A Home at the End of the World
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread.
Modern First Edition
Dupree Blues
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. "This novel is a Blues Ballad come to life." Jacket design by Gene Federico. A very nice copy.
The Alaskan
New York: Cosmopolitan, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Original red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. In a very nice example of the dust jacket with minor edge-wear and an external tape repair to the top of the spine near the rear hinge extending to the rear panel. The jacket is not price-clipped. Illustrated by Walt Louderback.....
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
London: Viking, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. Also included is a "Free Sample" chapter with promotional card.
Clash Of Angels
New York: Brewer And Warren, Inc., 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Original orange cloth lettered in blue to the spine. In a complete and bright and very attractive vintage dust jacket with only minor edge-wear. Cover art designed by Henrietta Reiss. Authors first novel. A North Carolina author and newsman, born and bred, he wrote for the.....
The Girl With The Louding Voice
London: Sceptre, (2020). First edition. Hardcover. Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author directly to the title page. Illustrated boards. Issued without dust jacket.
Eclogues
San Fransisco: North Point Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy. Eight Stories. The jacket is complete and uncut.
Tatlin!
New York: Scribners, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. A very clean, bright and attractive copy by a great author. The great critic Hugh Kenner spoke very highly of Mr. Davenport. Some creasing and closed tears along the bottom edge of the front panel. Some staining to the bottom edge.
The Constant Image
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A very clean and bright copy. The jacket is price-clipped and shows some very minor rubbing to the foot of the spine, else fine. A modern love affair set in Milan.
Rebels And Traitors
London: Century, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page.
Two Loves I Have. The Romance of William Shakespeare
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A clean, bright and solid copy of this scarce novel of the life of Shakespeare. Very nice attractive cover art on the jacket by, I believe, Charles Hargens. The jacket is complete and is not price-clipped. There is some modest edgewear and creasing but overall.....
Gala Day
New York: Vanguard Press, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Author's first book. A beautiful copy in a price-clipped jacket.
Rembrandt's Mirror
London: Atlantic Books, (2015). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. All edges gilt. Illustrated endapers. A beautifully produced hardback book.
Children of the River
New York: J. H. Sears & Company, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. A very clean and bright copy. The jacket has some minor chipping at both spine ends and some general edge-wear. Lovely dust jacket art by des Rosiers, a featured artist in "Jackets Required" by Heller and Chwast. This novel concerns a family rafting down the.....
A Wild Bird
London: John Murray, (1936). Fourth edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Originally published in 1926 this copy is a reprint edition of the "First Cheap Edition." A story of romance set largely in India. Some minor foxing along the edges but the book remains very clean and bright and the beautiful jacket remains just that.
Atom at Spithead
New York: Macmillan, 1953. FIRST. Hardcover. Near fine / Good. A clean, bright and pleasing copy. An atomic bomb attack threatens England after World War II. Nice cover art by Lawrence Hoffman. The jacket has some edge-wear and a 2 inch closed tear to the front panel.
Exciting Times
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to a special bound-in page. Edges are orange and red to mimic the color scheme of the jacket and the endpapers. Highly acclaimed novel of a young Irish woman living and working in modern Hong Kong.
The Pull Of The Stars
London: Picador, (2020). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on a special tipped-in page.
Back to Ballygullion
London: Duckworth, 1953. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. A modern re-telling of the old Pat Murphy stories from 1908. A very handsome copy in a complete jackt which shows only minor edge-wear. Previous owner name and notation on the front free endpaper.
A Star Called Henry
London: Jonathan Cape, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A brilliant novel by perhaps the finest living Irish author. The first offering in a proposed trilogy. Signed by Doyle on the title page.
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
London: Jonathan Cape, 1996. FIRST. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. An inopened, unread copy by this Booker Award winning author.
Kimbay
London: Macmillan, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Lovely wrap-around cover art. "The spellbinding saga of the lives and loves of an Irish racing family."
Images de la Grece
Paris: Editions du Sabilier, 1928. FIRST LIMITED ED. Paperback. Limited Edition Number of 800. Near Fine / Near Fine. Limited edition. Inscribed by Duhamel on the ffep. Wrappers with original glassine. From an original edition of approximately 800 copies, this one numbered as "E.S." Pages entirely uncut. Extremely scarce.
Big River, Big Man
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Lovely illustrated wrap-around dust jacket art by Moselle W. Thompson. A very nice copy of this giant novel of the Mississippi. Some minor rubbing to the ends of the spine.
Race of Scorpions
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Previous owner inscription on first blank page. Else fine. As bright and crisp as first issued.