First British edition. One of 150 signed and numbered copies offered by Goldsboro Books, in London. The limitation is blindstamped on the title page. First UK edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy (bound in paper over boards and not issued in a dust jacket).....

First Edition. A 12-by-18 inch broadside printing of the opening lines of McCourt's acclaimed memoir, Angela's Ashes, published in an edition of 250 copies, signed by McCourt in conjunction with a reading in Portland. The broadside is printed letterpress with a three-color woodblock illustration by (an uncredited) Julie Freeman. This.....

A poem, inspired by the author's trip to Mexico, bound in cardboard covers decorated with a handcolored portrait of the artist Frida Kahlo with a mounted artist's paint brush. The text of the poem is laser printed on white paper. The book, designed by the author, has handcolored and collage.....

First Edition. Copy 1 of 151 signed copies illustrated with an original drawing, in this case a portrait of Bemelmans' poodle Little Bit, who accompanied the author-artist and his teenage daughter on the tour of Europe recounted in this comic memoir. 247 pages; illustrated from Bemelmans' line drawings. Bemelmans is.....

First Edition. The scarce first book from one of the 2023 MacArthur "genius" grant winners, a collection of poems published by Gary Soto as volume 19 in the Chicano Chapbook Series. Muñoz is now an acclaimed short story writer. [16] pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in illustrated.....

A nice one-page typed letter, signed, to the owner of Miss [Robin] Dienst, the co-owner of the The Little Traveler Shop in Geneva, IL, asking for McClurg's two-volume set of Baron de Lahonton's New Voyage to North America, a book Cather would use as a source for Shadows on the.....

Second Edition. Yeats last prose work; he completed revising the proofs but never saw the finished book. The first edition was ready in July 1939, but Yeats' family, who ran the Cuala Press, were unhappy with the print quality; they pulped the edition and had it reprinted (this second edition).....

First Edition. A wonderful collection of wry political poems, winner of the Austin Book Award in 1985. Cover photo of the author by Sandra Cisneros. 44 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Signed by Sandra Cisneros.

First British edition. A collection of short stories that won the National Book Critics Circle award in its American edition, which was a paperback original. This is the first hardcover edition. 374 pages. First UK and first hardcover edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Pearlman.....

First Edition. A short story about a rare book dealer, written in English, translated into French by Benoit Domis, and re-translated back into English by Nicholas Royle. All three versions are presented in this book designed in the style of the Roycrofter's. This is one of 300 numbered copies signed.....

First edition. Cisneros' third poetry collection, which was reprinted within a month of publication. xii, 115 pages. First edition (stated). Near fine (red ink on spine) in a fine jacket. Inscribed by Cisneros on the title page, at some length to a previous owner.

First Edition. A little known Meiji-era novel narrated by a young Japanese immigrant in the United States. The narrator seems to have come from the class of poor young people with knowledge of the modern world but little chance of advancement in tradition-bound Japan. He offers opinions and philosophical musings.....

First Edition. Part history, part literary anthology, this large volume by an Issei historian devotes chapters to the Japanese exclusion laws, the history of Japanese American farming, particularly in California, and Japanese language schools. The bulk of the book is an anthology of Japanese American poetry (in Japanese) and first-person.....