Princeton and London: Princeton University Press, 2009. Octavo, vii, xviii, xx, 404 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine green with white and light green lettering. Exterior has very slight wear. Boards have extremely light wear. Text block has very light wear including previous owner's embossed stamped to the front end paper. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Column L. More

Johannesburg: Kayor Publishing House, 1949. First Edition. Octavo, 255 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's reddish brown cloth bearing black lettering to the spine. Boards have moderate wear including modest sunning to the spine and slight rubbing to the edges with slightly cocked spine. Text block has slight plus wear including age toning to the edges and mild offsetting to the end papers. Frontispiece. First edition. Inscribed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Column L. More

New York: Random House, 1969. First printing. Octavo, 392 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is white with black and blue print. Dust jacket has b&w author portrait on rear panel; light edge wear, light toning. Price unclipped: “$7.95”. Boards in black cloth; slight soiling, lightly cocked spine. Illustrated: b&w plates (drawings). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K (ND-K). More

New York, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 351 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine beige with brown lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering, price uncut: "$7.95." Light shelfwear and rubbing to dust jacket, concentrated on corners and spine. Light bumping and scuffing to head and tail of board's spine. Signed flat by Himes on front free endpaper. Shelved in Case 1. More

London and New York: Continuum, 2007. First Edition. Octavo, xxxvi, 424 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's green and white cloth bearing black and white lettering to the pictorial spine. Boards have very light wear including faint soiling. Text block has very slight wear including sparse, slight marks to the fore edge. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Column N. More

London: William Heinemann, 1937. Octavo, 431 pages. In Fair condition with a Fair minus dust jacket. Spine is red with black print. Dust jacket has edgewear with short tears at spine ends and flap corners, some taped, toning, smudging/shelf wear. Price unclipped: “12s.6d. net”. Boards in purple cloth; wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, cocked spine. Text block has purple tinted top edge, spotting to edges, tanning to endpapers, occasional foxing within. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates (photographs). NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. More

New York and London: Harper and Brothers, Publishers, 1931. First Edition. Octavo, vii, ix, 292 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's dark blue cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have moderate wear including mild sunning and slight rubbing to the edges. Text block has slight plus wear including age toning to the edges and slight damp staining to the head/tail edges, as is. Deckled fore edge. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Slight foxing to the interior impacting the illustrations. First edition with Harper's G-F coding. NOTE: Shelved in Column N. More

New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xiv, xvi, 302 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine black and red with beige lettering. Exterior has moderate wear including modest slight sunning and few chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have slight wear including light edge wear. Text block has slight wear including age toning to the fore/tail edges with head edge colored gray. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Frontispiece. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Col. N. More

New York: Vienna House, 1971. First Thus Edition. Octavo, x, 420 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in the publisher's maroon cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Scarce in hard cover. Boards have slight wear including mild sunning. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning. Illustrated. First thus edition. NOTE: Shelved in Column N. More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, viii, 331 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is green with cream lettering. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering, price cut. Bumping and chipping to head and tail of dust jacket spine. Minor bumping and chipping to corners of dust jacket. Age-toning to dust jacket. Wearing along dust jacket hinges. Scratching to front cover of dust jacket. Bumping and chipping to head and tail of spine. Mild cocking to spine. Age-toning to text block. Shelved in Poetry Biography. More

New York: Oxford University Press, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, ix, 343 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket spine blue with green lettering, protected in mylar covering, price cut. Rubbing to dust jacket front and rear. Sunning to dust jacket spine. Tanning to front and back pastedowns and front and back free end-papers. Gutter damage in between last and second-to-last back free end-papers. Mild general shelf wear. Shelved in Lit Crit. More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1953-1972. First Edition. Octavos, 5 Volumes. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jackets. Volumes are in full brown cloth binding. Jackets are tan, brown, and green, with brown and green lettering to spines. Jackets show moderate age toning and shelving wear, with rubbing along edges and light scuffs/smudges to covers. Somewhat heavier wear to Vol. III jacket. Wrinkling, closed tears, and chipping to heads and tails of spines. Varying levels of sunning to jacket spines. Jackets in Vol. I and III show faint offsetting on rear flap. Vol. I jacket is price clipped; price unclipped in all other volumes. Boards show generally very light wear, with mild rubbing along the edges and at the corners. Shallow crinkling at heads and tails of spine. Text blocks are lightly age toned along edges with light scuffing/shelving wear; scattered foxing to top edges. Vol. I and III show offsetting to the rear endpaper. Pencil X marks in top corner of Vol. II and III front flyleaves. Interiors otherwise clean. Vol. I is inscribed by Leon Edel to Susan Sheehan (here as Susan Black) in blue ink on front flyleaf: "Inscribed for Susan Black by Leon Edel in Brendan Gill's office, at the New Yorker / 18 October 1963 / with the author's best wishes". CONTENTS: Vol. I "The Untried Years: 1843-1870" ([2], 350 pages); Vol. II "The Conquest of London: 1870-1881" (465 pages); Vol. III "The Middle Years: 1882-1895" (408 pages); Vol. IV "The Treacherous Years: 1895-1901" (381 pages); Vol. V "The Master: 1901-1916" (591 pages). Shelved in Room F. More

