1. Alexander, Francesca.

The Hidden Servants and Other Very Old Stories. Told over again by Francesca Alexander.

First edition. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. 13.5 x 19.5cm. Frontispiece, (17), 234 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering in protective Mylar. Gilt tops and deckled edges. Very good condition, some minor signs of wear to spine, binding slightly shaky. Dedication to Lady Hobart by author on front free endpaper / Beautifully signed by Francesca Alexander.

2. Alexie, Sherman.

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.

Special Reader’s Edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993. 15 x 23cm. (10), 223 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author on title page.

3. Alexie, Sherman.

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.

Special Reader’s Edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993. 15 x 23cm. (10), 223 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

4. Alexie, Sherman.

The Toughest Indian in the World.

Uncorrected Advance Proof. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000. 14 x 21cm. 229 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

5. Chabon, Michael.

Wonder Boys.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Villard Books, 1995. 14 x 21cm. 369 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author Michael Chabon on the titlepage.

6. [Eliot, T.S.] Jones, Genesius.

Approach to the Purpose – A Study of the Poetry of T.S. Eliot.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1964. 15 cm x 22 cm. 351 pages. Original Hardcover (green cloth with embossed gilt lettering on spine). Former library copy in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some marking and entries to front free endpaper and marked over stamp on titlepage.

7. Follett, Ken.

A Place Called Freedom.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1995. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 405 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition.

8. Frey, Stephen W.

The Takeover.

Uncorrected Proofs Copy. New York, Dutton Books, 1995. 15.5 x 23cm. 352 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new.

9. Goebel, Joey

Commonwealth.

San Francisco, MacAdam Cage, 2008. 15 cm x 23 cm. 511 pages. Softcover with author photograph by Isolde Ohlbaum. Book design by Dorothy Carico Smith. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper.

10. Hersey, John.

A Single Pebble.

London, Corgi Books, 1966. 11 cm x 18 cm. 143 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Discolouration to pages throughout but mostly to endpapers and inside covers. Spine sunned.

11. Hickam, Homer H., Jr.

Rocket Boys: A Memoir.

Advance Uncorrected Proof. New York, Delacorte Press / Bantam Doubleday, 1998. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 378 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new.

12. Howes, Wright.

U.S. IANA (1650-1950): A Selective Bibliography in which are Described 11,620 Uncommon and Significant Books Relating to the Continental Portion of the United States.

Revised and Enlarged Second Edition compiled by Wright Howes. New York, R.R. Bowker Company for The Newberry Library, 1985. 17.2 cm x 25.4 cm. 652 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor tanning to edges. Otherwise excellent, clean copy. Binding strong. From the library of former specialist Bookdealer ‘Codex Books’ – with their black ink stamp to front free endpaper.

13. Huxley, Aldous / Foreman, Michael (illustrator).

After Many a Summer.

London, The Folio Society, 1980. 16 cm x 23 cm. 239 pages with many illustrations. Original hardcover with slipcase. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small mark on cover. Clean inside with solid binding.

14. Irving, Washington.

Knickerbocker’s History of New York & Knickerbocker Miscellanies.

New York, P.F. Collier & Son, No Year (c. 1920). 14.5 cm x 20 cm. 450. Frontispiece illustration – engraving entitled ‘Dutch Weight’. Original Hardcover. (Black cloth with embossed decoration on front board – title embossed in gilt on spine.) Very Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor pencil markings on rear endpaper. [The Works of Washington Irving].

15. Irving, Washington.

The Sketch Book, Legends of the Conquest of Spain / [Including the Biography of Irving:] “A Life of Washington Irving” by Richard Henry Stoddard.

New York, London The Co-operative Publication Society, Inc., No date (c. 1920). 14.5 cm x 20 cm. 561 pages. Frontispiece illustration – portrait of Washington Irving dated 1851. Original Hardcover (black cloth with embossed decoration – title embossed in gilt on spine). Good condition with minor signs of external wear. Front board a little shaky. Some minor pencil markings on back free endpaper. [The Works of Washington Irving].

16. Kinsolving, William.

Mister Christian: The Further Adventures of Fletcher Christian, Legendary Leader of the Bounty Mutiny.

Advance Reader’s Proof. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1996. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 380 pages. Original softcover in protective cover. Excellent condition. Signed by author on title page.

