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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed and dated by Bradbury on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 222 pages. Publisher's green cloth with maroon spine titles. Original first issue pictorial dust jacket. Some fading to the cloth around the edges and along the spine. Minor edge wear to the jacket; spine slightly sunned. Overall, a sharp copy in near fine condition. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, first printing. Edward Whymper's copy. Two volumes. 8vo. Handsomely bound by W. Nutt in contemporary full polished calf. The boards ruled in gilt and with decorative corner devices; the spines with five raised bands, compartments ruled and decorated in gilt and contrasting red and black morocco title labels with titles and volume numbers in gilt. Marbling to endpapers and textblock edges. Illustrated with 2 folding engraved frontispieces, 4 tables, 4 maps and 20 plates. Signed by Edward Whymper to the first blank of volume one "Edward Whymper / 1864" and with his signature again to the verso of the front free endpaper of volume two. Bound without advertisements and half titles. A very good set indeed, the bindings square, firm and bright with just a few minor marks to the boards. The contents, with an earlier ownership inscription to the first blank of volume one neatly crossed through by Whymper, a little scattered foxing and toning to the plates, a water mark to the frontspiece of volume one, a 2cm tear to the join of the folding map and the occasional minor tear to the odd page margin (a couple neatly repaired with archival tape), are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout. A most attractive set. A key early work on Arctic exploration by the Yorkshire-born whaler, Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman William Scoresby (1789-1859). The first volume "relates to the progress of discovery in the Arctic regions, and the natural history of Spitzbergen and the Greenland sea, the second is devoted to the whale-fishery as conducted in the seas of Greenland and Davis's Strait. Mr. Scoresby, the commander of a Greenland whaler, has here displayed much judicious and active observation, combined with no ordinary share of acquired knowledge and scientific attainment, and prompted by an ardent and generous zeal for useful discovery" (Sabin). As Hill writes, "Geographically [Scoresby's] discoveries were greater in importance and number than those of any other single navigator in northern waters" (Hill 1543), he "reviewed the history of Arctic exploration and made far-sighted suggestions as to how it might be further advanced. The work attracted the notice of scientists throughout Europe, while also gaining a wide readership" (ODNB). As indicated by his 1864 inscription, the owner of the present copy, the mountaineer, explorer and author Edward Whymper (1840-1911), came into the possession of Scoresby's work during a key period in his own career. Indeed, between 1861 and 1865 Whymper undertook numerous Alpine expeditions, culminating in his famous ascent of the Matterhorn in July 1865; notably, this itself had served in part as preparation for his 1867 expedition to Greenland, which resulted in some significant contributions to the advance of arctic exploration, proving that the interior could be explored effectively via the use of suitably constructed sledges and gathering a scientifically important collection of fossilised plants. This was followed up by a further expedition in 1872, devoted to the mapping of the Greenland coast. A pleasing association copy connecting these two noted nineteenth-century Arctic explorers. (Arctic Bibliography 15610; Lande 2036; Sabin 78167; Hill 1543). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. EB [BREWSTER E?] (illustrateur). 3 parts as 1, 1701, 1681 & 1684, each with independent register. In contemporary speckled calf, raised bands gilt tooling, gilt title to maroon morocco label. Internally, woodcut vignette to tp, 1701, [1], A2-U4, [160 pp includes the leaf of contents & leaf of adverts at rear]. The Second Part: London, 1681, for Edward Brewster, [1], A2-O3, The Shifts of Reynardine the son of Reynard the Fox, London, 1684, for Edward Brewster and Thomas Passenger, [1], A2-X4, (or [8], 160 pp), 75 woodcut illustrations, all signed EB (60 cuts to 1st part, 15 to the 2nd, cut at C1 printed upside down), mainly in black letter, titles & printed margin notes in Roman, occasional printed marginal notes and catchwords trimmed in 1st part, head & foot of spine & board corners neatly strengthened, joints slightly cracked with tissue consolidation, armorial bookplate to fpd (Frederick Arthur Hawker), early ink note to verso fep, title lightly dust soiled, almost invisible paper repair at top edge of A2-3, corner tips of U4 & W1 gone. (182*137 mm). (ESTC T60836. R218371, and R40614. Lowndes, p. 2076. Wing attributes Part I to John Shurley (fl.1680-1702) and registers the 1681 ed. at S3512). Reynard the Fox is a literary cycle of medieval allegorical Dutch, English, French and German fables. The first extant versions of the cycle date from the second half of the 12th century. The genre was popular throughout the Late Middle Ages, as well as in chapbook form throughout the Early Modern period. The stories are largely concerned with the main character Reynard, an anthropomorphic red fox, trickster figure. His adventures usually involve him deceiving other anthropomorphic animals for his own advantage or trying to avoid their retaliatory efforts. His main enemy and victim across the cycle is his uncle, the wolf, Isengrim. While the character of Reynard appears in later works, the core stories were written during the Middle Ages by multiple authors and are often seen as parodies of medieval literature such as courtly love stories as well as a satire of political and religious institutions. The trickster fox, Reynard, is considered to represent the medieval burghers, the lion represents the monarch, the bear represents the medieval landlords, the wolf Isengrim represents the medieval knights, the donkey represents the clerical class, and the small animals (chicken, hare, snail etc) represent the public mass.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. James Clavell (1975) Shogun , UK first edition, first printing, published by Hodder and Stoughton. Signed and inscribed by Clavell to the actor Leon Lissek on the first and second half title pages: This is to Us | part of my family the best | part among many best parts. | (They, Heather & Leon, are | exceptionals oh very | yes! From ME with KOI [ meaning with love or affection in Japanese] James | Mallorca, Nov 13th 75″ On the second half-title another inscription: Stolen from the LISSEK LIBRARY | HON [Clavell probably means the Japanese kanji Hon for book] is the key to SHOGUN [Shogun in Japanese kanji] A great inscription in the year of publication to Australian-born British actor Leon Lissek (1939 2022) who played Father Sebastio in the famous 1980 TV-mini series adaptation of this very novel. Lissek would also play Christian Toxe in another Clavell adaptation of Noble House (1988). A wonderful association copy with an amazing inscription. The book is housed in a full white leather custom made solander box which shows the silhouette of a samurai in front of the red rising sun as found in Japanese flags. The spine of the solander shows the title. Line in black velvet to protect the book perfectly. Condition: the book is very good with usual light wear to the boards. The page block shows some ageing (toning) to the paper stock as well as foxing which has not penetrated the internal pages as they remain clean. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and in nice condition. This is a very scarce signed first edition association copy of perhaps Clavell s best novel published in 1975. During WW II Clavell was a POW of the Japanese. Instead of resigning to his fate he treated the time of captivity as his university where he learned many skills including the art of survival which he later turned into his debut novel King Rat (1962), and ignited his interest in Asia and its vast culture including the culture of the Japanese, his tormentors. Shogun, Clavell s third novel, is the the first chronologically in the Asian Saga. Clavell skillfully blends historical fact with fiction and creates a suspensful pageturner with all ingredients the reader could wish for: action, a love story, suspense, and a history lesson blended in the most entertaining way. He also brings the Japanese culture closer to the Western mind a masterful achievement. In 1980 Shogun was made into a five-part television mini-series that starred Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune and was seen by over 120 million viewers; at the time the largest audience for a mini-series since Roots according to New York Times. The story has recently been adapted for a second time as a ten-episode mini-series for the American pay-TV network FX. James Clavell is also remembered in Hollywood as a screenplay writer of his own work and others, e.g. The Fly (1958); The Great Escape (1963). First and Fine. Signed by Author(s).

