Search Results: Literature from Inno Dubelaar Books

Norwalk: Easton Press, 1990. 1st . Hardcover. As New. First printing, this deluxe Easton Press full-leather collector's edition. With gilt decorations, silk endpapers, aeg and silk ribbon marker. New, unread copy with no wear. Extremely tight binding. Original blank Easton press collector's bookplate laid in loosely. From the desirable multi-color series, with each volume a unique color.

Faber, London, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. First printing. Illustrations by Krystyna Roland, 8vo, blue cloth, dustjacket. Fine text in price- clipped dj with light edge-wear, one nick.

Paris: Grasset, 1923. 1st . Half-Leather. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First printing. Pp. 354, table of contents, about 19cm X 13cm. Superbly custom-bound in half-leather, patterned boards, with gilt spine decorations and titles, top-edge gilt. Neat owner's name of diplomat's spouse "Menton, 1923". A superb set with almost no sign of wear. We have matching bound volumes from the same period by Anatole France, de Maupassant and Rostand, as well as couple more Maurois (Byron and Disraeli). Please contact us for details. Photos available.

London & N.Y.: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1895., 1895. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First edition. viii, 437 pp., frontis, 8vo, decorated red cloth with gilt. Top edge gilt. Very tight, clean copy, no inscriptions, no tears, no soiling. Cloth and titles bright. Only flaw is moderate wear to extremities of cloth. Nearly a VG copy of this scarce title.

Paris: Mercure de France, 1922. Full-Leather. Fine. 199 pp., octavo format in full limp leather with gilt spine titles and top-edge gilt, patterned endpapers. This appears to be a custom binding. Neat owner's name inside, else Fine with almost no wear.

San Francisco: Isthmus Press, 1978. 1st . Paperback. Very Good. First printing, first book by this American poet of Japanese background. 8vo, softcover. Nearly Fine copy with owner's name inside. Scarce book by this respected poet.

NY: Boni & Liveright, 1924. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First printing. Octavo, black cloth with paste-down labels on front and spine. Includes a "newspaper" handed out in the theater between the acts, tipped in between Acts 1 and 2, 4 pp., newspaper format. The newspaper and adjoining pages are age-darkened. The text is Very Good: tight binding, no owner's name, with minor wear to extremities, a bit faded along the edges. Fragile dj is not price-clipped, slight, even fading to the spine and front panel, slight loss to the extremities with a few small chips, fold betwen front panel and spine splitting. Still a very presentable dj in loose mylar sleeve. INSCRIBED: "It doesn't have to be read. George, June 1924". Signed copies of this book are scarce.

U.S.A.: Pantheon, 2005. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First printing, with complete number line 9.1. Thick softcover in flaps. Fully illustrated in graphic novel style. Some nudity. Owner's inscription inside. Mild staining to bottom edge. Slight waviness to text, but no internal staining. Decent copy. No remainder mark.

London: Mitre Press, 1965. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. First Edition of poet's first book. 40 pp., 12mo, hardcover in dj. NF/NF: very tight, clean copy. Mendis was born in Ceylon, immigrated to England in 1957. Uncommon book.

Heinemann, London, 1961,, 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. First edition. Hardcover in dustjacket. NF/VG. Dj is very fresh and untorn on the front but is a bit stained at the rear, some minor edge-rubbing. Also, dj spine a bit darkened.

Paris: Grasset, 1930. 1st . Half-Leather. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First printing. Two volumes, pp. 368, 361, index, about 19cm X 13cm. Superbly custom-bound in half-leather, patterned boards, with gilt spine decorations and titles, top-edge gilt. Neat owner's name of diplomat's spouse "Athens, 1930". Laid in: news clipping obituary, in French, about 26 column inches. Also, a very attractive "Ex-libris, Andre Maurois" bookplate about 3" X 4.5", with tissue guard. A superb set with almost no sign of wear. We have matching bound volumes from the same period by Anatole France, de Maupassant and Rostand, as well as couple more Maurois (Ariel and Disraeli). Please contact us for details. Photos available.

New York: Cassell, 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. No date, approximately 1880. 320 + 292 + 30 pp., ills., octavo, burgundy buckram with gilt titles. Very Good copy with no owner's marks, minimal wear to cloth. A very attractive copy.

Vantage, 1994., 1994. 1st . Paperback. Fine. First printing. 8vo, quality trade softcover. SIGNED on the title page. Fine copy with no noticeable wear. No names. Uncommon first book.

Hutchinson, 1986., 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. First printing. 8vo, hardcover, dustjacket. Fine text with no flaws, no inscriptions. Dustjacket is very fresh and unworn, no tears but price-clipped. Only real flaw is a small amount of very faint staining to the inside of the dj, only barely visible from the inside of the dj. A very attractive copy.

New Directions, 1971. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. First printing in English. 198 pp., octavo format in red cloth, dust jacket. Fine text, appears unread. Very tight with no owner's name, no wear or tears. Dust jacket shows no wear or tears, however it is price-clipped. A superb one-owner copy.

Lester & Orpen Dennys, Toronto, Toronto, 1987., 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Canadian First edition. 254 pp., 8vo, black cloth in dustjacket. Fine text in dj with one very tiny chip to rear, otherwise no flaws.

N.Y.: D. Appleton & Co., 1908. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good. First printing, Pp. viii, 352 + (6) ads, octavo format in original red blindstamped cloth with white titles. Fresh, square copy with clean cloth, firm binding and minimal wear. Neat notation on front paste-down from a Knights of Columbus Council. Spine titles faded, some dustiness to top-edge of text block, some pages have some edge-wear from opening. An attractive copy of this rare book.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good. First printing, this collection. 328 pp., index, 12mo format, original burgundy cloth wtih gilt titles. Neat owner's name of diplomat's spouse "Athens, 1927", few small wear spots to edge of cloth, a bit of fading and tip wear to the spine. Otherwise firmly bound, bright and fresh.

Edmonton: The Frog Press, 1978. 2nd . Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket Included. First thus, a reprint of 1942 original. Octavo size, beige boards. This copy is signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Owner's date on ffep, otherwise no markings or significant wear to text. Dustjacket is mostly complete but has significant tearing to spine and front foldover.

Jonathan Cape, London, 1985., 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. First UK Edition. 8vo, blue cloth. REVIEW COPY with stamp on ffep. Nearly Fine (bump to rear board) in fresh price-clipped dj with no other flaws.