Whiteoak Heritage by De La Roche, Mazo - 1940

New York: Scribner, 2001. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. Special Signed Edition: One of an unspecified number of copies signed on a special page, bound in by the publisher. Black paper spine, ivory paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 2001.

Boston: Shambhala, 1996. Signed by Jim Harrison on the title page. First edition / First printing. Burgundy cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

London: Faber and Faber, 1962. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Orange cloth, yellow lettering to spine. Slight lean to spine, gentle pushing and rubbing to spine ends. Edges toned, literary agent's label pasted diagonally to ffep: "Offered by/ Elaine Greene Ltd./ 2 Caxton Street, London, S.W.1.," else, clean and tight. In Phillippe Jullian's fabulously fitting dust jacket: toned, extremities nicked, spine sunned and a little rubbed. Still, Jullian's cover art remains vibrant. A pleasing copy of an attractive edition and an apt queer pairing of author and illustrator. VG/VG The first novel in Stacton's triptych on the theme of 'The Sexes'. A year after its publication, the San Francisco-born author (1923-1968) was named one of Time's 10 best US novelists of the past decade. His British editions tended to precede the American first editions, as here. He also wrote pulp fiction under the pseudonyms Bud Clifton and Carse Boyd. The French illustrator, biographer, aesthete and dandy, Philippe Jullian… Read More

New York: Pantheon, 1999. Signed on the title page and dated Nov. 4, 1999 by the author. First edition / First printing. Black paper spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award.

New York: Masses & Mainstream, 1950. First U.S. edition / First printing. Sienna printed wrappers. Light toning to spine, mild soiling to rear wrapper, near fine. Clean tight copy.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. Limited edition. First edition. Hardcover. Covers slightly soiled. One corner damaged. Else very good copy. 8vo. Cloth-backed patterned boards. T. e. g. Number 122 of 350 copies signed by the author.

First UK edition, Fine minus, unread book with very slight crimping at bottom of spine; in a Fine dust jacket. This copy has been signed by Martel on the title page and dated May 9th, 2003. Martel’s fantasy tale of Pi and the Tiger adrift in the Pacific won the Man Booker Prize for 2001 (book was first published in 2001 in Canada). The movie based on this book was directed by Ang Lee and released in 2012. The film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards , winning four, including Best Director.

Boston: Shambhala, 1996. Signed by Jim Harrison on the title page. First edition / First printing. Burgundy cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1859. First edition, mixed state second issue with 12 pages of ads dated October, no ads at front, 1858, title page dated 1859, "ruddy" on p.124. Published Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1859. 8vo., 215pp., plus 12pp. ads. Blind embossed brown cloth with gilt spine titles, glossy brown endpapers. Cloth frayed at heel and crown, edge of front cover worn, edges of several pages have closed tears/small chips, front endpaper has a closed tear, scattered marginal foxing. Good.. 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1939. First U. S. Edition / First Printing. Ochre cloth. Slight darkening to the pages, darkened glue showing through on the end-papers, Edwin G. Burrows' ownership name on top of front free end-paper, very good plus in near fine dust jacket. Bilingual edition with the original Spanish and English translations of the poems. Edwin G Burrows was a broadcaster for National Public Radio, and a published poet.