New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc., 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. "The Olympia Press was founded in Paris in the spring of 1953 by Maurice Girodias, "conceived," he writes, "as a desperate move on my part to escape complete social and economic annihilation."...From the beginning it was unique among publishing houses. Located in Paris, it published in English. Its authors included some of the greatest of the past and the present..... More
[Item #3424]
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. "As a Surrealist, Péret valued freedom and creativity above all else...A member of the movement from its beginning--although unembroiled in its major controversies on a personal level--[was] especially and naturally dedicated to writing poetry that would embody "the real function of the spirit"--the basic goal of Surrealism... This volume includes poems from all his major poetic works, selected for..... More
[Item #3626]
New York, NY: New Directions Books, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. "This is a companion volume to the Collected Shorter Poems of Kenneth Rexroth which was published in 1967. It contains all of the poet's long poems...Among the finest of Rexroth's shorter poems are the contemplative lyrics; it now becomes clear as we can read the long poems together and in sequence that he is a philosophical poet of consequence who..... More
[Item #4312]
New York, NY: Barse & Hopkins, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. With excerpt of poem hand-written & initialed by Robert W. Service. An early &, in its time, wildly popular volume of poems by Robert William Service (1874-1958), the extremely prolific British-Canadian poet known as "The Bard of the Yukon" & often compared to his near-contemporary Rudyard Kipling. These are very straightforward, old-fashioned poems about the places & people of Canada's..... More
[Item #3418]
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: S. J. Reginald Saunders, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed with greeting by Robert W. Service. "Mr. Service needs no introduction to Canadians, for his readers here are numbered in the hundreds of thousands. The poetry of Robert Service has sold more widely throughout the English-speaking world than that of any other living poet. His new volume of poems, BAR-ROOM BALLADS includes, among other poems in the typical..... More
[Item #3422]
New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. Limited First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Signed by illustrator Everett Henry. The great Gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) first published in 1818. Considered in critical hindsight as one of the earliest works of science fiction, Shelley's masterpiece is also a keen allegorical study of human nature & hubris. Offered here is the Limited Editions Club first edition thus published in 1934..... More
[Item #4324]
New York, NY: Random House/ The Modern Library, n/d (Circa 1950). First Edition Thus, Early Printing. Hardcover. "Genuine compassion for his vagabonds and human flotsam gives the breath of life to John Steinbeck's novels and makes them idylls of the lower depths. Of Mice and Men is Steinbeck at his compassionate best; it is a story movingly and forcefully told and with overtones of soaring beauty. Its first success as..... More
[Item #4429]
Hartford, CT; New York, NY: American Publishing Company; Oxford University Press, 1880; 1996. Early Edition, First Trade Edition Thus. Hardcovers. Two collectible versions of an early-career classic travelogue by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American humorist & writer: (1) The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress, American Publishing Company's 1880 printing of the work it first published in 1869. Hardcover in black cloth with gilt lettering..... More
[Item #4246]
n/p; Berkeley, CA; New York, NY: Belford & Co.; The Iowa Center for Textual Studies/ University of California Press; Oxford University Press, 1880; 1979; 1996. Early Pirated Edition; First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Three related rarities by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author: (1) Sketches by Mark Twain, Belford & Co., 1880, "Now Published in Complete Form" as noted on title page. This is..... More
[Item #4256]
New York, NY; Berkeley, CA: Charles L. Webster & Co.; The Iowa Center for Textual Studies/ University of California Press; Oxford University Press, 1891; 1979; 1996. Early Edition; First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Three rare editions of a favorite work of early science fiction, fantasy & allegory by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author: (1) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Charles L...... More
[Item #4336]
Syracuse, NY; New York, NY: American Publishing Company; Oxford University Press, 1893; 1996. Early Edition; First Trade Edition Thus. Hardcovers. Two collectible versions of an early-mid career classic collection of stories by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American humorist & writer: (1) Sketches New and Old, American Publishing Company's 1893 printing of the collection it first published in 1875. Hardcover in brown cloth with ornately illustrated front..... More
[Item #4241]
Hartford, CT; New York, NY: American Publishing Company; Oxford University Press, 1897; 1996. Early Edition; First Trade Edition Thus. Hardcovers. Two collectible versions of the classic travelogue by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American Humorist & writer: (1) A Tramp Abroad, American Publishing Company's 1897 printing of the work it first published in 1880, a sequel to The Innocents Abroad (see our Item No. 4246). Hardcover in..... More
[Item #4291]
London, England: Chatto & Windus, 1899. First British Edition Thus, Early Printing. Hardcover. The famously large cornucopia of humorous writings compiled & with contributions by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American humorist & author. Originally published in an American edition by Charles L. Webster & Co. during 1887, & "anonymously" edited by William Dean Howells, the esteemed American author who was Twain's close friend & colleague, according..... More
