Welcome to the Holiday Season (2024 edition) Collectible Catalog!
This is our second time pulling one of these together, yet our stance on used books hasn’t changed! I was almost lazy, cutting and pasting the statement from our summer sale catalog (and hell, AI is now making THAT approach seem laborious), but I figured instead this would be a good time to say that used books are perfect for gifts! All of the items featured here have had interesting lives, and the best part about used books is being a part of their journey through life, making our own marks and memories on their continuum. If that sounds too deep, then just think about how cool all of this stuff is. Again, we tried to pull together some of our favorite things: some old, most new, shining a spotlight during the winter season on some of our best “for the collector in my life” books. So come in, browse, ask questions, and remember to again look up -- the above-the-head real estate in the shop will be jam packed.
-A. B. T. Perry, Used Books
Manager
Wolves in the City: The Death of French Algeria by Paul Heinssart first printing
$75
Simon And Schuster, 1970, hardcover. First printing. Very good condition overall. Dust jacket is in very good condition and is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Binding is tight, spine is strong. Pages and text block are clean.
The Bern Book
by Vincent O. Carter first edition
$100
The John Day Company, 1973, hardcover. First edition. Very good condition overall. Unclipped dust jacket is in good condition with some tearing, and is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Binding is tight, spine is strong. Pages and text block are clean.
The Great Gatsby New Directions’ New Classics Series
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
$1,500
New Directions, 1945, hardcover. New Directions’ The New Classics Series #9, 1945 reprint. Good condition overall. Dust jacket is in fair condition- tearing along top and bottom, minimal age toning, intact in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Some loosening to binding, otherwise strong spine. Pages and text block are clean. Rare New Classics 1945 reprint. Reissued at a time when Fitzgerald was first being rediscovered after his death (1940).
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah signed first US edition $100
Riverhead Books, 2022, hardcover. Signed first US printing. Very good condition overall. Dust jacket is in very good condition and is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Binding is tight, spine is strong. Pages and text block are clean.
The Never-Ending Wrong
by Katherine Anne Porter
signed/witnessed $300
Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1977, hardcover. Very good condition overall. Initialed on 1/28/1978, with witness statement from former owner on bottom righthand corner of dedication page. Very good condition overall. Dust jacket is in very good condition and is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Binding is tight, spine is strong. Pages and text block are clean.
Black Drama of the Federal Theatre Era by
E. Quita Craig
inscribed by the author $100
University Of Massachusetts Press, 1980, hardcover. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Very good condition overall. Dust jacket is in very good condition with minimal fading/aging, and is protected in a mylar sleeve. Green boards are clean with bright lettering. Binding is tight, spine is strong. Pages and text block are clean.
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Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me by Richard Fariña first edition $250
Random House, 1966, hardcover. First printing. Very good condition overall. Dust jacket is in very good condition with minimal wear and is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Remains of bookplate on inside front board. Binding is tight, spine is strong. Pages and text block are clean.
The Investigation by Stanislaw Lem first edition $75
Seabury Press, 1974, hardcover. First thus. Very good condition overall. Minimal wear to dust jacket. Jacket is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Pages and text block are clean.
Lanark: A Life In Four Books by Alasdair Gray first
edition $50
George Braziller, 1985, hardcover. First edition. Very good condition overall. Unclipped dust jacket is in very good condition and is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Binding is tight, spine is strong. Pages and text block are clean.
Atlas of the World by The Royal Geographic Society
$200
The Franklin Library, 1987, leather-bound hardcover. Very good condition overall. Clean covers with bright lettering. Strong spine, tight binding. Pages and text block are clean. Includes signed certificate from the Royal Geographical Society and letter of authenticity from The Franklin Library.
The Dune Trilogy (Dune, Dune: Messiah, Children Of Dune) Book Club Editions hardcover set by Frank Herbert $900
Dune: Messiah:
G P Putnam's Sons, unknown issue date, Gutter Code of P 40. No printed price on dust jacket. Very good condition overall. Dust jacket is in very good condition and is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Binding is tight, spine is strong. Pages and text block are clean.
Dune: Chilton Book Company, 1971, hardcover. First Book Club Edition with the "47 M" Gutter Code. Very good condition overall. Dust jacket is in very good condition and is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Former owner's library stamp (small) on inside first page. Minor loosening to binding. Spine is strong. Pages and text block are clean.
