Search Results: Authors starting with F from Fine Editions Ltd

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1941. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine-/Near Fine+. First Edition (so stated), offered with the scarce Advance Reading Copy in original pictorial wrappers, of this Depression-era tale of Mississippi tenant farmers by William Faulkner's younger brother, his first published novel. Crown 8vo (204 x 131mm): [4],300pp. Publisher's coarsely woven oatmeal cloth, spine stamped in brown, hill country vignette in brown to upper cover; illustrated dust jacket, priced $2.50. Dust-soiled top edge, end sheets lightly toned, neat ownership signature to front fly-leaf, else an excellent example, tightly bound and clean throughout; jacket edges lightly rubbed but bright and intact. Touch of soil to ARC text block, still a Fine, fresh copy. White & Sugg 1. Hanna 1158. Coan, p. 58. A "satirical narrative with strains of macabre humor and compassionate realism about displaced North Mississippi hill types on W. P. A., drawn from the author's experience in Beat Two [autonomous Mississippi county… Read More

New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine-. No. 205 of 360 copies signed by Faulkner in blue ink at the colophon. Demy 8vo (217 x 159mm): 67,[3]pp, with four wood engravings by Lynd Ward (including inlaid frontispiece and vignette in colophon) printed in green on laid paper, watermarked "Linweave Milano." Publisher's original tan V-cloth, front cover lettered in black with two inlaid pictorial labels printed from woodcuts, spine lettered in black, fore- and bottom edges rough-trimmed. Issued without a dust jacket. Very minor darkening to cloth, else an excellent example, tightly bound and clean throughout. Petersen A15.1a (the "black lettering on the cover is almost always chipped away"; our is fully intact). Dance 053. Man Working 755. Second and final collection of Faulkner's poetry published during his lifetime, comprising forty-four numbered poems, of which fourteen had appeared previously, wholly or in part. "William Faulkner's new volume of poems is… Read More

New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1933. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine+. Second Edition of Faulkner's second novel, set in New Orleans and following a group of artists on a four-day yacht excursion on Lake Pontchartrain. Crown 8vo (186 x 125mm): [10],9-349,[1]pp, "apparently from the original plates." (Petersen) Publisher's French blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in orange, fore-edge untrimmed, Grolier Book Shop ticket to lower front end paper; illustrated "card players" dust jacket priced $3.00. Not to be confused with the edition Liveright issued in 1955, in deep blue cloth stamped in gold with the jacket now varnished and different copy on the flaps, "probably a belated attempt by Liveright to capitalize on the Nobel Prize acclaim." (Petersen) Spine toe barely bumped, jacket lightly rubbed with several tiny edge tears, but a superb example, tightly bound and clean throughout. Petersen A4.3. While in Paris in late 1925, Faulkner started a novel titled "Mosquito," but left it… Read More

New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First Printing (February, 1935, on copyright page), in First Issue dust jacket (with correct titles listed on rear panel), filmed in 1957 as The Tarnished Angels. 8vo: 315,[1]pp, with title-page vignette. Publisher's cobalt-blue V-cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in gold within horizontal black band, top edge stained black; pictorial dust jacket, priced $2.50. Near Fine or better (flaking to spine lettering), in bright, Near Fine or better jacket (spine head rubbed and nicked, slight loss to front flap fold). Provenance: from the collection (now housed at the University of Central Florida Libraries) of bibliophiles Walter and Dorothy Donnelly, with their label on front paste down. Petersen A17.1a. Man Working 174. Fargnoli, pp. 211-16. Agnew, p. 10. Hanna 1163. In the early 1930s, made temporarily affluent by publication of Sanctuary and by Hollywood, Faulkner took up flying, bought a Waco cabin aircraft, and… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine+/Fine-. First Impression (no further printings noted). 8vo: 319,[1]pp. Publisher's burnt orange cloth, spine lettered in gold; illustrated dust jacket by Dick Hart, priced 16s. Better than Near Fine (two corners bumped, dust-soiled top edge), square and tight, in about Fine jacket (very light edge wear). Petersen A47.12. Man Working 353. The second installment in the author's Snopes trilogy, and yet another example of the value to be found in the graphically superior designs of most UK editions of American authors' works. Two of the chapters (1 and 16) are revisions of two previously published short stories, "Centaur in Brass" and "Mule in the Yard." N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Near Fine+. First Impression (no further printings noted). 8vo: 399,[1]pp. Publisher's burnt orange imitation cloth, spine stamped in gold, matching burnt-orange top stain; typographic dust jacket designed by John Woodcock, priced 21s. A Fine copy, square and tight with spine gilt undiminished, better than Near Fine jacket, mildly toned with light edge wear. Petersen A52.9. Man Working 146. Burgess 99, p. 73. Final installment in the author's Snopes trilogy, and yet another example of the value to be found in the graphically superior designs of most UK editions of American authors' works. Chapter 13 is a revision of "By the People," a short story first published in Mademoiselle. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions… Read More

