First Editions
1st edition; dust jacket protected. VG/VG
Fedogan & Bremer, 1997. 1st edition. Edited by Philip J. Rahman and Dennis E. Weiler. Dust jacket protected; binding tight; text clean. VG/VG
Best known as author of the “Madeleine” stories, Ludwig Bemelmans combined his experiences from several trips to South America during the late ‘30s/early ‘40s in this charming, semi-fictional travelogue. As the first-person narrator, Bemelmans remains a bemused observer confronted by an improbable array of characters that include the scion of an old Quito family, whose plans for a happy marriage were dashed when his parents discovered one of his fiancee’s ancestors had been a servant--400 years earlier--and a half-Jewish Austrian doctor who can’t understand how “Adolf” could force an old comrade like himself into exile. This tongue-in-cheek narrative evokes the old images of the romantic lands “South of the Border.” (L.A. Times, November 4, 1990). Illustrated in Bemelmans' recognizable style.
New York: The Viking Press, 1941. 1st edition. Illustrated by the author. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover; spine edges have very light wear; rear cover lightly soiled; light yellow cloth stamped in red; all edges red; 4 double-page color plates; pictorial endpapers; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/VG
1st edition; dust jacket protected; flap unclipped; edges creased; Off-Broadway Winner Award sticker on front cover; half white cloth over black paper; binding good; text clean. VG/G
Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) was an Irish-British novelist and short story writer, known for her fiction about life in wartime London. This book combines two collections of short stories: Encounters (first published in 1923) and Ann Lee's and Other Stories (published in 1926).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. 1st edition. Dust jacket in protective cover; inside top edges tanned; edges lightly shelf worn; corners lightly chipped; light purple cloth with silver decorations and lettering on spine; front endpapers lightly tanned; deckled edges; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/VG-
Vincent Starrett (1886-1974) was a book collector, author, bibliographer, and a Sherlock Holmes scholar. He has been referred to as part of Chicago's "literary renaissance” and has written or edited more than 50 books of essays, criticism, fiction, biography, poetry, and bibliography. Ebony Flame, published in 1922, was Starrett's first published collection of poetry.
Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1922. Limited edition, numbered copy, no. 331/350, signed by author. No dust jacket; black cloth spine with paper label; decorated paper boards; top edge toned with age; spine head frayed; decorated endpapers; binding good; text clean. G
Ally Press, 1991. Signed by author on title page. Like new.
"Filled with lively humor, compassion, and intimacy."
—Alice Hoffman, The New York Times Book Review
"When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy." With that opening sentence we enter the childhood world of one of the most appealing young heroines in contemporary fiction. Her courage, her humor, and her wisdom are unforgettable as she tells her own story with stunning honesty and insight. An Oprah Book Club selection, this powerful novel has become an American classic.
Winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and the Ernest Hemingway Foundation's Citation for Fiction.
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. 1st edition. Dust jacket in protective cover; top edge lightly creased; tan cloth with white lettering on spine; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/VG
1st American edition; no dj; red cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine; spine soiled and darkened; head of spine pulled and worn; endpapers and title page foxed; binding weak in places; text clean. G-