Fine Binding. All volumes First Bodley Head Editions all Near Fine in boards. Top text block edge of each volume gilded. First Bodley Head Edition; First Printing.

First edition. With title page of volume II erroneously dated MDCCXII as called for by ESTC. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, measuring 168 x 100mm and collating complete: [20], 338; [12], 324. A square copy with joints professionally renewed; some chipping to spine labels and gentle shelfwear to boards. Faint dampstaining to lower corner of contents in volume I and paper loss to upper corner of pages 203-204 affecting 9 lines each. Volume II overall clean, with long archivally reinforced tear to pages 131-132 and paper loss to lower corner of pages 171-172 with no text loss in either case. An exceptionally scarce fantastical travel narrative with erotic content, published by notorious Grub Street writer and demi-monde ally Samuel Derrick. ESTC locates only three copies at institutions (BL, Columbia, and UCLA) and of the three copies to appear in the modern auction record, the most recent was in 1941. The present is the only example on the market. In a 1763 review in The Critical Review or Annals of Literature (vol. 15), Samuel Derrick's Collection of Travels is derided as a book for "those who read merely for amusement, and care not for turning up the huge collection of voyages traveled by Purchas, Churchill, Astley, Harris &c" due to its "total neglect of dates, total want of maps, a strange perversion of names, a general lack of precision or accuracy." These same reviewers make a dismissive nod to how "the adventures of captain John Smith savour strongly of romance" and suggest that the work "does not seem to have been intended so much for serious reading as for pleasing the imagination," but they fail to grasp just how much this is the case. No matter how deeply Samuel Derrick sought to portray himself as a participant in London's intelligentsia, he was ultimately a Grub Street hack who "wrote to eat" and not from "any great artistic urge" (Rubenhold). Having learned early on that "hacks and whores shared much common ground," Derrick became not only a "gentleman defender" and friend to several of London's demi-monde, he also used their escapades as inspiration for his writing and his writing to promote their reputations and services. Such is the case with the present work, designed for stoking the reader's fantasies and for lining the author and publisher's pockets. Among "the period's richest funds of data, erotica and pornography permeated the culture.and the 18th century bookshop" (Pettit and Spedding). Works operating under the thin guises of travel, law, medicine, politics, history, or religion presented readers across genders with graphic depictions not only of cis-gendered and heterosexual encounters but even more often with scenes that cenered queer, polyamorous, and female pleasure. In the case of Collection of Travels, Derrick used preexisting popular travel narratives as the backdrop for his main work: depicting sexual behaviors common within London's sex trade but setting them within exotic locales. Within volume I, for example, his explorers encounter "the prostitution of the women of Camul, and their hospitable reception of strangers," "the common use of women" in Thebet, rites of "marriages of the people of Servia," and the "wives and concubines" of Constantinople including how they are valued, how virginity is tried, and how they are punished. The second volume builds on this, including such content as the "courtezans of Persia," the "women lewd" of Turkey, and "the usage of their wives" in Algiers. Given his own appreciation for the power of the sex workers in his own life -- notably Lucy Cooper, Kitty Fisher, and Charlotte Hayes -- he also includes a section on "the authority of the women in this country" of the Congo. One of Derrick's few stand-alone, multi-volume works to be published, and a rarity in the collecting areas of erotic literature and travel fiction. ESTC T135777. Not in the Register of Erotic Books.

