[Dante] Leithart, Peter J.

Ascent To Love – A Guide to Dante’s Divine Comedy.

First Edition. Idaho, Canon Press, 2001. 21.5cm x 13.8cm. 181 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new edition.

Boland, Bridget.

At My Mother’s Knee.

Uncorrected Proof Copy. London, The Bodley Head, 1978. 21 x 13 cm. 137 pages. With several B&W illustrations. Limp grey paper covers with title on spine and front boards. ‘Uncorrected Proof Copy’ printed on front cover (see image). Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Short (1 cm) closed tear to half title.

O’Brien, Flann.

At Swim Two Birds.

First Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1939. c. 19 x 13 cm. 316 pages. Original pale cloth. Black title on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Spine and part of the front board faded (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed to front free end paper, dated 1940. Occasional very mild foxing. Internally clean. A very nice copy overall.

Hansen, Ron.

Atticus.

First Edition. New York, HarperCollins, 1996. 14 x 21 cm. 247 Pages. Hardcover. Original yellow boards with black cloth on spine (Hardback). Very good condition. Dustjacket slightly worn at edges from shelfwear. Black felt pen mark to bottom edge. Inside extremely clean and fresh. Signed by the author.

Matthews, William / Rader, Ralph W.

Autobiography, Biography, and the Novel. Papers read at a Clark Library Seminar, May 13, 1972.

First Edition. Los Angeles, William Andrew Clark Memorial Library, 1973. 22 x 15 cm. (2), 79 pages. Original paper wrapper. Soft cover – paperback. Very good condition. Some shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally clean and bright. With a small compliment slip from the University Librarian.

Fenelon, Francois.

Aventures De Telemaque, Par Fenelon. Edition Collationnee sur les Trois Manuscrits Connus a Paris.

Two Volumes. Paris, Saintin, Libraire de la Cour, 1824. 11 x 7 cm. Vol.1: 340 pages, Frontispiece plus three Plates / Vol.2: 327 pages. Frontispiece plus three Plates. Uniform half calf ober marbled boards. Gilt decorations. Toned edges. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and occassionally mildly foxed. Spine label missing from volume 1. Dark (ink?) stain on first few pages of volume 1 (see images).

Doyle, Lynn (editor) / McGamish, Gil (translator).

Babel Babble – An Extravaganza.

First edition. Dublin, The Talbot Press Limited, 1945. 22 x 14,5 cm. 26 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs on dustjacket and rubbed edges.

Dischell, Stuart.

Backwards Days.

New York, Penguin Poets, 2007. 22.8cm x 15.2cm. XIII, 63 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition.

Villon, Francois / Hookham, Paul (Translator).

Ballades of Francois Villon. Interpreted into English Verse by Paul Hookham. Sheldonian Series.

Oxford, Published by Basil H. Blackwell, 1918. 12 x 15, 38 pages (2). Printed in blue and black type on hand made paper, with decorated capitals and a colophon. All edges deckle. Quarter cloth, decorated blue paper boards with paper title labels. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, age darkening. Faint stains on boards. Part of original paper label on spine missing. Some staining to end papers, but text itself is bright and clean.

Brander Matthews (Editor).

Ballads of Books. Books for the Bibliophile.

First Edition. New York, George J. Coombes, 1887. 16 x 10 cm. xiv, 174 pages. Small B&W Illustrations in text. Vellum with gilt decorations on boards and spine. Gilt title on brown spine label. Dentelles and marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine age darkened. Internally bright and clean. A very nice copy.