1964. New York: Viking Press, 1964. 8vo, 628 pp. Original cloth, dust-jacket. In dust jacket, with couple of chips at top of archival protected cover. A very good copy. § First edition, first issue text and jacket. (Publisher’s logo on half title; not variant with logo on second half-title, no..... More
1968. San Francisco, City Lights, 1968. 12mo, 144 pp. Original black cloth boards lettered in gilt and silver, in black card slipcase. Slight sunning to backstrip, slipcase fore edge very lightly worn, no marks of former ownership; very good. § Signed by author, number 171 of an edition of 500..... More
1934. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. 8vo, 408 pp. Original dark green cloth, with gilt on spine still bright. Very good condition, light shelf wear, prior owner's name and gift inscription on front fly-leaf and no other markings. With rare, first state dust jacket, albeit unrestored and faded. Housed..... More
1962. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. 8vo, 368 pp. Original green cloth with gold stamping on spine and cover; original dust jacket. Near fine copy, in a very good dust-jacket, unclipped (priced $5.00) with light rubbing and edgewear. Bookplate of Alfred Knopf and occasional marginal marks and one annotation (presumably his)..... More
1971. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Col, Inc., 1971. 8vo, 569 pp. Publisher's cloth, pictorial dust jacket. Fine copy in a near fine dust-jacket with just a hint of rubbing and edgewear and lightly soiling to the spine panel. Pulitzer sticker on upper panel. § First edition, signed by Stegner..... More
1955. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. Large 8vo, 97 pp. Publisher's black cloth, pictorial dust jacket, with fold-out pamphlet incorporating some color photography. A near fine copy in a moderately worn dust-jacket with several closed tears and a chip. § First edition. A book of essays edited by Wallace..... More
1945. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1945. 8vo, 340 pp. Publisher's cloth, pictorial dust jacket. Very good copy in a good only dust jacket with tape repairs. § First edition. "A text-and-picture study" commissioned by Look magazine, "of eight of the most colorful minorities which together make the majority of our..... More
1943. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1943. 8vo, 515 pp. Publisher's cloth, pictorial dust jacket. Very good, a small patch of the backstrip faintly marked, endpapers toned, otherwise clean and square. Dust-jacket good+, short closed tear on upper panel repaired with tape, chips to spine panel ends, tear with..... More
1942. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1942. 8vo, 3672 pp. Publisher's cloth, pictorial dust jacket. Fine copy in a near fine dust-jacket with trival rubbing and a crease to the spine panel. Bookplate of R.F. McGraw by Maynard Dixon. § First edition, inscribed by Stegner to the American photographer..... More
1940. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1940. 8vo 231 pp. Publisher's cloth, pictorial dust jacket. A near fine copy, contents a little age-toned but free of any marks. Dust-jacket unclipped (priced $2.00), edgeworn and with chips to the spine panel, now protected in mylar. § First edition of Stegner's..... More
raen. Muscatine, IA: The Prairie Press, 1938. 8vo, 75 pp. Printed in black and red. Publisher's cloth, original glassine wrapper. A fine copy in almost pristine glassine toned (of course) with only one significant closed tear. § First edition, limited to 490 copies. Stegner's second book, the scarcest of his..... More
1937. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1937. 8vo, 154 pp. Publisher's cloth, pictorial dust jacket. Very good, with some fading to board edges and backstrip. Dust jacket, unclipped, very good with some rubbing and edgewear. § First edition, signed by Stegner on the half title. Winner of the publisher's "Novelette..... More
1941. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941. 8vo, 471 pp. Publisher's black cloth, lettered in silver on backstrip, in dust jacket. Dust jacket chipped at top of spine. Very good. § First edition. Publisher’s complimentary copy, with enclosure slip. One of the most important 20th-century literary and photography books, an extended essay..... More
1907. Stratford-on-Avon: 1907. Small 4to, (6), 32, (3) pp. Title in red and black. Parchment over boards, calligraphic lettering on top cover in red and black, marbled endpapers, light soiling and minor staining to cover. § No. 436 of 510 numbered copies. A very pretty little edition of these songs..... More
1871. London: Chapman and Hall, 1871-1872. 47 parts in original blue printed wrappers: parts 1-23 and 40-55, plus parts 29, 32, 33, 34, 68, 72, 74, and a duplicate copy of part 44. Numerous full page plates and in-text illustrations as well as inserted advertisements. Condition generally good to very..... More
1813. London: William Bulmer and Co., 1813. 4to, 118 pp. 15 wood engravings by Charlton Nesbit and John Thurston printed on India paper; pages untrimmed. Original boards, printed paper label, a couple of chips along outer front hinge, and very light spotting. Paper spine label chipped with some loss. Overall..... More
1980. Boston: The Steinhour Press for the Club of Odd Volumes, 1980. 8vo, 37 pp. Original papered boards with printed label on backstrip. Boards lightly spotted, else fine. Original prospectus laid in. § One of 200 copies. Sidney Ives' lively work on the mysterious affair of the trial of Jane..... More
1934. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. Royal 8vo, [4]pp. Original orange wrappers over cardboard. Very slight chipping of top and bottom edge of wrappers, small stain at top right corner of front wrapper, else fine. § One of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press for Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc...... More
1945. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Sm. 4to, 70 pp. Hand-colored illustrations. Full ostrich skin, backstrip lettered in gilt, original slipcase. A near fine copy with very slight rubbing to the board corners, in the worn and chipped card slipcase. § Edition limited to 1500 copies signed by the..... More
1936. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. 8vo, x, 55 pp. Full calf, upper board embossed with map design, backstrip lettered in gilt. Backstrip faded, some toning from the binding glue on pastedowns and in the page gutters, original slipcase a little faded and worn. § Limited to 1500 copies..... More
1934. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1934. 4to, 131 pp. Full sheep with Greek key border in blind and gold embossed medallion on upper cover, backstrip lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Near fine copy, backstrip faintly sunned, light wear to board tips, in the worn and stained original slipcase..... More
1941. [New York]: Printed for the Members of the The Limited Editions Club at the University Press Oxford, 1941. 2 vols., 4to. Illustrated in color and black and white throughout. Quarter green cloth and floral patterned boards, matching slipcase. Dust jacket spine panels toned and with some edgewear, board tips..... More
1940. Edinburgh: Printed by R&R Clark for members of the Limited Editions Club, 1940. 8 vols. Large 8vo. Quarter red cloth, printed paper boards, backstrips lettered in gilt, in the original two card slipcases with printed labels. A little dusty, some light wear to board edges and slipcase corners, near..... More
2002. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2002. 264 pp. Ten duo-tone photographic illustrations and a tipped-in letter. Quarter red cloth and paper wrapped boards. Slipcase. Original prospectus and announcement laid in. A fine copy. § One of 350 copies, designed, composed, and printed letterpress by Peter Koch Printers..... More
1937. New York: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Harbor Press, 1937. Large 8vo, 42 pp. Illustrated with lithographs. Printed in red and black. Original gray leatherette with embossed brick design on upper board. Backstrip and tips worn, pastedowns with a couple spots, otherwise very good..... More
