Modern First Editions from Antiquarian Book Shop

London: Heinemann. Near Fine. 1929. Limited Signed Edition. Hardcover. Autograph; Clean and secure in original white vellum binding with gilt lettering and decoration in original white card slipcase (slipcase worn and splitting); silk ribbon place marker bound in. Printed on very fine India paper. Signed by the author, No. 540 or only 1030 copies issued.… Read more about this item

London: Chatto and Windus. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1932. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. (viii), 214 pages; Contents clean and unmarked, secure in original slate blue cloth binding in very nice condition. A lovely example of this landmark collection of critical essays by F. R. Leavis. Contents include: Poetry and the… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 476 pages; Clean and secure in original binding of green cloth over gray boards in very nice pictorial dustjacket. In this rich, crowded, and involving novel, Ronald Frame (whom the London Times has called 'one of our… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Colt Press. Very Good. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 244 pages; San Francisco: Very Good. 1941. First Edition. 244 pages; Contents clean and secure in original blue cloth binding with printed title spine label; corners and spine ends rubbed, front board unevenly faded. Former owner's name and date on ffep - "David W. Lusher / Jan.… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber. Very Good-. 1936. Advance Proof; First Printing. 367 pages; Advance Proof copy in original orange wrappers with dust soiling and spots, front wrapper faintly creased, splitting along front hinge, spine curved from reading, some wear at extremeties; protected with glassine and mylar. Tipped in printed slip with date added in ink -- " With the Sales… Read more about this item

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Autograph; Contents clean and secure in original blue cloth binding in dustjacket with large chips at lower and upper edges, erasure mark. Former owner's signature on ffep - "K. Roosevelt" Author's first novel treating the competition for influence… Read more about this item

New York: M. Barrows & Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1944. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ix, (3), 196 pages; Contents clean and secure in original blue-green cloth binding with black lettering at spine and an image of a turkey on the front board, lower corners slightly bumped in dustjacket with chipping at spine ends and edges,… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Bros.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1942. First American Edition. Hardcover. 217 pages; Contents clean and secure in original brown cloth binding in dustjacket with some minor chipping at spine ends and corners. Bleiler -1978, p. 136. Inscribed and Signed by the author in the halftitle -- " To… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1952. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Contents clean and tight in original gray cloth binding decoratively stamped in blue and red and gilt lettering with image of a chef on front board; binding square, corners sharp. Original dustjacket (with price) dime size chip at base… Read more about this item

New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. xxxvii, 600 pages; Contents clean and secure in original binding of textured white cloth with orange and black lettering in original illustrated dust jacket (not clipped); jacket toned at spine and top edge of front panel. Review materials… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good. 1923. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. (viii), 75 pages; Tiny former owner's name on ffep "B W Thoron / Oct 1923" otherwise clean and secure in original patterned boards with orange printed wrap-around title label, faded at spine. Conrad Potter Aiken (1889-1973) is considered by many literary critics as… Read more about this item

New York: Penzler. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 408 pages; Note on ffep in Kim Roosevelt's handwriting - "Feb 16, 1990 / from Jonathan" indicating the book was a gift from his son Jonathan Roosevelt. Otherwise clean and secure in original binding in very nice dustjacket. Dustjacket design by George… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 729 pages; Inscription on ffep "Kim / from Joe" otherwise clean and secure in original binding in very nice dustjacket. A fine adventure story of Africa in the 19th century, in the tradition of H. Rider Haggard… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1965. First American Edition. Hardcover. (viii), 177, (7) pages; Clean and secure in original binding of green cloth spine over olive boards in very nice dustjacket with some wear at spine ends. OCLC 1297023019 Translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett.… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Fair in Good dust jacket. 1958. First American Edition. Hardcover. Alexandria Quartet; 250 pages; Former owner's note and signature on ffep - " Bought from lending library / June 1959 / Kermit Roosevelt" Quite a worn copy in original black cloth binding, scraped at lower boards, endpapers stained from… Read more about this item

Modern Library. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1957. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 369 pages; Contents clean and secure in original gray cloth binding; small eraser mark on ffep, in very nice dustjacket (clipped). States First Modern Library edition on copyright page. Toledano 85.3 Spine No. 8 .

London: Michael Joseph. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. First British Edition. Hardcover. 222 pages; Clean and secure in original blue cloth binding in very good dustjacket with some minor wear at spine ends and light toning to rear panel of dustjacket. During the Occupation of Japan at the conclusion of World War II,… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good-. 1988. First Edition. Paperback. 366 pages; Contents clean and secure in original yellow wrappers, scattered foxing to wrappers, especially rear wrapper. "Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof" Welcome to the wild, hot-blooded adventures of Billy the Kid, the American West's most legendary outlaw. Larry McMurtry takes us on a… Read more about this item

Hamburg, Germany: Europäische Verlagsanstalt GmbH. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1950. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. 340 & [4, ads] pages; Publisher's green linen, spine lettered in gilt, top edges stained pale yellow. A nearly fine copy, in the publisher's dust jacket, lettered in black against a background in tan and white. The… Read more about this item

New York: Viking. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean and secure in original binding of cream cloth spine with navy blue boards; lower corners very clightly rounded in dustjacket with edgewear and chipping, now in mylar cover. Quite a decent example of the first edition of Matthiessen's third book.… Read more about this item