THE WORLD WE FOUND.
New York: Harper Collins, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 305pp. SIGNED by the author on attached Santa Barbara Literary Society bookplate.
New York: Harper Collins, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 305pp. SIGNED by the author on attached Santa Barbara Literary Society bookplate.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 303pp. Limited Edition, #208 of 300 copies, SIGNED BY UPDIKE. Dustjacket spine is faded, and has small edge wrinkle to top. In original slipcase which is faded around edges.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 99pp. Limited Edition, #233 of 350 copies, SIGNED BY UPDIKE. Dustjacket spine is lightly darkened, and has small edge chip to top. In original slipcase which is faded around front and bottom edges.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 282pp. Limited Edition, #13 of 350 copies, SIGNED BY UPDIKE. Dustjacket spine is lightly darkened, and has small edge chip to top. In original slipcase which is faded around front edge.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 8 3/4'' x 6 1/4''. 505pp. Signed by Uris on the fly-leaf. Some toning to fly-leaf. Some chips, soiling and general wear to dustjacket.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 262pp. Black cloth stamped in red. Small sticker abrasion on fly-leaf. In dust jacket that is spine faded and has some short edge tears that have been tape reinforced on the verso. "...literary editor of The Century, one.....
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1914. Hardcover. Octavo. Two volumes. Continuous pagination. 715pp. Includes Notes and Index to First Lines. Illustrated. Blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt, with embossed monogram. Cloth has some light spotting. Off-setting and foxing to endpapers and light foxing to the first and last pages.....
London: Peter Owen, 1969. Hardcover. 12mo. 7.75 x 5" 183pp. Translated from Norwegian by Elizabeth Rokkan. Black cloth stamped in gold. Light foxing to endpapers and verso of price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket has price removal abrasion on front, rubbing and light edge wear. "Tarjei Vesaas was a......
London: Peter Owen, 1972. Hardcover. 12mo. 7.75 x 5" 183pp. Translated from Norwegian by Kenneth G. Chapman. Orange cloth stamped in gold. Price-clipped dust jacket has small price removal abrasion on front, light rubbing to folds and light edge wear. Foxing to verso of dust jacket. "Tarjei Vesaas was.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2'' x 6''. 255pp. Signed by Vidal on the title page. A couple of nicks and general light wear to dustjacket. Evidence of old sticker at corner of flyleaf.
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Lg. octavo. 202pp. "Printer's Copy" is written on colophon. One of 50 Numbered copies with an original holographed poem, SIGNED BY WAKOSKI on the following page. Hand-bound in boards by Earle Gray. This copy from Graham Mackintosh's own collection. Original.....
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1923. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 421pp. Red cloth with gilt stamping is very nice. Pictorial dust jacket has light edge wear and three 2" tears at spine folds and flap fold.
London: Hutchinson & Co., (1901). Hardcover. Octavo. 227pp. Tan cloth with gilt title. Spine a little darkened; spine ends rubbed. Corners rubbed. Photo frontispiece loose. Endpapers lightly toned, faint ownership blindstamp.
Lawrence Ottinger, 1929. Hardcover. Octavo. 54pp. Limited edition #255 of 500 copies. Script and decoration by the author. Card from author's wife to "Miss Gooding" of Los Angeles, 1929. Decorative paper covered boards are toned on edges and spine. Small tear to top of spine.
New York: New Directions, 1945. First edition thus. Hardcover. The New Classics Series NC8. 12mo. 308pp. Beige cloth. Dust jacket has general wear with foxing on folds, edges and verso. Unclipped dust jacket has $1.50 price.
London: Hulton Press, 1953. First edition. Paperback. Octavo. 112pp. Periodical. First appearance of Waugh's LOVE AMONG THE RUINS.
Balboa Island, Ca. Abracadabra Press. 1988. First Edition Thus. Soft Cover. Octavo.18pp. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED BY LETTER PRESS IN AN EDITION LIMITED TO 130 COPIES, NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE DESIGNER, PRINTER AND BOOKBINDER, RICHARD BUFFUM. In original glassine that is a little wrinkled on the top edge.
Balboa Island, CA. Abracadabra Press. 1988. First edition. Pamphlet. Softcover. 8 3/4'' x 6 3/8''. 18pp. First edition. Fine copy in original clear dust jacket. with original prospectus. This book is printed by letterpress in an edition limited to 130 copies, numbered and signed by the designer, printer and hand.....
New York: Random House, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2'' x 6''. 436pp. This is copy 299 of 300 copies that have been printed on special paper & specially bound, each copy is signed by the author. Original glassine is torn but intact.
New York: Harrison of Paris, 1932. The Signs of the Zodiac by Pavel Tchelitchew. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 9 x 6" 239pp. #282 of 695, copies SIGNED by Wescott. Black buckram with gilt title, in slipcase. Light rubbing to cloth, with a hint of fading to spine. In good only.....
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 362pp. INSCRIBED BY WESCOTT, "To William V. Schaefer, with my cordial greetings, Glenway Wescott" Black cloth rubbed on edges - a couple places where boards show through. Spine worn and difficult to read, spine ends frayed. Small neat ownership.....
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 347pp. Black cloth stamped in yellow has light general wear. Dust jacket worn in several pieces, now preserved in Brodart cover. Mixed printing, parenthetical (1) at the final page and "moters" at page 135, line 14.
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1901. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 284pp. plus 12pp. ads. Orange cloth stamped in brown and red. with gilt title. Spine and edge darkened, spotting to cover (silverfish damage?). Ownership signature; some light spotting to endpapers. Interior clean.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1913. Hardcover. Octavo. 437pp. plus note and 13pp. Biographic essay by Eugene F. Saxon. Color frontispiece and 3 color illustrations plus line-drawn vignettes throughout by Thomas Fogarty. SIGNED by White on contents page with arrow to an illustrated character. Pictorial green cloth with black.....
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1901. Hardcover. Octavo. 344pp. INSCRIBED," Most Sincerely, Stewart Edward White." Tan cloth with black green and red lettering and design on the front and spine. Deckled edges. Rubbing and some mild fraying to spine ends. Glue stain and book plate on front paste-down. Front.....