Tulsa, The Mid-West Printing Company, 1938, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Issued as part of the American Guide Series, compiled by workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in the state of Oklahoma then headed by Jim Thompson who went on to be best known as author of hardboiled crime fiction, most being paperback originals now highly sought, he was "discovered" generally after his death in 1977, films including The Getaway and The Grifters were made from his works,Thompson was director of the Oklahoma Federal Writers Project, Louis L'Amour worked under his direction, this was one of at least three books worked on by Thompson for the WPA as its Oklahoma director, this book precedes both his first short story appearance and his first hardcover, Now and On Earth. Slight fade to spine, else a fine, crisp, clean copy of a very scarce book.

London, Heinemann, 1939, first British edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. With the very scarce wrap-around band noting this was a Book Society Fiction Choice, this copy with a small slip affixed to the title page that is Inscribed by John Steinbeck ("For L. Downing/John Steinbeck"), Goldstone & Payne A12b, Morrow 108. Near fine.

Etat : Fine. A rare Aldine edition of this work which includes the Dream of Scipio, from Book VI of Cicero's De Republica, and is the most well known exceprt as it survivded in its entirety. It was Macrobe's commentary on this Dream that enabled Cicero's text to be more broadly read and carry on through the Medieval period. Illustrated with 8 diagrams in black in the text, aligning with the ideas of Macrobe who recommended the use of images to transmit knowledge. Includes a map of the world showing a neo-Platonic view, dividing the world into five distinct zone one of which is the fictitious southern Antipodes. Overall, the book is in Fine condition with a few spots on pages preceding the main text and some restoration on the first page, last page, and on leaf a2. Fine old binding of long grain green Morocco, five raised bands, golden lettering on spine, marbled paper guards, and gilded fore-edges. With contemporary marginalia in brown somewhat erased. Pages: 676 Dimensions:6¼ x 4â x 1½.

Edwards, M. Ellen (illustrateur). [fine and bright] With Sixteen Illustrations by M. Ellen Edwards. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1867. 2 pp undated ads in each volume. Original green cloth elaborately decorated in black and gilt, board edges beveled. First Edition of these adventures of Harry Clavering, beginning with Julia Brabazon jilting him in favor of a wealthy old debauchee. It is a novel of atmosphere, and the atmosphere is of that sort very dangerous for the English novelist.; the green-lighted, close-scented gambling rooms, the shabby adventures of half-deserted spas, the shelving beaches of foreign watering-places, concealed accents, stolen passports, impoverished counts and impertinent ladies' maids. [Walpole, quoted in Gerould] Trollope himself later recalled that "I consider the story as a whole to be good, though I am not aware that the public ever corroborated that verdict." There were no subsequent two-volume editions following this first one. Sadleir notes two very similar binding variants: one (presumably earlier) with the front covers and spines stamped in gilt and in black, and the other identical except that the black-stamping is replaced by blind-stamping. This copy is in between -- a variant not noted by Sadleir: there is black-and-gold-stamping on the spines, but gold-and-blind-stamping on the front covers (there is always just blind-stamping on the rear covers). Condition is remarkably fine and bright, with the only flaws being a tiny rubbed spot at the foot of Volume I's spine, and one slightly cracked (original) coffee-brown endpaper. Sadleir (TROLLOPE) 27; Wolff 6771 (with cloth stamping identical to this set's). Housed in a handsome morocco-backed slipcase with black leather labels, with inner chemise. Provenance (in addition to binder Burn's ticket in Vol I and Glasgow bookseller MacLehose's ticket in Vol II): bookplates of Philadelphian Moncure Biddle (1882-1956), whose library was sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries in 1952 (lot 749), plus bookplates of "Yardley.".

Cloth. Etat : Very Good Indeed. None (illustrateur). An original unpublished manuscript poem by Laurence Houseman written to the half-title of Thomas Carlyle's 'Sartor Resartus'. 'To Iris, Xmas 1898Until Man blossoms into wingsand sits upon a cloud and singsHe has to dress himself in 'things'Until man gets himself an aureoleHe must appear in garb sartorialUnless he choose to be arborealIf we would cast our clothes awayWe must with apes or angels play:Either world be a happier dayThan this which binds us in red tape:oh angel in a maiden's shapeTake this from your dreaded ape.'With Houseman's signature below the hand-written poem. Laurence Housman was the younger brother of poet A.E. housman. He was first an illustrator, and is known for illustrating Christina Rossetti's 'Goblin Market' and Jane Balow's 'The End of Elfintown' in his Art Nouveau style. Following this he became a published poet. Politically, he wrote many pieces of socialist and pacifist pamphlets. At the time, people saw his views to be controversial and he founded the Men's League for Women's Suffrage with Henry Nevinson and Henry Brailsford in 1907. In addition to this Housman was openly homosexual and a founding member of the British society for the Study of Sex Psychology and was a member of the Order of Chaeronea.A smart edition of Thomas Carlyle's novel which purports as a commentary on the early life and thought of German philosopher Diogenes Teufelsdrock. Upon initial publication Carlyle aimed for this to be a new kind of book that was both factual and fiction. The cantankerous narrator mocks the work's own structure. It is a parody of Hegel and German Idealism. Many critics see this work as an early existential text.Housman's manuscript poem beautifully captures the themes of this novel. In the original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing to the joints and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Housman's inscription to the half-title page. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Les Premiers Hommes Dans La Lune (The First Men in the Moon), by H.G. Wells. Translation by Henry D. Davray. Illustrations by Martin Van Maele. Published by Felix Juven, Paris, 1901 - the same year as the first English publication. This is the rarest and most desirable of the first editions of this book. This first French edition features the spectacular and imaginative illustrations of Martin Van Maele - this being the first, and best, printing. A very scarce volume. This classic science fiction tale, with these illustrations, proved highly influential, with Georges Méliès's spectacular Le Voyage dans la Lune (the very first Science Fiction genre film), being at least partially influenced by it, along with the work of Jules Verne. Anybody who has seen the splendid 1964 British Science Fiction film, The First Men in the Moon, featuring the stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen, will immediately recoginise the visual influence of Martin Van Maele from this book. This is very good red cloth hardback with black and gilt decoration. The covers features Van Maele's interpretation of a Selenite, an insectoid moon creature from the book, which looks wonderful. Covers with mild bumping and rubbing with light soiling and staining near the spine. Spine is age toned with some wear to head and tail. Original blue paper endapers with toning to edges. The text is clean and bright with age toning to edges. With very infrequent age spot affecting a small number of pages. All Plates are present. Some age spotting to tissue guards of colour plates. Some showthrough to joint just before Chapter 3. A rare opportunity to own a wonderful piece of science fiction history. 296pp + 2pp Contents. Plus 4 coloured Plates as called for. Text in French. Dimensions: Approximately 279mm high x 196mm wide x 37mm deep. Weight: Approximately 1.63kg (unpacked). Many more photos on request.

