Banana Bottom by McKay, Claude - 1933

Boston and New York / Riverside Press, Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Slate-grey Cloth. Near Fine/No DJ. 7 7/8" Tall. Embossed Cloth With Silver. First Trade Issue, Mixed States. (I-Viii) Including Preliminary Blank Leaf After The Front Free Endpaper, (1), 2-251; Printer's Imprint , P. (252); Final Blank Leaf Before The Rear Free Endpaper. Stub Between Pp 10 And 11. Publisher's Imprint At Bottom Of Spine : Houghton | Mifflin.&.Co. With Periods Around Ampersand, And Ampersand Is An Odd Design [Both Indications Of A Second Or Third Printing). (First Printing Of 2028 Copies, Per Sisson-Martens, 1010 Of Second Printing, 1004 Of Third Printing, But What Identifies 2Nd And Third Printings Is Not Absolutely Clear). Bal Does Not Provide Definitive Points For The First State. However, James Henry (As Cited In Sisson-Martens) In "A Proposed Chronology Of Editions Of "The Son Of The Wolf" Requires The Following Additional Points For… Read More

Los Angeles: Privatdruck Der Pazifischen Presse / Plantin Press [Pazifische Press], 1942. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 49 Pp. Black Leather Spine, Gilt; Rose Colored Boards. First Edition, Un-Numbered Presentation Copy From Felix Guggenheim. The Second Book Issued By The Press, A Reworking Of The 9Th Chapter Of Werfel's "Cella Oder Die Uberwinder", Later Published By Simon And Schuster In 1943 In The Anthology The Ten Commandments. One Of An Undetermined Number Of Un-Numbered Copies, Signed By Werfel Below The Colophon. [There Were 150 Copies Numbered, Mostly Signed, In The Subscriber's Edition, Half Leather, An Undetermined Number Of Lettered Copies, And 100 Copies Of The Trade Edition In Cloth, Some Of Which Were Also Signed.] Werfel Died In Los Angeles In 1945 While Reviewing The Advance Proofs Of The Pazifische Press Edition Of His Collected Poetry. Contents Fine, Boards Near Fine; The Leather Spine Is Near Fine But Had Become Partly Detached And Has Been… Read More

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. Illustrations Throughout. 624 Pp. Publisher's Half Calf Binding (Spine And Tips), Red And Black Spine Labels Stamped In Gilt, Gilt In All Compartments, Over Marbled Paper Covered Boards With Blind Stamped Rules At Edges, With Matching Marbled Endpapers And Matching Marbled Edges Of Page Block. B.A.L. First State With Illustration Of Twain In Flames On P. 441, Corrected "St. Charles Hotel" Beneath Illustration On P.443, And Uncorrected "It It" On P. 444. Lightly Used, Hinges Solid, No Names Or Marks Or Book Plates. This Binding, In Publisher's Leather, Is Somewhat Scarce In Collector's Condition.

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Fred Taylor. First American edition. Rich ribbed oxblood cloth, with 2- color vignette on front board. Spine is dulled and worn at head and heel, else good. Tiny chip at edge. Front board illustration is very lightly chipped on one side. 16 full page illustrations. Frontispiece has tanned the title page. No dust jacket. No former owner marks. The book is about literary and artistic London in the 1900s, and the area of London covered is Chelsea, Soho, and Hampstead. It is a long discourse and a guide to Bohemian London in the early twentieth century, between the eras of Enoch Soames and Ezra Pound. At 22 Ransome had moved to London, and while living in Chelsea was solicited by a young woman literary agent to write "a book on Bohemia in London, an essayistic al sort of book, putting Bohemia of today against a background of the past", which he promptly did. It was published by Chapman and Hall in late September… Read More

