Literature from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

New Yo K: Random House and Vintage Books, 1986. Poster. Near Fine. Poster. 1st Edition. Publisher's promotional poster, 21"w x 29" h, for the book published June 16, 1986, featuring a brass bed over which the passage that begins "yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. Book. Very Good. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at front end page. First Edition stated at cp. Very Good, cloth rubbed, end pages toned, front hinge small opening, prior owner name in ink front end page. In Very Good Minus dust… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1971. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half title page -"To June and Bill Jean Dhepherd 1985", with laid in provenance a program for "An Evening with Jean Shepferd", dated October 4, 1985, Holiday Inn North, Indianapolis.… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Issue, with no ads at end, Scribner's seal at copyright page, lacking the rare dust jacket. Very Good, small opening at front gutter, toning at front gutter, spine a touch faded. Top edge gilt, [vi], 533 pp. Original red… Read more about this item

New York: Basic Books, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end oage -"To Phil, with best wishes Douglas Hofstadter May 1997" , a full page inscription with author's added drawing. Fine in Fine dust jacket, First Printing with complete number row.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, stamped red H in circle front end page, in a Very Good dust jacket, small chip and 1" closed tear bottom edge front panel, small chips at corners and spine ends, 1" closed tear top edge rear panel. Jacket… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Issue, with the publisher's imprint on half title; no second half-title, photographer's name spelled "Hank Krangler" on rear flap of jacket, two line author biography rear flap. Kesey's second novel, filmed in 1971, starring Paul Newman, Henry Fonda,… Read more about this item

No Place (St. Louis, Missouri): Autolycus Press, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Leather. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR OF INTRODUCTION. Limited and Numbered 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE, Copy number 41 of 86 copies, of which only 40 copies were heretofore known to have been bound. This copy SIGNED by Michael Murphy under his printed name… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1954. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, the usual toning at end pages, in a Near Fine dust jacket, light wear at spine ends, 1/4" closed tear bottom edge fron panel. The author's first novel, with dust jacket design by Edward… Read more about this item

New York: Wm. H. Colyer, 1838. Book. Near Fine. Buckram. First Colyer Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "Illustrations by R. Seymour, Phiz, and Crowquill". Both volumes with added illustrated title-pages, there are no illustrations in the text. x, 284, 13-290, pages. Two volumes recently professionally rebound in brown buckram, grey end papers, Near Fine, scattered moderate toning… Read more about this item

London: J. Tonson & J. Watts / J. and P. Knapton and T. Cox, 1728. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second and Third Editions. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fables by Mr. Gay, Second Edition, 1728, and Fables by the late Mr. Gay, Third Edition, 1747. Vol. I, engraved title page, dedication page to William Duke of Cumberland, (4,… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1926. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lytton Strachey's most enduring work, with undated ALS taped at front end page from Henry E. Manning, Cardinal Manning, one of the four main subjects of the book, as follows -"Dear Sir, I have very great pleasure in accepting your… Read more about this item

London: John Camden Hotten Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (iii)-xlviii, (1), 354, 19 (publisher's catalogue, pp. No Date, circa 1869, date of publisher's catalogue at end. List of the Plates lists 79 colored plates while title page states there are 80. The original ed., complete and unabridged, with the life and… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Co,, 1916. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing with the words "Set up electrotyped Published February, 1916" printed on the copyright page. "Planned To Be Sung By Efficient Singers Accompanied By a Capable Orchestra." Handsomely bound in contemporary half brown morocco over marbled… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co. Book. Near Fine. Morocco. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Second Edition stated at head of title page. No Date, OCLC dates the Second London edition 1882. Near Fine, the faintest of wear at the joints. Finely bound by Bayntun of Bath in full Christmas green morocco, red morocco labels and gilt back,… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1922. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. White linen beveled boards lettered in gilt back, all edges gilt. # 266 of 380 copies, 30 of which were reserved for presentation. Near Fine, light soiling, common to the white boqads. SIGNED BY… Read more about this item

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Two volumes bound together in one. First Edition, fourth stae of The Battle of Life, with a banner with a figure. Smith II, 8. First Edition of Cricket on the Hearth, both volumes bound without the advertisements. Both volumes with… Read more about this item

London: Adam Islip, 1602. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Bound in pebbled dark brown calf, the back with five raised bands with ornate gilt decorations, a geometric gilt ruled design to the covers, marbled end papers and edges. Armorial bookplate of J. A. Knowles Renshaw front paste down. Dr. John Alfred Knowles Renshaw… Read more about this item

London: Printed by W. Stansby and to be Sold by Rich. Meighen, 1616. Book. Very Good. Full Calf. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. [12], 1015, [1, blank] with engraved allegorical title by William Hole (Pforzheimer state A). Lacking the rare initial blank, as with Pforzheimer's copy. Volume 1, 1616, pages measure 10 3/8" by 7".… Read more about this item

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905. Book. Very Good. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at recto of frontispiece - "For the beautiful lady and gentleman - from their affectionate and admiring son, Booth. May 2nd. 05". Also SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at front decorative… Read more about this item