Etat : Good+. On offer are two [2] absolutely super, original, World War I and post-War manuscript diaries handwritten by American Foreign Service agent and Central Intelligence Agency operative Grace Phillips Cogswell. A woman of many talents and accomplishments living a life one usually reads about in fiction. The diaries date from 1917 - 1926 [No.1, 1917-1920, 800+ entries; No.2, 1923-1926, 475+ entries] covering the World War I years and then while she was working for the O.S.S. and American CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). [It should also be noted that she was married to the famed naval commander, Captain Francis Cogswell whose diary we list separately.] She traveled abroad extensively and writes of being in many different countries / cities, including Venice, Constantinople, Rome, Edinburgh, Paris and many, many more. From the mundane daily activities to super expamples of her sparkling personality and keen eyed observations. Here are some snippets: "Annapolis - Dined at The McNairs, disgraced myself by eating too much. F. teasing me, Brklyn - Fleet due today minus destroyers. Went to Governors Island and watched the fleet come in. Mr. Blairs to watch land parade with Miss Hunt. Brklyn - celebrated today with a parade and welcome home cards in every window and all sorts of parties for Soldiers Francis home from Lisbon, brought me much laces and embroideries for my birthday. Regent Palace. Got military permit. Met Ambassador Davis. Saw the King drive out of the Palace Grounds on his way to the memorial services of the Princess of Denmark at Winchester . Chandler sailed at 1 p.m. Mrs Chandler and I left on 5:40 train for Paris London - Went to headquarters with Capt. Hellweg and Bones. Sat in Comdr. Brooks office and waited for dope. Met Mrs. Schuyler. Mr. Copehard and Brooke had our money changed for us at Guarantee Trust Co., took Capt. Hellweg and Brooke to lunch at Ritz Edwinburgh - Went aboard to sew on F's blouse. Mrs. Chandler came down for tea. Capt. Hellweg aboard most of time as his dog Spottie lives on board. In route Rome. Changed at Modane and had all my clothes stripped off by a horny handed female, she had the time of her life. Found 3 gold pieces of 5 ea. and was wild when the French official let me thru with them. Magnificent scenery, Mts. and scroll painted houses. Rome. Hotel Flora, saw bones of monks made into fanciful designs in vault of church. Constantinople Pera Palace - Mrs. Day birthday. Mrs Wetherby gave large dinner, Embassy crowd at Russian Club. Most remarkable violinist I've ever heard there, food perfect. Danced at Pera Palace later with Ital. officer and will never be the same after trying to dance with him Lunch at Harvid Beys house in Asia Minor. Met the Princess, his wife, who is a daughter of last Sultan and niece of present __ (?). She did not appear at lunch but rec'd the ladies upstairs afterwards. Remarkably carved easle birds supporting mirror. She gave me a rose heavy course rug, pred. cream color Constantinople - We are to lunch on the Scorpion with Capt. McCulloulgh and go for climb up mountain. Mr. Smith assoc. press man came with us . Venice - Mrs. J___, wife of Ambassador of Rome called at 10:30 and we took her to the Ital. ship Scills (?) to see the war orphans . Comdr. Bryant told me that Francis is a hero. When a Calif. plane nose dived into the ocean near them, they swung out of column at a snappy speed and picked it up, it having turned bottom up and the aviators crawled around and sat on the keel. F. was afraid it would sink and wanted to back down to it, but the Capt. voted for a boat to be lowered which picked them off. The W. VA. crew cheered, the ___ cheered Francis, so Mr. Bryant said. Think he stretched that a bit." BIOGRAPHY: GRACE PHILLIPS COGSWELL (b. June 7, 1887, d. Dec. 21, 1971) was born Grace Woodman Phillips, the daughter of Lee Phillips and Clara Cushing. She married Lieutenant Henry Burnet Post (b. June 15, 1885, d. Feb 9, 1914, San Diego, CA) on 25 Jan 1907, at St.

Printed Wrappers. Etat : Near Fine. First Edition 1/300. 84pp + xvi, 16 full page monochrome gravure illustrations. Text in French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Banalité" is one of the most striking collaborations of word and image in the realm of the photographically illustrated Surrealist book. It marries Leon-Paul Fargue's previously-published 1922 volume of prose and poems with sixteen dramatic, then-new full page images reproduced in lush sepia-toned gravure by the noted French photographer and cinematographer Roger Parry. An exceptionally bright, well-preserved example of this stunning modernist collaboration (cited on pages 100-101 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I") from the standard trade edition limited to three hundred NUMBERED (214/300) copies on Imperial Japon paper showing just a bit of wear to the extremities of the wrappers. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Livre D'Artiste.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Few minor open tears taped over by previous owner. Exclamation point after "Latin America" on front flap. First Edition state on CP, First State.