New York: Random House, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First Printing (so stated) of the third (and concluding) novel of the Snopes family saga. 8vo: [12],436pp. Publisher's blue coarsely woven cloth, upper cover and spine ruled in grey and lettered in gold, top edge stained yellow, blue end papers; first-state pictorial dust jacket, price-clipped, but with publisher's code "10/59" on front flap and author's photograph by Ralph R. Thompson on back panel. About Fine, with minor crease to spine toe; about Fine jacket, barely rubbed at spine panel tips. Petersen A52.2b. Man Working 141. Burgess 99, p. 73. Chapter 13 is a revision of "By the People," a short story first published in Mademoiselle. "Turgid and difficult as he is, Faulkner is worth the trouble." (Burgess) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly.… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1934. First British Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine+/Fine-. First Impression of Faulkner's second collection of stories (published the same year in New York, by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, in both limited and trade issues, the latter of which we also have on offer). One of 1,500 copies (the smallest limitation of any first British printing of Faulkner's books, according to Petersen). Crown 8vo (189 x 118mm): [8]371,[5]pp. Publisher's scarlet cloth, spine lettered in gold, top edge stained scarlet; beige typographic dust jacket printed in scarlet and priced 7s/6d. Neat ownership inscription, mild spotting to edges and end papers, light fading to spine (gilt titles still bright), jacket's spine panel slightly tanned, but an excellent example. Petersen A16.2. Man Working 439. The title story, about the power of platonic love, first appeared in the November 1931 issue of Harper's. In fact, only two of the fourteen stories, "Black Magic" and "The Leg," are new. "Smoke" marks… Read More

New York: Equinox, 1932. First Edition. Wrappers. Fine. Only Printing of this poem, illustrated with drawings by Albert Heckman. Slim crown 8vo (203 x 131mm): [8]pp Publisher's string-tied tan paper wrappers printed in brown; wanting original unlettered white mailing envelope. A superlative copy, virtually pristine. Petersen A14.1 and C16. Man Working 754. Revised version of the poem "My Epitaph," which appeared in Contempo #1. An even earlier version, dated October 1924 and titled "Mississippi Hill," exists only in manuscript and typescript. First of four pamphlets published by Equinox for the 1932 Christmas trade. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Near Fine+. First Impression (no further printings noted), one of only 2000 copies of the author's first title published in the United Kingdom, with preface by Richard Hughes (who wrote "A High Wind in Jamaica" and, incidentally, helped launch Faulkner in England). 8vo: xii,326,[6, including four pages of publisher's advertisements]pp. Publisher's coarsely woven aquamarine cloth, spine lettered in gold, top edge stained aquamarine, bottom edge uncut; cream-colored dust dust jacket printed in red and black, priced 7s/6d. Dennis Wheatley's copy, with his bookplate on front paste-down. Top edge spotted, others lightly browned, otherwise about Fine, square and tight, in better than Near Fine jacket, the spine dust-soiled and a bit darkened, edges lightly rubbed and nicked. Petersen A2.14. Man Working 310. Hanna 1166. Coan, p. 123. Cooperman, p. 160. In 1925, Faulkner moved to New Orleans where he joined a literary circle centered on Sherwood… Read More

Dallas: Book Club of Texas, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-. First and only printing in English (although the text later appeared in Uncollected Short Stories of William Faulkner, in 1979), no. 189 of 300 numbered copies. Preface by Henry Nash Smith. 8vo: xii,29,[2]pp. Publisher's reddish-brown V-cloth, spine and upper cover ruled and lettered in gold, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, title page printed in brown and black. Very light wear to spine tips, else clean, tight, bright and unmarked; about Fine (and apparently unread), without the original unprinted glassine dust jacket. Petersen A12.1. Man Working 621. Probably written in 1929, three years before publication in this special edition of only three hundred copies. The short story centers on development of the title character, whose mother raises her as a virtual prisoner. "Though it is crude in its handling of sexual imagery and suffers from a number of other technical problems that betray it as an early story, it does create two vivid… Read More