New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931. Hardcover in slipcase. Good/No Jacket, as issued. SIGNED Presentation Copy in Slipcase, #524 of the special limited edition (501-550 were for presentation). Signed by O'Neill in black ink. Though not indicated, this volume is from the library of T. R. Smith, chief editor and adviser at Liveright throughout its heyday in the 1920s and responsible for publishing some of O'Neill's works (including an early volume of one-act plays and Strange Interlude in 1928). Trilogy of plays containing Homecoming, The Hunted, and The Haunted. Includes Working Notes and Extracts from a fragmentary work diary, facsimile pages inserted in rear pocket. Stained & spotted white vellum with beveled edges, gilt-stamping and black spine label. Scarce slipcase in fair condition with fragile & cracked edges and old tape repairs. Binding solid and untrimmed/uncut, but covers are rather spotted & darkened. O'Neill was a Puitzer and Nobel Prize winning American playwright, considered one of… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. Signed and Numbered First. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket/No Dustjacket. From the signed, limited, numbered first printing, this is number 266, signed by the author at the limitation page opposite the full title. The pages are bright saving some toning around the deckled edges and quite clean except for a very few scattered spots of foxing; no owners' marks; the quarter cloth binding leans gently to the right but remains tight; the paper boards and paper title plate at the spine show some chipping around the edges, with a pressure mark at the bottom right front corner, a small inward turn and surface scuff at the top left rear corner, and some surface creasing at the corners and right edge of the title plate; some fading is also evident along the head edges of the paper and along the right rear, and the title plate is age-toned; nonetheless, a remarkably clean and attractive book, well-preserved. 459pp.; an extra copy of the title plate is tipped in at the… Read More

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Fred Taylor. First American edition. Rich ribbed oxblood cloth, with 2- color vignette on front board. Spine is dulled and worn at head and heel, else good. Tiny chip at edge. Front board illustration is very lightly chipped on one side. 16 full page illustrations. Frontispiece has tanned the title page. No dust jacket. No former owner marks. The book is about literary and artistic London in the 1900s, and the area of London covered is Chelsea, Soho, and Hampstead. It is a long discourse and a guide to Bohemian London in the early twentieth century, between the eras of Enoch Soames and Ezra Pound. At 22 Ransome had moved to London, and while living in Chelsea was solicited by a young woman literary agent to write "a book on Bohemia in London, an essayistic al sort of book, putting Bohemia of today against a background of the past", which he promptly did. It was published by Chapman and Hall in late September… Read More

1908 1st ed Winston Churchill Big Game Hunting My African Journey Illustrated
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
― Winston S. Churchill

Acknowledging all Churchill's other accolades, we tend to overlook his claims as a writer of travel. A fine example is at hand in 'My African Journey', the story of his 1908 excursion in Kenya and Uganda.

'My African Journey' is notable for being the only book of his to have photographs possibly taken by the author. Churchill profited from his trip by serializing articles in The Strand Magazine and publishing a book. Hodder and Stoughton published 'My African Journey' in 1908, which added significantly more content than was in the serialized articles.
Item number: #18965
Price: $1095
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
My African Journey
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xiii, [1], 226, [18]
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61 illustrations
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3 maps
· Language:… Read More

Second edition, full leather, Troy, New York, 1797. Includes the occasionally missing frontis. Condition is Good or better: original full leather boards in above average condition with modest general wear. Only the bottom front corners show slightly more than minimal wear. The other corners, edges, spine and hinges are sound. Binding is sound. Leather label on spine still legible although that is not well seen on images. Interior is likewise in good condition. Only writing is old faded ink signature on back free blank. No other writing; mild to moderate foxing throughout. The laid cotton paper pages are still supple and easily read. The title page has a 3 inch closed tear expertly repaired (see image). There are some minor edge tears seen throughout but none affecting text. Paginates: blanks(2), frontis, (i)-180, blank(1). I suspect one rear blank leaf is missing, otherwise paginates complete as issued. Please see images of the book you will receive. Feel free to inquire. Notes: First edition is 1797,… Read More

1957 Atlas Shrugged TRUE 1st printing Ayn Rand Objectivism Dystopian Philosophy

"If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn."
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

"Atlas Shrugged" is a dystopian novel by Ayn Rand that explores themes of individualism, capitalism, and objectivism. The story takes place in a future society where government regulations and collectivism have stifled innovation and progress. The novel is known for its philosophical speeches and critiques of collectivism, as well as its portrayal of a society in decline.

A rare first edition, first printing of Ayn Rand's final and most famous novel!

Item number: #40838
Price: $950

RAND, Ayn

Atlas Shrugged

New York: Random House, 1957. TRUE First edition, first printing

Details:
· Collation: Complete
o [8], 1168, [4]
· First edition point:
o "First Printing" stated on copyright page
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Green cloth
o Facsimile dust… Read More