London: The Folio Society, 1971. Leonard Rosoman (illustrations). Fourth Impression. Hardcover in Slipcase. Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005. Honi Werner (jacket design). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by author. More
New York: Signet Books, 1958. Fourth Printing. Paperback. Rare. A Signet Novel. # E4621. On his death, Austin Tappan Wright left the world a wholly unsuspected legacy. Among this distinguished legal scholar's papers were thousands of pages devoted to a staggering feat of literary creation - a detailed history... More
Singapore: Math Paper Press, 2011. First Edition. Paperback. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very rare. Although Tu Fu has been translated often, and often brilliantly, David Hawkes’s classic study, first published in 1967, is the only book that demonstrates in depth how his poems were written. Hawkes presents thirty-five poems in the original Chinese... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. In this third volume of a planned five-volume series, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt... More
New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing, 1952. Barye Phillips, L.R. Summers (cover art). Softcover. Rare. First ever issue of this magazine. First issue of this long-lived magazine. Edited by Howard Browne. Front cover art by Barye Phillips and L. R. Summers; rear cover color photograph by Frank Lerner. Includes "Six and Ten... More
Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International, Ltd, 1972. Alan Turney (translator); Hosokibara Seiki (illustrations). First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Very rare. From the Japan Times (Jan. 4, 2014): Written in 1906, Natsume Soseki’s “Botchan” is based on the author’s experience as a teacher in a “barbaric” country town at a time when..... More
New York: The John Day Company, 1963. Hardcover (Cloth). Contents: The Good Earth, Sons, A House Divided. More
New York: Doubleday & Co, 1951. Sydney Butchkes (jacket design). First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Original cover price of $2.75 indicated on front jacket flat. Not price clipped. Rear of dust jacket contains laudatory blurbs from Isherwood, Boucher, Fletcher Pratt, August Derleth and Herschel Brickell. In these eighteen startling tales unfolding... More
New York: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2018. Paperback. The first fully annotated edition of Raymond Chandler’s 1939 classic The Big Sleep features hundreds of illuminating notes and images alongside the full text of the novel and is an essential addition to any crime fiction fan’s library. A masterpiece of..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1966. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Handwritten inscription and signed by author. More
New York: Signet Books, 1959. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Signet Books no. D1727. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. From Wikipedia: Mr. Crewe's Career is a 1908 best-selling novel by American writer Winston Churchill. The novel tells the story of a railroad lobby's attempts to control the New Hampshire state government using all possible tactics. Churchill's prior... More
Hong Kong: 香港美麗術社出版, 1959. First Edition (presumed). Softcover/Paperback. This is a boxed set of mini Journey to the West comics, published in Hong Kong between 1959 to 1960. There are three parts to the series, and this is part two of three. This box contains seven (7) comic books. See... More
Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1957. Huang Yung-yu (illustrations). First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. From the Preface: "Ashma" is a long and colourful narrative poem which has been handed down orally for generations by the Shani people in Yunnan. The poem describes a young village girl, Ashma, and her brother Ahay... More
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