New York: Harper & Row, 1986. First Edition. Octavo, 310 pages. Very Good minus in a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket is in a mylar sleeve, some rippling to the front & rear of the jacket, spine ends are slightly dented, some overall light soiling. Bound in dark blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine and the front cover. Spine ends are rolled, top and bottom edges are lightly dusted with the corners all having a touch of wear. Text block is age toned and lightly smudged, top and right edges have light discoloration. Signed on the title page. More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. First Edition. Octavo, 353 pages. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine has black and shadow-boxed lettering on a white background. Dust jacket is in a mylar sleeve, slight dents to the spine ends.Rear of the jacket is lightly tanned and contains 3 pieces of advance copy ephemera laid in the mylar sleeve. Bound in brown cloth with blue boards, spine has silver lettering. Spine ends rounded, slight wear to the edge of the bottom two corners. Text block is age toned. Inscribed on the title page in 1993. More

London: Chapman & Hail, 1952. First English Edition. Octavo, 314 pages. Good plus in a Good Plus dust jacket. Spine has black lettering on a red background with a gold insignia. Dust jacket is in a mylar sleeve, 1" x 2" piece missing from the top of the front of the jacket, that runs into the top 1" missing from the top of the spine. Spine is faded, rear of the jacket is age-toned. Bound in blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Book is slightly cocked, spine ends are rolled, but the corners are sharp. Text block edges are tanned, overall age-toning to pages. More

London: Michael Joseph, 1991. First Great Britain Edition. Octavo, 1121 pages. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine has gold and white lettering on a black background. Dust jacket is in a mylar sleeve, a light bend across "Norman" on the front cover, spine ends are somewhat rounded. Bound in blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine, spine ends are dented. Text block is lightly age toned. Signed on the title page. More

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Inc., 1999. First Edition. Octavo, 282 pages. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine has grey and black lettering on grey-green, multi colored background. Dust jacket bottom spine end is creased, upper left corner of rear is dinged. Bound ion black cloth with silver lettering on the spine, all 4 corners slightly rounded. Text block is lightly age toned. Signed on the title page. More

Paris: Librairie Garnier Freres, 1923. First Edition. Quarto, 50 pages. Good plus. Spine is red with no lettering. No dust jacket as issued. Bound in red cloth with an embossed, multi-colored front cover. Corners lightly frayed, spine ends frayed and dented with a 1" tear in the cloth in the middle of the front cover at the spine. Text block pages are wavy at the top with the gold edging intact. Small period retailer sticker on inside front cover, with "Nouveau prix" stamped twice on the ffep. This is the first edition with the embossed front cover, as later editions instead used a paste down. 50 color single panel cartoons about animals and their observation of humans by Benjamin Rabier. He was known for his many books, illustrations and cartoons about anthropomorphic animals, the most famous being his logo creation for Laughing Cow (La Vache Qui Rit) cheese. More

London: Macmillan and Company Limited, 1961. Octavo, 262 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine pictorial brick red with off-white lettering. Exterior has moderate wear including slight sunning to the spine, soiling to the rear, minor edges wear and slight age toning to the flaps. Boards have slight wear including faint sunning and cocking to the spine. Text block has slight wear including faint age toning to the edges with finger mark to the head edge. Slight damp staining to the fore edge to the front free end paper. Previous bookshop's sticker label to the front free end paper. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column U, ND-U. More

n.p. The Olympia Press, 1966. Reprinted. 16mo, 159 pages. In Good plus condition. Paperback binding. Spine beige and green with black lettering. Covers have modest wear including faint tape residue to the front, sparse scuffs and rubbing to the joints/edges. Text block has slight wear including age toning to the edges. Reprinted. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Office on Case #2. More

New York: Grosset and Dunlap Publishers, 1931. Octavo, 303 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in the publisher's red cloth bearing black lettering and rules to the spine. Boards have modest wear including slight sunning to the spine, sparse slight marks and minor edge wear. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning to the edges and mild offsetting to the end papers. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column U, ND-U. More

