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Chicago: Rand McNally, 1895. First Edition of this novel set in California. Wright 1361. Very good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First Edition. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, “For our Friend Jean from Patricia/ Olivia/ Tessa* and Roald Feb. 1958 *She wrote the book.” Queen’s Quorum. Cloth a bit spotted; very good or a little better in a price-clipped dust jacket.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1946. First English Edition. Near fine in a very good (some small chips) price-clipped dust jacket with the reduced (3/6) price stamped on the front flap.This book was preceded by Gremlins.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First Edition. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author in November, 1953. Queen’s Quorum. A good copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Second printing. Queen’s Quorum. Very good in a dust jacket with internal tape mends. Signed by the author.

New York: Scribner’s, 1954. First Edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with light wear.

Paris: Centre Culturel de Paris, 1978. First Edition. Of 372 copies, this is one of 90 numbered copies on “Velin de Rives”; signed by Dali on the colophon, as well as on the illustrated, color title page; bound in publisher’s full leather with gilt decoration; the illustrations in the text consist of a signed color drypoint etching and 7 signed woodblock prints; with an additional folio with a signed drypoint etching (the same image as bound in the book, but in black and white), and three of the woodblock prints (presumably, this suite would have been issued with all 7 of the prints); in the publisher’s slipcase; an excellent example, with only minute wear.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. First Edition; BAL 4434; “asserted and generally accepted” (but not definitively established) second printing; binding B (tan muslin); state 3 (no priority is established or suggested regarding either binding or the three known states of the muslin). These points are often erroneously referred to as “issues.” This is loose usage of a specific term: printing, state, issue and edition are often used willy-nilly, as if they are interchangeable, although they are not. Rebacked and mended, with a contemporary ownership signature (”Appleton”). Good; in a custom clamshell box.

Chicago: Herbert S. Stone, 1896. First American Edition. Aside from slight foxing, a fine copy.

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing, 1936. First Edition. Gift inscription; very good to fine in a very good dust jacket with chips and tears. Sled dogs.

London: Argonaut Press, 1930. First Edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the editor. Some soiling and foxing; publisher’s cloth with a printed spine label; good.

Far Hills: United States Golf Association, 1984. Facsimile of the 1911 classic. A fine copy in illustrated cloth and slipcase.

London: Nonesuch Press, n.d. [presumably 1925]. First Edition (presumably). Publishers’s paper-covered boards with a relief medallion-like title on the front board; 1928 gift inscription; very good. [With] Tootleoo Two. London: Nonesuch Press, n.d. [ca. 1925 or later]. First Edition (presumably). Publisher’s paper-covered boards; owner’s initials on the front free endpaper; very good.

About 65 words, entirely in Darwin’s hand; with ink corrections; the text is slightly different than that in the published text. This ms. leaf is tipped into a copy of The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including an Autobiographical Chapter. Edited by His Son Francis Darwin. London: John Murray, 1887. First Edition; three volumes; bound in 3/4 leather and marbled paper boards by Bickers & Son, Leicester. Very minor wear and spotting. On the first blank, prior to the tipped-in leaf, it is inscribed “Good Wishes for the welfare of the Germantown Hospital. Francis Darwin, Feb 6, 1900.” Below it is inscribed by his brother, The annexed paper is from the M.S of Insectivorous Plants. Feb. 6 1900. G.H. Darwin.” Just below, George has endorsed it at Haverford [Pennsylvania] on April 16, 1906, also signing the verso of the leaf, which bears his calculations, “(mathematical work by G.H. Darwin Apr 16 1906).” George, a prominent astronomer and mathematician, married a Philadelphian. [With] a… Read More

Paris: Curmier, 1836. First Edition. Two volumes in one. Chromolithographed frontispiece; with numerous illustrations with tissue guards; the text within ornamental borders. Very occasional light spotting, else near fine, in full tooled leather; some rubbing to extremities.

New York: Viking Press, 1956. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author.

London: Ward & Downey, 1895. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; some fading; 1920s bookseller description tipped onto the front free endpaper; very good. With a Beardsley frontispiece.

New York: John Lane, 1895. First Edition. Once described as one of ten copies; Lane claimed to have printed 100 to secure copyright and for private distribution, although how many were distributed is unknown. Publisher’s printed wrappers; catalogue description tipped inside the front wrapper; an excellent copy of a very fragile piece, which was included in the following year’s collection of his work.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941 or later. Later printing. Very good. Inscribed by Davies on the dedication page, and signed by him again on the front free endpaper, under which it has also been signed by Walter Huston, Eleanor Parker, and others who appeared in the 1943 film. Due to its pro-Stalinist nature, the film came under fire after the war. However, heavy-handed propaganda as it was, the Soviet Union was then our ally in a life and death struggle.

New York: Rinehart, 1952. First American Edition. Very good or better in a very good dust jacket.