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London: D.C. Thomson and Co., 1958. This is the second annual edition -- with a picture of Dennis the Menace in a go cart on the front panel. Printed boards, Spine is gone -- but the boards are still fastened due to the cloth binding method used. Bright copy -- could use a repair on spine -- but the book is scarce. Unpaginated. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1987. Previous owners name and date penned on ffep.; some pencil marginalia; illustrated in black & white; 193pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/Near Fine.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1994. Author's first book; 373pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Galerie Amrad African Art Pubns, 1992. Bound in black, glossy, illustrated stiff wraps. Tight, clean copy. 263 pp. Great reference source for African Masks. Hundreds of illustrations. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh , 1969. Bound in orange cloth, stamped in black in matching illustrated dust jacket. This book of poetry won the 1968 Turkish Award for poetry. This is the scarce hard cover edition of this book and has a review slip from the publisher laid in. Text in Turkish and English (on facing pages). 191 pp. Translated by Talat Sait Halman.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good ++. Review Copy.

Brooklyn, NY: Privately Published, 1865. Epic poem of the Civil War; bound in brown, decorated buckram, sans DW; new end-papers; black & white illustrations; 167pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket.

New York: Pantheon, 2011. Bound in 3/4 gray boards with gray cloth spine with silver lettering; is in fine condition. Dustwrapper shows slight creasing to top edges. 339 pgs.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1946. The dust jacket shows one pencil eraser sized chip to the bottom of the front panel and one sticker removal spot to the spine (not affecting any text. This is the first U.S. edition of the author's first of short stories. The dust jacket maintains the price of $2.50 at the bottom of the text on the front flap. 182 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.

NY: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1974. Bound in orange cloth, stamped in gold in colorful illustrated dust jacket by Charles Shields. First Edition of this novel by the noted author. Dust jacket flaps show some creasing. Previous owner's initials to top of second free endpaper -- but a tight, clean copy. 210 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

NY, 1976. in about NF dustwrapper. This book was pub. by Thos. Y. Crowell. Subtitled "The Comedy of a Cuckold". 1st edition.. Hard Cover. NF.

NY: Harcourt Brace & World, 1972. Dustwrapper shows spine scuffing & chipping to top. Overall uniform darkening to white dustwrapper. Priced accordingly.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.

London: Putnam - London, 1929. Bound in Black cloth, stamped in gold (with top edge gilt). This is a stunning copy of the limited (#223 of 520 copies) first edition of the author's first book. Laid in is a receipt from a NYC bookstore to James Laughlin dated 1945, hence, his copy. Original owner's neat bookplate on front pastedown. Ref.: Billings A.1.b.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket.

NY: New Directions, 1963. Dustwrapper shows tape repair (primarily to top edge) on obverse of dustwrapper. Shows quite well in dustwrapper mylar protector. The first edition of this autobiography by Dahlberg.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG+.

NY: New Directions, 1963. Dustwrapper shows a tiny bit of soiling to rear panel. Overall, a beautiful copy of this second printing of the noted autobiography of Dahlberg. From New Directions owner's James Laughlin's private library with his ownership label laid in.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Zurich: Rabe Verlag, 1964. Bound in gray cloth, stamped in black. Binding shows uniform soiling. Inside pages are bright and clean. 192 pp. collection of the author's art. Tight copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

LOND: Andre Deutsch, 1977. Volume shows scantly bumped front corners & slight spine tilt. D.W. shows scant scuffing to corners & foxing to extremes. Short Inscription on half-title page to the U.S. author, J.C. Furnas and his wife. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.

London: The Cresset Press, 1958. Some yellowing to extremes of book and dust jacket -- but overall, an acceptable copy. Introduction to English Literature -- Volume V. 376 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.

CT: New Directions, 1942. The first edition of this biography that was part of New Directions' Makers of Modern Literature series. Dustwrapper by Lustig maintains the $1.50 price. 169 pp. .. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Peking, China: Foreign Languages Press, 1964. Bound in red and white wraps, stamped in black. Text in English. 75 pp. Part of the "Comment on the Open Letter of the Central Committee of the CPSU". . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: Methuen, 1956. Bound in Turquoiise cloth, stampend in red. Part of Methuen's Monographs on Chemical Subjects series. Previous owner's neat name stamp to front pastedown (behind flap of d.w.). Tiny chips to top of rear panel of dust jacket. 183 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.