[Item #4411]
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. The late work of imaginative detective fiction by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author, featuring an appearance by Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes- an unusual & delightful cross-pollination between two literary icons. Offered here is the very first edition, first printing, published by Harper & Brothers in April 1902 as stated on copyright..... More
[Item #4381]
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1906. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. A satirical work, daring & irreverent for its time, by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author. With frontispiece illustration of Adam "writing his diary" surrounded by Eve & the creatures of Eden, & hieroglyphic-spoofing illustrations opposite each page of text, all by F. Strothman. Hardcover in red cloth with color illustration..... More
[Item #4396]
London, England; New York, NY: Chatto & Windus; Oxford University Press, 1907; 1996. Early British Edition; First Trade Edition Thus. Hardcovers. Two collectible versions of a classic of historical fiction by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American humorist & writer: (1) Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Chatto & Windus' 1907 printing of the work it first published in Britain during 1896, the same year of the..... More
[Item #4366]
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers; Oxford University Press, 1909; 1952; 1996. First Edition; First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Three rare editions of a late short work of humor, satire, fantasy & religious philosophy by Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American author: (1) Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven, Harper & Brothers, 1909. First edition in red cloth with illustrated front cover, detail of frontispiece protected by attached & entirely..... More
[Item #4441]
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Subtitled "From My Autobiography," this is a very late, short nonfictional work in the oeuvre of Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American humorist & author. In this volume, Twain weighs in on the controversy as to the authorship of the immortal dramatic works attributed to William Shakespeare. Twain concludes that it was Shakespeare's contemporary Francis Bacon who..... More
[Item #4458]
New York, NY; London, England: Harper & Brothers; MacMillan & Co. Ltd., 1910; 1955. First Editions. Hardcovers. Two venerable critical biographies of the lives & works of the canonical American humorist & writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910); & the great British author Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936): (1) My Mark Twain: Reminiscences and Criticisms by William Dean Howells (1837-1920), a close friend of Twain & himself a very prolific..... More
[Item #4444]
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. A posthumous collection of miscellaneous writings by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American humorist & author. With many theretofore unpublished writings from Twain's long & most-prolific career, as noted in the Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine (1861-1937), Twain's close friend & writer of his first comprehensive three-volume biography (1912, see our item No. 4251). Also with many..... More
[Item #4466]
San Francisco, CA; New York, NY: George Fields; Harper & Row, 1938; 1965. First Editions. Hardcovers. Two collectible volumes by & relating to Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author: (1) The Washoe Giant in San Francisco: Heretofore Uncollected Sketches by Mark Twain, edited & with an introduction by Franklin Walker, illustrated by Lloyd Hoff. As stated on title page, this volume contains "...heretofore..... More
[Item #4501]
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers; Oxford University Press, 1959; 1996. First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Two intermediate, collectible editions of autobiographical writings by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author: (1) The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Harper & Brothers (among Twain's original publishers), 1959. "One of the classics of American writing, including manuscript material and photographs never before published, arranged and edited by Charles..... More
[Item #4516]
New York, NY: Appleton-Century, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. "A hundred years ago, Mark Twain's life-long love affair with the future fiftieth state began when the steamer Ajax arrived in Honolulu on Sunday, March 18, 1866. Samuel Clemens came as a newspaper correspondent to write, over his famous pen name, a series of travel letters for publication in the Sacramento Union. He spent only four months and a day in the..... More
[Item #4376]
Berkeley & Los Angeles, CA: 1967. Hardcover. "Bizarre plot elements enlivened with irony and satire characterize these later fictional pieces by Mark Twain, published here in full for the first time. In theme and style they are closely related to The Mysterious Stranger, which is generally considered the most important work of his later years. Known to scholars as the "Great Dark" manuscripts, this group of unfinished narratives offers substantial..... More
[Item #4230]
New York, NY; n/p: Lyle Stuart; Land's End Press; Oxford University Press, n/d; 1969; 1996. First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Three versions of a risqué satire of Elizabethan-era conversation by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author. First published anonymously in 1881, we offer three later editions of this work: (1) 1601...Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors..... More
[Item #4426]