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-. First Printing, one of only 2500 copies, of the author's first novel. 8vo: 319,[1]pp. Publisher's navy blue cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in yellow, fore-edge untrimmed, stylized blue and white vine-patterned end papers, title page printed in red and black. A beautiful, crisp, fresh copy, hinges sound and uncracked, pages clean, bright and unmarked, excepting manuscript ex-libris to half-title and verso of front fly-leaf, and these trivial faults: one dog-ear, one leaf edge vertically creased, thin one-inch streak to upper cover, otherwise spotless. Without the scarce dust jacket. Petersen A2.1. Man Working 304. In 1925, Faulkner moved to New Orleans where he joined a literary circle centered on Sherwood Anderson and was introduced to the modernist innovations of T. S. Eliot and James Joyce. His interest in experimental writing was piqued, and he began a novel, his first, Soldiers' Pay, portraying the tragic homecoming of a… Read More

London: Thomas M'Lean [McLean], 1820. Early Reprint. Morocco. Near Fine+. Third Edition of this classic travelogue, the plates by J. Clark after Fellowes's romantic views of the French countryside. Crown 8vo (210 x 127mm): xii,188pp, with 12 hand-colored aquatints, 2 uncolored line engravings, and one colored etching (which in previous editions was uncolored). Early full straight-grain green morocco, covers with wide decorative border in gilt and blind, spine very richly gilt in five compartments between raised bands with title stamped to second, all edges gilt. An excellent example: spine slightly sunned, pages marginally toned with occasional spotting, plates with very good color. Abbey (Travel) 86. Tooley 212. Prideux, p. 335. Hardie, p.313. Franklin, p. 95 ("a work of the greatest charm . . . [later] edition copies seem clear and attractive as the first"). Fellowes was the second surviving son of Dr. William Fellowes of Clevedon, Somerset, a military surgeon and later Physician Extraordinary to… Read More

London: Published by Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange; and Joseph Onwhyn, Catharine Street, Strand, 1830. Three-Quarter Calf. Near Fine+. Scarce extra-illustrated copy of this work on English writers on gardening and landscape design (in effect, a bibliography). Demy 8vo (224 x 134mm): xxxviii [2],221,[1]pp. Small, trimmed eighteenth-century portrait engravings, after Hollar, of John Tradescant the Elder and John Tradescant the Younger tipped in. Bound by Sizer (stamp to front paste-down) in three-quarter green-dyed calf over marbled paper-covered boards, spine in six compartments divided by raised bands, title direct in gilt, fore- and bottom edges uncut, Prussian blue end papers. Provenance: Francis Henry Cripps-Day (gilt armorial stamp to bottom of spine), early twentieth-century historian of arms and armor; Charles A. Ward (engraved armorial book plate to front paste-down). For the portraits of the Tradescants, see New Hollstein (German) 1430 and 1431. Spine faded to brown, else an excellent… Read More

A Londres: chez J. Tonson, a l'enseigne de Shakespear dans le Strand; & J. Watts, a son Imprimerie dans Wild-Court pres de Lincolns-Inn-Fields, 1726. Full Calf. Near Fine. Second Edition of this didactic novel published in England, based upon the extensively corrected, enlarged, and reconceived Paris edition of 1717. 12mo (166 x 92mm): [18],xxviii,[4],468 [12]pp, with portrait frontispiece of Fenelon, title page in red and black, folding map tracing Telemachus's travels throughout the Mediterranean, and 24 full-page copper-engraved plates, one at the head of each book (in reconceiving the work for the Paris edition, the author's grandnephew divided the story into 24 books conforming to Homer's "Iliad"). Contemporary sprinkled calf, the spine richly gilt in six compartments divided by raised bands with a red morocco lettering piece gilt in the second. End papers lightly spotted, but all else generally clean and bright; archival repairs to tears on two leaves (no loss of text); joints very skillfully… Read More