1648 edition. One of the earliest works on Suicide. Good to Very Good condition. Some foxing and slight staining. Antique bookplate of Charles W. Pilgrim (Renowned psychologist). Some penciling to the inside cover. Also, an antiquarian small slip attached to an inside blank page. Older, nice binding, but no way to tell if this is the original binding. Biathanatos (from Greek Î Î Î±Î Î±Î½Î±Ï Î¿Ï meaning "violent death") is a work by the English writer and clergyman John Donne. Written in 1608 and published after his death, it contains a heterodox defense of "self-homicide" (suicide), listing prominent Biblical examples including Jesus, Samson, Saul, and Judas Iscariot. Thomas De Quincey responds to the work in his "On Suicide", and Jorge Luis Borges responds in "Biathanatos". Contents Donne begins by addressing his patron, Phillip Harbert, then divides the book, after a preface, into three parts, each part divided into distinctions, each distinction divided into sections. The first part focuses on "The Law of Nature", the second on "The Law of Reason", and the third on "The Law of God", before ending with a conclusion. In the 1640s and 1650s Moseley dominated the market for English poetry, issuing a series of single-poet collections-most prominently John Milton (Poems, 1645), but also John Donne, Edmund Waller, Richard Crashaw, Abraham Cowley, Henry Vaughan, and Sir John Suckling. In terms of the Cavalier-Roundhead conflict that dominated their generation, the poets and playwrights published by Moseley were, in the main, Royalist sympathizers-almost inevitably, since the Puritans were generally hostile to drama and imaginative literature, and closed the theatres during their rule. Moseley was known to have Royalist sympathies himself-which makes his role as publisher to the Puritan Milton surprising.

First Edition. "GISSING, George. New Grub Street. A Novel. London: Smith, Elder, 1891. Three volumes. Octavo, original gilt- and black-stamped green cloth. Housed together in a custom clamshell box. $5200.First edition of the most famous and "best work" by Gissing, whose singular perspective on the work of writing and "the sterling originality of his art, have secured his place in the history of the English novel," in original cloth.New Grub Street, Gissing's "finest novel," is widely seen as the "most significant work of fiction about the business of writing fiction. Q.D. Leavis singled out New Grub Street as his 'best work' [and] in an unpublished piece written in 1948, Orwell called it 'Gissing's masterpiece'" (Matz, George Gissing's Ambivalent Realism). "The continued relevance of Gissing's work is undoubted, and his finest interpreters now tend to view him as an intellectual who rose to be the conscience of his time his lucid, if pessimistic, judgments on human affairs, as well as the sterling originality of his art, have secured his place in the history of the English novel" (ODNB). The novel's title "refers to London's Grub Street, which, Gissing noted, became known in the 18th century as the 'abode, not merely of poor, but of insignificant, writers.'" Gissing was "fully awake to the conflicts and illusions of his own age New Grub Street acts as a mirror that distorts and simultaneously reveals the features of a writer of anyone struggling to maintain integrity" in his work and life (New York Times). The novel "remains to this day the most devastating fictive portrayal of the conflict between materialism and idealism in the literary and journalistic worlds" (Washington Post). First edition, first printing. With half titles; rear leaf of publisher's ads (I). As issued without dust jackets. One of reportedly only 500-750 copies printed. Sadleir 971. Wolff 2552. Collie IXa. Owner signatures to title page in each volume.Text very fresh with mild rubbing, light edge-wear to cloth. A desirable near-fine copy.".

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. st Edition, First Impression, First State An excellent example of this title in the FIRST state with the copyright page date 1898, and without the publishers catalogue. The first state of this title was issued both with a 16 page catalogue AND without the publishers catalogue; and a second state of the first printing was issued with a 32 page catalogue. The book is in excellent condition for this title being firmly bound, having benefited from being rebacked with all the original cloth laid back down. As such the book is tight and sound and quite readable without the usual cracked hinges or broken bindings. The original cloth is in beautiful condition with no rubbing or wear but a spot to the rear board. The book has slightly rounded corners with strong black titles to the front and spine. The original end papers are present, the front end paper has slight offsetting from what was likely a book plate. The book has no owner names, and no inscriptions but a faint pencil mark to the first blank page. The pages are remarkably clean with but a few stray faded handling marks, otherwise no stains, no bent pages and no foxing. Overall even toning to the pages. Please see detailed images. No dust jacket as issued. A wonderful example of this title in a sound readable binding! A handsome copy in highly collectible condition, which displays well on the shelf. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi titles.

First Edition. DOUBLE STAR, Doubleday, 1956, first edition, fine in near fine dust-wrapper with just a bit of professional repair to the dust-wrapper spine tips. The authors first of four HUGO winning titles. A very nice copy. Supplied is a hand SIGNED addressed postcard to Mr. & Mrs. Frederik Pohl at their former Red Bank, New Jersey home with the verso being Heinlein's Bonny Doon Road stamped address and unlisted number as well as a holographic note which reads "Bests to you both! B & G" in Heinlein's hand.

