THE COMING FORTH BY DAY OF OSIRIS JONES by Aiken, Conrad - 1931

NY: Scribner's, 1931. First edn. 8vo, pp. 44. Owners' bookplate on flyleaf. Pages little yellowed at edges, cover somewhat faded. Some notes in the hand of the poet Paul Metcalf. A poem, incorporating passages from the Egyptian Book of the Dead.

NY: Scribner. VG, NO dj. 1931. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 44pp . A bit of fading to cloth, and some foxing on covers. Bookplate of Peter de Vries on down end paper. .

NY. NY: Scribner. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1931. 1st Edition. 1st state. Hardcover. Owner name on first endpaper. Turquoise cloth covers are heavily sunned at margins and spine, as is usual for this title. . This is the first state, with THE MUSIC centered at top of p. 37. Pages are clean and bright, binding is tight. . Small 4to - 9" to 11". 44 pages. D1 .

New York: Scribners, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Very good with previous owner's signature on the front free endpaper, light marks, and fading. Poetry.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Scribners, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good with some fading to the spine and boards, pages lightly age toned.

New York: Scribners, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. 44 pp, green cloth & pic. dj chipped, o/w g+.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Good or better with some fading to the spine and boards. Poet Karl Shapiro's copy with his ownership Signature dated in 1933, and with a few marginal notations in the text.

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Thin Octavo. 44 pp, "A" on verso,Note (The term for the deceased, Osiris, is taken from the Tibetan Book of the Dead), poems in various settings across the lifespan. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, cover !" margin of color faded all around cloth edges, gilt letters still intact and easily legible.DJ with serious age-toning around the edges & surface tear at lower fr forecorner, handles nicely in acetate-mylar protector. 6.5" x 9.5" blue cloth boards with gilt letters & design to fr & spine, in off-white DJ.

NY: Putnam, 1989. FINE condition in FINE covers. NY. Putnam. SOFTCOVER. 1989. UNCORRECTED ADVANCE READING copy as issued by publisher for the hardcover edition, February 1989. AS NEW, bound in dust jacket image cobalt-blue stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine crease. Stored in Archival sleeve.. Uncorrected Proof. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine Original Wraps.

NY: Hyperion, 1993. FINE condition in FINE covers. NY. Hyperion. SOFTCOVER. 1993. UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF as issued by pubisher for the hardcover edition, Spring 1993. AS NEW, bound in dust jacket image stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine crease. Very thin light rub top of cover, see image, else FINE. Sixth in the series featuring Dave Robicheaux. Stored in Archival sleeve.. Uncorrected Proof. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine Original Wraps.

NY: Arbor House, 1988. FINE condition in FINE covers. NY. Arbor House. SOFTCOVER. 1988. UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOFS as issued by publisher for the hardcover edition, April 1988. AS NEW, bound in red stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine crease. Author's first novel. Features LAPD Detective Jack Gold. Stored in Archival sleeve.. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Fine/Fine Original Wraps.

New York: Farber Brothers, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Staplebound Wraps. Near Fine. 47 pp. primarily illus. 31 cm. Folio. Softcover. Staplebound stiff wraps in shiny silver and aqua, lettering in black, watercolor decorations to upper cover. [Title from cover]. Book Condition: Near fine with bits of salt and pepper wear to extremities. A very handsome copy. The original Krome Kraft product catalog with a profusion of half-tone illustrations, depicting hundreds of named and numbered Krome Kraft pieces in all their chromium plated hollowware glory. This product catalog is further distinguished by a constant stream of flowery prose: "Make drinking a joy! Make hospitality a delight! Welcome becomes double welcome when offered in these sparkling hostess sets of fine glass and finest quality Chromium Plate." Lacking any laid-in price lists but otherwise an exhaustive survey of the Krome Kraft product line from the days when they manufactured at the factory on 15 Crosby Street in New York City… Read More

016MacLeod, Charlotte. THE RECYCLED CITIZEN, by popular Canadian author Charlotte MacLeod. Mysterious Press ISBN 96187-2.1988. Published January 21, 1988. Softcover. Advance Uncorrected Proof. 199 numbered pages. Signed." The reigning queen of the whimsical whodunit brings back amateur sleuth Sarah Kelling and her art detective husband, Max Bittersohn, in this tasty mystery involving a black-tie charity auction, scandal, and more than one murder." Stated First Printing January, 1988. Number line 1090807060504030201 . Flat-Signed by the author on title page. Used VG Condition.

London, United Kingdom: Faber and Faber, 1989 UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF BOUND COPY for the cased and paperback editions (actually copied by Faber from corrected page proofs). Prepublication first edition. [Probable publication date: 18 September 1989.] 55pp. Green soft cover. Clean text pages. "Wolfwatching" was Hughes' 14th collection of poetry - he digs deeply into his own childhood and his family history, as well as writing about nature's violence and the meaning he finds in it. Included in the collection is the poem "The Black Rhino" written for the purpose of raising funds to save this endangered animal. The Library Journal considered reading Wolfwatching was "like visiting a zoo envisioned by Hieronymus Bosch: we're caught between fright and fascination". He was married to the American poet Sylvia Plath until her death in 1963. Ted Hughes is considered one of England's finest modern poets - winning the Whitbread Book of the Year in two… Read More

London, Hutchinson, 1969. 1st edition. Uncorrected proof copy on proofing paper and the property of the publisher. Provisional price 27/6. Provisional date 3rd March 1969. Second book in Douglas Reeman's new Richard Bolitho series. Map of the Mediterranean Sea inside front and rear boards. In paper covers, slightly soiled and with spine slightly pulled at top left, otherwise in very good condition.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Unrevised, Uncorrected Proofs in plain, mustard-yellow wrappers. Kincaid's first book, a collection of short stories. Uncommon in this format, and in excellent condition other than what was done to it in FSG's mailroom: a small photocopy of the dustjacket copy proof, with ISBN, publication date, and price, was taped to the inner front cover. Once FSG would get these proofs from Crane Duplicating Service, they'd put an ink stamp on the cover in which they would fill in the price and publication date, which they did here in red ballpoint pen. A couple of small smudges to the rear cover and light toning to the edges, else Fine. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!

New York: Random House, 1994. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Near Fine, front cover crease (visible only on inside)..1st page excised by publisher, as with all other copies of this advance edition.. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Uncorrected Proof.

New Yor: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1994. SCARCE. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Advance Proof.