Perth: Printed by R. Morison, Junr. For R. Romison and Son, Booksellers; and Sold by J. Murray, No. 32, Fleet-street, London, 1788. First Edition thus. Full Leather. Near Fine+. First Printing of this uncommon edition (published for Morison's Edition of Scottish Poets), with no copies currently on the market and Rare Book Hub recording only one at auction, in 1977. 12mo (148 x 85mm): viii,104; [8],128pp, with portrait frontispiece and two further copper-engraved plates. "Although dated 1788 on the title-page, this volume was probably not issued until the succeeding year. The portrait frontispiece is dated March 18th 1789." (Fairley) Title page to part two adds the imprint: G. Mudie, Edinburgh. Modern period-style mottled brown leather, spine in six compartments decorated with Greek key roll, black leather lettering piece gilt, end papers renewed. Book plate of bibliophile Charles Whibley (1859-1930): Sum Caroli Whibley. A handsome copy (few gatherings lightly toned), beautifully bound and generally… Read More

London: John Murray, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine-. First Printing, with drawings and illustrated dust jacket by John Craxton. 8vo: [10],118pp, with four black and white illustrations and a map of Peru. Publisher's blue cloth, spine stamped in gold, jacket priced £10.95. Signed by the author to front fly-leaf. Fine, tight and unread; about Fine jacket (faint smudge to back panel). In 1971, Leigh Fermor accompanied five friends on a sojourn into the high Andes of Peru, from Cuzco to Urubamba, on to Puno and Juli on Lake Titicaca, down to Arequipa, and finally back to Lima. The expedition, led by a writer and poet, included a Swiss international skier and jeweler, a social anthropologist from Provence, and a Nottinghamshire farming squire—all seasoned mountaineers. The other two participants—Leigh Fermor and a botany-loving duke—were novices. As the group traveled into increasingly remote regions, Leigh Fermor recorded his experiences in this series of letters to his wife, Joan. N.… Read More

New York: Albondocani Press, 1971. Limited Edition. Wrappers. Fine. No. 147 of 200 hand-numbered copies for sale (26 lettered copies were also issued), with illustrations by Edward Gorey and foreword by Miriam J. Benkovitz. Crown 8vo (190 x 135mm): 54,[2]pp, with four illustrations. Original limp brown, grey, and gold French marble wrappers over card covers, paper title label printed in brown to front panel, text printed on olive-green laid paper, fore-edge untrimmed. Fine. Benkovitz A26. Toledano B52b. Both stories originally appeared in Granta, a Cambridge University publication, in 1906 and 1907, respectively, years Firbank spent at Trinity Hall, during which he converted to Roman Catholicism (lesbian nuns became a literary specialty). Gorey was extremely fond of Firbank and counted him among his important literary influences (a sentiment Firbank expressed often about Oscar Wilde, whose son, Vyvyan Holland, had decided against publishing "The wavering Disciple" in The Crescent, another Cambridge… Read More

[Toronto]: Cooper & Beatty, 1956. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. First Separate Edition of this humorous Christmas keepsake issued in the Fall of 1956 by Toronto typographer Cooper & Beatty, one of 2,000 copies. Slim crown octavo (210 x 137mm): v,[1],5,[1]pp, printed in black and silver-grey on wove paper. Publisher's rose-pink stiff paper wrappers, stapled, front panel with vignette of trussed turkey in black encircled by silver-grey holly wreath, fore-edge untrimmed, title page printed in red and black. Wanting the original greetings sleeve (not noted by Bruccoli). An excellent example, virtually pristine. Bruccoli D1. Originally published in The Crack-Up (pp. 193-195), Fitzgerald's collection of essays and previously unpublished letters and notes. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction… Read More

London: Printed for Knight and Lacey, Paternoster-Row, 1825. Quarter-Calf. Near Fine+. First edition of this anonymous tract, complete with both hand-colored aquatint caricatures (one the frontispiece). Demy 8vo (212 x 120mm): 8,111,[1],24pp, with aquatints attributed to Isaac and Robert Cruikshank. Recent cloth-backed marbled boards, upper board with grey paper label titled in ink manuscript, tan end papers (renewed), page edges marbled. In verse. Title page offset from frontispiece, final few leaves toned, both plates cut to top edge of image (other margins ample), but a crisp, clean copy, firmly bound. Widener Collection (Isaac, George, and Robert Cruikshank), p. 228. Abbey (Life) 296. Ascribed sometimes to John Galt, one of the jurors, probably erroneously. Satire about the infamous and scandalous trial of the Scottish Presbyterian Rev. Alexander Fletcher, for breach of promise to marry Miss Eliza Dick. A prior trial, in the court of King's bench, in 1824, was dismissed without a verdict. This… Read More