By the North Gate by Oates, Joyce Carol - 1963

London: Nonesuch Press, 1925. The Writings (limited edition of 1500 copies, this being No. 654): xviii, 364 pages+ vii, 397 pages + vii, 430 pages. The Life (published 1927; limited edition of 1480 copies, this being No. 864): xv, 397 pages. Quarto. Portrait frontispiece and many b/w plates. Notes at the end of each volume. The Life has appendices, notes and index. Original vellum-backed marbled papered boards. Gilt titling on the spines. All edges uncut. Partially unopened. Very slight spotting. Some offsetting on endpapers. *A very beautiful set.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: HarperCollins/Voyager, 1996. Preview Edition issued simultaneoulsy with the first UK edition. Designated by the publisher as the "Collectors' Preview Edition." Perfect-bound illustrated wraps. No hardcover issue. Limitation unspecified. Meant for sale. Contains the Prologue and opening chapters of Book One of "A Song of Ice and Fire" series with map and blurbs by Robert Jordan, Julian May, et al. Signed by Martin on the title page. Minor shelfwear, mostly at the spine bottom, and beginning page toning. Very Good condition. First volume in Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series. Winner of 1997 Locus Award. First Edition. Soft Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Advance Issue.

Leiden: Jean Elsevier [ Elzevir ], 1658. Hardcover. See Description. Small 12mo. pp. 417, [1]. With extra engraved title page. Bound in period full red morocco. Spine is gilt in compartments; boards are richly gilt with floral borders. The binding is well preserved with only minor spots of wear. All edges of the book block are gilt. The extra engraved title is tightly trimmed with no outer margin. Interior pages contain occasional mild marginal spotting but are otherwise generally clean. Lucan’s epic poem "Pharsalia" (written during the reign of Nero) concerns the Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey. In 48 b.c.e the conflict came to a conclusion with Pompey’s defeat on the Thessalian plains of Pharsalus. The poem then extends down to the capture of Egyptian Alexandria. Lucan’s epic is also noted for containing many elements of the supernatural, including turgid scenes of magic and witchcraft. Translated from the Latin into French verse by the French poet and… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1987 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed and dated by Isaac Asimov, directly on the title page, along with an inscription turned into an original rhimed poem by Asimov: "There's a certain young doctor named Art / whom people have thought of as smart, / And handsome and sporty. / He's now turning forty--- / As an oldster he'll make a new start / Isaac Asimov / 1988." Book in fine condition; dust jacket with light creasing/rubbing and wear to corners/spine ends, else fine.

17 volumes with frontispieces, illustrations and indexes. Royal octavo (9 3/4"" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's light green cloth with labels to spine. and gilt head end pages with deckled edges. Bassorah edition, number 129 limited to 1000 copies.Burton's translation was one of two unabridged and unexpurgated English translations done in the 1880s; the first was by John Payne, under the title The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night (1882–1884, nine volumes). Burton's ten volume version was published almost immediately afterward with a slightly different title. This, along with the fact that Burton closely advised Payne and partially based his books on Payne's, led later to charges of plagiarism. Owing to the sexual imagery in the source texts (which Burton made a special study of, adding extensive footnotes and appendices on "Oriental" sexual mores) and to the strict Victorian laws on obscene material, both translations were printed as private editions for subscribers only, rather… Read More

London: Nonesuch Press, 1925. The Writings (limited edition of 1500 copies, this being No. 654): xviii, 364 pages+ vii, 397 pages + vii, 430 pages. The Life (published 1927; limited edition of 1480 copies, this being No. 864): xv, 397 pages. Quarto. Portrait frontispiece and many b/w plates. Notes at the end of each volume. The Life has appendices, notes and index. Original vellum-backed marbled papered boards. Gilt titling on the spines. All edges uncut. Partially unopened. Very slight spotting. Some offsetting on endpapers. *A very beautiful set.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: HarperCollins/Voyager, 1996. Preview Edition issued simultaneoulsy with the first UK edition. Designated by the publisher as the "Collectors' Preview Edition." Perfect-bound illustrated wraps. No hardcover issue. Limitation unspecified. Meant for sale. Contains the Prologue and opening chapters of Book One of "A Song of Ice and Fire" series with map and blurbs by Robert Jordan, Julian May, et al. Signed by Martin on the title page. Minor shelfwear, mostly at the spine bottom, and beginning page toning. Very Good condition. First volume in Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series. Winner of 1997 Locus Award. First Edition. Soft Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Advance Issue.

Leiden: Jean Elsevier [ Elzevir ], 1658. Hardcover. See Description. Small 12mo. pp. 417, [1]. With extra engraved title page. Bound in period full red morocco. Spine is gilt in compartments; boards are richly gilt with floral borders. The binding is well preserved with only minor spots of wear. All edges of the book block are gilt. The extra engraved title is tightly trimmed with no outer margin. Interior pages contain occasional mild marginal spotting but are otherwise generally clean. Lucan’s epic poem "Pharsalia" (written during the reign of Nero) concerns the Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey. In 48 b.c.e the conflict came to a conclusion with Pompey’s defeat on the Thessalian plains of Pharsalus. The poem then extends down to the capture of Egyptian Alexandria. Lucan’s epic is also noted for containing many elements of the supernatural, including turgid scenes of magic and witchcraft. Translated from the Latin into French verse by the French poet and… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1987 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed and dated by Isaac Asimov, directly on the title page, along with an inscription turned into an original rhimed poem by Asimov: "There's a certain young doctor named Art / whom people have thought of as smart, / And handsome and sporty. / He's now turning forty--- / As an oldster he'll make a new start / Isaac Asimov / 1988." Book in fine condition; dust jacket with light creasing/rubbing and wear to corners/spine ends, else fine.

17 volumes with frontispieces, illustrations and indexes. Royal octavo (9 3/4"" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's light green cloth with labels to spine. and gilt head end pages with deckled edges. Bassorah edition, number 129 limited to 1000 copies.Burton's translation was one of two unabridged and unexpurgated English translations done in the 1880s; the first was by John Payne, under the title The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night (1882–1884, nine volumes). Burton's ten volume version was published almost immediately afterward with a slightly different title. This, along with the fact that Burton closely advised Payne and partially based his books on Payne's, led later to charges of plagiarism. Owing to the sexual imagery in the source texts (which Burton made a special study of, adding extensive footnotes and appendices on "Oriental" sexual mores) and to the strict Victorian laws on obscene material, both translations were printed as private editions for subscribers only, rather… Read More