London: Chatto & Windus, 1952. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Revised edition of comic memoir by British author J.R. Ackerley, first published in 1932. This book is a entertaining account of Ackerley's experiences during his time in India, where he served as the private secretary to the Maharaja of Chhokrapur. 12mo (19..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. Hardcover. These chapbooks form part of the influential Sparrow series (Nos. 1–72), a flagship of the 1970s small press movement that spotlighted avant‑garde poetry and prose with minimalist design and limited edition runs. This volume includes contributions from Larry Eigner, Robert Creeley, Bobbie Louise Hawkins..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. Hardcover. This publication includes the following contributions: Sparrow 25–36 continues the distinctive series of small‑format literary pamphlets published by Black Sparrow Press in the mid‑1970s, highlighting individual voices from the American avant‑garde and broader contemporary poetry and prose scene. Contributions include: No. 25: Out of..... More
1979. Softcover. French language program. Quarto, 28 pp. Black & white illustrations. Stapled wraps. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1901. Hardcover. Turn-of-the-century novel set in Australia. First American Edition. Octavo, 365 pages. Decorative blue cloth binding. Previous owner's name stamped and printed on front pastedown and ffep. Text clean and unmarked; binding, tight. More
Richmond, Kentucky: Self-Published, 1990. Softcover. 8 1/2" x 11" 72 pp. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Minor sticker scuff on back, else Fine. Includes full-color insert with images of pulp fiction covers. More
Richmond, Kentucky: Self-Published, 1990. Softcover. 8 1/2" x 11" 72 pp. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Minor sticker scuff on back, else Fine. More
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FASA Corporation, 1985. Softcover. dossier-style tie-in volume centered on The Master, the Doctor’s arch-nemesis. Framed as a compilation of intelligence reports assembled by the Celestial Intervention Agency, the book presents a pseudo-official chronicle of the Master’s schemes. Quarto, 16 pp. Stapled wraps. Minor sticker scuffs and light rubbing to wraps..... More
Surrey, UK: Ashgate, 2012. Hardcover. "Making a unique intervention in an incipient but powerful resurgence of academic interest in character-based approaches to Shakespeare, this book brings scholars and theatre practitioners together to rethink why and how character continues to matter. Contributors seek in particular to expand our notions of what..... More
Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1903. Hardcover. Scarce work by noted writer and leader in Philadelphia's movement for women's suffrage. Lowrie was a columnist for the Philadelphia Evening Ledger and a staff member of the Ladies' Home Journal. Octavo, 237 pp. Green cloth with profile of David gilt-stamped on front board. From..... More
Self Published, 1980. Softcover. 8 1/2" wide x 11" tall. 50 pp. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Back wrap is missing (as issued). More
Univ of Rochester Press, 1987. Hardcover. "Previous studies of Anthony Trollope's writings suggest that Trollope was comfortable with the conventions of the gender roles of his times, that he cherished a belief about the centrality of gentlemen and the landed estate to the stability of the social structure in England..... More
London: A.J. Valpy, 1833. Hardcover. Complete fifteen-volume set of A. J. Valpy's popular Shakespeare edition, profusely illustrated throughout with 170 plates drawn from John Boydell's celebrated Shakespeare Gallery engravings. 15 volumes, 12mo (6¾ "tall). Engraved frontispiece to each volume plus additional plates after Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, 170 illustrations in total..... More
Lisboa: M.L. Torres, [ca. 1919]. Hardcover. Scarce work by writer, statesman, and President of the First Portuguese Republic, Joaquim Teófilo Fernandes Braga. Octavo, 39 pp. Quarter-leather over paper-covered boards. Library stamp of Portuguese statesman Agostinho Fortes (1869-1940) on title page. Leather shows heavy wear along crown of spine and boards'..... More
Softcover. "Back by popular demand, Doyle has again been stirred by the Omniscient One - this time to confront Devlin who's scheming to murder the kind rector who had taken him in seven years earlier, so that he can assume autonomy over all church matters and funds. Does Doyle arrive..... More
London: Caradoc Press, 1905. Hardcover. First issue of a short-lived but influential Arts and Crafts publication. Contents include contributions by W. B. Yeats ("Do Not Love too Long"), G. K. Chesterton ("The Sun"), Arthur C. Benson, Violet Jacob, Ella Hepworth Dixon, Constance Smedley, and others, alongside illustration work by Frank..... More