17. L’Amour, Louis.

To Tame A Land.

Advance Reading Copy. New York, Bantam Books, 2007. 13 x 19cm. 255 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new. [The Louis L’Amour Legacy Editions].

18. McNair, Cici.

Detectives Don’t Wear Seat Belts: True Adventures of a Female P.I.

Advance Reading Copy. New York / Boston / Nashville, Center Street Press, 2009. 14 x 21cm. (8), 354 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

19. Melville, Herman.

White Jacket: Or, The World in a Man-of-War. With an Introduction by William Plomer.

New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1956. 13.5 x 20cm. (16), 376 pages. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear, spine joint beginning to loosen, otherwise in very good condition. Minor text annotations. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. [Evergreen, No. E43].

20. Nabokov, Vladimir.

The Enchanter – His Long Lost Novel. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov.

London, Picador, published by Pan Books, 1987. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. 127 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Jacket painting – F Vallatton, 1913. Author photograph – Philip Halfman. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor inscription by previous owner on front pastedown.

21. Nin, Anaïs.

The Diary of Anaïs Nin. Volume Two: 1934-1939 and Volume Three: 1939-1944. Edited and with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann.

Volume 2 & 3 of 7 in series. New York, The Swallow Press / Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1967 / 1969. 13.5 x 20cm. Vol. 2: (9), 357 pages / Vol. 3: (14), 327 pages. Original softcover. Vol. 2: Spine worn with a slight lean, some text annotations, otherwise very good condition. Vol. 3: Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. [Harvest Books, Nos. HB174 & HB199].

22. Norris, Kathleen.

Dakota: A Spiritual Geography.

Uncorrected Proof. New York, Ticknor & Fields / Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993. 13.5 x 21cm. (8), 225 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

23. Oates, Joyce Carol.

Angel Of Light.

Uncorrected Page Proof Copy. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1981. 13.5 x 21.5cm. (13), 440 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

24. [Olson, Charles] Clark, Tom.

Charles Olson – The Allegory of a Poet’s Life.

New York, London W.W. Norton & Company, 1991. 17 cm x 24 cm. XI, 403 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Jacket design Jay J. Smith. Cover photography of Charles Olson Goliard Press. Leading edge deckled. Very good, actually in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

25. O’Nan, Stewart.

A World Away.

Advance Reader’s Copy. New York, Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1998. 15.5 x 23cm. 338 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

26. 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].

27. Roth, Philip.

Sabbath’s Theater.

Advance Reading Copy. Boston / New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995. 15.5 x 23cm. 451 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

28. 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.

29. Shapiro, Karl.

Essay on Rime.

New York, Reynol & Hitchcock, 1945. 14 cm x 21 cm. 72 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight discoloration of endpapers and page margins. Previous owner’s name in pencil on free endpaper. From the library of Erik Haugaard / Bookplate/Exlibris by Brian Lalor.

30. Sheffield, Elisabeth.

Fort Da: A Report.

Advance Reading Copy. Tuscaloosa, Fiction Collective 2 / The University of Alabama Press, 2009. 13.5 x 21cm. 310 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

31. 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 !

32. 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.

33. Straight, Susan.

Blacker Than A Thousand Midnights.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Hyperion, 1994. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 388 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

34. Straight, Susan.

I Been In Sorrow’s Kitchen And Licked Out All The Pots.

Advance Reading Copy. New York, Hyperion, 1992. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 326 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

35. Twain, Mark.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Edited by Bernard L. Stein.

Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, University of California Press, 1979. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. 475 pages. All the original illustrations by Daniel Carter Beard. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [A publication of the Mark Twain Project of the Bancroft Library].

36. 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.

37. Valade III, Roger M.

The Essential Black Literature Guide. Published in Association with the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture.

Detroit, New York, Washington D.C., Toronto, Visible Ink Press, 1996. 15 cm x 23 cm. XVIII, 446 pages. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white portrait photographs. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

38. Valin, Jonathan.

Life’s Work: A Harry Stoner Novel.

Uncorrected Galley Proof. New York, Delacorte Press, 1986. 13.5 x 21cm. 252 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

39. 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.

40. Witt, Lana.

Slow Dancing on Dinosaur Bones.

Uncorrected Advance Proof. New York, Scribner, 1996. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 352 pages. Original softcover in protective cover. Book-Block cleanly detached, otherwise in very good condition.