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Large Thick Octavo, v, xi, xxi, xxv, xxvi, 1270 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine black and red with white lettering. Exterior has slight plus wear including slight soiling to the rear and previous bookshop's small sticker to the rear. Boards have slight wear including faint sunning to the spine, some rubbing to the edges and mild cocking to the spine. Text block has slight plus wear including slight soiling to the edges and mild damp staining to several rear pages to the head edge. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column CC. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for international/expedited orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. More

New York: Suhrkamp Publishers New York, Inc., 1989. Octavo, viii, 440 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine white with black lettering. Exterior has slight wear including few soiling marks and sparse, minor chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have slight wear including faint sunning and mild tilt to the spine. Text block has slight wear including sparse, light foxing to the edges and slight crack to the gutter at pages four hundred thirty-four and four hundred thirty-five. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column CC. More

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. Octavo, 426 pages. In Good minus condition with a Poor plus dust jacket. Spine is tan with brown and black print. Dust jacket in mylar; tears to all edges and corners, toning. Price unclipped: “$3.50. Boards in green cloth, gold print; wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning. Text block has brown tinted top edge, penciled notes on final page. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates (photographs). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. More

University Park and London: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1987. First Edition. Octavo, vi, 368 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine beige with brown lettering. Exterior has slight plus wear including slight age toning, light soiling and slight edge wear. Boards have very light wear including faint sunning and slight tilt to the spine. Text block has slight wear including faint soiling to the edges with foxing and 'Review Copy' stamped to the head edge. Review Copy with slip laid in. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column CC. More

Folkestone, UK: Global Oriental, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, ix, 342 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is teal with white lettering. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering. Mild bumping to head and tail of dust jacket spine. Rubbing to dust jacket. Mild sunning to dust jacket. Two of previous bookseller's stickers adhered to back cover of dust jacket. Mild bumping to head and tail of spine. Mild sunning to text block, concentrated on fore and top edge. Shelved in Literary Criticism. More

London: Smithson Albright, 1998. Octavo, 239 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is grey with red print. Cover is green and red with green and red print; slight wear to bottom edge. Inscribed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. More

Atlanta, GA: The Atlanta Science Fiction Organization Press, 1954. First Edition. Octavo, xiii, 270 pages. In Very Good Condition with Very Good dust jacket. Spine black and white with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$5.00." Mild rubbing to board edges. Bumping to dust jacket and board spine head and tail. Age toning to textblock. Spine slightly cocked. Inscribed by Moskowitz on title page. Shelved Case 8. More

Berkeley: Privately Published, 1945. Quarto, 157 pages. In Good condition with a poor dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine beige with black lettering. Exterior has severe wear including age toning, several instances of water spotting and chipping/cracking to the edges. Slight age toning to the interior. Boards have slight wear including mild age toning and minor edge wear. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning to the edges and slight offsetting to the end papers. Unnumbered but limited to seven hundred and fifty copies for distribution in 1945. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Quarto and Folio Case. More

New York, New York: Agrophile Press, 1958. First Edition. Octavo, xi, 246 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in navy cloth with silver lettering on spine. Protected in glassine. Mild general shelf wear. Light age toning to textblock. Shelved in Case 0. More

New York: Scribner's, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 367 pages. In Good minus condition. Paperback binding. Spine light blue with black lettering. Covers have moderate plus wear including several instances of soiling marks, mild sunning to the spine and minor edge wear. Text block has slight wear including mild soiling to the edges and few instances of marginalia/notations and slight soiling to the interior. Frontispiece. Uncorrected reader's proof. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column CC. More

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1962. First printing. Octavo, 264 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is white and black with blue and white print. Dust jacket has light edge wear, vertical scratch to front panel, light shelf wear. Price unclipped: “$3.50”. Boards in grey cloth, illustration; slight wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has blue tinted top edge; spotting to edges, slight tanning to endpapers. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1907. First edition, first printing. Octavo, xii, 224 pages. In Fair minus condition. Ex-library with embossed library stamp on title page. Spine is grey with gold print. Boards in grey cloth, gold print, illustration; tattering to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, wear to hinges. Text block has cracked hinges, front endpapers loose from binding, intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates (drawings and photographs). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. More

New York: Greenwood Press, 1988. Octavo, 100 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is black with yellow print on red banner. Boards in black cloth, yellow print on red banner. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates (maps). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. More