First edition. Hawthorne's third publication in book form and the first to bear his name. This collection of 18 stories won immediate recognition for its author, though all had previously appeared in annuals or magazines. Hawthorne himself assembled and edited them for this collection. The included story "Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe" is very close to being a detective story in the purest sense. Indeed, none other than Edgar Allan Poe, (whose "Murders in the Rue Morgue," published four years later, and often credited with the first modern detective story) called Hawthorne's story "vividly original and managed most dexterously." One of just 1,000 copies printed. Tall copy with bright original gilt on spine. In custom black Morocco-backed cloth slipcase with bands and gilt titles to spine, with book in inner chemise. Two prior owner bookplates--1) that of Carolyn Wells, prolific author, and co-author of the first bibliography of Walt Whitman and 2) that of early 20th century Unitarian minister, Louis H. Buckshorn. A very well-preserved copy of this scarce early Hawthorne book. Ref. CLARK A2.1; BAL 7581. Mild scattered foxing, some extremity rubs and shallow chips to cloth along board edges. Hinges not cracked but joints have a few splits. Original cloth over boards. Duodecimo. 334 pages (with 4 pages ads at front, 12 pages ads at back).

[Paris], [1921], 6 pp. en 4 ff. (195 x 250), à l'encre violette et noire, sur papier à en-tête de La Chambre des Députés. Manuscrit complet, original et seul connu du premier texte de fiction connu de Georges Bataille, resté inédit de son vivant. L'univers de La Châtelaine gentiane est celui du moyen âge et de la chevalerie, thèmes au centre des préoccupations du jeune étudiant qu'est alors Georges Bataille. Il est, depuis 1919, élève de l'Ecole des chartes et prépare sa thèse sur une édition de L'Ordre de chevalerie, un conte en vers du XIIIe siècle qui trouve dans la Première épître de Saint Paul aux Thessaloniciens. Plongé dans le textes de Léon Gautier, La Chevalerie, il souhaite dissocier l'esprit chevaleresque du christianisme. On retrouve cette idée très présente dans La Châtelaine gentiane, ce qui laisse supposer une rédaction strictement contemporaine de ces premières années d'études à l'Ecole des chartes. Un à-coté littéraire du jeune étudiant, influencé aussi par les voyages et recherches qu'il effectue alors, notamment à Londres et dans le sud de l'Angleterre.Plusieurs éléments des futures fictions sont déjà réunis, comme par exemple le lieu où se déroule le récit, le château de Louvres-haut, qui est le premier des fameux châteaux imaginaires et lugubres que l'on retrouvera dans bon nombre de ses romans.Ce précieux texte restera longtemps inédit, puisqu'il n'est exhumé qu'en 2004, au moment de l'entrée de Bataille dans la collection de La Pléiade. Bien qu'il y ait ici des maladresses certaines de forme, « on ne peut nier la valeur documentaire et ?prophétique' du récit qui, en dépit de sa maigreur, constitue par son sujet même une première ébauche de ce que l'écrivain appellera ?la société de consumation des amants' ; La Châtelaine peut être lue comme l'illustration de la formule qui ouvrira en 1957 L'Erotisme, "l'approbation de la vie jusque dans la mort" : un château isolé au milieu d'une campagne sinistre et enneigée, cadre d'une initiation à l'amour noir de la châtelaine Gentiane et de son jeune amant. Animés l'un et l'autre par des sentiments contradictoires, il sont destinés dans un sursaut de délire à se retrouver dans la mort. » (in Notes de l'édition Pléiade)Ce texte, si précieux dans la chronologie batalienne, n'avait été communiqué aux rédacteurs de l'édition Bataille que par une photocopie. Il y sera présenté dans la sections des Récits retrouvés, en compagnie de deux autres manuscrits de jeunesse : Ralph Webb et Evariste.Le papier à en-tête utilisé par Bataille confirme l'époque de la rédaction de ce texte : c'est celui de son propre frère, Martial Bataille, présent à la Chambre des députés entre 1919 et 1924, comme élu de Mauriac, dans la Cantal, près du fief familial de Riom-ès-Montagnes. La rédaction de la Châtelaine Gentiane « remonterait donc bien au plus tôt aux années 1920/1921 [.] et au plus tard à l'été 1922, date à laquelle l'écrivain entre au département des Imprimés de la Bibliothèque nationale.» (Pléiade, Romans et Récits, 1341). Intéressante provenance et dédicace : la première page porte dans l'angle supérieur droit « à mademoiselle Eugénie Droz », un des ses compagnons d'études à la Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève. Diplômée de l'Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes, la jeune neuchâteloise crée en décembre 1924 sa petite maison d'édition, avec pour adresse le 13 avenue Félix-Faure, dans le XVe arrondissement, son adresse personnelle, avant de s'installer au 25 rue de Tournon, dans une maison donnée par un roi à un poète : celle que François Ier donna à Clément Marot en 1539. Rien moins que ça. L'érudite demoiselle, qui publiera rapidement plusieurs travaux de chartistes, resta à Paris jusqu'en 1947, date de son installation au 8 de la rue Verdaine à Genève. Toujours en première page, Bataille a titré son manuscrit « La Chatelaine Gentiane » ; en marge gauche du titre, il donné quelques autres indications, sans doute destinées à une future mise au propre pour publication « 73 lignes / de 45 lettres » et la mutiplication de « 365 x 292 ». Envisageait-il, et Eugénie Droz avec, de le faire publier dans la jeune maison d'édition ? Nombreuses ratures, corrections et ajouts.

