Rare books from Lyons Fine Books

New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Some fading on spine of dust jacket, tiny chips head and heel of spine, custom quarter leather clamshell box by Don Kobetsky of Chicago. Author's 1st book, inscribed by author on title page.

New York: Scribner's, 1970. Review Copy. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Review Copy. Hardcover. Sign review copy with papers laid-in, signed on title page, author's second book. Slight cocking of spine, slight foxing to front and rear pastedowns, shelf wear head and heal of spine of dust jacket, slight toning to dust jacket.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed 'To____ _____, All the best, your buddy, Jim Burke' on title page. First Hackberry Holland novel, author's thrid book. Shelf wear to spine of book, soiling to rear flap of dust jacket, small closed tear bottom front flap of dust jacket. Very tight copy.

New York: Random House, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed limited edition #456/600. Housed in publishers slip case. Some fading to slip case, top and bottom cracked at extremities, shelf wear. Small water mark on lower spine of dust jacket, toning to dust jacket.

New York: Harper and Row, 1970. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket is second issue with the period instead of ! at the end of the first paragraph of front flap, chips at head and heel of spine of dust jacket, the colors are bright and crisp. Stated First Edition. Not price clipped.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed on the half title page. Nice burgandy top stain. Stated First Printing. Pulitzer Prize winner. Toning to dust jacket, front/rear boards and first/last free end papers. Beautiful copy!

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First Edition. Hardcover. All first editions, all signed on title page;" City of Glass" has first state dust wrapper without the publisher's seal on the spine. All stated First Edition with full number line. In custom quarter black leather clamshell box, flat spine stamped in 22kt gold, blue/green Asahi cloth covered trays and boards, trays lined with black suede, made by Don Kobetsky of Chicago.

New York: Random House, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Copy of Requiem For A Nun, the novel (1951) and copy of Requiem For A Nun, the play (1959) are housed together in a custom clamshell box, brown leather, beige linen and marbled trays. Requiem For A Nun: First trade edition, fine, price clipped dust jacket, which is first issue (front flap of dust jacket M. McKnight Kauffer, identified as dust jacket artist). Nice dark gray top stain. Requiem For A Nun: A Play: adapted to the stage by Ruth Ford, this copy if affectionately inscribed by Ford on front free end paper, gold medallion sticker on front free end paper, price clipped dust jacket. Nice orange top stain.

Old Deerfield, Massachussetts: The Deerfield Press, 1978. 1st Edition. Fine/Near fine. 1st Edition. Signed/limited edition, limited to 250 copies. Book is fine, slightest shelf wear to dustwrapper, toning to spine and extremities.

New York: Jonathan Cape, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/none. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed limited #204/289. No dust jacket as issued, metallic top stain (a little scuffing). Toning to boards. Housed in custom clamshell box.

New York: Random House, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed limited edition #562/1,000. In very rare original glassine dust jacket, has minor chipping, toning and is in protective mylar, very tight copy, beautiful dark top stain. In original publisher's slipcase -toning, marks on the label and case, spine slightly toned.

New York: Knopf, 1992. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. Near fine/None. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. First Edition. Advance reading copy of the first edition. Signed on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's printed wraps, lacking the slipcase. Some shelf wear bottom text block.

London: Elkin Mathews, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/None. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Original cream paper-covered boards, with original glassine wrapper that is virtually fine aside from a slight bump at rear top. Wallace A2. Inscribed on front free end paper to a patient May 7/50, after a heart attack but before a series of strokes. Housed in a 1/4 leather blue linen custom clamshell box.

Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1941. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. Hardcover. First issue dust jacket with square cellophane window in front panel and dust jacket is matte-finish. Dust jacket has the usual wrinkling caused by drying of the glue that held the cellophane window on the front panel therefore a 1" closed tear at junction of front flap, very minimal chips to head/heal and extremities. Toning to book. The author's second book. $2.00 price intact.

Millis, MA: The Complete Sportsman, 1997. 1st Trade Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Robert Rohonczy. Volume I - Birds, Volume II - Birds and Mammals. Robert Rohonczy. 1st Trade Edition. Hardcover. 1st Trade Edition signed by both authors on the front free end papers. Volume I housed in a custom green linen slip case with slight rubbing to the bottom, small rip on the front paste down, creasing to inside top of jacket. Volume II housed in a custom blue linen slip case. Some shelf wear to books.