Run the River Gauntlet
New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1958. First Printing. Paperback. Ace Book D-296. Distributor's stamp on first page, slight slant to spine. A very good copy. A novel of the American Revolution. ; Small octavo. More
Fiction and Literature
Eight Famous Elizabethan Plays.
New York: Random House. Hardcover. Modern Library. NF/VG-. Bound in grey cloth with gilt titles on green panel on cover and spine. Slightly bruised spine ends, top edge stained green, dustjacket shows some wear along the edges and has an 18 mm. tear on the front and traces of tape..... More
Yesterday's Madness.
New York: Bantam Books, 1948. First Edition. Paperback. Bantam Book 401. Lamination starting to peel along the edges. A bright, very good+ copy. Cover art by Bert Lannon.; Small octavo. More
Beautiful Losers.
New York: The Viking Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 243pp. Black cloth lettered in silver and gold on the spine panel. The author's second novel. Edges a bit dusty. A near fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with light edge wear and a couple of minute chips. ; Octavo... More
The Lovers
New York: Popular Library, 1960. Paperback. Popular Giant PC700. Slight slant to spine. A very good copy. Based on the film Les Amants directed by Louis Malle and starring Jeanne Moreau. Photo cover. ; Small octavo; 144 pages. More
Eoin Colfer's Legend of... Captain Crow's Teeth
New York: Miramax Books / Hyperion Books for Children, 2005. First US Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Signed by Colfer on title page. Illustrated by Glenn McCoy. ; Octavo; Signed by Author. More
Le avventure di Pinocchio #4: Pinocchio e l'Abbecedario. Con disegni animati. (3D Pinocchio Book).
Milano: Edikon, 1963. First Edition. Spiral bound. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 12pp. Comes with the original "3D" glasses, which allow you to see the "animated images". A touch of foxing to the upper edge of the first leaf. A bright, fine copy of a scarce Pinocchio book for young children. Text..... More
Le avventure di Pinocchio #4: Pinocchio e l'Abbecedario. Con disegni animati. (3D Pinocchio Book).
Milano: Edikon, 1963. First Edition. Spiral bound. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 12pp. Comes with the original "3D" glasses, which allow you to see the "animated images". A touch of foxing to the upper edge. A bright, fine copy of a scarce Pinocchio book for young children. Text in Italian. ; 17..... More
Le avventure di Pinocchio #5: Pinocchio e Mangiafuoco. Con disegni animati. (3D Pinocchio Book).
Milano: Edikon, 1963. First Edition. Spiral bound. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 12pp. Comes with the original "3D" glasses, which allow you to see the "animated images". A bright, fine copy of a scarce Pinocchio book for young children. Text in Italian. ; 17 x 21 cm. More
Le avventure di Pinocchio.
Venezia: Corbo e Fiore Editori, 2009. Illustrated by Berto, Gianpaolo. First Edition. Hardcover. 234pp. Pictorial boards. Full page color illustrations by Gianpaolo Berto. Introductions by Manlio Brusatin, Sergio Garbato, and Ivo Prandin. A fine copy. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. More
Le avventure di Pinocchio.
Brescia: Editrice La Scuola, 2002. Illustrated by Jacovitti, Benito. Hardcover. New edition. 228pp. Pictorial boards. The illustrations by Jacovitti, originally published in the 1940s and never republished in their entirety, have been digitally colored specifically for this edition. A fine copy. In the Italian language.; Quarto. More
Le avventure di Pinocchio.
Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1976. Illustrated by Bernardini, Piero. First Edition. Hardcover. 179, [1]p + index. Pictorial boards, issued without dustjacket. Illustrations by Piero Bernardini. Cover art by Cesare Colombi. Text in Italian. Old price sticker on back cover, a hint of foxing to edges. A bright near fine copy..... More
Pinocchio animato. Grande albo delle Avventure del famoso burattino del Collodi stampate in edizione particolarmente adatta ai più piccini ed illustrate con i nuovissimi disegni di Attilio Mussino e tavole movibili a colori in rotolitografia. (Pinocchio Pull-Tab Book).
