The Odyssey of Homer Books I - XII. The Text, and an English Version in Rhythym Prose by Homer; George Herbert Palmer, Translator - 1889

New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1976. Very good (some light sunning to the covers including a faint impression of the dust jacket image from sunning; one tiny nick and some light soil to top cover edge, one slightly bumped corner--lower rear) in very good, lightly edgeworn and rubbed dust jacket with one 1/2 inch shiny spot from some clear substance stuck to jacket (see scan). SIGNED by author on title page. Author's 6th book, 2nd novel. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Printed for F. Style. London.,1739. FIRST, AND ONLY, EDITION. 8vo. Front wrapper, ii,28pp. Lacking the half title but with the rare printed front wrapper (showing the price of Six Pence) laid down and bound in. Text complete. Top edge of pages have been cut and gilded, the others are untrimmed. Pages a bit marked and rubbed but overall a very good example. The original front wrapper has some small areas of loss to the edges and corners and has been professionally laid down. Bound in modern half red crushed morocco by C. Walters. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Compartments lettered in gilt. Boards with dark red cloth. Burgundy endpapers. Previous owners bookplate (Douglas Peter Crossman, Earl Stonham) on front pastedown endpaper. Overall a very good copy of this uncommon political satire, mocking the supporters of George II and Prince James Stuart, the Old pretender. Not in Halkett & Laing.:

Modern Library, New York,, 1933. HBDJ, 1933, Stated First ML Edition on Copyright pg, VG+/VG, AS-IS, 225 titles MENTIONED ON BACK & Inside DJ with 95 cents per copy; Very Good+ condition with minor fading to spine and light wear and at spine extremities.Solid binding, bright gilt, attractive lightly faded brown topstain. Contents are clean with no owner's signature or other writing in text.; dust jacket is also Very Good with minimal chipping to spine extremities and corners., 279 pages NO ADS IN BACK, bright cover and gilt; Toledano # 211.1; Style 7 binding in Brown with Bright Gold gilt Streamer Man on front cvr & Titled in Gilt on spine,; Titles on Blue, B/W DJ date from Spring 1933 and are accurate for a First; mild edge wear to DJ with TINY chips to top and bottom edge; TINYchips to head and heel of DJ spine; Small4.25 X 6.75 IN.Interior nice tight clean light Fox Thruout ,It is the central story, that of Melanctha, the Negro girl, which is the most original and compelling of the… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Signed on the title page by Orhan Pamuk. First U.S. edition / First printing. Navy paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. Pamuk was the 2006 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. First edition / First printing. Gray cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight wear. Fresh clean copy, gray boards have no fading and sharp corners. The author's third book and one of his best. Winner of the 1979 John Burroughs Medal for a distinguished work in the field of Natural History. National Book Award Finalist. Lannan Literary Award. Guggenheim Fellowship.

1857. 1857 [Hughes, Thomas] SCHOOL DAYS AT RUGBY BY AN OLD BOY Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857 409pp 12pp ads 8vo Embossed brown cloth Moderate scuffing, rubbing on edges, covers Internally sound copy,

Lipsiae: B.G. Teubneri [circa 1846]. (Hardcover set) 361, 358, 329pp. Good to very good. 3 volumes bound in 3 / 4 green leather with marbled boards. There is what appears to be an official stamp dated 13 May 1846 on the back of each title page. The covers are somewhat worn and rubbed, the edges of the pages are spotted and there is some spotting on the pages, there is an owner inscription on the front inner board of each volume, and the inner hinges are cracked. Text in Greek Language. (Classics, Orations).

London; (1924): Jonathan Cape. First Edition. Octavo. 253pp. The story about a man shattered mentally and physically by war and despairing of life. Nature brings him back step by step to health and vigor. It is the fight of nature against the evil of civilization. Bound in black cloth, paper spine label, some off setting to label, light wear to corners, in decorative unclipped dust jacket lettered and illustrated in black and green, chipping to spine ends and corners, spine darkened, with some toning to edges. A very good copy.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. First Edition. Original Cloth. As New/No Jacket as Issued. Jonathan Cape, London, 2005. Hardback. Book Condition: As New. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardback. Book in in MINT/UNREAD condition. No dustjacket, as issued. Complete with promotional bookband which is also in MINT condition. SIGNED by Julian Barnes shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: New Directions, 1990. Signed on the title page by the Robert Creeley. First edition / First printing. Blue cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.