Paris, Hetzel, 1897. 1 vol. (170 x 275 mm) de 449 p. et [4] f. (catalogue). Percaline rouge « à la mappemonde », dos au phare (cartonnage signé de M. Engel). Premier tirage des 68 illustrations de G. Roux, dont 20 hors-texte en chromotypographie en couleurs, sépia, bleu ou gris et une carte. Envoi signé : « À Mlle Betsy Vallerey, Jules Verne, Janv. 1898 ». Le Sphinx des glaces se présente comme une suite au roman d'Edgar Allan Poe auquel il est dédié, Les Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym (publié en 1838). Le roman paraît en feuilleton dans le Magasin d'éducation et de récréation (1er janvier - 15 décembre 1897), puis en volume chez Hetzel, en novembre, avant la parution des deux dernières livraisons. L'exemplaire est ici offert à Betsy Vallerey, soeur de Jules Vallerey (1853-1929), officier de marine, professeur d'hydrographie à Dunkerque puis inspecteur hydrographe. Son fils Tancrède, écrivain et traducteur de romans d'anticipation, sera titulaire du prix Jules Verne (qui récompense des oeuvres d'aventures fantastiques et de science-fiction d'auteurs français depuis 1927) pour son ouvrage L'Ile au sable vert en 1930. Sa femme Gisèle, également, a traduit des ouvrages d'anticipation et d'aventures : L'Ile au trésor, La Case de l'oncle Tom, Les Voyages de Gulliver, les Contes de Grimm, Robinson Crusoé ou encore Ivanhoé. Verne lui avait offert au moins trois ouvrages : L'Ile à l'hélice (1895), Clovis Dardentor (1896) et ce Sphinx des glaces, en janvier 1898. À cette époque, Verne se consacre à son action municipale à Amiens, où il rencontre la jeune femme. Bel exemplaire de titre, « rare car également recherché sur le marché et la collection de la science-fiction » (Roehtel).Beau cartonnage polychrome, dos type F avec une innovation : le filet d'encadrement se double par l'intérieur tout en faisant un redan au niveau du titre. C'est la seule utilisation du motif au globe doré à l'empiècement pour un premier titre. En 1896, le cartonnage au globe doré remplacera ceux dits « aux portraits ». Le deuxième plat est du type 3 avec la rosace indiquant JH et Cie ; catalogue Y en fin, avec les nouveautés pour l'année 1897-1898. Les deux fautes des chapitres XII et XII inversés ont été corrigées.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

Etat : Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Gebunden. Etat : New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Margaret Oliphant (1828-97) had a prolific literary career that spanned almost fifty years. She wrote some 98 novels, fifty or more short stories, twenty-five works of non-fiction, including biographies and historic guides to European cities, and more than .

Cloth. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A good copy of the rare 1st edition, which marks the first appearance of Bertie Wooster. In the original light red cloth binding which has been expertly rebacked and is sound and tight. The cloth on the spine is faded and browned. The boards have some light marking (more obvious on the back board) with some scuffing. Internally new endpapers have been added. Contents are complete as per McIlvaine A21a. There is persistent spotting, particularly to page edges and margins. Spotting visible at the foredge. The publisher's listing at the rear is very browned. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition (under the pseudonym of Victoria Lucas). Heinemann, 1963.Black cloth titled in gilt on spine. Ink number and 'Fiction Psychiatry' written on fly leaf o/w a very good copy indeed. RARE.

