51. Lewis, Sinclair.

Fantastic Set of Sinclair Lewis’ Works which were published within the Library of America. [Both Volumes Books in “As New Condition” with Mylar applied]. Included are: I. Main Street – Babbitt (LOA Volume 59) / II. Arrowsmith – Elmer Gantry – Dodsworth (LOA Volume 133).

Mixed Editions (One in First and on in later printings). Two Volumes (complete set). [New York], The Library of America, c.1992-2002. Octavo. 2200 pages of Lewis. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with all Volumes’ dustjackets expertly placed in Mylar.

52. Lewis, Sinclair.

It Can’t Happen Here [The Novel that tells you what will happen to your family if America gets a Dictator].

4th Reprint of the 1939 Edition (with the rare dustjacket). New York, Triangle Books, 1941. Octavo. 458 pages. Original publisher’s Hardcover with the rare, illustrated dustjacket, including the rear flap with the photograph of an idyllic american living-room scenery. In protective Mylar. From the private library of Walter Blake, with his personal stamp to the titlepage. In excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. The dustjacket extremely scarce in this condition.

53. Lewisohn, Ludwig.

This People.

New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1933. 14 cm x 21 cm. 305 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

54. Ludwig, Jack.

Confusions.

Greenwich (Connecticut), New York Graphic Society Publishers Ltd., 1963. 15 cm x 21,5 cm. 276 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Some staining to boards, minor foxing, otherwise in Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

55. Malamud, Bernard.

Long Work, Short Life [″I intend to say something about my life a writer….”].

Hoosick Falls, Bennington College, 1985. 8°. Frontispiece (Faksimile-page of a Manuscript by Malamud), 19 pages. Illustrated with three full-page photographs: 1. Bernard Malamud reading at the Carriage Barn, Bennington College (1978) / 2. Bernard Malamud in the 1960s (Clemens Kalischer photo) / 3. Bernard Malamud with Ben Belitt at Bennington College in 1981 (Kyle Hughes Photo). Softcover. Original brochure. One of only 1000 copies of this limited edition. As new ! [The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature – Published in Memory of William Troy].

56. McCullers, Carson.

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.

Facsimile of the First Edition. Shelton, The First Edition Library, 1967. Octavo. 356 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. The book is housed in its original slipcase. Close to new ! Absolutely Fine condition with an only mildly sunned dustjacket-spine. Includes even the publisher’s advertising slip.

57. Milosz, Czeslaw.

The Seizure of Power [Signed – Uncorrected Proof]. Translated by Celina Wieniewska.

Unrevised, Uncorrected Proof. New York, Farrar – Straus – Giroux, 1982. Octavo. 245 pages. Original Softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A very rare, signed version of this uncorrected Proof with Milosz’s signature on the titlepage.

58. Morris, Willie.

A Prayer for the Opening of the Little League Season. Illustrated by Barry Moser.

San Diego / New York / London, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. 18.8 cm x 19.9 cm. Unpaginated (28 pages). Colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with original slipcase. Slipcase still in protective film. As New condition with only minor signs of external wear. This edition has been specially bound and is limited to three hundred copies signed by the author and illustrator. This copy is number 74.

59. O’Neill, Eugene.

The Long Voyage Home – Seven plays of the Sea.

NY, Modern Library, 1940. 12 cm x 18 cm. 217 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with very minor signs of external wear. [Modern Library Books].

60. Oates, Joyce Carol.

Angel of Light.

New York, E.P. Dutton, 1981. 16 cm x 24 cm. 434 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Joyce Carol Oates.

61. Olds, Sharon / [Jane Cooper].

Satan Says. [Association Copy]

First Edition. Pittsburg, University of Pittsburg Press, 1980. 14 x 20 cm. 72 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s dedication to poet Jane Cooper on the half title and her full signature on the title page. Clean and tight copy with some minor discolorations and a faded spine.

62. Olson, Elder.

The Cock of Heaven.

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1940. 24,5 cm x 18,5 cm. 105 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good (clear signs of wear but overall in very good condition). Dustjacket slightly chipped. Only slightly foxed.

63. Payne, C.Douglas.

Youth in Revolt – The Journals of Nick Twist. Volumes I, II, III (Youth in Revolt – Youth in Bondage – Youth in Exile).