Firenze: Casa Editrice R. Franceschini, 1943. Illustrated by Mussino, Attilio. First Edition. Hardcover. 95pp + [4]pp of publisher's advertisements. Original pictorial boards. Cover art, in-text illustrations and eight movable illustrations in color by Attilio Mussino. Light wear to covers, contemporary inscription on the title page. One of the full page..... More
Pinocchio.
New York: Books, Inc., 1939. Illustrated by Beaujon, Louise. Hardcover. 252pp. Boards. Frontispiece and illustrations by Louise Beaujon. Text block age-toned. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with mild edge wear and a couple of tiny chips to the rear panel. ; Octavo. More
Silvano Scheiwiller. Colloquio di Luigi Compagnone. (Signed and Inscribed Copy).
Milano: All'Insegna del Pesce d'Oro, 1975. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Proposte #11. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. This copy, not numbered, is marked with the publisher's initials on the limitation page. Signed and inscribed by Silvano Scheiwiller to a noted writer. 30pp. Original wrappers. Drawings by Silvano Scheiwiller. A...... More
The Chinese Room. (Bantam Review Copy).
New York: Bantam Books, 1948. First Edition. Paperback. Bantam review copy. Bantam Book 454. Publisher's slip with stamped date of publication laid in. Tiny dent to lower edge of back cover else a fine copy. Cover art by Ben Stahl. Scarce review copy. ; Small octavo. More
Congo Diary and Other Uncollected Pieces.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards. Includes the Congo Diary, the only journal the author ever kept; The Nature of Crime, a novella written with Ford Madox Ford and seven chapters from the unfinished novel, The Sisters; several shorter essays and letters..... More
A Personal Record.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad. Black cloth stamped in red on the front and the spine. Small ding to upper edge of front cover, mark to top edge, crease to rear corner. A near fine copy in..... More
Journals of the Military Expedition of Major General John Sullivan Against the Six Nations of Indians in 1779 with Records of Centennial Celebrations. Prepared Pursuant to Chapter 361, Laws of the State of New York, of 1885, by Frederick Cook, Secretary of State.
Auburn, NY: Knapp, Peck & Thomson Printers, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. xv, 579pp + errata. Original rust cloth stamped in blind and gold on the front panel and lettered and decorated in gold on the spine panel, brown endpapers. Frontispiece and three engraved portraits, five foldout maps in pockets, five..... More
Roman Comedy: An Impolite Extravaganza
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. 204pp. Red cloth stamped in yellow on the cover and the spine. Mild slant to spine, lower corner tips bruised. A clean, near fine copy in very good dustjacket with light chipping to edges and some fading to spine panel. Signed and..... More
Flight of the Intruder
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket with light wear to top edge. Includes one unused United States Naval Institute book plate. ; Octavo. More
The Fifth Son of the Shoemaker. (Signed Copy).
New York: Robert M. Mcbride & Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. x, 282, [1]p. Black cloth stamped in gold on the front panel and the spine panel, top edge stained red, others uncut. Signed and inscribed on the front pastedown endpaper by Donald Corley: "To Peggy / of / Hollyhock..... More
Last Clash of Claymores: A Story of Scotland in the Time of Prince Charles
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1940. Illustrated by Price, Norman. First Edition. Hardcover. Bright green cloth stamped in dark green on cover and spine. Spine ends slightly bruised else a fine copy in very good dustjacket with very light chipping along the edges, one closed tear to upper edge of..... More
Selected Radio Plays of Norman Corwin.
New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., 1945. First Edition. Paperback. Armed Services Edition R-7. Oblong format. Fading to spine panel. A very good+ copy.; Small octavo. More
L'equivalente. (Signed and Inscribed Copy).
Milano: All'Insegna del Pesce d'Oro, 1969. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Denarratori #2. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies, this being #516. 81pp. Original stiff wrappers. Nice presentation copy inscribed by Corrado Costa to a fellow writer. A fine copy with the original glassine wrappers. Text in Italian.; 16mo; Signed by..... More