Parrot and Olivier in America by Carey, Peter - 2010

Macmillan New York, 1899. HB NO DJ, 1899 ON TITLE PG, Vintage Early Edition,Red cloth lettered Gold Gilt, Minor Cover rub & Spine & portion Back Cover Sunned, 53 pgs, Interior Nice , Tight , Clean, VG+/VG, AS-IS , NOJACKET . Hard Cover.

[i-viii+452+[453-56] pages. Octavo (8 1/8" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's medium blue cloth with gilt on spine with concentric impressed rectangle enclosing a gilt laurel branch on cover in original pictorial jacket. 50,000 copies of the first edition in dust jacket issued. (Pastore: 13) First edition. This is the "hotel novel" as it has become to be called, and it shows that odd dichotomy of Lewis that is the decisional measuring stick separating those who love Lewis and those who don't. Here is the story of an artist set against the story of a hotel clerk and here is Lewis equating art and hotel management. Most critics feel that this is not Lewis at his best because of this equation, that in setting out to talk about art, he ends up knee-deep in the hotel business. Of course, this misses the point. Lewis was the master of finding "art" in the commonplace and there is hardly a novel of his that does not touch on this issued. This second Doubleday book firmly established the format… Read More

[i-vi]+vii-viii+[ix-x]+390 pages. Octavo (8 7/16" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with initials "SL" impressed on cover decorated with impressed laurel branch superimposed over cover initials; gilt title in black rectangle on spine; author's name in black on gilt rectangle on spine. Dust jacket in blue with red and white banner on cover lettered in verso, gilt and white on spine. 33,250 printed of the first edition in dust jacket. (Pastore:259) First edition. In the Summer of 1939, Lewis and Fay Wray collaborated loosely on a play titled (and unpublished) Angela is Twenty-Two. Lewis did the writing with the intention of playing the male lead; Fay Wray helped with the staging and visual dramatics. Lewis became more involved with drama and acting, even so far as joining Actors Equity, sponsored by Helen Hayes. When the play opened on December 30, 1939, it was well-received leading Lewis to take it on the road where he not only acted but directed as well. This tour became the narrative… Read More

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1915. Bound in the publishers olive green cloth boards with elaborate black title lettering and decoration blind stamped to the front board. Gilt and black titles to the spine. The 280 pages are in very good condition with no inscriptions and are squarely bound. Light fading to spine as is usual with this title otherwise the cloth binding in very presentable condition. Pages are dyed grey to top edges. There is the misspelling " litttle " to line 11 of page 213 which is the sign of the First Edition. The photograph supplied is a picture of the book and we are happy to send more images on request. An attractive example of this classic Conrad book.. First Edition. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. FIRST EDITION.

Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1838. Hardcover. Very Good -. 12 volumes: frontispiece in vol. 1 is a portrait of Schiller; 16 cm. Black cloth spines with grey paper wrappers. Handwritten labels on the spines. The back of the fronispiece in vol. 1 is inscribed: "Philip Kassel. Zum Andenken erhalten von Herrn Koch Subrector Frankenthal." The front pastdowns and title pages of various volumes bear the names variously of Ervin Koch, Ph. Kassel, and ? Meyer. The title page of vol. 1 also bears the remains of a small handwritten label. It is extremely rare to find a complete set such as this still in its original wrappers, which would normally either have been replaced by a permanent binding by the first owner or have deteriorated after nearly 175 years. Contents: vol. 1. Gedichte der 1.-3. Periode; Metrische Uebersetzungen: Die Zerstörung von Troja; Dido -- vol. 2. Die Räuber; Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua; Cabale und Liebe; Der Menschenfeind -- vol.… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1978. First edition. Hardcover. fine in Very Good DJ; dj protected by new mylar wrap.. 8 vo; red tweed paper boards with black spine covering & silver spine lettering; 277 pages. illust. dj. author's first novel after publishing a volume of poetry;

New York: Farrar, Straus & Young. 1953. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn at edges. ; 261 pages .

New York: Sears Publishing. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Exlibrary with markings. Previous owner's name; Ex-Library; 301 pages .

Rodney Stone, A Tale of the Napoleonic Wars by Arthur Conan Doyle. First Edition, copyright 1896 and published 1897 by D. Appleton And Company, New York. Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Used. Exlib. GOOD- CONDITION.Red buckram cloth boards. Gilt titling. Black & White plates Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Frontis and 11 all additional plates are present, in nice shape, and affixed to binding. 408 pages plus adverts. RARE/SCARCE/HARD TO FIND.

Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars, Alfred A. Knopf 1st Ed. 1955. Hardcover. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Used. VG/ No DJ. Rose red boards. Spine lightly sunned. A nice copy of a scarce item.