FIRST Edition. Sebastopol (California), Aivia Press, 1993. 8°. 503 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in FINE condition. Some very minor discoloration to the edge. SIGNED by Payne on the titlepage.

64. Phillips, Jayne Anne.

Machine Dreams.

New York, E.P. Dutton / Seymour Lawrence, 1984. 16 cm x 24 cm. 331 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, very good+ or even better condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Jayne Anne Phillips on the titlepage.

65. Pinsky, Robert.

Jersey Rain.

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. Octavo. 52 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

66. Poe, Edgar Allan / Clarke, Harry.

Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. [With eight tipped-in-plates in colour, 24 black-and-white illustrations and several illustrations throughout the text].

Fourth Edition of the 1919 publication. London / Bombay / Sydney, George G. Harrap & Co., 1928. 4°. (21.5 cm wide x 27.7 cm high). 381 pages with all the stunning colour-plates and black-and-white-plates in place but page 15/16 and the relevant illustration cleanly detached. Hardcover with restored original dustjacket / Original full cloth-binding with gilt lettering/illustrated spine. Top edge gilt. A stunning, absolutely unusually firm and clean binding, nearly with no flaws, very unusual for the original 1928-edition. Tight and clean example of one of the most beautiful macabre art nouveau-publications. All illustrations by Harry Clarke in excellent condition. The restored dustjacket in protective Mylar. When we speak of “restored” we mean in this case parts of the original dustjacket’s spine and frontcover were pasted on black paper in style of the time. The absolutely best example of this work we ever handled, despite the detached layer of pages.

67. Potter, Stephen.

Potter on America.

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. 13.5 cm x 21 cm. 160 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some stains on covers and edges.

68. Price, Reynolds.

Things Themselves. Essays & Scenes.

First Edition. New York, Atheneum, 1972. 21cm x 13cm. xv,269 (1) pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

69. Redding, J. Saunders (Jay Saunders).

No Day of Triumph. With an introduction by Richard Wright.

First edition. New York ; London, Harper & brothers, 1942. 23 cm. 342 pages. Original hardcover. Good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. There’s noticeable rubbing of and discolouration to the spine. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown.

70. Redel, Victoria.

Where the Road Bottoms Out – A Collection of Stories.

New York, Alfred A Knopf, 1995. 13.5 cm x 21 cm. 171 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition+ with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author. Yellow top edge decoration.

71. Rexroth, Kenneth.

With Eye and Ear.

New York, Herder and Herder, 1970. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 217 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Kenneth Rexroth on the halftitle. [An Azimuth Book].

72. Roth, Samuel (editor).

American Aphrodite: A Quarterly for the Fancy-Free. Volume Four / Number Sixteen – [with the printed dedication to Ernest Hemingway]. This Volume includes: “Venus & Adonis” – Behind the Scenes with Catherine, Russia’s Voluptuary Czarina. By Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. / The Merry Muses of Robert Burns / George S. Viereck – Was Shakespeare a Man or a Woman ? / Norman Lockridge – The Women of Plentipunda / etc.

New York, American Aphrodite, 1955. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 227 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Small tears and some fraying to dustjacket.

73. Roth, Philip.

Zuckerman Unbound.

First UK Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 1981. 20.9 cm x 14 cm. 225 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to edging. Pink decoration to top edges. Very clean inside. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

74. Salamanca, J.R.

Lilith.

First Edition. London / Melbourne / Toronto, Heinemann, 1962. 8°. 381 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to the binding. The dustjacket with several minor tears but in overall very good condition.

75. Salinger, J.D.

Der Mann im Roggen. Roman. Deutsch von Irene Muehlon.

Erste deutsche Auflage. [First German Edition of “The Catcher in the Rye”]. Zürich, Diana Verlag, 1954. 14 x 21 cm. 290 Seiten. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Absolut “Sehr guter Zustand” mit nahezu tadellos erhaltenem Schutzumschlag (in Mylar) mit nur ganz wenigen Gebrauchsspuren. Der Band selbst in exzellenter Erhaltung mit nur einigen Stockfleckchen auf dem oberen Schnitt. Innen sehr sauber. In dieser Erhaltung ein nahezu unauffindbares Sammler-Exemplar dieses seltenen Buchs !

76. Serrano, Andres.

America and other work.

Köln, Taschen, 2004. 37,5 cm x 28,5 cm. 352 pages. With over 100 photographic images, full page and with some double pages Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With full red cloth hardboards & spine and title embossed into cloth. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier ! The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !

77. Sinclair, Upton.

Depression Island.

First Edition. Pasadena, Published by the Author, 1935. 8°. 124 pages. Hardcover / Original red cloth with black lettering on spine and cover. Fine condition of this novel on the american Depression. Rare, but in this condition rather scarce.

78. Slaughter, Frank G.

In A Dark Garden.

Garden City, New York, Doubleday and Company, 1946. 14.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 435 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

79. Smartt Bell, Madison.

Master of the Cross Roads. A Novel.

First Edition. New York, Pantheon Books, 2000. Octavo. XIII, 732 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s – Mylar. [Signed / Inscribed by the author] Fine condition.

80. Smiley, Jane.

A Thousand Acres.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 371 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled fore edge. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear to the Mylar ! Signed by Jane Smiley on the titlepage. In 1992 Jane Smiley won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for this publication !

81. Smiley, Jane.

Ordinary Love & Good Will. Two Novellas.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. 15 cm x 22 cm. 197 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Jane Smiley on the titlepage.

82. Snyder, Gary.

Back on the Fire – Essays.

California, Shoemaker & Hoard, 2007. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 167 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Fine / As New. Signed by author Gary Snyder on the titlepage. Rare !

83. Twain, Mark.

Mark Twains ausgewaehlte humoristische Schriften. II. Band – Abenteuer und Fahrten des Huckleberry Finn / Huckleberry Finns Abenteuer und Fahrten / III. Band – Skizzenbuch / IV. Band – Auf dem Mississippi – Nach dem fernen Westen.

3 Baende (von 6). Stuttgart, Verlag von Robert Lutz, 1897. Octavo. 320, (12), 285 (4), 298, (6) Seiten. Hardcover / Originale, sehr dekorative Ganzleinenbaende mit reicher Vergoldung und Illustrationen auf den vorderen Einbanddeckeln. Sehr guter Zustand bis auf kleineren Wasserschaden auf den ersten 5 Seiten von Band 3. [Text in Fraktur !].

84. Unger, Douglas.

Leaving the Land.

First Edition. New York, Harper & Row Publishers, 1984. 21.7cm x 15cm. 277 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

85. Updike, John.

The Witches of Eastwick.

First Trade Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Octavo. 307 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. The dustjacket with a tiny repair only.

86. Villanueva, Tino.

Chronicle of My Worst Years. Translated by James Hoggard.

Bilingual Edition: Text in English & Spanish. Illinois, Triquarterly Books, 1994. 13.9 cm x 20.3 cm. 84 pages. Original Hardcover-Edition. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author.

87. Vonnegut, Kurt.

Jailbird. A Novel.

First Edition. New York, Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1979. Octavo. XXXVIII, 246 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Edge slightly dusty. Otherwise in very good+ condition.

88. Whitman, Walt.

Complete Prose Works – Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Good Bye My Fancy [No.10 of only 30 copies of the English Edition, signed “G.P.Putnam’s Sons” [possibly John Bishop Putnam (1849 – 1915)].

Boston / London, Small, Maynard & Company / G.P.Putnam’s Sons, 1898. Slim Quarto (16.5 cm wide x 23.8 cm high). Pagination: Limitation-page, Half-Title, Portrait-Frontispiece, XIII, [2], 527 pages. With a sticker identifying the book as “Large Paper-Edition”. With eight illustrations (including Frontispiece). Hardcover / Original, green Publisher’s cloth. Very poor codnition. Former library copy of Christ’s Hospital Library. Still a rare and good- Reading Copy.

89. Whitman, Walt.

Walt Whitmans Werk. In Zwei Bänden. Mit vier Bildnissen. Ausgewählt, uebertragen und eingeleitet von Hans Reisiger.

Berlin, S. Fischer Verlag, 1922. 15 cm x 21 cm. Band I: “Prosaschriften”: Frontispiz-Portrait, C, 176 Seiten. Band II – “Leaves of Grass”: 253 Seiten. Original Hardcover / Originale Verlagsbindung. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsmerkmalen an der Bindung. Innen nahezu neuwertig und sehr sauber.

90. Wideman, John Edgar.

Fatheralong – A Meditation on Fathers, Sons, Race and Society.

New York, Pantheon Books, 1994. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. XXV, 197 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by author.