Children Of Dune:
Berkley Publishing Company/G P Putnam's Sons, 1985, hardcover. 1985 issue Gutter Code of P 15. Good condition overall. Dust jacket is in very good condition and is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Minor separation from the top of front board along the spine, 1 inch long, does not interfere with readability or integrity of the book. Otherwise strong spine. Pages and text block are clean.
Very handsome set of three rare copies.
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh
Nguyen
signed first edition $250
Grove Press, 2015, hardcover. Signed first edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Very good condition in a very good dust jacket. Jacket is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Pages and text block are clean.
Samurai Executioner by Kazuo Koike ten volume set
$250
Dark Horse Manga, 2004-2006, paperback. Complete ten-volume aet of Samurai Executioner manga series. Very good condition overall. Covers are clean. Bindings are tight, spines are strong. Pages and text blocks are clean.
The Silent Cry by Kenzaburo Oe first edition
$100
Kodansha International LTD, 1975, hardcover. First edition. Very good condition overall. Dust jacket is in very good condition and is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Clip to first inside cover page, top right corner. Binding is tight, spine is strong. Pages and text block are clean.
Alien: Motion Picture Novel
by Dan O’Bannon
$100
Avon Books, 1979, paperback. Very good condition overall. Clean covers, tight, uncreased spine. Photo reproduced novel of the seminal 1979 masterpiece 'Alien'- this photo novel is from a time when you couldn't just watch 'Alien' whenever you pleased- a true relic.
The Book of Alien
by Paul Scanlon
$75
Heavy Metal Books, 1979, paperback. Very good condition overall. Clean covers, strong spine.
Prometheus: The Art of the Film
by Mark Salisbury
$50
Titan Books, 2012, hardcover. Very good condition overall. Clean boards. Strong spine, tight binding. Pages and text block are clean.
The Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe Tamerlane Edition ten volume set $4,000
G.P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1902. Tamerlane Edition. Limited edition, number 75 of 300. 10 Volumes. Bound in red leather with gilt and tooled spine. Illustrated throughout by Frederick Simpson Coburn. Very rare edition. Edges are worn on some volumes with some fraying corners and top and bottom edges. Interiors are exceptional and clean.
Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allen Poe $600
Brentano's, hardcover. Pre-1928 Brentano's printing. Very good condition overall. Very minimal wear to dust jacket, which is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Binding is tight, spine is strong. Pages and text block are clean. 32 illustration plates, 8 of which are in color.
The Passenger/Stella Maris box set by Cormac McCarthy signed first editions $1,500
First Edition box set signed by Cormac McCarthy on tip in pages. Box set and box are as new. Clean and tight book block. Very handsome set.
Renegades: Born in the USA by Barack Obama & Bruce Springsteen signed special edition $600
Crown Books, 2021. First edition of the deluxe signed edition. New In shrink wrap and shipping box. Signed by Obama and Springsteen.
James Bond Easton Press
fourteen volume set by Ian Fleming
$5,000
Easton Press, 2005. Complete 14 Volume set of the Easton Press Collector's edition of Ian Fleming's James Bond. Each volume is fine to like new. Interiors are clean and bright. A few of the volumes have slight abrasions to the leather covers. A very attractive and rare collection.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
by Sir Richard Burton
$1,500
The Burton Club, hardcover. Illustrated Benares Edition, for "private circulation among its members", limited to 1,000 copies. Indeterminate publication date, circa 18901920 (based on research of similar sets). Ten volumes of "The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night". Seven volumes of "Supplemental Nights". 17 volumes total. All books are in very good condition with minimal wear. Spines all have bright lettering/images. Bindings are tight, spines are strong. Pages and text blocks are clean.
The Wheel Of Time Complete Hardcover Book-
Of-The-Month Club Set
by Robert Jordan
$400
TOR Fantasy, hardcover. 15 book set of The Wheel Of Time, complete 14 book series plus prequel "New Spring". Book Club editions. Very good condition overall. Dust jackets all have minimal wear and are protected in mylar sleeves. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Bindings are tight, spines strong. Pages and text blocks are clean.
The Odyssey and The Iliad Emily Wilson translation signed first edition set $400
Norton, 2018 & 2023, hardcover. Signed by the author on the title pages. Very good condition in very good dust jackets. Jackets are protected in mylar sleeves. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Bindings are tight, spines are strong. Pages and text blocks are clean.
