Recent Arrivals from The Chatham Bookseller, LLC

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1937. 435pp. Atttractive prev. owner bookplate on the front pastedown, Stated First Edition. Blue grain cloth, Brown spine label with gilt lettering.. There is a touch of wear to the extrermites, a spot and foxing along the pastedowns, otherwise a very well preserved copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has the original $2.50 price on… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1959. 209pp. Black cloth boards, silver titles on spine. Tight binding, clean, bright pages. Stated first Edition as well as a 1st edition notation and previous sale price on FFEP in pencil. Dust jacket has mild wear, with some chipping to spine ends and one small abrasion on spine. Does not affect titles. Dust jacket has… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1954. 371pgs.Stated first American Edition. Orange Cloth, bright silver lettering on spine. Very small bookstore sticker on the front free endpaper, otherwise an exdeptional copy. Price-clipped pictorial jacket (Design by Vanessa Bell), has a 3/4" triangular chip on the upper edge of the front panel. in mylar sleeve. An invaluable guide… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. 307 pp. Stated First Edition. Green spine with silver and gold embossed lettering. Pages clean and unmarked. The bottom corners of the panels are worn through with toning to the spine edges and panel extremities.Unclipped dust jacket (original $4.00 price on front flap) shows wear to the spine head and foot, as well as… Read more about this item

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1920. 375pp. Pale green boards. Gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Toning to the extremities, otherwise a clean, unmarked copy. Unclipped red and black pictorial jacket. Some scuffing to to the foldover, a closed tear and small triangular chips to the extremities of the DJ, and a rubbed spine, though the title and vignette is… Read more about this item

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1970. 131pp. Green cloth boards, gilt titles on spine. Clean and tight, internally and externally. Dust jacket slightly toned at extremities, but crisp and not price clipped. With multiple typescript poems and a letter laid in. Book signed and inscribed to Dr. Martin Gilbert with appreciation, and dated March 1989. Press release laid in. Letter to… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Bros., 1946. 452pp. Tan boards, with orange and green labels on the spine and front panel. Ink inscription by the author on the front free endpaper. 131pp. Green cloth boards, gilt titles on spine. Clean and tight, internally and externally. Dust jacket slightly toned at extremities, but crisp and not price clipped. With multiple typescript poems… Read more about this item

New York: Guggenheim/Abrams, 1978. 296pp.frontispiece photo of Mark Rothko. Orange Cloth, Gilt lettering on the spine. Blind-stamp on the preliminary page. 198 illustrations, including 96 plates in full color. A hint of wear to the extremities, otherwise like new. Unclipped pictorial jacket is bright with superficial wear to the rear panel. "Mark Rothko's luminous art is presented here… Read more about this item

New York: Parrish Art Museum, 1980. 32pp. Pictorial wraps (Jackson Pollock work in color). Black and White photographs of the works of Robert Motherwell, Alfonso Ossoriao, Lee Krasner, Willem De Kooning and thirteen more artists in this exhibit at the Parrish Art Museum, July 20-September 14, 1980. Slight toning to the extremities, otherwise This was a significant exhibition of… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent &, 1902. Two volumes, 226pp, 285pp,frontispieces with tissue guards.. Dark Blue leather, with owl decoration on the front panels. Top edge gilt, bold gilt lettering on the spines. foxing to the endpapers, otherwise fine, unmarked volumes. "Discourses by Epictetus, the monumental text in Stoic philosophy, stands as a beacon of profound wisdom, guiding seekers toward a life… Read more about this item

Lynwilg Press, 1999. 410pp.frontispiece. Green boards with gilt lettering. illustrated. A couple of minute spots on the front panel, otherwise like new, unmarked. Unclipped pictorial white jacket has a touch of superficial wear. "The book is a detailed account of the history of the United Parishes of Abernethy and Kincardine, located in the shadow of Cairngorm, a mountain range in… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. 425pp. Black Cloth, Gilt lettering on the spine. Cormac McCarthy's black ink inscription on the half-title page. Light bumps on the corners, othewise a fine ,unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket as new, well preserved in fresh mylar sleeve. "The Crossing is a 1994 coming-of-age Western that explores humanity’s relationship with the frontier through teenager… Read more about this item

Prague: Statni Nakladatelstvi Krasne Literatury, 1956. frontispiece. Oatmeal cloth. 46pgs.ot text in Slovac. 232 black-and-white plates with 6 two-page gatefolds. Silk bookmark. A touch of wear to the bottom edge, otherwise a fine, unmarked copy. The unclipped jacket shows some closed tears, on the bottom edges, and mild,even soiling. in a thick, clear mylar sleeve which has a This… Read more about this item

Great Barrington, Mass.: Oxford, 1968. Five volumes. Dark Blue Boards. Copper lettering on the spine.The text (Latin) is excellent, unmarked in all volumes. Light blue jackets are price-clipped (Volume V jacket is sunfaded). "Burnet was known for defending novel interpretations of Plato and Socrates, particularly the view that the depiction of Socrates in all of Plato's dialogues is historically accurate,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1928. 317pp. Purple cloth, black lettering. The date 1928 appears on the title page and the copyright page, indicationg a true first edition, first printing. Prev. owner stamp on the front free endpaper. the flap of the missing jacket is pasted onto the front free endpaper. There is discoloration running verticall along the spine and gutters.… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. 88pp. frontispiece. Pictorial pale yellow boards. 28 figures, 3 kite aerial photographs of New York, an Appendix, an index. Dampstains to the front endpaper, title page, frontispiece. Covers are discolored, and there is a musty odor. The hinges are tight. "It starts with the description and technical analysis of Asian kites. From them,… Read more about this item

Minneapolis, MN: Faulkner Studies, 1953. 93pp. Tan cloth boards, Limited Edition. This is #158 of 1000 copies. Except for foxing on the rear pastedown and slight wear to the lower extremities a near fine, unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has the original $3.25 price on the front flap. There are chips on the lower edge of the front panel.… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1935. 343pp. Dark gray cloth, title label on spine. Woodcut style illustration on front board. Solid binding, clean pages despite age toning. Dust jacket missing chips at head of spine. Minor tape reinforcement at head of spine. Dust jacket has original 2.50 price on front flap. Walker's novel was compared to the work of… Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1861. 400pp. Orange/yellow boards, titles on spine and front board in black. Spine a bit faded but titles legible. Binding secure, spine straight, corners solid. Inner hinges stiff, pages age toned but clean and unmarked otherwise. UK edition of what was known in the US as The Marble Faun. First one volume edition of the… Read more about this item

New York: Double, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. 44pp. Cream cloth, spine slightly darkened. Leather label on spine split/wrinkled, but title remains legible. Pages bright, clean and unmarked, inside a tight binding. Slipcase stiff and intact. Signed by Huxley on limitation page, copy 323 of 316. With woodcuts by Eric Gill.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.… Read more about this item