petit in-8, [2] ff. n. ch. (initium : Journal commencé le 2 mars 1807. 1807, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1811 ; un f. vierge), 80 pp., couvertes d'une écriture fine, très lisible (environ 25 lignes par page), quelques biffures et corrections, certains paragraphes entièrement rayés, [7] ff. n. ch. d'un autre jet, contenant des ajouts pour 1812, ainsi qu'une table, demi-vélin rigide à coins, dos muet Restaurations aux coiffes, coupes abîmées. (reliure de l'époque). Intéressante relation personnelle, qui se compose à la fois d'une mise en forme soignée de notes prises au fil des événements (pp. 1-80, écriture régulière, peu de biffures), et d'un brouillon rédigé à mesure, sans soin (ff. non chiffrés à la fin) ; le tout étant quand même entièrement au passé simple, ce qui rapproche plus l'ensemble du style convenu des "Mémoires" que de celui d'un "Journal".1. Ceci posé, l'identification de l'auteur, accessible à l'aide des données du Service historique des Armées, ne résulte en revanche pas des indications fournies ici : obstinément anonyme, le récit ne procure qu'un minimum d'indications biographiques : "Lorsqu'à l'âge où l'on commence à réfléchir sur la carrière que l'on doit parcourir, il me fallut faire un choix, les succès de nos armées dans le Nord, les récits que j'entendois faire journellement, décidèrent bientôt pour le militaire le goût que j'avois manifesté dès mon enfance, et m'enflammèrent du désir d'aller partager la gloire de la brillante jeunesse que j'avois vu traverser la France. Mes parents, loin de contrarier mon dessein, l'approuvèrent avec plaisir, et firent les démarches nécessaires pour me faire entrer à l'École militaire de Fontainebleau. J'y fus reçu le 2 mars [1807], mais mon séjour n'y fut pas de longue durée. L'Empereur demanda bientôt des officiers pour les placer dans les légions qu'il formoit alors dans l'intérieur de la France, et je fus du nombre de ceux qu'on lui présenta. Appelé à l'emploi de sous-lieutenant dans la 2me Légion, par décret impérial du 1er juin, je quittai Fontainebleau le 11 pour me rendre à Metz où se formoit mon régiment." Et c'est à peu près tout.2. La presque-totalité du service de notre officier se déroule en Espagne, où il entra en décembre 1807 après un bref séjour à Bayonne. Placé dans le 2e corps d'observation de la Gironde sous le commandement de Dupont de l'Étang, il fut envoyé à Valladolid, Tolède, Madrid (où il se trouvait lors du déclenchement du Dos de Mayo), Ségovie. Versé dans le 3e corps de l'Armée d'Espagne sous les ordres de Moncey, il participa à la bataille de Tudela du 23 novembre 1808. À l'issue de cet engagement, il fut choisi par le général Anne-Gilbert de La Val (1762-1810) pour remplacer son aide de camp tué à Lerin. C'est à ce titre qu'il quitta son régiment pour participer au siège de Saragosse, qu'il décrit assez minutieusement aux pp. 8-12, non sans insister sur la désolation extrême causée par les opérations.Le 3e corps passa ensuite dans l'armée d'Aragon sous les ordres de Suchet. Le général de La Val en commandait l'avant-garde, menant des opérations contre le général Joaquin Blake y Joyes : batailles d'Alcaniz (mai 1809), de Belchite (juin 1809), siège de Tortosa (juin à août 1810). Mais le général de La Val mourut de maladie à Mora le 11 septembre 1810 (c'est la date donnée par le manuscrit, toutes les autres mentions parlant du 6). On lira son éloge funèbre assez convenu p. 40 (évidemment il était non seulement un vaillant capitaine, mais le père de ses soldats .). Du coup sans affectation, l'auteur est versé un temps à l'état-major de Suchet (avec lequel il servit au siège de Lerida), puis rejoignit son bataillon en octobre 1810. Placé ensuite dans la brigade des généraux Paris et Abbé, il effectua plusieurs opérations en Catalogne, dont le siège de Tarragone (mai-juin 1811), celui de Sagonte (septembre-octobre 1811), celui de Valence (décembre 1811-janvier 1812). L'auteur reçoits la Légion d'honneur à l'issue de ce dernier siège. Le récit s'achève brusquement en novembre 1812, sans raison donnée, peut-être par suite de la mort du rédacteur. La table finale semble cependant de la même main. ON JOINT : un volume petit in-4 carré (demi-toile chagrinée bouteille, plats de toile gaufrée, grande pièce de titre cerise sur le plat supérieur, tranches mouchetées de violet, pages de papier bleuté) et regroupant quatre textes :1. Une transcription moderne du manuscrit précédent (pp. 1-126), enrichie de 21 planches hors texte (une carte, 2 plans des sièges de Lerida et de Tarragone, et 18 gravures, toutes extraites de la France militaire d'Abel Hugo, et relatives aux opérations de la Guerre de l'Indépendance). 2. Encore un mot sur Bonaparte. Traduit de l'anglais de Tyler, par Mr *** (pp. 129-155 ). Avec une erreur d'orthographe du patronyme, il s'agit d'une copie partielle d'un opuscule de 148 pages paru à l'adresse de Paris en 1816 : Bonaparte à Sainte-Hélène, ou Relation de M. James Tyder, concernant ce qui est arrivé de remarquable à l'ex-empereur pendant sa traversée, à son débarquement et dans les premiers jours de son séjour dans l'île. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglais, avec des observations politiques, géographiques et historiques, et une vue du port. Par M. M***. Peu commun, cet ouvrage (absent de Davois) est censé former la relation de l'arrivée à Jamestown de l'escadre anglaise conduisant l'Empereur au lieu de son exil et de son installation subséquente. Son auteur serait un chirurgien de la marine anglaise parti le 15 juin 1815 de Bombay sur le vaisseau Le Blackstone, arrivé dans l'île vers le 1er octobre, témoin des événements et qui, en plus, aurait été présenté à Napoléon. Le problème est que son nom n'apparaît nulle part dans le répertoire très complet d'Arnold Chaplin, ni dans les autres monographies de Sainte-Hélène. De surcroît, il ne semble exister aucun original anglais de ce texte. Il s'agit certainement d'une fiction, comme il en a fleuri un certain nombre sur le séjour de l'Empereur à Sainte-Hélène, avan.

Couverture rigide. Etat : Très bon. Wells, Herbert George. The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance. London, Arthur Pearson, 1897. In-8 de VIII et 245 pp., (1) f. Toile rouge de l éditeur, titre doré et représentation de l Homme invisible sur le plat supérieur à froid sur le plat supérieur, dos lisse. Boîte étui. 185 x 123 mm.  Édition originale, premier tirage. Reginald, 15039 ; Currey, p. 520 ; Hammond, B4 ; Wells, 11 ; Anatomy of Wonder, II-1227. "The Invisible Man remains not only an inescapable influence on modern science fiction but also a "classic study of scientific hubris brought to destruction" (Clute & Nicholls, 1313). « Ce roman appartient à la série des récits merveilleux par lesquels Wells commença sa carrière d écrivain. Ils lui furent inspirés par les conquêtes de la science moderne. La question sociale occupait alors une place prépondérante dans l esprit de l auteur. Le roman a eu un grand succès » (Dictionnaire des uvres, III, 592). « On ne connait guère Wells en France que comme l auteur de l Homme invisible , des Premiers hommes dans la Lune , de L Ile du docteur Moreau , de la Guerre des Mondes et de la Machine à explorer le temps , comme une sorte de Jules Verne beaucoup moins didactique, singulièrement habile à tirer de la physique et de la biologie les éléments d une poésie fantastique. Mais H.G. Wells est aussi l un des hommes qui dominent la pensée britannique dans le premier tiers du XXè siècle : il est, avec Kipling, et peut-être Galsworthy, l une des images que l Angleterre propose au monde de sa vie intellectuelle » (P. Nizan, Pour une nouvelle culture). Bel exemplaire conservé dans la reliure en toile rouge de l éditeur, tel que paru. Ex-libris manuscrit sur la page de garde.

Etat : Used - Good.