Lester Belcher Collection
Adventure House, 1996. Softcover. Catalog of the Lester Belcher Collection. Octavo, 100 pages. In wraps. Minor sticker marks on upper wrap; "apology"sticker from publisher on back (for late shipment). More
Literature
Pulp 12, Summer 1980: Walter M. Baumhofer's Pete Rice
Robert Weinberg, 1980. Softcover. Issue is dedicated to Harold Cruickshank and includes Cargo of Doom (An Avenger's Story) by Kenneth Robeson. Octavo, 32 pp. Illus. Stapled card stock wraps. From private collection. Minor rubbing to wraps. Appears unread. More
Three back issues of The Irish Digest: February, 1940, August 1940, October, 1941
Softcover. This listing is for three back issues of the Irish Digest. Lot includes contributions from some of the leading figures in Irish literature at the time, including Lord Dunsany, Padraic Colum, and Pat O'Brien. From private collection. Wraps are yellowed and show some chipping to the edges. Corners of..... More
Hindoo Holiday: An Indian Journal
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
Murder ad lib: A Tribute to Ellen Nehr, March 10, 1931 - December 30, 1995
Pittsburg: Matrix Communications Associates, 1996. Softcover. Octavo, 56 pages. Stapled wraps. From private collection. More
Bibliography of English Poetical Miscellanies 1521-1750
Folcroft Library Edition, 1971. Hardcover. Two-volume set. Limited to 150 copies. Small quartos, 386 pages. Red cloth bindings. From private collection. Clean, unmarked set. More
Defining Southern Literature: Perspectives and Assessments, 1831-1952
Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 1997. Hardcover. Octavo, 455 pp. Black cloth. From the personal library of Pulitzer Prize-winning Lincoln biographer and historian David Herbert Donald. Top corner of approximately 30 pp. bumped. Pages remain clean and unmarked. In like dust jacket. More
The Miraculous Ball
Newport, Rhode Island: The Scribe's Perch Bookstore, 1989. Softcover. One of a limited edition of 500 copies. With woodcuts by Ilse Buchert Nesbitt. Octavo, unpaginated. In wraps (softcover). Text remains clean and unmarked. Wraps are a little yellowed along edges and spine. More
An A-Z of FantasyCon 2000: The UK's Premiere Fantasy Convention for Fans and Professionals
FantasyCon 2000, 2000. Softcover. Program to FantasyCon 2000 held from 8-10 September 2000 at the Britannia Hotel, Birmingham. Upper wrap features publisher's promotion of George R. Martin's Game of Thrones books. Quarto, 56 pp. Stapled wraps. Light rubbing and wear to wraps, with sticker scuff to upper wrap... More
Fables of Irish Fandom, Volume. 1
West Midlands, United Kingdom: Ken Cheslin, 1998. Softcover. Quarto (30 cm tall x 21 cm wide). 70 pp. Doubled-sided photocopied pages. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Top corner of text block is bumped. Scarce. More
Fandom Denied: Fables of Irish Fandom, Volume. 5
West Midlands, United Kingdom: Ken Cheslin, 1999. Softcover. Quarto (30 cm tall x 21 cm wide). 80 pp. Doubled-sided photocopied pages. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Several leaves curl up along spine where sheets are stapled. Scarce. More
The If Files: Fables of Irish Fandom, Volume. 2
West Midlands, United Kingdom: Ken Cheslin, 1999. Softcover. Quarto (30 cm tall x 21 cm wide). 73 pp. Doubled-sided photocopied pages. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Scarce. More
American Poetry Through 1914
Chelsea House, 1987. Hardcover. Quarto, 576 pp. Blue cloth. From the personal library of Pulitzer Prize-winning Lincoln biographer and historian David Herbert Donald. No ownership ink or bookplates. Clean, unmarked copy in like dust jacket. More
Postcolonial Writers in the Global Literary Marketplace
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Hardcover. "Combining analysis with detailed accounts of authors' careers and the global trade in literature, this book assesses how postcolonial writers respond to their own reception and niche positioning, parading their exotic otherness to metropolitan audiences, within a global marketplace." Octavo, 216 pp. Paper-covered boards. No dust..... More
The Lesions of Genetic Sin
Napa Valley, CA: Miniature Sun Press, 2000. Softcover. No. 23 of a limited edition of 200 copies, signed by Bruce Boston. Five panel broadside in gray wraps. From private collection. Fine Condition. More
The Adventures of Downy V. Green : Rhodes Scholar at Oxford
1903: Smith, Elder & Company. Hardcover. Fourth Impression. 12mo., 184 pp. Brick red cloth. From private collection. Slight spine slant. Names printed on front pastedown and ffep. More
Studies in Frank Waters--V: The Papers from "Frank Waters: Western Mystic"
Modern Language Association of America, 1982. Softcover. Quarto, unpaginated. In wraps. Double-spaced text printed single-side (approximately 100 pages). From private collection. Wraps missing along spine. Bookplate inside. Text block remains firmly bound. More
Heart of Turtle island: A Trilogy (Book I: Seven Chalk Hills)
Ely, Minnesota: Bearhand Publishing, 1987. Softcover. Octavo, 135 pp. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Crease to title page. Scarce. More
The Diversifier, January 1977
Oroville, California: 1977. Softcover. 8.5" tall, 57 pp., red stapled wraps. From private collection. Literary fanzine includes "An Evolution of Consciousness" by Marion Zimmer Bradley. More
The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque: A Poem
New York: James Miller, n.d. Rowlandson, Thomas. Hardcover. Book features 31 hand-colored plates from etchings by noted caricaturist, Thomas Rowlandson. No publication date, but presumed late 19th century. Tall octavo, 313 pp. Blue cloth. From private collection. Cloth shows rubbing and wear along edges and spine ends. Corners gently bumped..... More
Stories of the Sea
New York: James G. Gregory, 1863. Hardcover. 12mo, 360 pp. Blue-green cloth. From private collection. Cloth is faded. Corners gently bumped. Name printed on ffep. Pages show a little soiling, including small dampstain tideline to upper corner of first 15 or so pages. More
1ster festival du roman et du film policiers du 2 au 13 mai, maison de la culture andré malraux reims 1979
1979. Softcover. French language program. Quarto, 28 pp. Black & white illustrations. Stapled wraps. More
The Works of Charles Dickens in 36 Volumes
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. Hardcover. This set includes the following works: Vol. I & II. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club; Vol. III. The Adventures of Oliver Twist; Vol. IV-V. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby; Vol. VI-VII. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit; Vol..... More
he Simple Adventures of a Memsahib
London: Chatto & Windus, 1893. Hardcover. Illustrated novel by Canadian author Sarah Jennette Duncan follows the adventures of a British woman living in India during the 19th century. With 37 illustrations by F.H. Townsend. 12mo (19 cm tall). 311 pp. Blue cloth. Cloth shows a little fraying to spine ends..... More
A Last Memory of Robert Louis Stevenson
New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, ca, 1916. Hardcover. Author's account of meeting Stevenson at "Manasquan, a village on the New Jersey coast, where he had come to make a farewell visit to his old friend Will Low the artist." Duodecimo, 62 pages. Red cloth with decorative gilt stamp on..... More