a clerical job at a white business called 'Metropolitan' in Johannesburg under Apartheid. According to Dr. Barbara Boswell, 45 different editions of the novel were published and translated into several languages between 1975 and 2005, including this Polish edition.
Muriel w Metropolitan [Muriel at the Metropolitan] Warsaw: Czytelnik, 1989. 20.5 x 14.5 x 1.5. 183 pages. First Polish Edition. Translated by Maryla Topczewska-Metelska.

Tokyo: , 1991. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 128pp, printed wrappers. Text in Japanese. Rare exhibition catalogue from a 1991 retrospective of Henry Miller's watercolors. Extensively illustrated in color. Unmarked copy, a bit of edge wear.

1913 EXQUISITE 1ed Princess Badoura Arabian Nights Dulac ART Aladdin Housman

"A loss that can be repaired by money is not of such very great importance."
– 'The Arabian Nights'

During the Golden Age of Islam in South and West Asia, a collection of tales and stories was gathered and called "One Thousand and One Arabian Nights".
This charming printing of 'Princess Badoura' is a famous story from 'Arabian Nights'. Princess Badoura is famous for marrying Aladdin. This edition was translated and edited by Laurence Housman alongside 10 impressive, full-page color illustrations by Edmund Dulac.
Item number: #18759
Price: $750
HOUSMAN, Laurence
Princess Badoura. A tale from the Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman
London : Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[8], 113, [1]
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10 color plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
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Decorative cloth
· Size: ~10.25in X 7.75in (26cm x 19.5cm)… Read More

New York: E. P. Dutton/Seymour Lawrence, 1988. Signed on the half-title page by the author. Also signed at the lower right corner of his illustration on the cover of dust jacket by Russell Chatham. First edition / First printing. White cloth spine, olive paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket.

New York: Viking, 1994. Signed and decorated by Kesey on the half-title page.

Berlin: Officina Serpentis, 1927. PRIVATE PRESS. Original Vellum. Near Fine. 4to.. 314pp.Jahresgabe der Maximilian-Gesellschaft. one of 325 copies (copy nr. 50) with 21 lithographs by Max Liebermann with ONE FULL PAGE LITHOGRAPH on page 2 signed by Liebermann. BOUND IN ORIGINAL FULL VELLUM with gilt decoration. Spine lightly discoloured and with some light markings. OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD CLEAN AND FRESH COPY.- Kunsteinband in Ganzpergament mit eingelegter Goldverzierung von Hübel und Denck nach dem Entwurf von Marcus Behmer.

London 1925. Macmillan.
Three attractive uniform leather bound volumes. All 1925 reprints. Burgundy colour. Decorative gilt spines and decorative logo blocked in gilt to front boards. Top edges in gilt. Publisher describes as "Pocket Size".
Contents of each volume clean and free of markings except for previous sale price marked in pencil on first blank.
Three lovely near fine volumes. More images can be provided.