Special Editions and Rare Finds
Maclay & Associates, 1990. This edition is limited to 750 copies signed by all of the contributors; this is number 566. Black cloth slipcase; no dj as issued; red cloth with silver design and lettering; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/VG
Arkham House, 1978. 1st edition; dust jacket protected; not price clipped; black cloth; binding tight; top edge lightly foxed. G/G
J.B. Lippincott Company, 1938; ninth impression; dust jacket protected; edges creased and chipped; tan cloth; binding tight; text clean. G+/G
Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) was an Irish-British novelist and short story writer, known for her depictions of life during wartime London. She spent her summers in her family’s country home, Bowens Court, which was built in the 1770's by Henry Cole Bowen and was located in Cork, Ireland. In this personal narrative, originally published in 1942, Bowen weaves together three centuries of Irish history with a chronicle of her family.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. 2nd edition in scarce dust jacket with photo by Pat English showing Elizabeth Bowen walking on the lawn at Bowen's Court in Ireland. Dust jacket in protective cover; price not clipped; spine edges lightly chipped; rear cover has light soiling near spine and along top edge; navy blue stamped cloth with gilt lettering and design on spine; endpapers clean; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/VG-
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1923. Eleven classic stories, each with a full page color illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith. The dust jacket (edgeworn) features a JWS illustration of Alice surrounded by other Wonderland characters. 9.5" x 12" binding in green cloth with color plate paste-down, dark orange endpapers. Previous owner birthday inscription on ffep dated 1935. VG/G+
One of Texas's true renaissance men, Tom Lea (1907-2001) was already a noted artist, muralist, and book illustrator when he published his first novel, The Brave Bulls, in 1949. This suspenseful story of bullfighting in Mexico, elegantly illustrated by the author, spent several weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was hailed by Time magazine as the best first novel of the year. It also won the Carr P. Collins Award from the Texas Institute of Letters, went through numerous reprints and translations, and became a 1951 movie starring Mel Ferrer and Anthony Quinn.
1st edition; title page painting and decorative drawings by author; dust jacket in protective cover; corners worn; head of spine creased; bottom of spine chipped; tear along edge of front flap; red cloth with decoration and lettering in black and gold; illustrated endpapers; endpapers have some foxing; front hinge weak; text clean. G/G-
Dial Books, 1991. Beautiful copy in unclipped dust jacket; dust jacket protected; front top creased with 1" closed vertical tear; child's name scribbled on ffep above illustration; binding tight. VG/VG
World Publishing Company, 1963. 1st American edition. Dust jacket protected; edges lightly worn; spine head and heel chipped; illustrated covers; binding good; text clean. G+/G
1st edition, signed; dust jacket protected. VG/VG
Stated 1st edition; dust jacket protected; covers have areas of light soiling; edges very lightly worn; pictorial boards; binding tight; text clean. VG/G+