Literature from Great Northern Books

Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2011. First Paperback edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. First printing. "This new edition includes a complete facsimile of the work, together with a transcript, and a plate-by-plate guide to the text, the interlinear figures, and the larger designs. In a special comparative section, the same plate from each of the other eight surviving copies… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Selected from the 3 vol. complete "Letters of Emily Dickinson," covering the years 1842-1886, edited by Thomas H. Johnson. Includes bibliographical references, appendix, and index. A clean unmarked copy.

New Haven: Yale University, 1970: Sept.. First edition thus. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good +. This issue contains an interview with Jorge Luis Borges by Seldon Rodman. It also includes the first appearance of the poem, "Emerson" by Borges, in Spanish, and translated into English by Mark Strand. Two black marker marks on front cover, else a fine copy.… Read more about this item

Collegeville, MN: St. John's Univ. /College of St. Benedict, 1995. v.30. Periodical. Very Good in Wraps . SIGNED BY ROBERT BLY. A literary journal containing an interview, original poetry, and a photograph of Bly. Slight shelfwear to bright blue cover else a clean unmarked copy.

New York: W.W.Norton, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing. Edited by Robert Phillips. "This collection chronicles a correspondence that began with the poet's first unsolicited submission to New Directions in 1937, and continued throughout the tempestuous friendship that lasted until the poet's death." [from publisher] Includes bibliographical references and index. Small mark… Read more about this item

New York: Modern Library, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing. A Modern Library Original. Selections from the work of V. S. Pritchett including memoirs, essays, travel writing, novels, short stories, and criticism. Selected and with a foreword by Oliver Pritchett. Introduction by Joyn Bayley. A clean unmarked copy.

St. Paul: Sing Heavenly Muse, 1984. First edition. Periodical. Near Fine. A feminist literary journal founded in 1977, featuring such authors as Susan Bright and Carole Maso, among others. A clean unmarked copy.

Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First printing, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on the title page.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good +. Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald ; the text of the fourth edition followed by that of the first, with notes showing the extent of his indebtedness to the Persian original ; a biographical preface ; Fitzgerald's sketch of the life of Omar ; and a… Read more about this item

San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1987. First printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. Includes first appearances from Edward Abbey, Allen Ginsberg, and Garcia Lorca, and others. Also includes the Ferlinghetti piece, "A Modest Proposal to Change the Names of Certain Streets in San Francisco." A bright, unmarked copy.

New York: Random House, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Nicholson's third book, about his obsession with John Updike. A clean unmarked copy.

London: Granta Books, 1991. First UK edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First printing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Nicholson's third book, about his obsession with John Updike. A clean unmarked copy. Ships from USA.

New York: Library of America, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First printing. An anthology of writing on Paris, by American authors, including such writers as Twain, Lindbergh, Stein, Bemelmans, Kerouac, among others. Includes bibliographical references. The dustjacket is inspired by the American Aerogram design in red, white, and blue. A clean, unmarked copy.

San Francisco: Dave Haselwood Books : City Lights Books, 1970. First edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. First trade paperbound edition published simultaneously with the hardcover. "Indian Journals" collects Ginsberg's writing from a 1962-63 stay in India. 210 pp. illustrated with photos and drawings by Ginsberg. Slight foxing else a clean unmarked copy.

New York: Library of America, 1982. Fifth printing. Slipcased hardcover. Very Good +. Here is everything from his three collections, "Twice-told Tales," "Mosses from an Old Manse," "The Snow-Image, and Other Twice-told Tales," his two books of stories for children based on classical myths, "A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys" and "Tanglewood Tales," and sixteen uncollected stories."… Read more about this item

New York: Library of America, 1998. Third printing. Slipcased hardcover. Very Good +. Contains all of Welty's collected short stories, her first book, "A Curtain of Green and Other Stories" (1941), stories based on her travels, and the memoir, "One Writer's Beginnings." Edited with notes by Richard Ford and Michael Kreyling. Includes bibliographical references, index, and attached ribbon… Read more about this item

London: Granta Publications, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, . First Appearances. Trade Paperback. Very Good. First appearance of the following Paul Auster pieces: "The Red Notebook" (no.44) later published in "The Art of Hunger;" "Dizzy" (no.46) later published in "Mr. Vertigo;" "The Money Chronicles" (no.58) later published in "Hand to Mouth;" and "Mr. Bones" later published in "Timbuktu." Four… Read more about this item

Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1912-1913. Hardcover. Ex-Library/good +. A reprint of poetry and prose for book lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known." [Mosher] Bound in quarter white paper over grey boards with red and black paper label, untrimmed pages and gray dustjackets. [Bishop: no.35-no.36] Ex-library with no external markings, dustjackets… Read more about this item

London: Folio Society, 1993. Seventh printing. Hardcovers in slipcase. Like new . Two matching hardbound books in a pale blue slipcase. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," with 42 sepia illustrations and "Through the looking Glass," with 50 sepia illustrations, all by John Tenniel, from the original woodblocks. Bound in red quarter cloth with pale blue paper-covered boards, gilt lettering… Read more about this item

Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, [n.d.]. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. A selection from "The Arabian Nights Entertainments." Includes three full page black & white illustrations. Bound in green cloth with a multi-colored pictorial cover. Cover is slightly soiled with rubbing to top of spine. Last two pages wrinkled. Still an interesting copy.