The Edible Woman
Atwood, Margaret Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($5.95), lightly rubbed and bumped, faded a shade at the spine. Maroon buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean to the spine, clean internally. The debut novel of the acclaimed Canadian writer, a work in the "proto-feminist" genre that paved the way for her other feminist novels, most notably A Handmaid's Tale.- $500
- $500
The Dial February 1920
Thayer, Scofield About Very Good. Wraps generally soiled and bumped, pink and blue crayon on the front wrap. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. This issue includes writing from Maxwell Bodenheim, Evelyn Scott, E.E. Cummings, Bertrand Russell, Louis Untermeyer, Malcolm Cowley, among others.- $25
- $25
On American Books
Hackett, Francis Near Fine. Wraps toned, a small scratch at the spine. Square and firmly bound with two staples. A collection of five addresses about the state of American literature with writing from J.E. Spingarn, Padraic Colum, H.L. Mencken, Morris R. Cohen, and Francis Hackett.- $40
- $40
The Literary Renaissance in America
Bechhofer, C.E. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Blue-green buckram, rubbed at the edges, with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a forward lean, bookseller ticket inside the front board, clean internally. A work of literary criticism focusing on the modern literature movement in the United States, including discussions about Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Eugene O'Neill, among others.- $30
- $30
Confessions of a Book Lover
Egan, Maurice Francis Early Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally toned, lightly soiled, a few creases and tears at the edges. Blue cloth, bumped at the corners, faded at the spine. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, clean internally. A reading memoir and work of literary criticism focused on the 19th and early 20th century writers.- $40
- $40
Rosemary’s Letter Book
Courtney, W.L. Good, lacking the jacket. Blue buckram, bumped and rubbed, cloth tearing at back joint, a few stains. Square, bound with some reading wear, gilt top edge. A collection of essays on a variety of topics, including modern literature Omar Khayyam, Nietzsche, and more.- $30
- $30
The Newer Spirit
[Goetz, George] Calverton, V.F. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), toned at the spine, a tear at the front flap fold. Quarter grey buckram with patterned paper on the boards, loss at the fore-edge matching that of the jacket. Square and firmly bound with a light purple top stain, clean internally. A collection of critical essays from the editor of Modern Quarterly, here discussing Sherwood Anderson, H.L. Mencken, the proletarian form, morality, psychology, among other topics.- $80
- $80
The American Mercury March 1933
[Fante, John] Mencken, H.L. Good. Wraps rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners, soiled at the surface, a small tear at the foot of the spine. Square and firmly bound, bumped at the top-right corners. This issue includes "Big Leaguer" by John Fante and "Paradise" by James M. Cain.- $30
- $30
Mencken & Shaw
De Casseres, Benjamin Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), stained at the front. Blue cloth, lightly faded, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a blue top stain, clean internally. A work of literary criticism focusing on H.L. Mencken and George Bernard Shaw.- $30
- $30
The Century Magazine March 1923
Frank, Glenn Very Good. Wraps lightly rubbed, small frays to the head and foot of the spine, blue crayon on the front wrap. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. This issue features writing from Sherwood Anderson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, George Santayana, G.K. Chesterton, Anzi Yezierska, Zona Gale, among others.- $30
- $30
Americans
Sherman, Stuart P. Early Printing. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned and rubbed, a few small chips and tears at the edges. Green buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A work about the American society and its literary tradition, with discussions of Whitman, Emerson, Mencken, Franklin, Jefferson, Carnegie, among others.- $50
- $50
On American Books
Hackett, Francis Very Good. Wraps toned and foxed. Square and firmly bound with two staples, bumped at the fore-edge. A collection of five addresses about the state of American literature with writing from J.E. Spingarn, Padraic Colum, H.L. Mencken, Morris R. Cohen, and Francis Hackett.- $25
- $25
American Criticism 1926
Drake, William A. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), lightly toned and soiled. Quarter beige cloth with purple paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound with a purple top edge, clean internally. The first issue of the series that collects "some of the most interesting and meritorious literary criticism from year to year." This volume includes writing from Mary Colum, Waldo Frank ("Pseudo-Literature"), Zona Gale ("Allotropes"), Sinclair Lewis ("Self-Conscious America"), Archibald MacLeish, H.L. Mencken, Harrison Smith, among others.
Our America
Frank, Waldo Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.00 on the spine), lightly rubbed and soiled, a tear at the bottom edge. Blue buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the top edge, clean internally. Frank's important work giving his thoughts on the state and future of American literature and arts.
Selected Poems 1923-1967
Borges, Jorge Luis Edited and with an Introduction and Notes by Norman Thomas di Giovanni. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (price blacked out by marker), lightly rubbed and with a couple small closed tears at the top edge. Blue cloth, mottled at the front board, silver gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a blue top stain, bookplate inside the front board, clean otherwise. A bilingual selection that includes more than one hundred poems selected by Borges and translated by the likes of Richard Wilbur, W.S. Merwin, Mark Strang, Richard Howard, John Updike, Robert Fitzgerald, among others.
The Iron Gates
Millar, Margaret Near Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.50), lightly toned and soiled. Beige cloth with a paper label on the spine. Firmly bound with a black top stain, slight forward lean, former owner's signature on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Millar's psychological mystery about a seemingly "fortunate and happy woman" runs away from "her comfortable home, her loving husband, and all the things she had seemed to value." The second book in the Inspector Sands series.
Ibn Sa’ud; The Puritan King of Arabia
Williams, Kenneth Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped (8s. 6d. net), chipped, generally stained and soiled. Green cloth with green ink lettering on the spine and front board, rubbed at the foot of the spine. Square and firmly bound, spotted green top stain, foxed at the edges. Advertised as the first portrait of the first king of Saudia Arabia, who the jacket describes as "a ruler in the mould of Kemal or Mussolini."