New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. "(John) Barth's first work of nonfiction, The Friday Book is what he calls "an arrangement of essays and occasional lectures, some previously published, most not, most on matters literary, some not, accumulated over thirty years or so of writing, teaching, and teaching writing." With the full measure of playfulness and erudition that he brings to his novels, Barth glances into..... More

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Paul Bowles and Bibliographer, Jeffrey Miller. "In this bibliography I have described the first and subsequent American, English, paperback and foreign editions of books by and books translated by Paul Bowles as well as those with contributions. In general I have ignored subsequent impressions of all editions unless they differ significantly from the first impressions and thus..... More

New York, NY: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. "While many were drumming to the beat of modernism in the early and mid-twentieth century, French antiquaire and decorator Madeleine Castaing created her own look that was a unique blend of Neoclassicism, Proustian romanticism, and pure wit. Her distinctive aesthetic vision has inspired tastemakers on both sides of the Atlantic and her devotees- both then and now- are legion..... More

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. "Europe is, in world terms, a relatively minor peninsula attached to the Eurasian land mass. Yet it became one of the most innovative regions on the planet, generating restless adventurers who traversed the globe to trade, to explore, and often to settle. By the fifteenth century Europe was a driving world force, but the origins of its success have until..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Floyd Clymer, 1948. First American Edition. Softcover. "It gives me great pleasure to announce that we have secured the publishing rights for the U.S.A. on this unusual book, BRITISH SPORTS CARS, by the authority, Gregor Grant. This book offers a most complete history of the British Sports Cars that have so intrigued many enthusiasts in the United States. The individualized cars of Europe have long interested many..... More

Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. "It is a commonplace that, as a building is made up of numerous components which enclose its various internal spaces to form rooms, halls, corridors, ducts, etc., so a city is an aggregate of a variety of buildings which enclose or frame its external spaces to form squares, closes, roads, paths, gardens, parks, and so on. But whereas a building is..... More

Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Robert J. Milewski's exhaustively authoritative "Jack Kerouac: An Annoted Bibliography of Secondary Sources, 1944-1979" is simply a masterwork of bibliography. "Part 1A" consists of "Reviews of Kerouac's Primary Works," including "Big Sur," "Book of Dreams," "Desolation Angels," "The Dharma Bums," "Doctor Sax," "Heaven and Other Poems," "Lonesome Traveler," "Maggie Cassidy," "Mexico City Blues" and many more. "Part 1B" consists of "Films, Including..... More

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: The Musson Book Company Limited, n/d (circa 1936). Unknown Edition. Hardcover. "The very thought of the tartan is enough to gladden the heart of the Scotsman in a distant land. Be he Highlander or Lowlander, he feels a glow of emotion when he beholds the dress he may have worn when he roamed the lonely glens or climbed the heathery hills of his beloved Scotland. To the..... More

New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. "Some time ago, The New Yorker printed a piece by E.B. White about a small book called The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr., the late professor of English at Cornell. Mr. White recalled that in his own student days it was known on campus as the little book, and paid tribute to the author for his devotion to..... More

Paris, France: La Main Courante with New Native Press, 2008. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Signed by co-publisher Thomas Rain Crowe. "Called by Jerome Rothenberg "The linking figure between American modernism (in-the-line-of-Pound) and Chinese traditions and practices", Wai-Lim Yip has been active as a bicultural poet, translator, critic and theorist between Taiwan and America for over 30 years. Prof. Wai-Lim Yip has been with UCSD since 1967, and has played a...... More