LITERATURE

Very Good: $239.95 Paperback

New World Writing : 7th Mentor Selection, 1955 – : Catch-18 Joseph Heller, On The Road Jack Kerouac   (1955) by Jack Kerouac, Joseph Heller, Dylan Thomas Description New American Library, 1955. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Card covers, 247pp. + ads. Another issue of one of the longest running and very significant paperback magazines in American literature. An institution that sprang up in the 50's, showcasing ...

Very Good: $1249.95 Hardcover

George Eliot's Works : 22 Volume Limited Numbered Ed Illustrated   (1900) by George Eliot, J. Wells Champney, F. B. Schell, Edmund Garrett, William St. John Harper, William Ladd Taylor Description Dana Estes, Co., n.d. (1900) FIRST EDITION, thus - “Arbury Edition." Limited edition, matched set numbered 444 of 1000, 22 of 24 volume set. Books are illustrated and overall very good condition. Arranged & edited by J. W. Cross ('George Eliot's' ...

Very Good: $989.95 Leather

Harvard Classics : Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf : Complete 51 Volumes : : Milton, Greek Dramas, Plutarch’s Lives, Pilgrim’s Progress, Folklore, English Drama, Don Quixote, The Divine Comedy, The Odyssey, The Aneid, Two Years Before The Mast, Writings Of Burke, Luther, Machi   (1909) by Dr. Charles Eliot, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, Rene Descartes, Walt Whitman, Machiavelli, Benvenuto Cellini, William Shakespeare, Voltaire, Alfred Tennyson Description P.F. Collier and Son, 1909-1910 (Lectures of Harvard Classics, bonus, 1914.) FIRST EDITION. Each matching volume 5 ¼ x 8 inches. Flexible maroon leather covers, slightly faded to brown on spines. Harvard seal blindstamped on front covers. Top edge ...

Good: $629.95 Leather

Household Words : A Weekly Journal : Edited By Charles Dickens   (1851) by Charles Dickens Description Bradbury and Evans, Office 16, Wellington Street North. London. 1851-1852. FIRST EDITION, thus, first printing. Four (4) Matching Volumes (volume 2-5) Size is 6 1/4 x 9 1/2. Good condition overall, Volume II (620 pages); Volume III (620 pages); ...

Fine: $79.95 Signed

Inventing Memory   (1997) by Erica Jong Description Harper Collins, 1997. FIRST EDITION, first printing. 10987654321 first edition. book like new. dj has some inner edge wear. From Erica Jong, author of the landmark "Fear of Flying" (10 million copies sold worldwide) and the "New York Times" ...

Good: $319.95 Hardcover

Dickens Works - Complete Thirty Volume Set : : Oliver Twist . David Copperfield . Great Expectations . Little Dorrit . Nicholas Nickleby . A Tale Of Two Cities . Dombey And Son . Sketches By Boz . Pickwick Papers . Bleak House . Barnaby Rudge    (1900) by Charles Dickens Description Peter Fenelon Collier, n.d. (1900.) Thirty matching volumes. Overall very good condition, dark blue/green cloth boards with gilt lettering and blue-speckled edges, some spine casings separated but all present, some bindings loose, former woner name ...

Fine: $489.95 Hardcover

Franny And Zooey   (1961) by J.D. Salinger Description Little Brown and Company Publishers, 1961. Stated FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 5 3/4 x 8 inches. Remarkably clean and tight cover to cover, spine color is the best I've ever seen. Gray cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Original rare unclipped ...

As New: $34.95 Hardcover

Beauty's Punishment : The Further Erotic Adventures Of Sleeping Beauty   (1984) by Anne Rice Writing As, A.N. Roquelaure Description Plume, 1984. Near mint condition, appears to have never been read. Laminated illustrated hard cover as issued. “The Further Erotic Adventures of Sleeping Beauty.” An erotic novel of discipline, love, and surrender for the enjoyment of men and women. ...

Very Good: $59.95 Hardcover

The Spy : A Tale Of Neutral Ground : First Spy Novel Ever Published !   (1915) by James Fenimore Cooper Description American Book Co., 1915. FIRST EDITION, thus. Very good condition, tan covers. Edited by Nathaniel W Barnes. The Spy was a major literary gamble. Prior to Cooper, writers, philosophers, the military, and people in general, although they certainly ...

Good: $114.95 Hardcover

East Of Eden   (1952) by John Steinbeck Description Viking Press, 1952. FIRST EDITION, first printing. First state volume ("bite" for "bight" on pg. 281, line 38.) Ex-libris, minimal stamps on inside covers and endpapers only, residue from removal of dust jacket on covers, missing front endpaper. ...

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