Oxford Reference Classics
500th Anniversary set of eight $750
Like new. Franklin library 8 volume set of The Oxford Reference Classics of the English Language plus wood decorative stand. Set is #2308 of 7500 made. All are like new, gold gilding on page ends, leather bound, with cloth ribbons.
Includes:
-The Compact Edition Oxford English Dictionary, 2 volumes, 1979 reprint
-Oxford Modern English Usage 1965 Second edition, Tenth printing
-The Oxford Companion to American Literature, 1978 fourth edition, ninth printing
-The Oxford Companion to English Literature, 1978 fourth printing
-The Oxford Book of Quotations, second edition, 1978 printing
-The Oxford Book of American Verse, 1978 Third printing
-The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1978 Fourth printing
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Arms by Ernest Hemingway first edition
$300
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929, hardcover. First edition, first printing. Good condition overall. Minimal wear on front board. Some fading to text along spine. Small stain under name plate on spine. Rear board is clean. Minimal staining to inside front board. Spine is tight, binding is strong. Pages and text block are clean.
Death in the Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway first edition $250
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932, hardcover. First edition. Good condition overall. Some wear to front and rear boards. Lettering is bright. Some pencil writing on inside first page. Loosening to rear board. Owner information in small writing on top left of rear board. Pages and text block otherwise clean.
The Curve of Binding Energy by John McPhee inscribed first edition $350
Very good condition overall. Some shelf wear and light rubbing to bottom of boards, and light soiling and a two-inch tear to dustjacket, which is now in a protective mylar sleeve. Pages are bright and clean, binding is tight. Signed and inscribed ‘to Jacques’ on the title page. Stated first printing.
In the Clearing by Robert Frost signed by the author $450
Holt Rinehart And Winston, 1962, hardcover with slipcase. Signed by the author on the limitation page, copy 827/1500. Very good condition overall. Folio is in good condition with minimal wear. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Former owner's names on inside top front board. Book shop sticker on opposite page, 1/2 USPS stamp size. Binding is tight, spine is strong. Pages and text block are clean.
West-Running
Brook
by Robert Frost signed by the author $400
Henry Holt And Company, 1928, hardcover. Good condition overall. Signed by the author on the limitation page, copy 859/1000. Wear to corners, tops of boards. Bright lettering along spine. Spine is strong, binding is tight. Pages and text block are clean.
The Europeans: Photographs
by Henri Cartier Bresson
first edition
$300
Verve and Simon and Schuster, 1955. First edition. No dust jacket. Good condition. Board ends are bumped and torn. Corners of spine are torn with old repair tape still intact. Interior hinges are fragile. Interior pages are clean and bright. Cover art by Miro.
The Decisive Moment
by Henri Cartier Bresson
$1,500
First edition, Very Good condition. Boards are fine with only very slight wear and discoloration from age. Hinges are tights and interior is very clean and bright. DJ is fair, with tears and chips along top and bottom. Some fading and staining is present as well. DJ in mylar sleeve. Photo caption booklet included. Beautiful cover art by Matisse.
The Triumph of Achilles by Louise Gluck inscribed by the author $750
The Ecco Press, 1985, hardcover. Inscribed by the author on the opposite cover page and signed by the author on the title page. Very good condition overall. Dust jacket is in very good condition and is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Binding is tight, spine is strong. Pages and text block are clean.
Descending Figure by Louise Gluck inscribed by the author $300
The Ecco Press, 1981, paperback. Inscribed by the author on the opposite cover page and signed by the author on the title page. Very good condition overall. Clean covers with minimal wear. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Binding is tight, spine is strong. Minimal fading to text block.
The Path of Minor Planets
by Andrew Sean Greer
signed first edition
$75
Picador, 2001, hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. Very good condition overall. Dust jacket is in very good condition and is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Binding is tight, spine is strong. Pages and text block are clean.
White Noise by Don DeLillo signed first edition $1,500
Viking, 1985, hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition, as signaled by "First published in 1985 by Viking Penguin INC" line on the copyright page. Very good condition overall. Dust jacket is in very good condition and is protected in a mylar sleeve. Boards are clean with bright lettering. Binding is tight, spine is strong. Pages and text block are clean.