New York: Random House, 1990. First Edition. Octavo, 437 pages. Very Good in a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine has black and brown writing on a tan background. Dust jacket is in a mylar sleeve, the spine is lightly sunned. Bound in maroon cloth with gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Slight wear to the bottom edge. Spine has some light spotting and the spine ends are rounded. Text block is lightly age toned. Signed on the title page. More

New York: Pantheon Books, 1990. First Edition. Octavo, 330 pages. Very Good minus in a Very Good dust jacket. Spine has red lettering on a grey background. Dust jacket is in a mylar sleeve with no apparent issues. Bound in quarter black cloth with brown paper boards, spine ends are lightly rounded. Text block has foxing on the top and right edge, with the end papers also foxed. Signed on the title page. More

London: Cassell and Company, 1955. First English Edition. Octavo, 204 pages. Good plus in a Good plus dust jacket. Spine has yellow and black lettering on a grey-green background. Dust jacket is in a mylar sleeve, some minor chipping on the spine ends, rear of jacket is heavily tanned and lightly soiled. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine, book is slightly cocked, spine ends dented, light spotting on the rear cover, with light wear on all of the edges. Text block is age toned with a 2" stain on the right edge. More

New York: Farrar, Strauss and Cudahy, 1957. First Edition. Octavo, 246 pages. Very Good minus in a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine has off-white lettering on a grey-purple background. Dust jacket is in a mylar sleeve, the spine is faded, with age toning and soiling on the rear of the jacket.Bound in quarter black cloth with brown paper covers. Spine has white lettering, with the front cover having orange lettering. Spine ends are slightly worn and dented. Text block has age toned edges with a little toning seeping into the margins. More

New York: The Continuum Publishing Company, 1980. First American Edition. Octavo, 205 pages.Very Good minus in a Very Good Minus dust jacket. Spine has red and black lettering on a white background. Dust wrappers is in a mylar sleeve. Some light wear on the top of the jacket, bottom rear also has some wear. Bound in green cloth boards with gold embossed lettering on the spine. Slight dents to the spine ends. Text block edges ate lightly fixed and age toned. More

London: J. Johnson, 1810. First Edition. Octavos, Twenty-one volumes .In Very Good condition. Tan and black spines with gilded lettering and ornaments. Full binding in tan calf leather with gilt tooling on the edges. Boards show light edge and shelf wear, scattered rubbing to joints and corners, a few shallow surface marks and occasional mild craquelure to spine leather. Text blocks lightly age-toned; modest scattered foxing to endpapers and intermittently within. Bindings sound and tight, texts clean. Complete octavo edition of Johnson’s collection of English poetry, incorporating Alexander Chalmers’ biographical lives and critical prefaces. Note: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi- Volumes column. CONTENTS: Vol. I. " Chaucer"— Vol. II. "Gower; Skelton; Howard; Wyat; Gascoigne; Turbervil" — Vol. III. "Spenser; Daniel" — Vol. IV. "Drayton; Warner" — Vol. V. "Shakespeare; Davies; Donne; Hall; Stirling; Jonson; Corbet; Carew; Drummond" — Vol. VI. "J. Beaumont; G&P; Fletcher; F. Beaumont; Browne; Davenant; Habington; Suckling; Cartwright; Crashaw; Sherburne; Brome; C.Cotton" — Vol. VII. "Cowley; Denham; Milton" — Vol. VIII. " Waller; Butler; Rochester; Roscommon; Otway; Pomfret; Dorset; Stepney; J. Phillips; Walsh; Dryden" — Vol. IX. "Dryden; Smith; Duke; King; Sprat; Halifax; Parnell; Garth; Rowe; Addison"— Vol. X. "Hughes; Sheffield; Prior; Congreve; Blackmore; Fenton; Gay" — Vol. XI "Lansdowne; Yalden; Tickell; Hammond; Somerville; Savage; Swift" — Vol. XII. "Broome; Pope; Pitt; Thomson" — Vol. XIII. "Elegies; Odes; Songs; Ballads" — Vol. XIV. "Cunningham; Grainger; Moore; Churchill; Boyse" — Vol. XV. "W. Thompson; Blair; Lloyd; Green; Byrom; Dodsley; Chatterton; Cooper; Smollett; Hamilton" — Vol. XVI. "Smart; Wilkie; Whitehead; Fowkess; Lovibond; Harte; Langhorne; Goldsmith; Armstrong; Johnson" — Vol. XVII. "Glover; Whitehead; Jago; Brooke; Scott; Mickle; Jenyns" — Vol. XVIII. "Cotton; Logan; T. Warton; J. Warton; Blacklock; Cambridge; Mason; Jones; Beattie; Cowper" — Vol. XIX "Pope’s Homer’s Iliad & Odyssey; Virgil’s Æneid; Horace’s Epistles" — Vol. XX. "Hesiod’s Works and Days; “Essay on Pastoral Poetry”; “Some Account of the Life and Writings” — Vol. XXI. "Hooles; Ariosto & Tasso; Mickles's Lusiad". [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 211 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black and red with light yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering, price uncut: "$24.00". Minor shelf wear. Text block clean. Signed flat by Naipaul on title page. Shelved Hardcover Fiction. More

Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., c. 1930. Octavo, 204 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's black cloth boards with an illustrated label to front board and teal lettering to spine. General shelf wear. Spine slightly cocked. Light staining to edges of textblock. Previous bookseller's sticker adhered to front pastedown. Staining to "Illustrations" pages and page 9. Age toning with light foxing and staining scattered throughout. Shelved Above the Children's Case. More

London: The Folio Society, 2022. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Octavo, 153 pages. In Very Good condition. Housed in publisher's green and gold paper slip case. Bound in publisher's black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Minor shelf wear. Textblock clean. Shelved in Folio Society. More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. First Edition Thus. Large Octavo, xii,289 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's black cloth boards with a pictorial label to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Heavy fraying to cloth at head and tail of spine and at corners of boards. Rubbing to edges of boards. Moderate scuffing to boards. Rear board beginning to loosen. Top edge of textblock gilt. Age toning throughout. Shelved above Kid's Case. More

n.p. Privately Published, 1966. First Edition. Octavo, 140 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Paperback binding. Spine dark blue with green lettering. Covers have slight wear including mild age toning, slight scuffing and some rubbing to the edges.Text block has slight wear including mild age toning to the edges. Frontispiece. Illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column U, ND-U. More

San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1970. Reprinted. 12mo, 100 pages. In Good condition. Paperback binding. Spine beige and black with black lettering. Covers have moderate plus wear including several instances of staining marks, age toning and slight edge wear.Text block has modest wear including slight foxing to the edges and mild toning to the interior. Slight wear to the front hinge. Illustrated. Eleventh printing. Inscribed and signed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Office in Case #2. More

New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 507 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine blue and green with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$22.99." Rubbing along edges of dust jacket. Mild general shelf wear to boards. Small tear to cloth at head of spine. Signed flat by Clare, Brennan, and Johnson on publisher's tipped-in page. Shelved in Collectible YA. More

London, UK: Constable, 2010. First UK Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 342 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is pink, purple, and light blue with pink and black lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "£12.99" on front flap. Boards have mild sun-bleaching along spine tail and tail edges. Textblock edges have moderate age-toning. Signed flat and dated "5.vi.2010" on title page by Neel Mukherjee. Shelved Room C. More

London, UK: Viking, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 617 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is black with white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "£18.99" on front flap. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head and tail. Textblock head edge has mild age-toning. Signed flat and dated "13th August 2017" on front flap. Shelved Room C. More

New York, New York: Random House, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 289 pages. In Near Fine condition with Near Fine condition dust jacket. Spine is dark teal with white and yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$27.00" on front flap. Signed flat on title page by Elizabeth Strout. Shelved in Room C. More